tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32029386.post8285513716508401696..comments2024-03-15T03:18:11.032-04:00Comments on How to Start a Revolution in 21 Days or Less: Challenge: Media InfluencesNataliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15528192783751011497noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32029386.post-48705464651751805122008-07-15T14:21:00.000-04:002008-07-15T14:21:00.000-04:00I love the later books, but I can't particularly r...I love the later books, but I can't particularly recommend them. The second two of the first trilogy suffer from being sequels, rather than their own books, and while I think the second trilogy is better (than the other sequels) all three of those books are really weird. I like Duncan Idaho and the broader Dune setting, and at the time enjoyed long metaphysics/philosophy conversations in my SF, but mostly my attachment to them is because of when I read them. They're enjoyable, but they lack whatever it is that made Dune great.<BR/><BR/>This only goes for the books that are actually by Frank Herbert. The Brian Herbert/Kevin J. Anderson prequels are another story. I tried to read . . . House Corrino, I think it was. Boring. Like someone was trying to narrate an encyclopedia. The information was interesting, but I would have preferred the encyclopedia.<BR/><BR/>I should play some Ultima. I keep hearing about how great the games are, and they do sound quite cool.Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15528192783751011497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32029386.post-4962416905987072182008-07-08T05:10:00.000-04:002008-07-08T05:10:00.000-04:00Nice list. I loved Dune, but never read any of th...Nice list. I loved Dune, but never read any of the other books. Still, it's a strong influence on my sci-fi-with-medieval-bits gaming, which is one of my favorite genres.<BR/><BR/>In the past, I wanted magic that felt more like Earthsea, but it always turned into a big headache. One of the primary reasons why I'm playing a Moldvay/Cook/LL hack next is because the idea of building yet another magic system that is likely to come crashing down early in the campaign just exhausts me. <BR/><BR/>I had a nun turn me on to the second series of Thomas Covenant. The setting will always be linked, in my mind, to the setting of Ultima IV and V, more because of the times I read and played those games more than any sort of link.<BR/><BR/>Gods and demons are always big parts of my campaigns these days, as well as the elemental planes and underwater realms. I can no longer create a small campaign than I can make a small grocery run. ;)<BR/><BR/>- Briantrollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32029386.post-72419945246430825952008-07-04T12:17:00.000-04:002008-07-04T12:17:00.000-04:00Yeah, Is This Fair had almost no extraplanar happe...Yeah, Is This Fair had almost no extraplanar happenings, but that's at least partially because AE intentionally has very few spells that deal with gods and demons, and they play very little role in the Diamond Throne setting.<BR/><BR/>The desert game, my only other fantasy campaign, had a lot of demons in it, but mostly as tools of the sorcerer of the tower rather than as movers and shakers.<BR/><BR/>Maybe there are more dark gods and demons in my future, eh?<BR/><BR/>Probably not Orcus, though. Even though, yeah, 4e should have been subtitled: "the one where you fight Orcus." The books are crawling with him.Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15528192783751011497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32029386.post-18908365251577511362008-07-04T11:58:00.000-04:002008-07-04T11:58:00.000-04:00What about Diablo II? It's got desert bugs!Though ...What about Diablo II? It's got desert bugs!<BR/><BR/>Though I don't think you've ever been one to use deities and demons directly in a campaign. (hm, ITF sequel?)<BR/><BR/>but then again, 4e is very much ORCUSORCUSORCUSORCUSORCUSORCUS.AJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04127099767732603189noreply@blogger.com