... I'm not sure I would agree with that assessment. Back in 1989-1990, GW was ready to release a game called _Battlefleet Gothic_. They got to the point where...
... Spacefleet" ... camp ... Actually, BFG started earlier, with a set of rules that _did_ have VMS, but never got beyond the playtest stage. Somewhere I have...
I have a general question and then I'll launch into a vague hypothesis. Suppose i want to identify and track a contact 20 AU distant, assume detection has...
BTW, does anyone know of a FLGS near Washington DC that carries RAFM historical 25mm's?...
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Apr 1, 2002 3:29 pm
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... RAFM? Little Wars may carry them, and so might Game Parlour (both in Northern Virginia, LW is about 20 minutes closer to DC than GP). Little Wars is closed...
... To zero order, the answer is no. 1 AU out of 20 is only a 5% difference in resolution (linear with distance) or a 10% difference in signal (goes as square...
I think the jury is in general out about the origin of this effect; although, as the news story says, the authors have calculated the magnitude of various...
... Speaking of which, what were the opinions on Holistics' "Noble Armada" - I've found a copy for cheap, and was wondering whether the plastic ships or the...
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Apr 1, 2002 5:17 pm
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... Hey, 5% is a +1 on a d20. I'll take every +1 I can get. Arius "If brute force isn't working, you're not using enough"...
I used to own it but i dispensed it from my collection. It wasn't bad, just not very different IMHO. Ships were not allowed a velocity greater than 14 due to...
... Hopefully Ralph Mazza will chime in on this, as I believe he has played it enough to get a feel for it. I played it once, with an HD rep at a con who ...
In a message dated 4/1/02 11:20:18 AM Central Standard Time, ... Its a little bit ship of the line, a little bit galley, and a little bit torpedo run. Its been...
... My antipathy (note: stronger than simple "lack of enthusiasm") was based largely on the game that was taught to me at the con. My quicck perusal of the...
On Mon, Apr 1, 2002 at 10:15:38 PM, "adastragames" <burnside@...> ... You know, I almost added a line about that... I'll read DV first. (Why elsedo you...
... Yes, but, this is a variant of the misleading reasoning that used to be advanced in regard to "stealth" radar signature reduction: "hey, the received power...
Along those lines i would suggest that if future conflicts use task forces, the tast force would not include spacecraft with big vulnerable telescopes but...
... forces, the tast force would not include spacecraft with big vulnerable telescopes but smaller survey telescopes. The big telescopes would be on scouts or...
... just not very >different IMHO. ... can board >like this you can also lob HEAP rounds at your opponent to no less effect. I mean >point defense should be...
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Apr 2, 2002 4:27 pm
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(The folks from sfconsim-l included here as there are lots of Ogre/GEV fans there) Several people have mentioned in the recent past that it would be "neat" to ...
... Gothic_. ... IIRC "weapon batteries" (turrets) did one point per die in a HIT box, while torpedoes of various sorts ("vortex", "plasma") and maybe some...
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Apr 2, 2002 4:59 pm
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This is very strange. I forwarded a Yahoo ad in my previous message with this topic, but when it appeared on the the list, the ad had been removed ... I think...
... Was it a decent VMS, or one of the crippled versions a la B5? ... I can see that - in Spacefleet faster (CL/DD) ships "move" 4-5 while heavy iron usually...
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Apr 2, 2002 5:02 pm
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... but smaller survey telescopes. The big telescopes would be on scouts or orbital installations well away from any potential action. Note that it doesn't...
... however, unless ... resolution. ... the ... Or be used as guns? The focusing optics used to obtain minimum spread (hence maximum range) for lasers are...
... Well, not quite. You can probably look through the focusing optics of a laser, but the reverse is probably not true, and the design constraints are...
... of a laser, ... different. Well, yeah, firing through a telescope designed for tracking would probably not be a great idea. :) But if warships, at least...
