From: Allan Goodall <agoodall@a...>
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 11:36:08 -0500
Subject: Full Thrust Game for List Members, at GenCon
Mike Miserendino and I have been discussing playing a game of Full Thrust at GenCon this summer. This is a personal, ad hoc pick-up game (i.e. it won't be in the programme book). What we'd like to do is open this game up to all members of the mailing list. Essentially, we'll set a mutually convenient date, grab an unused table, and play our own private game of Full Thrust (of course, if a newbie walks by and thinks it's interesting, we'll try to rope him into it if we can). So, here's some information. GenCon is August 7 to 10, in Milwaukee (sp?), Wisconsin. Mike and I had some ideas for the size of the game, but we decided to wait and see how many people are interested. Mike suggested 1500 point fleets, with some limitations on ship types (just as an example, 1 dreadnought, 1-2 cruisers, 2-3 escorts). We'll probably limit the systems to human only (i.e. no Kra'vak!) The ship figures of the various fleets should be roughly equal in size if they come from different manufacturers. For instance Mike is using official FT figures, while I'll be using some old Star Frontiers ships; they are both about equal in size. We haven't come up with a scenario, though I'd like to have a formal scenario if it is possible. If we don't come up with one, it will be a simple meeting engagement/blood bath. So, what I'd like to know is the following: 1) Tell me if you are interested in playing in our game. 2) Let me know the liklihood that you will attend GenCon. Such as: Definitely (i.e. already signed up for the Early Bird pass), Likely (i.e. don't have a tiket, but live in the area and buy a ticket on the days I can attend), Hopeful (i.e. would like to go, but don't know if my boss will give me the time off yet), Unlikely (i.e. love to go, but someone would have to buy me a plane ticket...). If you definitely can't make it but think you might be able to make it another year, I'd be interested in hearing from you simply to get an idea of the interest for a mailing list member game. Then if someone wants to run a mailing list member game in, say, the UK, I can let them know how much interest is out there. 3) I need to know if you can bring your own fleet or fleets. I believe Mike has a large number of ships ready. Based on the size of our proposed game, I could field between 4 and 6 fleets using the Star Frontiers ships, but I haven't painted them yet.... I understand that GenCon is quite a hike for some people and it may not be practical for you to bring your own ships. I think we can accomodate everyone, but we don't want to get into a situation where we have a dozen people ready to play and only two fleets. 4) Can you bring additional stuff? I have one of GeoHex's star field sheets, and another with the hexes on it. Can anyone else bring a second sheet? Does anyone have asteroids, or other "terrain" that we might be able to use when designing a scenario? That should about do it. There's no rush for this, but if there's any kind of "cut-off point" we'll have to limit it to first come, first served. We'll worry about setting a date later in the year (when the programme book is released) but I'd like to discuss the type of game and the number of ships we need as soon as possible, so I can get painting.