Re: [GZG] [ECC XII][For Damo] Thoughts on stress for FMAS -somefeedback

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tin,

I was wondering if you were on the list.  I liked that idea of borrowing
actions from the next activation, I saw it played in the Hyper FMA game
you ran.  Seems like it works fairly well.  I think that the multiple
actions thing is almost a special case.  Things like "Open Door and 4
members pile in and secure the room"  Which still works just fine as
individual actions.  Sometimes you open the door and try to pile in and
you are met with fire.

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Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2009 4:10:35 PM
Subject: Re: [GZG] [ECC XII][For Damo] Thoughts on stress for FMAS
-somefeedback

I never played a version of MA with action points (that I recall
anyway). I have played Inquisitor, which did that, and for a while it
was in our extreme FMA variant - HyperFMAS - but we finally chose to
abandon it as we felt it bogged the game down. We found substituting
borrowed and held actions worked for most of the cases you would want
multiple actions and played much faster.
 
Martin

----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Makowsky 
Date: Thursday, March 5, 2009 3:53 pm
Subject: Re: [GZG] [ECC XII][For Damo] Thoughts on stress for FMAS
-somefeedback
To: gzg-l@vermouth.csua.berkeley.edu

> 
> Jon,
> 
> I do think that action points would have worked in our WW-II 
> game. It would have allowed for one side to move very quickly 
> on the board. I don't think it is a mechanic that needs to be 
> thrown out but one that needs to be explained so that folks know 
> how it can break.
> 
> Otherwise, I do find FMAS to be a great system and I look 
> forward in helping to finish the rules.
> 
> Bob Makowsky
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Ground Zero Games 
> To: gzg-l@vermouth.csua.berkeley.edu
> Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2009 12:07:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [GZG] [ECC XII][For Damo] Thoughts on stress for 
> FMAS -somefeedback
> 
> >I don't know if he's on the list.
> >I did e-mail him immediately after ECC to say that I'd played 
> in two
> >very different, very fun FMA games on the weekend. He gave me 
> a quick
> >acknowledgement and said he planned to compose a real response soon.
> >I do know that I never got around to revising my copy of FMA rules
> >drafts to strip out rolling for action points after the idea 
> got tossed,
> >so I don't know if a good draft of the rules exists.
> 
> 
> The thing about the "rolling for action points" idea in FMAS is 
> that 
> it works very well within certain limits (I've used it plenty of 
> times, including with players completely new to the system, and 
> they've all liked it a lot and had a great deal of fun with it), 
> but 
> it has a low tensile strength - it breaks too easily when 
> stretched! 
> ;-)
> 
> I still think it may be possible to use it, at least as an 
> option. 
> There should be ways to mitigate the odd effects when it's used 
> for 
> very unbalanced games.
> 
> Jon (GZG)
> 
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