Sparika Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 (edited) With the first version of Aeronautica, Forgeworld was selling large pieces of terrain and it seemed to me that the game was supposed to be played on an usual 4'x6' map. I may be wrong. However, after having played a few missions on the cardboard map, I'm a bit frustrated by the size of the area of engagement. For me, the 2'x2' board is missing room for manoeuvre, pursuit, and strategical decision. However, because the game needs hexes, I can't test the game without investing first. So I would be intrested if you have any experience on bigger maps, either on this version of the first version of Aeronautica. How does it play, what would you change, does it work ... ? Edited January 13, 2020 by Sparika Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arendious Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 I'm speaking purely academically here, but 2' by 2' engagement area is unlikely to work for more than a 2 vs. 2 fight. There's likely a board size beyond which playing orks becomes untenable, given their short-range focus and lack of consistent ability to force a merge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution Sparika Posted January 9, 2023 Author Solution Share Posted January 9, 2023 So! --a bit of necromancy, but it's my thread :D-- I finally invested in a Deepcut Studio PrintoMat custom desert 6'x4' cloth mat with hexes to play Aeronautica as it was intended or at least as I was expecting it. The scenario we played was the one from the Wrath of Angels starter set where one force is surprised flying at alt-1 by the other force flying at max altitude. The scenario was ideal for trying out the mat because we could deploy as we wanted on all the board. At first the game started as TigerShark faced Marauders and Barracudas faces Thunderbolt. But then, I sensed an opportunity to get the Barracuda to reinforce the bombers and crush the Marauders. We played 200pts Imperial vs Tau and it was really fun to finally have room to move around. We had to disengage after turn 4 or 5 because of the time. I'm now searching for the Forgeworld rulebook to see if I could port the original scenarios to the new version with a big board. Firedrake Cordova, Trokair and LameBeard 2 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firedrake Cordova Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 (edited) How are you finding the mat? It looks nice! I've got one of the GW ones, but I'm not a fan of it being folding cardboard due to the inevitable wear (I'm considering separating the sections with a scalpel), and the DeepCut ones are tempting (thinking of Mig Alley or Aerial Battlefield) ... Edited January 10, 2023 by Firedrake Cordova Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duz_ Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Wow that looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparika Posted January 24, 2023 Author Share Posted January 24, 2023 On 1/10/2023 at 4:34 PM, Firedrake Cordova said: How are you finding the mat? It looks nice! I've got one of the GW ones, but I'm not a fan of it being folding cardboard due to the inevitable wear (I'm considering separating the sections with a scalpel), and the DeepCut ones are tempting (thinking of Mig Alley or Aerial Battlefield) ... I'm a fan of deepcut mousepad mats. I have four of them and playing on them is much confy :D For the aeronautica one, I choosed the cloth material as I wasn't sure of the end result. I put the cloth mat on top of a mousepad one to get the nice rubber feeling when moving miniatures and rolling dices. Firedrake Cordova 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firedrake Cordova Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 Thanks for the info. I'm looking at the cloth ones as they fold up for easier storage, so that's doubly helpful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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