tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259460772864393968.post5802431732617115254..comments2024-03-26T21:58:50.501-04:00Comments on MPorcius Fiction Log: Battle on Venus by William F. TempleMPorciushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15515742639389937221noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259460772864393968.post-86021887311774297862022-12-21T20:44:40.819-05:002022-12-21T20:44:40.819-05:00I had previously heard of "Armageddon 2419&q...I had previously heard of "Armageddon 2419" while reading about wargaming history (the history of the hobby, not games themed around historical situations). The game "Omega War", themed around nomadic raiders fighting to bring down an empire of technologica city-states, claimed it as spiritual inspiration.<br /><br />The game was pushed heavily by the gaming press of the day but was considered something of a flop by players, with a complicated "political situation" tracker that determined the ultimate victory state but was only vaguely influenced by the actual gameplay. (The idea being to create situations where a losing side could pull a "Tet Offensive" and fight a desultory battle to gain a symbolic victory and end up winning because of it, but this seldom actually happened.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259460772864393968.post-9300527406277004802020-12-20T01:45:31.268-05:002020-12-20T01:45:31.268-05:00I have not read a lot by Ken Bulmer, but I enjoyed...I have not read a lot by Ken Bulmer, but I enjoyed his short novel Land Beyond the Map and the terribly titled adventure story, On the Symb-socket Circuit. Bulmer was also the pseudonymous author of the Dray Prescott planetary romance novels. He put a lot of color in them, but they were not groundbreaking or the stuff of future classics. vilstefnoreply@blogger.com