tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311060361308252769.post2494227188796971959..comments2024-03-01T03:36:45.772-05:00Comments on THE WHEEL OF SAMSARA: Quite Distracted By: Engines & EmpiresMatthew Slepinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04056247825064943944noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311060361308252769.post-10074200805754729572009-10-21T15:41:23.364-04:002009-10-21T15:41:23.364-04:00I'm very tempted to run it next time I get to ...<i>I'm very tempted to run it next time I get to do some tabletop gaming.</i><br /><br />Me too, which is annoying since I should be play-testing <i>Under the Dying Sun</i>. :)<br /><br />I actually haven't the foggiest idea what the computer game Arcanum was; when people talk about it, I always think that they are talking about <i>The Arcanum</i> rpg from Bard Games.<br /><br />I also must admit that I haven't read <i>Neverwhere</i>: I have kind of a low tolerance for Gaiman's writing even though I always like his ideas.<br /><br />But what seemed cool to me was that Victorian London has these mazes of back-alleys and slums that would make excellent 1str level dungeons. Then, you could climb down into the sewers and subway tunnels, and from there, enter the Mythic Underworld.Matthew Slepinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04056247825064943944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311060361308252769.post-10146333809799003612009-10-21T00:34:18.558-04:002009-10-21T00:34:18.558-04:00By amazing coincidence, I downloaded the free E&am...By amazing coincidence, I downloaded the free E&E pdf just last week, and after a quick skim through it, decided to order a hardcopy from Lulu today. <br /><br />My impression is very favourable so far, but I haven't gone through it very carefully yet (waiting for the actual book to arrive first). It strikes me as what that crpg <i>Arcanum</i> should have been, put into a proper RPG format (I loved the 'idea' behind Arcanum, but didn't care for the execution).<br /><br />I'm very tempted to run it next time I get to do some tabletop gaming. <br /><br />"<i>What would be neat in this option is that the dungeons could be entrances to faerie. I can see the subway tunnels and sewers of Dickensian London all turning out to lead into Faery...</i>"<br /><br />Perhaps a Victorian version of Gaiman's <b>Neverwhere</b>? :DAkrasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08734103159691571156noreply@blogger.com