Yeah, Cobra People get good use. If you throw the heavy stuff at them all the time, it gets hard to survive. I usually pick a Dark Minion to be pulling strings in a scenario, and give him a few Igors of different specialties, and then flesh out the game with my customm random encounter tables.

Nukids are a staple of games. I use them against the players, but also to aid the players. They represent a rare tool in the minion kit, and I likely would ave picked them even if the list hadn't been so short. I get alot of use out of Cobra People too. Very useful low-level minions to throw out, so...

Morthrai wrote:Given that GDW were always first and foremost a wargames company I'd be tempted to go with their interpretation, but that's just me :

I'm inclined to agree. I struggled with alot of their formulas, and that seems to imply they had some research into their work....

The real question is;

Are all the ET's under Daemon control, or is the world FUBAR half because of the Dark Ones controlling the ET's and half because the ET's had it in for Earth from the start?

The classic half-crime drama/ half-horror flick Starring George Clooney and Harvey Keitel. Great inspiration.

I use alot of Hard-Core Gangster Rap for mood. Guys talking about shooting people gets my players jumpy, and some Metal can keep them active as well. Proper music, even techno, can really enhance the setting....

It's amazing how close alot of the descriptions of the "The Greater Depression" come to events unfolding in the media these days. It makes coming up with "side plots" for my game remarkably easy.

Hi Rohrschach, welcome to the Forum. Do you have your houserules available somewhere? It is always nice to have users on the board who actually post. P.S. I suppose you are looking forward to the new Watchmen movie? I have a notebook full of added rules and tables I'm willing to share. My game has ...

Yeah, I started playing in 1994. I wrote new rules in 2004, and now I'm playing a traditional campaign, with some of my new rules added. I took stuff from TW2000, Merc2000, Shadowrun, Ninjas & Super Spies, Top Secret, and alot of other no-name games. It's good to find this Forum....