Greetings!
As part of my continued preperations for Adepticion, I’ve been working on coming up with my list for the DW tournament. I plan on once again running my Prussians, though I am planning on painting up some new models for my force.
The Donnerfaust support cruisers attempt to interject themselves between the FSA and the Sturmbringer in a brave, but ultimately futile, gesture.
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In Episode 15, Andy and Greg are back INNNNN SPAAAACE! Joined by Damion from the Hot LZ podcast, in the first segment they take a look at the background history and factions for the Dropzone/Dropfleet universe, created by Hawk Wargames. In segment two, Greg, Andy, and Damion delve into a a detailed review of the latest Class A space gaming goodness, Dropfleet Commander! Also in this episode is an interview with Eric Louchard of Antimatter Games, and Ruckdog talks tournament preparation.
Dropfleet/Dropzone Background & Faction Overview: 54 Min
Eric Louchard Interview: 1Hr 50 Min
Dropfleet Commander Review: 2 hr 14 Min
Ruckdog’s Report: 3 Hr 35 Min
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Greetings! As I mentioned in my previous post regarding the Dropfleet Commander (DFC) tournament I played in last weekend, I have a few more thoughts about the game that I wanted to share. I’m going to be sticking to general impressions in this post, for a couple of reasons.
First, I’ve only had three games so far, and I since have come to realize that I played a few rules incorrectly. Second, Greg and I are gearing up to dig into the game and do a full review of it for the next episode of the MBS Podcast, so I want to “keep my powder dry,” so to speak, and not overlap this blog post with what I plan on talking about on the podcast. Continue reading
Greetings! Yesterday, I played in a Dropfleet Commander tournament that was held at Huzzah Hobbies in Northern Virginia. This was my first opportunity to play DFC, and I was eager to get my newly painted United Colonies of Mankind (UCM) fleet to the table! How did I do? Read on to find out!
Greetings! This time around, I have a Firestorm Armada battle report. Back on Monday, I had the opportunity to try out the first mission from the Schaumburg Prime Offensive primer pack, which was recently posted over at The Way Gate. Ryjak was kind enough to run his Aquans against my Terrans in this 900 point battle. Read on to see how it turned out!
Greetings once again! There was some big news this week; the Primer Missions for the Spartan Games events were released to the public over on The Way Gate. These are close to the final versions of the mission packs that will be used for the various events at Adepticon, which means they are definitely required reading for me as I continue to work on my army lists. As I discussed in my first Adepticon 2017 post, getting my fleet lists down is going to be a big part of my preps, as that will in turn directly inform my “to-do” list for modeling. So, what follows are my thoughts after reading through the primer missions for the two events that I’m participating in, the Schaumburg Prime Offensive FSA tournament and the Schaumburg Clash DW tournament. I’m not going to bother re-posting the gory details of the primer packets here, so if you haven’t read over them yet you might want to go over to The Way Gate and give them a look before reading this! Continue reading
Happy New Year, Fellow Naval Gamers!
2017 is off to a great start in the MBS community! First off, Episode 14 of the MBS Podcast is live for your listening pleasure:
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Don’t forget to vote in this month’s forum poll!
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Also on the blog from the last month, I discuss the outcome of my 2016 predictions, and discuss my preps for Adepticon:
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In the forums, the new Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has been a hot topic of conversation:
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The Firestorm Armada section has seen quite a bit of dicussion on topics such as Dindrenzi tactics, the scale of the game, and Terran list building:
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A fair bit of activity has been going on in the Video Gaming section as well! There is now an MBS steam group, so feel free to join if you are interested:
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Next up, we are very close to kicking off our second BFG campaign! If you would like to participate, you can find the details here:
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And finally, the 2017 Painting Contest is rapidly approaching! The submissions window will be opening up on 1 February. You can find out more information or ask any questions in the sub-forum for the contest:
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Until next time!
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It’s time for Episode 14, the first episode of the MBS podcast for 2017! Following up on their discussion from Episode 13, Greg and Andy tackle the concept of boarding in space naval games. They are then joined by Josh Linde, aka Spartan Linde, to discuss all the cool Spartan Games events coming to this year’s Adepticon. Later, Greg and Andy review the game Deep Wars by Antimatter Games. And finally, they round out the episode by discussing their gaming New Years resolutions!
Space Naval Boarding: 27 Min
Spartan Linde Adepticon Interview: 1Hr 24 Min
Deep Wars Review: 1 hr 43 Min
Ruckdog’s Report: 2 Hr 20 Min
2017 Naval Gaming Resolutions: 2 Hr 28 Min
==Links Discussed in Show==
2017 MBS Painting Contest Rules
Checkout the Latest Episode of the MBS Podcast!
Happy New Year! With the arrival of 2017, it’s time for me to pull out the ol’ crystal ball and make some prognostications for the coming year in the world of naval gaming. This is the third year that I’ve done these predictions, and as with 2015 and 2016, these are completely made up; I have no insider information for any of them. Let’s get started!
