Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Tanks That Never Were: The Oberschlesien

In 1918, the Germans realized the A7V was mostly a failure. While it was moderately fast and decently armored, its terrible ground clearance, massive bulk, and excessive crew meant it was a failure as a primary tank. So, they decided to build something smaller with the same main gun.

Saturday, March 16, 2019

Other Universes: Heavy Gear Traveller: The Mordred Shocktrooper

In Heavy Gear, the Mordred is a type of genetically-modified clone soldier (known in-setting as a GREL) intended for use as infantry. As such, they provide a good example of a "combat beast" when converted to Traveller.

Thursday, March 14, 2019

Other Universes: Heavy Gear Traveller: The Private Investigator

I was reminded recently that I had talked about providing examples of character conversion between Silhouette and Traveller. So, let's convert the Private Investigator (from DP9-101 Second Edition Heavy Gear Rulebook) to Mega and New Era.