It seems we’ll be trying some pen & paper roleplaying again. Weird! 😄 The game master has decided to use the Generic Universal RolePlaying System (GURPS) Lite rules... (English_German PDFs) More info in German on the Pegasus site, more info in English on the Steve Jackson Games site._
I remember Steve Jackson Games from BruceSterling’s Hacker Crackdown which I read ages ago. The searches and seizures remind me a bit of the current war on terror craze... Every time paranoia comes around, it seems to get worse. Or... *efficient*. I sure hope that while our infrastructure (media, culture) allows efficient spreading of paranoia, it is even more efficient when spreading knowledge and wisdom.
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Funny you should mention this now. I’ve been playing this old game called “Realms of Arkania” these days. It’s a computer version of a *german* paper RPG. According to the underdogs site¹, the original game was/is called “Das Schwarze Auge”. Heard of it?
It’s so complicated that it’s driving me nuts. Tons of gods, spells, people, puzzles, quests and stuff. I’m at my wits end on how to manage it all. 😄
– NoufalIbrahim 2005-02-06 15:05 UTC
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Das Schwarze Auge was the system I started with! And – get this! – my mother introduced me to it because some friends she knew had gotten a copy from Germany. We were living in Portugal at the time and there was not much stuff in German available.
– Alex Schroeder 2005-02-06 17:21 UTC
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Heh heh. Then you should try playing Realms of Arkania. I’m still trying to sort out which deity to pray to at which temple and how much to offer him/her. 😄
– NoufalIbrahim 2005-02-07 07:59 UTC