Re: An apology for the unwashed

Roger Books wrote:

> John Crimmins <johncrim@voicenet.com> wrote:
> > I hate to say it, but we've had the same experience.  That's why we
ended
> > up turning to ShockForce for SF skirmish, and why I'm going to be
adapting
> > it to a microarmor game at some point in the near future.  It plays
very
> > quickly, very easily, and after the first game you don't need to
reference
> > the rulebook at all.
>
> > With SGII, we kept having to stop play to look something up in the
> > rulebook.  It just slowed things down too much for us to really
enjoy it.
>
> I haven't played SGII yet but it looks to me like all the important
rules
> are on the included quick-reference card.  Is there really much
missing
> from that?

    That seems to cover all of the important points.  Realistically, you
need to
read through SGII chapters 1-9, and 14-15 (about 35 pages total).  You
can skip
sections in those chapters like "under-strength units," "field
defences,"
supreseion of vehicles and buildings," "panic," and "vehicle movement." 
After
that, just set up some simple terrain and use scenario 1 "Recon in
Force" on p.
62.  That's pretty much how I started and after playing just a few
games, I only
needed to refer to the quick reference rules summary on occassion.

-Mike

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