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Re: Traveller + SG2/DS2/?

From: Oerjan Ohlson <oerjan.ohlson@t...>
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 00:47:10 +0200
Subject: Re: Traveller + SG2/DS2/?

John Atkinson wrote:

>SG2's vehicle system is tacked on as an afterthought.
>
>It's a light infantry game designed by a former light infantryman.

IIRC neither Jon nor Mike (Elliott) has any serious military experience,
so 
SG2 is more like a light infantry game designed by someone who has read 
military novels (SF and otherwise) written by former infantrymen :-/

>Personally, I would be loath to include any vehicles other than
>perhaps jeeps or simillar.

So very few scenarios set in Baghdad 2005, then...

>You want tank duels, play DS.

Unfortunately I can't even play "infantry ambush a tank in constricted 
terrain" properly using the SG2 rules :-(

Regards,

Oerjan
oerjan.ohlson@telia.com

"Life is like a sewer.
  What you get out of it, depends on what you put into it."
-Hen3ry

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