SirFozzie posted:Any one going to Adepticon that is willing to loan me about $300? That's a lot of neat stuff coming (available at Adepticon) With the exception of the marauder most of that will just come out normally.
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Forgot the new plushie mechs (including Phoenix Hawk) In my case, my dog would appreciate it for all about 45 seconds before tearing it apart.
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# ? Mar 3, 2023 22:24 |
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I will move heaven and earth to get my hands on that Marauder
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# ? Mar 3, 2023 22:26 |
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Defiance Industries posted:I might go to the one in Bothell. I've had a good time there before. Oh poo poo. You're in WA? Can you help point me in the direction of good stores and places to play? I have a budding desire to play tabletop Battletech but I've literally never done game store gaming and don't know where go or what do. My mental map of game and hobby stores is also over a decade out of date. Bothell is in easy reach for me, I'm in Redmond on the edge of Kirkland.
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# ? Mar 4, 2023 00:48 |
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Zulu's Board Game Cafe has a pretty big BT scene. There's a biweekly BattleTech event there every other Wednesday at 7, and the next one is on the 8th. They're typically run in their event center to take advantage of the huge tables they have down there. There's also a fair amount of official events sponsored by CGL that go down there as Randall Bills seems to live nearby. As I said, I'll probably be there for the Kickstarter launch party because I'm an official BT freelancer now which means I'm big time I have a couple friends who live in Ballard, and last time I visited them we quite literally stumbled upon a place called the Waystone that has a small but growing BT community. They have a discord that's worth hitting up for a game if you're going to be in the neighborhood. I'm not a great source of info about Seattle-area stores, though. I'm down in the Portland area and drive up to visit sometimes.
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# ? Mar 4, 2023 01:42 |
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Thanks, that's very helpful! and congratulations!!
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# ? Mar 4, 2023 02:58 |
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Does the FrankenMech in the upcoming Snord's Irregulars pack have a loadout in a RecGuide already or
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# ? Mar 4, 2023 03:05 |
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Cross posting from the mini painting threadwelcome 2 Clown Town posted:Finished up the inner sphere heavy battle lance.
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Sidesaddle Cavalry posted:Does the FrankenMech in the upcoming Snord's Irregulars pack have a loadout in a RecGuide already or Sneede's Rifleman is used as the Strat Ops frankenmech example and Sarna has a description on the Rifleman page. No official sheet as far as I've seen though.
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# ? Mar 4, 2023 11:58 |
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Every pack so far has had (or has been mentioned it will have) a record sheet pdf so that seems like a safe bet.
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# ? Mar 4, 2023 16:09 |
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BattleMaster posted:Sneede's Rifleman is used as the Strat Ops frankenmech example and Sarna has a description on the Rifleman page. No official sheet as far as I've seen though. Oh neat. Not sure what the phoenix hawk head does, but I can appreciate the aesthetic. Also begs the question of what a Catapult could do if one of its missile ears were replaced by a -K variant PPC ear. I guess every robot ends up as half of a Timber Wolf in the end(?)
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Sidesaddle Cavalry posted:Also begs the question of what a Catapult could do if one of its missile ears were replaced by a -K variant PPC ear. I guess every robot ends up as half of a Timber Wolf in the end(?) The Mad Cat is like carcinization in evolutionary biology. Every "optimized" mech tends to drift in that aesthetic direction.
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Owlbear Camus posted:carcinization Marauderification Over time, everything eventually becomes the Marauder.
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Sidesaddle Cavalry posted:Oh neat. Not sure what the phoenix hawk head does, but I can appreciate the aesthetic.
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# ? Mar 4, 2023 22:17 |
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The Draconis Combine just had so many PPCs stockpiled and no good chassis to put them on they started strapping them to everything like the Catapult and the Dragon and the Charger. And not the lovely PPCs you find in Marik space, we're talking the best-of-the-best Lord's Light PPCs, which are notable for being far more flexible than other PPCs. Which just reinforces one of my own long-held conspiracy theories: that 'Mech armor plates are flexible and 'Mechs can flex.
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PoptartsNinja posted:The Draconis Combine just had so many PPCs stockpiled and no good chassis to put them on they started strapping them to everything like the Catapult and the Dragon and the Charger. Of course they can, the tension is how the hatchet swings
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You gotta have some flexibility mixed in with your strength to be a really good material, that's been true since we invented steel.
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Owlbear Camus posted:The Mad Cat is like carcinization in evolutionary biology. Every "optimized" mech tends to drift in that aesthetic direction. On the other hand, the King crab has three different manufacturers and each one also ended up making another crab so maybe mechs carcinalize too
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# ? Mar 4, 2023 22:56 |
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I'm still so disappointed that the Hermit Crab wasn't covered in Modular Armor
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Sidesaddle Cavalry posted:Oh neat. Not sure what the phoenix hawk head does, but I can appreciate the aesthetic. Here's the art from the scenario pack: It doesn't look like the mini has a different head than the Rifleman normally would have though. edit: oh the box actually comes with the Phoenix Hawk head so you can pick how it looks. BattleMaster fucked around with this message at 09:43 on Mar 5, 2023 |
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My son brought his TRO Succession Wars (held together by scotch tape and love) to the beach because of course he did.
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Atlas Hugged posted:My son brought his TRO Succession Wars (held together by scotch tape and love) to the beach because of course he did. It's not a real TRO if it's not a crumbling sheaf of loose leaf held together by judicious use of scotch and/or masking tape. NoNotTheMindProbe posted:A new pack has been confirmed full of oldmechs. it contains the first mech developed by each of the great houses plus the Mackie and the first omnimech. I am so hyped for this pack. I thought my hope for a nice plastic Firebee to go along with all my nice plastic Stingers, Wasps, Valkyries, P-hawks, and Crusaders was the longest of shots.
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# ? Mar 5, 2023 17:59 |
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Whats a good screening mech? I need something cheap to cover my nightstar/missile boats from pesky lights and stuff.
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# ? Mar 6, 2023 06:52 |
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Saint Celestine posted:Whats a good screening mech? The Watchman is my go-to for cheap and effective, but anything similar works. 3025 the choices are worse, you're probably looking for the Quickdraw with the four forward-firing lasers. Or the up-armored Jenner. Grasshoppers make for great bodyguards, but they're slow.
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# ? Mar 6, 2023 07:03 |
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...hatchetman? Or is that too slow. My reasoning was its cheap, and it could hang back and then hit lights with its axe.
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The Hatchetman is way too slow to actually menace lights with that hatchet. It's honestly not a very good machine, but it's historically significant so it keeps getting built.
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Saint Celestine posted:Whats a good screening mech? Hoplite, it's just a big chunk of metal that soaks enemy fire.
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We're back from the beach and so I asked my son if he wanted to kick the soccer ball around. He scoffed and said he had reading to do, at which point he grabbed my Battlemech Manual and began looking up all the non-introductory level equipment in TRO Succession Wars. He's currently pretending to be a Mackie.
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Man, I have a good track record for Battletech so far. Five games in under three months, and I taught someone Alpha Strike. Planning an Alpha Strike campaign soon and I've built that force. I'm also just building a Comstar-At-Tukayyid force for reasons and eventually would like to have a Trinary of every clan totem as well, painted and good to go so I can run little Tukayyid campaigns Unrelated - where could I find little trucker caps that I could glue to the tops of my mechs for the "yee haws" a merc group that loves its truncker caps TheDiceMustRoll fucked around with this message at 10:13 on Mar 6, 2023 |
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TheDiceMustRoll posted:Unrelated - where could I find little trucker caps that I could glue to the tops of my mechs for the "yee haws" a merc group that loves its truncker caps https://www.brickowl.com/catalog/lego-parts/minifig/headgear/hat?page=1 Minifig hats was the first thing that came to mind. Here are a couple that might work? https://www.brickowl.com/catalog/lego-minifigure-baseball-cap-with-s-13914 https://www.brickowl.com/catalog/lego-minifigure-baseball-cap-with-beaver-97237 https://www.brickowl.com/catalog/lego-minifigure-baseball-cap-with-white-pizza-pattern-18324 https://www.brickowl.com/catalog/lego-minifigure-baseball-cap-with-c-93361
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Saint Celestine posted:Whats a good screening mech?
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Atlas Hugged posted:We're back from the beach and so I asked my son if he wanted to kick the soccer ball around. He scoffed and said he had reading to do, at which point he grabbed my Battlemech Manual and began looking up all the non-introductory level equipment in TRO Succession Wars. Now is the time to start working on Halloween costumes!
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Saint Celestine posted:Whats a good screening mech? It isn't cheap, but I like using the Komodo as a missile boat guard. Fast enough to get into position, and 10 medium lasers (with the DHS to use them) is enough to scare off any light mech. Even at a high BTH, that's good odds of 1-2 hits a turn and that's significant for your little guys. (Plus TAG/ECM/potential C3 is a nice addition to an LRM lance.)
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The problem with using the Komodo as a screen is that you can get a Wraith for cheaper. I change most of my answers to the Wraith. The Watchman's still cheaper, BV wise, but few things will deter ambitious light 'Mechs as well as a Wraith. PoptartsNinja fucked around with this message at 19:02 on Mar 6, 2023 |
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The Wraith is a solid choice, and it gives you more kickin' tonnage for when you can get up close.
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PoptartsNinja posted:The problem with using the Komodo as a screen is that you can get a Wraith for cheaper. Hell, I'd argue that it's a pretty effective deterrant to Mediums as well. Just the constant threat of the Wraith jumping into your rear arc when you go to engage the fire support is just too great to ignore.
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# ? Mar 6, 2023 19:38 |
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I don't remember the range on using AMS to engage missile flights aimed at someone else, if you use that optional rule. But that might also be a point in the Komodo's favor. You know, now that AMS isn't useless garbage.
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# ? Mar 6, 2023 19:49 |
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Now where does one get a wraith from?
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# ? Mar 6, 2023 20:43 |
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The Alpha Strike boxed set has a fancy new plastic version that is pretty slick.
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FishFood posted:The Alpha Strike boxed set has a fancy new plastic version that is pretty slick. Awwww yis, thanks!
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