Re: [FMA] Bar Fight (was RE: Scouts)
From: "Radio Free R'Lyeh" <the_nemesis@c...>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 16:25:43 -0500
Subject: Re: [FMA] Bar Fight (was RE: Scouts)
I think you're thinking of Swashbuckler. It allowed HTH combat in a
tavern
or a ship to ship boarding action. It came with some great little
counters
like mugs, shelves you could topple, etc. Hmmm.....so when ya going to
run
it?
Tony Finan - This is who we are.
"Let the revels begin, let the fire be started. We're dancing for the
restless and the broken hearted."
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Crimmins" <johncrim@voicenet.com>
To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 9:55 AM
Subject: [FMA] Bar Fight (was RE: Scouts)
>
>
> On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 06:41:20 -0800, "Brian Bilderback"
<bbilderback@hotmail.com> wrote :
>
> > John Crimmins wrote :
> >
> > > > Retsina, actually. . . :)
> > > >
> > > > John
> > >
> > >Oh, good lord. That stuff scares me...give me some Tullamore Dew,
and
I'm
> > >a
> > >happy man. On the other hand, it should produce some
well-motivated
troops
> > >who
> > >feel no fear.
> >
> > Hmmmmm..... Scares a whiskey drinker, huh? I'll have to look into
this...
> > retsina..... although my favorites will still have a tendency
towards
> > names beginnig in 'glen'. ;-)
>
> I'm not a big whiskey drinker, but my lord! That stuff is *smooth*.
>
> This has managed to get my brain working, though, so I'll drag this
back
to topic:
>
> This got me thinking about an FMA scenario that could be a heck of a
lot
of fun... Last Call: A Full Metal Bar Fight. You could have a good
excuse
for a
> variety of factions (all on their own side), a minimal amount of
projectile weapons (so there's a good excuse for everyone to go
hand-to-hand), and
> probably a couple of Jedi who've wandered in from a different movie.
>
> Somewhere in my parent's attic is an old "album game" based on this
concept. Anyone remember what it was called? Could use that for a
map....
And
> I seem to remember seeing a really nifty idea somewhere on the 'net:
for a
similar scenario two guys constructed a bar out of an empty (and unused)
> pizza box. Most of the scenery was glued into place, there were walls
to
make a few smaller rooms, and the whole thing folded up for transport
and
> storage. It was intended to be used for historical games (pirates)
instead of science fiction, but the idea is still stealable.
>
>
> --
> John Crimmins
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