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Old 02-10-2013, 05:34 PM
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Default Have the book and PDF of Twilight 2013

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I must say that I really thought the game mechanic is pretty crunchy with all the combat rules that you can throw in. Reminds me of an old FGU game called Space Opera that I ran for 25 years. Lots of charts and stuff. 2013 has a lot of rules but you can kick out what you don't like. I like the fact that the guy who made the book. Basically it was one guy, really tried to support the product but the book just did not sell in large enough numbers and he did not retain the rights to the name.
But if you live in Northern California and are free next weekend I am running a Twilight 2013 game at a Con called DunDraCon in San Ramon California. I hope to run games here and there at local cons. Also would like to discuss what rules you like, don't like, would and would not use in your Twilight 2013 game.
Also I see that the Morrow Project another old post apolcalyptic game has been funded by Kick Starter.

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I like the fact that the guy who made the book. Basically it was one guy, really tried to support the product but the book just did not sell in large enough numbers and he did not retain the rights to the name.
That's not quite accurate. It's true that the team that wrote Twilight:2013 was a small group of people but it wasn't just one guy. In fact, one of the "other guys" who wrote important parts of the rules, Tegyrius, is a regular poster on this forum and is definitely the "go-to" guy for information on the system.
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That's not quite accurate. It's true that the team that wrote Twilight:2013 was a small group of people but it wasn't just one guy. In fact, one of the "other guys" who wrote important parts of the rules, Tegyrius, is a regular poster on this forum and is definitely the "go-to" guy for information on the system.
Several of the other contributors are here too. They just aren't as mouthy as I am.

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I'm not interested in running a PBP, but I would be interested in a 2013 timeline with v2.2 rules.
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I'm a big fan of the Twilight:2013 reflex rules. I'm planning on running a short (2-3 session) 'campaign' here before summer I hope, I'll be using the reflex system from 2013 with the basic flavor of background from Twilight:2000 - just pushing it ahead in time 13 years with some handwaving

For anyone that cares, the hardcover of 2013 is on Amazon right now for $6. I just bought two more for the players (to add to the two I already had )
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Several of the other contributors are here too. They just aren't as mouthy as I am.

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Hey Guys,

I read an article somewhere where the publisher was saying he did not decide to keep the rights to Twilight license. I know that many people were involved in making an rpg. Writers, artists, etc. But I got the inference that it was a one man show, I guess as publisher??

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93 Games Studio was owned and operated exclusively by Keith Taylor (Smokewolf), yes. He handled layout/production, writing on the first two chapters, and all "corporate" business functions. All other contributors were either freelancers under contract or working solely for publication credits and the chance to do something cool.

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Hey Teg,

Yea that is what I hear about writing for RPG rules. I know a few people that try and only a very few that actually get paid. Ken Hite is one person I know by going to Cons. He is a very nice guy. I know another that also did some writing for CoC years ago but made his money writing scripts for cartoon of all things. Pretty funny. He also goes to conventions here in N.Cal but he lives in L.A. of course. Still I think its pretty cool that you worked on the rules, though it would have been better to get paid.

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Also I see that the Morrow Project another old post apolcalyptic game has been funded by Kick Starter.

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Whilst I'm not playing the game at the moment, everything I write is set in the year 2000 and is based on the V1 timeline - like Raellus I have a nostalgia for the classic Cold War timeline (although ironically v1 is the only version of the game that I don't own - I have soft copies of both versions of V2 and 2013 that I got from Drivethru RPG. To be fair, I got the 2013 pdf more out of curiosity than any likliehood that I would ever use it).
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But if you live in Northern California and are free next weekend I am running a Twilight 2013 game at a Con called DunDraCon in San Ramon California. I hope to run games here and there at local cons. Also would like to discuss what rules you like, don't like, would and would not use in your Twilight 2013 game.
Bumping the thread for a con report...

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