> Bill Nitsche wrote:
<< Since I started play FT (3 months ago -- yes, a newbie) I've always
used overhead pens on copies of the blank ship sheet inside a plastic sleeve.
I'd always done the same thing when using Battletech mech sheets. But
making card-sized individual ship sheets (they're small enough) and
puting
them in card sleeves is a great idea. I'd actually put them in 9-card
folder sheets so you have your entire fleet in front of you. Sure beats
having to redraw each of the ships every new game. >>
Hey!
Have you guys never heard of a photocopier? Or is photocopying really
expensive on your side of the pond?
> On 19 Aug 96 at 12:17, M.J.Elliott@uk22p.bull.co.uk wrote:
S'called saving the planet Mike.. All that paper, all that Ozone pumped out
into the atmos.. Better to make them recyclable, what?
TTFN
jon
> On 19 Aug 1996 M.J.Elliott@uk22p.bull.co.uk wrote:
> Bill Nitsche wrote:
Not really. It's averaging about US$0.06 a page, though if you shop around you
might get down to $0.03. But being involved in a natural science has made me
environmentally aware enough to be concerned with using paper when it's not
really needed. I also tend to forget to do copying when it's needed and end up
causing everyone to wait while I hunt
down a copier for a needed sheet--or just plain not having it. Besides,
the card idea is great when you use standard ships most of the time. You don't
have to draw in all the symbols for each game.
Another possibility is taking all the cards, shuffling them, and deal out
a number of ships to each side -- maybe having separate decks for
capital,
cruiser, and escort. It'd be a great pick-up game with a bit more
variety than the 'each side taking the same ships' games and less optimizing
than the 'bring a number of points' games.
Then GZG can run with the idea and produce the Full Thrust Collectable Card
Game and...uh...wait a minute. Never mind.
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> you wrote:
> Bill Nitsche wrote:
> making card-sized individual ship sheets (they're small enough) and
> folder sheets so you have your entire fleet in front of you. Sure
I've drawn all mine with a graphics program, and fitted the entire fleet onto
a couple sides of A4. Just print out a couple new sheets for each game
(forests are highly overrated things anyway).
Makes drawing up the original ships one hel of a lot easier as well.
> Bill Nitsche wrote:
Yes, this is a good idea. Along the same lines, you can use multi-card
holding sheets(as someone suggested earlier) to build a fleet for a particular
event. This way you don't need to go back and redraw the ship
forms or do a ton of cut-and-paste operations. It can turn preparation
into a relatively quick and painless effort with sharp looking results.
> Then GZG can run with the idea and produce the Full Thrust Collectable
Oh no!!!!!! Not ANOTHER collectable card game!!!