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<blockquote data-quote="kigmatzomat" data-source="post: 2953475" data-attributes="member: 9254">The chrome books &amp; protect and serve are close to must-haves IMO.&nbsp;&nbsp; Solo Of Fortunes are hideously entertaining reads though they don't add much to the game world.&nbsp; Maximum metal is a hoot but it pretty much has to be a campaign choice.&nbsp; I ran a Bubblegum Crisis/AD Police game using Max Metal (before they had their own game) and it went pretty well.&nbsp; The trick is to use ALL the rules and set guidelines on the campaign, primarily armor weight.&nbsp; I foolishly gave the party a budget and told them to build power armor.&nbsp; One built a mobile tank that would shatters pavement as it walked, virtually useless in urban combat.&nbsp; Another was a battery of grenade launchers that we called &quot;collateral damage&quot;; we determined his standard barrage would likely kill him as it brought down whatever buildings were nearby.&nbsp; Third guy was light &amp; fast but he had a 5.56 minigun (useless) and a tank-killer cannon (overkill) as his only weapons.&nbsp; The fourth guy made me happy with building-friendly stealth armor loaded with microwavers, EMP grenades, lasers, ion guns, and one electro-thermal 7.62 minigun.&nbsp; I decided to turn them into cops and gave them suits of general purpose power armor of my own design, though I was tempted to kit them out with that last suit of armor.&nbsp; That game went much better.&nbsp; I wasn't too fond of Cybergen.&nbsp; It had promise but it seemed to flub it up.&nbsp; The rules had way too many loopholes and from a gaming standpoint it seems no one could play a child any better than they could play a kender.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kigmatzomat, post: 2953475, member: 9254"] The chrome books & protect and serve are close to must-haves IMO. Solo Of Fortunes are hideously entertaining reads though they don't add much to the game world. Maximum metal is a hoot but it pretty much has to be a campaign choice. I ran a Bubblegum Crisis/AD Police game using Max Metal (before they had their own game) and it went pretty well. The trick is to use ALL the rules and set guidelines on the campaign, primarily armor weight. I foolishly gave the party a budget and told them to build power armor. One built a mobile tank that would shatters pavement as it walked, virtually useless in urban combat. Another was a battery of grenade launchers that we called "collateral damage"; we determined his standard barrage would likely kill him as it brought down whatever buildings were nearby. Third guy was light & fast but he had a 5.56 minigun (useless) and a tank-killer cannon (overkill) as his only weapons. The fourth guy made me happy with building-friendly stealth armor loaded with microwavers, EMP grenades, lasers, ion guns, and one electro-thermal 7.62 minigun. I decided to turn them into cops and gave them suits of general purpose power armor of my own design, though I was tempted to kit them out with that last suit of armor. That game went much better. I wasn't too fond of Cybergen. It had promise but it seemed to flub it up. The rules had way too many loopholes and from a gaming standpoint it seems no one could play a child any better than they could play a kender. [/QUOTE]

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