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Justisaur <just...@gmail.com> looked up from reading the entrails of
the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:

>https://torment.inxile-entertainment.com/
>
>I'm surprised no one's mentioned this since Planescape: Torment was so
>well loved here (although I wasn't one of those who did, I liked the
>floating skull companion, that's about it.).

You didn't like Nordom, the box guy with the crossbows?

>It's Monte Cook's setting of Numenera, which I've never heard of
>before, instead of planescape, though.

Never heard of it either, but since it appears to have funding, I guess
we'll see someday.

Xocyll
-- 
I don't particularly want you to FOAD, myself. You'll be more of 
a cautionary example if you'll FO And Get Chronically, Incurably, 
Painfully, Progressively, Expensively, Debilitatingly Ill. So 
FOAGCIPPEDI. -- Mike Andrews responding to an idiot in asr 

In article <ea9fecac-48d0-492e-a704-
29a1e5...@ow4g2000pbc.googlegroups.com>, just...@gmail.com says...
> 
> https://torment.inxile-entertainment.com/
> 
> I'm surprised no one's mentioned this since Planescape: Torment was so
> well loved here (although I wasn't one of those who did, I liked the
> floating skull companion, that's about it.).
> 
> It's Monte Cook's setting of Numenera, which I've never heard of
> before, instead of planescape, though.
> 
> I'm wondering how this is going to work (as well with Wasteland 2)
> with the previous IP, I haven't read anything about licensing.
> 
> - Justisaur


Heh, I DID mention it the other day -- apparently it flew under the 
radar :-)  

It's being done by Brian Fargo's InExile, and he's managed to persuade a 
fair few folk of the original team into working on the sequel. It's 
quite a long way off though, at this point.

-P.

On May 22, 6:18 am, Peter Huebner <no....@this.address> wrote:
> In article <ea9fecac-48d0-492e-a704-
> 29a1e5...@ow4g2000pbc.googlegroups.com>, just...@gmail.com says...
>
>
>
> >https://torment.inxile-entertainment.com/
>
> > I'm surprised no one's mentioned this since Planescape: Torment was so
> > well loved here (although I wasn't one of those who did, I liked the
> > floating skull companion, that's about it.).
>
> > It's Monte Cook's setting of Numenera, which I've never heard of
> > before, instead of planescape, though.
>
> > I'm wondering how this is going to work (as well with Wasteland 2)
> > with the previous IP, I haven't read anything about licensing.
>
> > - Justisaur
>
> Heh, I DID mention it the other day -- apparently it flew under the
> radar :-)

Wow, I actually read that post and promptly forgot, then found the
game surfing some other stuff.

- Justisaur

On 2013-05-21, Justisaur <just...@gmail.com> wrote:
> https://torment.inxile-entertainment.com/
>
> I'm surprised no one's mentioned this since Planescape: Torment was so
> well loved here (although I wasn't one of those who did, I liked the
> floating skull companion, that's about it.).
>
> It's Monte Cook's setting of Numenera, which I've never heard of
> before, instead of planescape, though.
>
> I'm wondering how this is going to work (as well with Wasteland 2)
> with the previous IP, I haven't read anything about licensing.

I believe the answer is mostly "not touching the previous IP for legal
reasons", but I may be confused. I backed the project without doing a ton
of research, basically because I like the people working on it and want
to see what they do.

-s
-- 
Copyright 2013, all wrongs reversed.  Peter Seebach / usenet...@seebs.net
http://www.seebs.net/log/ <-- lawsuits, religion, and funny pictures
Autism Speaks does not speak for me.  http://http://autisticadvocacy.org/
I am not speaking for my employer, although they do rent some of my opinions.

just...@gmail.com wrote:

>https://torment.inxile-entertainment.com/
>
>I'm surprised no one's mentioned this since Planescape: Torment was so
>well loved here (although I wasn't one of those who did, I liked the
>floating skull companion, that's about it.).
>
>It's Monte Cook's setting of Numenera, which I've never heard of
>before, instead of planescape, though.
>
>I'm wondering how this is going to work (as well with Wasteland 2)
>with the previous IP, I haven't read anything about licensing.


Are you talking about a video game insteasd of D&D?
I never heard of it before.

-- 
Nick Gillispie describes the Obama-era media as "more prone to 
being lapdogs than watchdogs." That has a nice ring to it, but it seems 
to us the metaphor is a little off. The pro-Obama media are acting like 
watchdogs--but watchdogs whose master is Obama rather than the public.

In article <knnml5$96q$1...@dont-email.me>, web...@polaris.net says...
> 
> just...@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> >https://torment.inxile-entertainment.com/
> >
> >I'm surprised no one's mentioned this since Planescape: Torment was so
> >well loved here (although I wasn't one of those who did, I liked the
> >floating skull companion, that's about it.).
> >
> >It's Monte Cook's setting of Numenera, which I've never heard of
> >before, instead of planescape, though.
> >
> >I'm wondering how this is going to work (as well with Wasteland 2)
> >with the previous IP, I haven't read anything about licensing.
> 
> 
> Are you talking about a video game insteasd of D&D?
> I never heard of it before.

"Planescape Torment" is a famous computer role playing game, that stood 
out from the crowd with its very different/unusual story telling.
It can be picked up at www.gog.com 

You might call it a classic. Many of us do. Granted, there have been 
other crpg since then with quirky storytelling .. but in its day it was 
a trailblazer. Particularly remarkable was that you have to make choices 
in dialogue that would decide your further options, not always with 
easily discernable/predictable results.

"Tides of Numenera" is planned as the spiritual succesor to that game.

-P.

On May 24, 8:05 am, Peter Huebner <no....@this.address> wrote:
> In article <knnml5$96...@dont-email.me>, web...@polaris.net says...
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> > just...@gmail.com wrote:
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> > >https://torment.inxile-entertainment.com/
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> > >I'm surprised no one's mentioned this since Planescape: Torment was so
> > >well loved here (although I wasn't one of those who did, I liked the
> > >floating skull companion, that's about it.).
>
> > >It's Monte Cook's setting of Numenera, which I've never heard of
> > >before, instead of planescape, though.
>
> > >I'm wondering how this is going to work (as well with Wasteland 2)
> > >with the previous IP, I haven't read anything about licensing.
>
> > Are you talking about a video game insteasd of D&D?
> > I never heard of it before.
>
> "Planescape Torment" is a famous computer role playing game, that stood
> out from the crowd with its very different/unusual story telling.
> It can be picked up atwww.gog.com
>
> You might call it a classic. Many of us do. Granted, there have been
> other crpg since then with quirky storytelling .. but in its day it was
> a trailblazer. Particularly remarkable was that you have to make choices
> in dialogue that would decide your further options, not always with
> easily discernable/predictable results.
>
> "Tides of Numenera" is planned as the spiritual succesor to that game.

It's also AD&D - 2e, somewhat similar to Balder's Gate IIRC.

- Justisaur

just...@gmail.com wrote:
>On May 24, 8:05�am, Peter Huebner <no.one@this.address> wrote:
>> In article <knnml5$96q$1...@dont-email.me>, web...@polaris.net says...
>> >  just...@gmail.com wrote:

>> > >https://torment.inxile-entertainment.com/
>>
>> > >I'm surprised no one's mentioned this since Planescape: Torment was so
>> > >well loved here (although I wasn't one of those who did, I liked the
>> > >floating skull companion, that's about it.).
>>
>> > >It's Monte Cook's setting of Numenera, which I've never heard of
>> > >before, instead of planescape, though.
>>
>> > >I'm wondering how this is going to work (as well with Wasteland 2)
>> > >with the previous IP, I haven't read anything about licensing.
>>
>> > Are you talking about a video game insteasd of D&D?
>> > I never heard of it before.
>>
>> "Planescape Torment" is a famous computer role playing game, that stood
>> out from the crowd with its very different/unusual story telling.
>> It can be picked up atwww.gog.com
>>
>> You might call it a classic. Many of us do. Granted, there have been
>> other crpg since then with quirky storytelling .. but in its day it was
>> a trailblazer. Particularly remarkable was that you have to make choices
>> in dialogue that would decide your further options, not always with
>> easily discernable/predictable results.
>>
>> "Tides of Numenera" is planned as the spiritual succesor to that game.
>
>It's also AD&D - 2e, somewhat similar to Balder's Gate IIRC.

I vaguely remember seeing a Platescrape Torment boxed set once, but since I 
dislike the campaign setting, I did not look at it.

-- 
Nick Gillispie describes the Obama-era media as "more prone to 
being lapdogs than watchdogs." That has a nice ring to it, but it seems 
to us the metaphor is a little off. The pro-Obama media are acting like 
watchdogs--but watchdogs whose master is Obama rather than the public.

Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> looked up from reading the entrails of
the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:

>just...@gmail.com wrote:
>>On May 24, 8:05�am, Peter Huebner <no.one@this.address> wrote:
>>> In article <knnml5$96q$1...@dont-email.me>, web...@polaris.net says...
>>> >  just...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>> > >https://torment.inxile-entertainment.com/
>>>
>>> > >I'm surprised no one's mentioned this since Planescape: Torment was so
>>> > >well loved here (although I wasn't one of those who did, I liked the
>>> > >floating skull companion, that's about it.).
>>>
>>> > >It's Monte Cook's setting of Numenera, which I've never heard of
>>> > >before, instead of planescape, though.
>>>
>>> > >I'm wondering how this is going to work (as well with Wasteland 2)
>>> > >with the previous IP, I haven't read anything about licensing.
>>>
>>> > Are you talking about a video game insteasd of D&D?
>>> > I never heard of it before.
>>>
>>> "Planescape Torment" is a famous computer role playing game, that stood
>>> out from the crowd with its very different/unusual story telling.
>>> It can be picked up atwww.gog.com
>>>
>>> You might call it a classic. Many of us do. Granted, there have been
>>> other crpg since then with quirky storytelling .. but in its day it was
>>> a trailblazer. Particularly remarkable was that you have to make choices
>>> in dialogue that would decide your further options, not always with
>>> easily discernable/predictable results.
>>>
>>> "Tides of Numenera" is planned as the spiritual succesor to that game.
>>
>>It's also AD&D - 2e, somewhat similar to Balder's Gate IIRC.
>
>I vaguely remember seeing a Platescrape Torment boxed set once, but since I 
>dislike the campaign setting, I did not look at it.

I thought it was a nice change from the Forgotten Realms world that most
D&D games are set in.

Always though Planescape, and especially Sigil: the City of Doors, would
make a perfect MMORPG hub, since those doors literally connect to every
plane of existence.  You could hang any kind of zone off that, fantasy,
sci-fi, superheroes, whatever and it's consistent.

Xocyll
-- 
I don't particularly want you to FOAD, myself. You'll be more of 
a cautionary example if you'll FO And Get Chronically, Incurably, 
Painfully, Progressively, Expensively, Debilitatingly Ill. So 
FOAGCIPPEDI. -- Mike Andrews responding to an idiot in asr