From: owner-the-edge-digest@ (The Edge Digested) To: the-edge-digest@robin-nvh.bvsd.k12.co.us Subject: The Edge Digested V1 #11 Reply-To: the-edge@robin-nvh.bvsd.k12.co.us Sender: owner-the-edge-digest@ Errors-To: owner-the-edge-digest@ Precedence: bulk The Edge Digested Tuesday, December 2 1997 Volume 01 : Number 011 Today's subjects from The Edge: [The Edge] Vote for OnTE! [The Edge] My Top 10 role-playing games Re: [The Edge] Obvious change of subject...Music! [The Edge] Fwd: RPGnet review of Atlas Games ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 15:15:32 -0800 (PST) From: "Adam T. Ness" Subject: [The Edge] Vote for OnTE! I saw this on another mailing list. Send your personal top ten to: Martin Goodson (Kaemaril@magus.powernet.co.uk) "The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." - -- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Salutations. A brief progress report on the TOP50 survey, which was launched on Sunday... Response has been encouraging. Just over 50 people so far have taken the time to respond, for which I'd like to thank you all. Not bad for a couple of days :) As a brief progress report on the Top 50, I give you the Top 10 to whet your appetite. Please bear in mind that this is after just over 50 votes, so probably does not necessarily reflect an accurate picture of the Gaming Universe :) Position Votes Title ======== ===== ================================== 1st 199 Call Of Cthulhu 2nd 116 Feng Shui 3rd 100 GURPS 4th 89 Ars Magica 5th 87 Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 6th 84 Shadowrun 7th 81 Warhammer : Fantasy Roleplaying 8th 79 Over The Edge 9th 74 Champions 10th 73 The Babylon Project (As a brief reminder of the method involved, each person was asked to vote their top ten, with the 'top' favourite receiving 10 points, the 'bottom' favourite receiving 1 point) Do you agree with this list? Do you disagree with it? Why not make your voice heard by voting now? If you have not already done so I'd be really grateful if you could take a few moments to e-mail me with _your_ personal top ten list. Details of how to do so can be found on your friendly neighbourhood news server in the article 'Top Fifty Roleplaying Games Survey' dated November 23rd 1997, or failing that search Deja News. If you're still lost, e-mail me and I'll be happy to send you further details. The survey will end on December 41st, and the result will be released on January 4th. The more people who respond, the better picture the final result will be. Thank you for reading this, and thank you if you have taken part in, or intend to take part in, this survey! 'I do not like insects. I do not like little brown things with eight legs. I do not like anything with eight legs ... well, except for the Vinzini, but only because they are terrible at cards' - Londo Mollari, 'Sic Transit Vir', Babylon 5. [O] You received this message because you are subscribed to the-edge [0] To (un)subscribe, send a message to majordomo@robin.ml.org with body of [O] (un)subscribe the-edge ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 15:19:48 -0800 (PST) From: "Adam T. Ness" Subject: [The Edge] My Top 10 role-playing games 10: On the Edge 9: Masqerade LARP 8: Wraith: the Oblivion 7: Mage: the Ascention 6: Vampire: the Masquerade 5: AD&D 4: Toon 4: Gurps 3: Twerps 2: Top Secret 1: Rifts progasm: The intense explosion of pleasure when one of your programs compiles the first time without errors. [O] You received this message because you are subscribed to the-edge [0] To (un)subscribe, send a message to majordomo@robin.ml.org with body of [O] (un)subscribe the-edge ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 22:20:09 -0500 (EST) From: Mark Kinney Subject: Re: [The Edge] Obvious change of subject...Music! On Sun, 30 Nov 1997, Thomas Howell wrote: > I've found that a little bit of Lorenna McKennit, Dire Straits, and > the X-Files soundtrack (by Mark Snow) has added good effect to > my campaign. > You know, I thought of something else the other day I'd like to do, to make for a truly surreal situation, if the GM can keep up with it. If you have one of those 200-cd changers, and an eclectic CD collection, load up the player and put it on all-disc-random-play while running your game. Developments are inspired by the tracks that get played, as they get played, more or less. If nothing else, you can use one per night as an adventure generator. alberich@iglou.com | Mark Kinney | http://www.iglou.com/nations "Greenland is a cold, barren land, a land that bears no green, Where there's ice and snow and the whale-fishes blow, and the sun is seldom seen" -- "Greenland Whale Fisheries" (Traditional) [O] You received this message because you are subscribed to the-edge [0] To (un)subscribe, send a message to majordomo@robin.ml.org with body of [O] (un)subscribe the-edge ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 16:48:34 EST From: AtlasGames Subject: [The Edge] Fwd: RPGnet review of Atlas Games This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - --part0_881099314_boundary Content-ID: <0_881099314@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Hey, folks. Something of possible interest to OTE fans. Of course, you all don't need to read a review of OTE2, I'm sure...but if you're interested in, say, reviewing Forgotten Lives (shipped to distributors today! 12/1, that is), here's an outlet. :) - -jn - --part0_881099314_boundary Content-ID: <0_881099314@inet_out.mail.aol.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: Received: from relay24.mail.aol.com (relay24.mail.aol.com [172.31.106.70]) by air19.mail.aol.com (v36.0) with SMTP; Mon, 01 Dec 1997 13:09:21 -0500 Received: from www.bestware.net ([208.140.64.1]) by relay24.mail.aol.com (8.8.5/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id NAA04223 for ; Mon, 1 Dec 1997 13:08:46 -0500 (EST) Received: (from emma@localhost) by www.bestware.net (8.8.6/8.6.9) id NAA11642; Mon, 1 Dec 1997 13:09:42 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 1 Dec 1997 13:09:42 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199712011809.NAA11642@www.bestware.net> To: atlasgames@aol.com Subject: RPGnet review of Atlas Games From: sandy@rpg.net Cc: sandy@clark.net Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Hello, Your games have been reviewed in the past month(s) on our site. Below are the basic details, including the rating using our 1-5 scale. The full reviews are up at http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/ Over The Edge Reviewed by Judson Lester on 08/06/97. Rating: Style: 4 (Classy and well done), Substance: 5 (Excellent!) Over the Edge 2nd Edition Capsule Review by Carl L. Congdon on 09/30/97. Rating: Style: 4 (Classy and well done), Substance: 5 (Excellent!) As we do accept additional reviews on games already reviewed, you are welcome to have fans or members of your email list post their own comments. We only ask that the actual writers or producers not critique their own products. Our full review policy is posted at http://www.rpg.net/help/revpolicy.html, and we are happy to accept promotional or review copies under the terms described therein. In any case, no response is necessary to this email, we simply wanted you to know of the review's existence. If you don't wish to be notified of future reviews, feel free to let me know by email. Sincerely, Sandy Coordinator, RPG Web Services sandy@rpg.net or info@rpg.net http://www.rpg.net (RPGnet: hosting and content for the RPG scene) - --part0_881099314_boundary-- [O] You received this message because you are subscribed to the-edge [0] To (un)subscribe, send a message to majordomo@robin.ml.org with body of [O] (un)subscribe the-edge ------------------------------ End of The Edge Digested V1 #11 ******************************* [O] You received this message because you are subscribed to the-edge-digest [0] To (un)subscribe, send a message to majordomo@robin.ml.org with body of [O] (un)subscribe the-edge-digest To get off digest, subscribe the-edge [O] To post a message, send it to the-edge@robin.ml.org