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Oh, and my minis availability is as follows:

US
1 Enterprise CVN
1 Wasp LHA
1 Austin LPH
1 Whidbey Island LPD
1 Virginia CGN
1 Ticonderoga CG
2 Burke DDG
1 Perry FFG
4 Virginia SSN
2 Ohio SSBN

Russia
1 Kuznetsov
1 Kirov
1 Slava
1 Udaloy
2 Sovremenny
2 Krivak
3 Victor
2 Typhoon

France
1 Charles de Gaulle
2 Horizon
1 La Fayette
2 Aquitaine (use Italian Bergamini)
4 Barracuda

Italy
2 Orrizonte
2 Bergamini
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That's the general idea.  Can you trim it down?  You'd know better than I would.  And you don't have an Iowa anyway, which I had forgotten to list.  As for the corvette it was an extrapolation.

As for the ships are they 1/2400 scale?
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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

Weirdo

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Honestly, I think if prefer to stick to the sub hunt. Smashing two fleets together like that tends to result in a few dead ships and then several boring turns as the survivors(now empty of ASMs) slowly try to close into gun/torpedo range.

This is one game system that definitely needs to be used for scenarios.
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I've set up six groups, one surface group and one sub group each for the USA, Russia, and France. Each has a 12-point submarine group and a 25-point surface group(in the sub hunt scenario, the sub player is supposed to have half the points if the surface player). Each surface group is a carrier group. I'd still rather do a sub hunt than a fleet smash, but we'll have what we need for either in case I get outvoted.
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Sorry, I had a really late night and didn't wake up until 2:00 pm.
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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OOOOH SNAP......went to Wild West Comics this morning. They were having a warehouse sale; some of their tabletop games were 80% off. I picked up the Star Trek: Fleet Captains sets for the Romulans and the Dominion for $12.00 each (reg. $60.00).
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While Sam and I didn't play any games today, we did spend time trolling the clearance bins; we both found a couple of items. Unfortunately, the two Traveller star maps I picked up use 1/2 inch hexes; however, they are highly detailed. Sam located the newer Battletech books at the other end of the shelves; he also found a hardcopy of the new Battletech Manual (we forgot to check for the new TRO).
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And I picked up Friendship tokens to go with the copy of "Tails of Equestria" that I had bought the day before at Common Grounds Games (Don't judge).

Anyway, Sevengates told me the problem you were having with Naval Command, so I checked the rules, on page 19 of the 2.0 edition:

Roll for Initiative
Each player rolls 1d10 plus an extra d10 for each AEW helicopter or aircraft currently airborne. Each player then chooses the highest scoring d10 and compares it to that of the opponent. The player with the highest score can decide to take the initiative or pass it to the opposing player.

So you roll a number of d10s equal to your AEW units and you choose the highest rolling one, you don't add them together.

As for the schedule, Sevengates told me that next week is X-wing, so the schedule is now:

10/29 X-Wing
11/5 Crimson Skies
11/12 StarMada
11/19 Naval Command
11/26 Battletech
12/3 Alpha Strike
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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We missed the highest D10 bit. I like that. :)
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Since X-wing is on the docket for this coming Sunday, may I suggest the Rescue/ Pick-up scenario?
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Works for me. Which sheet is that scenario in?
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The Lambda shuttle and the Ghost each have a capture/ pick-up scenario.

also, I downloaded the USN's RID chart for the Chinese navy. :) :)
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I'll look at both and see if I can make an Imp list for each.

RID? Wazzat, and have you got a link?

Also, if you look back through this thread, you can find the Naval Command MUL spreadsheet I posted somewhere. If you select the whole sheet and sort by the China column, you can see every ship they use that we have gaming stats for, as well as how many they have/had.
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US Navy Recognition and Identification Guide (circa 2015)......all current named and unnamed hulls in silhouette. I did a word search through Yahoo for "Chinese navy".

Type in: ChinaNavyRecognitionGuide then look for the "UNCLASSIFIED" entry click on it.
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Ooooo, I wonder what other navies they can give us data on...  O0

By the way, this is also full of useful stuff:

http://navalanalyses.blogspot.com/?m=0

Specifically, click on the "Fleets" tab, then "Nowadays".
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OOOOOOOOOOO PRETTY.............

......btw.....Wild West Comics is having another clearance sale; SOME CBT minis were in a box for 80% off. Looks like they are trying to thin out their stash.

.....also.....Guns for Hire is out; hopefully Gen-X is well stocked.
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Armada would not be a good idea for next week. I'm going to have to leave early, and Armada takes a long time to pack up already.

If Crimson Skies doesn't happen, perhaps another round of X-Wing?
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Sounds good to me.....I just put together a 4 ship Black Sun unit; it's ugly, but it's 100pts }:) }:)
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How many Y-Wings? :)
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ZERO   ;D.....but I should revisit my previous unit builds for possible revisions.
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Re: D/FW Mechwarrior's Guild: The endless struggle of brains versus bleach!
« Reply #350 on: 05 November 2017, 11:58:04 »
I'll be there.  Just need to eat breakfast first.
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 #351 on: 07 November 2017, 09:31:07 »
Looks like Naval Command is getting an expansion, which will support Fast Attack Craft, Missile Boats, and such.

STOP. Boghammartime. 8)
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Re: D/FW Mechwarrior's Guild: The endless struggle of brains versus bleach!
« Reply #352 on: 08 November 2017, 03:30:13 »
You had to ask about pirates, didn't you :D

Checked Amateur Wargames Figures; they have Chinese LCACs  >:D

Checked Viking Forge; they have Chinese missile boats >:D >:D
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Re: D/FW Mechwarrior's Guild: The endless struggle of brains versus bleach!
« Reply #353 on: 08 November 2017, 09:32:16 »
Oooo, do they have any Type 022s? Those are purty.
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Re: D/FW Mechwarrior's Guild: The endless struggle of brains versus bleach!
« Reply #354 on: 08 November 2017, 10:31:02 »
Hojeez, you need submarines. The Type-039A is fast enough to actually run down(or run away from) most other subs and ships, is stealthy enough to get two decoy makers, and can flush its entire warload of 150cm-range SSMs in one salvo.
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Re: D/FW Mechwarrior's Guild: The endless struggle of brains versus bleach!
« Reply #355 on: 08 November 2017, 22:21:20 »
I see Starmada om the docket for this week. What's the plan?

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Re: D/FW Mechwarrior's Guild: The endless struggle of brains versus bleach!
« Reply #356 on: 08 November 2017, 23:25:11 »
I won't be there this weekend or next. You guys have fun without me, and don't burn down the store without taking pictures!
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Re: D/FW Mechwarrior's Guild: The endless struggle of brains versus bleach!
« Reply #357 on: 09 November 2017, 03:02:54 »
I can be at Gen-X if need be.
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Re: D/FW Mechwarrior's Guild: The endless struggle of brains versus bleach!
« Reply #358 on: 09 November 2017, 11:16:15 »
Hey guys, long time no see. What is going on this weekend. I may actually have it off (which is completely unusual).
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Re: D/FW Mechwarrior's Guild: The endless struggle of brains versus bleach!
« Reply #359 on: 09 November 2017, 13:46:09 »
My birthday is on Saturday, so I was thinking about stopping by Sunday. Anyone up for a gun and spell slinging adventure in the wild west? I have almost everything that has been released for Shadows of brimstone, and if you guys are up for playing a Co-op dungeon crawl game, I could bring it over.

 

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