As we all know, Dave has been busy working on the new rules for the FGC 91 campaign, that began as the FGC 62 campaign on CBT.com several years ago. It's gone through many changes, both in rules and leadership, and right now, it's in such a state of limbo. Dave has decided that untill he can get the new rules made up, the game will stay in a state of lockdown. The future of that much loved FGC campaign nessecitates a new brand of rules, some simply more detailed, and others totally different in operation.
However, that leaves many of us in a difficult position. With no alternate FGC running on Intelser, we've had to look to CBT.com to have any hope of an operational FGC. But with that iteration of the FGC dying out, and the lack of a Solaris 7 game, there is a decided lack of a continuous Battletech-themed strategic roleplaying game.
I asked Dave's permission and recieved it: I'm starting a fresh FGC. I'm using the currently published rules, so as to remove the difficulties faced by the previous CBT.com attempt. We have a fully functional set of rules. True, some areas don't have much going for them(I'm looking at you, Research and Communictations), but those can be worked on- whats really important, is that the economic and military rules WORK. True, they could be improved, but that's what Dave is doing. And we all know how annoying it can be to build a faction for a current ruleset, and then find out that some aspect is changing, and you're not able to function the way you are accustomed to.
That WILL NOT be happening with this game. We have a stable ruleset for everything but the two sets of rules listed above, Communications, and R&D. If and when those rules change, there will be an announcment well in advance, and depending on how the rules are changed, everyone will have an opportunity to get a good long look at the new rules before they are active. But they won't be changing anytime soon(in the case of research, there simply isn't any).
First thing's first: this thread is to be used only for voting on which era of the BT universe we would like to start. I will leave it upto you, the players, to choose your favorite starting point. Once the start point is chosen, we will have open registration. People will choose which faction they wish to join, although if I find that some factions are very over represented versus very under-represented, I may have to lock some factions down. Faction registration will be on a first-come, first-served basis, BUT not until registration opens after the era is chosen.
I welcome you all to both Intelser.org, and our new FGC. I hope we can all have a great time together.
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