Recent content by fizz

Yes. In the grand scheme of things, I'd definitely say that the SNES titles were good. Hell, it's what started it all when it comes to the Wing Commander theme on video game consoles.

Yep, I am a frequenter of that website. Been that way since 1999-2000 (maybe earlier). There was once a text based game that popped up and was advertised on that website: Wing Commander: Red Horizon. Played it for several years (even before it was put up on wcnews). Big Space Opera style...

Ah yes, the Privateer angle. I didn't think about that. I was sitting here picking through the info and wondering exactly which particular setting within Wing Commander I'd be interested in doing. Heck, I think there is a Free Trader Transport in Wing Commander/Privateer in fact. Also...

Sent a PM. Currently deployed to Afghanistan (yay!) And to Mithras on the question of my friends/etc, we all call it nerding it up. At the locaiton I'm at, at least 50% of the people here play some sort of RPG, either on a console/laptop, or secretly gather at randomly decided locations to...

I'm still brushing up on several of the books I've just picked up, but from what I've seen in the basic Traveller book and Highguard, starfighter dogfights wouldn't be too hard to emulate. Maybe a few rules tweaks. It was really just a passing idea as I tried thinking of all the cool things...

Anyone ever play that game way back in the day? Well not -waaay- back in the day, but you know what I mean. I've been thinking about working on a monumental project (mainly because I'm deployed and I am bored) focusing around the Wing Commander theme. I found Traveller (I played it several...