Recent content by Garrand

What is feudalism? There are a lot of opinions on it, and the professional academic world is still coming to grips with the idea of its existence (or lack thereof -- See Susan Reynold's Fiefs and Vassals). Simply stated, feudalism is payment in kind for a specific service(s). This can come in...

My copy of Spinward Marches is curling a bit, just the front cover. It was like that when I got it from Amazon. There really is no water damage I can detect. It's not a huge issue, but a little annoying. Damon.

IMHO, as a relative new-comer to Traveller, the idea it should slavshly stick with the OTU is just silly, and irrelevant if it does not. This is like saying the only acceptable way of playing D&D is in the World of Greyhawk, since that setting is heavily implied in the rules (moreso in 1e, but...

Another vote for Dune. Simply fantastic book! The later books were so-so, but I did love Dune Messiah and Children of Dune. Mine would be: 1. Dune 2. Ringworld (because no one mentioned it specifically) 3. Canticle for Liebowitz Damon.

How does a folding stock on an SMG give better accuracy (unless you mean fold out the stock to shoulder fire)...? Damon.

Well I guess that depends on what sort of weapons they're expected to encounter. Books like The Forever War postulated beam weapons that could pretty much damage or destroy anything high flying. Thus, a free-flying grav tank in this setting would be extremely vulnerable. Thus, in such a scenario...

If I'm going to use minis in a game (rather than tokens or fold-up counters) I do so because I want a certain effect or feel. Use of miniatures are not -- never -- required. For your Napoleonics, why not just spray the bases a certain color to aid identification and save the money and time in...

These books were great! I always thought they fit fairly well in my impression of the Traveller setting... Damon.

First let me say that I'm a HUGE Slough Feg fan (have every album!)... Second, I definiely think Slough Feg/Traveller is very evocative...of a specific sub genre of SF...that of the '80s Space Opera (which is what I associate Traveller with). I really like the Halo soundtracks, but I have a...

I guess I will also take the unpopular position and say I would prefer unpainted, metal or plastic minis in 28mm. I never bought any previous minis for Traveller, so I have no legacy to integrate into. 15mm IMHO is too fiddly for indy based minis (I know because I'm a wargamer, in scales from...