And if she survives she’ll have Citizenship!
I love Starship Troopers myself, mind.
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If we’re talking about the movie and not the book, I’ll fight people for liking it.
Or, since I’m not really a fighter, I’ll fight this way to decide who’s right:
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How good is that game actually? It is one I was always interested in trying Yes I am old.
If Heinlein didn’t want his book to be adapted that way maybe he shouldn’t have made it so militarist and arguably anti-democratic.
Almost every over-the-top thing is verbatim from the book, it’s just not presented as nicely as the book does.
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I’ll watch it until I fall asleep or sonething better comes on.
I wish someone had given me Wizard of Earthsea, Left Hand of Darkness, and Lathe of Heaven when I was twelve. Maybe 12 year old me wouldn’t have gotten it all but she wouldn’t have felt quite so alone.
I didn’t read Heinlein or Le Guin as a kid. Le Guin’s who I would have wanted to read.
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Making Neil Patrick Harris into an SS officer was a nice touch.
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…Or as his character was often called at the time: Darth Doogie.
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I haven’t played it since I was a teenager, but at the time I liked it. I haven’t been a board gamer for decades, so I have no idea how it would compare to more contemporary games. I thought it was relatively faithful to the book though, and I liked that. I think my main complaint IIRC is that as far as balance goes it felt a little tilted toward the Terrans.
It does require a pad and pencil, so if you pick up a used copy to try out make sure it has the needed pads to keep track of bug tunnels and individual mobile infantrymen. Also, you’ll ideally need two people as bug tunnel secrecy is, of course, important. There is however a solo variant possibility that I used to play back in the day.
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