"New Rulesets Coming to OMM (and Zulus, too)" Topic
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| Only Warlock | 11 Jun 2009 12:52 p.m. PST |
Snazzy! I am a complete Space Combat Junkie, so I'm onboard! Any chance of a little 2 page preview? |
onmilitarymatters  | 11 Jun 2009 1:38 p.m. PST |
Russ Lockwood, designer of Hyperspace Hack, here at Dennis' OMM shop… Overall, Hyperspace Hack makes you an admiral, not a captain, so you can bring out all those miniature ships that usually sit in the box. Nothing wrong with tracking individual turrets, torpedoes, and what not from an individual ship lke SFB or FT, but I like big games with big battles in a reasonable time. For example, had a 4-player, basic "never seen the rules before game" with about 50 ships total (dozen each, more or less) in about an hour and a half from ships out of the box to ships back into the box. One-page Quick Reference Sheet has movement, morale, the main combat chart cross referencing firepower with target type (from Transport through AnnihilOrb), and so on. No ship diagrams filled with boxes like SFB or FT -- ships are in one of three status modes (optionally, a fourth -- hulk). Emphasis is on speed of play and simplicity. If you want a "cross off the individual box" system (like FT and SFB), HH is not for you. Crew quality levels and multiple morale levels for task forces and armadas. Lots of optional rules (torpedo attacks, restricted fields of fire, planet-killing laser, miracle worker of an engineer, etc) that players can pick and choose for a scenario. Point values for ships for tournaments, balanced scenarios, and campaigns. I'll be at Historicon in the dealer area to demo the system. Available from OMM: onmilitarymatters.com Russ Lockwood |
| cloudcaptain | 11 Jun 2009 1:42 p.m. PST |
Sounds good Russ…got an AARs you can share yet? |
 Dentatus  | 11 Jun 2009 4:21 p.m. PST |
I have two fleet boxes coming from Ad Astra, so I'm interested in HH as well. Reviews, AARs, 2 page previews would help.
Thanks |
| Allen57 | 11 Jun 2009 4:53 p.m. PST |
I have just about quit buying rules becase every set I see is too complicated for my tastes. OK, I admit it, Im getting old. Those space combat rules look good though. Gonna have to order them. What about Snappy Nappy? Any review out there? |
| Allen57 | 11 Jun 2009 6:38 p.m. PST |
Just saw the message board comments about the Snappy Nappy rules. Looking good. |
| CorpCommander | 11 Jun 2009 8:59 p.m. PST |
Good going Russ. Hope I get to see you at HCon! Pete |
| Zen Ghost | 12 Jun 2009 9:05 a.m. PST |
Reviews, AARs, and previews will definitely be useful |
| WereSandwich | 12 Jun 2009 12:29 p.m. PST |
Is there a UK distributor/stockist for Hyperspace Hack? |
| Russ Lockwood | 12 Jun 2009 1:42 p.m. PST |
Thank you for your kind comments. As for UK stockist for Hyperspace Hack, let me ask the publisher at LMW, but try either Old Glory UK or Caliver Books UK -- which I believe carry the LMW rules. My short review of my rules: Brilliant! :) I'm sure they'll be along in a bit. The rules have not come back from the printer yet in a couple of weeks (end of June). I'll be demo-ing Snappy Nappy at NJ Con tomorrow (rules came in from printer yesterday--whew!). Next week I'll see if I can post additional information on both Snappy Nappy and Hyperspace Hack, on the OMM page if Dennis will allow it. Russ |
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