Re: [GZG] FMA Skirmish Scenario - special rules for comment

I think I would go with adults as soft cover and children provide no
cover.
Besides the grizzly aspect of things, soft cover is generally things
like
bushes that make it hard to target, hard cover are things like stone
walls
that make it hard to penetrate. I think adults would make you hard to
target, but not much deterent to a high power rifle. Children would not
block clear targeting and don't reduce penetration much. Unless of
course
they were carrying a child, put I would think they would be slow
movement
for being encumbered and reduced targeting ability due to hands not
being
free.

The other aspect to consider is where you are running the game. If you
are
trying to promote SG/FMA and are in a semi-public place like a game
store,
do you really want peripheral people to perceive SG/FMA as the game that
kills children/uses them for cover? It's just bad PR. Probably less of a
problem if you are playing in someones house, but even then, do you want
someone to overhear post game conversation "I was playing FMA and was
using
this kid for cover until he was accidently shot when someone tried to
hit
me". Maybe I'm being an old softy here, but too many people still
associate
D&D with demon worship and pinheads getting lost in the MIT steam
tunnels.
To the rest of the world miniature gamers are lumped in with that whole
mess
(I know because I tried to get a hobby shop I frequented to carry game
stuff
and was told they would not carry miniature game stuff - they do the
devils
work - NO JOKE!).

The whole hostage-terrorist-whatever is a hot enough topic these days,
putting kids in harms way just seems to be asking for trouble and put
SG/FMA
in a bad light..

This is not to say my dark side won't file away your rules for use in a
game
with CLOSE friends and eagerly read your AAR.

Let me get my asbestos skivvies on.. wait... uugh.. ok, they're on...
you
can all start flaming me now!

Regards,
Martin "Nervous Nelly" Connell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rodney Stott" <rodstott@austarnet.com.au>
To: <gzg-l@lists.csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 12:13 AM
Subject: Re: [GZG] FMA Skirmish Scenario - special rules for comment

> Forgot to add
>
> Hostages
>
> If any hostages are in base to base contact with a terrorist and is
between
> the terrorist and anyone shooting them, the following applies.
>
>
>
> Children count as soft cover
>
> Adults count as hard cover
>
> If the cover die exceeds both the firers rolls then the hostage is hit
roll
> to wound as normal.
>

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