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News and Rumors / Re: Battle for Earth
« on: May 18, 2019, 03:32:45 am »
Expansion for Dropfleet Commander? They mention the Resistance fleet, but...doesn't that kinda kill what the Resistance was about? Why not call a lost empire fleet, because those were mentioned in the background.
But this idea that the Earth Resistance has ships remaining in the Sol System...kinda stupid.
But this idea that the Earth Resistance has ships remaining in the Sol System...kinda stupid.
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Dystopian Wars / Re: The Invaders
« on: April 12, 2019, 07:28:04 pm »
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lL17UGtiBDUHsMrof5gGnzGiEDS0f9ug/view?usp=sharing
I don't know if this is the most recent official version, but this is what I've got. Note that it is v2.0 - I'm not sure if they ever did release anything for v2.5.
There's probably fan-bred versions of the rules out there, though.
I don't know if this is the most recent official version, but this is what I've got. Note that it is v2.0 - I'm not sure if they ever did release anything for v2.5.
There's probably fan-bred versions of the rules out there, though.
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News and Rumors / Re: Cruel Seas: 1/300 Naval Combat (Warlord Games)
« on: February 06, 2019, 01:29:42 am »
Here's somthing to get you started - my S-Boat flotilla.
Now I just need a couple of R-Boats...
Now I just need a couple of R-Boats...
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News and Rumors / Re: Cruel Seas: 1/300 Naval Combat (Warlord Games)
« on: January 18, 2019, 04:26:08 pm »
True, but the boxed sets are 1000pts each of boats alone (not including crew costs), and you don't need that much for many of scenarios. So you get one box, and its pretty much all you need.
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News and Rumors / Re: Cruel Seas: 1/300 Naval Combat (Warlord Games)
« on: January 14, 2019, 02:50:36 am »
Played a few games of it on the weekend - its fast, its furious, and very fun. Plus, you don't need that many boats for a good sized flotilla (1000pts will probably require a 4 x 6 board, and thats either half a dozen boats, or a corvette/minelayer and a few boats). Navigation is a big issue for some - running off the board with the faster boats is a serious concern at times, it can be difficult to get a hit with your guns, and torpedoes require practice. It also needs a few extra washes to get a few more things right, and the book could do with a revision and streamlining - at least the errata helps in that respect.
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Space Naval Games / Re: New games
« on: November 08, 2018, 04:08:42 am »I would love to see a fleet sized Honor Harrington book too. I am just about finished the new book, and it is definitely one of the reasons I'm looking for a new space fleet game.
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/140093/Saganami-Island-Tactical-Simulator-Rule-Book
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Space Naval Games / Re: New games
« on: November 07, 2018, 04:15:45 am »Thanks. I was under the impression dropfleet commander had gone under as well. Been a while since I've watched BsG, did the Cylons have capital ships?
They had a change of management with Troll Trader Gaming taking over, and apparently there was some sort of internal issues immediately after, but they're back releasing stuff now. Dreadnoughts recently, and destroyers not too long ago.
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General Discussion / Re: The Expanse Season 3
« on: June 06, 2018, 07:15:07 am »
I must be losing my love of books or something - I got 1/4 the way through book 4 of the Expanse series and sent them all back to my father. I was already feeling some trepidation after book 3, and some of the characters in both 3 and 4 are either completely unfathomable, or just completely irredeemable. Plus the authors seem to take pleasure in describing situations that are so far gone and hopeless its just depressing. I can understand that sometimes literature is designed to challenge us or show the human spirit in its full, but the situations in books 3 and 4 can almost be described as torture porn. And the ending of book 3 was just a slog and grind, almost to the point of a deus ex machina to be resolved.
I read for entertainment and to unwind after my work - I don't need my entertainment to make me even more depressed than I currently am. Even if the start of it was good sci-fi.
I read for entertainment and to unwind after my work - I don't need my entertainment to make me even more depressed than I currently am. Even if the start of it was good sci-fi.
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General Discussion / Mortal Engines - a literary review
« on: June 06, 2018, 07:04:14 am »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRsFc2gguEg
Given that the full trailer for Mortal Engines has now been released, I figured it might be time to reminisce about my experience with the original books. Whilst I have no doubt that the movie will be spectacular (lets face it, its Peter Jackson's apprentice in the director's chair, and the man himself is in the producer's role), some of the things I've seen in the trailer, plus my recollection of the books have lead me to pause.
And don't worry, I won't spoil anything important.
The Mortal Engines Quartet is a series of young adult books written by Phillip Reeve, and first published in 2001. I first found these books whilst roaming Wikipedia, and the concept behind them interested me enough that I bought them through ebay. The series is set in a post-apocalyptic world (after the "Sixty Minute War"), where most of the old cities have been mobilised, either through massive wheels or tank treads, and hunt each other for fuel and population growth - a system known as "Municipal Darwinisim."
Whilst the first book is actually a good adventure romp, and does a good set up of the world and characters, it loses some of it sheen early in the second book, and completely loses it by the fourth, although he doesn pick up towards the end, and the final climax of the series is kinda spectacular - I can't wait to see what WETA does with it. But the characters end up being somewhat one-dimensional, and some of the situations are a little contrived - Tom in particular doesn't seem to go through much of a character arc throughout all four books (and honestly, I can imagine him with the same dumbfounded look on his face all the way through), Hester seems to range between angry and sociopathic, and sometime seem to switch with no reason, and I honestly can't see how the heck the two would end up together apart from the fact that they've spent so much time together...in the six months between books one and two. And if their adventures in that time frame are anything like the adventures described in the books...yeaaaahhhh....
And, I'll be blunt, the books aren't for kids. There are some fairly heavy themes at work here - slavery, vivisection, reanimating corpses for millitary purposes, biological weaponry, genocide, suicide bombers, conscription, total war, child abuse. I actually felt sick part way through the third and fourth books...especially since one part of the fourth book was Hester just killing people, and I was thinking "...why is he describing this, and where is it going?"
Truth is, after I read the books once through, I gave them to a local bookstore to sell second-hand, as I had no interest in reading them again. I felt the exact same a few years later when I gave my collection of A Song of Ice and Fire to the same shop, mostly for the same reasons. Whilst I can see why people would like these books and the setting, I can't see the movies past the first doing well, unless there's some rewrites going on. But hey, its Peter Jackson and co. again - you never know.
Call me somewhat intrigued, but I'll wait for the reviews.
Given that the full trailer for Mortal Engines has now been released, I figured it might be time to reminisce about my experience with the original books. Whilst I have no doubt that the movie will be spectacular (lets face it, its Peter Jackson's apprentice in the director's chair, and the man himself is in the producer's role), some of the things I've seen in the trailer, plus my recollection of the books have lead me to pause.
And don't worry, I won't spoil anything important.
The Mortal Engines Quartet is a series of young adult books written by Phillip Reeve, and first published in 2001. I first found these books whilst roaming Wikipedia, and the concept behind them interested me enough that I bought them through ebay. The series is set in a post-apocalyptic world (after the "Sixty Minute War"), where most of the old cities have been mobilised, either through massive wheels or tank treads, and hunt each other for fuel and population growth - a system known as "Municipal Darwinisim."
Whilst the first book is actually a good adventure romp, and does a good set up of the world and characters, it loses some of it sheen early in the second book, and completely loses it by the fourth, although he doesn pick up towards the end, and the final climax of the series is kinda spectacular - I can't wait to see what WETA does with it. But the characters end up being somewhat one-dimensional, and some of the situations are a little contrived - Tom in particular doesn't seem to go through much of a character arc throughout all four books (and honestly, I can imagine him with the same dumbfounded look on his face all the way through), Hester seems to range between angry and sociopathic, and sometime seem to switch with no reason, and I honestly can't see how the heck the two would end up together apart from the fact that they've spent so much time together...in the six months between books one and two. And if their adventures in that time frame are anything like the adventures described in the books...yeaaaahhhh....
And, I'll be blunt, the books aren't for kids. There are some fairly heavy themes at work here - slavery, vivisection, reanimating corpses for millitary purposes, biological weaponry, genocide, suicide bombers, conscription, total war, child abuse. I actually felt sick part way through the third and fourth books...especially since one part of the fourth book was Hester just killing people, and I was thinking "...why is he describing this, and where is it going?"
Truth is, after I read the books once through, I gave them to a local bookstore to sell second-hand, as I had no interest in reading them again. I felt the exact same a few years later when I gave my collection of A Song of Ice and Fire to the same shop, mostly for the same reasons. Whilst I can see why people would like these books and the setting, I can't see the movies past the first doing well, unless there's some rewrites going on. But hey, its Peter Jackson and co. again - you never know.
Call me somewhat intrigued, but I'll wait for the reviews.
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General Discussion / Re: The Expanse Season 3
« on: May 14, 2018, 05:23:55 am »
Looks like Syfy is cancelling The Expanse after season 3...
http://au.ign.com/articles/2018/05/11/syfy-cancels-the-expanse
http://au.ign.com/articles/2018/05/11/syfy-cancels-the-expanse
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News and Rumors / Re: Latest BFG Rumors
« on: May 04, 2018, 05:59:31 am »
And that thing about the new warlord titan being the size of a 40k knight...funny they should mention that...
https://www.shapeways.com/product/KWYFFSD6K/emperor-part-1-2?optionId=18129373&li=marketplace
https://www.shapeways.com/product/KWYFFSD6K/emperor-part-1-2?optionId=18129373&li=marketplace
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News and Rumors / Re: Latest BFG Rumors
« on: May 04, 2018, 05:55:51 am »
Ugh...trust me not to see this latest before I posted my little spiel...
http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2018/04/40k-adeptus-titanicus-and-battlefleet-gothic-rumors.html
Still...
http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2018/04/40k-adeptus-titanicus-and-battlefleet-gothic-rumors.html
Still...
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News and Rumors / Re: X-Wing 2nd Edition
« on: May 02, 2018, 04:35:13 am »
If this is 2nd edition, what was the blue box Force Awakened update supposed to be?
Also, USD$50 per set - that's AUD$210 for all three. And they don't include conversions for the huge ships.
*groan*
Also, USD$50 per set - that's AUD$210 for all three. And they don't include conversions for the huge ships.
*groan*