Rogue star ,osprey sci fi skirmish rules

[Storm Wolf]

Well I got mine yesterday (British Royal Mail Re-delivery ) and I must say it really reminds me of Rogue Trader whilst being a totally different game.

Looking at it running slightly bigger games it should`t be too much of a problem, make armour a mean value, get rid of hit locations and make squad members have the same limited amount of special rules and it should work, but proof is in the Christmas pudding as they say

I wont even have a chance of trying it out with my wonderful CP models aliens yet for quite awhile yet, but I will!

All the best to you all

Glen

[eilif]

Got mine. 
The book looks nice, though I agree with folks that without a QRF this is probably going to be unplayable. I'm in no  rush though so rather than making one, I'll wait until one is avaialble before giving it a try. Regardless, I'm gald to have this and I'm always happy to support Andrea's work.

The figures look very nicely detailed and well cast. Lots of neat little details like little critters on shoulders, sci-fi equpment and packs However, note that I only got the add-on 5-pack and the one that comes with the book, so my assessment is limited.  I especially like the lion-man and turtleman. 

Here's my potential sci-fi animals crew:
-Northstar Krokk (turtle man)
-Northstar Hfrrr, (Lion Man)
-Long OOP Metal Magic "Rambo Rabbit"
-Mousling cowboy (probably with a few mods)
-Reaper Scraw the last Armadillon (Armadillo man)
-Reaper Rhinocerix Super Villain (Rhino man)

Will proably be more figs than I'll need for a crew, but it'll be nice to have some options to choose from. I think Krokk is definitley going to get an upgrade to a heavy weapon.

Also looking at this game as a possible use for my Deadzone Rebs.  I really like the idea of species-diverse crews and fighting units.

[hubbabubba]

This question was just asked on the Rogue Stars Facebook page, where Nick states they WILL refund excess postage (as the small print alludes to). I assume it will be done at the end of the pre-order period and before items are shipped.

Anybody had a postage refund?

[Phil Robinson]

Anybody had a postage refund?

Yup.

[hubbabubba]

How did that happen?

Did they get in touch with you? Did you have to get in touch with them? Did you just recieve a bank transfer?

Please do tell...

[Jiron]

I just tested the system a little. I took my old WotC Star Wars Miniatures and prepared stats for Republic Commando and General Grievous with some Super Battle Droids. I found that the game can be pretty gritty. Most of my Damage rolls went down badly and the characters died really quick.

[Manchu]

How much cover were you using?

[Dr Mathias]

Has anyone in the USA received their Northstar Rogue Star yet? I was hoping to get it this week

[Phil Robinson]

How did that happen?

Did they get in touch with you? Did you have to get in touch with them? Did you just recieve a bank transfer?

Please do tell...
[/qruote]

Bank transfer, I had emailed Nick earlier in the campaign to say I had missed a figure off the order, so would send a seperate one. Had the refund for this and for the last five figure release that I added later.

[eilif]

Has anyone in the USA received their Northstar Rogue Star yet? I was hoping to get it this week

Got mine here in Chicago a few days ago. 

[Jiron]

How much cover were you using?

Not much to be honest but Cover only gives penalty to the Hit roll.

[hubbabubba]

How did that happen?

Did they get in touch with you? Did you have to get in touch with them? Did you just recieve a bank transfer?

Please do tell...
[/qruote]

Bank transfer, I had emailed Nick earlier in the campaign to say I had missed a figure off the order, so would send a seperate one. Had the refund for this and for the last five figure release that I added later.

Thanks for the info

[hubbabubba]

Sorry to hear that, please let us know how they handle the replacements.  Nothing about shipping refund yet but I haven't got my box yet.

Got my replacements today. Better casts. Impressed by the turnaround, very fast to send them out.
Still, better qualty control in the first place would have been preferable.
Still no word on the potage refund.

[nic-e]

So could someone with the book tell me, are there vehicle rules?

[Manchu]

No, there are no vehicle rules.