I've recently been reading the Heavy Gear Tactical rules and have quite
impressed with the elegance of some aspects of therules system.
I seem to recall that late last year there was a little discussion about a
conversion to DS/SG...
I was wondering if anyone actually got around to it in the end (and thereby
save me a little work <g>?) There is quite a rich background filled with
various organisations at all levels that is just crying for some Dirtside
action!
Cheers,
> At 05:04 PM 10/15/98 +1000, you wrote:
It's a fun game, though it can take a little while to learn.
> I seem to recall that late last year there was a little discussion
Well, kinda. ^_^; I've got several pages of notes and the like,
including some points values, but I haven't dug them out of the pile of boxes
that're
still left over from my (not-so-recent) move. I'll see what I can find.
As I recall, the various autocannon and large-caliber guns generally
translate well (LACs are 20mm, so are RFAC/1s, for example, and the VLFG
I
think I called a HVC/3... snub cannon was a DFFG) but the rocket pods
and other weapons are kinda tough. HRPs do well as SLAMs, but anything lighter
doesn't work... for one thing, a SLAM/3 is hard to fit on anything but
the larger Gears to begin with. In Stargrunt, I was calling the rocket pods
one or two those funky power armor one-shot salvoes, but there's no real
equivalent in Dirtside.
> There is quite a rich background filled with various organisations at
Well, I can't say I did anything with the organizational stuff, but I'll try
to dig out my DSII conversions over the weekend. Come to that, I should
probably toss 'em up on my web page....