Slips Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Heathens, Armond...Just wanted to bring this to your attention.... http://www.battlesystems.co.uk/products.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armond Posted September 13, 2014 Author Share Posted September 13, 2014 Wow! That is awesome! Discover the ship in detail! Very nice terrain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Tyler Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 1000heathens and Armoond - you've both given your thoughts on army composition, basic tactics, and incorporation into campaigns. How about modifications to the rules that might help other players? How about composition/arrangement of the tiles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Hands Fanatic Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Join us... part of the ship... Ha, if I can get through the release of a resin Ferrus without crawling back to miniatures, I think I can survive this.....just ....about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Foes Remain Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Heathens, Armond...Just wanted to bring this to your attention.... http://www.battlesystems.co.uk/products.html Wow! That is awesome! Discover the ship in detail! Very nice terrain! Would just like to say that I backed them on Kickstarter and their stuff is bloody epic, very good details and you can create hundreds of layouts with them. If you want I'll see about setting it up (been meaning to anyway) and taking a few pics with some of my unpainted Astral Claws as a size-guide line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armond Posted September 13, 2014 Author Share Posted September 13, 2014 I would love if you did that! Thanks Ventris! I wonder if I can snag one for my birthday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Foes Remain Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Will try to do that tomorrow, don't really have anything else to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Debonair Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 On the rare occasion I use my models for anything, it's playing games like Space Crusade or Space Hulk, so this thread's made my day. It does me good to see someone else breaking out the cardboard floors and having a blast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Foes Remain Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Armond, Heathens what kind of pics did you want? One of the board blank and a few models for scale? Then some with some added stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyaenidae Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Anything you'd be willing to supply, brother. Information is ammunition. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slips Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Anything you'd be willing to supply, brother. Information is ammunition. To be used as ammo for the brain when Dropping Knowledge Bombs!? IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW! *epiphany* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Foes Remain Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Anything you'd be willing to supply, brother. Information is ammunition. Ok, will get round to doing that today. After wondering how to put it all together I watched loads of vids from their youtube channel and then only put the board, three walls and a door and a turbine together. I'll find the channel and link it here while I put a few more sheets together, so far its awesome and really well detailed but the few problems I am having will no-doubt be fixed for the 'full' release. Edit: Here is their youtube channel with the vids on how to build to give you an idea of it. Now if you'll excuse me, I will go back to building it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armond Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share Posted September 17, 2014 Well I cannot wait to see what you have in store for us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Foes Remain Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I've been busy the past few days and have only done two sheets worth of wall sections and the turbine, if you want me to just take pics of what I have now then I will since I am going away for the weekend in a few days and would guess that you would like to see it before then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrotherCaptainArkhan Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Just wanted to say I really enjoyed reading this report. Thanks for the write-up and the great pictures. Myself and Disease will be doing something similar very soon with our Space Hulk 3.1 sets when they arrive, look for pics in the next few weeks on our Survivors of Istvaan thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armond Posted September 19, 2014 Author Share Posted September 19, 2014 I've been busy the past few days and have only done two sheets worth of wall sections and the turbine, if you want me to just take pics of what I have now then I will since I am going away for the weekend in a few days and would guess that you would like to see it before then. Hey man, just do what you can, no pressure here! Just wanted to say I really enjoyed reading this report. Thanks for the write-up and the great pictures. Myself and Disease will be doing something similar very soon with our Space Hulk 3.1 sets when they arrive, look for pics in the next few weeks on our Survivors of Istvaan thread. Glad you enjoyed! Cannot wait to read/look at more reports using the ZM or Space Hulk settings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyaenidae Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 1000heathens and Armoond - you've both given your thoughts on army composition, basic tactics, and incorporation into campaigns. How about modifications to the rules that might help other players? How about composition/arrangement of the tiles? Sorry, boss; just noticed this. The primary modification we made, due to the severe confines of the board, was how our reserves arrived. Normally in BitV games, your reserves come in through your home corner, but we both realized very quickly that said reserves would have a heck of a time trucking it on foot into the fight in those narrow paths. So, for the defender, we labeled six "doors" for Armonds' guys to come onto the field. When he rolled successfully for reserves, he also rolled a 1D6 to see which of these doors/elevators his men arrived. This gave the impression of his men coming pouring in from every part of the ship to repel boarders. (for a bigger game, we'd probably make 12 doors, and 2D6) For the Attackers, and to add some insane tension to the game, we decided that they would enter play via 2D6 Scatter, as if they were deploying via boarding torpedoes. Any scatter would deploy into the nearest corridor it scattered towards. Any scatter further than 6" from the playing area itself meant your troops were lost to the void. This sounds like an advantage to the attacker, but scattering three corridors down could suddenly mean that those boys will never even get into the game. Or, as my poor dread found out, landing directly next to a Contemptor leads to a short impact on the field. We went crazy with the tiles, and just made something interesting from as many as we could. There really is no right or wrong answer here, as long as you and your opponent are happy. I'm planning on making all new rooms, larger corridors, flight bays, and engineering rooms to add some depth to bigger games, as well as buying some cardstock ship decks, to create the impression of catwalks, etc, to make the game more three dimensional. This might be my favorite part of the board, as not only is it stupid simple to make new stuff to attach to the existing tiles, but the whole damn thing can be changed game to game, creating all new threats and dangers, and always keeping the game fresh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 http://99gifs.com/-img/51fe89cdafa96f0724000134.gif?w=400&h=408 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger9gamer Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 can anyone direct me to the battle report section of this thread? 10 pages requires a lot of digging Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slips Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 can anyone direct me to the battle report section of this thread? 10 pages requires a lot of digging Starts on page 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger9gamer Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 thank you =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dono1979 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 -In many ways, I got lucky that we rolled the Engines for an objective. This gave me a variety of targets, with no way Armond being able to protect them all, forcing him to spread out a bit. Had we rolled something more focused like the Bridge, He would have been able to focus his defense around that single point, and I would have had a hell of a time cutting through his boys in time. Again, I can see why the IW and IF might want to force another turn in situations like this. Just a slight clarification, the Imperial Fist trait doesnt allow the IF player to choose to go to turn six, it actually allows their opponent to choose. I suspect that the IW one is the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veteran Sergeant Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Heathens - I didn't know that Mark I and II fit to the Mark III board! I'm going to be sorely tempted to get some of the older ones just because! They're made of thinner material, but the other dimensions are essentially the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jape Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Bit of necrotheadery but any news on a rematch? Really enjoyed reading this, and its made me hanker for some claustrophobic cardboard action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armond Posted May 6, 2015 Author Share Posted May 6, 2015 Man, so so late on this reply and I am so sorry for it! There will probably not be a second BR mostly because I have been relocated to Okinawa, Japan. I hate to say that, and this game was awesome to play! If for whatever reason I make my way back to Alaska, then be rest assured more clashes would occur. It was just so sad we met up towards the twilight of my tour there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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