Re: Pre-written and mid-move shots Re: [FT] Simultaneous Fire

On Tue, 15 May 2001 10:42:18 -0500 devans@uneb.edu wrote:

Quoting Tony:
>> Aeronef (rules for Victorian SF flyers by Wessex Games) uses a 
split turn sequence similar to this. Each turn is split into two 
phases, ships move half their movement allowance in each phase and can 
fire at the end of either phase (only one fire per ship per turn). The 
upshot is that everyone tends to fire at the end of the first phase 
unless out of range. <<

This looks like a simpler version of the way in which FASA's Starship 
Combat Simulator/Game (originally Star Trek, now apparently to be 
re-released with an original background) worked; in that game, movement 
was divided into five segments, and ships could fire at the end of each 
one, even if, due to their speed, they didn't move in it. The ultimate 
extension of the idea is, of course, the SFB impulse system...

Interestingly, I never found that players hurried their shots; they 
were more likely, in my experience, to wait until the target entered an 
appropriate range band (as defined by the to-hit number) and then cut 
loose. The system seemed to work pretty well.

> I've Aeronef rules, but never played, yet. However, I did include a 
penalty for firing on the first half, but failed to mention my idea 
included one shot per full turn. <

Don't know enough about Aeronef (not a VSF fan) to comment on this; 
do you mean that the ship can only fire once and/or on one target per 
full turn, or each weapon can fire once?

Phil
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