Re: [HoE] No sir, I don't like it at all [Shane, Goff]

[Michael <martin_etc@yahoo.com>]

--- "Leybourne, Brian" <Brian.Leybourne@airnz.co.nz>
wrote:
> Hmm.
> 
> I have to say I am in two minds about the proposed
> 'black book' hunting
> grounds book, allowing character to travel between
> the three DL 'worlds'
> (WW,HOE,LC).
> 
> The deadlands game is an extremely rich and varied
> world, with an
> interesting 'present' and a very interesting future
> (hoe/lc). To an extent,
> small amounts of hoping (such as whats-her-name
> coming back from HOE to WW)
> are OK, and I don't have a problem with that.

Her? If it's who I think it is, don't call him a her!
Quality, not quantity, but he'll make an exception if
you do. Or is it someone else? 

> However,
> 
> I don't like the concept of using the hunting
> grounds as a "Hey, let's leave
> Dodge City and go to Wasted West's Denver today"
> kind of portal. This is
> basically what Feng Shui is based on, where the
> netherworlds are used to
> travel between four main time periods, and there are
> a few other RPG's that
> build on this type of concept as well, such as
> Spelljammer in AD&D (even
> Amber is a kind of variation on that theme I guess).
> I don't think that DL
> really lends itself to this kind of genre shift. I
> like to play WW as a WW
> game, and HOE as a HOE game (and in playtesting so
> far, LC is a great game -
> we're having too much fun on Banshee to want to
> wander back to HOE or WW.).
> I don't really see that we need to be able to
> world/time hop. 

Playtesting LC?? que the... cool! As for moving: if
the marshal says "no", you can't make the move - end
of story. It's also great bait for a munchkin. Arrange
for a non-munchkin to get the book for a munchkin
(birthday, x-mas, 5th grade graduation, etc) and let
'im read it and try it. Of course, they accidentally
enter into the portion of the hunting grounds that is
War's Living Room (or Death's Kitchen). Etc.

> I *do* like the idea of a hunting grounds
> sourcebook, but wont be using the
> 'different game' travel aspect of it at all.
> 
> Just my 2c worth.
> 
> Brian "Just kidding about playtesting LC... bet I
> stopped a few hearts
> there, eh? *grin*" Leybourne.

Scared me. I wanted to playtest! I'll have to playtest
unofficially when the game comes out.

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