Re: [HoE] Re: Copyright, Nightspawn, and the Reckoning

[GeoffGart@aol.com]

In a message dated 4/19/99 9:03:22 PM Pacific Daylight Time, aniballi@mc.net 
writes:

<<  What it doesn't change is that Nightspawn, or bane,
 whichever you prefer, is just a piss-poor knock off of Call of Cthulhu, with 
a
 big fat wedge of Rifts slammed in there for both 1)good measure, 2)
 munchkin-satisfaction and 3) to "Prove" that no RPG *ever* can exist without
 'mega-conflict' capability. But hell, this is getting off the whole copyright
 subject, long story short (too late)  even in RPGs, where companys are 
generaly
 small, and usually friendly, it's just better to CYOA, infringing or not. 
Well,
 that and I can just add that WW should personaly apologize to Shane while he
 boastingly sits as top dog guest of honor at GEN CON, oh yeah, and pick up 
the
 tab for this years listserv dinner. >>

I feel I must disagree with you about Nightbane, I found it to be a very fun 
game with a very interesting premise.  I have no Idea why you would think to 
compare it to Call of Cthulhu, quality aside, the two games are immensly 
disimilair.  And speaking of games written by C. J. Carella, before any 
debate about whether or not White Wolf should apologize, Shane and C. J. 
would have to figure out who used the term the Reckoning first, as the 
Reckoning is also the big hullabaloo event in Carella's Witchcraft and 
Armageddon games.

										
				Geoff