The Second Saturday Scrum Club had recently been discussing Steve Jackson's current Kickstarter, which he launched to republish his seminal Fantasy Trip game line. As some older grognards may know, Melee (1977) and Wizard (1978) were originally published as separate companion installments in the MicroGame series (#3 and #6, respectively, with the series' first installment being the more enduring futuristic tank battle game, O.G.R.E. , also designed by Jackson). When Jackson left the company Metagaming Concepts in 1980 to start his own game publishing venture, he relinquished the rights to the Fantasy Trip series, its programmed MicroQuest adventure supplements, and the fledgling role playing game system, In the Labyrinth , being built atop the Melee/Wizard nexus. For the historical minded among us, it's worth noting that the Fantasy Trip contains the genetic code for the subsequently more successful role playing game, GURPS (Generic Universal Role Playing Syste...
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