Thanks to all who were able to come out today to Collectormania for some space wargaming! Dakkar and MarkyMark played some Firestorm Armada, Zorper and BrdingPrty had a go at Full Thrust (the light version of the rules), and Warhawk and I played X-Wing.
BrdingPrty's fleet for Full Thrust. Mix of a few different ships here:
Dakkar's Syndicate (aka Space Gangsters) battleship (Firestorm Armada):
Those Syndicate ships are pretty impressive. First time I've seen them on the table.
Meanwhile, in the X-Wing game, my Imperial squadron was facing down Alex's high-caliber Scum and Villainy squadron:
I was able to focus nearly all my ships on the Jumpmaster 5000 in the first turn and ended up destroying it, but as I learned later I should have focused on that HWK-290. That thing ended up being a real pain.
Zorper's UNSC ships for Full Thrust (not to be confused with the UNSC ships in Halo!):
Syndicate mixing it up with MarkyMark's Relthoza.
The spider ships look sinister in their all-black scheme. I told Mark he needs to make a few highlights on them in bright yellow to really creep people out.
https://nature.mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/black-and-yellow-garden-spiderJust sayin', Mark. Just sayin'.
Things fell apart for the Imperials over on the X-Wing table. One by one, the TIEs went down to the smugglers' shenanigans. I kinda felt bad at the beginning of the game because I was running two TIE Phantoms (one of which was Echo, who has some bizarre movement), but at the end of the game I didn't feel so bad. Warhawk's pilots were handing out stress tokens and stealing my pilots' actions like it was nothing. Shenanigans, indeed.
After our X-Wing game was over, BrdingPrty and Zorper coached Warhawk and myself through a couple of turns of Full Thrust Light. We got a little movement and a lot of shooting under our belts. Warhawk, again, pretty much decimated my fleet, but it was good to try a new game. I'm not used to playing games where you have to track damage using pencil and paper, but what little we did play I found enjoyable. Would definitely like to try it again.
Due to Genghis Con, we're going to hold our next Games Day at Collectormania on 11 February. I reserved a couple of 4x6 tables already for that date, so we should be good to go. Come out and join us if you can!
