RE: In praise of Cottage Industry

	I agree with most of what Brian said except one comment. Do not
drop
the point system. The lack of a point system has been a great hindrance
to
converting people to SG here in my area. Most mini players are of the
WH40K
ilk and thus want to see points and army lists. I can get them to work
without army lists but they still want to see points to know a game is
"balanced", at least in their minds.

	Daniel

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bell, Brian K (Contractor) [mailto:Brian.Bell@dscc.dla.mil]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 5:46 AM
> To: 'gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu'
> Subject: RE: In praise of Cottage Industry
> 
> 
> Hmmm. It seems that you have your work cut out for you.
> 
> FT2 is 70% obsolete due to changes introduced in FB1/2.
> MT is out of print
> DS2 is out of print
> BDS is long overdue.
> -Other pokers in the fire-
>   FB3
>   FMASk
>   Scenario Book
>   15 mm line (IF, NI, PAU, etc.)
>   FT ships for IF & ORC that are partially done (not every ship class
> represented)
> 
> 
> I would think that FT3 should be the first priority. Now 
> before the BDS
> outcry, let me explain why. It is somewhat unfair to ask your 
> customers to
> purchase a book that is over half obsolete. Many crutial 
> rules (such as
> fighter morale) is in the out of print MT. And the other 
> important rules are
> scattered across 2 fleetbooks and MT. Consolidating these 
> into a single
> volume for the rules should be a high priority. Also FT 
> appears to be your
> top seller.
> 
> I think that an updated DS3 should be next on the priority 
> list. If you plan
> to go fully FMA with DS (opposed roll for damage instead of 
> chit drawing),
> now is the time to do it (before another print run). Also it could
> consolidate with SG2 at this point (GMS/P, decoys, etc.). I would also
> encourage you to update the construction rules. Some of the 
> miniatures in
> the Dirtside and Future Wars lines do not seem possible to 
> build with the
> current rules. It may also be a good time to drop the point 
> system or update
> it. And new interface rules for use with FT.
> 
> Concurrent with DS3 (or shortly after) should be BDS introducing alien
> ground tech for DS3 and SG2. It should also contain DS/SG 
> consolidation
> information (such as adding PDS to SG vehicles). 
> 
> Anyway, my $.02 worth on what I would like to see happen.
> 
> -----
> Brian Bell
> bkb@beol.net
> http://www.ftsr.org
> -----
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Ground Zero Games [SMTP:jon@gzg.com]
> > Sent:	Monday, March 26, 2001 3:22 PM
> > To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> > Subject:	Re: In praise of Cottage Industry
> > 
> > Well, DS is out of print at the moment, and we're still 
> undecided whether
> > to reprint it as-is, to do a slightly updated version, or 
> to revise it
> > completely. There are certainly things that we put in SG that will
> > retrofit
> > into DS to improve it. If you really want DSII at the 
> moment, you'll have
> > to find it from a stockist that still has some left, 
> because we're all out
> > of them! But, IT WILL BE BACK.....	;-)
> > 
> > Jon (GZG)
> > 
> >