> I have noticed an accellerating trend. Everyone, even science-fiction
> fans and role-players, seems to be doing less reading and more watching
> of movies (on videotape, actually) and television. And this is
> reflected in our games.
I agree with this observation. Of the 8 people (plus GM) in our current 2300
campaign, the GM and I are the only serious SF readers in the group (we've
got a couple of Star Trek readers, but that doesn't count :-). The two of
us, on the other hand, plow through around 2 novels/week, and we have
similar tastes.
As a result, there's alot of interplay between myself and the GM that nobody
else understands. It's very frustrating.
Also, we'd love to be able to say "This universe has much in common with
C. J. Cherryh's Downbelow Station universe", but nobody understands...
[ I have a random .signature chooser. It has chosen a particulary
appropriate .signature quote today... :-]
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C. Harald Koch, Network Analyst | "Cable is not a luxury, since many areas have
Alias Research Inc. Toronto, ON | poor TV reception". - Mayor, Tucson AZ, 1989
[email removed] | [ apparently, good TV reception is a basic
[email removed] | necessity -- at least in Tucson -kl ]