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TWERPS Space Cadets
''TWERPS Space Cadets'' is a 1989 role-playing supplement for ''TWERPS'' published by Gamescience. Contents ''TWERPS Space Cadets'' is a supplement in which adventuring in space is detailed. Publication history ''Space Cadets'' was written by Jeff Dee and 'Manda Dee, and was published by Reindeer Games (company), Reindeer Games in 1989 as a digest-sized book. Reception Eric Jacobson reviewed ''TWERPS Space Cadets'', 2nd Edition in ''White Wolf (magazine), White Wolf'' #48 (Oct., 1994), rating it a 4 out of 5 and stated that "Alone, or with whatever supplements you pick up, ''Space Cadets'' is worth the [price]. If you can't stand the puns, then sit down. ''Space Cadets'' makes for a bargain campaign." Reviews *''The Last Province'' (Issue 2 - Dec 1992)https://rpggeek.com/rpgissuearticle/53431/pandoras-box References {{reflist Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1989 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TWERPS
''TWERPS'' (''The World's Easiest Role-Playing System'') is a minimalist role-playing game (RPG) originally created by Reindeer Games in 1987 (whose sole product was the ''TWERPS'' line) and distributed by Lou Zocchi, Gamescience. Presented as a parody of the complicated RPG systems which were prevalent at the time while still being a playable game in its own right, its simple structure and humorous nature gave it unexpected popularity. Description ''TWERPS'', (The World's Easiest Role-Playing System), is a humorous universal system of minimalist rules. Characters have only one ability, Strength. Rules sections cover Strength, Combat, and "How to Do Everything." The game includes a sample character sheet, a combat hex sheet, cardstock miniatures, and an introductory micro-mini-scenario. The actual rules of the game are indeed extremely simple. Characters are defined by a single attribute, "Strength", which is used for determining all traditional role-playing elements, such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gamescience
Gamescience is an American game company that produces role-playing games and game supplements. History Gamescience Corp. was started by Phillip E. Orbanes in 1965. In that year, the company published the wargame Vietnam which was reviewed in issue #4 of Strategy and Tactics (S&T) magazine. In 1967 the company published another wargame which Orbanes designed called Confrontation, which was reviewed in S&T issue #6. In 1968, the company published the wargame, The Battle of Britain designed by Lou Zocchi, which was reviewed in S&T #13. The company was sold before Orbanes left college. Gamescience was founded by Lou Zocchi. Gamescience published the board game '' The Battle of Britain'' (1968), the wargames '' MiG Killers'' (1977), and '' Strike Team Alpha'' (1978), and the role-playing games '' Star Patrol'' (1977; originally called ''Space Patrol''), '' Superhero: 2044'' (1977), the second edition of ''Empire of the Petal Throne'' (1984), and ''TWERPS ''TWERPS'' (''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Dee
Jeff Dee is an American artist and game designer. He was the youngest artist in the history of pioneering role-playing game company TSR when he began his work at the age of 18. He also designed the ''Villains and Vigilantes'' superhero game. He was a co-host on '' The Atheist Experience'' and Non-Prophets atheism advocacy podcasts. Biography In the late 1970s, while Dee was still a teenager, he and Jack Herman created ''Villains and Vigilantes'', the first complete superhero role-playing game. The game was published by Fantasy Games Unlimited in 1979. Dee and Herman persuaded Scott Bizar to produce a second edition, which was published in 1982. Dee came up with the idea of creating a role-playing game based on cartoons when he, Greg Costikyan, and other designers were discussing which genres had no role-playing game systems yet; although they agreed that it would be impossible for such a game to be designed, a few years later Costikyan designed '' Toon'' as a full game with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
'Manda Dee
''Furcadia'' is a free-to-play MMOSG/MMORPG or graphical MUD, set in a fantasy world inhabited by magical creatures. The game is based on user-created content with emphasis on world building tools, exploring, socializing, and free-form roleplaying. ''Furcadia'' hosts a large volunteer program called the Beekin Helpers, allowing players to help with community moderation, welcoming new players, handling in-game technical support, running in game events, creating art for the game itself, accessing and updating the game's website, and bug hunting. ''Furcadia'' holds the Guinness World Records title for the longest continuously running social MMORPG and, in addition to being one of the first games to heavily encourage modding and let users build virtual worlds for themselves, it was also one of the first freemium online games. In 2008, ''Furcadia'' was reported as having over 60,000 players.Syam, Kathryn; Scialdone, Michael. (2008).Where Dreams and Dragons Meet: An Ethnographic Analy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reindeer Games (company)
''Reindeer Games'' (also released under the title ''Deception'') is a 2000 American action thriller film directed by John Frankenheimer, in what would be his final feature before his death in 2002. The film stars Ben Affleck, Charlize Theron, Gary Sinise, Dennis Farina, James Frain, Donal Logue, Danny Trejo, and Clarence Williams III. The plot centers on Rudy Duncan, an ex-convict who assumes his deceased cellmate's identity and becomes entangled in a heist targeting a casino in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The film was released theatrically by Miramax Films on February 25, 2000. It received generally negative reviews from critics and emerged as a commercial failure at the box office, grossing $32 million worldwide against a $42 million budget. Plot In a prison near Iron Mountain, Michigan, cellmates Nick Cassidy and Rudy Duncan are two days from release. Nick has been exchanging letters with a young woman named Ashley Mercer, although they have never met. He plans to meet As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
