Re: [GZG] [Aliens] was Re: FMA at EEC etc

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http://lists.csua.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gzg-lI haven't had any
problems with the opposed die rolls in SG.  As
a matter of fact they seem faster than the "I need 7 d6s" of the GW
world.

Roll to hit, roll for a wound, roll for armour.
Roll to hit, roll for damage, roll for armour.

3 rolls

Roll for success, simple division, roll for armour.

2 rolls and a simple division.

I know which I like better.  In theory (I'm not on the playtest list) DS
is
going to
a more SG-II feel.

I really do not understand the secrecy of the playtest list.   My
understanding is GZG
makes little off  the rules anyway.

Roger

On 2/28/07, john tailby <John_Tailby@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
>
>
> Counter draw and opposed dice rolls are slow play mechanisms compared
to
> rolling a number of dice in series you want to keep the action flowing
not
> have the players looking up charts and going for different sized dice.
>
> Much faster to say this unit is firing small arms at this unit and
pick up
> x
> dice roll to hit, roll to damage and then roll to see if any of the
> targets
> defenses can stop the shots (defenses could be stealth technology,
cover,
> jammers, or status like dug in) Rolls could be made in a different
order
> so
> you roll to get past the defenses (a spotting roll) then roll to hit
and
> then damage/ penetration effect. If I firing is done unit against unit
> then
> I can roll my dice as one batch. Much faster than endless strings of
> opposed
> rolls.
>
> Some of the best visual representation markers are the blast markers
GW
> used
> in EPIC and in their BFG game. Want to know where the action is? It's
easy
> to spot units under fire because they are covered in explosion
markers.
> Looks cool and has a game effect.
>
> keeping track of different damaged results against lots of different
units
> in any game is difficult and almost all games need markers of some
kind.
> They just look messy.
>
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