Beasts of War

> Paul O'Grady wrote:

I still use My Mk III, Mk V and Mk IV (yes Mk IV.. rare as hen's teeth). They
make good opponents vs the brace of Fencers I have. Are you anywhere near
Canberra?.

My MkIII and V OGREs have been watching me over there on my bookshelf and have
prompted me to wonder..

What do all you other exOGRE players use as stats for your OGRE Minis in DS
?

The only time I have used one in DS it was basically an empty shell with
nothing in it that attracted a LOT of enemy firepower and let all my other
units do their jobs.

> In a message dated 98-05-21 03:19:34 EDT, Paul writes:

<< What do all you other exOGRE players use as stats for your OGRE Minis in DS
 ? >>

Well, I still consider myself an OGRE player; I still drag the cardboard out
every so often, with maps scrounged from other games. I picked up some OGRE
mins when they came out the last time (hopefully not the LAST time). Most of
the armor units are pretty straightforward. The OGREs present some problems.
As the Modular unit rules go in DS2, an OGRE is destroyed by a BOOM result on
any module.  In the spirit of giant cybertanks, this is unacceptable -
so we
threw it out! ;)  My OGREs tend to take advantage of the modular rules -
medium-large size modules for the tread units, and oversize modules for
the main hulls. Using the spaces from the tread units, I stuff a LOT into the
main hulls, and armor everything heavily. MB (main batteries) are usually
class4 or 5 DFFGs, 2B (secondary batteries) are class4-5 MDC, the AP
guns are either APSW, RFAC1s, or MDC1s. Usually the latter. For missiles, I
fudge a
bit and have some rules for one-shot artillery weapons - each is a heavy
artillery strike, usually nuclear. For the Paneuro Fencer and MkIVs, I put in
full-fledged artillery weapons with a bunch of reloads.
OGREs are usually immobilized before being destroyed, if they are going to
lose the battle at all. They are not quite worth the DS2 points (LOTS), and
honestly, since DS2 doesn't have the magical nuke-protecting BiPhase
Carbide armor, they easier to nuke from orbit.
At least until I get my surface-to-space weapons rules done...
Noah V. Doyle

In a message dated 98-05-21 05:43:57 EDT, Alan & Carmel write:

<< I still use My Mk III, Mk V and Mk IV (yes Mk IV.. rare as hen's
 teeth). >>

[gasp]
[choke]
[wheeze]
I've only ever seen ONE. And it wasn't for sale, mainly due to copyright
problems - this was after Soldiers & Swords had done nothing and let the
rights revert to Steve Jackson Games. If you know of *any* way I might get a
hold of one, email me. Noah V. Doyle