Stargrave announcement.

[Chief Lackey Rich]

However, as I'm initially buying Stargrave on a rules-only basis, I've ordered mine as a pre-order at a discounted price from my FLGS as 'click and collect' (in these strange times I'd rather support my local store to help them stay in business, than throw more money at Amazon).

I know that feeling.  Be nice to have a FLGS to actually game at after the pandemic finally ends instead of a whole bunch of slightly cheaper stuff and yet another  empty storefront where the store used to be.

Sure not easy lately.  US distribution on miniatures games has been getting worse for years and 2020 really accelerated the process.  I can't even find non-D&D, non-GW figs in the FLGS any more, and these days I can't even special order them any more, that's how bad the distributors have gotten about carrying "smaller" games - and somehow Frostgrave and company count as "smaller" despite their fan base.

[Brummie]

^ I agree.

I don’t play 40k, but painted up a small selection of Tau models I plan to make use of in StarGrave.

Those are very nice Tau btw.

I've got quite a selection of 40k stuff and am tempted to get a few boxes of Stargrave units to act as the myriad of private military/local security units on the frontiers of the Imperium and use the game as a basis for that. There is a myriad of plastic sets out there that'd be good fill ins for the more obscure 40K alien races these days. 

[Genghis]

Wargames Soldiers and Strategy has a brief summary with, more excitingly, a (apparently official) link to the chapter on creating your crew (link in the 3rd para):

https://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/wssblog/first-look-at-stargrave/?fbclid=IwAR1YxL_zzj4JpJhFuazBXb0yOXyl-UiM1mxekTSpHmGPIwpD977lyBww4yA

[Chief Lackey Rich]

I also think, that combat armor should be some kind of power armor, because:
- Heavy armor has a M5, combat armor M6. That should be possible, if it has some kind of servo-drive.
- It has F+4 (highest value of all) without any close combat weapon, while the second highest is F+3, with close combat weapon. The explanation for this can be, if the combat armor is the close combat weapon himself.

FWIW, you can read the page with all the armor types on it in several of the preview vids. 

Light armor is just that, light, incomplete coverage, could be as little as a flak vest or helmet or scifi ballistic weave fabric that looks just clothing. 

Heavy armor is closer to modern military armor or RT's carapace, and can attach a powered stabilizer rig for "rapid-fire" weapons (think Aliens smartgun, or a continuous beam weapon) so they don't impose a movement penalty.  Takes two equipment slots on a captain or mate.

Combat armor has a built in respirator (ie it's atmospherically sealed in game terms) and hand weapon, no movement penalty, and a whopping +4 to armor (putting it one shy of the game's max).  It's power armor, no two ways about it.  Also takes two equipment slots.

Before you go crazy on figs in combat armor (you could have as many as six in theory) note that you have to pay 50 creds up front before each mission for each suit, and if you can't one of two things happens:  a captain/mate can opt to take different armor (it's free to swap around basic equipment like that) and come to the fight, or if it's a specialist you can't use them at all and get a free "recruit"  (the game's equivalent of a FG thug) as a consolation prize for that battle only (so you'll still have the maximum number of figs, allowing for injuries).  So budget accordingly beforehand.

[Greylegion]

I got my rule book, Tuesday, this week. I’m excited.