Post originally by William Hostman at 2003-11-26 20:16:57
Converted from Phorums BB System

Yes: Simple.

In play, players just need to know the following rules bits:
1) 1st Actions occur on the intiative of the skill used for them
2) 2nd actions can't occur before the intiative point equal to the skill used for them.
3) no actions can occur less than 2 initiative points apart
4) a base defense lasts the whole time. an adjusted defense lasts until used.
5) what defenses are available.

I ran at one point a 20 to 5 combat (20 archers vs 5 Heroic PC's) in a fantasy setting. I ignored the skill limits for PC's.

That battle took about half an hour to resolve, using minatures and tabletop hexmaps.

The system works well and quickly. By eliminating dice rolls a lot of the time, and using simple formulae rather than tables, it plays fast, and plays easily.