Re: Tribes of Crane

From: Steve <stevet@bigfoot.com>

Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Carol Mulholland wrote:

> However, Zen Games' Melvyn Huntley is making a good job of it and
> plans
> to continue. Turnaround is 2-monthly; there are great pubmeets (well,
> the one we went to was great).
>
> ......

I'm a long time (12+ years) player of Crane, and even wrote a Flagship
article a number of years ago on how great the game is. Unfortunately
turnaround is terrible, currently running at 7+ months, and has been
like that for a number of years. The game is currently suffering a great
number of dropouts including myself, who are fed up with the constant
delays and GM rule changes. I always thought that Melvyn would make an
excellent GM, well he does EXCEPT for turnaround, but the game is no
longer worth the effort of playing. I certainly would not advise anyone
to join now.
We have tried to persuade Melvyn to computerise for a number of years
but he's a technophobe. It just goes to show that the age of large hand
moderated PBM's is long past and that games such as Legends are the way
forwards - they may not have the same apparent depth or freedom of
action, but the players more than make up for that with their enthusiasm
for the game.
Carol was certainly right about the quality of the pubmeets though, I
remember going to many .... but don't remember leaving as many!

Steve.

References

Re: Tribes of Crane
"Jim Redden" <pizzajim@rpa.net>
Sun, 02 May 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Tribes of Crane
Carol Mulholland <Carol@flagship-uk.demon.co.uk>
Sun, 02 May 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Re: Tribes of Crane
"Jim Redden" <pizzajim@rpa.net>
Sun, 02 May 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Tribes of Crane
Carol Mulholland <Carol@flagship-uk.demon.co.uk>
Sun, 02 May 1999 00:00:00 +0000