Starting a Spectre Operations Blog. (now with pics!!!).

[Jockjay]

Your county name made me gag a bit when I read it: BAD experience with zubrowka a couple of new years ago. You know when you wake up and you don't remember anything, and your wife is just staring at you with 'that' look....

[commissarmoody]

Your county name made me gag a bit when I read it: BAD experience with zubrowka a couple of new years ago. You know when you wake up and you don't remember anything, and your wife is just staring at you with 'that' look....

Happy to help, a bottle or two can lead to mornings like that! 
I was inspired by the movie Grand Budapest hotel for the name and location. And from my brothers famly in CZ.
Think a highbread Alpine German-Slavic culture that has a small sliver of land that connects to the Adriatic.

[dinohunterpoa]

That's very nice indeed!  


EDIT: Probable flag of my game group's Caribbean REPUBLICA de SANTA BISCAYA; the 4 stars refer to the 4 ethnic groups that makes most of the population, and the letters "SCI" stands for the nation's enigmatic motto in Latin: "Semper Corrumpo Indomitos" ("Always Wild Destruction"):




Actually it looks strangely similar to our soccer team's flag:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_Club_Internacional


 

[Jockjay]

A Caribbean campaign? that's a cool idea. 

[dinohunterpoa]

A Caribbean campaign? that's a cool idea. 

It's the "original" setting of our Pirate Adventures... but you know, time passes! 

[Jockjay]

Rather than start a new thread, can I ask you guys some spectre based questions? Good, cuz I'm gonna anyways:

1 - How drastic does the game change with board scale? I play a bit of Bolt action, and found the game goes from 'ok' to 'great' once it goes from 4x4 to 6x4. But my new place can only really accommodate a 4x4 at the mo, so basically I'm asking does the game suffer at 4x4?

2 - Does the game work with small elite units each side? Or is it more mandatory to use a militia/ trained group vs elite?

All i can think of at the mo .

[dinohunterpoa]

Well, I'm kinda new to Spectre myself, but IMHO:

1 - How drastic does the game change with board scale? I play a bit of Bolt action, and found the game goes from 'ok' to 'great' once it goes from 4x4 to 6x4. But my new place can only really accommodate a 4x4 at the mo, so basically I'm asking does the game suffer at 4x4?

I think it depends on the scenario/mission and number of players. We had perfect games with 6 to 8 players both in 4X4 ft and 6X4 tables.  

2 - Does the game work with small elite units each side? Or is it more mandatory to use a militia/ trained group vs elite?

Again it depends on the mission/scenario IMHO. You can build the forces using the points value, or just go with totally asymmetrical conflicts. Elite Vs. Insurgents or Elite Vs. Elite doesn't matter; again, the mission is what counts, so be creative on designing your own games!

Hope that helps!

If you have FB, check out the Spectre Operation Wargaming group page for chatting with the authors and stealing   get inspired by some great ideas from a growing community!  

[Jockjay]

Ahhh I'm not on FB, police won't let me......just kidding, I got way out of hand just staring at my screen and scrolling down a few years back, realised I was wasting at least an hour a day and chinned it off. I now stare at forums instead .

[dinohunterpoa]

Ahhh I'm not on FB, police won't let me......just kidding, I got way out of hand just staring at my screen and scrolling down a few years back, realised I was wasting at least an hour a day and chinned it off. I now stare at forums instead .

I'm not on FB also; when I need to check something there I just ask one of the girls of my game group! 

 

[Maxx Von Morton]

 

1 - How drastic does the game change with board scale? I play a bit of Bolt action, and found the game goes from 'ok' to 'great' once it goes from 4x4 to 6x4. But my new place can only really accommodate a 4x4 at the mo, so basically I'm asking does the game suffer at 4x4?

2 - Does the game work with small elite units each side? Or is it more mandatory to use a militia/ trained group vs elite?

1) right now, I’ve been playing both on 3x3, 4x4 and 6x4, and all these were good. It all goes with the scenario you’re playing. I just found that, if you are using vehicles, a bigger board is better to allow long movement...
as you can see in this superb Chargedog article, you can eve play on a boat  (wich, I think, it’s lovely  )

http://hntdaab.co.uk/blog/2017/08/04/spectre-operations-weekend-2017-aar/

2) until now, I just had small elite vs large militia insurgents... I’m really curious about a game elite vs elite! If you run such a game, please share your impressions! 

[MajorTalon]

If you're still making the embassy building.....

The Republic of Khuzig would like to send some officials.

[dinohunterpoa]

[dinohunterpoa]

If you're still making the embassy building.....
The Republic of Khuzig would like to send some officials.

Major Talon, I've seen the Republic of Khuzig's timeline in your blog, very nice!

[ChargeDog]

We're going to need a League of Imagi-nations at this rate :v

[dinohunterpoa]

We're going to need a League of Imagi-nations at this rate :v