Re: Pod Racers at MARCON

Andy Cowell wrote:

> In message <3732D5E5.1C5FB39E@glasscity.net>, Channing Faunce writes:
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> > > >   Possible minor spoilers follow:
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> > > >   The micromachine pod racers, and what I say of a demo of the
> > > >pod racer video game is just begging for a miniatures game.  Pod
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> > > Search out and find "Circus Imperium" for the Renegade Legion
universe, by
> > > FASA. While the track is just an oval, I'm sure the mechanics
would work
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> > Using only 2 "tiles" (a 60 deg. bend and a strait track, each with 4
lanes)
> > you should be able to make a wide variety of tracks. for an example
see:
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> Heh, this sounds like a really cool project, I'd love to dink around
> with it.  I've read the book, and I'll try and give enough detail for
> people to think about the rules.
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> The track was definitely 3D-- you had pod racers going too fast down
> declines and smacking into the track when the it flattened out.  There
> were also tunnel-like canyons and such, where riders had a tendency to
> smack into the sides.  It was essentially a natural track, so I could
> see lots of variations on the number of "lanes."
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Maybe you could make "lane reducing" counters to place at the edges of
the track
tiles...Or make actual track tiles with different numbers of lanes...

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> You also had lots of sabotage and fighting.  Lots of pods crash and
> get crashed, killing racers.	They didn't really emphasize the pods
> being at different altitudes, although I know Sulbuba was able to keep
> Annakin from passing him, but at one point Annakin faked him out and
> passed over him.
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> No whips, though; but at one point Sulbuba (a dirty racer) managed to
> unhook one of the cables attaching Annakin's pod to his engines,
> forcing Annakin's pod to tumble wildly behind the engines and lose
> lots of ground until he could grab the cable using a magnetic pole and
> reattach it.	I assume he was unable to steer at that point.	The
> engines maintained their link to each other.
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> Sulbuba had a mechanism by which he could vent his engines out to the
> sides, taking out other pod racers passing him at the same level.  He
> also had an illegal blade attached somehow to his pod he would use to
> attack other racers.

Where did you get your info?  Sounds Very Cool!   Did you say you have
the book?
Is it out allready?

If so I am gonna havta find that one!

Donald Hosford