Gridscape is a web site devoted to the alternity role-playing game from TSR. This page was created in October 1998 by two Alternity players, one of which is currently a game master.
The game:
The Alternity game is a science fiction role-playing
game from TSR ( which is owned by Wizards of the coast ), the game was
mostly developed by Bill Slavicsek and Richard Baker who worked on ad&d
Darksun and Birthright respectively. You can find the alternity game at
most good hobby store and other specialized stores. Or it is also available
online from site such as www.tsr.com
and www.amazon.com
.
The Web masters:
Currently there are two web masters, Bleakcabal
( bleakcabal@hotmail.com
, gridscape@usa.net ) ,Javalar
( gridscape@usa.net
, vadarther@hotmail.com).
This site:
This site is hosted on Xoom. You can reach it either
at http://members.xoom.com/Gridscape/ or http://welcome.to/Gridscape.
Star*Drive, Dark×Matter:
Star*Drive is a space-opera setting for the Alternity
game, which is available now, whislt, DarkMatter is a paranormal, mystery
setting which should be released soon by TSR. They should be available
anywhere the Alternity game is sold. These work much like campaign sets
for the Ad&d game.
What are role-playing games ? :
Role-playing games are games in which one person act
as a moderator or Game Master, and other players play as players. Playing
the role of an imaginary character. These characters or heroes must face
challenges or adventures presented and moderated by the Game Master. Altough
many idiotic rumors about role-playing games have surfaced over the years,
rest assured that none of these had any seed of thruth to them. They were,
like many rumors, founded only in misinformation. You can learn more about
role-playing games on the web, from poeple involved in the game or from
your local TSR retailer. If you want to learn how to play the Alternity
game you can always pick up a copy of the fast-play
rules right here on this web-site.
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions about this page, or what you would like to see on this section just e-mail us at gridscape@usa.net .