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[HOE] Epitaph Opinions...This ended up a bit long
Well I figure I'll chime in with the whole Epitaph/Source book debate.
I have to agree that for Wierd/Wasted West material. The Epitaph Idea is
great. I mean all the major people and places have been covered and
anything extra could easily be put into a Epitaph format. Personally I get
tired of hearing people mention(note this isn't an attack just a statement
and opinion, Don't jump down my throat) things like, "What about a Europe
Source book" or "What about the Law Dogs" or "What about the Secrets of the
Jackalope Source book" etc.
If pinnacle made a source book for every little part of the there Deadlands
universe it would be very expensive very fast. Things like World books that
don't really fit the setting(Deadlands, in all its forms, is a Western
Horror RPG, Although some monsters from Europe are cool they shouldn't do a
whole book about a place 99% of players won't go.).
Likewise books for every faction get a bit excesive(Although it would be
good to learn more history about the Law dogs, there in no reason to do an
entire source book on them, They have no additional Arcane Powers, THANK
GOD. Nor any secret technology. There just guys who want to bring order to
chaos.) If you start making source books for the sake of it, you get
strange fillers(Like the Hekants[which were okay] and the Librian Arcane
Powers[Which I never really liked])
As for The Way out West(Lost Colony). According to the press release on
there site. LC is getting 3-4 books of its own.
http://www.peginc.com/OldNews/DLConsolidates.htm. I'm sure that doesn't
cover the 2 main books. So thats probably the Arcane background books. or
maybe a Area book.
Overall I trust Shane, and his vision of Deadlands. I think the idea here
is to get Deadlands Finally completed and then to let the fans and indepdent
writers contribute through the Epitaph. Then Pinnacle can finally shift
gears and move into something new. We all love the work Pinnacle has done
with Deadlands, but wouldn't it be great to see new and different types of
games from these talented people. Take a look at Wierd wars(which is well
done) or Brave New World(which was a great game that shouln't have died,
DAMN YOU AEG :) )
Dan
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