From: Noel Weer <noel.weer@v...>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 17:13:59 -0600
Subject: Winter War 28
I have a friend planning to run a Dirtside II session at "Winter War 28" at Champaign, IL in Feb. Anyone else planning on running any GZG sessions there (DS,SG,FT)? If so, it may be kinda fun to coordinate scenarios...
From: Joseph Arnold <jdarnold@s...>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 18:32:17 -0600
Subject: Re: Winter War 28
I wasn't planning on running anything, but I could look into sharing hotel space (no mass murderers need apply). Jay
From: Scott Case <tgunner@h...>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 16:33:14
Subject: Re: Winter War 28
> > Anyone else planning on running any GZG sessions there (DS,SG,FT)? > I won't be at that convention, but I'm considering doing one at Cold Wars in Pennsylvania in March. I'm curious about what you might do scenario wise. Maybe we can give each other some ideas.
From: Noel Weer <noel.weer@v...>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 17:03:57 -0600
Subject: Re: Winter War 28
One SG-DSII linkage idea that had occurred to me recently came up when a few of us ran a DSII fight where the objective was for some corporate mercenaries to keep the local government from seizing an office building as part of their nationalization policy. The gov't troops did achieve infantry control of the town and the building, but ultimately lost the battle... The player controling the gov't wanted to put his troops inside the building and have the mercenaries dig him out... reasonable given that the mercs couldn't just blow it up... So, you could do a DSII at one table and a SG at another - the wider battle for the area at the former and the fights in the halls of the objective at the other. Conditions on the DSII table could influence reinforcement availability on the SG, etc. I know less about FT, but a forced landing of reinforcements from orbit could be integrated into an active DSII (or SG) fight on another table. > Scott Case wrote: > > Anyone else planning on running any GZG sessions there (DS,SG,FT)? > > >If
From: Joseph Arnold <jdarnold@s...>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 17:39:30 -0600
Subject: Re: Winter War 28
One potential problem with this scheme is the necessary turn coordination. One solution would be to use a turn system similar to the one used in FASA's Prefect. For every strategic turn there were X turns for Leviathan. For every turn in Leviathan there were Y turns for Interceptor, etc. Just something to think about. I'd be interested to see how you integrate two simultaneous actions. Jay ---------- > From: Noel Weer <nsweer@ice.net> > One SG-DSII linkage idea that had occurred to me recently came up when
From: Scott Case <tgunner@h...>
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 02:10:25
Subject: Re: Winter War 28
> I know less about FT, but a forced landing of reinforcements from orbit Which is actually something that I'm considering. In the background that I'm using, the colonial rebels have a fair sized fleet which could contest the landing of UN marines. I think that I would run the FT scenario and use the outcome to determine how many troops hit the ground, and how much ortillery/air support is avaible. Interesting idea... Another scenario I'm considering is a Dirtside scenario set in deep space... yeah, wierd... ;) Really though, the background that I'm using suggests conflicts in space with marines attacking colonial outposts on airless moons and planetoids. It would be cool to have a 3D Dirtside battle with troops running around 3D planetoids and having dropships for close support... maybe using those "battlepoles" that I've read about with some simple rules for 3D combat. If you're having trouble imaging what I'm getting at- it would be something like "Moonraker". Might be pushing the Dirtside system to the limit, but would it be fun:)
From: Laserlight <laserlight@q...>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 22:23:02 -0800
Subject: Re: Winter War 28
From: Scott Case <tgunner@hotmail.com> > Another scenario I'm considering is a Dirtside scenario set in deep This would be _bad_, Scott. It would encourage people to think about the techniques for attacking planetoids and small moons. Such as 100% of the real estate in the Alarishi Empire. Instead, let's consider techniques for assaulting a certain prominent organization's building in New York.
From: Indy Kochte <kochte@s...>
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 07:47:32 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: Winter War 28
> > > Anyone else planning on running any GZG sessions there (DS,SG,FT)? Come to GZG-ECC IV! Still open tables for more events. :-) Mk
From: Indy Kochte <kochte@s...>
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 08:04:32 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: Winter War 28
> On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Noel Weer wrote: > One SG-DSII linkage idea that had occurred to me recently came up when > battle... > the mercs couldn't just blow it up... There is an FMA/EFSB cross-over event happening at GZG-ECC IV this [next] year. Come and play! :-) (okay, so it was a badly phrased plug for the con; come anyway! details at: http://www.warpfish.com/jhan/ft/gzgecc/gzgecc4/ :-) Mk