Re: [GZG] Re: DS/SG - mapping vehicles to nations

[Ground Zero Games <jon@xxxxxxx>]

> Beast,
>
> Yeah, could be.  But I would still think that there could be some 
> level of at least "national tendency" to buy certain vehicles.  Like 
> maybe the NSL just doesn't like the Phalanx APC and tends to use a 
> different one.  Or maybe the FSE doesn't use hover vehicles because 
> of maintenance issues. <shrug>.
>
> Since there *are* gzg nations listed, it could be nice to have some 
> level of official guideance as to what they would tend to field. :)
>
> J


Well, the simple explanation is that the 25mm vehicle line (which 
came before the 6mm one) was designed and produced BEFORE the 
"official" GZG-verse was ever thought of! Originally they were just a 
selection of generic vehicle designs that people could use with 
whatever figures they liked (at that time, in the late '80s, I didn't 
make figures - just resin stuff!). Hence none of them were designed 
with the NAC, ESU etc in mind. Then, when FT 2nd ed came out in 1991, 
suddenly we had a Universe - but I didn't want to tie specific 
vehicles in to specific powers because I felt that would tie down 
people's freedom of choice - you know what some players are like - so 
we kept a generic "use whatever you think is cool" outlook.

For what it's worth, when we've done forces for demo games and stuff 
like that, I tend to use the following - but this should NOT be taken 
as an "official" endorsement, it's just a guideline as to my own 
preferences!!

NAC: Phalanx/Paladin/MMRAV series
NSL: Gauntlet, Slammer, Goliath, Rommel, hover jeep
FSE: Wombat, Gladiator
ESU: Leviathan
UNSC: Kivruzh, Avrazh etc (now OOP in 25mm)

Jon (GZG)

> John K. Lerchey
> Computer and Network Security Coordinator
> Computing Services
> Carnegie Mellon University
>
>
> On Tue, 11 Oct 2005, Doug Evans wrote:
>
> > > They all had mappings.  IIRC you didn't say you were after an official
> > mapping.
> >
> > More, a mapping of JUST GZG to nations, I think.The lists tended to be GZG
> > for some nations, other company for others.
> >
> > I always just assumed that anything as small as tanks would lack a national
> > flavor, and be whatever any particular corporation had on sale. ;->=
> >
> > The_Beast
> >
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