| Beast44a | 15 May 2016 11:23 a.m. PST |
My latest project, with the US Army fending off some pesky aliens. link Plan for future installments to have some ruined urban terrain and vehicles; still working out the rules. And, as always, my weekly battle report roundup: link |
Frederick  | 15 May 2016 11:48 a.m. PST |
Nice! I can see lots of new game potential with my Tau forces Be interested in your rules once you get done with them |
| Ragbones | 15 May 2016 11:48 a.m. PST |
Great AAR! Loved the photos and 'play-by-play.' I like the sound of your rules. One of the reasons I haven't gotten more into this type of gaming is because the earthlings usually wind up getting pasted by the offworld nasties and that's just not appealing to me (YMMV). |
| Wargamer Blue | 15 May 2016 12:29 p.m. PST |
That looks like a lot of good fun. |
| tberry7403 | 15 May 2016 1:11 p.m. PST |
Reading your AAR I was struck by fight at the road block. Intact/functioning cars (with full gas tanks) actually make poor cover especially against any kind of high-energy weapons. One hit in the right place and the car, and the troops behind it, go boom. |
| Rubber Suit Theatre | 15 May 2016 5:29 p.m. PST |
No, they don't. It's really hard to get the gas tank to go off as a secondary (and it's pretty limited when it does). Something about 50 years of automotive engineers pouring inconceivable amounts of money into avoiding that sort of thing. They don't stop bullets very well, though. Just speaking from experience. You wanna go with the Hollywood "every civilian vehicle is really just a VBIED waiting to happen", have at it. |
| Weasel | 15 May 2016 7:40 p.m. PST |
Normally I'd be inclined to agree but when its "US army vs aliens", I'd probably lean on hte side of Hollywood :) |
| Part time gamer | 01 Jun 2016 11:19 p.m. PST |
*Beast44a
I would love to hear a bit of the Back Story on your aliens;
"Do we know anything about where they came from?"
"Was this there 1st appearence on Earth?"
"Were there other incidents around the world that put us on alert?" *Frederick,
I never really had interest in the Tau, granted the armor does look cool. But something about the Kroot, perhaps just the more 'savage' look, but had no reason for getting them myself. Reconsidering that now. *Rubber Suit Theatre,
Like a lot of others, I trusted Hollywood in my youth (sad) and used to believe that one car + one shot = BOOM. In reality, Not so.
However considering it is a "Sci-Fi" based wargame, AND depending on what type of weapons you give your aliens, I would say the one shot 'kill' would be a reasonable option. |
| Beast44a | 04 Jun 2016 7:57 a.m. PST |
Part time gamer, Stay tuned for another post with a game in the Middle East. I'm letting the background become clearer with additional games. |
| Skinflint Games | 29 Aug 2016 2:47 p.m. PST |
HEll yes! Sign me up for this :-) |
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