[GZG] [GZG-FT] Beta Fighters was Re: Full Thrust Playtest? (Simon White)

4 posts ยท Oct 24 2006 to Oct 25 2006

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

Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:21:35 -0500

Subject: [GZG] [GZG-FT] Beta Fighters was Re: Full Thrust Playtest? (Simon White)

> Having a red (life), blue (CEF) and sometimes white (evasion) d6

Tell that to whomever (Chris?) mentioned a fumble-fingered player that
scattered such dice. Proper dice holders in bases help, but three places seems
pretty busy. By the way, I thought you just spent CEF when receiving incomming
to go evasive. You have to keep track of it separately?

That said, you find it works well, then it's a good thing. An optional
Fighter-For-Dummies ruleset appeals to me.

The_Beast

From: Laserlight <laserlight@q...>

Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:01:21 -0500 (CDT)

Subject: Re: [GZG] [GZG-FT] Beta Fighters was Re: Full Thrust Playtest? (Simon White)

> Having a red (life), blue (CEF) and sometimes white (evasion) d6

Doug said:
> Tell that to whomever (Chris?) mentioned a fumble-fingered player that

Yeah. A 20 squadron mass furball, plus a thick fingered player. Ever since
then I've put fighter squadrons on the SSD sheets.

Interceptor SQDRN 1 "Steel Angels" FTRS OOO OOO CEF OOO OOO

From: David Billinghurst <davebill@c...>

Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 19:39:18 +1300

Subject: Re: Re: [GZG] [GZG-FT] Beta Fighters was Re: Full Thrust Playtest? (Simon White)

I have put fighter flight records on the carrier SSDs for simple AAR and

campaign record keeping reasons.  Also, reduces on-table clung.

Format is very similar to Laserlight's (though with numbers, rather than

'OOOOs' and I have a template in Paint that I can insert onto the SSDs as
required as I'm prepping for a game.

From: Oerjan Ariander <oerjan.ariander@t...>

Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:35:22 +0200

Subject: Re: [GZG] [GZG-FT] Beta Fighters was Re: Full Thrust Playtest? (Simon White)

> The Beast wrote:

> By the way, I thought you just spent CEF when receiving

The CEF you spend on evasion stays in effect for the entire game turn, so you
need to remember it somehow.

I use LaserLight-style fighter group SSDs instead of dice to track
fighter casualties and CEF use, but with an extra twist: instead of just
marking

each CEF box off as it is expended, I write an "E" for Evasion. (Similarly "A"
for making an Attack, including attacking fighters or ordnance, and
"S"
for Secondary Move.)

Regards,