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Re: D/FW Mechwarrior's Guild: The endless struggle of brains versus bleach!
« Reply #360 on: 10 November 2017, 02:59:16 »
Sounds like fun; also sounds like Coffin Princess.
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Re: D/FW Mechwarrior's Guild: The endless struggle of brains versus bleach!
« Reply #361 on: 18 November 2017, 02:51:54 »
For those of us who will be at Gen-X on Sunday, we will be joined by our fearless leader Darrell and Mark Bradel (Lt.Col.-promotion pending) to play Battletech.

(sorry, he didn't leave any specifics in his message)

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Re: D/FW Mechwarrior's Guild: The endless struggle of brains versus bleach!
« Reply #362 on: 19 November 2017, 16:16:12 »
Retroactively say hi to them for me!

In other news, I'm back. From outer space.

What's the plan for this Sunday? Tanksgiving?
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Re: D/FW Mechwarrior's Guild: The endless struggle of brains versus bleach!
« Reply #363 on: 19 November 2017, 21:57:26 »
I will not be at the shop Sunday.

Mark is now stationed at Fort Sill in Lawton, OK. which means more chances for him (and Darrell) to join us for Battletech. They are thinking about running a game during the Christmas/ New Year time-frame. Mark would provide the scenario, minis, and RSs.

.....btw....he's been using Shapeways for battlemech Omni "kits"; he has the Kraken AND the Nova Cat missile boats.....PAINTED O0 O0
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Re: D/FW Mechwarrior's Guild: The endless struggle of brains versus bleach!
« Reply #364 on: 21 November 2017, 17:58:22 »
So the game I have until tomorrow to print out sheets for(if sheets are used) is...?
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Re: D/FW Mechwarrior's Guild: The endless struggle of brains versus bleach!
« Reply #365 on: 24 November 2017, 23:57:14 »
Been traveling all week.  If anyone is going to show I can also.  All I have record sheets for are Ogre, Battletech, Alpha Strike, and Crimson Skies.
The Patton of wargame design, the Berg himself, is being immortally quoted elsewhere.
"Rich Berg once responded to gamers comments about one of his games, "I make this ****** up, so can you.""

"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.
These kids today."  --Jim Butcher, Dresden Chronicles Author

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Re: D/FW Mechwarrior's Guild: The endless struggle of brains versus bleach!
« Reply #366 on: 24 November 2017, 23:59:19 »
I think we're going with Battletech, a Tanksgiving fight. 12,000 BV.
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Re: D/FW Mechwarrior's Guild: The endless struggle of brains versus bleach!
« Reply #367 on: 26 November 2017, 14:19:17 »
To anyone who can possibly make the store any time today: All Battletech sourcebooks are 50% off this weekend, and all Battletech minis are 40% off. :)
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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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Re: D/FW Mechwarrior's Guild: The endless struggle of brains versus bleach!
« Reply #368 on: 26 November 2017, 23:44:37 »
as if I need any MORE minis  ::) ::).......btw....I'm back from the holiday. O0
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« Reply #369 on: 01 December 2017, 03:20:13 »
So what is on tap for this Sunday at Gen-X? I ask because my car trunk is still empty from Thanksgiving use and I would rather not load up a lot of stuff only to empty it again for Christmas.
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Re: D/FW Mechwarrior's Guild: The endless struggle of brains versus bleach!
« Reply #370 on: 01 December 2017, 07:34:19 »
I can't make it this weekend.
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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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Re: D/FW Mechwarrior's Guild: The endless struggle of brains versus bleach!
« Reply #371 on: 02 December 2017, 03:42:28 »
Are there any variants of the Commando IIC? (other than the 3060) When I had my laptop repaired, the download files were transferred to a flash-drive which has now gone wonky.

I have an unassigned mini and am thinking of adding it to a Snow Raven unit.
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« Reply #372 on: 03 December 2017, 11:16:53 »
I'm sorry I have been flaky lately.  But it might be best if I don't show up today for reasons.  Last weekend I did 1500 miles of driving for Thanksgiving and when I got up to go my get and go went.
The Patton of wargame design, the Berg himself, is being immortally quoted elsewhere.
"Rich Berg once responded to gamers comments about one of his games, "I make this ****** up, so can you.""

"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.
These kids today."  --Jim Butcher, Dresden Chronicles Author

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« Reply #373 on: 03 December 2017, 20:31:52 »
So, today's game was a bust, but the front tables were covered with a lot of 50% off stuff (forgot to ask how long the sale would last).

Madness is running its "Buy 2 Items Get 3rd Free" storewide sale; it goes until the END OF THE YEAR.  }:) }:) }:)
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Re: D/FW Mechwarrior's Guild: The endless struggle of brains versus bleach!
« Reply #374 on: 08 December 2017, 10:44:48 »
What's the plan for this weekend? If there's no plans already made, I vote for X-Wing. :)
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« Reply #375 on: 09 December 2017, 03:02:45 »
That works for me O0
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Re: D/FW Mechwarrior's Guild: The endless struggle of brains versus bleach!
« Reply #376 on: 13 December 2017, 13:46:58 »
It's looking like this week's game will be decided by Wooden Ships and Iron Men! 8)
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Re: D/FW Mechwarrior's Guild: The endless struggle of brains versus bleach!
« Reply #377 on: 14 December 2017, 03:03:15 »
ARGH!

...btw...I think I found a use for the "you may acquire a target lock on friendly ships" option. Rerolls for an attacking friendly ship. Read Resistance droid M9-G8's text. Not only can you lock on a friendly ship, if it attacks and has a bad roll you can choose one die and reroll it.
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Happy New Year!!

New Year means new roster. How does this sound?

1/7: X-Wing
1/14: Battletech
1/21: Starmada (I'm working on a scenario)
1/28: Alpha Strike
2/4: Naval Command
2/11: Crimson Skies
2/18: X-Wing
2/25: Battletech

In all cases, assume a normal smash-em-up game unless someone proposes a scenario ahead of time, giving everyone time to select forces and print sheets as needed.

Sounds good? Any suggestions?
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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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YAY!!!....finally something to do other than sit on my butt and do practically NOTHING for the past couple days (except for dealing with a nagging "tummy" ache {pain, not sickness}

I like the list :)

I should have both of the -0X Cataphracts built by the 14th.

....still haven't figured out the Resistance Bomber.....
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several of the X-wing large ships come with scenarios (other than smash-ups): rescue/capture, defend the base/transport, etc.

......OR MAYBE......a bombing run/strike on a designated target.
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HUZZAH....my printer is back on track :)

....btw....the X-wing mini maneuver card sheet has been updated to include the new ships  O0
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I know I left to get things done, but this sat on my mind.  Here is the Japanese attack fleet.  I used the stats from 1950 ships, looked at patrol craft for the planes, and looked at the WWII vintage submarines in the Argentina section to determine these along with Wikipedia, Command at Sea, and Harpoon (used the maneuver values to determine dogfight modifiers).  And some had mines which there are no rules for.  If you don't have enough ships to cover this, I do have a stuff on a smaller scale, namely Axis and Allies game pieces along with an Enterprise from the Battleship movie edition which I modified.
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The Patton of wargame design, the Berg himself, is being immortally quoted elsewhere.
"Rich Berg once responded to gamers comments about one of his games, "I make this ****** up, so can you.""

"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.
These kids today."  --Jim Butcher, Dresden Chronicles Author

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Got a last Christmas present in the mail, and it turns out Stina got me



Yay, I finally have a straight one again!
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congrats O0......reminds me to order my own set.
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I'm going to be out of town on the 21st, so can't run the Starmada scenario then. Is it okay if we shift everything down a week?

1/7: X-Wing
1/14: Battletech
1/21: ???
1/28: Starmada (I'm working on a scenario)
2/4: Alpha Strike
2/11: Naval Command
2/18: Crimson Skies
2/25: X-Wing
3/4: Battletech
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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Sounds good.  I have a rudimentary Japanese and American fleet for War at Sea we could try.  I just have to print out some lost cards.

I made some corrections on the Naval Command stats.  I looked at the history of the Balao class submarines and saw that they were sold only slightly modified to the Argentine fleet and were used as transport subs so I would believe there was no further modifications.  So I put the Type B1s' and Kyo-hyotekis' EW and UEW back up to what they are in Naval Command.  The Kate is sometimes armed with a torpedo, so I gave it a SO rating of 1 since that is the range of its torpedo (not much, but whatever), and I checked the performance on Wikipedia (my copies of Command at Sea and Angels 15 do not have statistics for the Jake, so I will need to spring for the "Emperor's Fleet" and "Scramble" when I get the chance).  I increased the damage on the scuttling charge on the minisub and revised the damage ratings on the bombers.  And though I didn't need to I calculated the combat radius of each plane.
The Patton of wargame design, the Berg himself, is being immortally quoted elsewhere.
"Rich Berg once responded to gamers comments about one of his games, "I make this ****** up, so can you.""

"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.
These kids today."  --Jim Butcher, Dresden Chronicles Author

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I think Merritt left his jacket at Gen-X; I left it with Mike.

......btw......I just had to refresh my computer AGAIN; I will have to rebuild a lot of my links.
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Sigh, I made too many mistakes on my last listing.  So I fixed them, added two carriers I missed, and added the tankers just because.  Darn it, this should be my last update on all this, I think I'm done editing.
The Patton of wargame design, the Berg himself, is being immortally quoted elsewhere.
"Rich Berg once responded to gamers comments about one of his games, "I make this ****** up, so can you.""

"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.
These kids today."  --Jim Butcher, Dresden Chronicles Author

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BWAHAHAHAHHAH

BWAHAHAHAHHAH

IT'S ALIVE IT'S ALIVE

 }:) }:) }:)

the new computer is on-line and smokin' O0
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