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This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact.", "addresses": "obscured as 'user at host'" }, "archive": "urth", "thread": { "id": 2059, "subject": "mantis's GURPS book: a review", "messages": 3, "voices": 3, "first": "2000-01-02T17:44:51+00:00", "last": "2000-01-03T00:14:58+00:00" }, "messages": [ { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Ron Hale-Evans", "address": "rwhe at apocalypse.org" }, "date": "2000-01-02T17:44:51+00:00", "subject": "(urth) mantis's GURPS book: a review", "in_reply_to": null, "reply_link": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "I have in my hands as I write this the book _GURPS New Sun_ by our own\nMichael Andre-Driussi (aka mantis). For those who still aren't aware of it,\nit is a supplement to the roleplaying game system GURPS based on the New\nSun books.\n\n\nHIGHLIGHTS:\n\n* Great chapter-by-chapter synopsis of the five books\n\n* History of Urth\n\n* Lots of maps\n\n* Summary of Commonwealth social structure\n\n* Interesting to see artists' conceptions of Urth; illustrations are\noccasionally quite clever (look twice at the one on p. 90 for example)\n\n* Interesting to read some of mantis's explicit guesses on New Sun \"mysteries\"\n\n* Can be read fruitfully without knowledge of GURPS\n\n\nFLAWS:\n\n* Text and illustrations somewhat bowdlerised for a mass-market audience\n\n* Illustrations occasionally cheesy\n\n* Not long enough! :-)\n\n\nSUMMARY:\n\nA must-read for Urthlings! You can order yours at\n\n \n\nif you have no enlightened games shops nearby. I ordered mine on a weekend\nduring the holiday season and received it via UPS 5 days later.\n\n\nDISCLAIMER:\n\nI have no financial interest in the success of this book, but wish mantis\nwell as fellow listmember and New Sun reader.\n\nRon H-E" }, { "kind": "sig", "depth": 0, "text": "Ron Hale-Evans: rwhe at apocalypse.org ... \nCenter for Ludic Synergy: \nKennexions GBG artgame: \nHexagram-8 I Ching Mailing List: \nPositive Revolution FAQ: " } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Jim Henley", "address": "jlhenley at erols.com" }, "date": "2000-01-02T21:08:47+00:00", "subject": "RE: (urth) mantis's GURPS book: a review", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "subject", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "-----Original Message-----\nFrom: urth-errors at lists.best.com [mailto:urth-errors at lists.best.com]On\nBehalf Of Ron Hale-Evans\n\nI have in my hands as I write this the book _GURPS New Sun_ by our own\nMichael Andre-Driussi (aka mantis). For those who still aren't\naware of it,\nit is a supplement to the roleplaying game system GURPS based on the New\nSun books." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "I got my copy. I'd caution people that any \"errors\" they find might\n(probably!) come from the publisher rather than the author. Just as a for\ninstance, the first half of the pictures in the bestiary are mislabeled.\nBut I hardly think it was mantis who confused a destrier with a balucither.\n\n\nAbsolutely worth having, particularly if one is a gamer. Even if, as in my\ncase, one is a gamer who does not use GURPS.\n\nBest,\n\n\nJim\n ******************************************\n\"There will always be Costello/\n a little larceny Bacharach,\n in everyone\" \"My Thief\"" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Inire", "address": "inire at yahoo.com" }, "date": "2000-01-03T00:14:58+00:00", "subject": "RE: (urth) mantis's GURPS book: a review", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "subject", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "--- Jim Henley wrote:\nI got my copy. I'd caution people that any \"errors\"\nthey find might\n(probably!) come from the publisher rather than the\nauthor. Just as a for\ninstance, the first half of the pictures in the\nbestiary are mislabeled.\nBut I hardly think it was mantis who confused a\ndestrier with a balucither.\n\n\nAbsolutely worth having, particularly if one is a\ngamer. Even if, as in my\ncase, one is a gamer who does not use GURPS." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "I was just in Vegas doing a game-store-crawl/dredge\nand nearly fell flat when I saw that New Sun was out.\nBut was I able to get one in SandyEggo where I had a\ngiftcert? NOOOOOO! Will I be able to find one in\nDenver (these are the people that told me that they\nwere going to hold of until Feb to order it from the\ncatalog because 'SJGames is always late anyhow'! )?\nAERGH!\n\nI loathe being patient...;->\n\n=====\nJeff \"My dice hate me!\" Miller\n\"The idea of verifying facts about the world through controlled repetition seems alien to just about everyone with the _possible_ exception of Fr Inire, and he's a bug-eyed space monster\n . . .\"-Jim Henley\n\nHeavy Gear Swap @ http://freecenter.digiweb.com/games/severian/meet.html\nGaming to keep War out of RealTime! '82 GS650G" } ] } ] }