We had fun with Merc in the mid-90s, after it was apparent there wasn't going to be a USSR again. I ran for a group of 6 or 7 (usually 4 at a time). I think we did more of the "episodic" style missions than a war/campaign, and slowly moved into some of the Special Operations missions from that book.
- Their preferred hiring hall and resupply source was "Big Bob's House of Boom" with branches in Miami and Las Vegas.
- I remember using my Squad Leader maps sometimes, as well as handmade counters for PCs and NPCs.
- I remember one guy had been reading Peter Capstick's books, so he played a S.African big-game hunter turned merc. He rarely ever wore a helmet, because, "Cape Buffalo don't shoot back!" Guess who got hit most often?
- About half of the group had SCUBA skills, so I tailored a few aquatic missions for them.
- I think they bought themselves a seaplane after several big scores, I remember looking for stats on small Grumman flying boats.
- I remember assigning them a recon mission in Biafra, which they "solved" by building recon drones <= model airplanes with TV cameras!
Sorry, I never bought the 2.2 book, so I didn't see the survey.
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My Twilight claim to fame: I ran "Allegheny Uprising" at Allegheny College, spring of 1988.
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