Re: [GZG] [GZG ECC XI] [AAR] Broadsword: The Raid

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r welcome, Tom

and put me on your list when you decide to publish your Traveller
conversions to SG2.

Bobby

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 7:52 PM, Tom B <kaladorn@gmail.com> wrote:

> Evyn wrote:
>
> "I read this, and I have a big question, How does one go about
> "Modifying" SG2 rules for Traveller?"
>
> A1: Mark Kinsey created the modular cutters, defined how many people
could
> occupy them, what sorts of weapons could hurt them (none we had) and
how
> their missiles would work (designed for space combat, poorly). He also
had I
> think and alternate damage system for vehicles (or maybe I mis-recall
that).
> And he differentiated his vehicles in terms of movement rates, not
something
> vanilla SG2 does. That is mostly what he did.
>
> A2: Allan Goodall has written a Traveller conversion for SG2. So have
I.
> Allan's worked by saying "a gauss rifle in Traveller is a gauss rifle
in
> SG2" - that is, he used the same stats. So he just converted
"PGMP/FGMP" =
> Plasma Gun, etc. He maintained the SG2 balance of weapons vs. each
other and
> vs. armour types. My conversion on the other hand tried to preserve
the
> relative relationships of power of weapon to weapon and weapon to
armour
> present in the Traveller Universe, so a gauss rifle has stats that fit
in
> that context, rather than vanilla SG2 stats. Allan's conversion is up
on the
> web somewhere (when I talk to him next I'll ask him where....) and so
is his
> scenario Plasma Ambush, which is a Traveller scenario done in SG2. My
> conversion was only ever a partial job (some kinks to work out) and
has not
> been published yet.
>
> ==============
>
> Also, thanks to Redleg and Bobby for the links to some pics. They'll
go
> into the AAR shortly.
>
> ==============
>
> Take care all,
>
> Thomas B
>
> --
>  "Now, I go to spread happiness to the rest of the station. It is a
> terrible responsibility but I have learned to live with it."
> Londo, A Voice in the Wilderness, Part I
>
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> administering medicine to the dead." -- Thomas Paine
>
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Bobby