Re: [DS2} Vehicle Design

On Mon, 2 Aug 2004, The GZG Digest wrote:

> > Ideally, the point system will be some variant of
> the formula P=ODM, where P
> > is the total points, O is the point value of all
> offensive systems, D is the
> > modifier for all defensive systems, and M is the
> modifier for the speed and
> > mobility type of the vehicle.

Sky Full of Ships (free, FT-inspired ruleset available online) does
something like this where:
O=size class (relative to offensive capability and hit boxes)
D=defense (+30% per armor, +20% per shield)
M=speed (+50% per move increment above basic)

It ends up being fairly elegant in its simplicity and allows for many
genres. You can make a super-fast, super-tough battleship, but it will
be
your entire fleet! Makes it fairly easy to model the space-cruiser
Yamato. ;)

Might be worth a look and possible 'borrowing' for a ground ruleset.

--Billiam