Re: Fog of War again

At one of the HMGS-East conventions I attended many moons ago(Coldwars,
I
think, maybe '91), the bunch that does Harpoon and the WW2 version
(CAS?)
put on a Coral Sea game that had two forces on seperate tables and
played
the air attacks against each carrier force.  Played very slowly though
(the
rules aren't exactly quick-play) but the concepty itself seemed to work
okay...

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: John M. Atkinson <john.m.atkinson@erols.com>
To: <gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 7:02 AM
Subject: Re: Fog of War again

>
>
> Mikko Kurki-Suonio wrote:
>
> >  Putting in a rigid coordinate system, IMHO, transforms the game
into a
> > boardgame played with nicely painted tokens instead of cardboard
chits.
>
> Not necessarily.  Put your coordinates in a 6-digit format.  1/10th of
> an inch is small enough that it shouldn't hamper your ability to put
> stuff where ever you want it.
>
> >  Actually, the way I'd do carriers would be to set up the task
forces on
> > *separate* tables -- the ships are never going to be within visual
range
> > anyway -- play out the search stage on paper/computer and then
deploy
> > aircraft minis for the strikes. Given the speed differential, the
ships
> > would be effectively immobile on the table.
>
> Yeah.  In fact, one possibility would be to use any one of the
published
> map-and-chit games on the subject for the search stage, then instead
of
> resolving the strike using their rules, to switch to a map table.
>
> >  OTOH, it's not my money if someone decides his Ferrari Spider is
the
> > perfect vehicle for Offroad Championship racing...
>
> If he, being young and unskillful, plays for shekels of silver and
gold,
> Take his money my son, praising Allah.  The kid was ordained to be
sold.
> --Kipling
>
> John M. Atkinson
>