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=='''May 1985 No.3 '''== | =='''May 1985 No.3 '''== | ||
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| − | In issue 3, ''Game News'' | + | In issue 3, ''Game News'' published a scenario for ''Battledroids'' titled ''The Sakara Skirmish'' that was authored by Patrick Larkin. This scenario a raiding party from the Wolf's Dragoons (working for House Kurita) against a hastily assembled force from the 45th Icarian Lancers who are protecting House Steiner supply depots on Sakara. The attacking raiding party, led by captain Michael Sullivan, consists of three Spiders and five other droids, whose arrival are spread out over three turns. The defending forces, led by Captain Reinhardt Tamaguchi, consist of Captain Tamaguchi's Rifleman and four other droids, some of which are in a state of disrepair. The attacker's goal is to completely eliminate the defending forces so that they can attack the suppoy depots, while the defenders are seeking to destroy enough of the attackers to force the retreat of the attackers. |
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| + | Stats for the Spider Battledroid were also included. This Spider Battledroid weighted 30 tons but differed in a number of respects from the Spider 'Mech that would appear in TRO 3025. This Spider's model number was SPI-5R, had an armament of four medium lasers, and only 6 walking move points. It had 8 jumping move points, which made it incompatible with later 'Mech construction rules. | ||
=='''Oct. 1985 No.8 '''== | =='''Oct. 1985 No.8 '''== | ||
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The Game News magazine was a magazine with related articles on roleplaying games, war games, and other adult games.
May 1985 No.3
In issue 3, Game News published a scenario for Battledroids titled The Sakara Skirmish that was authored by Patrick Larkin. This scenario a raiding party from the Wolf's Dragoons (working for House Kurita) against a hastily assembled force from the 45th Icarian Lancers who are protecting House Steiner supply depots on Sakara. The attacking raiding party, led by captain Michael Sullivan, consists of three Spiders and five other droids, whose arrival are spread out over three turns. The defending forces, led by Captain Reinhardt Tamaguchi, consist of Captain Tamaguchi's Rifleman and four other droids, some of which are in a state of disrepair. The attacker's goal is to completely eliminate the defending forces so that they can attack the suppoy depots, while the defenders are seeking to destroy enough of the attackers to force the retreat of the attackers.
Stats for the Spider Battledroid were also included. This Spider Battledroid weighted 30 tons but differed in a number of respects from the Spider 'Mech that would appear in TRO 3025. This Spider's model number was SPI-5R, had an armament of four medium lasers, and only 6 walking move points. It had 8 jumping move points, which made it incompatible with later 'Mech construction rules.
Oct. 1985 No.8
- Published in 1985, FASA provided a scenario named Bitter End: The Defense of Connor's Pass to the magazine. The scenario was described as an excerpt from the Tales of the Black Widow Company scenario pack, which was also advertised on the same pages in the magazine, and presented in a similar style, but it does not actually appear in this book.
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