Re: MERP pre-begginer's questions

From: "Jeff Wygal" <jdwygal@flash.net>

Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Patrick F. McGehearty <patrick@rsn.hp.COM> wrote in article
<6a0am4$1r5@deadzone.rsn.hp.com>...
> In article <34C3A0EE.BA2@io.com>,
> Stanley, the Daredevil Crow! <samcraig@io.com> wrote:
> >I'm interested in playing MERP but i like to understand the rules of a
> >game before i play it. This is relatively easy for most games these days
> >since all the material you want can be found on the internet but there
> >are a few things i don't understand from the faq at this time.

<snip>

> I'm guessing the writer of the faq assumes the reader has already read
the
> rule book.  I'm not sure which site you visited to read about the game,
so I
> can't be sure.  Perhaps the reason that the rule book is not on the web
is
> because it is 120 pages long.  Very detailed, but does not cover all the
> implications explicitly.  There is a current project to develop a
player's
> guide.  Perhaps that will be easier to read.

Actually, much of the rule book is on the web.  You can pick it up at GSI's
web page (www.gamesystems.com).  They left out all the specific orders, but
included everything else verbatim.  I suspect they left out the orders so
they can charge the extra $12.50 for first-timers.

<snip>

Jeff Wygal

References

MERP pre-begginer's questions
"Stanley, the Daredevil Crow!" <samcraig@io.com>
Mon, 19 Jan 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: MERP pre-begginer's questions
Patrick F. McGehearty <patrick@rsn.hp.COM>
Mon, 19 Jan 1998 00:00:00 +0000