From: Doug Evans <devans@n...>
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 11:51:39 -0600
Subject: HUGE! Re: The wide open road, National Characteristics(NSL), and FT in small places
Alan, Mad Max was the first in what has become a trilogy: MM, Road Warrior, and MM, Beyond Thunderdome. Personally, MM always reminded me of some of central Nebraska. Well, all except the part where the riff-raff tended to be rougher than the law. ;->= Mel's accent was REALLY toned down, from what I heard, though he WAS born in the US. ;->= There is a small cult trying to find tapes with the original accents still attached. I know I'd be thrilled by such a beast! Anyway, Road Warrior was much more into the post-apocalyptic. Hauke, Never apologize about your English again! You will give us 'native speakers' inferiority complexes!!! ;->= Small quibbles about your comments, though. First, you actually supported JohnL's comments by pointing out S & G's guns being as large as they could get away with. However, such progress as you've mapped is seldom linear, especially from a 'break-away' partner, as NSL is portrayed. It's not inconceivable that one 'faction' of a naval service would lead to a particular strategy. Lighten up! Least your country gets to be the center of a fleet. The mine(US) is reduced to a lowly vassail again. ;->= On the other hand, I wouldn't mind seeing my daughter as an officer in such a fleet... 'Lady Captain Megan Evans, commanding the NAC lancer Shoshone, glanced around her cramped bridge, and allowed herself a small smile. Having climbed the ranks carrying a burden of commoner's blood, and worse, American birth, she could be proud of her position. Having won her title in action that...' Jon, Yes, we promise to buy mass quantities of your licensed miniatures! ;->= However, and I've just discovered the pieces I thought were SFB 'elite' aren't so this is from memory, the bases work well for this kind of small table game. Especially if the small hex bases have scribed lines between the points. One run of the larger ships have them, and the resulting twelve point compass is convenient. However, for most cases, I'd think the 'elites' were a little top heavy, and would probably consider GZG figs only up to scout size, beyond which I'd be going back to styrene bashing. Plenty of variety in coffee stirrers, pieces of model plane ordinance, etc. Well, it IS Sunday, and I'm supposed to wander aimlessly on and off topic, so having done my duty, I'm outta here! The_Beast