sauromatian wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:

Maybe Ron Howard will play "Jimm Doshun, The Starkiller Kid."

Regarding the new guy playing Solo: If his portrayal fails despite the movie succeeding (as I suspect) he could always be the star of a Jason of Star Command movie.

Jason of Star Command Season 1 Opening.wmv - YouTube

I'll bet Jimmy Doohan was happy to ditch this for "Star Trek : The Motion Picture"

And now for something completely different....


FISHY! FISHY! FISHY! FISH!

MadCatUSA wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:And now for something completely different....


FISHY! FISHY! FISHY! FISH!

Then after that it's . . .

MARCHING UP AND DOWN THE SQUARE!

A variant on the Elric boardgame, 1981 Chaosium version. It's meant, as published, to be played as a strategic-level game like Risk, Axis & Allies, or TSR's Lankhmar, but has pieces similar to cardboard-counter wargames. Except bigger, & easier for my old eyes to see & my aging hands to pick up.

It can be adapted to play like a tactical-level wargame by ignoring all rules but those for movement, combat, & turn-sequence. Ignore the movement rules for terrain, water, & armies outside their home provinces. The players choose armies & personalities with an equal number of combat points. Choose nations that are geographically contiguous, & located on opposite ends of the board.

Victory condition 1 - Be the first player to move a piece off the opposite end of the board. Or, Victory condition 2 - Choose a province near the center of the board (such as Melnibone), & a number of rounds of turns. The player in sole occupation of the province at the end of the last round wins. If no player is, the condition applies to the end of each subsequent round.

For a Stormbringer-sized, world-destruction game, divide the armies & personalities by nations A-J (including Independents), and K-V. Remove nine combat points worth (including four personalities) of pieces from A-J to make it equal. (This is based on my quick & probably somewhat incorrect count.) Place the pieces on opposite ends of the board. Listening to World Destruction by Afrika Bambaataa & John Lydon repeatedly for the duration of the game is to be considered optional. Since the nuclear war they predicted would be brought on by the Reagan-Thatcher era never took place, the song makes a lot more sense as a soundtrack to Moorcock's novel.

I was under the impression that LA had been slated for computer game treatment, but never materialized for some reason I can't recall. Mayhaps this is the material the article is referencing.

Mister Yuk wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:Hmmph

When the article says Gygax had always planned to make it computerized, does that mean he intended it all the way back in the '70s? I have got the impression that many authors of early RPGs and wargames of that era imagined their creations on computers, but the technology wasn't there yet. There's even an article in TSR's Little Wars where the game designer says as much. Though in the modern world of computers everywhere, my reaction is the same - Hmmph.

Invincible Overlord wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:
Clarification Please!!!

I had assumed that Castle Greyhawk was both Gary's and Rob's?

I'm not the historian for this group (obviously) but I always assumed Greyhawk was Gygax's creation with some of Kuntz's work incorporated into it. Things, some of which, that Kuntz released already like The Original Living Room.

It's very fortunate that they have maintained a good relationship (I assume) over the years, since it would be very difficult to prove who's idea belonged to whom over the entire bulk of the Campaign World.

What do you see at about 8:18 of this video?
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