Gents, Anyone want to kick off a thread involving Striker set in the Interstellar Wars period? As you know, SJ Games announced an GT:IW project a few months ...
Hi Bill, This is my first post to the group. The group that I used to game with only used nuclear dampers on top command and control vehicles. The regular...
shudson@l... wrote: "Pentomic! "Dispersal is your friend" Steve, It sure is! Now, what sort of vehicles will 'pentomic' formations require? How about supply...
Bob wrote: "This is my first post to the group." Bob, Welcome! (snip of a very interesting series of games/campaigns) "I'm sorry if I went on a little too...
Well Bill, My Striker Campaigns were done mostly in the mid 1980's when I was in the Army and had a captive audience so to speak. The Referee would give us the...
... Beam commo & comps to keep them viable in adversity are needed for dispersal to be effective. At TL 9 you've got contra-grav, fusion power, and energy...
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Bob wrote: "My Striker Campaigns were done mostly in the mid 1980's when I was in the Army and had a captive audience so to speak." Bob, Superb, your campaigns...
Well Bill, Your "What If" is going to take me a day or two to come up with a battle plan. We had played some games similer to the one you described in your ...
Bob wrote: "Your "What If" is going to take me a day or two to come up with a battle plan." Bob, There is no hurry here, take as much time as you'd like and...
Bill, The tactics that I would use would also depend on the contract that I was hired to do, what the ROE's are. We also used traveler and mercenary's book to...
... Yes; B:2 - interfacing with Trav-RPG, IIRC....
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Apr 11, 2003 3:19 pm
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Rule 77 in book2 of Striker details Jump Troops. After the messages about this, I read through it. Is it worth Cr2,000-Cr50,000 per trooper to get troopers...
... It's not stated clearly, but drop capsules (at least the KCr 50 assault versions) are the safest way to put in an opposed landing in the various Trav...
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Apr 16, 2003 2:57 pm
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I haven't played megatraveller, but I was wondering: Are the armor values in megatraveller comparable to Striker? In the same vein, is there a conversion for...
... MT & Striker (CT) are directly compatible, IIRC. To convert those to T:2K & Striker II you need to look up the AV on the Striker (CT) chart (p. 5 of design...
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Apr 18, 2003 3:36 pm
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Thanks Steven, I think I saw some modern equipment values in a T:2K suppliment that I could use. Your conversions will come in handy. For TL8 real world...
Steven, ... suited troops ... Yep, I am thinking that maybe some battle suited dropped units could force the defender to react, by pulling units away from the...
... It didn't occur - Trav is a game, not The Shape of Things To Come :) But some of its role is subsumed in the Anti-Materiel aspect of the 0.50 cal Barrett...
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Apr 18, 2003 4:45 pm
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... I don't guess I want to actually convert modern weapons to CT terms, only try and get an approximate CT weapon which will do for purposes of a game that...
... In Striker it's "no move & fire", I think - B:4 has the CT rules. ... Except that (IIRC) it kinda sucks? ISTR that the range bands for the KEAP DS round...
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Apr 18, 2003 6:47 pm
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... Also check: www.stanjohansenminiatures.com ? ... I have some :> ... One possible (?) way around the budget thing is to paint minis for fun & then sell the...
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Apr 18, 2003 6:47 pm
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A belated hi Steven, ... I have seen that website, and have been considering buying the 15mm reptillians to use as AAnn from Alan Dean Foster's "Humanx ...
Hi guys, I have upgraded the Links page. I am trying to locate 15mm sci fi equipment on the net for sale. If anyone knows of any links that I have missed,...
... I've been told that some of the Micromachines SF (eg, Star Wars) products can stand in OK - closer to 20mm, but not as bulky as small metals. There might...
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Apr 25, 2003 8:06 pm
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... Hmm, StanJo, GZG - does Stone Mountain Mini's do 15mm SF? Their 25mm SF is some of the best I've ever seen, and quite cheap!...
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Apr 25, 2003 8:07 pm
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Hmm, StanJo, GZG - does Stone Mountain Mini's do 15mm SF? Their 25mm SF is some of the best I've ever seen, and quite cheap! I looked at their website, but no...