Hi all,
With the recent discussions regarding the playtest draft of the FMA skirmish
system, I want to check the list's reaction to a suggestion:
IF I manage to get a rough but useable draft knocked together over the next
day or two (and all the FT players needn't worry, despite the jokes to the
contrary this WON'T impede or delay the FB2 - in fact it may help, as
clearing my mind of FMA bits by putting it down and throwing it out to you
guys (and gals - hi Beth!) may allow me to concentrate more on the FT
stuff....), would there be any objections to it being posted to the list WITH
A FEW PROVISOS:
1) It would be for list members' eyes only at this stage; it must NOT be put
up on anyone's website, and while it may be used for test games with your own
immediate player groups it is NOT for distribution outside this in any manner
or form without prior permission; if anyone wants to use it for any kind of
public demo or participation game (eg: at shows, stores or other gatherings)
then this should be possible, but I'd appreciate you checking with me by email
first.
2) Any ideas or supplementary material posted to the list as a result of the
discussions may get used in any final printed or published form of the rules
(as per the standard terms of the GZG list), and while I'll certainly be
giving credit to the list membership as a whole it will probably be impossible
to individually mention each person contributing ideas... it
will probably just have to be along the lines of a thank-you to the
whole list, with a "you know who you are" line!
3) Anything I post will still be fairly rough draft material, and should be
treated accordingly; the present version has seen a bit of in-house
testing (very successfully to date), but has not yet been tested in the heat
of battle in the hands of the List Grunts... <grin>
Don't be surprised to find contradictions and missing bits - we'd like
to know about these when you do find them. Regarding feedback to the list or
direct to us, PLEASE use a bit of discretion and common sense to avoid
swamping the list and upsetting the non-interested members - if it is a
minor error or inconsistancy that can simply be fixed, then it will be best
to email this direct to us - only use the list itself for points that
genuinely need major discussion.
4) The posted material would be a plain text email, which while not huge will
of course be quite a long message compared to most list traffic; obviously,
anyone who is not interested can just delete it, but I wanted to
check opinions first - if there are more than just one or two dissenting
voices, then we won't do it.
Right - over to you (God, I knew this was going to be a bad idea....)
I'll wait a little while for the first responses before doing any more on it.
Follow your gut feeling i.e. do it! Henk
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Where do I sign?:o)
God bless,
- Buddy
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> On 9 Jul 99, at 11:45, Ground Zero Games wrote:
Given I'm soon taking 2 weeks off work, supposedly to fix large parts of the
house up, anything which will prvide a distraction will be most welcome
:).
Put me down as a yes.
TTFN
Jon
> Right - over to you (God, I knew this was going to be a bad idea....)
Shit....count me in!!!
I said delegate. This certainly counts as a delegation. Put it out there and
we'll test the **** out of it!
Please sign me up. Just the thing to convert the locals from "the Dark Side".
Michael Brown
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Fine, Jon, start a guaranteed 'me-too' thread. ;->=
Well, everyone here knows I'm exclusively an FT fellow, and a nasty
procrastinator, but I'll go out on a big limb to promise not only to try out,
but to rope a few of the locals into playtest. Lawd, it's gotten so seldom
they see me down at the friendly gameshop actually playing that they'll
probably join in no matter what I trot out...
Course, I do this promising publicly cuz I recognize I'll need prodding. Talk
about your 'bad ideas'...
And, yes, I do take the confidentiality factor VERY serious.
The_Beast
Jon - please count me in as a "go for it"!
I know I can speak for Ken Winland (on the list, but I don't know if he's
paying attention at the moment) and Dave Graham (not on list, but here in
spirit) as a big YES too.
We're demoing GZG games all weekend at Toronto Trek (Canada's big Star Trek
/ Sci Fi convention) - starting tonight, and we'll keep the FMA-Skirmish
stuff under our hat if we see anything on the list. Do you mind us mentioning
it's existence, though? Advance PR?
Put me down for a 'Yes' to the draft!
> Hi all,
[snip]
This sounds like a good idea, and I find the list of "restrictions" to be
quite reasonable.
I agree that to limit volume (see the first reply as a "what not to do") we
need to only include relevent bits in discussions and replies.
Howdy!
Our group would love a shot at playing with it!
Ken
Other than the "little" fact that I STILL haven't found a GZG group around
these parts of Utah, I'd love to give this a shot. Anything I can do to help.
Randy
> Other than the "little" fact that I STILL haven't found a GZG group
Develop schizophrenia. That's what We do.%)
> At 12:30 AM 7/12/99 EDT, you wrote:
Randy, My friend and I are the only GZG (primarily FT players) that I know of.
Even though lately our gaming seems to be "we oughta play this weekend", we
might be able to schedule a time to play sometime in the next couple of weeks.
If you're interested, let me know. We're in West Valley, though we could
probably manage anywhere from Ogden to Provo. Just so long as you
aren't in Saint George or somewhere. :-)
> In a message dated 7/12/99 6:21:47 AM EST, laserlight@cwix.com writes:
<< >Other than the "little" fact that I STILL haven't found a GZG group around
> these parts of Utah, I'd love to give this a shot. Anything I can do
Utah has gamers - just not many frpg gamers. If you got shops check them
out there will be players around, the college campuses and military bases are
good grazing as well when looking for new herd members.
> At 04:54 PM 7/12/99 -0600, you wrote: