Lurker's Guide to Gaim Preview

[MongooseMatt]

Hi guys,

Just to let you know, a preview of the new Gaim book has been posted;

http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/home/detail.php?qsID=1577

 

[Greg Smith]

Thanks Matt. It is good to know this book is finally on its way.

 

[lastbesthope]

Matt, will this be available at the Corporation Day?

LBH

 

[MongooseMatt]

Likely, yes.

 

[lastbesthope]

Note to self, phone bank about extending credit card limit.

Matt, you will be taking cards as payment I assume? Or if not, can you tot up the bill and then hold my books while I run, not walk, to one of the many nearby cash machines?

LBH

 

[Valarian]

You mean you've not worked up a tab yet?

 

[lastbesthope]

I do on ocassion ask for things to be kept by till later that day but I always clear my 'tab' before I leave :lol:

Besides, Matt knows I'm good for it. On the very first open day I posted on the foums that I intended to buy at least 4 ACTA fleet boxes, noone believed me, until they saw me drop £318 on the credit card in total and head off to the train station carrying three very fully and heavily laden bags.

LBH

 

[petitbilbo]

Whoooohooo!

I just received my preordered Lurker's Guide to Gaim in the mail!

No time to read it yet, but from what I just saw while thumbing through it, it's really good!

petitbilbo
(who's 43 and should be quitting to start posts with whoohoo's and such... Fanboy!)

 

[B_Steele]

Can't wait to hear what you think about it!

-Bry

 

[lastbesthope]

Should have at least one there for me tomorrow then

LBH

 

[Traveller-61]

Whoooohooo!

I just received my preordered Lurker's Guide to Gaim in the mail!

No time to read it yet, but from what I just saw while thumbing through it, it's really good!

petitbilbo
(who's 43 and should be quitting to start posts with whoohoo's and such... Fanboy!)

43 - Ha! A mere child :lol:
So come on, for those of us who cannot make the Corporation weekend (like LBH) - what's the book like and anything else you want to reveal?!

DW

 

[petitbilbo]

OK, so, here it is...

The book is printed in B&W , 108 pages, softback.

Contents:
Introduction 2p
One species with a hundred species 17p
The Intelligence 9p
Generations of evolution 14p
N'Chak'Fa and the Hive Belts 13p
Technology of the Gaim 20p
Gaim characters 19p
Gaim xenobiological log 11p
Index 1p
License 1p

As I said, I haven't yet had the time to read it, so I'm unable to tell exactly what the chapters mean.



petitbilbo

 

[petitbilbo]

43 - Ha! A mere child :lol:
DW

A mere child you say?

I'll have you know that I started roleplaying with a big red box marked D&D (and that my first computer ever was a Sinclair ZX81 with 1k of RAM)
Most of the people I play with nowadays are effectively mere children to me! When they call me Game Master, the highlight lies heavilly on the second word. :wink:

Good Sir Traveller-61, what, may I ask, is your age then? 8)

petitbilbo
But in Purple... I'm stunning!

 

[Da Boss]

Can't wait to hear what you think about it!

-Bry

All in all I found it very good - especially since one of my rpg characters is a Gaim - a good 90 % fitted in well with how we had played the character and how it interacted with others.

Only thing that didn't work for me was the erractic - we had it as a special breed enginered by the Queens and not a aberation as such - no hiding the nature of the drone.

other than that a good read. thanks