Re: Low tech SG (was Re: A Humble Request)

Squeal like a pig, boy!

Nic

At 11:14 PM 5/14/98 -0600, you wrote:
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>>Could everyone, including all you lurkers, post where you are?
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>A mostly lurker in Nampa, Idaho (near Boise), USA. I own FT and DS, but
>have been having so much fun with SG that I have not played them yet.
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>RE Stargrunt, there was a thread awhile back that related to low tech
>opponents for assualt rifle armed platoons. I have been giving some
thought
>to this as it is a scenario idea that interests me.
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>I am thinking of breach loader rifles and no electronic communications.
My
>paper projections suggest that 3-12 man squads with breach loaders
(fire
>power 1, like hunting rifles, but I think I will lower the impact to
d8)
>will have a chance if they outnumber the high tech unit (perhaps a
platoon
>of low tech against 2 squads of high tech). These squads will start out
>rolling a d12 fire power die, but would be fragile. The fire power
would
>drop rapidly with casualties to a d6 with 6 remaining figures.
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>I may allow bugles or whistles for communication with a range of 12
inches.
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>I have the figures now and plan to run a playtest sometime in the next
two
>months. I'll let you know what happens.
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>Has anyone else tried such a scenario? How did it go? Any other ideas
or
>suggestions?
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>Terrance L. Smith, Ph.D.
>tlsmith@micron.net
>Nampa, Idaho
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