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Dark*Matter

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#1
zombiegleemax
Dec 01, 2004 10:46:42 undefinedHello!! This site has changed alot in the last six months. I hope to find some Alternity Dark*Matter fans out there!!
#2
zombiegleemax
Dec 02, 2004 13:02:25 Most of us are at www.alternity.net!! Welcome!
#3
zombiegleemax
Dec 03, 2004 12:11:17 I am on there also.....I was hoping to find some players here wandering around. Guess not!
#4
zombiegleemax
Dec 22, 2004 1:39:55 Hello!!!! Dark Matter fan here!!! Don't go!!!
#5
gadodel
Dec 25, 2004 15:33:00 Dark*Matter is mentioned quite a bit over on the Modern Boards too...
#6
zombiegleemax
Jan 03, 2005 12:16:11 D*M is one of the best game settings ever put out for a modern horror game.
#7
zombiegleemax
Jan 03, 2005 22:29:20 Absolutely. You know, up until a friend moved away, we had a one-one game going, where he was playing an amnesiac drifter, who wandered all over the U.S. Think Bourne Identity meets the X-Files. He woke up in a mental hospital with no memory, apparently put away for slaughtering an entire family. Once he escaped, he hit the road searching for his identity. We didn't finish. He ended up hooking up with a biker and his girlfriend, who were human escapees, literally from Hell. They decided to help him find out the truth. And then he and his family moved to Arizona, and we didn't finish. Ironically enough, the game ended when his character crossed the state line into Arizona...
#8
zombiegleemax
Jan 04, 2005 12:37:49 I am glad to hear that people are still playing this game. It would be a shame to lose this campaign setting. I know the 90's are 5 years behind us....but I still enjoy watching the X-files.
#9
zombiegleemax
Jan 05, 2005 2:56:26 It was a godsend to me when Poly released the Dark Matter d20 mini-game. While it didn't touch on even a FRACTION of the materiel in the D*M book, it gave plenty to start with. That, and JD Wiker's web enhancement for converting DnD to Alternity creatures was an added sugar bonus. Now that d20 is all the rage, and, I find, an easier more fluid system than the Alternity rules, I have my favorite campaign setting updated for me.

I still watch x-Files myself, however, I'm more of a Millennium man. Lance Henriksen, David Duchovny...hmmmmm... Frank Black, Fox Mulder...hmmm...

I still mourn the cancellation of Millennium, and would love to see a feature film one day. It was the ultimate Dark Matter show. So was X-Files.
#10
zombiegleemax
Jan 16, 2005 10:06:08 Ack! Easier? More fluid? After playing both d20 and Alternity, I still prefer Alternity for its cinematic realism. d20 is just too "video game" for me.

The positive thing about a d20 version of Dark Matter would be more flavor material to convert over to the Alternity system. The setting is awesome, especially for X-Files type games.
#11
charles_apperwhite
Jan 24, 2005 13:59:50 Here is a link some of you out there may be aware of:
http://wingsandsword.home.insightbb.com/darkmatter_to_d20_conversion_project.htm

Ithink it is a very good translation of Dark*Matter to d20; although it seems to have been made before d20 Future came out (and the new mutation rules). Over in the d20 Future forum I recently posted a re-write of the Dark*Matter genetic engineering rules for d20.
#12
ranger_reg
Jan 24, 2005 17:29:57
Ack! Easier? More fluid? After playing both d20 and Alternity, I still prefer Alternity for its cinematic realism. d20 is just too "video game" for me.

Hmm. That's one way to revive the Dark*Matter brand, turn it into a CRPG, like KOTOR I. :D
#13
zombiegleemax
Jan 28, 2005 23:28:49
Hmm. That's one way to revive the Dark*Matter brand, turn it into a CRPG, like KOTOR I. :D

A Dark*Matter computer game would be pretty cool if done right. It's still at it's best as a pen and paper game using the original Alternity ruleset.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 zombiegleemax Dec 01, 2004 10:46:42	undefinedHello!! This site has changed alot in the last six months. I hope to find some Alternity Dark*Matter fans out there!!
#2 zombiegleemax Dec 02, 2004 13:02:25	Most of us are at www.alternity.net!! Welcome!
#3 zombiegleemax Dec 03, 2004 12:11:17	I am on there also.....I was hoping to find some players here wandering around. Guess not!
#4 zombiegleemax Dec 22, 2004 1:39:55	Hello!!!! Dark Matter fan here!!! Don't go!!!
#5 gadodel Dec 25, 2004 15:33:00	Dark*Matter is mentioned quite a bit over on the Modern Boards too...
#6 zombiegleemax Jan 03, 2005 12:16:11	D*M is one of the best game settings ever put out for a modern horror game.
#7 zombiegleemax Jan 03, 2005 22:29:20	Absolutely. You know, up until a friend moved away, we had a one-one game going, where he was playing an amnesiac drifter, who wandered all over the U.S. Think Bourne Identity meets the X-Files. He woke up in a mental hospital with no memory, apparently put away for slaughtering an entire family. Once he escaped, he hit the road searching for his identity. We didn't finish. He ended up hooking up with a biker and his girlfriend, who were human escapees, literally from Hell. They decided to help him find out the truth. And then he and his family moved to Arizona, and we didn't finish. Ironically enough, the game ended when his character crossed the state line into Arizona...
#8 zombiegleemax Jan 04, 2005 12:37:49	I am glad to hear that people are still playing this game. It would be a shame to lose this campaign setting. I know the 90's are 5 years behind us....but I still enjoy watching the X-files.
#9 zombiegleemax Jan 05, 2005 2:56:26	It was a godsend to me when Poly released the Dark Matter d20 mini-game. While it didn't touch on even a FRACTION of the materiel in the D*M book, it gave plenty to start with. That, and JD Wiker's web enhancement for converting DnD to Alternity creatures was an added sugar bonus. Now that d20 is all the rage, and, I find, an easier more fluid system than the Alternity rules, I have my favorite campaign setting updated for me. I still watch x-Files myself, however, I'm more of a Millennium man. Lance Henriksen, David Duchovny...hmmmmm... Frank Black, Fox Mulder...hmmm... I still mourn the cancellation of Millennium, and would love to see a feature film one day. It was the ultimate Dark Matter show. So was X-Files.
#10 zombiegleemax Jan 16, 2005 10:06:08	Ack! Easier? More fluid? After playing both d20 and Alternity, I still prefer Alternity for its cinematic realism. d20 is just too "video game" for me. The positive thing about a d20 version of Dark Matter would be more flavor material to convert over to the Alternity system. The setting is awesome, especially for X-Files type games.
#11 charles_apperwhite Jan 24, 2005 13:59:50	Here is a link some of you out there may be aware of: http://wingsandsword.home.insightbb.com/darkmatter_to_d20_conversion_project.htm Ithink it is a very good translation of DarkMatter to d20; although it seems to have been made before d20 Future came out (and the new mutation rules). Over in the d20 Future forum I recently posted a re-write of the DarkMatter genetic engineering rules for d20.
#12 ranger_reg Jan 24, 2005 17:29:57	Ack! Easier? More fluid? After playing both d20 and Alternity, I still prefer Alternity for its cinematic realism. d20 is just too "video game" for me. Hmm. That's one way to revive the DarkMatter* brand, turn it into a CRPG, like KOTOR I. :D
#13 zombiegleemax Jan 28, 2005 23:28:49	Hmm. That's one way to revive the DarkMatter* brand, turn it into a CRPG, like KOTOR I. :D A Dark*Matter computer game would be pretty cool if done right. It's still at it's best as a pen and paper game using the original Alternity ruleset.