In-Reply-To: [email removed]
George objects to my comments on T/M:2000 in Challenge:
Well, firstly on the subject of whether they are Science Fiction, they
would qualify under the inclusion of everything that could possibly
include a science fiction element, and a GM could swing the game into
cyberpunk and other near future SF genres, but is that why people are
playing these games? If they should be included with the comment "SF is
where you find it", then it seems to me that ANY game can be included
and the "Magazine of Science Fiction Gaming" is absolutely meaningless.
To me, the millenial setting seems to be meant to provide a slightly
nastier future in which opportunities for military scenarios are more
prevalent. I don't think it is really to introduce the effects of
scientific or technological speculation.
Having said which, I didn't mean that these games should be taken out
of Challenge (although I'd be happy if they were). Whatever one might
think of the other GDW games, the material for them in Challenge is of
a relatively high standard. It's the stuff for Shadowrun, Cthulhu,
2020, etc, etc which I don't like, because there are other magazines
that provide better coverage of those games.
Mark