| Jayster | 20 Mar 2009 6:10 a.m. PST |
Well, there it is, in the title. Hardly worth putting together a whole post now! The question is of course – Are the miniatures for A&A War at sea suitable for use with Seastrike? – What size are the ships please – I know they are WW2 rather than modern day, but I can live with that. I think I could justify gradually building up the 2 fleets with these models, more than I can forking out a fortune on lead. anybody got an opinion on it? |
| Mikhail Lerementov | 20 Mar 2009 6:25 a.m. PST |
The aircraft carrier Enterprise is 7 3/4" long as is Hood and Ark Royal. I believe the scale is supposed to be 1/1200th. I suppose you could use the Seastrike system, but you'll need a much larger table and longer measuring devices, perhaps 3-4 times longer than the game ones. |
Dervel  | 20 Mar 2009 6:27 a.m. PST |
The big carriers and BBs are about 5-6" long on average, the rest scale down from there (DDs and Subs are about 2"), but I am not familiar with Seastrike. |
| Dervel | 20 Mar 2009 6:29 a.m. PST |
Actually depending on your scale lead is not necessarily more expensive. The only advantage is the pre-painted feature. |
| 45thdiv | 20 Mar 2009 7:06 a.m. PST |
So, how does the basic A&A war at sea play then? Is it worth getting? I've not heard much about it. |
| Jayster | 20 Mar 2009 7:20 a.m. PST |
Oh !!!! that's quite a bit bigger than I expected. that being the case, storage might be a bit of a problem. :) I've just ordered a handful of ships / subs / smaller patrol boats. I'll have a look at them, and if I don't think they'll do the job, I'll put them back up for sale. Cheers all. |
| Captain Gideon | 20 Mar 2009 8:27 a.m. PST |
I believe the scale for the A&A minis is 1/1800th but don't know for certain. Captain Gideon |
| Sundance | 20 Mar 2009 9:56 a.m. PST |
Not familiar with Seastrike, but if you're worried about cost, check out the Hallmark 1/6000 WWI, WWII and Modern ships. I know The Last Square in Madison, WI, carries them and I think Scale Creep is starting to stock them also. There isn't as much detail, but you get more bang for your buck. I started buying them at the Emperor's Headquarters in Chicago at least 15 years ago and haven't looked back. |
| GARY SEVEN JNR | 20 Mar 2009 10:31 a.m. PST |
definitely not 1/1200 --- i think it is 1/1800th for the ships and 1/900 for the aircraft |
| joedog | 20 Mar 2009 10:44 a.m. PST |
1/1800 for the ships sounds right, with the aircraft being larger. For what it is – a "light wargame" of the "beer and pretzels" variety, A&A WaS is pretty good. There are some variant rules that make it a bit better (i.e. using actual measurement instead of the boxes on the maps in the game), and it is easy to use the ships with other rules systems (I know that several people have posted about using them for Victory at Sea). |
| Sysiphus | 20 Mar 2009 12:50 p.m. PST |
Gary Seven has it right from the Play Manual. The game is fun; a bit basic but great for tinkering and adding on your own compexity. |
| Dervel | 20 Mar 2009 3:49 p.m. PST |
I concur, it is a fun beer and pretzels game. Great for a convention where people might want to try a WWII style naval game without learning a real complex rule set. |
| 45thdiv | 21 Mar 2009 4:53 a.m. PST |
Thanks – that was sort of what I was looking for. Something lite that I could play in an hour or so. Just don't have too much time on my hands right now. |
| Jayster | 08 Apr 2009 3:18 a.m. PST |
Well. A few have arrived, and they don't appear to be as big as I expected. In fact the Patrol Boats are very tiny. they look to be perfect for Sea Strike, and I will measure all the ones I have so far and create a table on my Orcan Grinder Blog which may or may not be of use to other gamers. Don't look yet – I have not started measuring, or putting the piece together yet. |
