Well, my $0.02...

Any sports related games I have played consistently (on the computer or otherwise) have been League simulations, or the purpose of playing the single games was only to generate league (and those died the fastest).

When it comes to a game... go to one, watch it, go play. Reality is pretty well saturated here, IMHO.

But a league... managing the budget, grooming a player, drafting, trading,... that takes strategy and planning and time that I enjoy.
(But admittedly, hard to do solo with a table top approach).

So a quick system to generate play results - player stats, W/L, etc - that is complex enough that I can influence things with decisions out of the front office.

That is fun.

(The free Eastside hockey simulator has been the best in the computer realm for this but is more complex than it has to be, and doesn't easily allow custom league creation.)

oops.
I had some typos in my earlier post that slightly affected the intent. Hope it was clear enough.

(I edited it just in case)

Maybe just an additional -1 to hit a phased ship, as well as an additional -1 for a phased ship to to hit a target?  (cumulative with other modifiers)

Not sure on the passing through objects part, since my Starmada games have rarely involved collisions of objects...

Same basic approach used for the elite officer abilities applied in the VBAM/Starmada book.

I would say that is a more reliable approach, that doesn't change the mechanics of the game.

This has come up as a question before... been awhile, so I don't remember where it went.

My first question, is do you mean to make changes between battles? or mid-battle?

If you mean between battles, I would tackle this by finding a way to have customizable drones (like fighters) - which has also come up here before, but I don't know who has done what with that idea. Then you could just load out with different drones for each battle.

If you mean during battles, this would be a lot harder. Off the top of my head...

ROF/PEN/DMG would likely need to stay the same, but if you had two weapon enhancements you could add a third that could allow you swtich back and forth. This would get expensive, I imagine, and there would need to be a declaration of which enhancement was in play for the turn - probably in the end phase.

If the original Starmada "universe" is still viable, I would love to see a campaign set up... leveraged on the VBAM stuff.

There is so much that can be done to introduce "historical" ship designs, or even what designs and approaches come next for the Starmada and its foes. Exploring any of that could offer opportunities for new rule or equipment twists, also.

Or even the Brigade universe if that had more legs.

Oops. greedy. humans.

Forcing a miracle wouldn't have felt right. I understand.

Hopefully not in our "real" future.

I am playing around with a similar idea right now myself.

many have been implemented in a version the VBAMers are using...

For Marines I believe it - launch pods, heavy combat gear etc.
But small arms and flak vests don't seem like that much extra stuff... They are fighters but not combat troops. So I think our vision of security guards may be different. 

I'll buy that.

Thanks.

Nice ship, but pretty undergunned for 335 points.
The defenses are clearly your bane.
Get hull damage into these things, so even when they win they will be limping away crippled.

And I see security forces at work, so the marine option probably isn't there.  :cry: