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I met him once - what a nice (and exceedingly tall) guy It came as quite a shock from left field. He will be missed. I heard him once say that he wanted his epitath to read - "Mostly Harmless" (...) (23 years ago, 14-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) OK, I see what you mean. You're right - building characters in GURPS usually takes one entire session. Hopefully, the *first* game session. ;) But I like the results of having a characters which is translated into GURPS terminology, rather (...) (23 years ago, 14-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) The news makes me feel as sad as Marvin. Rich -- Have Fun! C-Ya! Legoman34 ***** Legoman34 (Richard W. Schamus)... (My views do not necessarily express the views of my employer...) BRICKFEST 2001 IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER... START MAKING PLANS (...) (23 years ago, 13-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hmm, my yellow bricks aren't used up in any other creations right now...but first I should finish the space plane (maybe the steward(esse)s will pass out lemon scented moist towelettes.) --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu (URL) (23 years ago, 13-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) the ultimate *question*... (...) You're not alone... -Shiri (23 years ago, 13-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) The Hitchhiker, Star Wars and Lego make me froody since I was no taller than my towel. So long Douglas Adams, and thanks for all the fish. If you´re weird, count me in, dö (23 years ago, 12-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I think he would tell us all "Don't Panic" :^( ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (23 years ago, 12-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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I'll drink a pan-galactic gargleblaster in his memory. Bummer. The original radio play is the best version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Adams was fond of reworking it and representing it endlessly, but the story got invariably weaker as (...) (23 years ago, 12-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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The official site is down, but see the Tributes link: (URL) goes one hoopy frood." Thanks for the memories... Matt (...) (23 years ago, 12-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) ::weeping:: -- Richard (23 years ago, 12-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) If you ever want to make a die-hard grognard cry, mention the Sad Fate of the Late, Great, Avalon Hill Games Company. It's pathetic what happened--they were acquired by Hasbro Interactive, which basically sits on all the great intellectual (...) (23 years ago, 12-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Hi everybody, Well, it's a dark day for lovers of tongue-in-cheek fiction: (URL) Douglas Adams, humorist, dead at 49. :( I may just have to build some Vogon-themed .space creations in his memory. Anyone else have my fond memories of Hitchhiker, or (...) (23 years ago, 12-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.space) !!
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(...) Oh no, the learning curve is extremely steep with GURPS - you have to be familiar with a lot to design a character. With D&D just roll a few dice, and maybe read the first level spells. The rest you can learn as you go along. I could get (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yeah, GURPS is different. I think it's partly because the source material is so ... generic ... the writing is umm, maybe 'bland' is the word I'm looking for? Anyway, I also think it's because it's very easy to modify GURPS into a different (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Really? I always thought GURPS was simpler to learn and use, because the overall structure was simpler. Everything is right there on the character sheet, so even if you don't know all the possibilities, you can still play a character pretty (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Maybe... But I also got Ogre and Car Wars in the deal. 8^) Dave! (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yup. (...) Good deal! Thrift stores are terrible on Lego, but they can be great on games. Of course, Traveller one can argue that Traveller as a game is over-priced at 75 cents... :-O Bruce (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Isn't Avalon Hill, too? (...) My RPG FoTW (not this week, but it happened during *a* week): I was in a local Goodwill store, yet again finding no LEGO (for that matter, I have *NEVER* found even a single LEGO in all my trips to a bunch of (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Having worked in a hobby/gaming for an annoying length of time, I've been exposed to far too much garbage nee fantasy fiction. Ed Greenwood tops the list of awful book producers (I hate to call him a writer), closely followed by everything (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) TSR was once the Amoeba that swallowed SPI, so it has a certain circular irony to it. (for the non-intialized (initiated on initials): Tactical Studies Rules and Simulations Publications, Inc.) (...) Which is now a subsidiary of Hasbro. (...) (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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