(TFT) Re: Dark City games (was: Lurkers unite!)

[Mark Tapley <mtapley@swri.edu>]

> Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:11:17 -0600
> From: "Craig W. Barber" <craigwbar@comcast.net>
> Subject: (TFT) Lurkers unite!
>
> Anybody ever designed a monster called a Lurker?  I've been enjoying reading
> here too.

So, is a Lurker's IQ lower than average ... or higher?

:-)

> I've got a question about the Dark City products: I've seen an awful lot of
> "compatible with X, Y or maybe Z" stuff come and go over the years.  The
> problem is that what works well in one system doesn't work well in another:
> visualize three starting spearmen taking on an average troll in TFT versus the
> same scenario in MERPS.   The question: how well does Dark City playtest for
> TFT?  Y'all keep mentioning them, so you must like the games?

IMHO, they were clearly designed specifically for TFT, with the Dark 
City rules published as a work-around for copyright problems. I've 
played through large parts of "Island of Lost Spells", and the 
encounters are all exactly right for TFT groups, with the "boss" 
encounter bad enough that a really tough party *might* survive if 
they aren't smart enough to figure out how to get around it - just as 
it's intended to be. I guess my only question is whether the 
adventures work in systems *other* than TFT.

Will update if I find anything different in the other adventures, but 
since I've talked my wife into refereeing those for me and the kids, 
it might be a while before I can report.

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