Re: (TFT) notes+ The Mysterious Geometry of Swordsmanship, Gorgeously Illustrated

[Rick Smith <rick_ww@lightspeed.ca>]

Hi all,
  We played En Garde, but the power gamers in the group discovered the 
kick option (fast, effective) and rather than duels it became kick fests.

  Obviously the rules needed a minor tweak.  I have fond memories of it
regardless.

  Warm regards, Rick.


On 2014-09-27, at 5:48 AM, raito@raito.com wrote:

> I prefer Di Grassi to Thiabault.
> 
> And by that time, I had my own scissors.
> 
> It's also interesting that Yaquinto's Swashbukler used a system nearly
> identical to En Garde, except that movement was done on a grid.
> 
> For those of you in the dark, those fencing game systems required that you
> lay out your maneuvers ahead of time, and each took several beats. As a
> made up example, if you started combat, and your opponent chose Lunge, the
> attack would be in the first beat, and he'd be doing nothing in the
> second. If you chose Parry and Lunge, your Parry would be in the first
> beat, and your Lunge in the second (when he's doing nothing). Then you'd
> spend 2 beats doing nothing. It works out pretty well.
> 
> Neil Gilmore
> raito@raito.com
> 
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