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I'm just going by the date that Amazon.com, U.S. has down. I very recently "preordered" another item from Amazon that's still in preorder stage, despite the fact that it was shipped to me 2 days ago. So Amazon is not proving to be very reliable a source for shipping dates. Chaosium says the book will be released late in the month, but doesn't give a date.

Sorry to say this, but nothing is really happening. I'm not on my usual computer, so i don't know if it's a problem with this computer or what (it's running Windows 98). However, I did order the role playing game. I can't wait to see what that's like.

I preordered from Amazon.com, and not only got the Super Saver Shipping, but also an extra $2 off. And Amazon delivers much faster than Chaosium. I'm sure Amazon has a good supply on hand by the shipping date, which is supposed to be tomorrow. I did order one thing from Steve Jackson games and found that the shipping was pretty fast, there, too. I had to wait "forever" for a monograph from Chaosium.

Maybe as a clue to what it is, there could be some kind of fabric in it with mysterious () stains on it:D

Not until you mentioned it. Maybe we'll get a response from someone who has one of these machines:) Maybe someone who's viewing the site will buy BRP!

Here's a site I found that has some interesting stuff on it: Inventions and Ideas from Science Fiction Books and Movies at Technovelgy.com

I stopped at my FLGS today, and asked why there wasn't much in the way of rpgs on the shelves, anymore. The employee there said they pretty much just sell D&D style products and there's really not much demand for anything else. So I asked him about D&D number 4. He heard that it was designed more for convention play, as they found that people at conventions like to go from table to table and play their miniatures--without having to do too much role playing. But he admitted that it was hearsay, and he hadn't actually looked at the rules yet. However, he heard that people who are into D&D (and got to play some of it) LOVE the mechanics of the new edition. This is a bit off topic, but i realized just how much the artwork of an rpg can make people really want to buy it. There was a bunch of books for "Castles & Crusades" and the artwork was really good. I almost bought a supplement for it because of the maps and the art. The employee at the store said he heard the gameplay of Castles & Crusades was ok, but when it comes to fantasy role playing, D&D is pretty much the only game that people really flock to. Basically, BRP will probably never be seen on the shelves of my FLGS, because more and more people are going for miniatures games;-(

I used to be really big on the FUDGE/Fate system, but it can't do realistic stuff very well. But it does do things like pulp very well. Maybe making the BRP characters with more hit points or something like "armor" that would make it more difficult for the PCs to get hurt would be what you need to make pulp heroes. Pulp Cthulhu seems to be coming out, soon however.

Then I guess I'll just have to vote sci-fi every hour of every day>:->

I'm a huge fan of horror, and I think that CoC is probably the most perfect horror rpg yet designed. However, I always felt that it could use a LOT more splatterpunk style gameplay. I can't wait till Voodoo Virus comes out! I hope it has an emphasis on splatterpunk>:->

Can you ask Chaosium, itself, if they could send some info. your way? It seems that this is the premiere fan site for BRP, after all.

Thank you. I will check into GURPS: Swashbucklers. It looks like the person who wrote that book is also the person who invented the FUDGE role-playing system. :focus:

Thank you for your reply. That sounds like a very interesting game. Could the fencing matrix be adapted to BRP easily?

I remember one year back in the 80's, I forget which year it was, but TSR came out with 3 different versions of AD&D, because the rules in the prior one just wasn't good enough. My friends and I thought it was just to milk the consumers. That pretty much did it for our love of AD&D. It was Warhammer Fantasy from then on (and we liked the Warhammer gaming system a lot better, anyway).

The colonists have got to wash their clothes "green":) Detergentless Haier WasH20 Washing Machine I'm hoping someone on this forum from France has bought or used one of these and can tell us how good it works:)

I only found out about this game like 5 days ago. I'm kind of into swashbuckling right now, and the price of this game seems just right. If you are into swashbuckling too, check out this game:RPGNow.com - The leading source for indie RPGs which I'm going to print out soon (the core rule book) and convert to BRP--which will be easy, since it actually is a modified form of BRP. Btw, can you tell me more about En Garde!?

I don't know if you're aware of this game:En Garde! But since there seems to be a lot of swashbuckling in Planetary Romance. I just thought I'd pass on the info. as it seems to have some social climbing mechanics you might be interested in. And even a system for dueling that might be able to be adapted to BRP. There's even an online game using the En Garde! game engine called Warriors of Mars that takes place on Barsoom. I'm thinking of buying the game to convert to BRP for my Three Musketeers meets "Dawn of the Dead" setting that I'm kicking around.

Thank you for the links. I'm a bit confused on the solar paint, though. Wouldn't there need to be 'electrodes' and batteries to collect the energy the paint is absorbing? It seems from the article that all you have to do is paint some steel and you've got electricity?

Thank you very much for your praise and gratitude of the links I post. I take a keen interest in "green" and "free" energy. So you can expect more of it--as I become aware of more of it--from me in the near future:thumb:

However, the Starcluster rpg (a percentile game system much like BRP as it was heavily influenced by BRP) has some source books that might help in giving ideas for creating the civilization on Pharos IV. They even have a free download of a water world name Faren (I thought it was an interesting coincidence in how close the names are:)). Scroll down to the bottom of the page. Flying Mice LLC StarCluster RPG Page Maybe even look at this:Chine Games Aquavita RPG Page And this is basically links to the full product line:Better Mousetrap Games Main Page

I will try to come up with some more ideas during the week. I think I will be leaving for the night pretty soon.

Also, I was thinking that maybe the colonists would use some of the salt left over from desalination to create works of art like in this Polish salt mine:Wieliczka Salt Mine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia They would compress the salt and maybe use other processes to create halite:Halite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I don't know if it's possible to do in a machine, but it is a sci-fi setting:D

This is just plain interesting:Scientists Discover How to Make Robots Bounce on Water : Environmental News Blog | Environmental Graffiti

http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/15/2040213 Something the colonists can export.

And you can use all these devices as props and places to go for the colonists:)