Thanks and a promotion to my Loyal Minion!

[seawasp]

I hereby promote Shana from Loyal Minion to Trusted Lieutenant. She has shown the proper energy and slavish devotion to achieve this exalted level. She just sent us some lovely clothes for Vicky, and a large assortment of Space Opera star atlases, including two which I've been trying to find for quite a while. Good work and there's a proper dukedom or something in your future once the plans of conquest move forward. :)

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[shana.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

It is an honor to serve.

And it was fun shopping for d/o/l/l/ baby clothes. :)

When do we get to see pictures?

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

large assortment of Space Opera star atlases

Ooohh.. which ones?

[shana.livejournal.com]

1, 2, 3, 5, 11, and 12.

The ones...

[seawasp]

... I was missing were the Ranan Worlds and the Korellian Empire. (there were a couple others which I've seen mentioned, but that were apparently never really published)

Re: The ones...

[shana.livejournal.com]

If they _had_ been published, the Compleat Strategist would have had copies, and I would have bought them. I was there every week, and always looking at what was new.

Re: The ones...

[seawasp]

I know. *sigh* I really wanted the Hiss'sst one, too. :(

Re: The ones...

[shana.livejournal.com]

Were they the reptiles or the bugs?

Re: The ones...

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Reptiles.

One of the things I loved about Space Opera was how they gleefully and unabashedly stole from classic SF. So you could have Mobile Infantry Lensmen fighting Space Nazis. Great stuff.

Lousy system, but great setting.

Re: The ones...

[seawasp]

Lizards. They gave us their ships in Seldon's 3, but not the star atlas.

Never even a HINT of a Bug starsector. I also wish they'd done something more with the StarKaad.

Re: The ones...

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Nice. Although I loath the system, I really liked the Star Atlas series. I have a couple, but am always looking out for more at cons and in game stores.

Re: The ones...

[seawasp]

Loathe the system? It's the only star travel system I'll use! (aside from Star Wars for that specific setting, and even that one I can DO in Space Opera).

Re: The ones...

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

I'm more a combat system geek, so that's where my hatred burns. Overly complex, far too many factors.. just plain messy.

Re: The ones...

[seawasp]

I use systems. Systems don't use me. These days I have made combat theatrical and freeform NO MATTER WHAT SYSTEM I USE.

In the days I still adhered directly to the rules, SO's seemed a perfectly reasonable system that just needed a couple tweaks. As virtually EVERY system in those days needed *at least* a "couple tweaks", this made it perfectly good.

SO provided mechanics, and plentiful material, to handle just about anything (including the most extensive and useful psionic system made for about 20 years at least), and as you noted understood WHY people played these games and made sure that they stole from the best and made it all available to the players from the start.

Space Opera ?!?

[noctyrnus.livejournal.com]

Wow , now that reminds me of a lot fun I used to have playing that game , I think I used to have ALL of the releases F.G.U. ever made , and I was constantly on the look out for anything new. My sister in NY has all of my gaming stuff now , I'll have to ask if she still has all of it.

I Want to locate ALL the releases for the Arduin Grimiore

Re: Space Opera ?!?

[seawasp]

Dragon Tree Press and Grimoire Games.

Re: Space Opera ?!?

[noctyrnus.livejournal.com]

wow , thanks :)

Even if I dont ever play a RPG with dice again , those were always cool to read every so often :)

Re: Space Opera ?!?

[seawasp]

They certainly were. Alas, Dave died before he could finish the 9th one, thus doing a trilogy of trilogies.

[noctyrnus.livejournal.com]

and WHERE are those baby pictures for us to see ??? :)

[shana.livejournal.com]

Well, I succumbed to the allure of more clothes for Vicky. I'll just bring them with me. Don't worry, I have something planned for you, too...

Are we...

[seawasp]

... the only people you know with kids? I don't want to deprive actual families of their rightful infant clothing!

Re: Are we...

[shana.livejournal.com]

The only ones with a brand-new baby. All my cousins' kids are older. And they don't mind pink for the girls.

Re: Are we...

[seawasp]

We don't exactly have anything AGAINST pink, per se. It's that pink is so default a color that one has to rage, rage against the dying of the light, just in order to find something that's not that color for a baby girl.

And then there's the ruffles. The horror, the horror.

Re: Are we...

[shana.livejournal.com]

Ruffles are all right for formal occasions.:)

Re: Are we...

[seawasp]

Not when they're on your rear end. Which was the case in some of these outfits.