From:	Christopher Gribbon [c.gribbon@dundee.ac.uk]
Sent:	Friday, April 06, 2001 10:49 AM
To:	blue_planet@lists.ient.com
Subject:	Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Terrorist Campaigns

>    I know it's kind of tacky to plug another company's book
>on a company sponsored mailing list {ducks}.

Well - as long as it's for companys which have gone out of business.

> But I'm going
>to do it anyway.  For good information on terrorist organizations
>and the agencies that oppose them, try Rolemaster: Black Ops
>from I.C.E.  The supplement is only a few years old, and the
>information is presented well.  Heck, they even have a listing
>for Basque separatists.

There's also "Terror/Counterterror" for Millenium's End by Chameleon Games
Very good it is too...

Christopher Gribbon
Vision Research Laboratories
Medical Sciences Institute
University of Dundee
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UK

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From:	Heivilin, Jim [banzai@missouri.edu]
Sent:	Friday, April 06, 2001 9:42 AM
To:	'blue_planet@lists.ient.com'
Subject:	RE: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Disk game

> -----Original Message-----
> From: chalz@earthlink.net [mailto:chalz@earthlink.net] 
> Subject: RE: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Disk game
> 
>    What, BTW, precisely /is/ a 'disk game'?
> 
Mike explained it pretty well yesterday.  My comments are in brackets. 
Jim 
=========================================

A disk game is basically a miniatures game that uses 
cardboard disks in place of miniatures.

Blue Planet's publisher, Fantasy Flight Games, produces
a series of disk games such as Diskwars and RangeWars.

[The abortive Star Trek game "Red Alert" from Last Unicorn used the disk
system as well.] 

They'll be producing disk games based on Twilight 
Imperium and Heavy Gear.

In general, disk games are a lot cheaper than a 
traditional miniatures game. Also, you don't have to 
paint the disks and they are easier to transport than
metal miniatures.

[Jeff and I are big fans of Diskwars.] 

To date, all of the disk games have been collectable, 
though they remain much cheaper than a game such as
Warhammer.

Check out www.diskwars.com for more information.

Mike Z
who fears the release of Armada as it will wipe out 
his tax refund.
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From:	wlfrun [wlfrun@yesconnect.net]
Sent:	Friday, April 06, 2001 10:09 AM
To:	blue_planet@lists.ient.com
Subject:	Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Terrorist Campaigns

>I know it's kind of tacky to plug another company's book
>on a company sponsored mailing list {ducks}.  But I'm going
>to do it anyway.  For good information on terrorist organizations
>and the agencies that oppose them, try Rolemaster: Black Ops


I'd also highly recommend Chameleon Eclectic's "Terror/Counterterror 
Sourcebook" for Millenium's End and have used it extensively.
The Champion sourcebooks "Dark Champions" and "Justice Not Law" are 
useful for organized crime and terrorist campaigns also.

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From:	chalz@earthlink.net
Sent:	Wednesday, April 04, 2001 9:31 PM
To:	blue_planet@lists.ient.com
Subject:	RE: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Hmmmm

   Well, yeah, high chance it /is/ just a coincidence.  'Biohazard' isn't 
an uncommon word.  It's even on store waste cans now around here.
   FYI, Jim, if you don't follow Battlebots at all, 'Biohazard' has done 
exceptionally well.  Every fight I saw with it, it won.  It's so low, with 
the skirts around the sides, that other bots can't get under for the usual 
'ram, ramp and flip'.  It's not bad ;)

****
Yeah, I saw that on Comedy Central back in December.  I figured it was
just a coincidence...

Steve

"Heivilin, Jim" wrote:
> 
> http://www.battlebots.com/battlebots_detail.asp?ID=27
> 
> Jim
>

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