RE: SG2- Like it?

[Laugh] When I first started reading DS2 and SG2 about a squad of
infantry
with SAWs, I kept picturing people running with wood cutting tools
raised
over thier head.

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Brian Bell
bkb@beol.net
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Beth Fulton [SMTP:beth.fulton@marine.csiro.au]
> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 10:59 PM
> To:	gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> Subject:	Re: SG2- Like it?
> 
> G'day Geoffery,
> 
>  >If your not an out and out modern
>  >military specialist you have virtually no
>  >hope of learning the rules by yourself.
>  >The jargon can be absolutley brain numbing
>  > in that it assumes that you know
>  >most things before you start reading.
> 
> I'd have to disagree with you there. I may live with someone who has a

> great interest in modern military stuff, but I have no interest what
so 
> ever and know few if any of the acronymns (didn't know any when I
first 
> picked up SG and started flicking through it) - though the guys here
have 
> been very accomodating when it comes to helping me out. It probably
does 
> assume some knowledge, but you can figure it out for yourself very
> quickly. 
> I don't think you need to know what the acronyms mean to figure the
rules 
> out... after all my grasp of artillery hasn't been degraded by the
fact I 
> still think of SPA as Special Psychological Assessment and RAMs are
still 
> only male sheep to me, my "machine gun guys" also seem to get by even 
> though SAW isn't something I associate with anything but eyes ;)
> 
> But that's just my opinion.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Beth
> 
> 
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