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Just bought the new battletech armored combat box. Coming from the PC game and other wargaming. Anything I should now going in? I assume this is what I need to get a few games in with people
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I hate the Davions so much. Ugh. Davions. I really want to believe that all their prancing song and dance about democracy and freedom is just a sham to let the aristocracy exploit their lessers with a quiet conscience.
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Dec 27, 2019 04:31
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w00tmonger posted:Just bought the new battletech armored combat box. Coming from the PC game and other wargaming. The Game of Armored Combat is the best box set BattleTech has ever had. That will set you up for more than a few games with people; I think out of the box you can run 8v8 which is already on the 'big' end of a BattleTech game you expect to actually finish.
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Dec 27, 2019 04:40
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Strobe posted:The Game of Armored Combat is the best box set BattleTech has ever had. That will set you up for more than a few games with people; I think out of the box you can run 8v8 which is already on the 'big' end of a BattleTech game you expect to actually finish. 8 models total so 4v4? Either way good to know. Is the intention with battletech more to build a bunch of poo poo and have a personal army? Or more cultivate an RPG experience and just grab whatever? Edit: oh wait it comes with a bunch of cardboard punch out mechs. Maybe your right E2:vvvvv perfect! w00tmonger fucked around with this message at 06:20 on Dec 27, 2019 |
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Dec 27, 2019 05:59
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w00tmonger posted:8 models total so 4v4? Either way good to know. Is the intention with battletech more to build a bunch of poo poo and have a personal army? Or more cultivate an RPG experience and just grab whatever? Yeah I was counting the cardboard standees in terms of what your maximum game size is. The intention with BattleTech is that you take it exactly as big as you want to. For some people that's having the box set and playing pick-up games. For others it's ending up with hundreds of 'Mechs in parade colors that you never use (  ).
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Dec 27, 2019 06:02
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Arglebargle III posted:I hate the Davions so much. Ugh. Davions. I really want to believe that all their prancing song and dance about democracy and freedom is just a sham to let the aristocracy exploit their lessers with a quiet conscience. It is. There was a whole story in their introductory sourcebook about a planet called Muskegon. They practiced a tremendously brutal form of apartheid for centuries, even after joining the Federated Suns. The ruling family was eventually deposed, not for any kind of civil rights violations or the way that their last Commander publicly executed children to warn people not to bother him, but because they backed the wrong side in a civil war. Also there hasn't been meaningful democracy in the Federated Suns for 700 years.
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Dec 27, 2019 06:41
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How much should I give a gently caress about color schemes and of so is there a guide?
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Dec 29, 2019 06:17
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w00tmonger posted:How much should I give a gently caress about color schemes and of so is there a guide? Absolutely if you want style points, and there's a "Unit Color Compendium" that's fan-made that has 144 pages of various camouflages and its dope as gently caress
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Dec 29, 2019 06:34
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Jobbo_Fett posted:Absolutely if you want style points, and there's a "Unit Color Compendium" that's fan-made that has 144 pages of various camouflages and its dope as gently caress Actually, go here, this is apparently the webpage for the PDF I have https://unitcolorcompendium.com/
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Dec 29, 2019 06:35
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I prefer camospecs.com because they don't roll in fan-made schemes alongside canon ones
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Dec 29, 2019 08:53
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Defiance Industries posted:I prefer camospecs.com because they don't roll in fan-made schemes alongside canon ones Camospecs was dogshit slow last time I tried to use it, fwiw.
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Dec 29, 2019 13:08
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Defiance Industries posted:I prefer camospecs.com because they don't roll in fan-made schemes alongside canon ones Those are easy to spot because they all have: Paint Scheme by (fan-made and not canonized: [person name] The real ones will list TRO page numbers or list 'CSO' for CamoSpecs. Camospecs is better when it works but even at its best it's slow and ponderous.
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Dec 29, 2019 18:27
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Do people still use total warfare rules or is it just too complicated?
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Dec 30, 2019 15:56
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TW is the same ruleset people have been using in BT for the better part of 30 years, just with a new name.
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Dec 30, 2019 18:26
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Well I was looking at some aerotech stuff and I was curious how often that is mixed in
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Dec 30, 2019 18:38
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Not frequently. It's included so that Aero is part of the 'tournament legal' umbrella, but I haven't seen it used very much in practice.
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Dec 30, 2019 18:52
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It still bemuses me that you can only strafe (attack multiple targets in a line) with energy weapons. How does that make sense? A PPC can somehow touch multiple targets but an autocannon can’t?
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Dec 30, 2019 18:58
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Its impossible to find minis for vehicles and aero and anything that's not a mech anyway
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Dec 30, 2019 19:04
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Phi230 posted:Its impossible to find minis for vehicles and aero and anything that's not a mech anyway Ironwind Metals has a bunch of both and plenty more besides. You definitely won't find much in plastic though that's still definitely true.
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Dec 30, 2019 19:07
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Can't lose mechs to srm carriers if no one makes the minis anymore. 
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Dec 30, 2019 19:14
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Playing with anything other than a Lance of mechs (max) is madness
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Dec 30, 2019 20:16
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How much of a thing is 3d printing for battletech? A resin printer would have you covered and given the age of some models it seems like the way you'd want to go.
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Jan 1, 2020 08:26
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w00tmonger posted:How much of a thing is 3d printing for battletech? Depends, I found some stuff on Etsy and a couple weird offsites (Warhansa, Strato Minis) for relatively cheap that I ordered. Will come back with a trip report.
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Jan 1, 2020 14:43
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Taintrunner posted:Depends, I found some stuff on Etsy and a couple weird offsites (Warhansa, Strato Minis) for relatively cheap that I ordered. Will come back with a trip report. Warhansa's resin and good quality.
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Jan 1, 2020 19:09
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Strobe posted:Alpha Strike works fine on hexes, just cut every distance on the unit cards and rules by half. A mech that moves 8"j on terrain moves 4j on hexes. Ranges are 6"/24"/42" on terrain and 3/12/21 on hexes. That by itself is probably most of the conversion you'll need to do. As someone who just played Alpha Strike for the first time it's just not super clear on how to do LOS and intervening terrain. We just played it like I've played battletech for the past 20 years and said heavy wood hex plus light wood hex = no LOS. I also counted a mech standing in heavy woods plus an intervening light wood as no LOS seeing that mech, but that mech can see out, but that might not be right with alpha strike. e: I have the corrected second printing of Alpha Strike if that makes a difference and didn't look up any errata. ee:
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Jan 2, 2020 22:37
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Line of sight is always* reciprocal in BattleTech but otherwise sounds like you did it right. * you didn't meet the ridiculously specific criteria where it isn't, I promise.
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Jan 2, 2020 23:10
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Jan 2, 2020 23:31
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Strobe posted:Line of sight is always* reciprocal in BattleTech but otherwise sounds like you did it right. It'd still be +3 to hit the mech in heavy woods, but +1 for the mech shooting out of heavy woods?
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Jan 2, 2020 23:51
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The hex you're in doesn't count for shooting out, just shooting in. Posting up at the edge of heavy woods is usually a really good move.
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Jan 3, 2020 00:08
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Prefect Six posted:It'd still be +3 to hit the mech in heavy woods, but +1 for the mech shooting out of heavy woods? Correct.
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Jan 3, 2020 00:12
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Defiance Industries posted:The hex you're in doesn't count for shooting out, just shooting in. Posting up at the edge of heavy woods is usually a really good move. It's generally a good idea for slower mechs provided that you're not using the accidental fire rules (or the intentional ones for that matter). Getting a +2 defensive bonus over your target, all other things being equal, is very significant in most cases.
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Jan 3, 2020 01:06
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w00tmonger posted:
That's a nice start. Edit: I just finished up my own a few days ago, too! 
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Jan 3, 2020 17:36
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Strobe posted:ending up with hundreds of 'Mechs in parade colors that you never use ( Hello yes I believe this is the game for me
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Jan 6, 2020 04:02
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I think after the kickstarter delivers I'm going to start unloading every 'Mech I have in metal/older plastic that isn't Dark Age. Gonna go all in on the good poo poo.
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Jan 6, 2020 04:16
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So where do I get more Mechs? I used to have a ton but sold them all on ebay, got the new boxset for Christmas and now I want to re-spend money on more Mechs. Is ebay it?
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Jan 6, 2020 21:19
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Ironwind Metals is still the official mini producer. I don't think that's changed since the late 90s. But they don't sell the Hauptmann anymore, so gently caress em. There's Warhansa making some with names that are definitely not BattleTech names, and you can always try 3D printing.
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Jan 6, 2020 21:59
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Defiance Industries posted:Ironwind Metals is still the official mini producer. I don't think that's changed since the late 90s. But they don't sell the Hauptmann anymore, so gently caress em. There's Warhansa making some with names that are definitely not BattleTech names, and you can always try 3D printing. https://store.ironwindmetals.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=4834&osCsid=06mu6gqn6oaksssjh2hr1kvfh7 https://store.ironwindmetals.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=3855&osCsid=06mu6gqn6oaksssjh2hr1kvfh7 
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Jan 6, 2020 22:12
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I wish IronWind website wasn't made and last updated in 2000.
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Jan 6, 2020 22:16
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Ironwind is the most functional geocities site I've seen.
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Jan 6, 2020 22:49
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It's awful. I am just going to keep an eye on Ebay for lots.
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