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   Dirtside II

"At the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords we're all Generals. Only some of us never grow out of it." — Peter Ustinov

Dirtside II (DS2) is Ground Zero Games's excellent science fiction micro-armour ground combat game. Grav tanks, Powered Armoured Infantry, artillery, and any other game ideas you can come up with - DS2 has a complete vehicle design system, so you can use any models you want to in the game.

Our local gaming group's Dirtside II House Rules are off here, as well as a growing collection of DS2 links and general GZG links.

Dirtside II & GZG Links:

• GZG Pedia Project Homepage - central location for 'pedia and other projects to flesh out and add to the GZG background.
• GZG Player Location Page - find your fellow GZG addicts worldwide - and put your name on the Page today.
• Germ Warfare is an entertainingly different wargames site, with DS2 information & very cool 6mm paper buildings to download.
• Rules for Hammer's Slammers in Dirtside II available here.
• Andy Cowell's Dirtside II website.
• Andrew Martin's Dirtside II Page also contains the DS2 FAQ.
• Brian Bell's Dirtside II page.
• John Crimmin's website has a load of very nice miniature photos on it, and more to come!
• Brendan Robertson's Firing Line: SG2, FT, and other GZG-related items.
• Colonial Marines (Aliens) SG2/DS2/FT page. Modifications to GZG's games for gaming the best SF combat movie of all time. [Dead Link?]
• John Atkinson's Nea Rhomaioi Empire pages - force compositions & vehicles for his own addition to the background of DS2/SG2/FT. Changed!
• Tablegamer's DS2 Page has a DS2 Vehicle Creator and a nice gallery, among other features.
• Yves' Gaming Resources has a downloadable DS2 chit-drawer for your PC.
• Mike Jasinski's Modern/Sci-Fi Wargaming Resources - including DS2 information and other gaming systems. Lots of DS2 vehicle designs.
• Thomas Heaney's Miniature Wargaming pages has SG2, DS2, and other game stuff, in a really nice looking site. [Dead Link?]
• Jerry Han's Starship Jockey GZG Mailing List Archive & FT Site.
• Ground Zero Games Online Catalog
• Etranger: The Militaries of 2300AD has dozens of descriptions and TO&Es of futuristic militaries. Designed for the 2300AD universe, but full of useful information for any SF gamer.
• Full Thrust Computer Core lots of interesting FT & GZG stuff - check out the Gallery especially.
• Nyrath the Nearly Wise (and Entirely Indispensible) does the 3-d Starmaps for the GZG universe. Also a very cool site generally.
• CZ Tarnmuster/Camo Generator will let you mix'n'match colours in a camo pattern. Find your next alien world camo scheme!
• MapSymbs TrueType NATO military symbols & other military fonts. Very useful!

The GZG-L Mailing List is the place to discuss Full Thrust, Dirtside II, and Stargrunt II - plus whatever else comes up. Another list member said it better than I have:

A Wine Taster's Review of the FTGZG Mailing List:

FTGZG-L is a delightful little vintage produced on a daily basis by a frankly dizzying array of cyber-vintners. The proverbs about 'too many cooks' aside, this diversity of creative input produces an end product which is surprisingly mellow and smooth, with only the occasional tang of bitterness. An astoundingly high quality, considering the output of this particular label. The bouquet is quite pronounced, a delightful cornucopia of charged phosphors, acrylic paint with just a hint of the 'Je ne sais quoi' of gamerooms everywhere.

This particular number works well as an aperitif before gaming, creative or painting sessions, and as a lubricant for bull sessions. Does not go well with chickensh*t munchkins. While no hard and fast rules of etiquette surround its use, it is typically a gentlepersons' drink, and has become 'de riguer' at fashionable After Action Reviews.

Four Stars
Written by Jim 'Jiji' Foster.

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