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General => News and Rumors => Topic started by: voidstarsinger on May 26, 2018, 07:04:46 am

Title: plastic Soldier Company space ships update
Post by: voidstarsinger on May 26, 2018, 07:04:46 am

seems this company will be doing a kick starter with space ships starting some time in June more info from their Facebook page this is a board game called red alert by Richard Borg ( good name ) ship are kind of remind me of starship troopers (least in the art )

Title: Re: plastic Soldier Company space ships
Post by: Ruckdog on May 26, 2018, 08:45:57 am

Very interesting! Thanks for the heads-up. I have some of PSC's 10mm World War II stuff (ie, Flames of War), and I thought it was of fantastic quality and value.

Title: Re: plastic Soldier Company space ships update
Post by: voidstarsinger on May 29, 2018, 03:51:58 pm

Update

Title: Re: plastic Soldier Company space ships update
Post by: Ruckdog on May 29, 2018, 06:16:25 pm

Here is the pertinent info from the PSC Facebook post:

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Richard Borg heads into Space in this exciting new Commands & Colours board game, Red Alert! – including two complete fleets of plastic starships (92 models)!

In case you are wondering, yes, the playing mat is BIG! It's made of a crease-resistant fabric approximately 130 x 100 cm!

(https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/33809741_1704827559625337_655001754093486080_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=d17fd70a77307583345668c82b47fb7c&oe=5BC3EA89)

(https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/33745717_1704827869625306_1358027891165626368_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=50afa984d6c2d066e306336915f50d2a&oe=5B771395)

That's a lot of plastic ships! It's hard to tell, but it looks like they will be a bit smaller than those used in, say, DFC or FSA. I'm guessing they will be about the size of the ones used in the Fleet Commander Genesis game.

Title: Re: plastic Soldier Company space ships update
Post by: voidstarsinger on June 06, 2018, 11:49:13 am

now on kickstarter

Title: Re: plastic Soldier Company space ships update
Post by: Ruckdog on June 06, 2018, 09:55:15 pm

And funded too! That was fast  8)

Seriously thinking of pledging for this one.

There is a draft rule book available for those who are curious:

http://www.pscgames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/REDALERT_RULES_LD.pdf

Title: Re: plastic Soldier Company space ships update
Post by: Landlubber on June 08, 2018, 12:56:01 am

Looks pretty cool. Will have to give the rules a read-through. That certainly is a LOT of ships! Wish we could get some close-ups of what they look like.

Title: Re: plastic Soldier Company space ships update
Post by: Ruckdog on June 13, 2018, 09:40:45 pm

Big news today! Instead of having two sides of identical ships, PSC is now doing the main game with two different sets of models:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1992455033/richard-borgs-red-alert-space-fleet-warfare-board/posts/2212808