I just read a couple of books by Ian Douglas about interstellar warfare in
the next 50 years- really cool stuff.
So, like I'm now dying to try some of that stuff in Star Grunt. Anybody know
of any cool minis for troops in full environmental armor (space suits)?
Any ideas about how to fight Star Grunt in places with low gravity (Mars and
Luna), and zero g combat in space? I'm rereading the rules right now and
might post my ideas later. Would love to hear what ya'll have to say.
> I just read a couple of books by Ian Douglas about interstellar warfare
Yup, and did you notice on the copyright info page who "Ian Douglas" really
is? The books are credited to William H. Keith Jr....... Given that they are
really very much like the rest of Keith's combat SF output, I wonder why he is
using a pseudonym this time?
Haven't read Semper Mars yet, but Lunar Marine (book 2) is pretty good as this
sort of stuff goes.
Jon (GZG)
> So, like I'm now dying to try some of that stuff in Star Grunt. Anybody
Watch this space.... :-)
> Any ideas about how to fight Star Grunt in places with low gravity
> Yup, and did you notice on the copyright info page who "Ian Douglas"
William H. Keith has a website that explains that. He basically says that many
publishers tend to skip past established writers after a bit and go for new
talent. Keith said that he wrote by that name to avoid that pitfall...
> Haven't read Semper Mars yet, but Lunar Marine (book 2) is pretty >good
It was kinda out there, but the combat stuff was awesome. Keith/Douglas
pretty much stuck to the real world, definately hard core sci-fi stuff
:)
Scott
PS: I thought Semper Mars was a bit better than Lunar Marine, worth the bucks
> Jon (GZG)
Anybody
> know
Loved both books...Really good near-future infantry combat on other
planets
(mars/moon).
I can't wait for the third book in the series...
Donald Hosford
> Ground Zero Games wrote:
> >I just read a couple of books by Ian Douglas about interstellar
really
> is? The books are credited to William H. Keith Jr.......
In a message dated 99-08-09 18:41:25 EDT, you write:
<<
William H. Keith has a website that explains that. He basically says that many
publishers tend to skip past established writers after a bit and go for new
talent. Keith said that he wrote by that name to avoid that pitfall...
> [quoted text omitted]
Have any of you checked out his Fifth Foreign Legion series? Very well done,
easy to see some Stargrunt possibilities and even some DSII stuff. BTW: What's
Keith's site's URL?
Thanks,
Perry