Re: FMA Skirmish and convention

Just another quick announcement about my game that I'm running at the
Milwaukee Gamefest this weekend.  It's called "Power Armor, Vertols and
a
Castle" and it's at noon tomorrow, Friday July 9th.  If anyone is going
to
be at the convention I would love to have you join in on the game with
me.

I'll also be running a MageKnight game on Saturday at noon.  Another
friend of mine has also built a castle so we're running a capture the
castle game.

I'll try to pictures and have AAR next week if anyone is interested.

Thanks!

Randy Wolfmeyer
Dept. of Physics
Washington University
http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~rwwolfme

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Randy W. Wolfmeyer wrote:

> Hey everyone, an announcement and then a quick question for those in
the
> know:
>
> I'm planning on running a game using FMA Skirmish (the old beta rules
from
> way back when) at the Milwaukee Gamefest
> (http://www.advantageconvention.com/Gamefest_Milwaukee.htm) in a
couple of
> weeks (July 9-11).  My game will be about noon on Friday, July 9th if
> anyone is around and would like to join in.  I'm going to be playing
on
> the castle I made
>
(http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~rwwolfme/projects/castle_done/Castle.html)
> last year.
>
> The setup is that the evil dictator of some backwater planet rules
with an
> iron fist.  One of the greater powers (in this case NSL, because
that's
> figures I've got) has decided to overthrow the tyrant for the good of
his
> oppressed people (sure), and has sent a small assault force to dispose
of
> the dictator while he sleeps in his castle on a cliff by the ocean. 
The
> dictator however, has been in league with various corporate forces who
> have sent additional firepower to insure the dictator will not be
taken
> captive and spill the beans about their little arrangement.  To
complicate
> things further, the U.N.S.C. caught wind of the operation and has sent
a
> team to capture the dictator to ensure a fair trial (and block the
> ambitions of both the corporation and greater power).
>
> I ran this game last year, but only with my friends, but it took some
> interesting turns.  I'd really like to play with some other people
this
> time around, especially anyone from the list.
>
> Okay, the questions: What is the current status on FMA Skirmish?  Does
it
> look like it will be a real game anytime in the near future?	Is that
what
> it's going to be called?
>
> When I list the event, I want to make sure people aren't afraid to try
it
> because they haven't heard of the rules before.  I really like the
> skirmish rules, better than anything else I've seen for this kind of
game,
> and I'd love to help sell more copies of it, if there were copies of
it to
> sell.  Any suggestions on how to list the event to get more people
> interested?
>
> Are there any hints from the playtesters to help make the game work
> better?  I've been playing it with 5 players with 6-8 figures per
player.
>
>
> Randy Wolfmeyer
> Dept. of Physics
> Washington University
> http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~rwwolfme
>
>