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It has been on my to-do list to work out a system to link the two for so long....... I am running into a bit of a snag at the moment. I want to differentiate the units a bit more then what the system typically allows. For instance, Crab Clan samurai tend to wear heavy armor. I'd like a way to add t...

TalosX wrote:For the Masses looks like it should work fine. I haven't gotten to sit down and read much of it yet (12 hour work shifts right now) but I skimmed it. I'll be able to read it tonite and know for sure then.

It has been on my to-do list to work out a system to link the two for so long.......

Chyll, I think some of the implications of this are getting lost in the shuffle: the reason it's calculated as Census x (BIO -2) is that the proposed Agricultural statistic represents food surplus , after feeding the colony population - feeding the locals is what the first 2 points of BIO do, and t...

This is an interesting thought experiment... The breakdown of System and Colony Attributes/Stats makes sense. I had to read it through twice, but I think because the use of the word capacity was throwing me off after that. At work (manufacturing environment) I am used to capacity meaning the potenti...

Chyll wrote:[quote="Charles LewisMajestic Twelve's (Starmada) take: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/ ... the-masses

As an aside, I'd be interested in any application of this one, as a co-author of the system

Kilrathi?

OOooo. I canz eatz humanz?

My gut says that jump lane classes probably are not a good fit in standard rules.

(for the record: I much prefer the lane classifications for my play.)

virtutis.umbra wrote: Say the raiders have already destroyed their target and all its escorts before the reinforcements arrive. But those reinforcements are still on their way... should the player be allowed to generate a counter-Pursuit scenario to try and catch up with the raiders?

Now this I like.

Elite Officers : Those Who Serve will have the elite officer and crew rules, plus will probably be where an updated version of Noel Weer's political control rules will end up, if they don't get updated and put into the Companion. I tend to agree with BL, that it sounds like the Companion could star...

Ahh now its good that you have an Android device. I have an iPad and iPhone, but not any android devices to test with. I almost removed the tabular output for mobile devices, but left it in case someone might need it. Its ugly when used, but serves a purpose in delivering spreadsheet compatible out...

That is looking excellent. Tested it both in PC IE and on my Android (fit nicely on the screen). The +/- mechanism was not immediately intuitive, but I worked out it. The table feature wasn't very useful on the Android, but will be very handy on the desktop. (wish I'd saved the capacity 12 system th...

I could participate as a sub-commander.
The warlike Fereni sound fun.

I enjoyed reading your preparation to ramp up to your campaign. I will watch to see how things progress - it looks promising. Last night I took a glance at Stars Divided : Terran Civil War ... it helps a lot trying to understand the VBAM-Starmada connection, I would recommend it to anyone going this...

I think one good example of what I'm talking about would be the replacement of the 1E system of trade fleets with abstract Trade Links, and the replacement of the system for Raiders in 1E with abstract Piracy values. Reducing the whole exercise down to a calculation to subtract the global total for...

As Noel "Puppet Master" Weer I can profess a certain biased enthusiastic interest in an SD game. However, my gut reaction is in line with a couple of the other posts that a basic-virgin explore game may be the best venue for this effort. Now, this isn't a disadvantage vis-a-vis SD as a pla...