[CON] ECC IV - Playing for Blood

5 posts ยท Aug 3 2000 to Aug 3 2000

From: Alan and Carmel Brain <aebrain@w...>

Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 01:10:22 GMT

Subject: Re: [CON] ECC IV - Playing for Blood

> >First CanAm War (Proposed Rules):

> Unless we end up with the "losing the ship means losing the mini"
mode

Something that has been used in the past:

Troops that are destroyed are destroyed - as in "melted down".
Troops that are captured are kept by the opposition, but may be ransomed back
for a previously-agreed sum.

This is a great way of getting bloodthirsty would-be admirals and
generals to
look at the actual costs of warfare. But to see a really well-painted
mini get chucked into a vat full of molten whitemetal is heartbreaking. Not
recommended.

A variant - which I've seen tried only once - is to have all destroyed
troops auctioned off at the end of the game, funds going to charity. Captured
troops get kept or ransomed.

I still have some Nigerian 5mm infantry from a game in Derby. This was using

From: Doug Evans <devans@n...>

Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 21:42:25 -0500

Subject: Re: [CON] ECC IV - Playing for Blood

***
Troops that are destroyed are destroyed - as in "melted down".
***

Somewhere around here I've a couple of concrete core samples that were used in
the 1980 GenCon in a match between Minifigs and Heritage miniatures.
BEAUTIFULLY painted armies, and the losing side each turn had to sacrifice a
fig to the winning side.

If I can find 'em I'll bring 'em to GenCon.

I was going to offer them for use in a Death Match there, but nobody calls the
ships I've slopped 'painted'...

The_Beast

-Douglas J. Evans, curmudgeon

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From: Laserlight <laserlight@q...>

Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 23:18:16 -0400

Subject: Re: [CON] ECC IV - Playing for Blood

From: <aebrain@dynamite.com.au>

> Troops that are destroyed are destroyed - as in "melted down".
Not recommended.

If you've got a vat of molten white metal around, I'd expect you
meant "heart-WARMING"?

(Add to "To-Do" list: "buy Narn-proof armor before attending
GZGECC")

From: Indy Kochte <kochte@s...>

Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 07:50:29 -0400

Subject: Re: [CON] ECC IV - Playing for Blood

> Laserlight wrote:

I understand the Centauri have a surplus they'd be willing to sell
you...

From: Robertson, Brendan <Brendan.Robertson@d...>

Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 09:57:00 +1000

Subject: RE: [CON] ECC IV - Playing for Blood

However, it's effectiveness is somewhat suspect after what happened to Lord
Reefer.

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