Re: 2nd CanAm

It seems to me that with a few exceptions (Savasku,
games with huge amounts of ordinance, grossly 
mismatched opponents) FT balances very well, at
least in the FB1 era. Why not allow customized
ships? To me, building good ships is half of why
I love the game.

Or, build the scenario with fixed ships which
you playtest a few times to verify it's pretty
balanced and stick with those ships. If you want
to match the Kra'vak against UN forces, I can
supply some interesting UN SSDs! I use the
Babylon 5 Earthforce ships (Omega destroyers,
Hyperion Cruisers, Victory Destroyers, and
so on). Why not let one side be the repacious
invaders and the other side the defending humans?

I'm used to playing vector and would be relatively
hopeless at cinematic movement. If both sides are
familiar with one kind of movement let them play
that movement style. Make sure you playtest a
fixed scenario both ways to see if there are any
landmines with one type of movement.

Of course you should do whatver is fun.

--- Thomas Barclay <kaladorn@fox.nstn.ca> wrote:
> 1) If you use NI or IF, you've got some issues. 
> No official designs. If you start allowing non-
> official designs, people will want quite a variety 
> of ships (esp if they're stuck with a NAC fleet!). 
> 
> 2) Who is going to play in your CanAm? :) 
> I'm only half way kidding. Last year, some of us 
> stepped up at the last minute because the 
> Canadian FT players couldn't make it (Mr. Han, 
> your papers please!). But Adrian and I were out 
> of our element and Jim was graciously acting as 
> filler. It showed. I believe, despite their crushing
> 
> victory, the US side would have had much more 
> fun playing a game that was a) better balanced 
> (by having a bit more worthy opposition!) and 
> b) playing against people more familiar with FT. 
> Jerry doesn't really like competitive games, 
> which meant he probably wouldn't have played 
> CanAm anyway. Are there Canadian FT players 
> who can and will (with a reasonable degree of 
> surety) be attending ECC-V? If not, perhaps you 
> might run a non-CanAm event. You can run the 
> same style of battle, but it just won't be CanAm.
> 
> I've taken my lumps once and realized that FT 
> isn't my primary game. Further, I don't do 
> cinematic (I fly as bad in cinematic as Jim did in 
> vector and it isn't for lack of playing... I just 
> can't seem to get it). I'll play FT if its part of a
> 
> campaign (such as at CampCon), but I must 
> admit to having not much interest in one off. 
> 
> I'm more than happy to see a reprise if some 
> Canadian FT players will make the trip down. :) 
> 
> Just my 0.02. (And BTW, thanks for running 
> CanAm 1 - it was very fun). I'll be at ECC-V 
> barring Act of God, but I might not run much. I 
> kinda found out I enjoy playing :) 
> 
> <Though, with the new FMASk rules in playtest 
> now, I'd be quite happy to run an FMASk 
> CanAm. I think Jon's new rules are going to be 
> a smash hit!>
> 
> Tomb. 

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