------------------------------ Bundle: 555 Archive-Message-Number: 6985 From: muskrat[-- REDACTED --] Date: Thu, 17 Mar 94 00:24:29 EST Subject: Submission Quote: Gentlesophonts: Are there any folks out there who are more interested in campaign background rather than rules and such? TML discussions of late seem to be overwhelmed with questions and debates over what are, IMHO, minutia. Is there anyone else who thinks discussions about weapon penetration, craft design, and planetary science is a little moot in a two-dimensional universe? Endquote. YES! While I loved CT's rules, and find T:TNE workable, it's the background that's drawn me over the years. I guess I just get lost in hi-tech discussions of the physics of systems that defy the laws of physics as we know them. Most of the time, they really don't even affect the game that much. For my 2 crs worth, I loved CT's background, but never really saw why the Imperium's grasp on its world was so tenuous as to allow for interstellar mini-wars. I think the new setting works much better as an area for adventurer exploration....though I'd love to see more info from the Spinward Marches. Call me a romantic, but I miss the old Empire. I still think of the Zhodani as the ultimate enemy. And while I can accept two-dimensionality on the Imperial maps, 2-D Brilliant Lances seems rather more silly at times. ------------------------------