Next box has the Ark of the Covenant

[mikailborg]

Local weather is trying to be obliging. "You don't have a light jacket right now? Okay, we'll just drop the morning temp to 45 degrees so you can wear your winter coat, does that help?"

Had a very weird dream the other night where I climbed down a narrow drainage pipe to find myself in a secret underground studio where they were filming the return of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" to the cable channels. I was privileged to sit in on one of the sessions where they watch the movie and write the jokes; I started ad-libbing along, and they hired me on the spot, causing me to draw the wrath of one of the other writers for some reason. Any dream interpreters wanna take a shot at that one?

In the ongoing Stuff Reduction Plan, I did some heavy game materials archaeology yesterday. I found my copy of Amber Diceless, a fascinating take on RPG mechanics that uses no random chance at all; Star Warriors, a fast-paced, careening tactical game of Star Wars fightercraft; and Ogre, light infantry and vehicles against a robot tank the size of a small city block. I'm keeping those. (Actually, I fear the Ogre set may belong to rattrap.)

Going away is the stack of official Star Trek fan magazines, which will be probably be trashed; and raininva has dibs on the bigger stack of West End Star Wars RPG and Indiana Jones RPG books. Battletech 3025 scenario and source- books are going; Battletech 'Mech listing books are staying. I'm not sure whether I'm keeping Castle Falkenstein, or the hardcover first-edition copy of White Wolf Mage. (Starr, a onetime Vampire LARPer, may give me permission to keep that.) However, I will divest myself of the two Last Unicorn Star Trek RPG hardcovers, and the Traveller: A New Era core book. I have a lot of gaming stuff.

Last treasure unearthed: my Wireframe Babylon Project books and GM screen. The savvy fan will find the names of jsciv, yubbie, and impink within; and down in the playtesting credits, a listing for some doof that goes by mikailborg online. Yeah, I'm keeping that one.

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[jsciv.livejournal.com]

Last treasure unearthed: my Wireframe Babylon Project books and GM screen. The savvy fan will find the names of jsciv, yubbie, and impink within; and down in the playtesting credits, a listing for some doof that goes by mikailborg online. Yeah, I'm keeping that one.

Seems like a lifetime ago...

[stori-lundi.livejournal.com]

*sniffle. The book I worked on never got to print.

[epawtows.livejournal.com]

And I think the BP books had a few joke references to myself and Daniel.

[jazzfish]

"You don't have a light jacket right now? Okay, we'll just drop the morning temp to 45 degrees so you can wear your winter coat, does that help?"

Sounds like light jacket weather to me. . .

Amber Diceless, at least the core book, is increasingly difficult to come by. (Copies of Shadow Knight, the supplement, regularly turn up on the "buy one get three free" table at Origins.) Definitely a keeper.

[cynical-prophet.livejournal.com]

I have a core book with both Erick Wujick's and Roger Zelazny's signature. Thank goodness I got to see Roger at a convention in Lynchburg, VA sometime in the early 90's! Of course, it's really only worth something to me.

A friend of mine, Edwin Voskamp (someone who with whom I used to play a LOT of Amber DRPG) picked up the rights and will be publishing a new version. Not sure when though. It's not like it's a big money-making venture after all.

http://www.dicelessbydesign.com/

[stephaniesmom.livejournal.com]

I would actually try to ebay the Trek mags first... Some people are still looking for older editions to complete their sets.

[ptownhiker.livejournal.com]

Where are the 3025 scenarios and sourcebooks going to?

[mikailborg.livejournal.com]

Nowhere, yet. If you want 'em, this can be arranged. I've got the "Rhonda's Irregulars" scenario book, the "Periphery" sourcebook, and the "Mercenary's Handbook" for the Mechwarrior RPG second edition. Might have some more, I could swear I had two or three more scenario books in there.