Gaming area, was: [FT] Gunboats - points cost??

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> > > 3) Their base movement is 16 MU, and they get no secondary move.
> > > (rationale: they're a bit heavier & slower than regular fighters)
> > 
> > Works OK if you use Vector movement, but it'd be pretty hard to
catch
> > my ships in a Cinematic battle. (Using the GBs as a close-in screen 
> > might work... might. I still have bad memories from battles between
MT > > fighters and ships racing around at speeds of 20-40 - if the
fighters 
> > were lucky they got a single shot off during an entire battle...)
> 
> You must be playing on the floor in a large room <g>.  We're normally
> restricted to a couple of store playing tables for area (4' x 8' or 4'
x 12'),

I measure in cm rather than inches, so my usual gaming table is
equivalent to 10' x 6'4". Plenty of space to move fast in - the extra
width compared to your tables means a lot here, since I can turn the
ships around at higher speeds without "falling off". 'Course, I *like*
Thrust-8 ships <g>

Later,

Oerjan Ohlson
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