That's an interesting option Gentry, I'd considered going in the oposite direction and having missions lasting 3-4 months (or rather 12+ sessions) but not stripping a mission down to one scene.

Surely that would make it easier in SC? Not that I ever liked ECL's particularly - but since a 'level' worth of abilities is somewhat easier to judge in SC. it'd be easier to eyeball surely.

Missed Thrilling Tales, is it any good?

Fair enough all - and I may have come off funny with the gun thing - what I meant was that the idea of people walking around with guns at all is something I have absolutely no experience with, it's never come up in my life and seems somewhat unfathomable as to how I'd even react if I did notice someone with a gun - we're not even allowed to walk to around with most knives over here (technically).

I can understand the reluctance to allow certain people in your house - but it did seem to be put as a general rule rather than the exception - but provided I'd met the parents (if under 16) I'd have no issue with letting someone game at my house, or going to their house to game (indeed one of my current groups involved meeting at someones house after discussion on a message board).

On the other hand, maybe I'm the dodgy one that people should be wary of - with a juvenile conviction for assault and a history of getting into some nasty fights in my youth...

1.  I'll use myself as an example.  You meet me at a store.  I'm no small guy.  6'4. Just above the 200 line for weight.  We all decide to meet at someone's house.  Now... what you know of me so far?  What you see and what I choose to tell you.  Could be a complete lie...could be the complete truth.  Strangers in my house?  I pass.  (Never mind the fact that I walk around with an FN Five-Seven.  ...that always gets people skittish and wondering if I'm a robber... *groan*)

2.  In fictional land, I'll be a parent.  My son who is 14 loves being creative.  Meets a group of older boys / adults at the hobby store.  I haven't met these people.. but I know I've watched To Catch a Predator and CNN lately.  I don't mind if they play at the store, but no snow ball chance in hell is my son going to an adult's house who I don't know well.  (Triple that if I have a daughter.. ...happily, the wife hasn't sprung the "...I'm pregnant!" trap on me yet.. ..but time will always prove me wrong.)

Maybe it's a US vs UK thing or maybe I'm just somewhat over-trusting - but I really have no issues with either of those and they seem frankly paranoid - walking around with a gun, much less an obvious one is something that I can't even correlate to as it's not done here - but I'm easy to let people into my home or go to other people's home, and provided I'd at least visited first I'd let my children go to a game at someone else's house (well not at 16 months, but it's hardly an issue as she can't talk yet anyway).

I mean no offense by this (I know next to nothing of your circumstances), and I'm hesitant to post in case it's taken the wrong way - but in my experience there's very few nasty people in the world - they just get all the publicity.

Assuming the WoF is anything to go by it will be obvious, if you're familiar with it, as WoF has a very glossy finish, compared to the matt of the original SC2.0.
The Crafty/Flaming Cobra logo's would be the big difference at the moment.

Didn't they reprint Little Wars a year or so ago.

If a game store near me ran games I'd not mind paying in the slightest - probably even up to the region of maybe £5 for a good 3-4 hour session, or run it on an even split buy £10 of stuff or pay £5 for a seat.

For that price though - I expect not to be continually hassled by staff and so on - I'd be there to play, not shop/demo/chat to staff.

I've heard that claim for dozens of systems, few of which are played for anything than their core set (Mutants & Masterminds was the last one - and we ran a moderately successful game, but we kept thinking about superheroes).

Hmmm, $4775! I'm not sure quite why I'm worth so much...

Well one of my group's has 3 folks in their 40s, 1 in his 30s and me and my brother (25 & 18 respectively), so we have quite a diverse age range.
Of course due to them having being out of gaming for a while they prefer old 1st ed AD&D.

Maybe it's to keep their precious technology out of your hands?

Is it just me or does that video look extremely faked. I'm not saying I doubt that it's possible, I'm pretty sure it is - but the video looks wrong in places to me.
And I'd prefer tattoo's which change with emotion... Though that might lead to all sorts of questions.

Most of you were playing when I was still in nappies (or yet to be born).
I must've started around '94ish, as I'd been around 12.

Pretty much all Crafty products are a sale for me, bar Bag Full of Guns & the 1.0 pdfs.