Other Games

[Andrew Boulton]

Should COTI have a forum for discussing non-Traveller games?

 

[far-trader]

Meh, we already have The Lone Star Lounge. Seems non-Traveller games could be (and have been) discussed in there. I think there are enough (or nearly so, or too many) forums already

EDIT: Ah, now the poll shows up. But it's too divisive to be of use in my opinion. I'd have to vote yes (but didn't, it wasn't me) since I don't agree with no as worded, but my statement above is a no (which I also won't vote). Call it a write in vote for: No, we already have a forum(s) where it can be discussed.

 

[Valarian]

Okay, I voted yes. But my thought on this are maybe not their own forum. However, I don't think that discussing other games or universes needs to be banned from the forums. The Lone Star and Random Static forums should be the places to compare or discuss other universes and games.

 

[Gallowglacht]

Yes. There's more to life than Traveller.

 

[sirpedro]

The other games already have their own forums on other sites. If people want to discuss other games here that's fine, I just don't think they need anything special to do so.

Just my .02cr

 

[Spinward Scout]

We've talked about other games here before, but usually how they could relate to Traveller. Fading Suns, Alternity, etc... Might not be a bad idea to stimulate more Traveller talk, too.

 

[Higgipedia]

I don't think we need to worry about this turning into a forum for D&D4.0 just by opening it up to other games. Maybe just a forum for "Other Games" with a thread for the individual systems would suffice.

THere's little things in a lot of games that I think bring something to the Traveller table.

 

[far-trader]

We've talked about other games here before, but usually how they could relate to Traveller. Fading Suns, Alternity, etc... Might not be a bad idea to stimulate more Traveller talk, too.

Do you mean a new forum for other games will stimulate more Traveller talk? I don't see how that follows. If anything a new forum, or several, for other games on this site will just dilute Traveller talk here.

CotI is a Traveller site. We don't need to ban talk about other games but I see no purpose in starting forums especially for them here.

A question Andrew, have people been asking for this? Or are you just wondering aloud?

Maybe there are good reasons for doing it, I'd like to hear them explained if so.

 

[Spinward Scout]

Do you mean a new forum for other games will stimulate more Traveller talk? I don't see how that follows. If anything a new forum, or several, for other games on this site will just dilute Traveller talk here.

Maybe just a 'Games Like Traveller' Forum, then. Or something similar. I can see your point if there's 20 new forums about different games, but just one shouldn't hurt, I would think.

 

[DaveChase]

Voted yes BUT

I believe that the Other Games forum should only be to talk about how the other games have
either an interesting aspect that you would or do use in YTU
a game mechanic that you like/use
scenario(s) that you have adopted or use
etc

I do not think that another forum for other games needs to be added for the sake of another forum.

MTU does not match the OTU. I have a bit of this and that and much more. I use the OTU background, worlds and such because it a great background/story board and there is much OTU material to keep any player happy. But there are many surprises for players and the Imperium it they every found out.

Dave Chase

 

[Sifu Blackirish]

What he said!

I agree with Dave Chase.

Sure, there is more to life than TRAVELLER, but why are we here?

FWIW, I have been involved with the LBBs since July 1977. I look at EVERYTHING and wonder how it would come out in CT terms.

With all the controversy swirling about, I was wondering if I would be warned/banned if I even discussed another system, even if I said how I was using it in a TRAVELLER scenario.

I have multiple boxes of other games, adventures, etc. Am I risking all if I discuss (for example) how I adapted ICE/ROLEMASTER computer virus information for our game?
Have things calmed down enough so we can continue to march?

 

[Rhialto the Marvelous]

Definitely in favor. For one thing, I love talking scifi games of all stripes, especially 1980s/90s ones, and rpg.net's too big for that--they get lost in the shuffle.

For another, many Traveller discussions have broader ramifications. There are exact parallels in approach to S4's rule 68A in recent OD&D* debates, for example.

CotI has room for super-rarefied Traveller threads but also for putting Traveller in context.

*aka White Box / Brown Box D&D.

 

[Ambassadore G'car]

Hi all

I'm generally against it since this is a forum for Traveller (in it's many incarnations). If I want to talk about D&D or Space Master or some other game, I'll go to a forum that caters for it. When I come here, it's for Traveller.

 

[CosmicGamer]

I believe that the Other Games forum should only be to talk about how the other games have
either an interesting aspect that you would or do use in YTU
a game mechanic that you like/use
scenario(s) that you have adopted or use
etc

I do not think that another forum for other games needs to be added for the sake of another forum.

MTU does not match the OTU. I have a bit of this and that and much more. I use the OTU background, worlds and such because it a great background/story board and there is much OTU material to keep any player happy. But there are many surprises for players and the Imperium it they every found out.

Dave Chase

I voted no, but I don't agree with "Death to all other games!".

I agree with using and discussing other games to enhance Traveller, but that happens already and I don't think another forum is needed. It is also fine to play other games beside Traveller but there are plenty of places to go for SciFi, or any RPG. I certainly don't want to see discussions on Chess, Cribbage, Shoots and Ladders, Bingo, or The Sims - the original question/post just says 'other games' not Sci-Fi RPGs or even RPGs.

 

[far-trader]

...
With all the controversy swirling about, I was wondering if I would be warned/banned if I even discussed another system, even if I said how I was using it in a TRAVELLER scenario.

You can relax. The controversy had absolutely nothing to do with it being wrong to discuss other games here. Not as they apply to Traveller or even if they entirely don't. We have discussed non-Traveller and vaguely related to Traveller console games, computer games, board games in the past. And I think even yes Chess and Cards, but not that I recall Snakes and Ladders (aka Chutes and Ladders) or Bingo I'm not sure if Cribbage slipped in there somewhere but I do recall now The Sims did I think, istr someone built a Type S for The Sims and crewed it And other games come up in discussion all the time. It's not even wrong to talk about other forums in context. The problems had absolutely nothing to do with that.

Anything you want to talk about related to Traveller can be freely discussed. Find a forum that fits and jump in. Anything you want to talk about that's not related to Traveller is welcomed with open arms in the Random Static thread. That's what it's there for. Unless it's a controversial topic and then, well you may not find welcome open arms in The Pit, but you will be able to speak your mind to a large degree.

And if you find/create a new site that looks like fun by all means share. Post a link, even (if it's working) list it in the destinations in the Imperial Starport lounge (see the CotI Features tab above). There is absolutely nothing wrong with that.

All this is clear to anyone who looks, and was explained during the trouble, at least once, and I suspect much more than once. That it didn't take for some... is not something to go into here.

 

[aramis]

Dan basically is dead on the money.

I wouldn't mind a section for other "Non-(GDW/Traveller/FFE) games"

We've often discussed non-traveller video games, some for being travelleresque (in Software Solutions) and others for being just damned good fun (Lone Star or Random Static).

 

[Supplement Four]

I think it's fine to have discussion about other scifi games (or even other games) in the appropriate forum, but I don't think there should be dedicated forums for non-Traveller or non-Traveller related (like 2300) games.

I voted no.

 

[mike wightman]

And what happens when some noob posts a link to a site where said games are the main topic of discussion?

Keep CotI for Traveller and GDW, as dan said earlier there are already places to discuss non-Traveller stuff.

 

[Icosahedron]

I agree that there is plenty of room here for discussing other games and this has been done in the past without creating a new forum. The only potential advantage I can see in a new forum would be keeping the stuff together so people could find it easier. I'm sitting on the fence so far, but leaning toward the 'not necessary' side.

 

[Valarian]

Hmm, I think the agreement is going down the line of my own thoughts. Not a new forum, but discuss in the Lone Star or Random Static threads.

Lone Star ... comparing other games to Traveller and how bits from these can be used in a Traveller game (e.g. running Aliens using Traveller rules)
Random Static ... discussion of a non-Traveller game in isolation