Re: Cats & Dogs: Suspension of Disbelief

From: Paul Snow <pyspas_at_bath.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 21:31:33 +0000 (GMT)

> From: "Fiorito, David" <David.Fiorito_at_qwest.com>
> Subject: Cats and Dogs
>
> As a casual observer in the debate one thing jumps into mind - this is a
> fantasy world where Ducks talk, there are bears with big pumpkin heads,
> intelligent Tapirs, and people are actually debating the temperament of a
> mythical cat?
>

[...] It is a fantasy game after all.
>

[Temporary De-lurk]

But it's a world in which some people have been reported as not wanting to play because it's got the silly Duck-things in.

You wouldn't want the Tekumel effect. Oh yeah, great world, well designed, really interesting but just too weird for (some possible) players to know how to play in it...

We're already converts.

Paul Snow

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