[FT] Terrain

Actually, terrain probably isn't the best word to use.	Astrain, maybe? 
Well, 
in any
case....

How much scenery do you folks put on your FT boards?  And what kind? 
Does it h
ave any
effect upon the game, or is it just there to look good?

I've generally used a scattering of lava rock "asteroids", one huge
space stati
on built
into a large lave rock, and used cotton (spread out very thin) as "gas
clouds" 
-- all beam
fire through the clouds is at -1 to all dice.

I've also got some cheap plastic icicles, inteneded to be hung upon a
christmas
 tree, that
look as though they can be turned into comets with a minimal amount of
effort. 
 These will
probably see little general use upon the board, unless they look REALLY
good.

I tend to place the asteroids in rather thick swarms, unrealistically
so.  Part
ially, this
is an effort to add some visual interest to the board (for most of out
gaming w
e use very
elaborately terrained boards), partially to block long lines of sight
(again: a
 habit from
more convential gaming boards), and partially to enforce some
maneuvering.  It'
s probably
worth noting that, in a typical game, it's very unsual to see a ship
with a vel
ocity of
more than 12"....

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