I will agree with most of this:
1. Fair enough.
2. Fair enough.
3. Fair enough. Except perhaps the fine details.
4. I have a serious problem with flyer Gyro's. A simple Gasbag rule that
doesn't slow game play is better than a bad set of basic stats for the
Overlord. And the Overlord should probably be a flier. This will cut
down special rules to a minimum. It definatly should not be a skimmer!
Go!
--Ken Taborek oberon_at_...
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On Mon, 9 Jun 1997, Alan Brain wrote:
> Having had a look at what everybody has had to say re squats, I've come
> to the following conclusions, and based on the following reasoning:
>
> Reasoning/Assumptions:
> a) That in 40K Squats won't change a great deal from the current version
> when the Squat Codex comes out.
> b) That 40K rather than SM2 is the "One True Way" that E40K must try to
> approximate.
> c) That an absolute minimum of special rules be added, hopefully none.
> d) That some simplification is needed: As a guide, look at the Imperial
> Super Heavy Tank.
>
>
> 1. Basic Squat Stats
> Equal to an Ork Boy + Stubborn. The 40K Squat is a little better at HTH
> combat than an Ork, but grossly inferior to an SM. (Correct me if I'm
> wrong). In all other ways, an Ork is a reasonable approximation. Yes,
> this is a change, I had them being given Rapid Fire (mainly cos of the
> additional Hvy Weapons and Squat Engineer stuff).
>
> 2. Thunderers
> Heavy Weapons. That's all.
>
> 3. SHVs
> Keep them as Leviathan variants. For one thing, that's what they are. I
> know a lot of people would like to see special rules, but the concept
> of:
>
> Leviathan = Chassis + Transport(8) + MegaCannon
> Cyclops = Chassis + Hvy Barrage + Death Ray
> Colossus = Chassis + Hvy Barrage + MegaCannon + Artillery
>
> seems to me to be both accurate and simple. As well as providing a fair
> variety of weapons choices.
>
> 4. Fliers
> This is a mess. But after seeing the pros and cons written by various
> people, the Rocket-Propelled Zeppelin, ie Flier Overlord, is looking
> better and better to me. Just from a Game Balance perspective. The
> Gyrocopter may or may not be counted as a flier as well, but the complex
> rules re Gasbags that have been proposed seem to be worse even
> than the SM2 rules. Keep It Simple, Stupid!
>
> Probably the best idea is that we do this as a 3-step process:
> 1. Agree on the Organisation (that's the easy bit)
> 2. Agree on the stats of the individual units
> 3. Agree on the cost.
>
> Finally, remember that the good is the enemy of the best. There's a lot
> of Squat players out there who want a Canonical set of Squat rules for
> E40K. An OK set that's simple and produced quickly is better than the
> Perfect Rule-For-All-Occassions one that takes 3 years of bickering to
> get absoultely right.
>
> OK, people?
>
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