CT-What was right
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mike wightman
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Things I like about CT:
the character generation gamble
simplicity of the rules system
the combat system - especially damage allocation
ease with which house rules can be included - and that they are encouraged in a few places
experience is at the same rate as character generation gains skills
ship building, ship combat, trading
everything in LBB3
there's a reason we all call it classic...
the character generation gamble
simplicity of the rules system
the combat system - especially damage allocation
ease with which house rules can be included - and that they are encouraged in a few places
experience is at the same rate as character generation gains skills
ship building, ship combat, trading
everything in LBB3
there's a reason we all call it classic...
mike wightman
SOC-14 10K
Things I like about CT:
the character generation gamble
simplicity of the rules system
the combat system - especially damage allocation
ease with which house rules can be included - and that they are encouraged in a few places
experience is at the same rate as character generation gains skills
ship building, ship combat, trading
everything in LBB3
there's a reason we all call it classic...
the character generation gamble
simplicity of the rules system
the combat system - especially damage allocation
ease with which house rules can be included - and that they are encouraged in a few places
experience is at the same rate as character generation gains skills
ship building, ship combat, trading
everything in LBB3
there's a reason we all call it classic...
Sifu Blackirish
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have to agree with those that said the chargen is one of the strengths.
after the nightmare of starting with a level-0 d&d character, it was VERY refreshing to have characters start adventuring with a background that could be almost endlessly mined for adventure seeds. even thirty years hence, very few RPGs have this sort of option.
after the nightmare of starting with a level-0 d&d character, it was VERY refreshing to have characters start adventuring with a background that could be almost endlessly mined for adventure seeds. even thirty years hence, very few RPGs have this sort of option.
Sifu Blackirish
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have to agree with those that said the chargen is one of the strengths.
after the nightmare of starting with a level-0 d&d character, it was VERY refreshing to have characters start adventuring with a background that could be almost endlessly mined for adventure seeds. even thirty years hence, very few RPGs have this sort of option.
after the nightmare of starting with a level-0 d&d character, it was VERY refreshing to have characters start adventuring with a background that could be almost endlessly mined for adventure seeds. even thirty years hence, very few RPGs have this sort of option.
philippe tromeur
SOC-9
Same for me, except ship combat (to be replaced by Starter Traveller's range band system).
I never had a look at the game before summer '04, and I almost immediately fell in love with it.
The game has several things I've never seen in other games before, and I've been playing dozens of RPG's for more than 20 years.
philippe tromeur
SOC-9
Same for me, except ship combat (to be replaced by Starter Traveller's range band system).
I never had a look at the game before summer '04, and I almost immediately fell in love with it.
The game has several things I've never seen in other games before, and I've been playing dozens of RPG's for more than 20 years.
Jeff M. Hopper
SOC-14 1K
CT is elegant. It is just complex enough to do everything that a SFRPG needs to do at its core and it is simple enough to learn quickly and start playing rapidly. The fact that it is still played and continues to gain new players after all these years is a testament to that.
I also, very subjectively, like the fact that it is generic and allows me to use it as a "toolkit" to build my own settings and background for games without having to rely on someone else's universe.
I also, very subjectively, like the fact that it is generic and allows me to use it as a "toolkit" to build my own settings and background for games without having to rely on someone else's universe.
Jeff M. Hopper
SOC-14 1K
CT is elegant. It is just complex enough to do everything that a SFRPG needs to do at its core and it is simple enough to learn quickly and start playing rapidly. The fact that it is still played and continues to gain new players after all these years is a testament to that.
I also, very subjectively, like the fact that it is generic and allows me to use it as a "toolkit" to build my own settings and background for games without having to rely on someone else's universe.
I also, very subjectively, like the fact that it is generic and allows me to use it as a "toolkit" to build my own settings and background for games without having to rely on someone else's universe.
mike wightman
SOC-14 10K
Oddly enough I've come to the conclusion that the range band system works better in most role playing situations than clearing the table to use LBB2/Mayday based wargame ship combat
It can shift the emphasis from "what is the ship doing" to "what are your characters doing".
mike wightman
SOC-14 10K
Oddly enough I've come to the conclusion that the range band system works better in most role playing situations than clearing the table to use LBB2/Mayday based wargame ship combat
It can shift the emphasis from "what is the ship doing" to "what are your characters doing".
1) Three little leaflets ("books") of around 50 pages each forming a complete RPG system.
2) Character generation is a game by itself.
3) Easy to learn, easy to use, easily extendable ship design system.
4) Quick and dirty, "brutally" simple, "brutally" elegant and "brutally" efficient rules for everything from chargen to combat to wounding. By "brutally" I mean a system that does not try to be sophisticated, it just achieves its effect without fussing around. And, for the most part, it works.
5) A pure skill-based system in the age of class-based, level-based systems.
6) A generic system, yet with a few distinguishing features (such as the speed of travel/communications) to help you focus your universe-building efforts.
7) Meshes well with many sci-fi classics. How many alterations will you need to do to CT, for example, to play in the Aliens universe? Somewhat better computers, "androids" that will probably be treated as "humans" rather than LBB8 robots, VERY limited FTL communications (if any) and the need for low passage on long trips. JTAS even has the stats for the xenomorphs!
2) Character generation is a game by itself.
3) Easy to learn, easy to use, easily extendable ship design system.
4) Quick and dirty, "brutally" simple, "brutally" elegant and "brutally" efficient rules for everything from chargen to combat to wounding. By "brutally" I mean a system that does not try to be sophisticated, it just achieves its effect without fussing around. And, for the most part, it works.
5) A pure skill-based system in the age of class-based, level-based systems.
6) A generic system, yet with a few distinguishing features (such as the speed of travel/communications) to help you focus your universe-building efforts.
7) Meshes well with many sci-fi classics. How many alterations will you need to do to CT, for example, to play in the Aliens universe? Somewhat better computers, "androids" that will probably be treated as "humans" rather than LBB8 robots, VERY limited FTL communications (if any) and the need for low passage on long trips. JTAS even has the stats for the xenomorphs!
1) Three little leaflets ("books") of around 50 pages each forming a complete RPG system.
2) Character generation is a game by itself.
3) Easy to learn, easy to use, easily extendable ship design system.
4) Quick and dirty, "brutally" simple, "brutally" elegant and "brutally" efficient rules for everything from chargen to combat to wounding. By "brutally" I mean a system that does not try to be sophisticated, it just achieves its effect without fussing around. And, for the most part, it works.
5) A pure skill-based system in the age of class-based, level-based systems.
6) A generic system, yet with a few distinguishing features (such as the speed of travel/communications) to help you focus your universe-building efforts.
7) Meshes well with many sci-fi classics. How many alterations will you need to do to CT, for example, to play in the Aliens universe? Somewhat better computers, "androids" that will probably be treated as "humans" rather than LBB8 robots, VERY limited FTL communications (if any) and the need for low passage on long trips. JTAS even has the stats for the xenomorphs!
2) Character generation is a game by itself.
3) Easy to learn, easy to use, easily extendable ship design system.
4) Quick and dirty, "brutally" simple, "brutally" elegant and "brutally" efficient rules for everything from chargen to combat to wounding. By "brutally" I mean a system that does not try to be sophisticated, it just achieves its effect without fussing around. And, for the most part, it works.
5) A pure skill-based system in the age of class-based, level-based systems.
6) A generic system, yet with a few distinguishing features (such as the speed of travel/communications) to help you focus your universe-building efforts.
7) Meshes well with many sci-fi classics. How many alterations will you need to do to CT, for example, to play in the Aliens universe? Somewhat better computers, "androids" that will probably be treated as "humans" rather than LBB8 robots, VERY limited FTL communications (if any) and the need for low passage on long trips. JTAS even has the stats for the xenomorphs!
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