In message (2049) [email removed] (Rob Miracle) wrote:
> Any way, the young players aren't being exposed to Traveller and with there not
> having been a serious "Space" film out in a while it has hurt the popularity of
> Sci-fi for the little ones. They see Star Trek, but that isn't the same.
On the other hand, there have been even fewer decent fantasy films and still
(It seem to me at least) the Fantasy side of roleplaying dominate.
(One positive note when it comes to "renewal and recruiting" is that the
new version of the MegaTraveller1: The Zhodani Conspiracy have got very
favorable reviews. I was afraid when I first heard about it that it would
actually do Traveller a disfavour, but it seems that I was overly pessimistic.)
> When Traveller was at its peak here was when Star Wars, Alien, Ice Pirates (so
> it wasn't serious), and other such movies were coming out right and left.
> Maybe if Spelberg and Lucas get together they can create: MegaTraveller, the
> Movie!
If it had been Lucasfilm that had made the game I talked about above, then
maybe...
> (Hmmm, as a side thought, I bet we, the TML could write a nice script)
I have heard rumours from listees (I'm not sure if it was in private email or
on the list, so I'll let the person confirm it himself, if he wants to) about
MegaTraveller noves.
A marketing success like TSR's Dragonlance but for MegaT would probably
revitalize a whole lot, but that is a wild pipe-dream.
> Then we could have mass marketing, MegaTraveller figures, bubble gum cards,
> watches, sleeping bags, etc.
I can see it: Kids running around waving plastic FGMP-15's and playing Zho's
and Marines (or Lucan and Dulinor:)
> Rob
- - -bertil-
Scenes from Core:
"Take THAT!" "Ouch! Whaaaaa! He hurt me!" "Serves you right, Moron!" "No, You
are a Moron, Ha Ha Moron! Moron!" "I'm not!" "Are so! Are so!"
"Are the kids playing Lucan and Dulinor now again?"
"No, that *is* Lucan and Dulinor..."