> On Jun 19, 2015, at 6:48 AM, Phil Pugliese (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:
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> I've always been intriqued by the TL16 mercenary battalion that appears in the couner mix of the 'Fifth Frontier War' boardgame (fromGDW) serving w/ the 3I forces.
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> While, in my experience, it had little effect on the course of that game, I always wondered what it would be like touse it, or elements of it, in the more usual (ie: lowlevel) Trav adventuring.

Well, likely it’s best used as a special forces brigade. In the main line of battle it wouldn’t be sufficient to be very effective when mixed with the regular forces, but they’d be scary opponents if the players run up against them...

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