Re: SGII Newbie Question--repost with correct subj line

On Sat, 11 Sep 1999 UsClintons@aol.com wrote:

> oooops!   How about a re-post with an appropriate Subject line! 
Sorry!
> 
> 
> Howdy All,
> 
> I am new to the list and fairly new to SGII (although I have been
gaming for 
> over 25 years...)

Well, welcome to the list, and to the best science fiction skirmish game
available. (in the absolutely-not-humble opinion of most of this list...
:>)

> I see a few areas in SGII I would like to modify to suit my taste but
I have 
> a question about one in particular.
> 
> The manual states that a squad's Fire Power that results in over D12
for a 
> squad is ignored.  I also noticed that most of the squads in the SGII
book 
> tend to be only 6-8 men, so this is not too much of a problem for
THEM.  But 
> I intend on using larger squads of 9-10+ 'men' (for Orcs and Goblins
in 
> particular).

You might want to use lower-powered weapons - given a primitive rifle of
FP 1,
a squad of 10 guys only rolls a d10. Throw in a SAW - make it two - and
you're rolling d8 (squad firepower) + d10 +d10 (the 2 SAW FPs). I've got
a
couple of militia squads kitted out roughly like this.

> The first thing that comes to mind for me is to allow the Firepower
factors 
> to 'wrap' and start over for a second dice based on the squads
combined 
> firepower.  Thus a squad with 16 fire power would get both a D12 + D4
(plus 
> quality die).

Erk. This could get really ugly if someone ran, say, a squad of 8 w/ 
FP3
rifles - you'd be rolling d12, d12 (plus quality) *without* support
weapons.
 
> Is this 'old hat' for you SGII guys or do you use a different method? 
Or do 
> you guys like the D12 limit?

I like the d12 limit - diminishing returns, or something like that. Plus
the play-balance issue.

> PS Has anyone see/used any of Stan Johansen's Miniatures?
> http://www.polomania.com/stan/

No, but they look pretty nice, esp. the 15mm SF troops. The world needs
more 15mm science fiction stuff!

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