Re: Fifth Frontier War.
In reply to #798 Re: Fifth Frontier War. by Yngve Larsson
Just a rough survey of the game. >-How long did it run? Real time and play time I have only played the game a couple of times and both times we never finished. I remember that setup took quite some time. But the rules were fairly simple and easy to play. >-Results? I the beginning if you are the Zhodane, you should have big successes I had invaded Rhylanor very early. But about midgame when the Imps get their regular Batrons in to the area you will have a time of it. As an Imperial, be prepared to lose alot in the beginning. The colonial fleets are to backward to really stand well in line of battle. But once the Coreward fleets get in the picture, be ready to Kick Ass! >-Comments. I really enjoyed it although it took a while to play. As I said earlier I thought that the rules never got in the way of the enjoyment. so although I have never purchased the game, I have considered purchasing the game serveral times. That statement in itself says alot for the game as the only Wargames that I own and play regularly, which means more than once a year, are Wooden Ships and Iron Men, which is my favorite game ever, and Gettysburg, I live less than three hours from the battlefield and have been over it foot by foot hundreds of times. All in all I give it 4 out of 5 stars. I had wished that GDW had come out with a generic large scale wargame for Traveller for those GM's, like myself whose universe was not the Spinward Marches or the Solomani Rim. I had two small space empires that I want to go to war, but designing a Trillion Credit Squadron Game was a bit to large a project and would have taken days to resolve instead of hours. Greg > Ameer Z. Sulaiman - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Greg Givler | Q-Link: GregGivler Analyst - Systems Evaluation Group | CompuServe: Greg Givler 76702,647 Commodore Product Assurance | GEnie: [email removed]ivler [phone removed] | The NET: [email removed] - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Wild Whores couldn't keep me away!" -- George Francisco "That's Horses, George" -- Matt Sikes -- Alien Nation -- Fox Broadcasting -- =============================================================================== All opinions and material above is the responsibility of the originator. Submissions: [email removed], or [email removed] Administrator: [email removed] (James Perkins) The TML is made possible by facilities provided by Tektronix, Inc.