Book 2 vs Mayday

[Enoff]

If you use the Triplanetary rules as a start and add sandcasters as an option. Going by the simplicity of Triplanetary you wouldn't worry about the actually direction of the sandcasters it would just be a general modifier. (and pretty sketchy at best, I don't see anything on ordance endurance).

I think all the confusion comes in with milimeters and meters is Traveller being used for minatures, figuring out vectors etc. If you use the hex system of Triplanetary you by-pass all this minutia unless that is what you are into.

I printed out seperately the combat sections for both High Guard and Traveller to go over them carefully and compare them. Unless I am missing some supplementary combat tables both look totally incomplete, lots of missing information.

 

[Enoff]

If you use the Triplanetary rules as a start and add sandcasters as an option. Going by the simplicity of Triplanetary you wouldn't worry about the actually direction of the sandcasters it would just be a general modifier. (and pretty sketchy at best, I don't see anything on ordance endurance).

I think all the confusion comes in with milimeters and meters is Traveller being used for minatures, figuring out vectors etc. If you use the hex system of Triplanetary you by-pass all this minutia unless that is what you are into.

I printed out seperately the combat sections for both High Guard and Traveller to go over them carefully and compare them. Unless I am missing some supplementary combat tables both look totally incomplete, lots of missing information.

 

[hcobb]

High Guard is a complete combat system, you just can't damage cargo holds short of blowing up the other ship. (No wonder there's so much piracy then?)

You can get the Mayday rules here:

http://www.farfuture.net/ffe/n5510e.html

Which include a simple vector movement system for use with High Guard.

-HJC

 

[hcobb]

High Guard is a complete combat system, you just can't damage cargo holds short of blowing up the other ship. (No wonder there's so much piracy then?)

You can get the Mayday rules here:

http://www.farfuture.net/ffe/n5510e.html

Which include a simple vector movement system for use with High Guard.

-HJC

 

[Enoff]

Is High Guard just a rpg version of the system used in Imperium and Fifth Frontier War?

I noticed right off that its just two ranges, short and long which is exactly how Imperium works. No plotting or mapping of spaceship positions. Rules still seem awful vague to me on certain things.

 

[Enoff]

Is High Guard just a rpg version of the system used in Imperium and Fifth Frontier War?

I noticed right off that its just two ranges, short and long which is exactly how Imperium works. No plotting or mapping of spaceship positions. Rules still seem awful vague to me on certain things.

 

[hcobb]

"Rules still seem awful vague to me on certain things."

Ask away, I couldn't think of a better group to clear things up.

Oddly enough Imperium has more tactical options than High Guard does, so I added a few:

http://www.io.com/~hcobb/hg/HG_Rules.txt

 

[hcobb]

"Rules still seem awful vague to me on certain things."

Ask away, I couldn't think of a better group to clear things up.

Oddly enough Imperium has more tactical options than High Guard does, so I added a few:

http://www.io.com/~hcobb/hg/HG_Rules.txt

 

[Enoff]

Thanks for sharing your variant HG ideas Henry. I am going to look more closely at them this evening.

 

[Enoff]

Thanks for sharing your variant HG ideas Henry. I am going to look more closely at them this evening.

 

[Enoff]

Henry have you seen all the articles about High Guard that Leroy W. L. Guatney has written out?

Here is one http://home.earthlink.net/~ngc5139/HG/Book5.html

seems he has written a lot.

 

[Enoff]

Henry have you seen all the articles about High Guard that Leroy W. L. Guatney has written out?

Here is one http://home.earthlink.net/~ngc5139/HG/Book5.html

seems he has written a lot.

 

[hcobb]

Enoff, didn't you promise to stop posting links to people who were copying MWM's stuff without permission?

-HJC

 

[hcobb]

Enoff, didn't you promise to stop posting links to people who were copying MWM's stuff without permission?

-HJC

 

[Enoff]

Sorry for my rant, I didn't read clearly what you wrote Henry. I think he has a disclaimer on his website that its OK with Marc but who knows. I am sure I will be official told if its not.

 

[Enoff]

Sorry for my rant, I didn't read clearly what you wrote Henry. I think he has a disclaimer on his website that its OK with Marc but who knows. I am sure I will be official told if its not.