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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wofano Wotanto" data-source="post: 9654908" data-attributes="member: 7044704">This is on par with wondering if that roleplaying fad was still a going concern to me.  There's an entire gaming subculture around both PBM and PBEM games that many folks seem to be entirely unaware of.  Go take a look at <a href="https://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/pbm_list/" target="_blank">the indexes here</a> for a hint of how much is out there.  You'll find a lot of games that have ended, but a lot more that haven't.The entire Terran fleet was designed with that wedge aesthetic, and Lucas never said boo about it.  The big Carnivoarn ship is a slightly less obvious Battlestart Galactica imitator.  While Superior is long gone, both the Starfleet Wars and MAATC scif tank ranges are still available from <a href="http://mondayknight.com/OnlineStore.html" target="_blank">Monday Knight Productions</a> (made up largely of former Geo-Hex folks).  They've even done a whole new set of rules for the starship range in the form of Galactic Knights.Aw, look at that.  They're still selling the <a href="http://mondayknight.com/Terrain/Resin/15mmCBStartown.htm" target="_blank">15mm Startown Slums</a> terrain I did for Battle Works Studios way back when.  Glad they found a lasting home.  Not exactly the most sophisticated modeling ever, but they were popular for us while we had them.<looks at Berzerker class earlier in issue> Yep, no problem at all.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I'm not sure they really need separate stats beyond sticking "undead" on the base form, but if you want a good excuse for using these, have I got <a href="https://sanctumreconditesage.blogspot.com/2020/11/grim-riders-spurs.html" target="_blank">a magic item for you.</a>It was a busy stretch for space combat systems, although very few have lasted as long as Star Fleet Battles and Starfire (both from TFG originally).  Neither are really two-player-only games and work fine multiplayer, and even the original Starfire here included a 3-player scenario.I've had the misfortune of playing.  It's grossly overrated IMO, although it retains a certain mystique thanks to age and the fact that so few have ever played it thanks to some rather over-complex rules, being an enormous table hog and lengthy setup/breakdown times.  It's probably better compared to Runebound (one of Descent's direct ancestors) than anything, and even that's not very close.</blockquote>

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