I do not know how many of you have even gone to a rennisannce (sorry 'bout the spelling) faire, or seen events run by the SCA (society for Creative ...
... any combatant than "no armor" in a real world scenario....Is this really your stance. If my questions were implying anything, it was questioning the idea ...
... their taste. ... You're serious ... What games that you have seen that you thought were well designed and required a calculator for basic operation? ... ...
How can you be sure that the skill of the two combatants was equal? And weren't they similarly attired (as far as armor)? I think that this is what we've...
I'm not even sure there IS an on-line reference, though you might be able to get some historical information through searches on Filipino martial arts and ...
Special Circumstances? Such as what? A superior method of fighting? Heavy armor, despite how lovingly it's embraced by the gaming community, had an actually...
Well, I'm not sure that you and I are talking about precisely the same thing. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think your thinking of "during actual play". I...
As I said it pitted one man's skill against another, but they all had at least the same minimum qualifications (in matters of skill), but their armor was not...
Anyone got any ideas for a SG1 or like game? As well as cultures that can be found on the different worlds? As well as could other TV programs be connected in...
I say, write up your own rules for it. If you are not planning on publishing it, whose to say that your gaming group wouldn't enjoy it? -David Jackson (I need...
On a wierds note, anyone done any games/cultures based on the what if? Major ones for easy, are What if the Mongols had kept on going into Europe (Genghis had...
This has endless possibilities, not just middle ages either: What if Japan never attacked Pearl Harbor? The US would have not entered the war and Germany...
Or what if the Aztecs had advanced enought to stave off the conquistadors and thus changed the whole nature of American colonization. What if the Apaches had...
... Don't know about that. They would have entered later on, perhaps at a time when the Nazi war engine couldn't have been stopped. ... Japan would have pulled...
I think "What if..." is how I like to start most my projects. Usually one "what if" leads to another, to another, and so on. Helps to bring about an outline...
... not ... at a ... Unlike WW1, the US sentiment was one of 'stay out of it, let them figure it out.' It took the attack on Pearl Harbor to give the ...
On a wierds note, anyone done any games/cultures based on the what if? There are a few.. The rescent ones that come to mind immediately are "Brave New World"...
Yeah, Fringeworthy was the other side of the Bureau 13 coin... I've heard of it but never saw any of the materials. I loved the concept behind Bureau 13 (and...
... there are other factors in this kind of battle than troop numbers or weapon types, such as tactics used, ground layout, troop positions, fortifications,...
... it is possible for the lightly/un-armored to defeat the heavily-armored without "special circumstances" not mind you easy, but quite possible all the same....
having taken part in some of these (SCA and Ren Fairs specificly, also "backyard" stuff :|, BTW dont try anything unofficial, its not safe) i'll assume that...
... alternate history has been a very productive part of the Sci-Fi comunity during the past 4-5 years, and yes i have run a couple games with this kind of...
Maybe we should remember that many of the Okinawan fighting styles eveolved because of Political Opression of the island... no metal weapons existed except...
... but ... I've read up on that from many sources. I find the indea politically credible, but just enough for that speculation is all I managed to find. ... a...
Ouch, suddenly I'm being accused of being an ignoramos. I don't really know why your on the offensive about this. I never said that "armor always wins". Even...
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