Recent content by eldiablito

I didn't post it, largely because the die rolls were fairly even, but whenever it was THAT crucial turn for the Romulans to decloak, I would lose the initiative roll. I held back the first time, but it only delayed my attack run several more turns. I became a bit rushed on my second attack run...

I've played with my Romulans twice: once against Federation and once against Klingons. In both cases, my foe could anticipate the release of plasmas and were able to move outside of the 8" (in some turns, they were able to completely ignore the firing arc). My current fleet is using entirely...

So, that works for me. However, don't you need to roll for the last 3 damage from the photon torpedo to see if it hits the bulk head or get a critical systems hit? So, this is sorta a part 2 to the first post of this thread.

Hello, I'm SURE that this has been answered, but I just want to double check... I was inspired by this thread: http://forum.mongoosepublishing.com/viewtopic.php?f=103&t=50443 If a photon torpedo with multi-hit 4 strikes an enemy ship with 1 shield left, what happens? Does the shield take ALL...

Also, from my reading on Midway, I got the impression that planes were much more powerful than V@S seems to portray. Is there anyway to improve this?

What if the Hellbore did double damage to enemy shields, but NOT against the hull. If any extra damage gets through on the same AD, then round back down to the remaining AD total? IOW, a 5AD Hellbore hits a ship with 7 shield points left. The first 4AD are doubled to ensure that the shields...

As another fan of the "Old Trek" show and movies, I too was saddened when I heard that there would be no Klingon Birds of Prey (as seen in Star Trek III, IV and VI... was there one in V? I try to put that film out of my memory) and no film styled Miranda class Federation vessels (IOW, no...

From my reading and a couple of simulations. I get the impression that cloaking and plasma doesn't fire all that often (when played conservatively). So, assuming that a warbird decloaks & fires (turn 1 of the assault). It cloaks next turn (turn 2), reloads (turn 3). So, if the warbird is set up...

I think that moving 2 of the nacells would do the trick.

So this gets to the heart of my question. If a warbird decloaks, it gets to be repositioned 6". It also gets a 45 degree turn. I'm cool with that. However, I'm still foggy about the ships movement. Does this ship get a move or not? When I read the weird situations (44) it still uses the...

I have to agree, only stronger; U-G-L-Y! UGLY! UGLY! UGLY!

So, I'm getting a feel for the rules by playing some small games. This time I tried out 2 king eagles versus 2 D7 s. Please correct me if I miss read any rules 1) So as I read it, when the Romulans are cloaked, they only move 6" and the turn once. 2) once the Romulans decloak, you get an...

Well, it has been a VERY long time since I was here the last time. I have only tried the game once by myself (to try and see how the rules differ from B5). I tried out 2 D7s against a Constitution class and a Kearsage Class (did anyone notice that the Kearsage has a "Reliant"?) Some...

Well put. However, I liked BFG MUCH less than this game. Worse still, I have an honest distaste for the 40k universe. So, unless the ACTA fixes the priority problems, fixes the entire init sinks that dominate the game today, fixes the trouble with big ships getting hit with a critical hit and...

I like what you are trying to do here, but I do disagree with your perceptions of which is a win/loss/tie for the two special actions. I certainly agree, but when would I USE the special action; probably when the vorlon cannot shoot anyway, so why would I worry about the perceived loss? Well...