Hi All,
I just got back home to Florida this afternoon. I've been going through my pics and will post a few more here. Again, cell phone quality and I'm having a funky relationship with Photobucket so excuse any twisted photos.
First up, one of the future lance packs that I didn't get in my first post.
Another shot from the diorama.
A comparison of the new Ad Hoc Alpha Strike Cards box and the old.
And a shot of the new cards. They are double sided and seem to be made of a thicker paper without the rounded corners. I like them as they seem more durable than the last set. Plus the new point values and the crit chart makes things so much better.
Then a few of the pins participants received for playing in Battletech events. Very cool and a nice, unexpected bonus.
A close up of two of the new plastics.
A look at some of the new IWM releases at the IWM booth.
And what the Storyline board looked like on Saturday night. A king of the hill fight.
More than a few of the Battletech tables had these huge printed maps. Most of them were for the Grinders. I've seen them on the boards before. Can someone point me in the direction of who produces them? Generally, I like them for their size but I think they are a little too busy with terrain.
A quick and terrible shot of the Catalyst booth.
A shot of the IWM booth in all its Battletech glory.
The new Battletech models from that "other" company that ran a Kickstarter that raised an ungodly amount of money to produce crap. Why they didn't go the traditional mini route with the budget they had....we'll never know. Yes. Although these are the finished models and look pretty good, the picture is deceiving. These are not miniatures but tiny plastic models akin to model cars and planes. The arms, legs, guns are all split in half on sprues. They will be a pain to assemble and despite how hard you try, you are going to see seams. They don't show in the picture. But trust me...they're there. I saw them. Funny story here, I watched Palladium demo the game twice to passerbys in their booth. The opening question from staff: "Are you familiar with Robotech?" Twice I heard a reply from the con-goer that went something like this, "Well I've seen the cartoon and played Battletech before." Made me smile. These actually will scale well with Battletech figs. The Marauder fig will be a little tall but I think you can adjust the stance to make it less so.
Next my roundup.
Mike
Hey Wayfarer,
I'm a long time Battletech and Robotech fan. If not for the unseen I may not have picked up my first copy back in the early 1980's. I have been a playtester for Robotech and I have played many a game. I hope to get some Alpha strike games under my belt soon too. I have both the Alpha Strike PDF and the Companion book. I also bought into the Mekton Kickstarter a while back and downloaded the Heavy Gear rules. I figure I'll play and compare all 4 rules sets and see what I like the most. The Robotech one is basically a faster playing Alpha Strike, you lose some of the detail, but in the exchange I played out a 13 vs 29 figure battle in just about an hour. I hope Alpha Strike can get close, from what I know that battle would take and extra 30 minutes to an hour but is also has more detail having infantry and conventional vehicles to play with.
The minis are pretty, Unseen(RDF) pretty much in scale with Battletech. I've used BT minis as stand-ins. I think they tried for too much detail on too small a mini but they do look good. I hope to test out my first Alpha Strike game using unseen units with stats converted over so that they are similar to how they would function in the cartoon but useable in Alpha Strike, plus I want to test the new LAM rules out.
