Re: Starfire was Re: DS2 Balance and stuff.

I bought Starfire back when it came in a little baggie back in the early
eighties.  And the follow-on games.  We had a couple of good games under
our
belts in college before the second edition came out and completely
revised
the strategic rules, IIRC.  Our group then proceeded to play several
campaign games with the new set.  We just gave up due to inertia (when
fleets got to be as large as the ones we were flying, the battles became
very annoying to actually play out).

Since then, it is always taken as a threat when someone says, "Oh yeah?
Well maybe I'll just start up another Starfire campaign."

Ahh, the good old days...

Rob
----- Original Message -----
From: Laserlight <laserlight@quixnet.net>
To: <gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 7:05 PM
Subject: Starfire was Re: DS2 Balance and stuff.

>
> >>HOW would you run such a campaign (short of number crunching
> on >your
> >computer)?
>
>
> Oerjan answered:
> >With lots of paperwork. Ask any veteran Starfire campaign
> gamer - I
> >don't really qualify as a veteran, having only played that game
> for 15
> >years or so...
>
>
> "How many turns have you completed?"
> <vbg>
>
> Explanation, or exculpation: I bought both Starfire and Imperial
> Starfire a while ago--5 years? Maybe more, I don't think I had a
> computer when I bought it.  The version I bought was, mmm,
> paperwork intensive.	Oerjan, it's my understanding y'all have
> substantially overhauled the system to make it more playable?
>
>
>