Re: Avalon Hill Starship Troopers Game.

BTW I'm very impressed. There have been what?...at least 6 posts in a
thread
with the two words STARSHIP and TROOPERS in them and there has yet to be
one
flame. Bravo!

Los
<g,d,r>

> I played the late '70's version and have to say that the game was
actually
> very close when it came to MI vs Bugs, but that MI vs Skinnies was
usually a
> walkover.
>
> Each MI figure represented one man or several bugs, IIRC.
>
> I heard from somewhere (can't remember the source) that the new
version of
> ST is nothing like the old, but since I haven't played it or even seen
the
> rules...
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Laserlight <laserlight@quixnet.net>
> To: <gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 11:55 PM
> Subject: Re: Avalon Hill Starship Troopers Game.
>
> >
> > > OK, without going it yet another debate over the movie, can
> > someone
> > >give me a quick rundown of Avalon Hill's ST game.	I'm thinking
> > of
> > >picking it up.  Does anyone reccomend it?
> >
> > I had a copy in the late 70's / early 80's.  If it is
> > essentially the same, I'd say that it was...mmm...I guess I'd
> > say "bland".  Didn't have the texture to seem real.
> >
> > I was also going to say that it seemed unbalanced in favor of
> > the MI, but on reflection that could be due to my opponent.
> >
> >
> >
> >