B5 Licence will not be renewed in 2009

[inq101]

Of course you could just play a game of B5 ACTA without telling Warner Brothers.

 

[emperorpenguin]

I wonder if its feasible to port B5 over to BFG rules...

I'd be suprised if no one has done it before

I did it back in 2003 before ACTA came along. My gaming buddies played it. Even had two campaigns (Earth-Minbari and Narn-Centauri) going.

My wife found the fleet lists for it under a pile of her cookery magazines while tidying a few days ago!

 

[Da Boss]

Ah how life has changed :wink: ?

sounds like its going well however

Any chance of posting the rules sometime ? 8)

 

[emperorpenguin]

Any chance of posting the rules sometime ? 8)

The only copy I have now is the paper copy from the magazine heap o' doom. I lost my copy on PC a few years ago after a virus. I think a mate who is posted to Iraq has a copy (because I e-mailed it to him) but if he lost his copy too then I'll have to type it all from scratch! :shock:

 

[CZuschlag]

Da Boss,

Clarifying:

As far as I understand it, P&P is still a go. Is that your understanding, too?

 

[Smegish]

I wonder if its feasible to port B5 over to BFG rules...

And just as I was considering doing the opposite, converting BFG ships to ACTA rules... guess it could still be done... I even started on the Chaos and Imperial fleets, just haven't gotten to playtest em much yet.

So I figure we will be relying on fan-made supplements from now on... (well done on that League one btw Katadder )

 

[Stonehorse]

Can't say I'm shocked to read this.

2008 seems to me like a Year where Mongoose didn't know what they were doing. Sorry if this sounds negative*, but it just seems to be like watching a car crash in very slow motion.






*I'm still left feeling a bit burnt after the debacle that was Starship Troopers Evolution.

 

[waterproofla]

My understanding from the "State of Mongoose" was that they were dropping B% RPG, not B5 ACTA. Was I incorrect? Can't they drop the license to produce the RPG without dropping the license to produce the mini game?

 

[Greg Smith]

Clarifying:

As far as I understand it, P&P is still a go. Is that your understanding, too?

That is my understanding. Matt said:

Will ACTA Powers and Principalities still be coming out in 2009 - no mention of that in the SoM address?

Yup, still going ahead!

 

[Poi]

They're dropping all B5 stuff, but ACTA will continue without B5 fleets.

 

[Greg Smith]

My understanding from the "State of Mongoose" was that they were dropping B% RPG, not B5 ACTA. Was I incorrect?

It won't be B5 ACTA, it will be New Licence ACTA.

 

[Court Jester]

My understanding from the "State of Mongoose" was that they were dropping B% RPG, not B5 ACTA. Was I incorrect?

It won't be B5 ACTA, it will be New Licence ACTA.

Or New Setting ACTA... I don't think Matt has said it will be a Licensed setting, unless you know any more...

 

[Greg Smith]

Or New Setting ACTA... I don't think Matt has said it will be a Licensed setting, unless you know any more...

Might do.

 

[silashand]

Considering that the only other sci-fi setting I would even remotely be interested in would be Star Wars, and the odds of that being the license is slim to none, I kinda doubt I will bother unless the new version has a means of building ships to basically reproduce the B5 universe. Sorry to those who like Stargate and BG, I just don't care for those settings and won't be migrating if one or more of them is the chosen backstory. I liked Starship Troopers, but that was much more suited to an infantry game than space combat.

Ah well. Odds are good I'll just start playing BFG again (which is a good system in itself, if a little stagnant with the killing off of Specialist Games).

Cheers, Gary

 

[Scheel]

Last company that was going to drop the B5 license (AOG) and start their own space combat game went belly up shortly after. Don't think Mongoose is in same straights as they have many other properties that make "$" for them. Annoyed all the same that they are doing this. Guess my B5 fleets will be joining my BFG fleets now. Storage.

Scheel

 

[greenboy]

Considering that the only other sci-fi setting I would even remotely be interested in would be Star Wars, and the odds of that being the license is slim to none, I kinda doubt I will bother unless the new version has a means of building ships to basically reproduce the B5 universe. Sorry to those who like Stargate and BG, I just don't care for those settings and won't be migrating if one or more of them is the chosen backstory. I liked Starship Troopers, but that was much more suited to an infantry game than space combat.

Ah well. Odds are good I'll just start playing BFG again (which is a good system in itself, if a little stagnant with the killing off of Specialist Games).

Cheers, Gary

And the differnce between bfg with no support and acta B5 with no support is ? :?

 

[Burger]

My understanding from the "State of Mongoose" was that they were dropping B% RPG, not B5 ACTA. Was I incorrect?

It won't be B5 ACTA, it will be New Licence ACTA.

I wonder if they're able to keep the name ACTA, after all A Call To Arms is the name of a WB film? Or maybe ACTA will now stand for something else??

 

[Foxmeister]

My understanding from the "State of Mongoose" was that they were dropping B% RPG, not B5 ACTA. Was I incorrect?

It won't be B5 ACTA, it will be New Licence ACTA.

I wonder if they're able to keep the name ACTA, after all A Call To Arms is the name of a WB film? Or maybe ACTA will now stand for something else??

I don't think that will be a problem as it is a relatively well known phrase - I doubt that WB can have trademarked it.


I notice that http://www.acalltoarms.co.uk/ is a minis company!

Regards,

Dave

 

[Mongoose_Will]

A Cursed Train Apocolypse?

A Cosy Toilet Arrangment?

A Curvy Training Assistant?

 

[Greg Smith]

There is a Deep Space Nine episode named A Call to Arms. There is a Charmed episode too.

I think the phrase has literary origins.