Re: FMAS names
From: Michael Llaneza <imperialdispatches@y...>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 13:32:25 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: FMAS names
I'm partial to The Sharp End, but somebody needs to talk to David Drake
- he
has a Slammers novel of that name, and pefect for an FMA-Sk adaption
come to
think of it.
I seem to recall a game called "Advance to Contact", but maybe it was a
book.
--- "Barclay, Tom" <tomb@bitheads.com> wrote:
> I'll suggest a few. Since we're trying to keep generic, I'm going to
try to
> avoid (for most of these) anything tied to a particular milleiu or
time.
>
> 1: Contact! - based off something commonly shouted on first sight
of the
> enemy
>
> 2: Ground Zero - if it hasn't been used, it's begging to be used for
> something
>
> 3: The Sharp End
>
> 4: Under Fire!
>
> 5: Body Count
>
> 6: In Harm's Way
>
> 7: Generic Universal Tactical System (GUTS)
>
> 8: Engage!
>
> 9: Rapid Fire!
>
> 10: Enemy Force!
>
> 11: Section Leader! (Squad Leader has already been taken...)
>
> 12: Fireteam Zero! (works in the GZG theme and captures the small unit
idea)
>
> Just some ideas that sounded neat to me. Dirtside and Stargrunt both
have a
> certain flare. So does Full Thrust, though it leads to many lewd
> comparisons. Hopefully the name for this game will conjure to mind
small
> unit combat and the excitement of man-to-man games...
>
>
>
>
>
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