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Re: DINOTRON: A cross-system hybrid MOC theme
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lugnet.duplo, lugnet.publish
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Tue, 4 Apr 2000 03:32:14 GMT
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I vaguely remember a group of coders that called themselves Rocket Science
and were supposed to be the next big thing in gaming. It never panned out,
but I think they did a title called Cadillacs and Dinosaurs...
Build On!
John Matthews
Lorbaat <eric@nospam.thirteen.net> wrote in message
news:FsGGL7.wE@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.duplo, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > In lugnet.duplo, Eric Joslin writes:
> >
> > > Cadillacs and Dinosaurs. It was, I beleive, a comic book first, then a toy
> > > line and an animated series at the same time. It's only kind of vaguely like
> > > them though, in that there are dinosaurs with armor and weapons strapped on
> > > them. The style of the armor in C&D is much less flamboyant and, IMHO, much
> > > less cool.
> >
> > I am (mis?)remembering being at a con and playtesting (or trying to, it wasn't
> > very baked yet) a version of an RPG based on the comic book. Circa late 80s
> > early 90s??
>
> Probably yes. I was going to include it in my list of versions of Cadillacs
> and Dinosaurs, but I was unsure if it ever existed, or if *I* was
> misremembering, so I left it off. With your hazy memories added to mine,
> though, I think we can officially say it existed.
>
> > Can't remember clearly, someone was filking nearby which of course washed away
> > the memory. :-)
>
> Damn filkers. Do what I do, douse them in gasoline and light them on fire.
>
> > ++Lar (whose favorite RPG has GOT to be Paranoia)
>
> Paranoia is pretty good, actually. It's a fun time. I think every group of
> gaming friends should play at least one adventure of it, because it will
> forever make you realise what a bastard is sitting next to you playing an elf.
>
> My favorite RPG, though, is currently Champions. Role playing superheroes is
> about as good as it gets, and the system is the most adaptable I've ever seen.
> I actually started *running* a Champs game recently, because my life wasn't
> nearly busy enough. Shudder.
>
> eric
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