[UA] Bitterness( +, time allowing, Ars Magica)

[David M Jacobs]

At 01:57 PM 11/04/02 -0400, Saul Peers wrote:

>Anyway, who else here likes Ars Magica, out of curiosity?

I do, although I'm in a similar predicament.  I love the level of 
historical detail and I like the whole "troupe-style" idea (and it makes a 
great resource for my VtDA games, far better than anything by WW), but (I'm 
never hesitant to admit) my players SUCK.

(I have a fair mix of powergamers, piss-poor rules lawyers, occasional 
players and 
just-playing-so-I-can-hang-out-shit-there's-something-interesting-on-cable-if-anyone-needs-me-I'll-be-in-front-of-the-TV 
types, plus I have to deal with stupid inter-player personality conflicts 
that threaten to break the group up every couple of sessions.)

Only one of my current players is really into character; the best character 
background that I've had from the others is "Oh, he's a Gangrel, and he's 
Jewish".  I'm forming a new group to (hopefully) ameliorate the situation.

(Incidentally, I love UA, but I'm not going to waste it on my current lot.)



David M Jacobs
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http://www.zipworld.com.au/~dmjacobs/
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was show the Russians a dead cat and ask them to explain it.'

"'That would have stopped the Soviet offensive right there,' I said.
"Zhukov would still be trying to account for the cat's death.'"

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