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Re: who is steve jackson?
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lugnet.pirates, lugnet.people
Date: 
Wed, 14 Mar 2001 15:47:45 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> In lugnet.pirates, Franklin W. Cain writes:
> > > > You obviously have never played any Role Playing Games (RPG's).
> > > > Steve Jackson is the owner of Steve Jackson Games (tm).
> > > > He's also a Lego collector.  I'm hoping for him to show up
> > > > at Brickfest too. Check out "http://www.sjgames.com".
> > > 
> > > Is that the same steve jackson that wrote the "fighting fantasy"
> > > RPG books?
> > 
> > Hold on a second here, I know I've encountered
> > that question before...
> > 
> > "http://www.sjgames.com/general/faq.html#6"
> > 
> > ...Nope, wrong "Steve Jackson", he's the *other* Steve Jackson.
> 
>   And, dare I say it, the Superior Product [tm] if not the
>   *wealthier* one.  (Is anyone involved in real gaming wealthy,
>   save perhaps Gygax and Co of Terminally Silly Rules Corp and
>   the flat-crack (various froth-inducing card games) people?)

Computer game designers that own a piece of the company or otherwise get
points (the last distinction being important - as I can personally witness
to, unfortunately).  But I suppose that you're not refering to computer
gaming.  Reiner Knizia is probably doing very well for a non-computer game
designer.

> 
>   Then again, when gaming, who needs anything besides pizza,
>   beer, and No-Doz?  I remember a few Ogre/Shockwave/G.E.V.
>   marathons very well...one eventually degenerated into a game
>   of "Turtles, Turtles, and more Turtles" a la TSG, as there
>   were plenty of large empty boxes about.
> 
>   best
> 
>   LFB

Steve Jackson's GURPS.  Great system (but a little too complex for my almost
10 year old).

Bruce



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(...) And, dare I say it, the Superior Product [tm] if not the *wealthier* one. (Is anyone involved in real gaming wealthy, save perhaps Gygax and Co of Terminally Silly Rules Corp and the flat-crack (various froth-inducing card games) people?) Then (...) (26 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.people)

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