romeroa@pyuxd.UUCP (A Romero) (08/14/85)
Does anyone know about a pair of games called Melee (a hand-to-hand combat system) and Wizard (a spell combat system) produced by a company called Metagaming (or something like that) out of Austin , Texas? If anyone does-- and especially if anyone knows where I can get these games or how to reach the company-- I'd appreciate feedback by electronic mail. Thanks. Antonio Romero ...gamma!pyuxww!pyuxt!romeroa
peter@baylor.UUCP (Peter da Silva) (08/21/85)
> Does anyone know about a pair of games called Melee (a hand-to-hand > combat system) and Wizard (a spell combat system) produced by a company > called Metagaming (or something like that) out of Austin , Texas? If > anyone does-- and especially if anyone knows where I can get these games > or how to reach the company-- I'd appreciate feedback by electronic > mail. Thanks. > > Antonio Romero > ...gamma!pyuxww!pyuxt!romeroa I have a copy of these games. The company is now out of business and the author of the games, Steve Jackson, is unwilling to pay them the 6 figure price they put on the rights. Apparently they're ticked off at him for going into competition with them by selling another game he wrote for them, OGRE. Looks like another nasty feud... he's working on a new system, but it's nothing like The Fantasy Trip (the game that Wizard/Melle are parts of), which is a pity. I use TFT extensively... it's a very nice system when you discard the "economic system". As long as you don't play with powergamers, anyway. -- Peter (Made in Australia) da Silva UUCP: ...!shell!neuro1!{hyd-ptd,baylor,datafac}!peter MCI: PDASILVA; CIS: 70216,1076
ekblaw@uiucdcsp.Uiuc.ARPA (08/23/85)
I'm having trouble reading this note, Katie (or is it katie?). It would help if you would punctuate and capitalize. Robert A. Ekblaw, ekblaw@uiucdcs. "I'm proof that not all engineers are illiterate."
richardt@orstcs.UUCP (richardt) (08/24/85)
A word of warning for people looking for 'Melee' and 'Wizard': Metagaming went out of business several years ago when the shining light of the company, Steve Jackson (yes, that Steve Jackson) left the company to form his own. 'Melee' and 'Wizard' can still be gotten, but only from collectors, used book/game stores, garage sales, and the like. Which is unfortunate, because 'The Fantasy Trip', the game system which Wizard and Melee are subsets of, is excellent! orstcs!richardt "Dropping to my knees, I swing a blow which bisects your knee joints. For the rest of the game you are at -2 to hit (the pain) and have a -3 dexterity. Now make your system shock roll."