>From: Alan Huscroft [email removed]
>Subject: (1399) Paranoia Press
>Who says the Paranioa Press books are not official???
Well, I'm no expert, but I know some of the DGP
folks, and have been in on some of their playtests,
so I was able to ask them this specifically.
>They certainly said "approved" on the covers, and one of them began with
>a personal message of praise written by Marc Miller. I've never heard
>any suggestion that he retracted this statement.
>The fact that SORAG gains a passing mention in the Rebellion Sourcebook
>also seems to imply that the books still have the favour of GDW.
The way I understand it, the Paranoia Press stuff
was very "early" Traveller, and was written before
anyone (including Marc Miller) really knew what the
Imperium was like. Later, when they all decided
what to do, they decided to change some stuff. What
Joe Fugate told me was (and I quote): "In a
conversation with Marc Miller, I asked specifically,
'Is the Paranoia Press stuff still valid?' And Marc
said, 'No.'" He also said something like (and this
is not a quote): "The Paranoia Press stuff was
official at one time, but it is now considered
'obsolete'". Evidently, the stuff that is still
mentioned (like SORAG) is official, but you can't
take the whole book as official (at least that's how
I understand it IMHO).
>Isn't it interesting how DGP seems to have avoided this area like the
>proverbial plague?
Yeah, now that you mention it, that is rather
suspicious. Maybe they will do something in their
alien book that has the Aslan in it. I'll ask them
when I playtest the final adventure.
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Hope this is useful,
Bayliss
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