Re: The new FMA

Andrew Cowell wrote:

>Before SG2 touted the FMA gaming system, I was under the impression
that 
>the wonderful Mr. Tuffley was working on an individual-scale game
called 
>FMA.  Is that project still on-line?  Is it still called FMA?

OK, a bit of explanation I think. Yes, Jon has started work on an 
individual scale game. It was originally given the working title of 
"Jungleland". Then Mary Gentle coined the immortal phrase "Full Metal 
Anorak" (FMA). Jon liked this so much he decided to use it instead of 
"Jungleland". Then we got into SGII development, and Jon felt he needed
a 
name for the underlying game mechanisms of DSII, SGII and probably
future 
games. So he decided to use FMA as the name of the _system_. AFAIK at
this 
point, the working title of the individual scale game has reverted to 
"Jungleland". 

The game "Jungleland"(?) has actually been designed (well, nore or less)

and has been under limited playtesting for some time. The first problem
is 
that it keeps getting shelved because other projects are more pressing.
The 
other problem is that most of the rules are still in Jon's head! Even
_I_ 
don't have a written copy of the current version. 

Watch this space for further news...

Regards

Mike Elliott, GZG