A problem with RPGs: RPG developers are not well-read in myth and fantasy/sci-fi literature

[KeighnMcDeath]

Hah! Only a furry would want rats. I suppose this rodent anthropomorphization isn't too uncommon esp with say disney, warner brothers, fairy tales, Etc etc.... Then you see the Littles; surely a freak experiment.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Those Gil Gerard Bucks were corny as all hell. I think the TSR chick who booted Gary Gygax owns the Buck Rogers IP.

Flint Dille (who worked as a television/movie writer in Los Angeles and befriended Gary Gygax during the latter's time there from 1983-5) and Lorraine Dille Williams (who was brought into TSR management in April 1985 by Gygax, who had asserted control over the company) were both grandchildren of the original publisher of Buck Rogers, who owned the IP and passed it to his descendants. Not sure if there were others at the time who also co-owned it or what the status is currently. Lorraine Williams was interested in promoting Buck Rogers via RPGs, but, even though she acquired TSR in October 1985, it wasn't until 1990 that a Buck Rogers RPG was released (written by none other than Mike Pondsmith) and bombed, followed by a second attempt in 1993 that also bombed. An IP focused around a single character isn't really suitable for tabletop RPGs, anyway, as opposed to single-player CRPGs.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

I pirated all those pdfs.