Life Is Not Purgatory
Monday, December 22, 2003
Lord of the Rings
So.. I have seen Return of the King, three times, each with a different group of friends. Ah! Good Movie!
It has gotten me to thinking how interesting the Tolkien universe is and how majestic a gaming setting it could be, but the only gaming system made for that universe is RoleMaster: a horrid, wretched, and overly-complex system that turns what should be a heroic adventure into a 'HackMaster quest' to find the appropriate weapon or spell table in order to resolve a bar fight. I have problems with a system where its plausible that the hero could sudbue a great threat and stagger hom bloddied and wounded, only to finally done in by tripping on a gopher hole, breaking thier leg and bleeding at 20 hits per round until you die in six rounds. Sigh! There must be other options for this setting right?
So... I have started work on adapting the 7th Sea rules system to fit Middle-Earth.... and so far I am quite pleased with my progress. Don and Dan have offered thier assistance in this endeavor, and I hope to playtest sometime in January. Wheeeeeeeeeee!
So.. I have seen Return of the King, three times, each with a different group of friends. Ah! Good Movie!
It has gotten me to thinking how interesting the Tolkien universe is and how majestic a gaming setting it could be, but the only gaming system made for that universe is RoleMaster: a horrid, wretched, and overly-complex system that turns what should be a heroic adventure into a 'HackMaster quest' to find the appropriate weapon or spell table in order to resolve a bar fight. I have problems with a system where its plausible that the hero could sudbue a great threat and stagger hom bloddied and wounded, only to finally done in by tripping on a gopher hole, breaking thier leg and bleeding at 20 hits per round until you die in six rounds. Sigh! There must be other options for this setting right?
So... I have started work on adapting the 7th Sea rules system to fit Middle-Earth.... and so far I am quite pleased with my progress. Don and Dan have offered thier assistance in this endeavor, and I hope to playtest sometime in January. Wheeeeeeeeeee!
