06-02-2015, 06:41 AM
oldehouserules Wrote:Thank you! You know, I think I've heard of the Star Wars Braunstein, possibly on your site in some past online excursion or another. At any rate, it sounds incredibly fun, and not just because of the infamous rogues gallery involved (although that must have been a blast)!
Wesely is a fantastic guy for sure...
You make a good point about the very broad applications of the traditional Braunstein playing style, and I think we'll take that on board as we firm up the release. As a role-player myself, I feel like Wesely fathered two branches of the gaming tree, and am deeply honored that the good Major found our rules acceptable to explore his work as it might pertain to the RPG side of the coin, so to speak...
Thanks for the kind words and the sage advice, and see you around the forums!
You're very welcome!
The Great Spaceport Raid has been mentioned on a couple of RPG forums; Mike Mornard, who posts as 'Old Geezer' and "Gronan' was one of the players - Han Solo, to be exact; no, there's no typecasting whatsoever in my games - mentioned it, and this developed into a thread about how I get one of these things going.
What I've found interesting is the way RPG players react to Braunsteins; it's very immersive role-playing, as well as being very open sandbox play. For me, the miniatures act as a sort of 'tactical display' for the players, helping to keep things straight for them. I've got some videos up on my You Tube channel of some of our games, and if you can use any of that chaos you're certainly welcome to. Ditto for any of my ramblings on my blog, too.
I'm really looking forward to see what you come up with - we've been flying by the seat of our pants for years, and it'll be nice to have something that I can point people to as a way to explain this particular form of gaming / performance art...
And you're right; playing with that mob was really something else!!!