Re: Galactic Prisoners

From: kmgraphiks@aol.com (KMGraphiks)

Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 05:49:45 +0000

<< Um. Galactic Prisoners. Is that the game where you are in a little tank
and you drive around the planet mining for resources? I played that 10
years ago or so for a couple months. I'm kinda curious why the GM makes
you sign a release. As I recall the game had good reviews and the GM
was competent, so I doubt it was because he was getting slammed. >>

It all harkens back to the "Great GP controversy of 1992".

In a nutshell: Back in 1992 a 'rumor' blurb is printed in US Flagship where the
player states that he thought the game was rather simplistic. Grandel asks
Flagship to cease and desist the slandering of their game. Grandel then asks
their players to sign a legal document stating that they will never send in any
review or info on the game to a publication without their approval. Of course
there's more to this on both sides.

Result: Nobody but the current players (if there are any) know the status of
the game....and they ain't talking. A couple of years ago when I tried to do an
article for The PBM Report I ran into a brick wall made up of a couple of
vehemently devoted players. Their opinion was that "The article that you are
proposing to run on Grandel inc. in your newsletter, the PBM Report, is nothing
short of a revenge filled attack aimed at bringing new life to your
newsletter."

It's really a shame since the game was rated very highly in the polls for many,
many years and has outlived most cats and dogs (except my 20 year old cat
Fran).  I thought then, and still do, that people might be interested in the
current state of the game and how it has changed/evolved over the years.

Ken Mitchell
Ken Mitchell Graphics

References

Re: Galactic Prisoners
grenadeboy@yahoo.com
Thu, 31 Aug 2000 02:17:49 +0000

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Re: Galactic Prisoners
grenadeboy@yahoo.com
Thu, 31 Aug 2000 02:17:49 +0000