November podcasts

[Havard]

Chirine: Sorry I didn't get to this on the first reply! Yes, Rick and Dave were thick as any buccaneer could be. Dave provided Rick with funding for a number of projects, and was effectively a silent partner in Flying Buffalo. This worked out very well for Dave, as FB (Rick, Mike Stackpole, and Liz Danforth) were focused on RPGs and Adventure Games was really more interested in miniatures gaming. When Dave closed up AGI, I packed up all of the inventory - except the Tekumel stuff; I got that - and sent off to Rick. You can still get AGI products from him, I think.

Aha, I thought i'd seen you mention FB in another post in relation to Dave. I was just reading Dave's chapter in Ports of Call, a generic fantasy sourcebook from Flying Buffalo, so I was curious about what the relationship was between the two.

Do they still hold the rights to Adventures in Fantasy?

Rick Loomis, Michael Stackpole and Liz Danforth, were any of these ever based in Minnesota? Or did Dave meet them elsewhere?

I know Dave Arneson also wrote a few modules for Michael Stackpole's RPG Mercenaries, Spies and Private Eyes. I was amazed to realize it was the same Stackpole as the one who wrote the famous X-Wing novels.

Chirine: Yes; they'll be in the book, and I pan to have downloadable plans that one can print up as needed for use in games.

Very much looking forward to these.

This is quite interesting. For some reason I was under the impression that these were mainly strategy based events. Do participants get Braunstein style character sheets/handouts as well?

Chirine: I'd hesitate to call these 'strategy' games; they are more like chaotic messes - i.e., they're Braunsteins! They use a lot of stuff on the table - see the photos - and yes, the players do get handouts telling them who they are and what they have. I tend to do 'blind draws' on these, so that players have very little idea what they'll be playing on the table before the game. This makes things a lot wilder, and a lot more fun!

These games sound like alot of fun. I have never played in a Braunstein, but I have seen the handouts from Braunstein 1, so at least I have some clue to that part of the game.

Looking forward to hearing more about this!

Chirine: Ask away! Did you read the little excerpt from the book, by the way?

Indeed I did! I will try to think up more questions later on

Perhaps other posters here want to pitch in as well?

-Havard