[UA] eeeeek!, D20

[Saul]

And the purpose of that is? ;)  It's not that d20 players don't own d10s (they're still used for combat damage and hit die), but that they aren't prepared to learn a new system.

I am wondering whether some of the new MMORPGs that are coming out in the next year or so that don't revolve entirely around endless combat and leveling might revive interest in non-d20 rpgs in general. We can always hope.

Saul

"Unknown Armies -- A Roleplaying Game of Power and Weird Hairiness"


----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Stephen R. Hill 
  To: The Unknown Armies RPG Mailing List 
  Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 11:51 AM
  Subject: RE: [UA] eeeeek!, D20



  Making it a d20 game isn't that hard.  Roll 2d20, make each d20 an
  equivalent d10 (ie, 11-20 is 1-10 again).  Play as usual.

  On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, Hammons, Jade wrote:

  > *squirms helplessly at the thought of level-based UA* Salt salt, I'm rolling in salt!
  > 
  > Jade Hammons
  > "Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal." - Albert Camus
  > 
  > 
  > 
  > 
  > -----Original Message-----
  > From: ua-bounces at lists.unknown-armies.com
  > [mailto:ua-bounces at lists.unknown-armies.com]On Behalf Of Alex Lampros
  > Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 6:23 PM
  > To: The Unknown Armies RPG Mailing List; The Unknown Armies RPG Mailing
  > List
  > Subject: Re: [UA] eeeeek!, D20
  > 
  > 
  > Thanks!
  > 
  > On an unrelated note, have you ever thought of making a d20 unknown
  > armies?  I know there would be problems, market is so large, and the game
  > is so well written, and the current d20 modern titles are so bad, that I
  > think it would do pretty well.  
  > 
  > Yours,
  > 
  > Alex
  > 
  > 
  > On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 16:08:15 -0800, "John Tynes" <john at tynes.com> said:
  > > Quoting Alex Lampros <alexlampros at airpost.net>:
  > > 
  > > > Gah!  Barnes and Noble is already listing most UA books as tough to get
  > > > items.  Geez.  Rough.
  > > 
  > > Don't worry. Sites like Amazon and B&N update those status notes
  > > frequently, on
  > > the basis of how long it took to get their last order or other factors.
  > > It has
  > > no relationship to how many copies are still available, how much longer
  > > they'll
  > > be in the wholesale market, etc. In other words, they aren't tied to
  > > actual
  > > publisher inventory. I don't believe any UA books other than Postmodern
  > > Magick
  > > are close to being out of print. Likely as not, B&N's site will show them
  > > as
  > > easily available at some random point in the near future.
  > > 
  > > > How much longer do you think this game will be
  > > > around?  Is my impression correct, that there will be no new source books
  > > > published?
  > > 
  > > None are planned. The RPG market has been bad the last couple years,
  > > especially
  > > for ultra-niche games like ours.
  > > 
  > > --
  > > <- John Tynes - john at tynes.com - http://www.JohnTynes.com/ ->
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  > > just one crisis at a time." --Hazel Blackwell
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