Re: Babylon5 Battles?

On Thu, 24 Oct 1996, Niall Gilsenan wrote:

> > Date:	   Thu, 24 Oct 1996 10:25:44 +0100
> > From:	   Adam Delafield <A.Delafield@bolton.ac.uk>
> > Reply-to:	   FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
> > To: 	   FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
> > Subject:	   Babylon5 Battles?
> 
> > Date sent:	24-OCT-1996 10:21:31 
> > 
> > I've just been looking at the TFG web page. Apparently, they are
> > very closely tied with Agents of Gaming, which does not bode well
> > for the new B5 game.
> 
> Oh dear.
> 
>  In fact, Agents of Gaming are responsible for
> > much of the SFB material including the Newsletter and PBM variant.
> >
> Oh dear, oh dear.
>  
> > With such a strong link, what are the chances of the B5 game being
> > nothing but a clone of SFB? Damn high I'd say. (But then again,
> > the Earthforce Sourcebook variant will probably be nothing more
> > than a clone of FT 8-)  ).
> 
> Oh dear (you get the the idea by now).  Considering that I have tried 
> playing SFB and failed miserably at getting a game up and running in
any 
> reasonable length of time, this is very bad news.  It had occured to
me 
> that the Starfury diagram that appeared on the AOG site reminded of
some 
> game.  Now that we know that its SFBinfluenced  I can see the horror
of it 
> already.  20 pages on the various complexities of how a ship jumps
into 
> warp (see subsection X3.1214, Ooops not in this supplement!!).  
> 
> Looks as if the only items of interest will be the ships.
> 
	Ahhmmm.
	If you read the AoG page you will see a disclaimer mentioning
the 
fact that Babylon 5 Wars has NOTHING to do with SFB, TFG, or ADB.  In 
E-Mail I have recieved from AoG they have stated that B5 Wars will be 
NOTHING like SFB an any way shape manner or form.  I think we are 
gettting just a little paranoid here.  We should wait for the game to 
come out THEN pass judgement on the system.  In the meantime, they are 
planning WWW-based playtesting of B5 Wars.  I suggest we get involved 
with these tests and try to influence the game as much as possible (This

way if the game screws-up we have only ourselves to blame.)

Later,
Mark A. Siefert
	
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