Apology to list, Adam, for stirring shit up.

Well, I know I said I didn't want a nationality flame war (fortunately, I
think the timing of my post meant the Brits mostly
haven't seen it yet and it's all gotten side tracked into Canada-
USA... odd really, since I lumped them both together as North
America...).

Well, that was all really stupidly naive and unthinking of me.

I apologise to the list for starting this off. I hope my sundry
follow-ups are received as being made in a spirit of discussion
rather than argument.

Sorry, Adam.

In message <9612132238.AA25649@gecko.zycor.lgc.com> jjm@zycor.lgc.com
> (johnjmedway) writes:

I've got to say that the greatest facination I've seen regarding monarchy
comes from the U.S.A. I've seen plenty of American SF background with silly
monarchies.

Renagade Legion comes from America? Isn't that Commonwealth remarkably
British? (I hope I'm remering that correctly.)

The real staple I note in American future-histories is nuclear war.
That really used to scare me. It seemed like America genuinely could not
conceive of a future where there wasn't a nuking contest held with Russia.
Usually it would be held in Europe, leaving America alone as a bastion of
freedom etc.

Loved the Ogre background... "The Battle of Sheffield".

> I apologise to the list for starting this off. I hope my sundry

Oh, we'll let you live this time, but when the revolution comes and your
back's against the way, just remember who produces the best
post-apocalyptic RPGs so you know who to come crawling to in the
blasted wasteland, who'll know how to get and keep a rag-tag bunch of
tortured souls together, or after the Stars are Right who to go to who'll
protect you from the Things. Uh huh, that's right, American RPG hounds...

> Renagade Legion comes from America? Isn't that Commonwealth

Frighteningly UKish, really; even the icon used to depict their territories
looks like that British crown. Mind you, I support the TOG; nothing better
than slavery, mysogeny, xenophobia and sheer
bloody-mindedness.

> The real staple I note in American future-histories is nuclear war.

These days our apocalypses tendd to revolve around nuke exchanges with the
Middle East in some manner or, Hades help me, the Second Coming. I'm hoping
heavily that we're about to pass into a new revival of the SF RPG, but the
pickings might be slim after all the
heavy-religion-based settings.