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Striker (miniatures game)

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265:(Issue 15), Thomas J. Thomas liked the well-organized "clear and concise" rules, and especially admired the fact that they were cross-referenced. Thomas also thought the command and initiative rules "demonstrate the limits on both a commander's time and the varying abilities of troops to respond to changing situations." However, he thought the need for written orders might be a problem for some players, and he criticized the use of the phrase "all statements must be clear and unambiguous", arguing that the statement itself was ambiguous. Thomas also thought the process for designing vehicles and aircraft was "incredibly time-consuming." He concluded with a strong recommendation for beginning miniatures players, stating, " 247:
enjoyable in its own right, and perfectly playable as a stand-alone set of miniatures rules; however, referees and players do have limited time available, and I for one prefer to spend it playing rather than designing tanks. The clean simplicity of
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B. Distance: One millimeter equals one meter; one centimeter equals ten meters. If English measurements are more convenient to use, multiplying distances given in centimeters by 0.4 will give the value in
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is probably the most thorough, well-conceived and worthwhile set of miniatures rules yet published for SF or any post-19th century conflict. I heartily recommend it to
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is a 15mm miniatures ruleset, GDW consider it their eighth Traveller boardgame. It was republished in 2004 as part of
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The movement system is simplified for use with larger forces and a ground scale of 1" = 25 meters.
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presents a significant advance for miniatures games... Though not without its flaws,
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combat environment for the first time, and allows vehicle design – although the game
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for Striker are still available, just not in their Striker unit compositions.
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players and miniature enthusiasts and look forward to future expansions."
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This article is about the miniatures game. For the video game, see
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Barton, William A. (July 1982). "Featured Review: Striker".
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scale figures with a 1:1000 or 1:985 ground scale.
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Striker (video game)

William H. Keith
Designers
Frank Chadwick
William H. Keith
Game Designers' Workshop
Science fiction
miniatures wargame
Traveller
science fiction
miniatures wargame
Frank Chadwick
William H. Keith
Game Designers' Workshop
Traveller
role-playing game
Far Future Enterprises
Striker II
Traveller: The New Era
15mm
RAFM
The Space Gamer
White Dwarf
Ares
Origins Awards
Traveller boardgames
"Striker"
"Traveller: The Classic Games, Games 1-6+"
"Striker II"

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