Re: OGRE stuff

In a message dated 6/14/99 1:08:18 PM GMT Time, valen@gatecom.com
writes:

<< i have always entertained the notion of using the floor of my old
high
 school gym for a really huge game of FT, complete with a full solar
system,
 star bases, fleet yards, refeuling stations, etc...etc... >>

Hi All,
	While we didn't have all the trimmings (solar systems, star
bases, 
etc.) we ran an arena FT game using full sized plastic models at Dexcon
in NJ 
a few years back. Both fleets had 12 ships. We had a Battlestar
Galactica 
Fleet, done in orange with black tiger stripes vs. a Cylon/Star Trek
Fleet. 
Both sides were supplemented with odd one off ships. A few were run of
the 
mill stuff like an ID4 ship but others were quite fun like the Revell 
classics 1950's spaceship concepts and flying saucers. We just
substituted 
feet for inches and ran everything else as normal. One of the players
had a 
bit of what I and the other GM called the Captain Kirk attitude and
tried to 
impress everyone with his superior gaming knowledge. Despite his
"expertise" 
he managed to fly one of his ships off the gaming area which ended up
costing 
his side the battle. Everyone else seemed to have a fun time and we got
quite 
a few spectators. If you can find a big enough space to do it in it's a
lot 
of fun and an impressive game to show off to passers by. Just remember
to 
bring a few heavy duty tape measures. :)

Mike J. Murtha