Re: [GZG] [ECC XII][For Damo] Thoughts on stress for FMAS -somefeedback

Jon,

I do think that action points would have worked in our WW-II game.  It
would have allowed for one side to move very quickly on the board.  I
don't think it is a mechanic that needs to be thrown out but one that
needs to be explained so that folks know how it can break.

Otherwise, I do find FMAS to be a great system and I look forward in
helping to finish the rules.

Bob Makowsky

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Subject: Re: [GZG] [ECC XII][For Damo] Thoughts on stress for FMAS
-somefeedback

>I don't know if he's on the list.
>I did e-mail him immediately after ECC to say that I'd played in two
>very different, very fun FMA games on the weekend.  He gave me a quick
>acknowledgement and said he planned to compose a real response soon.
>I do know that I never got around to revising my copy of FMA rules
>drafts to strip out rolling for action points after the idea got
tossed,
>so I don't know if a good draft of the rules exists.

The thing about the "rolling for action points" idea in FMAS is that 
it works very well within certain limits (I've used it plenty of 
times, including with players completely new to the system, and 
they've all liked it a lot and had a great deal of fun with it), but 
it has a low tensile strength - it breaks too easily when stretched! 
;-)

I still think it may be possible to use it, at least as an option. 
There should be ways to mitigate the odd effects when it's used for 
very unbalanced games.

Jon (GZG)

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