Sunday, July 21, 2024

Correction To The PDF Of The 4th. Ed. Rules

Currently, unless you are willing to pay 50 to 100+ dollars for an original copy of the 4th ed. rules, or, you happen to already own them, you'll need to pay a few dollars and download a copy of the rules from Drive-Thru RPG , that is, if you want to run this edition. You can click on the photo of the cover over in the right bar of the page to take you right to it. In typical old-school Flying Buffalo style (T&Ts old production company that operated on a shoe-string), the copy used for the upload leaves a bit to be desired, but this is it folks...at least for now. 

I wouldn't say it's the greatest scan in the world of an already primitive document. In fact, on page 12 of the PDF (page 10 in the actual rules) there is some missing information you'll want to write-in. In spite of pleas from customers for print-on-demand copies, and given the end of Flying Buffalo, and Ken selling T&T to Rebellion Games, this is how it stands if, and until, Rebellion Unplugged decides to re-release the past versions (I sure hope so). Though I own a lot of the original materials and supplements, I currently do not have an original copy of the 4th ed. rules, but at least you can make a print-copy of your own. You download this version, and with a printer and a stapler you'll have a near-perfect simulation of the rule-set, and at a download price of what it originally cost in 1977 (I'm gonna bet that was Ken St. Andre's idea...you can't beat that!). If you can find a comb-binder, then even better. 

Anyway, without blowing more wind, I want to provide you with what you need to write in on this page of missing information. Right next to the drawing of "Rufus" (what a doofus) are descriptions of your charisma scores along with descriptions of what those resulting numbers rolled indicate. You'll note that the descriptions are there, but there are no indications in the blank space of what the numbers should be. Here are the missing spread of numbers that you need to make note of: 7-8 unlikeable, 9-12 average, 13-16 popular, 17-20 sparkling...and there you go. I haven't found any other errors or mis-prints, but if I do, I'll let you know!

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