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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: Jaeger on May 09, 2013, 08:14:42 PM

Title: Space Combat Game
Post by: Jaeger on May 09, 2013, 08:14:42 PM: A new game I've been Brewing for a while.

So far I've purchased a whole lot of plastic Spaceships:

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/BelialPhoto/SpaceCombat1_zpsa07f1978.jpg) (http://s23.photobucket.com/user/BelialPhoto/media/SpaceCombat1_zpsa07f1978.jpg.html)

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/BelialPhoto/SpaceCombat2_zpsedc3a514.jpg) (http://s23.photobucket.com/user/BelialPhoto/media/SpaceCombat2_zpsedc3a514.jpg.html)

And I'm almost done with my hex-table:

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/BelialPhoto/hexbord_zps685bc15c.jpg) (http://s23.photobucket.com/user/BelialPhoto/media/hexbord_zps685bc15c.jpg.html)

(I plan on using it for Battletech also, so that's why it's green).
Title: Re: Space Combat Game
Post by: Machinegunkelly on May 09, 2013, 08:43:38 PM: Aren´t those three ships top left from the old Buck Rogers game?
Title: Re: Space Combat Game
Post by: Jaeger on May 09, 2013, 09:15:44 PM: They might be. I just bought a few bags I liked from ebay.
Title: Re: Space Combat Game
Post by: dijit on May 10, 2013, 07:10:41 AM: Looking very nice, do you have a link to where you got the ships from? If you want more have a look at EM4.
Duncan
Title: Re: Space Combat Game
Post by: Jaeger on May 10, 2013, 07:44:39 AM: Search "plastic Space ship" on ebay.com and you get a few to choose from. :)

I even think there's a EM4 seller too.
Title: Re: Space Combat Game
Post by: Jaeger on May 10, 2013, 02:19:43 PM: I'm currently looking into what classes and weapons I want to add:

Name of the game: ?

Ship Classes:
Draconis
Centauri
Scorpii
Lupi
Vela
Cygnus
Deneb
Vega
Leonis
Sadir
Crux
Cetus
Andromeda
Sirius
Orion
Aldebaran
Taurus
Gemini
Pollux
Castor
Arcturus
Corvus
Nebula

Weapons:
Laser
Missile
Plasma
Scram Cannon
Mass Driver/Rail gun
Kinetic Penetrator
Particle Projector

Feel free to join in with suggestions. :)
Title: Re: Space Combat Game
Post by: dijit on May 10, 2013, 05:21:27 PM: Have you had a look at silent death for a possible rule set?
Title: Re: Space Combat Game
Post by: Jaeger on May 10, 2013, 05:25:52 PM: Nope. I really want to make this from scratch.

Unless Silent Death has a ship generation system?
Title: Re: Space Combat Game
Post by: dijit on May 10, 2013, 09:13:17 PM: It does and it seems to be getting a bit of a rehaul at the moment.
Title: Re: Space Combat Game
Post by: Jaeger on May 10, 2013, 11:07:59 PM: Ah ok. I like the idea of using different dice.

I'm currently looking into a re-write of a free ruleset called Sky Full Of Ships.
Title: Re: Space Combat Game
Post by: The_Beast on May 14, 2013, 01:04:12 AM: Quote from: Machinegunkelly on May 09, 2013, 08:43:38 PM
Aren´t those three ships top left from the old Buck Rogers game?

Rtght-o. Fighter, battler, transport.

The others (edit: in the top row) were for 'gumball machine' toy dispensers (edit part deux: an eBay seller claims they are cereal box prizes). The designs include things from Message From Space, a Vic Morrow live-action-attempts-anime movie that I can't decide if I love or hate.

I've a metric b***load of each, but I admire someone who'll actually get them used!

Doug
Title: Re: Space Combat Game
Post by: dijit on May 14, 2013, 06:47:49 AM: A quick question, what size are your hexes? So I can work out how big the star fighters are?
Title: Re: Space Combat Game
Post by: HerbyF on May 14, 2013, 07:10:26 AM: I have the one third from the right top row in my collection of ship some where. It is a silver hard plastic and it came out of a gum ball machine. Mine is at least 30 years old.
Title: Re: Space Combat Game
Post by: Elbows on May 14, 2013, 07:23:22 AM: Is the table remaining green? I do recognize the Buck Rogers ship. Also, they're perhaps 1"-1.5" in diameter - quite small really.
Title: Re: Space Combat Game
Post by: dijit on May 14, 2013, 08:45:27 AM: I'm just wondering how they scale with EM4's starfighters.
Title: Re: Space Combat Game
Post by: Jaeger on May 14, 2013, 08:14:57 PM: My hexes are 5cm in size.

The table will remain green, as it was primeraly intented for Battletech. I have a space-table, but without hex. I might decide to play wityhout hexes. Haven't really decided yet.
Title: Re: Space Combat Game
Post by: The_Beast on May 17, 2013, 02:16:28 PM: Quote from: HerbyF on May 14, 2013, 07:10:26 AM
I have the one third from the right top row in my collection of ship some where. It is a silver hard plastic and it came out of a gum ball machine. Mine is at least 3o years old.

As it's a recent purchase, I'm fairly sure it's a softer plastic. Not PS/ABS type, more like a PP. Slick, damnably hard to repaint.

The two on either side are definitely from Message. I think the square one is Liabe.

Edit: Yepper. Not sure about any of the others...

Doug
Title: Re: Space Combat Game
Post by: Jaeger on May 17, 2013, 02:37:55 PM: The brightly coloured ones are hard plastic. The silver/gold/blue ones er soft plast/rubber-ish.
Title: Re: Space Combat Game
Post by: The_Beast on May 19, 2013, 07:47:45 PM: Quote from: Jaeger on May 17, 2013, 02:37:55 PM
The brightly coloured ones are hard plastic.

Solid, but still softer than styrene, right? I'd LOVE to be able to get them in PS. Might even like resin.

Doug
Title: Re: Space Combat Game
Post by: Jaeger on May 19, 2013, 07:54:43 PM: You can bend the weapons slightly without them breaking.
Title: Re: Space Combat Game
Post by: Jaeger on May 24, 2013, 09:12:26 PM: I finally completed the hex-table:

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/BelialPhoto/IMG_5087_zpsefbd0b43.jpg) (http://s23.photobucket.com/user/BelialPhoto/media/IMG_5087_zpsefbd0b43.jpg.html)

Now I'll be looking at some rules and painting some ships. I'm still unsure which detial level and want for the rule system.