RE: SGII for Victorian SF?

Or maybe, on a man-to man skirmish level game, 'form square me lads !'
is less important than the difference in leadership, organization and
morale that's already present in the SG2 rule set. I mean how many men
are we really  talking about, a few squads of Tommies, Frenchies or
Belgies vs. Former Bannerman Anhaat Kaamaaraam and a couple of mobs of
his Red Hills Bandits. Ground scale is flexible too. Although that
certainly doesn't preclude command and control bonuses for trained units
in formation (extra activation(s), maybe ? Bonuses to impact or some
sort of inherant support bonus for volley fire ?)

I think that to truly cover an *ahem* EPIC scale Victorian battle, say
Sikh Khalsa vs. John Company you'd need to use something more akin to
D2, maybe with more variation for infantry types/ grades/ formations...

Just some Sunday mornin' ramblings....

Gene

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> To:	FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
> Subject:	Re: SGII for Victorian SF?
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> I like this idea. (I enjoyed Space 1889, too.) One question: what
> about
> ground scale and the use of close order formations that are
> appropriate to
> the period? This might also be a factor is some low tech scenarios -
> aliens
> or lost colony at the 19th century equivalent of technology.
> 
> Terrance L. Smith, Ph.D.
> tlsmith@micron.net
> Nampa, Idaho
> 
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