Re: FMAS names

How about my favorite...

Blazin' Beamers!    (No I am no refering to flaming BMWs...8-D)

Beamer -- (Slang.  Generic term for any sort of energy using, or
projecting
weapon.)

(Its not actually in any dictionary...But if I wrote one it would!)

Donald Hosford

Ground Zero Games wrote:

> >...and a couple more...
> >
> >Bayonet Point
> >
> >Killing Ground
> >
> >Fire Zone - this been done before?
>
> I'm not sure - there's been a Free Fire Zone ('Nam rules), and lots of
> others with "Zone" in the title - Kill Zone, Combat Zone, Downtown
> Militarized Zone (DMZ- Shadowrun) etc. A bit over-used, but that's
because
> it sounds good!  :-/
> >
> >Combat Drop
> >
> >Combat Team
> >
> >Point Man
> >
> >Cold Steel
> >
> >Knife Edge
> >
> >Sharp Edge
>
> "Sharp End" is a strong possible - yes, I know the Drake book (THE
sharp
> end), but hey, it's a book not a game, and you can't copyright a
title....)
> >
> >Target Front
> >
> >Man Down
> >
> >Weapons Free
> >
> >CQB (Close Quarters Battle)
> >
> >i think we'll run into information overload here!
> >
> >Personally I like ColdSteel; fits more in the FullThrust, Dirtside,
> >StarGrunt themes....
>
> It's just SUCH a shame that "Hot Lead" has been grabbed by SJG years
back
> but will probably never actually see publication.... as a minis game
title
> it's pretty near perfect......  :-/
>
> Jon (GZG)
> >
> >Owen G
> >
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: owner-gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> >> [mailto:owner-gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU]On Behalf Of Barclay,
Tom
> >> Sent: Saturday, 17 February 2001 6:25 AM
> >> To: Gzg Digest (E-mail)
> >> Subject: FMAS names
> >>
> >>
> >> 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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> >>
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> >>
> >>