High Guard is like Magic: The Gathering

[aramis]

Still, the combat mechanics of HG are BADLY incompatible with decent roleplay interaction with the mechanics. Car Wars did better.

HG as is is almost play-skill-less. Adding mayday movement rules only adds a certain modicum of player-playing-skill.

And in neither case does the use of HG interface well with characters. MT-HG tried (and IMO, mostly failed) to rectify that issue, but still has the lack of playing-skill issues.

Of course, I think Battlestations! is the height of RPG Starship Combat Game Design even if it is highly unrealistic.

 

[aramis]

Still, the combat mechanics of HG are BADLY incompatible with decent roleplay interaction with the mechanics. Car Wars did better.

HG as is is almost play-skill-less. Adding mayday movement rules only adds a certain modicum of player-playing-skill.

And in neither case does the use of HG interface well with characters. MT-HG tried (and IMO, mostly failed) to rectify that issue, but still has the lack of playing-skill issues.

Of course, I think Battlestations! is the height of RPG Starship Combat Game Design even if it is highly unrealistic.

 

[Golan2072]

Originally posted by Aramis:
Still, the combat mechanics of HG are BADLY incompatible with decent roleplay interaction with the mechanics. Car Wars did better.

HG as is is almost play-skill-less. Adding mayday movement rules only adds a certain modicum of player-playing-skill.

Yes, this is the big advantage of LBB2 over HG: it is player-centric in both mechanics and scale. And when range-bands are used, one of its two major flaws is solved. Only the turret problem remains (one roll per weapon = a LOT of rolls for any well-armed sizable ship), as well as the lesser diversity of LBB2 designs when compared to HG.

 

[Golan2072]

Originally posted by Aramis:
Still, the combat mechanics of HG are BADLY incompatible with decent roleplay interaction with the mechanics. Car Wars did better.

HG as is is almost play-skill-less. Adding mayday movement rules only adds a certain modicum of player-playing-skill.

Yes, this is the big advantage of LBB2 over HG: it is player-centric in both mechanics and scale. And when range-bands are used, one of its two major flaws is solved. Only the turret problem remains (one roll per weapon = a LOT of rolls for any well-armed sizable ship), as well as the lesser diversity of LBB2 designs when compared to HG.

 

[Jeff M. Hopper]

High Guard doesn't change the rules of the game on you with every new expansion set, like MtG does.

 

[Jeff M. Hopper]

High Guard doesn't change the rules of the game on you with every new expansion set, like MtG does.

 

[Gruffty]

Tragic: the Blathering.

 

[Gruffty]

Tragic: the Blathering.