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All of those sound interesting to me. In the Doomsday game, is the planet-killing weapon represented by anything, or is it assumed that if the ship in question gets in range X of the planet, the attackers win?

What sounds good to everyone else?
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Any idea what the final point values will be yet?
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3883 pts. I could add more frigates to bump it up to 4k if you want.

Doomsday, I figured we would give the planet some hit points based on the weapon's damage output so that the defenders have a chance to kill it once in orbit. I didn't have a specific weapon in mind, we could do anything as far as that goes.

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DOH!....forgot to mention this before I left for the weekend: I saw several Lambda class shuttle kits for X-wing in the 50% off bin at Barnes & Noble. (yeah, I picked up one)


also.....go to drivetanks.com; pricy yes, but just think...... >:D
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I will not be able to play for the next couple of weeks.
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A somewhat new player here.  Fell in love with the game back at AnimeFest, and I am excited to get back in the saddle.  I have a couple of questions if you guys don't mind me asking:

1. Is Gen X and Y2Komics still good places to play? If not, then where?  I live near the Tarrant/Parker county line for reference.

2. Is there any Saturday games available?

I will be looking forward to meeting everyone soon.
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Our current venue is Gen X on Sundays (noon 'til whenever). We play both regular CBT and Alpha Strike as well as a few other games (we are working on a rotation).

I believe there was a group at Y2K a few years back; not sure now.

A couple of us were at AnimeFest this weekend as well (I was doing Weapons/ Props Check); we plan to be at Gen X this weekend though not sure of the set-up yet.

(that's what this space is for  :) )
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Yeah, this weekend is marked for Battletech.
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"Back in MY day we played Battletech with figures made of LEAD! POISONED LEAD! And the only PAINT we had was RADIOACTIVE! Why, we lost at least THREE or FOUR dear friends every YEAR to BATTLETECH POISONING! But we didn't know any better, and we LIKED IT!
And we rolled DICE for HOURS to play our games! There was none of this plastic clicky nonsense! Our DICE were radioactive TOO! And we had to roll them for hours and hours and hours to track EVERY SINGLE MISSILE! Why, my some of my friends are STILL rolling dice for their last turn when I left Norman THREE YEARS ago! And I don't plan to move back for at least five years and it STILL won't be my turn! But we didn't know any better, and we LIKED IT.
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Just need to load one more minis case. O0
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My apologies for not showing up this week.  I had every intention to showing up this week, but I was flat out broke.  I plan to show up this next week.
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What's on the rotation for this week?
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"...finally, giant space panties don't seem so strange." - Whistler
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Today was suppose to be regular CBT, but Sam and I just "talked shop" for a bit; he was feeling a fatigued.

....also, the Second Succession War sourcebook is now out in DTF.
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So what's on the rotation for this week?
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"Thanks to Megamek, I can finally play BattleTech the way it was meant to be played--pantsless!"   -Neko Bijin
"...finally, giant space panties don't seem so strange." - Whistler
"Damn you, Weirdo... Damn you for being right!" - Paul
"...I was this many years old when I found out that licking a touchscreen in excitement is a bad idea." - JadeHellbringer
"We are the tribal elders. Weirdo is the mushroom specialist." - Worktroll

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How about regular CBT since it keeps getting pushed to the "next" weekend. We can also discuss a possible scenario for the battle of Westphalia. It had mechs, marines, hydrofoils, and a couple of submarines. O0
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That sounds fun. Is that the fight for this week, or a regular 6k fight?
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"...finally, giant space panties don't seem so strange." - Whistler
"Damn you, Weirdo... Damn you for being right!" - Paul
"...I was this many years old when I found out that licking a touchscreen in excitement is a bad idea." - JadeHellbringer
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 No, the Westphalia battle is in the Second Succession War book and sounds like something we might want to set up and play. Sunday's game should be a regular 6k fight (with or without an objective).
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Cool. I've got a DA Falcon group I've been meaning to try for a while. :)
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"Thanks to Megamek, I can finally play BattleTech the way it was meant to be played--pantsless!"   -Neko Bijin
"...finally, giant space panties don't seem so strange." - Whistler
"Damn you, Weirdo... Damn you for being right!" - Paul
"...I was this many years old when I found out that licking a touchscreen in excitement is a bad idea." - JadeHellbringer
"We are the tribal elders. Weirdo is the mushroom specialist." - Worktroll

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Is anyone planning to go to Reapercon? It's in Lewisville, October 19-22. I plan to be there on Friday and maybe on Sunday, mostly playing CAV.
My wife writes books
"Thanks to Megamek, I can finally play BattleTech the way it was meant to be played--pantsless!"   -Neko Bijin
"...finally, giant space panties don't seem so strange." - Whistler
"Damn you, Weirdo... Damn you for being right!" - Paul
"...I was this many years old when I found out that licking a touchscreen in excitement is a bad idea." - JadeHellbringer
"We are the tribal elders. Weirdo is the mushroom specialist." - Worktroll

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Re: D/FW Mechwarrior's Guild: The endless struggle of brains versus bleach!
« Reply #288 on: 01 September 2017, 20:09:08 »
I stopped by Full Spectrum Games today. They're going to be moving in December to an as-yet-unknown location still in south Arlington. And when they do so, they are transforming from a gaming store into a beautiful butterfly-er, a game store/gaming tavern.
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"Thanks to Megamek, I can finally play BattleTech the way it was meant to be played--pantsless!"   -Neko Bijin
"...finally, giant space panties don't seem so strange." - Whistler
"Damn you, Weirdo... Damn you for being right!" - Paul
"...I was this many years old when I found out that licking a touchscreen in excitement is a bad idea." - JadeHellbringer
"We are the tribal elders. Weirdo is the mushroom specialist." - Worktroll

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Re: D/FW Mechwarrior's Guild: The endless struggle of brains versus bleach!
« Reply #289 on: 02 September 2017, 01:43:41 »
So....Madness without the comic books?
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Re: D/FW Mechwarrior's Guild: The endless struggle of brains versus bleach!
« Reply #290 on: 02 September 2017, 10:05:10 »
Neat, also I'll be trying to do more Sunday visits after this weekend.
I planned on this Sunday, but stuff happened.
It's not about winning or losing, no it's all about how many chapters have you added to the rule books after your crazy antics.

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Re: D/FW Mechwarrior's Guild: The endless struggle of brains versus bleach!
« Reply #291 on: 02 September 2017, 16:31:02 »
So....Madness without the comic books?

Plus cooked food and a full bar. We're talking a tavern, not a handful of snacks and drinks in a corner.
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"Thanks to Megamek, I can finally play BattleTech the way it was meant to be played--pantsless!"   -Neko Bijin
"...finally, giant space panties don't seem so strange." - Whistler
"Damn you, Weirdo... Damn you for being right!" - Paul
"...I was this many years old when I found out that licking a touchscreen in excitement is a bad idea." - JadeHellbringer
"We are the tribal elders. Weirdo is the mushroom specialist." - Worktroll

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Re: D/FW Mechwarrior's Guild: The endless struggle of brains versus bleach!
« Reply #292 on: 02 September 2017, 21:34:43 »
 [drool]....now THAT'S different.


also.... our fearless leader will grace us with his presence Sunday (and pick up his SS2 order)
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Re: D/FW Mechwarrior's Guild: The endless struggle of brains versus bleach!
« Reply #293 on: 03 September 2017, 22:00:54 »
OOOPS.....while reprinting today's record sheets, I discovered that I mixed up the Catapult II weapons load-out. There are TWO variants: the -L7 has 2 ER med lasers, 2 TSEMP cannon, 2 LRM 20s, and Standard armor; the -L7L has 2 Plasma rifles, 2 MML 9s, and Heat Dissipating armor.
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Re: D/FW Mechwarrior's Guild: The endless struggle of brains versus bleach!
« Reply #294 on: 06 September 2017, 10:31:07 »
So it was pointed out that GenX might not appreciate us having a painting day all over their nice tables.

With that in mind, what's next on the rotation?
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"...finally, giant space panties don't seem so strange." - Whistler
"Damn you, Weirdo... Damn you for being right!" - Paul
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Re: D/FW Mechwarrior's Guild: The endless struggle of brains versus bleach!
« Reply #295 on: 08 September 2017, 02:00:38 »
Looking at the list, X-wing (or Crimson Skies if Sam is available; haven't played that in a while)
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Re: D/FW Mechwarrior's Guild: The endless struggle of brains versus bleach!
« Reply #296 on: 08 September 2017, 10:00:27 »
Works for me.
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"Thanks to Megamek, I can finally play BattleTech the way it was meant to be played--pantsless!"   -Neko Bijin
"...finally, giant space panties don't seem so strange." - Whistler
"Damn you, Weirdo... Damn you for being right!" - Paul
"...I was this many years old when I found out that licking a touchscreen in excitement is a bad idea." - JadeHellbringer
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Re: D/FW Mechwarrior's Guild: The endless struggle of brains versus bleach!
« Reply #297 on: 09 September 2017, 18:37:51 »
Just to throw out some ideas:

 I have a 62pt GR-75 build (no escort), a 142pt CR-90 build (no escort), a 162pt Ghost build (with everybody I could cram in), and a 71pt C-ROC build with a 101pt four ship M3-A escort.

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Re: D/FW Mechwarrior's Guild: The endless struggle of brains versus bleach!
« Reply #298 on: 09 September 2017, 19:11:16 »
Does this mean were doing something other than the usual 100-point stuff? I'm fine if that's the case, but I still need to know the points beforehand.
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Re: D/FW Mechwarrior's Guild: The endless struggle of brains versus bleach!
« Reply #299 on: 09 September 2017, 19:30:11 »
OOOPS...sorry.....100pts is fine; just wanted to offer some options if we get a big group.
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