Re: Subwar 2050 [ot]
From: DracSpy@a...
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 01:58:41 EST
Subject: Re: Subwar 2050 [ot]
In a message dated 11/2/99 10:42:02 PM Pacific Standard Time,
info@thewayfareronline.com writes:
> I think Subwar 2050 was mostly on 3.5, although it was in the
> "transitional" era where stuff was also availble on CD, so you could
run
> into any format there. The rulebook had several pages of background
> material, including a "day in the life of a sub pilot" docu-story.
Sub
> stats were pretty well fleshed out (similar to WC stats of the same
> time), and there were some pretty cool effects to the game (the afore
> mentioned boil-and-fire torpedoes, random biological contacts, and
even
> thermoclime effects to dodge sonar). I had the opportunity to try
the
> game while I was working for Babbage's, but never actually forked
over
> the dough to buy it.
Cool, I may just get it. Going rate on ebay is $2-3 with $4.50(!) for
S&H.
-Stephen