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Title: Rogue Star Solo?
Post by: Psychopomp on June 02, 2018, 04:49:25 PM

I'm currently in a spell where I'm without wargaming opponents, and I was wondering what other people were doing for solitaire play in Rogue Stars. 

More specifically, I've been eyeing the Sellswords and Spellslingers ruleset and - given its superficial similarities to Rogue Stars - was wondering if anyone has tried and had any luck with incorporating the S&S ai mechanics with Rogue Stars.  Does anyone have any stories or insights to share?

Title: Re: Rogue Star Solo?
Post by: Burgundavia on July 17, 2022, 05:03:38 AM

Doing a bit of thread necromancy.

I'm actually working on a sci-fi variant of Sellswords using some Rogue Stars bits. Should get something out by the end of the month

Title: Re: Rogue Star Solo?
Post by: pauld on July 17, 2022, 09:40:42 AM

Quote

I'm actually working on a sci-fi variant of Sellswords using some Rogue Stars bits. Should get something out by the end of the month

Oooh, yes please

Title: Re: Rogue Star Solo?
Post by: Burgundavia on July 17, 2022, 06:57:22 PM

Quote from: pauld on July 17, 2022, 09:40:42 AM

Oooh, yes please

Figured it would peak somebody's interest.

Big things to change
1. Shooting is now default, needs to be less deadly (many mooks shooting ineffectually is what I am aiming for)
2. Many Rogue Stars XP values are a bit different, need to reconcile that
3. Magic and psionics need to combined
4. Need a new deck of cards (I have a custom Sellswords one anyway).

Not the only person doing it, here's a great Star Wars Sellswords thread https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=129795

Title: Re: Rogue Star Solo?
Post by: Burgundavia on July 19, 2022, 07:53:22 PM

And it begins. A few hours work gets a draft card

Title: Re: Rogue Star Solo?
Post by: Froggy the Great on July 20, 2022, 03:58:49 PM

Watching with extreme interest.

Title: Re: Rogue Star Solo?
Post by: Burgundavia on July 20, 2022, 09:45:00 PM

Made the draft back today. Am on vacation, home tomorrow to test these cards on my printer (and then cut them out with my Silhouette Cameo 4 cnc cutter).

Thinking I'll do different PCB colors for the different types of cards.

Title: Re: Rogue Star Solo?
Post by: 6mmfan on August 12, 2022, 08:22:09 AM

This is awesome, I cant wait to see the results.

Title: Re: Rogue Star Solo?
Post by: Burgundavia on August 13, 2022, 06:25:40 AM

Quote from: 6mmfan on August 12, 2022, 08:22:09 AM

This is awesome, I cant wait to see the results.

I've been dealing with screen-induced vertigo the past few weeks, so work slowed down quite a lot. But that is mostly sorted now, so will be getting a draft finished and off to the Andrea Sfiligoi soon

Title: Re: Rogue Star Solo?
Post by: Burgundavia on August 13, 2022, 06:34:02 AM

I get some draft cards finished in Inkscape - printed them on heavy card and cut them on my Silhouette Cameo 4 (cnc cutter).

Title: Re: Rogue Star Solo?
Post by: boneio on August 23, 2022, 11:49:28 AM

This is interesting! Popping thread on notify  :D

Title: Re: Rogue Star Solo?
Post by: Burgundavia on August 23, 2022, 06:37:17 PM

I have a mostly complete draft now, am going to be doing some private playtesting initially, then possibly wider.

Title: Re: Rogue Star Solo?
Post by: Burgundavia on August 29, 2022, 03:53:41 AM

Had our first playtest today. Was a great deal of fun - it took a few hours to figure out the shooting rules that made sense, were simple and also followed the spirit of Sellswords. And also didn't kill everybody.

Today's fight was pretty simple - Sean and I each had around 200 points faced up against some zombies and three (later 4) enemy shooters. We played around the rules for dumb vs smart enemies - those'll need some review and refinement.

Lots of work left to do to integrate the psionic rules from Rogue Stars and fully test out some monsters.