Re: Bailey's Lament

Between equal players, FTFB is pretty balanced.  This doesn't
mean every combination of ships is balanced, but if you vary
your ships, you should be able to find something that works.  If
you can't, it implies the players aren't equal--if I were
fighting Oerjan, for example, I'd want extra points just to make
it fair.  So next time, instead of taking 1500 points a side,
you take 1700.	If that doesn't work, try 1850.  Or 2000.  When
you both agree it's an even match, stick with it.....
And when you learn more and start winning more, don't forget to
drop your points total back down.

If this Steve is a decent gamer, he'd rather have a challenge
than just to massacre you every time.  If he's actually a
Munchkin Power Gamer, I don't know, maybe start him off with D&D
("My starting character is a 44th level half-dark-elf /
half-giant fighter/thief/cleric whose father is a god and whose
mother is queen of Aquilonia") and then consign him to playing
GW stuff.