birthright-digest V1996 #12

[Matthew M. Colville]

I have no idea if I'm doing this right, I've never posted to a
newsletter or digest before.

From what I've read in Dragon magazine, TSR doesn't get worked up over
having too little product. What they get worked up about is people
saying "Hey, there should be a Book Of ." The response is
generally; "good idea, work on it and send it to us!"
This is pretty reasonable, it seems to me. In other words, TSR is
saying "If you dig the setting, design something for it. If it's good,
we'll print it and the setting will live on."

I've wirtten a letter which I now have to modify. Adressed to TSR, it
basically says "Birthright is the best setting you've ever released. I
dig it. There should be a Book of Priestcraft and an Campaign Expansion
for the Imperial City of Anuire. I will design them if you are
interested." Now, of course, I could concentrate just on the Imperial
City.
=20
-Matthew

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[Matthew M. Colville]

I have no idea if I'm doing this right, I've never posted to a
newsletter or digest before.

From what I've read in Dragon magazine, TSR doesn't get worked up over
having too little product. What they get worked up about is people
saying "Hey, there should be a Book Of ." The response is
generally; "good idea, work on it and send it to us!"
This is pretty reasonable, it seems to me. In other words, TSR is
saying "If you dig the setting, design something for it. If it's good,
we'll print it and the setting will live on."

I've wirtten a letter which I now have to modify. Adressed to TSR, it
basically says "Birthright is the best setting you've ever released. I
dig it. There should be a Book of Priestcraft and an Campaign Expansion
for the Imperial City of Anuire. I will design them if you are
interested." Now, of course, I could concentrate just on the Imperial
City.

-Matthew

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[TSRRich@aol.co]

In a message dated 97-05-03 01:58:08 EDT, you write:

>The Battlesystem rules are good for small to medium sized battles. For the
>battles run for Birthright I'd reccomend WRG's De Bellis Antiqua or Hordes
>of Things (DBA for fantasy battles). the games run quickly (under an hour)
>and the miniatures are 15mm and relatively cheap. Moreover you can
>convert from Birthright somewhat easier than for Battlesystem, a unit of
>200 simply becomes a DBA stand. the rules are about $15, sometimes less,
>and can be learned in about an hour.
>
>

I'll second a recommendation for DBA. The nice thing from my point of view is
that 10 or 12 3-figure stands of 15mm figures doesn't take long to paint at
all, and there are companies that do historical "packs" allowing you to pick
up your whole army for about $25. A good way to go, if the battle cards
aren't quite what you're looking for.

Rich Baker
Birthright Designer