I remember when I first found this file, I thought I'd find the holy grail that
might make CT/Striker more attractive to play. There are a lot of great ideas
in it - like adding the first player stationary fire phase before the non-moving
player gets to target your stands (allows for covering fire - real tactics!),
like adding diceless spotting, like simplifying the initiative and morale
determination process (less pre-game prep work required), etc.

But I couldn't grok the combat resolution system as being any advance over
CT/Striker - if anything it is more convoluted and with more look-ups (equals
slower and more prone to error). You still have the problem of a fireteam stand
game where the players are trying to track individual trooper wound states,
ammunition use, etc (in many respects, the existing MegaTrav Refs Companion
large-scale combat system is a more elegant solution for combat resolution
IMHO). The morale rules still have the issue of weight of incoming fire not
causing suppression (you only check morale for casualties).

And, the file doesn't include any vehicle rules, missile rules, artillery rules,
air support rules, engineering rules, EW, etc , etc.

--- In ct-striker@yahoogroups.com, Bobby <hansuke@...> wrote:
>
> there is also an interesting list of documents if you go up one level to:
>
> http://www.textfiles.com/rpg/
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 10:15 AM, zombiewaffle <ludowick@...> wrote:
>
> > I was surfing through the web and found this file by accident:
> >
> > http://www.textfiles.com/rpg/basicinf.asc
> >
> > Does anyone know anything about this? Was it a fan project for a local
> > gaming group, or a GDW playtest? Does anyone know who Stephen
> > Madjanovich is?
> >
> > The system seems a straightforward merging of Striker I with MT. What
> > I noticed:
> >
> > 1 no die rolls for spotting
> > 2 intermediate task difficulty levels, i.e. Formidible + 1
> >
> > I'd like to see the "standard version" of the rules:
> >
> > > The rules of Striker are divided into introductory and standard
> > > sets. The introductory rules, presented here, are intended to
> > > introduce players to the concepts, and procedures used throughout
> > > the game. The standard rules will expand upon these to detail all
> > > areas of conflict resolution. Ground, air, naval, space, and small
> > > scale skirmish actions will be covered in lavish detail. Campaign
> > > rules to allow players to integrate Striker into a Megatraveller
> > > campaign or to fight an extended miniatures campaign, and rules
> > > for designing vehicles and heavy weapons will round out the
> > > standard rules.
> >
> > Michael
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ct-striker/Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Bobby
>
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