Re: Acquiring mini spiders and Ants for your DS scenarios.

Owen, and anyone else,
Seriously I'm putting in an order for bugs and would be more than happy
to pick up extras for people, Cripes they're $1.50 a gross but the
postage is a bit steeper than it needs to be. Then I can send them out
snail mail from here to wherever and I'm sure it'll be cheaper. Heck
I'll even pay the postage myself. No big deal.

Los

Glover, Owen wrote:

>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Los [mailto:los@cris.com]
> Subject: Acquiring mini spiders and Ants for your DS scenarios.
>
>  > The Alien troops in question:
>
>  > 1: 1/2" (12mm) Ants Black	$1.50 US per gross #39-699
>  > 2. 2" (50mm) Spiders Black 1.80 US per gross #39-8
>  > 3. 3/4" (20mm) Black flies w/ clear wings $1.25 US per gross #39-46
>
>  > They get you on shipping $&.00 US for orders under $35.00 If that's
> too
> steep, my sister and I  > >are putting in an order and I can pick up
> extra
> bugs for whoeer wants them and mail them out.
>
>  > Now having acquired a gazillion bugs, how do we empoly them in DS
> or SG?
>
>
>
> Stargrunt
>
>  I have toyed (forgive the pun) of using the bugs in squads of, say,
> 2xd6
> bugs. Simply a 4 or 6 inch circle of card base with teh bugs piled
> on!!
> When engaging the bugs simply count the number of potential casualties
> as
> hits and remove that many bugs!?  Move them only in d12 inches once
> per game
> turn and close combat attacks are automatic if the combat roll brings
> them
> into contact with a squad. Little bugs roll d8 in close combat and big
> bugs
> d12. Squads of flying bugs roll 1 d6 for squad size and move 2d12
> inches. If
> they pass over a human squad, roll a d8 for each bug vs the quality
> die of
> the squad. A major success results in potential 'snatches'  - bugs d8
> vs
> quality for each potential snatchee, OR a passing 'slash' - bugs d8 vs
>
> armour for a casualty.
>
> Dirtside
>
> Try a similar number of bugs and use all chits valid; the number is
> the
> number of hits! Not thought through enough of the rest of the rules.
>
>  Any other thoughts?? I'm yet to find a suitable source of reasonable
> bugs -
> I've been haunting the "$2" shops and toy stores to no avail!!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Owen G