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wargaming battlestar galactica?
« on: 24 June 2010, 06:49:15 PM »
with the overwhelmingly positive critical response of the reimagined series and my personal obsession with it I was wondering if anyone made a ruleset or miniatures for wargaming this marvellous setting?

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Re: wargaming battlestar galactica?
« Reply #1 on: 24 June 2010, 07:08:43 PM »
I've just bought a download of 'Colonial Battlefleet' by Steel Dreadnought Games which purports to be able to replicate any space battle genre you can think of.  One of their examples is very 'not-enough-like-BSG-to-get-us-sued'...

Haven't had a chance to give it a run out yet as I'm too busy playing Ambush Z at the mo.

Also, there's a fairly active BSG gaming group over at Yahoo! who might be able to help.

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Re: wargaming battlestar galactica?
« Reply #2 on: 24 June 2010, 07:27:33 PM »
oh, thx

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Re: wargaming battlestar galactica?
« Reply #3 on: 24 June 2010, 07:35:52 PM »
Would these cover not-ST, too?
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Re: wargaming battlestar galactica?
« Reply #4 on: 24 June 2010, 07:40:27 PM »
Poke around on http://www.star-ranger.com/forum/index.php and you'll find a LOT of BSG starship gamers who know where to get models.
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Re: wargaming battlestar galactica?
« Reply #5 on: 24 June 2010, 07:53:45 PM »
Would these cover not-ST, too?
could You explain please?

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Re: wargaming battlestar galactica?
« Reply #6 on: 24 June 2010, 08:05:29 PM »
Are you talking on a skirmish size, or a spaceship size?

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Re: wargaming battlestar galactica?
« Reply #7 on: 24 June 2010, 08:26:05 PM »
duesn't matter, I am simply curious what could be available

I painted some I-Kore miniatures in pilot suits resembling BSG and I thought of using Necrons as Cylons, but that's as far as I got

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Re: wargaming battlestar galactica?
« Reply #8 on: 24 June 2010, 08:40:41 PM »
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Would these cover not-ST, too?

could You explain please?

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Re: wargaming battlestar galactica?
« Reply #9 on: 24 June 2010, 09:26:47 PM »
oh, ST is nice, but a totally different approach to BSG

the only comparable style would be STII, Wrath of Khan

no, I guess no ST

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Re: wargaming battlestar galactica?
« Reply #10 on: 25 June 2010, 01:43:58 PM »
A friend wrote stats for the various fighters to fit the Babylon 5 spaceship combat rules he'd had on the shelf for a dog's age - some cracking good games, although it does take some bookkeeping. All the evenings lacked was a CD of kodo drum music, for atmosphere.
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