Re: FT III, BIg ships and such.

On Mon, 9 Dec 1996, Allan Goodall wrote:

> At 11:37 PM 12/8/96 -0500, Chad wrote:
> >
> >I REALLY don't feel like being forced to buy a new rulebook so
> >that I can learn a new system to replace the one that works great the
way
> >it is.  
> 
> So who's forcing you? Seriously--and no flame intended--why is there
this
> feeling that once FT3 comes out everyone must ditch their old rules?
No one
> is going to come to your house and require that you only play one
version of
> FT. 
>

Inertia, that is what is forcing me.  New players come into the group;
what rules will they be able to buy: the new edition.  You go to a con;
what system will be used: the new edition.  A new supplement is written;
what edition will it be written for: the new edition.  The list goes on
and the momentum builds until the old edition is forgotten.  In a short
period of time the new edition will become the currency of the day,
regardless of whether or not it is better than the preceding edition.

{snip}

> Allan Goodall:  agoodall@sympatico.ca 
> "You'll want to hear about my new obsession.
>  I'm riding high upon a deep depression. 
>  I'm only happy when it rains."    - Garbage
> 
> 

Chad Taylor