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News and Rumors / Re: Halo returns
« Last post by Kelly on April 19, 2024, 04:38:25 pm »
Just heard an Adepticon interview with Ronnie Renton from Mantic, he diplomatically steered the conversation away from both a fleet scale Halo game as well as Vault stl options, so those two predictions look like they were spot on.

The initial release scheduled is for a small scale skirmish game, heavily influenced by their earlier game Deadzone, focusing mainly on Spartans and Elites, but Ronnie did say all of their plans are accounting for many additional game modes, including Grunts, so that is a slight positive.  Possibly we will see boarding actions in the future, as opposed to replicating just the multiplayer experience.
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Modeling Q&A / Not 3D printing??
« Last post by Kelly on April 19, 2024, 04:31:22 pm »
Through the constant deluge of marketing emails, one occasionally catches my eye and this one from last week* made me laugh out loud.


The careful observer will note that these are not the standard anniversary or birthday photos that are usually the subjects of Shutterfly prints, but these were good reminders of probably the best custom prints I have ever received from them.


I have had Shutterfly do fabric and vinyl prints for backdrops or tables, but these 1.4 inch full color magnets are printed on the reverse of convex glass that are perfect for planet objectives with a reasonably common size; here is another printed set on the left, versus the regular stock tokens  from Homeworld Fleet Command on the right.


Their email was a reminder that I need to keep a set of files on hand and be ready to upload them whenever a free shipping event comes back around because there is a surprising amount of products they now carry, just waiting for game resources.

*The only problem with these magnets is that they have a tendency to migrate to appliances, it took a while for me to track these down, and do not know where the rest are hiding.
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The Shipyard / Re: World War II
« Last post by Kelly on April 08, 2024, 06:42:33 pm »
Quote from: Ruckdog on April 04, 2024, 09:55:29 pm
;D

I see what you did there...

Thank you!  I wasn't quite sure I got the dimensions right...
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The Shipyard / Re: World War II
« Last post by Ruckdog on April 04, 2024, 09:55:29 pm »
 ;D

I see what you did there...
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The Shipyard / World War II
« Last post by Kelly on April 01, 2024, 12:14:24 am »
New year, new time period… here is my first run at a WWII ship.  I have to say that I was skeptical of Warlord’s integrated bases for Victory at Sea but honestly they do help keep track of where the smaller ships are located on the table, this destroyer escort in particular.

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Dystopian Wars / Re: MBS DW Fan 2.5 FAQ - Working Thread UPDATED 2/20/18: FAQ is Live!
« Last post by Covertwalrus on March 30, 2024, 10:29:08 pm »
Excellent! Thank you, all!
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Space Naval Games / Re: A Space Mat
« Last post by Kelly on March 25, 2024, 07:13:47 pm »
I have not browsed Cigar Box Battles mats for a while, but that one looks pretty good.

Cloth mats are something I considered before yet have never posted on as I have had a lot of trouble stitching my thoughts together, but the otherwise flat expanses of sea or space seam tailor-made for a fabric mat.  Even though I use vinyl mats to dress up my photography (I felt the details on fleeces are too fuzzy) there is nothing more fitting than seeing a table blanketed with quality art, sew my cloth mats have a special place in my closet.  Has this yarn gone on too long, or does it need any alterations?
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Space Naval Games / A Space Mat
« Last post by Easy E on March 18, 2024, 04:38:26 pm »
I have been toying with Space Combat games for a while, but never had a great mat for it.  Thanks for Cigar Box Battles, I finally fixed that!  This mat is just over 6x4 and is made of fleece.  Therefore, it is really easy to fold up, store, and carry-around.  It also covers my table with a bit of extra around the edges.     

I took some pictures of my Space Mecha on my new Cigar Box Battles game mat.  More to come soon I think! 



and....



and.....



Hopefully I can get some space games in to fill the forum here!   
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Space Naval Games / Re: Played in a SW Armada Tournament!
« Last post by Easy E on March 18, 2024, 04:30:04 pm »
Thanks for the Pictures. 
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Dystopian Wars / Re: MBS DW Fan 2.5 FAQ - Working Thread UPDATED 2/20/18: FAQ is Live!
« Last post by Ruckdog on March 06, 2024, 10:41:49 pm »
Quote from: Covertwalrus on February 17, 2024, 11:14:05 pm

 Hey all, long time no see! Too busy playing 2.5 and converting "new" craft.

 A question - Does anyone recall the 6 engined bomber that was offered at IIRC Salute one year, the Valkyrie? And would anyone have the stats?

I found it!

This blog post from the old Element 270 blog had a link to where the stats were stored on the original Spartan Games website:

https://element270.wordpress.com/tag/dystopian-wars/page/9/

Naturally, that link is long dead, but the internet never forgets! I went over to the Internet Archive, punched in the url from the 270 blog, and...paydirt!

https://web.archive.org/web/20140720045618/http://www.spartangames.co.uk/wp/wp/wp-content/spartanimg/Polish_Bomber_Esmerelda_Stats1.pdf

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