RE: HOTT (was Re: New FT Gamer)

On Wed, 26 Jun 1996, Absolutely Barking Stars wrote:

> > >What does HOTT stand for?	[Oops!	Dangling preposition!  I meant
to say "For 
> > >what does HOTT stand?"]   
> > Hordes of the Things. It's a WRG attempt at a Fantasy Wargames
system.
> Really? I remember an old BBC radio thing called 'Horde of the 
> things'. Sort of 'Hitchikers Guide to the Lord Of The Rings' if you 
> get my drift. Any relation? Heck, I may even have a tape of it 
> somewhere...

It certainly has - that's where the authors got the title from. 

As for Tolkien - well, the book doesn't include any Middle-Earth army 
lists since the Tolkien estate wouldn't like that; but on the inside 
cover there is a poem which, in a subtle way <g>, hints in that
direction...

As for 'attempt' - it is the only fantasy battle system I've seen so far

which allows for a battle with more than some two hundred people per 
side - and where a hero can actually be killed by lesser beings. It's 
sort of an FT type of game for fantasy battles.

Oerjan Ohlson

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