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nessin posted:Anyone know of some pre-made printable terrain? Not the kind your fold/glue/otherwise put together, just flat printouts you can cut out and lay on a table. In the realm of printing out a flat circle with an overhead view of a tree or a few designs of building internals versus place a glass for a tree and toothpicks to denote walls I'd prefer the former for trying things out before trying to find a better solution given my space limitations. I know I could probably print out some RPG battlemaps and cut out what I want but hoping to find something less painful to my printer ink. Grab a Loke battlemat book with one of their accessory packs? It's that or print random free stuff off Drivethru RPG and in my experience that always ends up being a lot more time, effort and color printing costs than I initially plan.
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Ohthehugemanatee posted:Grab a Loke battlemat book with one of their accessory packs? It's that or print random free stuff off Drivethru RPG and in my experience that always ends up being a lot more time, effort and color printing costs than I initially plan. 1985 Games also has cut-out terrain sets https://1985games.com/collections/dungeon-craft I haven't tried the terrain sets, but I do have one of their mats and it's pretty decent (Though I mostly only use it partially unfolded for Mörk Boll).
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MCPeePants posted:I can't find a source, but my understanding is that it's in the standard 28-32mm scale common to most minis games, but the spartan models will stand more like ~38mm tall because they're genetically enhanced supersoldiers. It's on Deadzone's 3" grid system, and using that same hard plastic terrain, so it's sorta constrained to play nice in that respect. I mean, that's kind of reassuring but also still has the same problem if not technically being in the wrong scale. Like, huge rear end Spartan models is cool, but I will not be able to use them in other games because when compared to supersoldiers from other lines, they'll be comically oversized. Enforcers from Deadzone are a good example. They're going to look like children next to Spartans. There's nothing really wrong with that, but it means I'm not going to want to mix models like I would with figures from other games, so I'm really only going to play with them if I'm playing Halo specifically. So if it's popular and people are playing it here, I'm might grab a pack as I already have Deadzone terrain and playmats. I just don't want to buy them and have no one locally playing and those models effectively existing to gather dust.
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38mm would put them on par with 'average' figs these days as the industry has crept to like 36-42mm now. I just measured a bunch of Necromunda dorks I had within arms' reach and Delaque, Enforcers, and Gor Half-Horn are all like 37-39mm from the bottom of their feet to the top of the head. Amusingly, just basic Goliath gangers are looking a bit wee and they are supposed to be the big burly ones. Even moderns are real big now. I'd have to dig them out, but I have some of the new Spectre goons and they seemed huge compared to how I remember their original metals (and their noodle gun barrels)
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I guess I genuinely prefer 25-28mm as a scale and I'm not a fan of this gradual creeping up to 32-36mm. Tables just aren't big enough to accommodate the models at a certain point, though I do get why some skirmish games like Crisis Protocol are leaning into the larger models when there are only like 4-8 figures a side. I like looking at my MESBG collection and those models are crisp, sufficiently detailed, and fit nicely on their 25mm round bases with minimal (if any) overhang. Frankly, it's the larger bases and scale that really demotivates me from playing modern GW games aside from MESBG.
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yeah... that is one of my complaints about The Old World in that everything moving up in base sizes is great for ranking stuff up, but everything feels 'loose' like they are getting ready to do calisthenic drills rather than smashing faces. And it doesn't help with the 'wall o' dudes' with certain armies as you can get to a point where you are limited in movement options other than 'go forward'. Not too long ago I ran across my stash of Red Box Games metals that I have and they are soooooo t i n y compared to everything else. Even the Otherworld metals in the same drawer were pretty burly in comparison. Part of the reason why they are lingering in a drawer is that I don't know what to pair them with to have an adversary force that isn't off scale to them. To be fair with Crisis Protocol, a larger scale helps with painting crazy details on superhero costumes, but being a bigger scale certainly didn't do them any favors in terms of people having 'appropriate' terrain. I doubt it will happen as the trend seems to have passed a few years ago, but I wonder if scales will 'flip' at some point and the new hotness will be some 15-20mm game that is platoon-level, like 30-50ish figs per side? Surely things can't creep to the point where an average dude in 10-15 years is getting close to 50mm? Thanks for coming to my TED Talk!
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Cohors Cthulhu Tactics is an upcoming solo/coop wargame (Kickstarter in June) where you lead units from the world of Ancient Rome into battle with Mythos gribblies and hopefully win. Modiphius released a 32-page preview of the system on Friday which they call a Prologue.  Cohors Cthulhu Tactics Prologue here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/480526/Cohors-Cthulhu-Tactics-Prologue-Quickstart--PDF If you are interested in what I think are the unique mechanics of the wargame, I've highlighted them on my blog here in about three pages: https://nightmarethoughts6.blogspot.com/2024/05/cohors-cthulhu-tactics-prologue-book.html
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Anyone here play / try BLKOUT? https://www.blkoutgame.com Seems interesting after reading the rules: super deadly so movement is key, and games seem fast.
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Lumpy posted:Anyone here play / try BLKOUT? https://www.blkoutgame.com After seeing the example game play videos I feel that most games will play the same. Anyone not in cover dies immediately. Which, while that is accurate to real life, it seems like it's too simple for a tabletop game. 3D10 vs. 1D10 is a big difference. I was intrigued by the wall peek mechanic. I will probably get the free rules and proxy some Infinity minis to try it out.
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The wall peek mechanic doesn't feel like it's actually necessary though, if I'm following the rules correctly. Any model with less than 50% LoS counts as cover, and LoS is drawn from any point to any point. So you can get the same benefit by just poking the edge of your base around the corner. If cover were less binary, if it had quality levels, then it would make more sense. It's such a stripped down ruleset that it's indistinguishable from any other post-R&F ruleset. The only rule that has any SF-semblance is 'Data Attack' which just pins a unit anywhere on the table, which you can't do with most weapons; I only see it on a couple units as a special ability, so it almost literally is the same thing as covering fire. Yet another game that sacrifices so much on the altar of Fast & Simple that there's nothing left of real interest. If I want to run SF operators in small units, Infinity and Tomorrow's War are both fantastic. Slyphic fucked around with this message at 18:51 on May 20, 2024 |
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Has anybody engaged with Mierce's Darklands? The models are phenomenal but there's been no mention in the thread for a few years. The rules seem very meaty. The setting is dense.
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Slyphic posted:The wall peek mechanic doesn't feel like it's actually necessary though, if I'm following the rules correctly. Any model with less than 50% LoS counts as cover, and LoS is drawn from any point to any point. So you can get the same benefit by just poking the edge of your base around the corner. If cover were less binary, if it had quality levels, then it would make more sense.
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Adam and Vince at Snarling Badger announced their new game: Deth Wizardsquote:Create your undead horde to rule over Deth Good thing I've been getting together undead minis for games like Forbidden Psalm, 5 Leagues, and Silver Bayonet....
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Cthulu Carl posted:Adam and Vince at Snarling Badger announced their new game: Deth Wizards Good news! You can also put together undead minis for Necropolis28!
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Deth Wizards has co-op! I'm really looking forward to checking it out, and also putting all these undead minis to work. Necropolis 28 also looks fun, but co-op is going to be a lot easier to get my friends to try.
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moths posted:Deth Wizards has co-op! I'm really looking forward to checking it out, and also putting all these undead minis to work. Yeah, I'm watching Adam's and Vince's videos on it while "working" - it's got Solo, Co-Op, and Competitive. But competitive seems like a missed opportunity because it's necromancer vs. necromancer and not necromancer vs. heroes.
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I imagine everybody would want to be the necromancers in a game about necromancers, right? Although that's a very clear opening for expansion.
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moths posted:I imagine everybody would want to be the necromancers in a game about necromancers, right?
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Slyphic posted:Wait, it's not about two necormancers fighting each other? That's a huge miss on the core concept. I've played that wargame, decently fun, ripe for adaptation and expansion. the competitive mode is necromancer vs. necromancer - solo and co-op is the players' necromancers and minions going up against AI heroes
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At the end of 2022, there was a failed kickstarter for a line of little rubber guys and the game attached to them called Nano Battle. Even though he didn't get funding through kickstarter, the creator continued trying to get his game made and it is finally here. You can check it out at Nano Battle but it is kinda like Ultimate MUSCLE figures with an interesting arena battler attached. Each player has 6 double sided cards to play strategically until their nanoid switches over to AI controlled. There's also a story mode that adds randomized progression. There's lots of options to play a more advanced game so that eventually it's much more complicated than the base game but the base game is also pretty fun. It feels a bit like the level 99 game Exceed or Battlecon but I'm posting it here because it does use miniatures and they are pretty neat.
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Cthulu Carl posted:Adam and Vince at Snarling Badger announced their new game: Deth Wizards I enjoy Adam's content, but Vince could make something exciting seem as pedestrian and dull as anything. I will get a copy to check out, but I feel like it may be kind of dull to play. I'm still stoked to get around to Relicblade.
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Runa posted:Seth Wizards Beth Wijards The Dutch lady selling interior design goods at day, raising skellingtons at night.
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I'm just starting to look through it, and this caught my eye: Seth Wizards posted:Built to Perfection: The Monster Master may only recruit undead with a Rating of 3 or 4 that do not have the Spirit type.  Does this mean they can recruit undead that: 1) Only are Rating 3 or 4 and non-spirits. 2) Are any Rating, but 3s and 4s must only be non-spirits. Their other rules allow them to permanently improve their creatures, so spamming Rating 1 & 2 might be problems later. I realize this isn't going to be a game with a tournament scene or anything, but goddamn this could be clearer.
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moths posted:I'm just starting to look through it, and this caught my eye: Going by the lore for that type, it's 1 - they can recruit undead that are only type 3 or 4 and not spirits. The Monster Master are making works of art out of their corpses. If you want to spam type 1 & 2, then that's the Dread Horde Master
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Yeah that makes the most sense. I'm likely overreacting to finding ambiguity in the first ten minutes of reading.
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Z the IVth posted:The concept is interesting but are there any playthroughs or reviews available? Adam put out a turn summary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzC-p6q1hXs And Vince did a better report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXdYhsbMrJ0 For 3rd party batreps and reviews, I haven't seen any yet, but that seems to take a little while for Snarling Badger's games
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Cthulu Carl posted:For 3rd party batreps and reviews, I haven't seen any yet, but that seems to take a little while for Snarling Badger's games That is a cool theme and some underwhelming looking gameplay. I bet the progression system is a blast, but I'm not sure I'd be interested in the miniature game. Sword/Space weirdos and Relicblade have spoiled me on everything else at that scale. It seems wild to me that people design skirmish games where figures aren't leaping around, pushing, pulling, climbing, falling or deforming the game board. You've got a necromancer focused game and you're telling me the necromancer spends its first turns just making direct damage ranged attacks? Really?
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Ohthehugemanatee posted:the necromancer spends its first turns just making direct damage ranged attacks That 'batrep' was so much less interesting than the cover led me to believe. I was imagining something like corpse piles as area resource and control points, vying for control of minions based on quality/quantity/proximity, some push your luck style mechanics for raising greater undead or sacrificing extant ones to make or summon greater ones.
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Slyphic posted:Oof. That sounds like a really cool mechanic Slyphic.
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Slyphic posted:Oof. Does any game have those sort of mechanics and victory conditions or special resource rules laid out in the rulebook? Honestly it's been a big annoyance as I've been reading up on a lot of game systems that I can find people calling innovative, and apparently innovation at large in the skirmish miniatures gaming field amounts to individual initiative or victory objectives that literally one step removed from simple elimination (like basic area control or holding a position at the end of a game).
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I've been thinking about Slyphic's idea all day. It kinda reminds me of one of the scenarios I played in Age of Sigmar where you can either hold an objective or burn it immediately for a point but the additional idea tacked on of the objective generating resources sounds really cool. It reminds me also of the unfortunately crashed and burned kickstarter for the game Broken Anvil was producing, Rivenstone. Actually, while writing this post I remembered the game Alkemy, which did have mana that you allocate to different terrain pieces on the board and then during the game, your magic-using characters could draw it out. I never got to play it but it seemed like a cool idea. I'm not sure if it actually played into the victory conditions or anything, though.
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nessin posted:Does any game have those sort of mechanics and victory conditions or special resource rules laid out in the rulebook? Honestly it's been a big annoyance as I've been reading up on a lot of game systems that I can find people calling innovative, and apparently innovation at large in the skirmish miniatures gaming field amounts to individual initiative or victory objectives that literally one step removed from simple elimination (like basic area control or holding a position at the end of a game). The shifting control idea was from that old Necromancer game. The tokens were two sided to make it easier to flip control during the game, and the more of a unit you controlled the less powerful each one becomes.
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I feel like this thread needs MALEGHAST in its life. https://tombloom.itch.io/magnagothica-maleghast
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jodai posted:I've been thinking about Slyphic's idea all day. It kinda reminds me of one of the scenarios I played in Age of Sigmar where you can either hold an objective or burn it immediately for a point but the additional idea tacked on of the objective generating resources sounds really cool. When whatever edition of 40k introduced command points, and the rumors were going around of what was in the new edition, I thought command points and scenario victory points were the same thing. Like if you _really_ needed that reroll, but paying for it might make things a minor victory or a tie. I am sure there would have been ways to break that, but I feel like having both of those coming from the same pool could have made some interesting scenarios.
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Tsilkani posted:I feel like this thread needs MALEGHAST in its life.
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