Re: [FT] SMLs, Type 3 & Tactics

At 11:12 PM 1/10/99 -0500, you wrote:
>John Crimmins wrote:
>
>> Why are we discussing a million point starship?  Because someone
gamed with
>> it.	That is what we do on this list, right?  Discuss games?  If you
asking
>> why one would play with such a ship, all I can ask in response is:
Why not?
>>  It's no more absurd than the Death Star, is it?  Just think of it as
an
>> Ogre in space.
>
>In order:
>That's what I asked.
>Not someone who's quite right in the head

There's certainly no need to be insulting, is there?  If you don't like
the
way he games, fine.  Why be rude about it?

In any case, over the top games can be a hell of a lot of fun.	Long
ago,
we did a game  that pitted 15mm Laserburn Space Marines against a
tablefull
of "Zoids"--giant, mechanical animals.	Wind-up Japanese toys, to be
exact,
and really neat looking things they were.  It was a damned silly game,
but
highly enjoyable nevertheless.	A steady diet of such games in another
story, of course, but when played occasionally they can add a nice bit
of
spice to your games.

[Snip, Snap, Snur!  And who can identify that phrase?]

>And Ogres are pretty silly too--and die nicely in DSII.

DSII is one possible future.  "Ogre" is another.  Ogres do just fine in
Ogre Miniatures, where they have BPC armor, and mine actually do pretty
darned well in DSII.  The Dinochrome brigade only fought in one game,
but
it was damned spectacular game.

>> As for the genre....  It's Science FICTION, John.  Infinite
possibilities.
>> That's why I like it so much.  Broaden your mind, man!  Expand your
>> horizons!  You'll have much more fun that way.
>
>There is SCIENCE Fiction, and *mumblequickly*science*mumble* FICTION. 
>This definitely is latter.

To me, the fiction's the only thing that really matters.  Internal logic
and consistancy are next.  Science is waaay back there at the end of the
line.  As I've said, give me Resnik over Drake, any day of the week.

John X Crimmins
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