From: Niall Gilsenan <ngilsena@i...>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 11:49:20 +0100
Subject: In the begining B5Movie /Game
I just watched the film again and it brought up a little idea thats been at the back of my mind since I got the EFSB. The battle of the line is such a large engagment that it might be quite fascinating as a multi-player game with each player being either Earth Force or the Minbari in various sectors arrayed around Earth. The basic premise of it would be players in each sector fighting a certain number of turns of fleet combat at which point ships may be transferred to another sector or reinforcements might arrive in the sector possibly changing the whole dynamic of a sector. Now given the overwhelming nature of Minbari forces the victory conditions would have to be based on scenario goals rather than ships lost. The human players goal would be to delay long enough to allow civilians to escape or for the Minbari to surrender. The games could be played out by various groups who then send results to the GM who collates them. There could be groups involved from anywhere on the planet as long as they have email and can play the games out before a deadline. Any thoughts on this would be appreciated. Particularly info on the number of ships involved in the battle on both sides would be appreciated.