Re: [FT] Another fighter base?

devans@uneb.edu wrote:

> Now, having made a short story long, this brought up an old Parker
Bros.
> game Shadowlord! that I gave him a thumbnail description. However,
looking
> at the pieces, I noticed the 'power rings' had 6 holes spaced around
the
> edge, just the right number for a fighter base. Has anybody tried 'em?
>

I have that game!  And it has a few hundred "ships" that fit in the
holes in
the rings.
You could use 'em as fighter minis or missles or those bulky shuttles,
ect.

>
> Also, the have, I think six equal spaced depressions spaced by equal
space
> ridges. I wondered if anyone had tried using these as ship bases, even
if
> the centers are hollow. They might even do well as places for
directional
> 'shield' dice hold spots for WEE dice. I know PB has used these rings
in
> other places. Anyone given them a tumble?
>
> The_Beast
>
> P.S. Thomas, I'm hoping to be sending you more than text info in the
near
> future. *heh heh*