Depraved...(semi-long)

List:

I am a H.S. senior and actually have had the pleasure of introducing some of
my [computer geek] friends to miniature gaming. Considering that they are
basicly all Star Trek type people (they don't watch S.T. but they're the
sort who would--if they only had time), I thought that FT would be the
ideal rule set to which to introduce them. To this end, I first invited one of
them over and played a game of FT with him with a single ship per side and
using only the basic rules but w/ fleet book designs.  Following that
and since he enjoyed the game, I invited him and two other friends over and we
played free for all game between the four of us using the same sort of rules
as used in the 1st game. The purpose of this exercise was to ensure that
for no more than 1/2 of the players, that one particualr game was their
first. Since then, I have gradually intriduced the other, more advanced, rules
to them and have since suffered rather badly at the fighters of one of them.
Thus, I advocate the use of the basic FT rules, introducing the more advanced
aspects as time progresses. Oh, and the cooler the miniatures look, the
better. I appologise for the length but do hope this was helpful.

Sincerely,