The GZG Digest V2 #72

In a message dated 8/19/00 11:01:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> owner-gzg-digest@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU writes:

> --- WALKCLAN4@aol.com wrote:

> THIS IS MY THIRD ATTEMPT TO HAVE YOU CHANGE OUR

Mrs.Walker,

I tried to unsubscribe on the acount by sending a command the the server, I
failed. I am including the welcome message for the
gzg-l list which contains (I hope) the necessary
instructions to fill your request.

Yours, John L.

________________________________________________
Welcome to the gzg-l mailing list!

Please save this message for future reference. Thank you.

If you ever want to remove yourself from this mailing list, you can send mail
to <majordomo@soda.csua.berkeley.edu> with the following command in the body
of your email message:

    unsubscribe gzg-l

or from another account, besides
john_t_leary@yahoo.com:

    unsubscribe gzg-l john_t_leary@yahoo.com

If you ever need to get in contact with the owner of the list, (if you have
trouble unsubscribing, or have questions about the list itself) send email to
<owner-gzg-l@soda.csua.berkeley.edu> .
This is the general rule for most mailing lists when you need to contact a
human.

Here's the general information for the list you've subscribed to, in case you
don't already have it:

[Last updated on: Mon Nov 16 10:48:07 1998]

IMPORTANT-IMPORTANT-IMPORTANT-IMPORTANT-IMPORTANT-IMPORTANT-IMPORTANT

Important note on use of the
GZG-L@csua.berkeley.edu Mailing List

To post to this list send email to
gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu.  The
message will be forwarded to all list members, and included in the next digest
message.

This Mailing List is run for the benefit of Fans of Ground Zero Games and, to
a lesser extent, for Ground Zero Games themselves. Material appearing on this
list WILL be forwarded to Ground Zero Games and may be used in part or whole
as part of future rule books, supplements or other material. Any material used
in whole will be credited to the Author of the material and he still retains
copyright unless waived.

By subscribing to the list you agree to allow your copyrighted material to
appear in GZG products. If you do not agree with these conditions
UNSUBSCRIBE NOW! To do this send an E-mail to;

majordomo@csua.berkeley.edu

The Subject can be left blank. The body of the message should read;

unsubscribe gzg-l

Do this NOW if you do not agree with the above conditions of use. If you wish
to participate on this list, but do not want a specific item copying, include
a notice to this effect in that message and your wishes will be respected.
Alternatively, you can Unsubscribe and use the Newsgroup:
"rec.games.miniatures.misc".

By receiving this message you have been made aware that your material may be
used by GZG and by not Unsubscribing you are giving your permission to do so.

The CSUA has no connection with GZG and gains in no way from this mailing
list. The lists owner has no connection with GZG and gains in no way for
maintaining this mailing list or participating on it. The FAQ maintainer has
no connection with GZG and gains in no way from
maintaining the GZG-L FAQ.

-
---------------------------------------------------------------------

This mailing list processor supports the majordomo interface.

The following commands are understood by the majordomo processor. To use these
commands place them in the body of an email sent to
majordomo@csua.berkeley.edu. Include the list name after the command.

subscribe <list> [<address>] Subscribe yourself (or <address> if specified) to
the named <list>.

unsubscribe <list> [<address>] Unsubscribe yourself (or <address> if
specified) from the named
<list>.
"unsubscribe *" will remove you (or <address>) from all lists. This
        _may not_ work if you have subscribed using
multiple addresses.

get <list> <filename> Get a file related to <list>.

index <list> Return an index of files you can "get" for
<list>.

which [<address>] Find out which lists you (or <address> if specified) are on.

who <list> Find out who is on the named <list>.

info <list> Retrieve the general introductory information for the named
<list>.

intro <list> Retrieve the introductory message sent to new
users.  Non-subscribers
may not be able to retrieve this.

    lists
Show the lists served by this Majordomo server.

    help
retrieves the help message with more complete docs.

    end
Stop processing commands (useful if your mailer adds a signature).

You must send your commands in the body of a mail message. BITNET immediate
messages are not supported. Subject lines in mail messages are ignored.

-
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Ground Zero Games Meta-FAQ
Version 1.0

-
-----------------------------------------------------------
Contents

1 Introduction 2 Ground Zero Games 3 The Games 4 Suppliers
5 On-line Resources
6 Abbreviations 7 Misc
-
-----------------------------------------------------------

1 Introduction

This Meta-FAQ is a summary of basic information about
Ground Zero Games (GZG) and their wargaming products. It contains pointers to
more detailed FAQs on individual subjects.

This document is available on the web at

http://ds.dial.pipex.com/town/estate/ax16/grunt/meta-faq.html

or in plain text format at

http://ds.dial.pipex.com/town/estate/ax16/grunt/meta-faq.txt

or via e-mail from steve.pugh@dial.pipex.com

A copy should be sent to all new subscribers to the
GZG-L mailing
list (see section 5 below)

All amendments and comments should be sent to Steve Pugh at
steve.pugh@dial.pipex.com

-
-----------------------------------------------------------

2 Ground Zero Games

GZG started out in 1984/5 as a very small part-time
operation (no more than an extension of my own hobby), casting a few
15mm resin SF items. The first rules set, G-Cav (for
15mm
squad/platoon actions, about the same level as SGII)
was published in 1985, with a total print run (OK, copy run!) of 100.

Dirtside I followed in 1989, and Stargrunt I in 1990. GZG became
a properly-organised full time business in 1991,
around the same time as the release of Full Thrust 1st ed. There were only
ever a couple of hundred copies of FT 1 made, as we decided to go for
an A4 colour-cover edition (FTII) almost immediately,
with the first printing being early in 1992. DS II followed in 1993, with More
Thrust in 1994. SGII was released in 1996, and most recently the FT Fleet Book
vol.1 in 1998.

In late 1996 GZG expanded from a one-man to a two-man
business with the addition of Dave Garnham to deal with much of the production
side, and in early 1997 we moved from a
home-based
business to a workshop unit.

-
-----------------------------------------------------------

3 The Games

At the moment GZG produce three Science Fiction wargames:

FULL THRUST (FT) is an award winning generic starship combat game. The first
edition was published in 1991. The second edition in 1992 and the third
edition will be published later in 1998 or in 1999. All three editions use the
same basic rules systems.

A supplement, MORE THRUST, ws published in 1994. Another, THE FLEET BOOK, has
recently been published (1998) and bridges the gap between the second and
third editions, containing an advanced design system as well as over fifty
ship designs.

FT FAQ:
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Station/3565/faq-index.html
maintained by Tim Jones <Tim.Jones@Smallworld.co.uk> Good web site starting
point: The Unofficial Full Thrust WWW Page
  http://www.uwm.edu/~cthulhu/FT/index.htm

DIRTSIDE II (DS2) is a battalion level ground combat game, designed
for the 1/300, 1/285 or 1/200 scales. It was published
in 1993 and uses the Full Metal Anorak (FMA) rules system. The original
Dirtside was published in 1989 and used a different rules system.

DS2 FAQ:
http://members.xoom.com/AndrewMartin/DSII/FAQ/FAQ.HTM
maintained by Andrew Martin <Al.Bri@xtra.co.nz> Good web site starting point:
Andy Cowell's Dirtside II Page
  http://www.cs.utk.edu/~cowell/min/ds2/

STARGRUNT II (SG2) is a platoon level ground combat game, designed for the
15mm, 25mm or 28mm scales. It was published in 1996 and is compatable with
Dirtside II, also using the FMA rules system. The original Stargrunt was
published in 1990 and used a different rules system.

SG2 FAQ: maintained by Good web site starting point: Unofficial Stargrunt II
Site
  http://nemesis.com.au/fastjax/stargrun/INDEX.HTM

In addition the FT rules served as the basis for the ship to ship
combat rules of the Babylon Project Role-playing Game
from Chameleon Eclectic. This rules were included in the Earth Force
Sourcebook. Good web site starting point:

The earlier version of the Stargrunt rules provided part of the basis for the
Kryomek rules system from Fantasy Forge (1991). (Now published by Kryomek
Ltd.)

-
-----------------------------------------------------------

4 Suppliers

Ground Zero Games P.O. Box 337 Needham Market Suffolk IP6 8LN ENGLAND email:
jon@gzg.com

GeoHex (North American suppliers for GZG products) 2126 North Lewis Portland
Oregon 97227 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA email: geohex@aol.com
WWW: http://www.geohex.com

Eureka Miniatures (Australian/New Zealand suppliers
for GZG products) 10 Woorayl St Carnegie Victoria 3163 AUSTRALIA
Phone/Fax/Answering Machine: (03) 9568 4085
(or +61 3 9568 4085
from outside Australia) email: nicr@eurekamin.com.au

*Chameleon Eclectic (Producer of The Babylon Project RPG)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Phone: 800 435 9930 (toll-free in the US)
540.953.1658 (from overseas)
email: info@chameleon-eclectic.com
WWW: http://www.chameleon-eclectic.com

Kryomek Ltd. (Current producer of Kryomek) 32 West Hamming Street Letham Angus
DD8 2PU SCOTLAND

-
-----------------------------------------------------------

5 On-line Resources

Web Sites

GZG catalogue This is maintained by Paul Owen,
<paul@lightspeed.u-net.com>
it is NOT an on-line ordering point and is only as up
to date as Paul can keep it from the catalogues and updates he receives in the
post. Also note that it reflects the current GZG range and may contain items
not available from foreign stockists.
        http://www.lightspeed.u-net.com/gzg/index.html

FT web ring Michael R. Blair <amfortas@hotmail.com> has set this up. Despite
the name it links sites covering Dirtside, Stargrunt and the Earth Force
Sourcebook as well as those covering Full Thrust.

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Zone/1070/ft-net.html

Mail list archive Maintained by Jerry Han <jhan@idigital.net> this site
archives the GZG mailing list (see below) from June 1996 to the present,
including a keyword search facility.
   http://interact.canoe.ca/~jhan/ft/full-thrust.html

Player locations lists There are two sits that list players by geographic
location. Mark 'Indy' Kochte <kochte@stsci.edu> maintains one site,
   http://scivax.stsci.edu/~kochte/location.html
And Jeremy Sadler <jsadler@earthling.net> maintains the other,
   http://nemesis.com.au/fastjax/gzgames/INDEX.HTM

The Mailing List

The GZG list was originally set up to discuss Full Thrust but has expanded to
cover Dirtside and Stargrunt (and sometimes the Earth Force Sourcebook) as
well.

To sign on send an e-mail to
majordomo@csua.berkeley.edy with
Subscribe GZG-L <your name> in the body of the
message, the subject line can be left blank.

Keep the e-mail you receive when you sign on, this
contains important details about the list, including instructions on how to
sign off.

The list is maintained by Matthew L. Seidl