threedeesix Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 You know, if I had the time and effort to spare, I'd love to write a "Lost World" monograph for BRP. Well Jason, I think you may have to just hunker down and make the time. >:-> Rod Quote Join my Mythras/RuneQuest 6: Classic Fantasy Yahoo Group at https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/RQCF/info "D100 - Exactly 5 times better than D20" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simlasa Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Seems to me that the interplanetary romance genre had a lot of crossover with the lost world genre... IIRC John Carter was always finding the remnants of this or that old Mars civilization... Carson Napier found haunted alien ruins to wander through. Similar to a lot of fantasy stories it seemed like the glory days of most of those exotic planets was in the past... with the hero often putting the final nails in the coffin... with some promised, less tyrannical future on the horizon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason D Posted July 3, 2009 Author Share Posted July 3, 2009 Well Jason, I think you may have to just hunker down and make the time. >:-> If only it were that easy... Seems to me that the interplanetary romance genre had a lot of crossover with the lost world genre... IIRC John Carter was always finding the remnants of this or that old Mars civilization... Carson Napier found haunted alien ruins to wander through. Just as reassurance, the GM chapter deals with the tropes of the genre, covering subjects such as: The Lost World, Out of Time, The Unspoiled Garden, and A World of Ruins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merak Gren Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 (edited) Oops. My sincerest apologies. Damon Edited July 5, 2009 by Merak Gren foot in mouth Quote Likes to sneak around 115/420 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason D Posted July 5, 2009 Author Share Posted July 5, 2009 Jason. I'm sorry I have not commented earlier on the fencing rules. Work / life have been busy and have not had time to properly playtest. Umm... this should be in the playtest forum, not the general forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason D Posted July 6, 2009 Author Share Posted July 6, 2009 And just as an update, this holiday weekend saw a lot of progress on the manuscript, with more on vehicular combat, a new revision of the fencing rules based on playtest feedback, and the writing of the mutations Immortal, Incomplete, Independent Appendages, and Infested. (Mutations are a big part of the weird science aspect of the book... an unfortunate byproduct of imperfect means of creating life.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mi-Go Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Is there going to be a design sequence as part of this that lets you design things like starships, vehicles, planets, etc using a procedural set of equations/tables? Or will these areas be dealt with in more of an advice method that tells you how to assign stats to these things without much math? I guess my question is is this book going to be more of a how-to genre book, a setting specific book, a gearhead book, a mixture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason D Posted July 6, 2009 Author Share Posted July 6, 2009 I guess my question is is this book going to be more of a how-to genre book, a setting specific book, a gearhead book, a mixture? It is a how-to genre book with setting-specific material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simlasa Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 It is a how-to genre book with setting-specific material. Cool! That's just what I'm hoping for... I'm a fan of all those GURPS sourcebooks that give you lots of tools for emulating a genre/setting and give you their example setting to play in/tweak/ignore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason D Posted July 10, 2009 Author Share Posted July 10, 2009 Another quick update: Fencing schools have been added (to provide a context for the training human heroes may have had back on Earth)Wrote mutations: Radioactive, Toxic Blood, Unnatural Appetite, and Unusual Skin (the latter two each have 8 and 10 varieties)More work on Vehicular Combat If anyone is wondering why I'm spending so much time on Mutations, it's because my hope is that it will become a default alien toolkit... so a GM can simply say "All of [insert name of species] have Hands, Natural Weapons, and Increased Characteristic (DEX)", for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aramone Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Jason hows Interplanetary coming along? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worrapol Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Yes, we want to know more. :thumb: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason D Posted September 7, 2009 Author Share Posted September 7, 2009 Still working on it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrywith1e Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Do you have an estimation of page count for this project. Just found out about it and now I can't wait. Quote Wave your geekflag high! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason D Posted October 13, 2009 Author Share Posted October 13, 2009 Do you have an estimation of page count for this project. Just found out about it and now I can't wait. I don't know at all... it's almost entirely a function of page layout. My guess is somewhere in the 128-156 page range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason D Posted December 1, 2009 Author Share Posted December 1, 2009 Despite how awful this looks, I am morbidly curious: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threedeesix Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Despite how awful this looks, I am morbidly curious: Yah, their track record has been pretty dismal. But, as the "good Pixar/Disney version" is still a couple years away, I'm kinda looking forward to seeing it in a "road accident" kind of way myself. Quote Join my Mythras/RuneQuest 6: Classic Fantasy Yahoo Group at https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/RQCF/info "D100 - Exactly 5 times better than D20" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puck Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Oh no?!...... I had really been looking forward to this. ;-( Quote 294/420 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seneschal Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 (edited) Hmmm. Martian flier looks OK, in a Star Wars rip-off kinda way. What I presume to be Tharks and their thoats aren't Burroughs-standard but may be good enough for casual movie-goers who haven't read the books (hard to tell). Traci Lords wouldn't have been my first pick for Deja Thoris; she surely isn't known for her acting ability. Whatzisname looks manly enough to be an ERB action hero but we don't know if he can act (or speak English). The badlands might work as a stand-in for Barsoom with appropriate matte paintings in the background. But the fact that it is a straight-to-video release doesn't raise my expectations. It might have been "good enough" had it been released in the '70s or early '80s, a double-feature with Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone. Let's hope Princess of Mars is at least a watchable B movie (and that the best isn't what we've already seen in the trailer). Sigh. Three more years for the Disney/Pixar version. While a live-action version would be neat, I'd be happy with a well-written, reasonably faithful animated version of the Mars novels. We've seen what Disney can do with Atlantis and what Pixar can do with The Incredibles. Why not just avoid all the CGI and casting pitfalls and do what they do best? Edited December 2, 2009 by seneschal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason D Posted December 2, 2009 Author Share Posted December 2, 2009 Sigh. Three more years for the Disney/Pixar version. While a live-action version would be neat, I'd be happy with a well-written, reasonably faithful animated version of the Mars novels. We've seen what Disney can do with Atlantis and what Pixar can do with The Incredibles. Why not just avoid all the CGI and casting pitfalls and do what they do best? I will be the first in line for that film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDLeary Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Despite how awful this looks, I am morbidly curious: Oh lord.... Ben sent you that one, didn't he?! Looks like another SciFi... sorry, SyFy winner! SDLeary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threedeesix Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 I will be the first in line for that film. Awesome, seeing as you move every couple years or so, maybe you can move to New Hampshire and we can see it together. Crossing my fingers. :thumb: Quote Join my Mythras/RuneQuest 6: Classic Fantasy Yahoo Group at https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/RQCF/info "D100 - Exactly 5 times better than D20" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason D Posted December 3, 2009 Author Share Posted December 3, 2009 Awesome, seeing as you move every couple years or so, maybe you can move to New Hampshire and we can see it together. Crossing my fingers. :thumb: As soon as a MMO studio opens in NH, I'll put it on the list of possibilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threedeesix Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 As soon as a MMO studio opens in NH, I'll put it on the list of possibilities. What, no cow tipping MMO jokes? Quote Join my Mythras/RuneQuest 6: Classic Fantasy Yahoo Group at https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/RQCF/info "D100 - Exactly 5 times better than D20" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p_clapham Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Sounds great! I'm just starting to explore Edgar Rice Burroughs sci-fi, and would be keenly interested in a BRP supplement for interplanetary adventure / romance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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