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Is there anyone on this list who knew John Hewitt personally? I understand he passed away a few years ago. I'm very interested in getting copies of...
Lensman
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Feb 2, 2008
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The holy grail there David, I think our gracious host David G. came fairly close to finding stuff when he was investigating the possibility of a re-release. I...
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Feb 3, 2008
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Lensman - I can provide you with Larry Niven's email address - I'll send it separately. It's not secret to anybody who joins the Known Space mailing list. I'd...
David Gordon
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Feb 5, 2008
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You could try Lyn Wilis at Chaosium. He worked with John quite closely on that project....
David Gordon
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Feb 6, 2008
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Hello! I am a new member looking to play the Ringworld RPG with my friends but I cannot find books or even online rules! I am most of the way through the ...
Jake Thomas
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Mar 20, 2008
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Welcome. The official Ringworld RPG produced by Choasium is out of print. You may be able to get a copy second hand on Ebay (that's how I got mine). More...
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Mar 20, 2008
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Thanks, Alex! There are a number of Niven books on eBay but, sadly, no RPG stuff. Thanks for the info, though. Perhaps I will have to make something up,...
Jake
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Mar 20, 2008
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Hi Jake, also the rules are based on the Basic Roleplaying Rules which were part of Call of Cthulhu, Runequest, Stormbringer, Elric, Superworld, Elfquest and a...
David Gordon
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Mar 20, 2008
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Do you have Call of Cthulhu or Runequest? If so then you could use the SF rules that somebody created for Cthulhu Rsing ( http://www.cthulhurising.co.uk/) -...
David Gordon
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Mar 20, 2008
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Does anyone have them? I found a link to files on the net but I'd have to sign up for a Usenet group to download them! Thank you all for your guidance and...
Jake
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Mar 20, 2008
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Jake If anybody sees the mail who has them then they may contact you but nobody will openly admit to having the pdfs on this forum. Well - I think there's one...
David Gordon
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Mar 20, 2008
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I didn't mean to ignore your question. I am not familiar with those RPGs. I am an old D&D guy and I haven't branched out until now....
Jake
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Mar 20, 2008
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Of course. I hadn't even thought of the copyright infringement issue. I have been looking through old posts today and now I see that there's been a great deal...
Jake
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Hey - no problem. a lot of the guys on this list have been in the hobby for a long time. RWRPG came out in 1983 (or was it 1984 - can't remember). It cost...
David Gordon
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Mar 20, 2008
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... You're a johnny-come-lately. My group started FRPGing in '74 or '75-- using the original D&D rule booklets. The first printing in the *brown* box, not...
Lensman
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Mar 20, 2008
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We're not worthy. :-) The fabled 'Brown Box'. I thought they were just myth. ... -- David...
David Gordon
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Mar 21, 2008
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... Well, like many legends, the reality is rather less than the reputation. It's crystal clear why Gygax & Arneson couldn't get any established game publisher...
Lensman
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Mar 21, 2008
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If they're positive about it, I have high quality scans in PDF format of EVERYTHING (for archival purposes, and believe me, after Katrina, I was happy to have...
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Mar 21, 2008
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You wouldn't be hinting a me there David :) Guess what, there is at least two then if you count Joe :) Sorry for the slow response.. PH/Easter breaks and...
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Mar 24, 2008
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... Supposedly there was an issue of White Dwarf which had stats for the four explorers from the First Ringworld Expedition: Louis Wu, Speaker-To-Animals,...
Lensman
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Mar 25, 2008
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... I can't either but I did find this: "Games Workshop produced and published several ZX Spectrum games in the early years, not all of which were based in the...
David Scott
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Mar 25, 2008
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I don't recall that ever being the case and I bought every issue of White Dwarf up until the late 80s before it became a figure catalogue. There was an issue...
David Gordon
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Mar 25, 2008
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... the ... From that description, I'd think they're referring to the "Louis Wu and his Motley Crew" adventure for RW from Different Worlds (not White Dwarf)...
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Mar 25, 2008
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Mongoose are on the verge of launching Traveller. They will use for other SF releases. I have a playtest pre-release copy... Yeh, I suppose I'm something of an...
Carl Brown
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Mar 25, 2008
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Lensman beats me for age of RPG'ing - 1979 it was for me (at the ripe old age of 9), after reading a (the first) 'Choose Your Own Adventure' book I went...
Adrian Sayle
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Mar 25, 2008
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GURPS 3rd ed is a good option for (re)building an SF setting what with well defined technology rules, vehicle design rules (as a suppliment) and cut and paste...
Carl Brown
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... "There is currently no text in this page, you can search for this page title in other pages or edit this page" What is "AW" ? Was that supposed to be...
Lensman
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Mar 26, 2008
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Carl Brown
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Mar 26, 2008
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I got a reply from Dustin Wright of Chaosium - he's going to chat with Charlie and Lynne about hosting the downloads. There is still some thorny rights...
David Gordon
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