Re: [GZG] Question: What's in a name - WYSIWYG or not?

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ually, more then 75% people I game with use minies from very different	
game systems in alternate game systems as long as the minie in question
is  
somewhat in the near ball park as the original. 
Example:
I like FT, but I am almost in love with several ships designs from B5, 
Earth 
Force for one, and prime ship for me is the Hyperion cruiser, which
suites	
me just fine as a battlecruiser for the NSL, or an Omega  Dreadnought as
a BDN. 
 
So, no. My answer is most of my peeps would not grumble, or complain at 
all. 
And we would happily use minies simply because "OMFG That things is
fraggin  
awesome"  Good enough reason to use, play or buy any type of minie if
you  ask 
me
 
Vince
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 9/27/2008 7:01:59 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
jon@gzg.com 
writes:

Hi  all,

I posed this question on TMP the other day, and thought it was	worth 
repeating here:

If a mini (say, a vehicle or starship) is  described as belonging to a 
specific power or faction in a specific game  system, is that going to 
make you any less likely to use it with a  different force or in a 
different game system than if that same mini was  described in very 
generic terms?
If I named something as a "UNSC  Marines MkVII "Piranha" Light Grav 
Tank", would you ONLY think of it in  those terms, or would you still 
think "hey, cool tank, that'll do for my  Peoples' Republic of New 
California Revolutionary GuardŠ"?
And, if you  DID use it for your own army, would any of your little 
gaming buddies	grumble that "that's a <xxx> tank for <xxx> army/game, 
you  can't use it for your PRNCŠ."

What prompted this thought was the fact  that while our Stargrunt 
infantry figures have always been named for  particular powers within 
the game background, the vehicle ranges have  always been kept fairly 
generic rather than being specifically tied to a  faction, and we've 
always encouraged people to use them for whatever  forces they like; 
but I'd be very interested in any opinions either way on  thisŠ.

Related to this, do folks like to see vehicle types NAMED, even  if 
they are not specifically tied to a force or faction? Do you think of  
the V15-01 as a Cougar, or just as a tracked MBT...?

Reactions to  the thread on TMP so far seem to suggest that most folks 
are happy with	using stuff for whatever they wish, with only a couple 
of people going  with the other view; It'll be interesting to see what 
the GZG ListMind  thinks!

Jon (GZG)

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