tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681509622212079331.post4475028735182523340..comments2023-05-09T17:43:00.019+02:00Comments on The City of Iron: Spelljammer!Gavin Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12362875699031245377noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681509622212079331.post-4566900017701858512012-02-01T15:52:32.684+01:002012-02-01T15:52:32.684+01:00"I like that it's hokey, like some awesom..."I like that it's hokey, like some awesome 1970's Marvel comic."<br /><br />All it would have taken is for it to have been illustrated by Kirby - then it would have worked.<br /><br />Incidentally, in Baby Jake on CBeebies - I have a toddler - there are hamster astronauts. Is this a Spelljammer reference? Weren't there space hamsters in the Monstrous Compendium (my, those are awkward thinsg to store in my gaming cupboard) for Spelljammer?Andy Bartletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06683770320671028815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681509622212079331.post-60226754724353559692012-02-01T07:33:56.957+01:002012-02-01T07:33:56.957+01:00@Simon: Space piracy was exactly what I was thinki...@Simon: Space piracy was exactly what I was thinking of too!<br /><br />@Kelvin: Yeah exactly! I think Dark Sun & Planescape sound cool too, but in a totally different way. The wacky far-outness of Spelljammer is what appeals. Magical spaceships -- what's not to like? ;)Gavin Normanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362875699031245377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681509622212079331.post-57849998917377176292012-01-31T23:27:15.997+01:002012-01-31T23:27:15.997+01:00I never played it, as I only ever played AD&D2...I never played it, as I only ever played <i>AD&D2</i> the once and it was bog-standard generic fantasy, but I've often admired <i>Spelljammer</i>. I know some consider it a bit hokey, and not as "cool" as <i>Dark Sun</i> or <i>Planescape</i>, but that's its charm for me; I like that it's hokey, like some awesome 1970's Marvel comic.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681509622212079331.post-64078904231539692242012-01-31T22:25:05.547+01:002012-01-31T22:25:05.547+01:00We played a short run of it back in the 2E days, a...We played a short run of it back in the 2E days, and had great fun. I loved it. I still have my boxed set and the handbook with kits.<br /><br />My players became pirates, effectively, hijacking ships and selling them for great profit, before they returned to their world.Simon Forsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01243845335993440168noreply@blogger.com