Re: ARENA: First Comments

From: srt@aero.org (Scott 'Dr. Pain' Turner)

Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1993 17:30:16 +0000

ut@informatik.uni-kiel.de (Ulrich Teichert) writes:
>Ok, it very similar to DM or so...

I should mention that I've never seen the rules or played DM, AG, or
any other similar games.  I did see the DM turns posted here; but I
didn't save them or pay much attention to them.  ARENA isn't an
attempt to reverse engineer any of these games, just to provide
something vaguely similar.

>Two questions at the end: Why are the weapons so strict typed?
>I.e. the Rapier is only a thrust weapon, but in history it was used
>for chopping too.

The weapons and armor are based on a very good little booklet from
Palladium games.  I'm sorry but I don't have a cite available right
here; I'll add it to the next edition of the rules.

Each weapon was typed as it was most commonly used historically.
There are some inaccuracies, but this was easiest in terms of
implmentation.

>Why only one weapon at a time? So, I never could launch a fight with a
>net-and-trident fighter :-(

Well...  I'll think about multiple weapons.

-- Scott T.

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ARENA: First Comments
ut@informatik.uni-kiel.de (Ulrich Teichert)
Thu, 26 Aug 1993 15:59:36 +0000

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ARENA: First Comments
ut@informatik.uni-kiel.de (Ulrich Teichert)
Thu, 26 Aug 1993 15:59:36 +0000