Clash of the Aquanauts - an early stage project thread for BLAM 2011

[Andym]

Cool!!

[Argonor]

I'm SO tired of creative, talented people.... Think I'll join a forum of alcoholized washouts, instead....

[gamer Mac]

First coat of paint

[Argonor]

Nice work.    Just one thought, though: Wouldn't aquarium deco pieces have been sufficient for this particular project..? 

[gamer Mac]

I couldn't find one of the size I wanted that my wallet liked! This only cost the price of the materials and I had them sitting about already.

[Malamute]

Bloody Brilliant I am sooo looking forward to playing this game. Its only nine weeks away now

[Argonor]

I couldn't find one of the size I wanted that my wallet liked!

You're making a strong point! 

[gamer Mac]

Finished the temple ruins.












Just noticed in the photos that I forgot to paint the star fish. I may still add some other ones to the other temple bits.


This photo shows up the Atlantis symbol on the floor better


Now back to building subs and sea weed.

[OSHIROmodels]

Ooo, me likey 

Are we still making our own subs for this 

cheers

James

[Malamute]

It looks great. Have you decided on rules yet?

[gamer Mac]

Thanks Guys
We are hoping some people will bring their own subs.
Like they said they would
But we are accounting for the nature of wargamers by ensuring we have enough contraptions. Between me and my brother we are building contraptions for six players.
We have a basic, one pager, set of rules but have still to play test them. Will post them up after we have done that, to get other peoples input.
We also have another one pager on sub design rules, Again we will post them after a play test. Basically each sub is allocated points. The points can then be spent on five or six important systems on the sub e.g. engines, weapons, hull etc The more points spent means that system is better but to the detriment of other things, if you make it too good.
The basic design rules should allow just about any kind of sub design.

[OSHIROmodels]

Sounds good to me 

cheers

James

[Andym]

Great work Colin!!!

[Thunderchicken]

Looking forward to having a read. I like simple rulesets.

[gamer Mac]

The rules we have come up with for the game.
Please feel free to comment and any suggestions are welcome.
We have never really written our own rules but we have tried to keep these nice and simple. They seemed to produce a good quick game.

First off the sub building rules

Sub Build Rules
Structureeach sub has 10 points free. The 10 points can also be split between smaller subs i.e. two times 5 points or three times 3 points subs etc

60 points to spread amongst the other internal components.

Armour

Controls/Manoeuvrability – Minimum 5 points and then every 5 points extra allows for an extra 45 degree turn to be used at any point during your move.

Power –
Power/structure x 5 = Movement in Inches

Weapons – torpedoes (5 points each)

Weapons – Close combat (amount of points = damage caused)

Life support (Minimum 5 points)