Good and bad I guess, as you can easily use them for just about any game. The ship minis are really neat looking, although they are a bit generic. ![]() Rules look fun and detailed enough without being overly complicated. A decent stealth mechanism and the ships are very nicely cast. Though I haven't played it yet (lack of time) it seems pretty cool. I have a force of ships made from chopped up Mechwarrior mins.ĬptJake wrote: I picked up a game called Quantum Expanse on KS a while back: There's actually a fair amount of background for the universe which also covers the games Dirtside and Stargrunt if you choose to use their fluff.Īs for your desire for converting miniatures you're not going to find many starship minis designed for that, but the angular nature of many ships means that you're free to cut and reassemble at will. GZG has a HUGE range of ships from many different factions, or the rules are provided to stat your own from whatever range you prefer. Record sheets and fleet books with ship profiles available free here: The best version is a fan collated version called "Full Thrust Cross Dimensions" Our plays Full Thrust from time to time and we really enjoy it. ![]() I tried to go for a construction yellow fleet but meh.) Here are some pics of me and my friend playing (sorry for the bad paint scheme on the yellow ships. But if you want capitol ships lobbing nuclear warheads at each other or broadsiding the hell out of another ship. Now X-wing is a good game too, do not get me wrong I love that game. The funny thing is now within 3 weeks we went from us two playing to now about 8 people playing in the store and more. Space mat from frontline gaming) and we thought it was fun. uk/resources/downloads - under the firestorm armada tab)ĥ) problems - one is the community - there really is not a community Me and a friend just started playing the starter set in the store as a funsies thing to do (with the F.A.T. Also - every army you play has its free rules online. They just released it yesterday on their website. Add one more $70 starter set to whichever race you want and bam you got yourself a nice list.Ĥ) speaking of the rulebook - it is free. $100 gets you the starter set with two races, the rulebook, the terrain, the blah blah blah. ok thats fine, you won't do anything and I can easily begin picking them off at range - the game values balance over repeating the same ship over.ģ) cost - relatively cheap to start. Want to take a list with a hell of a lot of fighters. Its version 2 rules are much better than the version 1 rules, and they are deceptively hard to master (your fighter wings are their own damn mini game ) and shooting someones engines out is always fun.ġ) The models are absolutely gorgeous - I went for a Dindrenzi fleet myself but each race has a unique different style - even the mercenary racesĢ) Balance - the game developers spent some time thinking into balance and I think they did a damn fine job. ![]() I used to play BFG - but ever since that dropped I have been searching for a somewhat enjoyable capitol ship combat game. I will double up with another and also say Firestorm Armada.
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