Re: Just how big is "known space"?

--- Paul Westermeyer <westermeyer@???????.net> wrote:

> Deciding what is, and is not, known space is the job
> of the individual gamemaster, I think.  Just one of
> those 'customizable' aspects of Spelljammer.  I
> forgot to put it in the table of contents, 
> but my Bralspace book will have a 'Known Space'
> chapter for my campaigns.  It will be focused on the
> Triad and the Arcane Inner Sphere.

True, but there's also something to be said for having
a baseline setting to work from.  :)  Especially if
you want to enourage people to game in the setting ;)


> No matter how you imagine it, it should be assumed
> there is no unity, but rather that spelljamming
> comes to different civilizations at different times,
> and further that it waxes and wanes.

There does seem to be the trappings of an overall SJ
culture, especially in the novels.  


> I won't speak for Adam or Rian, but my primary goal
> was to get the contradictions of the SJ rules ironed
> out in a print product, and to get some fan stuff
> into canon.  I treat it as canon, of course:)

My primary goal was to write a cool SJ product...;)


> My ears are burning!  Thanks for the kind words, but
> if I were into 3e it would be going out of print...
> oh, wait...well, it would have gone out of print
> long ago.  My approval seems to be the kiss of 
> death for game systems: Space:1889, Spelljammer,
> Changeling...

Naw, just shows you've got a taste for niche games
that don't have mass-market appeal.  Nothing wrong
with that :)

Adam

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