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Re: (TFT) Re: TFT JME



Hi John,
I have added a link to your group on the TFT Codex 2000:
http://www.loran.karoo.net/tft/

I've had a quick look through some of your expanded TFT.
So far I'm very impressed. Keep up the good work!

Regards,

Chris Nicole

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Eiler" <eiler@gps.caltech.edu>
> To: tft@brainiac.com
> Subject: (TFT) Re: TFT Digest V3 #959
> Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:59:27 -0800
> 
> 
> Hi everyone,
>        I just established a Yahoo group (http://games.groups.yahoo.com/
> group/TFT-JME/) where I'm posting pdf's of my own edited, extended
> and house-ruled version of TFT. The core of the game (90%+) is either
> a direct transcription of the original rules, or simply additions to
> the original rules (i.e., new beasts, monsters, weapons and talents).
> However, it has been extensively re-organized to pull together
> information on related subjects, omit duplications, etc. And, I've
> reformatted so that chapter headings, sub-headings etc. are uniform,
> the font is quite a bit bigger and easier to read, etc. The artwork
> is all from the original, plus a few additions from 1st edition AD+D
> to flesh things out (especially the beastiary). Finally, I have added
> or modified a few core rules; I don't think I went overboard anywhere
> and believe it is essentially the same game. But, you will notice
> changes. Most noticeably, I tried to rationalize the wild tangle of
> DX modifiers so that things about you modify your DX and things about
> the task you are attempting modify the number of dice you roll. That
> seemed to me to be the spirit of the system, but the original has
> lots of confusing and arbitrary exceptions. I also re-made all the
> covers - the one thing about the original that I just hated.  I used
> Frazetta art that most gamers will dig.
> 
> Good gaming, and let me know what you think.
> 
> John
> 
>



Chris Nicole
www.loran.karoo.net/


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