[2300AD] The Game - Development and History of the Map

[Waynes_Books]

As players of the 2300AD RPG know, the game universe is the same as that of Twilight: 2000, only 300 years in the future.

The intervening 300 years was developed by the staff of GDW in 1985-86 through a macro-political game ("The Game") where players each took the role of several countries, playing them in decade-long turns.

The rules to The Game can be found on the web, but whatever happened to the map in the years since then?

I created The Game page to answer that question with exclusive recollections and photos from GDW alumnus Dave Nilsen.

 

[Ewan]

An intersting piece of background to 2300 and also a unique insight into GDW

 

[mechascorpio]

Thanks, Wayne, that's a great article. Thanks to you and Dave for taking the time to chronicle this.

I can't imagine what else disappeared in that GDW dumpster.

 

[Waynes_Books]

Thank you!!

 

[Ewan]

I can't imagine what else disappeared in that GDW dumpster.

Armor XXI

 

[Waynes_Books]

I can't imagine what else disappeared in that GDW dumpster.

Armor XXI

Armor21 did you say?

More from Dave Nilsen:
http://waynesbooks.com/2ndedAccessories.html#A21

 

[Waynes_Books]

I can't imagine what else disappeared in that GDW dumpster.

I've been corresponding with Dave back-and-forth for a month or so now. I sent him over here to look at the thread, trying to get him to join and have his say. He's real busy, doesn't want to get sucked into a lengthy exchange (as much as he may want to) but here's his reply to your quote:

Outside of the darkroom there were three big map cabinets (like file cabinets, but with wide, shallow drawers to store flat maps). I used to go through those to enjoy the cool stuff that was in there. Lots of old original hand-drawn maps, camera-ready maps, and counter sheet paste-ups from old GDW games, the original Traveller map of Charted Space, stuff like that. To the best of my knowledge all of that got pitched before I could get to it. I was literally harrassing people with arm-loads of stuff on the back steps, and they weren't real happy about it.

 

[Ewan]

Armor21 did you say?

More from Dave Nilsen:
http://waynesbooks.com/2ndedAccessories.html#A21