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by MadSeason
Wed May 27, 2009 11:33 pm
Forum: Distant Worlds
Topic: Federation Admiral Public Update
Replies: 428
Views: 177337

Too bad... I was hoping you guys would get it done in time for Origins. Especially with a new Trek movie out! The sales potential would have been awesome*.



* Well, you know, awesome for a niche strategy game market. :wink:
by MadSeason
Sun May 03, 2009 3:54 am
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: Tales from CSCR 2
Replies: 60
Views: 24012

Thanks, Tyrel! Love hearing about the new system and your descriptions show the system will be somewhat complex but more satisfying.
by MadSeason
Wed Apr 08, 2009 4:05 pm
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: 2E Design Journal #4
Replies: 31
Views: 12725

Will there be an agricultural tech advance to make feeding the population easier? Soylent Green? :wink:
by MadSeason
Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:02 pm
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: 2E Design Journal #4
Replies: 31
Views: 12725

I continue to like what I see here.
Charles Lewis wrote:Now with 2Es incorporation of Endurance and some related tweaks to trade, our intent is to make is more feasible to launch raiders into an enemy territory to break up trade routes and generally cause havoc.
Yes!
by MadSeason
Thu Apr 02, 2009 4:30 pm
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: CSCR 2 Update
Replies: 10
Views: 4513

I thoroughly tasted them.
by MadSeason
Wed Apr 01, 2009 2:52 am
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: Ground Combat
Replies: 6
Views: 3576

This sounds like an excellent update. Maybe the old system was a good simulation of ground combat but I like the idea of the combat models being similar for both the ground and the naval combat.
by MadSeason
Tue Mar 24, 2009 2:42 am
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: 2E Design Journal #3...
Replies: 29
Views: 10920

nimrodd wrote:
MadSeason wrote:
nimrodd wrote:So, no unless you are visiting a system with a Red Giant, you don't have to jump from the edge of the system in Traveller.
I hope you had to look that up. :wink:
The actual sizes, yes; the fact that it is 100 diameters and that Earth is outside Sol's 100 diameter limit, no.

Jimmy
:D
by MadSeason
Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:24 pm
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: 2E Design Journal #3...
Replies: 29
Views: 10920

And then there is the granddaddy of space games - Traveller. Yet again, FTL only from the edges of the system. No, in Traveller you had to be 100 diameters from a gravity well. For Earth, that is roughly 1,275,620 kilometers, which is about 3-1/3 times the distance to the moon (385,000 km). That is...
by MadSeason
Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:22 pm
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: 2E Design Journal #3...
Replies: 29
Views: 10920

I think the Starfire universe uses jump points but the jump points had to be far away from the star, on the edge of the system.
by MadSeason
Sat Mar 21, 2009 7:11 pm
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: 2E Design Journal #3...
Replies: 29
Views: 10920

I love what I'm hearing about CSCR2 -- more cripples heading home for repairs, increased possibility of inconclusive battles. Sounds very good to me. I also like the sounds of the new engine rules/interstellar engine rules. It makes system defense ships more viable, too -- Your bad-ass BCs speed int...
by MadSeason
Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:56 pm
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: 2E Design Journal #2...
Replies: 17
Views: 7600

Does this mean pseudo-fighters and their ilk will have separate rules (they aren't size 1, after all)? Or will they be really big fighters? Right now we're looking at small craft and ground units having their own 1-10 size scale. In the case of small craft, pseudo-fighters and heavy gunboats would ...
by MadSeason
Mon Mar 16, 2009 2:06 am
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: 2E Design Journal #2...
Replies: 17
Views: 7600

Does this mean pseudo-fighters and their ilk will have separate rules (they aren't size 1, after all)? Or will they be really big fighters?
by MadSeason
Sat Mar 14, 2009 8:37 pm
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: 2E Design Journal #2...
Replies: 17
Views: 7600

Endurance? Thank you!
by MadSeason
Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:00 pm
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: Macro VBAM
Replies: 8
Views: 4006

I think these would offer a different VBAM experience but I don't know that it captures what you are after: 1) In a 12-turn per year game, have economic phases occur every 3 months. Income could still be tripled but decision-making has a lag time this way. (I really like this idea, although I don't ...
by MadSeason
Tue Mar 03, 2009 3:20 pm
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: 2E Design Journal #1...
Replies: 11
Views: 4905

Perhaps some time in a sanitarium will allow Charles to recover sufficiently to complete development? At least until the next SAN check.

I keep liking what I am hearing about the new edition. Huzzah!

Kevin