Re: Spaceship rules (was Re: [Epic] The WORST GW rules)

From: Scott Herring <sjherr_at_...>
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 1997 07:44:39 -0500

Aaron P Teske wrote:

> Excerpts from Epic: 31-Aug-97 RE: [Epic] The WORST GW rules by
> =?iso-8859-1?Q?Peace_at_uri
> >Just because we mentioned space =
> > fleet. Anyone know a good space game? I've heard of Full Thrust and
> Star =
> > Fleet Battles. I read up a bit on the 2, liked Full Thrust better.
> One =
> > problem I always saw with space games was that it's hard to
> represent 3 =
> > dimentional combat on a flat surface. Oh well.=20
>
> Why do the = signs appear at the end of each of your lines?
>
> Anyway, there are four 'major' spaceship combat games on the market,
> and
> I don't think any of 'em have 3D combat. Silent Death is fighter
> combat; it's fast paced, and The Next Millenium is, from what I hear,
> a
> good bit better than the original. Star Fleet Battles is the game for
>
> those who love to have one-on-one (or similarly small) battles with
> *lots* of detail. (Oh, and likeing Star Trek is a plus. ^_- ) Full
> Thrust, on the other hand, can be played straight out of the first
> book
> with no trouble. (And it's not that big a book.) Babylon 5 Wars is
> the
> recent addition, so it probably shouldn't be considered that major,
> but
> anyway... I haven't played it, but it's gotten favorable reviews. The
>
> hex grid movement system included with the box set is, however,
> fiddly;
> the Earth Force supplement will (IIRC) contain a vector movement
> system
> for non-hex play. That should be pretty nice, and if you like B5 it
> only gets better.
>
> I know I haven't covered Jovian Chronicles, which is mecha in space
> comabt IIRC, but I don't know anything about it. Oh, and if you do
> want
> 3D combat, GDW's Space: 1889 ethership combat rules accounted for
> altitude IIRC.... ^_^
>
> We now return (maybe) to our regularly scheduled Epic conversations.
>
> Later,
>
> Aaron Teske
> Mithramuse+_at_...

If your wanting fleet action spaceship combat, Starfire. A fast ship to
ship combat game, and you can design your own ships.
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