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From: steven@qubix.UUCP (Steven Maurer)
Newsgroups: net.games.frp
Subject: Re: Review of TOON (Steve Jackson Games)
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Date: Thu, 4-Oct-84 18:42:50 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct  4 18:42:50 1984
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    I too, like TOON.  It is the best you can do with an
    essentially unsimulatable genre.   Why is it unsimulatable?
    Because almost all cartoons have two classes of character
    types, "Heros", and "Dupes".

    A "Hero" is like Bugs Bunny.  He is not looking for trouble,
    but somehow it comes for him.   He always wins.  He is always
    impervious to all attacks.

    A "Dupe" is like Wile E. Coyote.  He trys to get the hero,
    but looses either because of the hero's cleverness, or because
    he has terrible luck.

    The problem with TOON, is that few people want to play a Dupe.

    Heros                            Dupes
    -----                            -----

    Bugs Bunny                       The Coyote (Caneous Hungryus)
    Tweety Bird                      Yosemite Sam
    Micky Mouse                      Sylvester
    Road Runner                      Elmer Fudd
    Daffy Duck (early version)       Daffy Duck (later versions)
    The baby Chickenhawk             The Martian
    Popeye                           The Big Ape
    The Sheepdog                     Wile E. Coyote ("my card")
    Jerry                            Brutis
                                     Tom
    Non Heros/Non Dupes

    Foghorn Leghorn
    The Dog
    The turtle(s)
    Bugs Bunny (rarely)
    Granny
    Shorty
    Whimpy 
    Olive Oyl
    Tom (occasionally)
    Jerry (occasionally)
    The Bull Dog