From: Peter Mancini <peter_mancini@m...>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 10:57:06 -0400
Subject: Stargrunt II Campaign.
Hello all, I just joined this mailing list last night. I am interested in both Stargrunt II and FT. I've come to really appreciate the design of both games over the years. My first encounter with Jon's games was about 5 years ago when a friend picked them up and lent them to me. He had FT and Dirtside II. I liked FT and the concept of Dirtside was appealing but the chit pulling scheme slowed the game down to much for us. I had stopped playing the games until about a year and a half ago I picked up SGII. I played some of that and found it to be a great game. I even reviewed the game and gave it an 8 out of 10 at the time. Given how much I still like it I would easily up that to 9 or 10 out of 10. I don't generally give high marks above 8 unless something really sticks with me and SGII has. Recently I have considered putting together a campaign game based on one I tried to run in 1985. Back then I was using GDW's Striker and the only module ever produced for it Broadsword. This module left surprising amounts of latitude in the scenarios (mainly I guess because there were no damn figures out for the game!) I want to change the names of the players to fall into line with the given FT background. I've also want to change some of the motivations. I used to play the GDW Assault series of board games. I saved all of the maps which were de-marked with scale 250 meter hexes. Thus 4 hexes = 1 klick. These maps are perfect for running the small type of campaign I want. Since I have so many maps and they are geomorphic I could easily map out any distance or range from the Starport as needed! What I was thinking of doing was having 3 or 4 factions in the game. The rebel indigenous population, the mildly despotic off-world governing force (a client ally of one of the Super-Powers), the mercs, and the insidious off-world meddling super-power and their client allies. What I need to know is who should be who? The maps are marked with German-esque place names so I was thinking the local government would be a client of the NSL as they seemed to be of somewhat Germanic origin. Who should the others be? Any help appreciated.