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Author Topic: FfoL:Galactic Heroes KS starts Today!  (Read 5779 times)

Offline vodkafan

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Re: FfoL:Galactic Heroes KS starts Today!
« Reply #30 on: March 19, 2018, 08:36:54 PM »
I for one am certainly interested in a hard copy (from a UK distributor)

 Peter, shall I put this on your wants list for Salute? 
I am going to build a wargames army, a big beautiful wargames army, and Mexico is going to pay for it.

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figures bought: 500+
figures painted: 57
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Re: FfoL:Galactic Heroes KS starts Today!
« Reply #31 on: March 20, 2018, 02:53:55 PM »
We won't be shipping GH until September, so it won't be this year's Salute.

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Re: FfoL:Galactic Heroes KS starts Today!
« Reply #32 on: March 20, 2018, 05:26:33 PM »
Checked out the Fistful of Lead: Reloaded reviews and some questions for this game. How much scope is there to customise members of your team? IE Could one figure be better at hand to hand combat than another? Are there differences between different species eg Wookie vs an Ewok? Is there scope for energy weapons in this ruleset? PSI powers?

Also, liking the look of those cards, is there a Europe friendly distributor for the kickstarter?

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Re: FfoL:Galactic Heroes KS starts Today!
« Reply #33 on: March 20, 2018, 06:02:32 PM »
Nozza,
I assume you're asking on the scope of GH? Plenty. Lots of traits you can add to individuals to make different people, aliens, bots. The Codex will have some canned arch types for you to go from, or make your own.
Tons of weapons. You can make as simple or layered as you want. Thursday night I'm running an 8 player game that's more of a near-future game. Most of the troops will be similar, but at TwisterCon each mini had something different.
Growth, my Chewy type guy is "Large", easier to hit but can take more, and "Strong" to deal extra damage in Close Combat.
No Distributor for KS as of now. Even if I had the stuff for my new partner Oshiro in the UK, I still have to pay to ship it there. This has been the problem all along.

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Re: FfoL:Galactic Heroes KS starts Today!
« Reply #34 on: March 20, 2018, 06:23:00 PM »
Nozza,
I assume you're asking on the scope of GH?

Yes, that was my GH question. Apologies for not making it clearer. Thanks for your answers.

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Galactic Heroes is funded!
« Reply #35 on: March 23, 2018, 05:55:01 PM »
We are funded. Thanks to everyone who helped out. Now, let's see where we can take this.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/592450292/galactic-hereos

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Re: FfoL:Galactic Heroes KS starts Today!
« Reply #36 on: March 24, 2018, 02:24:22 PM »
Got a chance to talk with the Veteran Wargamer about all things Galactic Heroes and Fistful of Lead.
https://soundcloud.com/user-989538417/ep-36-wylie-but-not-a-coyote

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Re: FfoL:Galactic Heroes KS starts Today!
« Reply #37 on: March 24, 2018, 05:02:31 PM »
Congrats Baron! :D I'm looking forward to getting my copy in a few months time.

I look forward to listening to the podcast later.

Out of interest do you have any plans for a fantasy variant?
My current project...Classic Wargame - An experiment in 24" of wargaming!

https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=140633.new#new

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Re: FfoL:Galactic Heroes KS starts Today!
« Reply #38 on: March 26, 2018, 03:41:58 PM »
Soon many variants to try. My first thing to tackle is a Core book that incapsulates everything we've done so far. Reloaded came out 2 years ago, which was a rewrite of an older variant. We've added so much since then. I'd like to offer a basic tool kit that people can use to build on to.

Offline Lost Egg

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Re: FfoL:Galactic Heroes KS starts Today!
« Reply #39 on: March 26, 2018, 03:54:16 PM »
Sounds good to me. I've been reading the FfoL rulebook and it sounds right up my street, fast and fun, detailed but not bogged down; that is one damn difficult line to tread and I think you've done it well. You know its a good ruleset if your imagination kicks in with a hundred ideas of what to use it for.

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Re: FfoL:Galactic Heroes KS starts Today!
« Reply #40 on: March 26, 2018, 04:11:23 PM »
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Fiona: Wiley Games is located in the Queen City of the Plains, home of Harry S Truman, Independence, Missouri. There have been lots of recent posts on Fistful of Lead if you do a search here. I don't think I'm giving anything away by saying the recent Limehouse build in the Gothic Horror section will using FfoL for their game mechanic. And do Space Pirates really want a badge?
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Commander Carnage is so on board, he's been trying to talk several of us to join in. Not without success...

He's probably going to be upset with me mentioning it, but he's trying to work up a scenario for the original rules for Recruits. I won't go into details, but, at a recent test, my usual vague sense of tactics were SO overwhelmed by my unusual hot dice at JUST the right moments, he's thinking he may need to make adjustments.

Now, don't be pestering him about it yet... ;)

So, consider this my usual nudge to try and get to see you in the fall.  lol

Doug

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Re: FfoL:Galactic Heroes KS starts Today!
« Reply #41 on: March 26, 2018, 05:12:16 PM »
Always at RECRUITs since Day 1. I've known the organizers for years. I used to do the art for the shirts and fliers before Wiley Global Conglomerate became too much for me to do both. Let me know if you need help or giveaways for the game. I'll be there selling GH and all our other stuff, plus running games.

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Re: FfoL:Galactic Heroes KS starts Today!
« Reply #42 on: March 28, 2018, 04:41:45 PM »
Here's some play through

Offline Lost Egg

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Re: FfoL:Galactic Heroes KS starts Today!
« Reply #43 on: March 28, 2018, 04:56:17 PM »
You Tube says the videos no longer available still. :( That seems very odd, especially as its still not showing after the 2nd attempt.

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Re: FfoL:Galactic Heroes KS starts Today!
« Reply #44 on: March 29, 2018, 07:15:59 PM »
Seems to work now