[GZG] Full Thrust Playtest

["Laserlight" <laserlight@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

As requested:

First off, if you have any AARs that went out to the list and didn't get an
adequate response, send a copy (or archive links) to me offlist (laserlight 
at verizon dot net)
and I'll  respond. Not that I'm the Official Voice of the Playtest List, but 
I usually
have a decent idea of why a rule is the way it is (for FT or SG--I've 
played
DS III a couple of times but I haven't been following it intensely)

With that said, there are five possible results from a playtest:
a. everyone's happy with the new system: okay, we'll probably keep it
b. there's an obvious flaw in the new rule: highly unlikely, because if it
was obvious enough to pick up in one game, we'd almost certainly have 
caught
it before putting it on the Main List.
c. the player is unhappy with a system the Playtest List has come to a
consensus on. This normally means that the player has only tried the system
once or twice, and usually only from one side--eg, you've fought as the 
ORCs
but not against them, so you feel EMP beams are too weak. In this case, we
usually need to add a mini-design note, such as you'll find on the grasers
and EMP beams. This sort of thing doesn't look like you made much
difference, but it is VITAL in explaining the new systems.
d. nobody understood what we intended: okay, we need to rewrite the rule.
The posts from the last few days had an example of that with the Unified
Fighter Proposal in Oerjan's original form and my edited form. Generally
someone will provide as "this is what we meant" pretty quickly.
e. everyone's more or less happy: this means that there might be something
subtle that needs to be fixed. Or there might not be, it might just mean
that someone had bad dice, bad tactics, or an unbalanced fleet selection. 
We
probably can't tell just from one AAR, and that means you're not likely to
get much in the way of immediate feedback. But we need to hear it, so we 
can
*eventually* decide that yes, the Sa'Vasku do need some kind of burnout 
when
they pump too much power through their stingers.

Ideally we'd like for players to tell us starting forces, starting 
position,
table size, speed, maneuvers, and yes, every single die roll. I've had
playtests where New System X looked like it was an UberWeapon, but in fact
I'd just rolled a 4.93 average over 60 rolls, and my opponent was at a 2.9
(yes, using the same dice).  If you don't feel like posting that to the 
Main
List due to its length, then post it to me and I'll respond and pass it on 
to the Test List. 

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