"Starting Up Vor: The Maelstrom Again" Topic

I hadn't played a tabletop game in going on three years. I had made a few stabs at doing stuff just for fun (Weird West, Imagi-Nation, DBA 3.0) but I had to stop painting altogether in early December because my shaking and vision didn't allow me to finish my Persians to the level that I wanted.

Last weekend, my buddy and I played a game of Vor: The Maelstrom. I proxied Union with my Mishima troops, he still had his Growlers ready to go. We had an amazingly good time, even if we forget a third of the combat rules until the last few turns of the game. One thing we both realized is that Vor has stood up remarkably well for being 15 years old, having a good mix of playability, fun, tactical planning, and player engagement.

I have enough unpainted Union troops to do pretty much anything I want to within the confines of the forcelist, and I decided to break out the paints and try some simple painting. Certainly not the insanely decorated Persians I last tried, but black boots and guns, grey uniforms and kit, olive drab helmets and a variety of flesh tones turned out to be surprisingly doable on these chunky figures.

And bases! It has been over a year since I did any round plastic bases, I had to re-learn mixing glue and water all over again. Once I finish painting the minis and getting them based, I will post some pics here.

Some pics of Union/Mishima vs. Grolwers:

The game ended with his Chieftain killing my last guy with only one Life Point remaining. A VERY close game!

Good for you! My group uses Vor for our Sci-Fi game. We've got Vor armies, converted 40k, Void and just some piecemeal setups. All have been a blast.

With KS doing so well these days, I wish Mike would give it one more go. Vor is what got me into gaming, and I have even more love for it than Warzone.

Just to see a balanced Pharon list would be worth it :D

We always had a good time playing Vor though it never quite became anyone's favourite game.

I remember back in the day, there was some talk on the mailing list of some sort of Vor/Warzone hybrid product that would give Vor stats for Warzone models and vice versa.

Talk about a holy grail :)

I did a Bauhaus list for Vor, extensively playtested abd tweaked for balance. If I can find it in a file somewhere, I will offer to email it to anyone interested.

Nice table and figs. Love them Firegut Growlers.

I have very fond memories of VOR. It and Warzone got me back into gaming after a long hiatus.

Nice stuff!

suggestion
Look at No Limits for some more inspiration. It's free.

I'm one of the old original Vor players. I started it right after the GenCon it was released. It's the game that convinced me to try to make my own miniatures, after I got tired of Skuzzy's failed attempts at reviving it.

One of the armies in my game would probably make good Shard stand ins.

I'll probably make stats for the old Vor armies, unofficially, just so a friend can use his old minis to play.

Growlers have to make a comeback somehow. And I'm sad that not much of the Pharon came out before it all collapsed.