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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kronovan" data-source="post: 9752573" data-attributes="member: 6775134">Alpha Strike are the rules I use for the vast majority of my SciFi minis play. The reason being, is I use Alpha Strike's ground, abstract aerospace and abstract capital ship rules for the combat enounters for my SciFi TTRPG sessiosn. I have forumlas for Savage Worlds, Cepheus Engine, Traveller and True20 that convert the pertinent PC skills to the unified Mech skill for Alpha Strike.I've used the Total Warfare rules in the past for TTRPGs too, but often even encounters with just lance Vs lance could take the entire session to run. With Alpha Strike a combat encounter can be over in less than 2 hours, which gives me the rest of the session for the players to do other types of RP. And with most of my players having only played TTRPGs, even the simpler Alpha Strike rules are much more crunchy and complex then anything they've played.I only started playing Total Warfare/Classic Battletech about 15 years ago, but TBH I've become a bit jaded with it. I live in a city with one of the largest CGL demo teams (also host city for Mech Con), so I've had lots of opportunity to play. Some of the players I game with have been playing for 30+ years, without many interuptions. Even though they often hand me my helmut on a platter, I'm OK occasionally going up against them with the TW rules. I don't know if I'd play more often, or enjoy play more if the rules were more streamlined. I definitely find TW crunchy, but it's sweet crunch like peanut brittle. If I want streamlined I've got AS and if I want a 4 hour session of intense play with all the bells and whistles, I've got TW.That said, I'm well aware the TW rules have a steep learning curve and I've seem many a new player struggle with them. So, I can appreciate others wanting them streamlined. I'm just not sure I'd buy into such an edition.</blockquote>

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