Re: FBI (Flying Buffalo Inc.) Heroic Fantasy pbm game

From: CIS1RON@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU (Ron Reuben)

Date: Thu, 12 Jan 1995 23:00:01 +0000

In article <3f2lf6$8bb@gaia.cc.gatech.edu>,
jriechel@cc.gatech.edu (James Alan Riechel) writes:

>Anyone,
>
>        I have a coupon that allowed me a free start-up for
>Flying Buffalo's "Heroic Fantasy" pbm game, so I sent it
>in and should begin playing within a week.
>
>        I'm just curious if anybody in this newsgroup has
>played the game, and if so, what comments they might have
>about it.
>

I've played Heroic Fantasy but that was a long time ago and I
understand that there have been substantial changes since.
There's a tutorial on the game in issue #69 of "Flying Buffalo
Quarterly".  I would say try to avoid fights with player run
characters as it could prove hazardous.  Try to have many of
your characters in on monster kills as they all get points for
it.  I think that artifacts are described as they appear to
a person.  Think of how they might appear to one of the characters
to see how it might be used.
Like open ended games generally, how much you enjoy it is largely
related to your own setting and fulfilling of goals (IMO).