Recent content by Sturmgrenadier

I miss the wargamer edition...

While I haven't seen any, I haven't been looking. You can get just about anything else as a decal these days, so a simple thin white line shouldn't be too hard to arrange.

P G, Don't sweat it, I think they look great. Trust me, we're always our own worse critics. Have you considered white decal strip for your carriers however? Never having used it myself I'm not sure how it would work out, but it might be easier on you for those long centre lines.

Still a small community playing Battletech here in Australia, although it is a little scattered, and mainly played in peoples houses. I haven't played for years either, but I still have a lance or two packed away somewhere...

The Swordfish were actually too slow for the predictors on some ships iirc. So the guns were firing ahead of the planes.

Not having a copy of the rules in front of me, does radar allow you to shoot through Smoke? Obs Aircraft no longer on the table? Damn, and I just bought some Walrus's too...

I thought AFPO mail was cheap, or at least as cheap as going anywhere else within the US? Failing that, get it sent to a stateside base, then internal mail it to you? Aside from that, welcome to how the rest of the world feel about postage from the US... :wink:

Excellent, looks like the supplement may be the momentum that helps VaS pick up steam (pun intended) around here... (It's kinda on the edge of popularity or obscurity at the moment)

Why is it more difficult to hit? The Torpedoe rules (as they stand) don't use any modifiers but for night/bad weather, evasive manouvers and shooting at the beam, unless I've read the rules completely wrong (again). edit: Ah, now I see it, flank speed isn't on page 7, so is included. Fast...

OK, then SAP long lance torpedoes aren't as nasty as we thought then. I think it was the reference to a natural 6 always doing damage, but no similar 'natural' mention in the damage roll for crits that had me confused. Still, massed destroyers with torpedoes looks to be a great way to get rid...

AP and Super AP give a +1 and +2 to the DD roll, does that count towards a critical? :? We read it that way in our first VaS game last friday, but upon re-reading it tonight, I'm now not so sure. PS: Is it just us, or does VaS really reward Destroyers over Cruisers as much as it appears to, or...