Re: Belter

From: slocum@hi-csc.UUCP (Brett Slocum)

Date: Fri, 06 Apr 1990 15:27:00 +0000

In article <2156@ariel.unm.edu> mjolnir@ariel.unm.edu.UUCP (????) writes:
>
>>Do you mean the game in which you mine asteriods for their ore and such?
>>It is not a new game, I was playing that game like 5 to 10 years ago.
>>Maybe you have a new addition though, but it is a cool game.
>>				      melissa
>
>	Melissa,
>Yeah, You have a colony from which you build mines,
>launch raids, reaserch technology, and such.
>
>>Love that CT mine!
>  What is a CT mine?
>
>Do you know who wrote the version you played?
>As far as I can tell, this is Thomas Ritche's
>first version of _BELTER_.  I say this 'cause
>he said it (the game I'm in) is the play-test.

I think the game that Melissa is thinking out is Tri-planetary.
Originally published by GDW (of Traveller fame), I think.  This
game used grease pencils to mark trajectories on a plastic sheet.
One of the scenarios (the best one in my opinion) was the
Propecting scenario, where you mined the asteroid belt and brought
everything back to Earth.  Sometimes you found a CT shard (contra-terrene,
or anti-matter).  If you weren't equiped to handle it, you were severely
damaged.  But, if you had the pseudo-gravitic grapples or some such thing,
and carried it back to the Moon, you could make huge profits.  Our
games usually ended with a huge fire fight if someone found one of these.

--
Brett Slocum <uunet!hi-csc!slocum> or <hi-csc!slocum@uunet.uu.net>
Life isn't fair, but it sure is funny.

References

Belter
mjolnir@ariel.unm.edu (????)
Thu, 29 Mar 1990 00:40:55 +0000
Re: Belter
melissa@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Melissa C Merrill)
Mon, 02 Apr 1990 14:24:55 +0000
Re: Belter
mjolnir@ariel.unm.edu (????)
Mon, 02 Apr 1990 20:24:38 +0000