Sean-Khan
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dj-chuckles
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The State that invented Spam!
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Sean-Khan
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gausse
Sergeant
951 Posts
Wisconsin
| | 09/26/2006 9:30 AM |
| | I for one can't wait to see them. I would be all over some nicely done naval minis. WW2, WW1, Modern and even old masted ships of the line. Hopefully they are kept somewhat in scale with each other. | |
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Sean-Khan
Commander
2714 Posts
| | 09/27/2006 2:10 AM |
| Ships should be in scale to each other from what I've heard, 1:1800. Planes should be 1:900, which I believe will be just fine - smaller would probably be too small. If only SWM fighters would have been this way too... Point for WaS and against SW!
I remember wanting ww2 ships already as a kid, but got traumas when trying to glue 50 tiny turrets to the first ship construction kit =o)
This feels to be some kind of sea -themed period for me; In addition to interest in this game, I'm also building ships to be used with D&D, possibly even DDM game. I'm involved in a pirate -themed campaign and am starting an Iron Heroes -campaign in a world with lot of seas, so I believe these ships are going to see a lot of use! | |
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XAos
Underboss
2383 Posts
London
| | 09/27/2006 7:04 AM |
| I'm puzzled by what looks like "range" values on the card for the Enterprise. ?
If the map is 5 - 7 squares on a side, that would suggest each square is a strategic sea zone, 10's (or 100's) of miles across. So gun ranges would be irrelevant.
If the map is tactical, then the 5" guns of the Enterprise did not have 2/3 the effective range of the largest battleship guns. Battleships use DCT's on high masts or other technical tricks (spotter planes, radar etc) to fire at targets well beyond the horizon.
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Sean-Khan
Commander
2714 Posts
| | 09/28/2006 4:40 AM |
| I believe that the map is somewhere between. We got info abour 30"x40" map, and 5" squares would make it exactly 6*8 squares board. 6" ships would fit in well from corner to corner, especially if there's some sort of capital ship limitation in a square. This is a game that must have rules for balance and practicality, after all.
Even so, a battleship with range 3 would be able to shoot to majority of the battlefield of 5" squares:
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(X=ship, R=range, _=no range)
Feels a little strange, doesn't it? With speed 2, ship can make almost there with one move. Requiring fire control plane (we're getting Catalina, and Condor too if I trust in other people's keen eyes  ) to shoot to range 3 would make it more understandable. And maybe squares aren't counted as in DDM.
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gausse
Sergeant
951 Posts
Wisconsin
| | 10/02/2006 12:38 PM |
| The boosters only have 5 ships and cost $15? So $3 a mini. Sounds pretty bad, unless they are some big and awesome minis. | |
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PatEllis15
Commander
4462 Posts
| | 10/02/2006 1:00 PM |
| Posted By gausse on 10/02/2006 12:38 PM The boosters only have 5 ships and cost $15? So $3 a mini. Sounds pretty bad, unless they are some big and awesome minis.
Ah, well six inches of Iowa with moving 16" guns sounds pretty big and awesome to me!
I can't want to play this game...
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Sean-Khan
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