| Ed the Two Hour Wargames guy | 11 Jan 2014 7:22 p.m. PST |
Squad or Platoon Level The latest book in the 5150 Universe is 5150 Battalion Commander coming out next week.Where 5150 Star Army is a Platoon Level game with players commanding squads, Battalion Commander is a Company Level game where players commanding Platoons. Like SA, BC also has rules for vehicles. One difference is we've added Mechs to the mix in BC. One cool thing is you can take the Mech rules and slip them into Star Army with no need to modify them. Battalion Commander uses the same organization as Star Army so you can use the same figures in both. Units are composed of 2-3 stands (3-4 figures) so if you have multiple figure stands it will work just fine. Players can move their units between rules sets depending if they want a large or smaller scale fight. link
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| CorSecEng | 11 Jan 2014 8:19 p.m. PST |
By mechs are we talking Battlemech like or just mechanized soldier power suits? Sorta looking for an idea of the size your and scope of that aspect. |
| sharkbait | 11 Jan 2014 8:49 p.m. PST |
Nice! I like Star Army, so the ability to add mechs to it sound good. Also looking forward to the ability to run larger battles. |
 Rebel Minis  | 12 Jan 2014 7:22 a.m. PST |
This sounds great! I have been looking for something like this!
RebelMike
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| tberry7403 | 12 Jan 2014 8:41 a.m. PST |
Take my money, please.  And I wish Jon would hurry up and reopen! |
| Ed the Two Hour Wargames guy | 12 Jan 2014 9:25 a.m. PST |
Both. The Zhuh-Zhuh have Armored Assault Troops and the Interplanetary Special Services have battle suits. Of course you can call them anything you want. Mechs range from Light to Assault. The game is REALLY made for large numbers of units to be played in a coupe hours or so. A platoon (3 mechs) is fine for supporting infantry but playing a company (6 mechs) or battalion (18 mechs) is easy to do and more fun. |
| Ed the Two Hour Wargames guy | 13 Jan 2014 3:20 p.m. PST |
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| Ed the Two Hour Wargames guy | 13 Jan 2014 5:23 p.m. PST |
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| sharkbait | 13 Jan 2014 5:52 p.m. PST |
Good stuff! Need to get this! |
| sharkbait | 13 Jan 2014 8:07 p.m. PST |
Purchased & downloading …  |
looks for scenario material in a World War IV boardgame.
