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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: leutenantbrittan on August 28, 2009, 05:51:15 PM
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Hi!
Im taking a break from fantasy gaming as painting loads of Leviathan stuff has taxed my patience to breaking point!
I had a look through my wargames collection to see what old sci-fi games I had and turned up my copy of Star Mogul.
The game itself has an interesting setting pitting salvage teams against each other and an assortment of alien and rogue AI races and the main aim of the game isnt always to shoot up the opponent.
Having re-read the book I fancied giving it a try and handily the forum for the game itself is still active (if somewhat quiet) and are wondering what can be done to increase interest in the game.
I have decided to collect up a small salvage team or two (the joy of it being a skirmish game means I dont need to buy loads of miniatures, just 10-12 infantry and a vehicle or two!)
Ive started a new blog up to chronicle my efforts:
http://farpointsalvage.blogspot.com/ (http://farpointsalvage.blogspot.com/)
Heres a link to the range and indeed its somewhat quiet forum:
http://www.alphaforgegames.com/starmogul.html (http://www.alphaforgegames.com/starmogul.html)
http://www.alphaforgeforum.com/ (http://www.alphaforgeforum.com/)
Any suggestions as to possible miniatures for asteroid miners, salvage crews, mining machines, ramshackle vehicles and rusty robots would be most welcome!
All the best!
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Hi!
Heres the first of my gangers:
(http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm19/leutenantbrittan/SSL20431.jpg)
Wee Rab
Hes originally a D&D Chainmail Gnome but has painted up nicely as a somewhat unusual ganger!
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That's some nice painting! I'll look forwards to see more you bring.
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Really like your painting and ideas
great stuff
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Hi!
Heres another gang member:
(http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm19/leutenantbrittan/SSL20434.jpg)
Thrakk the Unruly
An angry armoured ape, just the thing for an evil villain needs in a minion!
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Go thrakk, go! That is a serious salvage ape! And I love what he has done with his armour. Lovely turquoise.
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Neat stuff! I bookmarked the blog. Keep the updates coming!
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This stuff is like manna from heaven! Keep it coming!
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I'm glad that they decided to release their rules as PDF. Last time I visited Alpha Forge, Star Mogul was listed as Print Only...
I like the idea of that kind of campaign game. Do you get to build stuff out of what you salvage, or just buy more cool tools & weapons with your profits?
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Hi!
You use the salvage to purchase new crew and equipment but the X12 android cult in the second supplement have a foundry bot (essentially a walking factory) which can consume scenery and salvage on the battlefield to create more junk bots.
I really like the idea of using the salvage to create new stuff for regular salvage crews though! It may be worth coming up with some home brew rules!
Ive also managed to play a quick game using some 15mm scale miniatures which turned out quite well:
http://thespecialcorps.blogspot.com/2009/08/star-mogul-battle-report-part-1.html
http://thespecialcorps.blogspot.com/2009/08/star-mogul-battle-report-part-2.html
Heres a quick pic of the droids my salvage team used in the 15mm scale game:
(http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm19/leutenantbrittan/robots.jpg)
Eventually I will have some salvage crews for both scales!
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Does the Foundry Bot keep raising prices, reducing the contents of each package, and charge exorbitant amounts to deliver its wares?
(Sorry, just kidding.) Love those cute little salvage robots.
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Hi!
Heres a quick pic of a salvage droid Ive just finished:
(http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm19/leutenantbrittan/SSL20436.jpg)
HARRY
I used an article on painting rust from the Ramshackle games website to get his rather beaten up finish and was a bit worried that I had ruined the miniature as I painted him but the end results are quite effective!
(The Foundry bot does enjoy charging huge amounts for postage and packaging while reducing the contents of the packaging almost to a single figure!)
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Brilliant use of color on that guy! Love it!
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Looking fantastic!
I'm inspired to work on Star Mogul stuff again!
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Hi!
Thanks for the comments!
Alas I am having difficulty finding anyone in the UK who still stocks the miniatures! Ive tried Cavalier but theyve none left in stock and theres no reply from Gamers Quest so far!
Still theres plenty of proxies for all the stuff needed apart from the Hydrissians and Mephalians. I may yet place an order direct with Alpha Forge but dont want to get hit with import duties!
Ive spotted a load of mechwarrior plastic mechs to convert to asteroid miners and medium sized mechs and theres a host of cheap plastic Starwars miniatures which can easily be converted!
All the best!
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So is any one else doing the star moble thing?
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I've been tempted by the idea but the rules don't get great reviews.
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I've been looking forward to more on this... I like the idea of a game where the object, while still involving lots of shooting, is something other than just blasting each other into little bits.
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I have two teams:
(http://webzoom.freewebs.com/matakishi/Matakishis%20Tea%20House%20crew%20with%20logo%20600%202.jpg)
Full Star Mogul stats: http://www.matakishi.com/starmogul.htm
(http://www.matakishi.com/Green%20Team%20Squad%201%20600.jpg)
Full stats and pics of the rest of the team (these are less than half): http://www.matakishi.com/greenteam.htm
Random nasties from the same range:
(http://www.matakishi.com/Paint%20Splosh%20meph%20shield%202.jpg)
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Well that settels it for me, off to get some of there stuff and paint it up
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Love the range and concept but what are the rules like?
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I can't help admit that I'm pretty interested as well. Granted, the last thing I need to do is find another game, as I just spent the past two weeks getting everything printed for FASA's Crimson Skies.
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I have a load of Hydrissians to get rid of if anybody wants a quick start into Star Mogul. There's about 20 here as well as loads of combat drones and automatic guns to go with the engineer. There's also a jet bike. I have every figure except the big robot tentacled probe. Many doubles although the separate heads mean no two need be alike so you can have a big crew that's still full of individuals :)
(http://www.matakishi.com/Hydrysians%20for%20sale.jpg)
£20.00 domestic, £25.00 to America or Europe including postage. PM me if you're interested.
edit: SOLD
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I've been a big fan of the line for some time.
Rumor has it that more will be coming out, filling in the missing parts of the factions, but I wouldn't hold my breath for that!
Regarding the rules....I really like them. There is some 'number keeping' that isn't too bad, but they are straightforward and really depend more on salvaging than straight up fighting. Plus there is some between game things that are done, giving a real campaign feel.
Here is my 'crew':
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y59/supervike/THE-DESERT-ROSE-CREW.jpg)
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I have to say, I really like the sound of this game - the salvaging thing (in between the shooting the other factions to bits thing) sounds great.
I think this means that a trip to the Alpha Forge site to order the rules is on the cards! Well, it IS very nearly Christmas, after all....
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yes it is, i am pulling a bunch of my alpah forge stuff out of the shed and am thinking, that its time I put them togther.
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Cool! I've got much more to paint up as well...It's always more enjoyable if others are doing the same!
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OK, I broke, buckled, succumbed...you name it, and I did it. I went to the Alpha Forge site and ordered the PDF of the basic rules for download. Still waiting to be able to download them, but I'm hoping it will have been authorised by this evening.
As a result, it means that I hope the lieutenant posts lots of his cool Star Mogul stuff to keep me on the straight and narrow!
I imagine, given my lack of willpower, that once more stuff starts popping up on this thread, I'll break, buckle, and succumb once more, and gets lots of minis too!