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by Iron Sky
Thu Aug 25, 2011 7:56 pm
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: 2E Feedback
Replies: 47
Views: 22335

Re: 2E Feedback

The main way I could see justifying Science and (to a lesser degree) Orbital stats is if it was a post-Galactic Empire sort of game where the empires are all picking up the pieces after a total collapse. In other words, it represents the colony's previous level of development before everything fell ...
by Iron Sky
Sun Aug 21, 2011 5:56 am
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: 2E Test Covers
Replies: 11
Views: 3957

Re: 2E Test Covers

Yeah, they look like professionally-made sci-fi novel covers.
by Iron Sky
Sat Aug 20, 2011 2:50 am
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: Open Playtest
Replies: 48
Views: 17405

Re: Open Playtest

I think an "undefined" setting is preferable since there's a good chance whatever setting is picked there will be someone who doesn't know anything about it. As this is pretty much a pen-and-paper 4X game, exploration would seem to be key. It's always one of my favorite parts and once &quo...
by Iron Sky
Wed Aug 17, 2011 7:00 pm
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: Open Playtest
Replies: 48
Views: 17405

Re: Open Playtest

I'll play, if near-complete lack of knowledge of anything pre-2E doesn't rule me out. I wanted to do a solo playtest of 2E but found the lack of all the random npc and exploration generation system and no 1E knowledge crippling.
by Iron Sky
Mon Aug 08, 2011 8:30 am
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: VBAM 2E Playtest Files (Was: Any Updates?)
Replies: 174
Views: 63849

Re: Any Updates?

I just skimmed through most of the book, here's a few initial impressions from someone who has never played VBAM before: *Propaganda: Insurgency is cool. *Casus belli is only defined after it's mentioned several times. I was wondering if I'd missed it's definition somewhere. *Embassies seem very exp...
by Iron Sky
Thu Aug 04, 2011 8:40 pm
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: Battle of the Dreadnoughts
Replies: 5
Views: 2529

Re: Battle of the Dreadnoughts

Two questions/comments from my recent re-reading of the (outdated) ship combat rules you released last year: 1) Doesn't the command ship in each squadron gain +1 Formation Level? 2) Couldn't the ships have used close-range fire? I would think, at least in the first round when there's very little ris...
by Iron Sky
Wed Aug 03, 2011 6:27 am
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: Human Republic Playtest Thread
Replies: 79
Views: 29094

Re: Human Republic Playtest Thread

[Senator]Though I man not agree with all the decisions the current government makes, I think putting too many restrictions on them limits their ability to make significant progress. As long as a "reasonable" amount of resources are committed research (say 5-10% revenue per year ), that wou...
by Iron Sky
Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:57 am
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: Human Republic Playtest Thread
Replies: 79
Views: 29094

Re: Human Republic Playtest Thread

[Senator]A little over two months ago I said these very words on the Senate floor: "With the amount of military personal we have out charting the jumplanes, I do not doubt that a superior system will soon be found whose immediate colonization would further our ends more than planting undesirabl...
by Iron Sky
Sun Jul 31, 2011 8:22 pm
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: Human Republic Playtest Thread
Replies: 79
Views: 29094

Re: Human Republic Playtest Thread

I'll stay independent until it gets close to the next year, then I might join or form a new faction. :) I have the distinction of never having played 1E and knowing almost nothing about it, so I'm seeing 2E pretty much fresh. I have no attachment to how things were done in 1E, just how things are go...
by Iron Sky
Sun Jul 31, 2011 5:14 pm
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: Human Republic Playtest Thread
Replies: 79
Views: 29094

Re: Human Republic Playtest Thread

[Senator]I think party affiliation forces members to march lock-step following the party line, fostering inflexibility and dogmatic rather than pragmatic thinking. As a practical, independent Senator, then, I have the ability to view our empire's goals, strengths, and weaknesses with an objectivity ...