Recent content by KeithMc

Any Idea whats happening SST/Mongoose wise at Gaelcon this year? I'll have to work for part of the weekend but I'll try and make it in at some point. Keith Mc

Given the choice I would much ratter big chunky models and a bit of fudging with the scale to having to play with fiddly little 15mm stuff with no detail. Yep, I used the Lee Enfield on the range a few times. Since I was in the MPs I mostly used the Gustav sub-machinegun and the BAP. The...

OK but the point is that we are not just talking about scaling down to where the average soldier could score a hit. Lets crunch some numbers: If a normal 28mm miniature represents a man 6 feet tall (72") then 100m would be approx 1240mm or 49" (say roughly the width of an average gaming...

Hi Guys, I heard that Mongoose was going to be at Gaelcon in Dublin at the end of October this year. Any chance they will have some of the new stuff/rules with them? Demos? Thanks, Keith Mc

I'm just going to put my hands over my ears, close my eyes and yell 'Don't care! Don't care! Don't care!' as loud as I can over and over again until anyone with a real problem with it goes away! :) Unfortuantely its in the nature of 28mm/30mm gaming that unless your willing to play the game...

I don't care as long as the game is balanced. It could be fun to play out a 'Saving Private Ryan' scenario where a few squads of Infantry have to try and stop a force of tanks. It all depends on whether the Infantry stand a chance or not. From the looks of the battle report Tanks aren't the...

It happens all the time at the moment when you have UN Peacekeeping forces. Maybe not down to every second squad in a patrol using a different language but you do end up with a mix. It does lead to the occasional cock-up though... :) And the force Matt used wouldn't speak that many different...

I wouldn't feel right suggesting new players get into the game when I know there is a new version just over the hill. Keith Mc

This is exactly what I was talking about - once the game launches there will be endless debate over the stats for different stuff! The SA80 story I keep thinking of was back when the war in Afganistan was at its peak and the Royal Marines were complaining that the F****er of an SA80 keep...

Watching the MEA taking on the bugs should be fun. Hell, watching the USMC taking on the bugs would be a blast - after all with the Abrams they probably have better Armour than the MI! :) If nothing else the compatibilty between systems should help sales since you don't necessary need friends...

Thanks, best to be safe unless you want to get beaned with a rolled up news paper Well if a Shotgun-toting Chipmunk wants to chime in he's welcome any time. I was just thinking it would be difficult to get much meaningful variation between different firearms with the current SST rules. I think...

I suppose what I'm really wondering is how different will the profiles be. Emperorpenguin and I met up in the local games shop the other day and one of the conclusions we came to was that if they use the ranges from SST for this game it will be very weird. A Tank looks to be what 6"-8" inches...

Suppose this leads on to how much detail there will be in the Stats for the different units? Are they all going to be armed with what is basically a Morita from Starship Troopers? I can see endless discussions of whether say, the Steyr AUG or the SA80 are better/have better range/have better...

Just wondering if the Battlefield evo rules will be enforcing the usual 'Minimum 5 men per squad' rule that seems something of a gaming standard. Will it be possible to field smaller squads of 3-4? Keith Mc

Question for Matt: How strict will the army lists be for Battlefield Evo? I doubt you'll ever see enough of a market to do an 'Irish Defence force' army so will I be able to take some Austrian Infantry with Steyr AUGs, some Mowag Piranas from somewhere else (USMC have/are getting a vehicle...