Author Topic: D/FW Mechwarrior's Guild: The endless struggle of brains versus bleach!  (Read 166257 times)

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I may not be able to make this weekend.
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I already have an extra planned too :P
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Terence, you were looking for record sheets for the Sea Skimmer(s), 1 Monitor, and 2 Neptune Subs, right? I DO have a file from Tom with those ships. I will bring the flash drive to next week's game.

also, I can run a 4/4 Grand Titan for 1,999bv :thumbsup:
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I know I'm a little late getting this out this month, but the Texas Toy Soldier BattleTech Demo is this Sunday from 12p-5p, 2540 Marsh Ln Carrollton, Texas. Next month's is already scheduled for April 19.

BattleTech Classic and BattleTech Alpha Strike demos will be running continuously all day.  All materials to play will be provided. Play as little or a much as you want.

If you already have Battletech minis, and have played Alpha Strike before, put together a 200 PV Introductory level list. The only special rules available are those found in the Quick Start rules. Tables will be setup for open play, in addition to the demo tables.

You can create Alpha Strike lists and cards using the AS Builder on the Master Unit List.

((This Alpha Strike event is intended for players new to the game, that have previously played in demos, and want to get games in with their new models, and for veteran players to help ease the new players into the game))

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We've already got a mass game planned for this Sunday, but I hope yours is a blast!

At the Battle Royale at GenX, will Total War-level ammo be allowed?
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"Thanks to Megamek, I can finally play BattleTech the way it was meant to be played--pantsless!"   -Neko Bijin
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"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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HUZZAH.....I DO have a Cerberus mini, if anyone needs to run one.
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I'm planning on something significantly cheaper, since we also have to pay for any pilot improvements in that 2,000 BV.

(Remember, the MUL has a convenient gunnery/piloting chart at the bottom of the page for every unit. Gunnery is the vertical axis, piloting horizontal.)
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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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Yeah, I figured it out. A Grand Titan is 1817bv with a 4G/5P. Maximizing the BV gets me a better PILOT (4) for 1,999.
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Given that places are increasingly going on lockdown and/or prohibiting large gatherings... Do we want to go ahead and cancel this week's game?
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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well SHEESH

L.A. Fitness is closed 'til April 1 (at least) so no workout, but I get to sleep an extra couple of hours

Dallas Maker Space just decided to close for two weeks, so no anime club meeting this Saturday, but I COULD go work some overtime

Church services just became livestream/ radio broadcast with communion distributed OUTSIDE (weather permitting), so shorter mass(?)

I did stop by HobbyTown Tuesday, and picked up some fresh paint brushes and extra super glue (just in case)

I suppose we could call the store and find out their current plans are.



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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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Yep, I think Texas Toy Soldier is the only one not shutting down their game area or haven't announced it yet.  And I bought extra glue myself so I can st...finish the minis I bought.
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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Yeah, I figured that would happen; I might still run by there anyway.
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Yeah, I'm thinking of stopping in there at some point, support the store.
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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I was talking with the wife and we could play at my place, five minutes from the shop. Would you guys be interested? It would be bring your own food and drink though we could do a large pizza order for dinner or something. I may we'll check with you all individually but just throwing it out there.
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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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I was talking with the wife and we could play at my place, five minutes from the shop. Would you guys be interested? It would be bring your own food and drink though we could do a large pizza order for dinner or something. I may we'll check with you all individually but just throwing it out there.

Beats sitting around the apartment, but I will need your address.
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In regards to the brief discussion about GHQ at today's game: they are actually donating 15% of any orders made thru March 31 to a veteran's charity, not having a sale.

 (my bad)
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Well SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE in my company, convinced SOMEONE ELSE within the powers that be, that my company is an ESSENTIAL BUSINESS; so despite the stay-at-home orders, I still get to go to work. To avoid possible legal ISSUES, all employees have been given a letter to explain our being on the road.

OH YES...…. we have "papers"...... ;D
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HUZZAH....with the extra time I currently have, I FINALLY mounted my new boats to plastic strips AND found a few names for them. So next time we play Naval Command, I will have a better selection for my fleet. (but still no carrier, yet)
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Huzzah!

I'm painting tanks. Ten done so far, working on another six.
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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CBT or A&A, that's gonna be a lot BOOM.
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Battletech. Mostly Marians, though there's a lance of Marik Stygians finally finished, as well as a couple RotS Rangers.
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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Have you seen the latest Kickstarter update?  :laughing_skull: :laughing_skull: :laughing_skull: BRING IT ON!!!!
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Talk about a candidate for Fan Funding... >:D
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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I'm building airplanes and battlepods.  And trying to get these VASSAL modules working.  Otherwise, I am fielding student comments and given them what they consider as too much work.
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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HUZZAH...….ALL boats have been primer coated. (yes I said ALL  ;))

also just ordered a hard copy of House Arano.
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Now thanks to the stimulus (and Merritt, of course) I have four Neoprene mats.
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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Similarly, I've been able to order all the minis remaining for me to expand my VI Legio forces to a full combined-arms legion. :thumbsup:

Up next: Painting all of that... xp
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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I trekked over to my storage unit today.

 Located several more 1/144 scale Gundam kits (including Lacus Cline's PINK concert Zaku); my EX sets Agama, Arch Angel, Minerva, and La-Vie-En-Rose); Lunamaria's  maroon 1/100 scale Zaku; and a plushie Tachicoma.

I also found a container with several A&A pieces that I thought were missing.

I DEFINITELY need to take some time off and clean and organize that place.

also just purchased a bunch of pdfs from CGL (including the coloring book) but will hold off on the e-books for now.

Is there another place to purchase the play mats?
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