A scattershot reply-- To the new list members: where are you located, perhaps we can scare up a game together? To Terry: *I* enjoy reading your scientific...
... overthinking the game isn't in order. aren't we essentially dealing with fantasy here? The Arms race the Frothing One refered to is the "power gaming"...
... apparently have NO INERTIA! Even horizontally. They mimic the manouevering of watercraft, which have a dense medium interface to play with. << The...
In a message dated 3/1/03 12:02:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, LeeHa1854@... writes: << where are you located, perhaps we can scare up a game together? >> I...
David, I'm far from objecting, and in fact, enjoying the exchange of ideas a great deal. However, my comments were intended to point up a very salient fact I ...
... I have to agree here. I have a '96 Mauser, which is cock on closing, a P-17 Enfield that is cock on closing, a Yugoslav '98 Mauser (cock on opening), and ...
I'm in central Georgia. We're quite starved for any kind of gaming partners here... -Chris ... __________________________________________________ Do you...
That was the Rabbidgerbal's point as quoted in the below text. the Steam punk era isn't about technology but the flavor of clunky tech. Moreover the fluff of...
Well, for a start, the discussion of roleplaying games on internet forums is a hobby related to, but distinct from, the playing of roleplaying games. The only...
Eric, There may well be an element of frustrated bitterness in my opinions. I've played RPGs and sims for four decades, and watched the hobby grow, flourish, ...
Terry, I read Frank's designer notes, and agree that he tried, in as much as possible, to create viable historical miniatures rules onto which to graft his RPG...
General Technobabble: Someone, I forget whom, responded to the matter of kite performance with the idea that liftwood produced horizontal effects which could...
Well, I don't think theres any easy way to use the liftwood keel effect to create thrust, although braking would seem possible. Even fits the rules I think....
Erik, Thrust is thrust. If you can brake with it, or keep from skidding with it, you can push with it. Allowing any horizontal displacement thrust for...
The Rabbidgerbal must ponder at this point, are we table top gamers a dying breed, doom to extinction by evolution? The Talk about the state of games is...
Terry, You've obviously done a lot of research, and I don't disagree with you. I did, however, point out that 12"+ weapons are VERY rare in SGoM, or even in...
Yes, tried out simultaneous movement rules. Works out not bad. ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever...
... I was surprised by this statement, since my own calculations always gave me a low population for Mars. Mind you, the calculations I made were using the...
I did a work up of the population of the Oenotrian Empire once and extrapolated from that to a total population for Mars of around 50 million. ... ===== Gerry...
Pete, I can see where our assumptions diverged. Figure scale. I multiplied everything, including the cities, by a factor of 10. That seems to be the base ...
... All right, I have heard this particular complaint over and over again on this list, and let me suggest that it is not really valid for the RPG side. Sure,...
For some reason this did not seem to go through the first time. ... Subject: Re: [SGoM] Digest Number 229 Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2003 08:09:27 -0500 From: Pete...
Large formations of men should not have to check morale for each hit taken. Maybe make it a percentage of troops lost or something... ... ===== Gerry Harris ...
Pete, I agree that 800 yards with iron sights is a stretch for an average marksman, particularly with subsonic loads. I was referring to formed troops in SC...
Terry, Did you ever see a copy of GDW's Striker miniatures rules for Traveller? If so, the design notes might be illuminating. The designers (including Frank...
... That gives Syrtis Major a population of 1.8 million... wow... if so, you still end up with a problem where the urban population is overlarge compared to...
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