2300AD forum?

[Cdnwolf]

Hooo hummmm IF interested you can get the bundled PDF ...

http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/produc...ducts_id=60289

DAMN YOU MAJOR PO!!!

[headquarters]

You could also get the disc at far future enterprise - I was very pleased with the items I bought from them .

At some time I hope to run a 2300AD campaign myself - but I am nerdly going where no man has gone before and will be picking and mixing what I like and what I need to suit my own ends -extensively.

I like the hard science backdrop and the whole "ugly " spaceship deal -not many sleak,aero dynamic craft that look like jets in this game .

I guess I have taken around 500 - 1000 images of the net that I plan to use as illustrations for planets,ships,ship interiors etc as well as the motley assembly of NPCs of all stripes to interact with the PCs.

I have more than enough to handle with our ongoing T2K campaign ,so I dont foresee any dice being rolled in this campaign anytime soon - but I am slowly piecing together houserules and getting a hang of the game and the game universe . I love the " Etranger " site for its great pics of ships etc .

But when I eventually get there I would love a place to discuss the game and get input .

[Benjamin]

I'm really keen on the idea of having a new 2300AD forum.

And I have to agree with natehale that 2320AD (and QLI in general) did 2300AD a grave dis-service.

While a few goofy parts of the old 2300AD were fixed, like uber high populations for a few colonies and contradictions within canon, many of the changes were the whim of the author and a few overly whiny playtesters who wanted it to be their version of the game, not just a sequel to the original.

A few examples...Nearly all nations of Terra are overly obtrusive nanny surveillance states, and the people love it. A bit of the author's Canadian pro-European ideology coming through here I believe.

The new cluster of stars opened up at the end of the American Arm contain the remnants of a alien society that littered the region with deadly booby-traps. Wow, how original.

No mention of the alliance formed between Britain, Germany and America as mentioned in Challenge magazines 49-51. Also no mention of the excellent garden world of Plowshare discovered along the route towards the Ylii.

Again, despite what is mentioned in those Challenge magazines the Ylii are portrayed almost as sinister beings wanting to assimilate humanity not be allies.

Despite, being 20 years in the future little has changed except the end of the Kafer War which has been handled by a major deus ex machina leaving a situation pulled right out of the Iraq War.

And most of the aliens went from being interesting to being sock-puppet retreads cribbed from other works of science fiction.

Other than that I guess 2320AD was OK. Mongoose Publishing is in talks with Marc Miller to take over the franchise but unfortunately they are also in talks with the 2320AD author to be heavily involved.

Benjamin

[Marc]

I like the idea but,as Cndwolf said above, I'm in information overload, too. The Morrow project has arised my curiosity too... Ahhhh...I'm so weak... Anyway I will end reading your posts about 2300...so, why not?

[headquarters]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

A few examples...Nearly all nations of Terra are overly obtrusive nanny surveillance states, and the people love it. A bit of the author's Canadian pro-European ideology coming through here I believe.


Benjamin

eehh..lived in Europe much have you ?

I read your post with interest -the nations commentary was so so imo

[Targan]

Benjamin's comments ruffled my feathers a bit too.