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Games => Role-Playing Games => Topic started by: Mad Dr Jeffe on April 17, 2006, 11:27:22 AM

Title: Dreampod 9 how do you manage to do it?
Post by: Mad Dr Jeffe on April 17, 2006, 11:27:22 AM

Somehow, even though your games are hideously expensive, even though I have trouble getting anyone interested in your Anime style goodness, even though people think your stuff is strictly tabletop wargames and even though I thought I'd kicked your habit at least twice I keep coming back to you.

Im not like a battered spouse, or an addict, I just really like your settings. No scratch that, I love your settings, or at least Jovian Chronicles and Heavy Gear.

Its more of a rant about my game addicition than anything else, and it wouldnt be an issue if I hadnt sold my old copies of 1st and 2nd edition Heavy Gear at a used bookstore before.

So I guess are there games that you keep coming back to edition after edition even when your chances of playing them are slim?
Theres a dynamic there that I havent seen matched in many games. A combination of stunning art and quality writing turns your world books and intriguing characters into must have buys. At least I get your stuff at a discount now.

Title: Re: Dreampod 9 how do you manage to do it?
Post by: Spriggan on April 17, 2006, 12:27:12 PM

So...Umm....what are you talking about?  Is this an RPG poetry thread or am I just not figuring it out?

Title: Re: Dreampod 9 how do you manage to do it?
Post by: Mad Dr Jeffe on April 17, 2006, 12:42:29 PM

Your just not figuring it out I guess.

Recently I rebought Heavy Gear and Jovian Chronicles for the Silhouette system after I sold the previous editions ( I couldnt find players and they were taking up space on my bookshelf). I was wondering if anyone else has bought a game out of nostalgia for an older system, perhaps one they just sold?

Title: Re: Dreampod 9 how do you manage to do it?
Post by: Spriggan on April 17, 2006, 12:55:35 PM

Ahh, well that make more sense.

I bought the 1st edition Star Wars D20 out of nostalgia for the WEG version.  Same with the new version of After the Bomb because of the old TMNT game.

Title: Re: Dreampod 9 how do you manage to do it?
Post by: Mad Dr Jeffe on April 17, 2006, 01:00:07 PM

Yeah I did D20 out of Nostalgia for WEG. Then I hunted down the old WEG books and got them for myself again.

Sometimes older is better.