Thanks for the insights. As a non-camper, but frequently the family packer, I appreciate the comments, especially the T2k-relations.
Loadmaster: in all of the past games I have refereed, including the current one, I have been the one to go over the PCs' equipment loads, seeing if they could be redistributed between characters or vehicles. If I were a player, I'd be asking to see the others' character sheets for the same reason. I closely watch fuel and food loads, as well as ammo. Perhaps a Scrounge skill roll to turn up the right item, or the average of Scrounge + Mechanic to make something close enough?
I've done this in D&D and other games, too, I'm our group's default treasure collector and wealth-tracker. It's something I sometimes build into my PCs. Again, if it were T2k, I think I'd play a transportation or QM officer.
In my current game, the middle-schoolers playing Marines, there's a way to radically shift their loads that might get them out of trouble right now, but as there are two adults in the game, I don't want to hand them "the right answer" on a plate.
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My Twilight claim to fame: I ran "Allegheny Uprising" at Allegheny College, spring of 1988.
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