Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mit-eddie.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!mit-eddie!nessus From: nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (Doug Alan) Newsgroups: net.games,net.games.frp Subject: Re: Looking for a new game... Message-ID: <377@mit-eddie.UUCP> Date: Sun, 3-Jul-83 12:22:48 EDT Article-I.D.: mit-eddi.377 Posted: Sun Jul 3 12:22:48 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Jul-83 17:33:42 EDT References: <340@sdcrdcf.UUCP> Organization: MIT EECS Dept., Cambridge, MA Lines: 16 I agree with Jon Biggar. The "Fantasy Trip" (which is comprised of "Advanced Mele", "Advanced Wizard", and "In the Labyrinth") is by far the best FRP game on the market. It is better than AD&D, D&D, Basic D&D, T&T, Traveler, DragonQuest and RuneQuest. In fact, only RuneQuest comes anywhere close. I don't like RuneQuest as much because it is more complicated (too complicated) without added realism and is generally not as fun. The only problem with "The Fantasy Trip" (besides a small but important combat rule flaw that is easily fixed) is that the rules are not as organized as they could be. This is not Steve Jackson's (the designer of the game) fault, though. He was screwed by MetaGaming. In fact he left MetaGaming and formed his own company mostly because of the way that they screwed him with the "Fantasy Trip". -- Doug Alan decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!nessus Nessus@MIT-MC