Re: Linking SGII with Fullthrust

Date sent:  13-DEC-1996 09:44:42 

>lojeck wrote:
>> why is it so important to have both games work on the FMA system
before
>> they can be "integrated"? after all, a weapon fast enough to tag a
mass 1
>> escort from thousands of miles isn't going to be within the d12 range
of
>> dirtside's best weaponry, is it?

>It makes things easier, faster and quicker not to teach my gaming group
>two highly dissimilar sets of mechanics just to play one massively
>integrated game, such as we enjoyed under Renegade Legion's CENTURION,
>INTERCEPTOR, LEVIATHAN, and PREFECT systems.  The first three were
quite
>closely tied in mechanics and made playing all of them together much
>easier.

I'd be more in favour of using FT for Dirtside battles than vica versa.

And while I would not object to a FMA type system for an optional rule,
the buckets of d6 method works much better for me. I would complain
if it was changed.

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