Fw: [GZG] FMA Skirmish Scenario - special rules for comment

["Rodney Stott" <rodstott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "martin connell" <mxconnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> I think I would go with adults as soft cover and children provide no cover.
> Besides the grizzly aspect of things, soft cover is generally things like
> bushes that make it hard to target, hard cover are things like stone walls
> that make it hard to penetrate. I think adults would make you hard to
> target, but not much deterent to a high power rifle. Children would not
> block clear targeting and don't reduce penetration much. Unless of course
> they were carrying a child, put I would think they would be slow movement
> for being encumbered and reduced targeting ability due to hands not being
> free.

I have set the chances to be low, as the result of the cover die has to beat 
both firers roles (quality and firepower), and is not really designed to be 
Cover as such, but the chance of the shot going astray when firing into a 
crowd of people, even if you know your target.
Using the hard and soft cover die was just a way of representing that, not 
cover, but an accidental shooting.


> The other aspect to consider is where you are running the game. If you are
> trying to promote SG/FMA and are in a semi-public place like a game store,
> do you really want peripheral people to perceive SG/FMA as the game that
> kills children/uses them for cover? It's just bad PR. Probably less of a
> problem if you are playing in someones house, but even then, do you want
> someone to overhear post game conversation "I was playing FMA and was 
> using
> this kid for cover until he was accidently shot when someone tried to hit
> me". Maybe I'm being an old softy here, but too many people still 
> associate
> D&D with demon worship and pinheads getting lost in the MIT steam tunnels.
> To the rest of the world miniature gamers are lumped in with that whole 
> mess
> (I know because I tried to get a hobby shop I frequented to carry game 
> stuff
> and was told they would not carry miniature game stuff - they do the 
> devils
> work - NO JOKE!).

The game is being held at my place (no one sells SG locally, can't play it 
where the local warhammer games are played because the shop wont allow games 
they do not sell to be played there), but since the Warhammer games are on 
haitus until after christmas (and they have room for the tables again), I 
have offered my carport up for some people to game and they are willing to 
try different games, full thrust and FMAS among the first.


> The whole hostage-terrorist-whatever is a hot enough topic these days,
> putting kids in harms way just seems to be asking for trouble and put 
> SG/FMA
> in a bad light..
>
> This is not to say my dark side won't file away your rules for use in a 
> game
> with CLOSE friends and eagerly read your AAR.

Will have to borrow a digital camera take photos of the minatures and the 
game as it progresses
Never thought on doing an AAR, just wanted to get some opions on the draft 
special rules applicable for the scenario...

> Let me get my asbestos skivvies on.. wait... uugh.. ok, they're on... you
> can all start flaming me now!
>
> Regards,
> Martin "Nervous Nelly" Connell


Rodney Stott
Cairns Australia 

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