Back in the day, I suggested that the best mech system is a mechanics-heavy RPG system, but scaled up. D&D 4E seemed like a good candidate. Mech systems are hard. The system needs to be crunchy, balanced (to survive online criticism), and sufficiently complex while being possible to run without a team of assistants and a graphing calculator. Lancer meets all these requirements and more.| Coins and Scrolls
In the previous posts (1,2) I designed and scratchbuilt an alt-history interwar tank, the Scheider FA. Now, I've painted and weathered the tank. | Coins and Scrolls
With lessons learned from the Schneider CA and the Renault FT, the Schneider FA was developed in 1926 as a heavy breakthrough and infantry support tank. It was designed to counter FCM's formidable Char 2C, the heaviest tank deployed by the National Front and the Paris Guard, as well as any vehicle that might emerge from Italy or (in theory) the Free People's State of Württemberg.| Coins and Scrolls
With a philosophical| Coins and Scrolls