Re: FT3 DEVELOPMENT QUESTION: FTL

On Monday 02 Nov 2015 15:59:49 Jon Tuffley wrote:
> A long time ago (and I have no idea who originally came up with it) I
recall
> a very simple way of doing a version of "Warp Drive" in FT - once the
drive
> is engaged, the ship may not turn or manoeuvre at all, but it DOUBLES
its
> velocity each turn until it exits the table (so unless it starts off
going
> very slowly indeed, it will usually be off the table in a couple of
moves).

I did this for my Star Wars rules for Hyperspace (though the speed 
quadrupled/quartered rather than doubled/halved). Not sure if this
is what you're thinking of:

http://www.glendale.org.uk/ft/starwars/index

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