RE: (TFT) Associatin of Fantasy Trippers

["Marty Brown" <marty@mythicgames.com>]

>>It's a shame that TFT can't be officially revived. However, I think the
>>best response is to do what Microtactix is doing -- publish new works that
>>are in the spirit of the old Metagaming without being derived from its
>>products in any way.

I have to agree.  I have seen the TFT rules now, and I think they're as
great as many of you have indicated.  (It's amazing how much detail is
provided in those few volumes.)  But I don't think that Steve Jackson has
defined the do-all, end-all set of simple but enjoyable fantasy gaming
rules.  Personally, I would like to see this group focus their creative
energies on defining a better set of rules.  Better because many of you have
played TFT for years and know where it needs improving and better because
the rules would be in the public domain and free for anyone to use and
expand on.

Perhaps, to start the ball rolling, we could hold a contest/workshop where
anyone could submit a core set of simple rules to the group.  The
submissions could be critiqued and anyone could expand on them or create
derivative works (as long as credit was given where due).  Maybe we could
spark the creation of several interesting new rule sets.

Disclaimer: I have no skills (that I know of) in setting up such a
contest/workshop, but it seems like a good idea.

Marty
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