Re: [GZG] FT: Modern Naval

that was my project, GAADS! nearly 10 years ago!

Michael Brown
mwsaber6@msn

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From: "Doug Evans" <devans@nebraska.edu>
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 9:18 AM
To: <gzg-l@vermouth.csua.berkeley.edu>
Subject: Re: [GZG] FT: Modern Naval

>
>
> Jon (GZG) wrote on 07/31/2008 09:08:31 AM:
>
>
>> Thomas Pope:
>>
>> >  > > 2) The pulse combat model.  FT models WWI
>> >>  > dreadnought battles decently well. ...
>> >>
>> >>  I am not entirely sure that FT models WWI naval
>> >>  battles very well.  The dreadnought era has too many
>> >>  really big guns with huge arcs and FT lacks a
>> >>  mechanism for modelling plunging fire.
>> >
>> >I suppose I should have said: "FT models WWI naval combat a lot
better
>> >than it models modern naval combat."
>> >
>> >I've never tried to directly model WWI in FT, but I know I'd have
gotten
>> >a lot farther than I did with moderns.
>> >
>> >Tom
>
> No problem, Tom. I got the message, and compared with moderns, your
points
> were a good ones. Consider us just honing the fine points. ;->=
>
> Remember, I'm the one that tried to further complicated the 
> pre-dreadnought
> variant.
>
>> If you want a simple, quick and most of all fun game of Cold-War era
>> naval combat (OK, not really "moderns" now, I know...) then you could
>> do a lot worse than pick up an old copy of Seastrike.....  ;-)
>
> I was about to mention this, though it can be a bit hard to find.
>
> Of course, we've at least two things as FT players to thank from
Seastrike
> (I know Ariel made one version). Jon generously acknowledged it for
> inspiration for the icons on the SSD's, and a list member (old man's
brain
> fart as to who) made a scenario generator influenced by Trav: TNE's
> Brilliant Lances, which in turn acknowledged Seastrike.
>
> I have cards made of the FT scenario generator should anyone complain 
> again
> about the staleness of pure meeting engagements.
>
> The_Beast
>
>
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