{"id":4633,"date":"2015-12-13T14:53:50","date_gmt":"2015-12-13T14:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=4633"},"modified":"2015-12-13T14:53:59","modified_gmt":"2015-12-13T14:53:59","slug":"combat-patrol-scifi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=4633","title":{"rendered":"Combat Patrol SciFi?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I have been getting quiet queries in Email from people who are already playing Combat Patrol(TM): WWII (http:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/Buck_Surdu\/Combat_Patrol.html) about Combat Patrol for other periods than WWII. \u00a0The title should suggest that I have always had it in mind to apply the Combat Patrol(TM) system and the GAMER(TM) engine to other periods. \u00a0Even during play testing, before the rules were published, Duncan Adams was already using the rules for the Napoleonic Wars. \u00a0I think they would work really well with few (or no) changes for modern skirmishes. \u00a0The next period I think I am going to go after (subject to customer demand, of course) is science fiction.<\/p>\n

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In that vein, I have been collecting science fiction figures for a couple of years. \u00a0If you look back through the archives of this blog you will see photos of the Colonial Marines from Aliens as well as science fiction figures from the Reaper Bones line. \u00a0At Fall In, when I renewed my Old Glory Army, I picked up this package of Old Glory science fiction figures as my premium for renewing. \u00a0These were nice figures, even if they suffer from the Games Workshop ridiculously oversized weapons phenomenon. \u00a0I really like the plastic bubbles over their heads. \u00a0I couldn’t sleep much last night, so I got up a 0400 and knocked these out. \u00a0I painted them in gray, thinking that that is sort of shipboard camouflage.<\/p>\n

I am not sure when these figures will see action. \u00a0I have been collecting solidly constructed cardboard box tops. \u00a0Ones from Apple for iPads and iPhones are terrific. \u00a0Over the winter I plan to spray them gray and then decorate them to make rooms for a space ship. \u00a0I will then lay these rooms out to make corridors. \u00a0This will be my space ship for a Firefly \/ Alien \/ generic science fiction mashup using Combat Patrol. \u00a0I think it will be quite fun.<\/p>\n