From: James Hiegel <james.hiegel@u...>
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 08:35:40 +0900
Subject: [GZG] Hello
Hi, I've been lurking on the list for a few weeks now and I thought I should introduce myself. I am a US soldier stationed in Okinawa, Japan and I play Warhammer 40K, Full Thrust and now Dirtside II. I've been playing Full Thrust for about 2 years now, when I PCS'd to Japan I was playing Battlefleet Gothic. When some of the other guys in the local gaming club introduced me to Full Thrust I switched over instantly (I used to hate the fact escorts died in 1-2 hits, plus having a design system for custom ships rocks!) Lately I've been getting agrevated more and more with GW over their codex creep. I'm an Ork player, so no shiny toys (or new codex) for me, not that I care I still win over half my games (Choppas rule, ;-)). So I downloaded the Dirtside II rules and played the first scenario in the back. This was after scouring the net for cardstock buildings and vehicles to print and assemble. I must say once you run through a couple of turns the game is faster than 40K, I like the chits and markers system. I got my first few models from GZG monday and finished up a few last night. Once I get my infantry painted I'll play another game and take some photos. I'll be running a demo game this weekend for my gaming group and hopefully I can get some other interested. Personally, I think the smaller scale will draw some interest as fire & maneuver plays a bigger part in 6mm scale than 28mm (40K). Link to my Full Thrust stuff:: http://www.table-top-warriors.com/FT.htm Link to my Dirtside II stuff: http://www.table-top-warriors.com/DSII.htm V/R