RE: RE: FT Scenarios (was: Re: [GZG] Re: Points systems)

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cards a randomizer is to uee a regular deck of playing
cards and create a results table.  A sheet of paper that tells you what
a 3
of hearts represents may not be esthetically pleasing but it is cheep.





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Subject: Re: RE: FT Scenarios (was: Re: [GZG] Re: Points systems)



On 1/12/06, Ground Zero Games <jon@gzg.com> wrote:


Though dice tables would work, I do still like the card system; 



DICE TABLES:



Cheap

Easy to make, Easy to modify.

Saves time

Produces essentially the same effect as cards



CARDS:



Expensive

Takes significant time and effort to make (even if pdf printed)

Allows mission secrecy (loose lips explode ships)

Can look really cool.



I'd suggest some combination of the two.



So should the mission cards carry deployment guides as well, or is
that too restricting? 



Deployment guides can be absent from some missions, optional for some,
and
mandatory for others.



VIP IN CREW:
One of your mid-sized ships (your choice, but cannot be the smallest
or largest class you field in this battle) has among its crew a young 
member of the Royal Family or a favoured Minister's son/daughter;
this ship MUST be deployed on the table and cannot exit the table
unless crippled, or the entire fleet withdraws. If this ship is
destroyed, YOU LOSE regardless of other mission objectives. 



I'd want to put the VIP on a fighter escorted shuttle to the strongest
hulled ship I had ASAP.



>>Obviously, this isn't a system that will suit everyone -
>>specifically, those who love their munchkinised fleets will hate it


You stop hating on the Lollipop Guild's merchant convoys. Don't be a
Vader-Hater just because you can't beat the Imperial Star Destroyer or
the
Glinda Class Cruiser.

 
The Man in Black is : Kenneth Scroggins
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