RE: [GZG] [Aliens] was Re: FMA at EEC etc

["McCarthy, Tom \(xwave\)" <Tom.McCarthy@xxxxxxxxx>]

>>I really do not understand the secrecy of the playtest list.   My >>understanding is GZG
>>makes little off the rules anyway.

Ironically, I think the playtest list is a closed list just so that rumours don't circulate that "the game is changing to X" and drive off people who don't like X when X has yet to be tested and may not amount to anything.

The truth is, the list was formed when Jon T was close to publishing the first Fleet Book and had lots of firm ideas ready to be tested.  The test list was full of very active players then.  When real life and miniatures casting keeps Jon T from posting about rules ideas or putting pen to paper, the test list is just a circle of 2-3 dozen equals who are fairly adept at pointing out the weaknesses of each other's ideas, but not so good at coming to consensus and picking the 'least flawed' of the ideas available.  And many of the people on the test list don't play as much as they used to.

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