lightsyder
Mongoose
anyone here play these old games? just wondering if they had any new material or dated an events from the babylon 5 universe?
babylon 5 wars and customizable card game
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Yup. we've got a fair number of players of the CCG in the group round here in Cambridge, plus we know some people who we play against in London quite a bit.
As to new material, not for a long while. There are a few websites for the CCG still going. Our group has had to introduce a few errata/clarifications beyond the official ones for corporate or anlashok bits.
As to new material, not for a long while. There are a few websites for the CCG still going. Our group has had to introduce a few errata/clarifications beyond the official ones for corporate or anlashok bits.
Yeah I still play B5Wars, more than any other game really. I'm still new to it (bought the base set 2 and a half years ago, but am still learning - i've collected all the supplements now so i've got no excuse now, lol)
In fact a lot of the things i have in ACTA is in some amount ported to B5Wars (and vice versa) so i can play both games however i want :-D
In fact a lot of the things i have in ACTA is in some amount ported to B5Wars (and vice versa) so i can play both games however i want :-D
themanofzhahadum
Mongoose
I love the CCG and keep buying new stuff for it - nothing recently released and word from the last of the Rangers is that there won't be anymore...
Search "Vorlon Space" in google and you'll find the last good site.
Search "Vorlon Space" in google and you'll find the last good site.
lightsyder
Mongoose
Is there any good supplemental material in the wars books and ccg cards that could be used for dating purposes? just wondering how interesting these items might be in regards to putting together a timeline...
Yeah, the B5Wars books are full of background fluff. In fact, it's where a lot of the information and names that are in ACTA and the RPG came from, I believe (Mongoose heavily expanded on it, of course). JMS himself was impressed with AoG's work with the details and information they came up with for B5Wars.
As for the CCG, i don't know. Not into that.
As for the CCG, i don't know. Not into that.
themanofzhahadum said:
We don't play any more, but my group loved the B5 CCG. We went to some Tournaments in Birmingham too. Whilst not a fan of CCG's particularly, it really had a good feel of the show, and despite some of the cards being a little bit over the top it was really fun to play. Having four or five players really made for a dynamic game, with plenty of arguing and backstabbing. Well, at least from whoever was playing the Centauri or Psi Corps...
Chobbly
Jiraiya
Mongoose
I played B5 Wars extensively when it first came out back in the late '90s. In fact I still own most of it. ACTA is a better game due to it's streamlining, but, if you enjoy power allocation games a la SFB, the former game was enjoyable in it's own right.
The CCG was neat, too. Fortunately my friend owns about a gazillion of these cards so I can play, as I won't by games with the words 'collectable' on them.
Jiraiya
The CCG was neat, too. Fortunately my friend owns about a gazillion of these cards so I can play, as I won't by games with the words 'collectable' on them.
Jiraiya
Kizarvexis
Mongoose
lightsyder said:
Here is a timeline for B5 that is pretty good.
http://www.chronology.org/b-five/
Kizarvexis
I still have a pretty big selection of CCG cards although I haven't played in years. I think I have a couple of the embossed signature cards somewhere. I should look on eBay and see if they are worth anything.
EDIT:- Just checked eBay, apparently they aren't worth the card they're printed on.
EDIT:- Just checked eBay, apparently they aren't worth the card they're printed on.
Being a former Ranger for the B5 CCG (not a good one sadly, had no time to devote to game) what I can remember is this:
Licence was pulled from the company right as they were to release another expansion as well as a 'binder/Shadow figure'(or something like that) package. They were required (ordered) to destroy EVERYTHING they had, with only one or two exceptions I recall. Could be wrong about that last part. It damn near broke their heart to have to do that, but...business/economics rule I guess. I don't know/remember the full story sadly. Precedence never really recovered from it....
There were some damn good Rangers for that game that gave it their all. Somewhere I still have my game cards, even in a binder I think for some of them. Still have some of the promo cards that they used to give us to give out at demos/tournies I believe. If anyone wants some/them, PM and I'm sure we can come to some sort of deal
Jason
new to the boards as a poster and remembers being very passionate about the CCG game
Licence was pulled from the company right as they were to release another expansion as well as a 'binder/Shadow figure'(or something like that) package. They were required (ordered) to destroy EVERYTHING they had, with only one or two exceptions I recall. Could be wrong about that last part. It damn near broke their heart to have to do that, but...business/economics rule I guess. I don't know/remember the full story sadly. Precedence never really recovered from it....
There were some damn good Rangers for that game that gave it their all. Somewhere I still have my game cards, even in a binder I think for some of them. Still have some of the promo cards that they used to give us to give out at demos/tournies I believe. If anyone wants some/them, PM and I'm sure we can come to some sort of deal
Jason
new to the boards as a poster and remembers being very passionate about the CCG game Can't comment on the CCG, but there's tons of web stuff out for AOG's defunct B5 Wars game. Of course, Mongoose has a vibrant, living game in ACTA, but the scales are a little different. I wouldn't put B5 Wars quite at the SFB, plot out all your energy and movement complexity level (or like SITS, a 3D sim for the Honor Harrington universe), but it's fairly up there. ACTA is more like Battlefleet Gothic, in that it's really oriented toward task forces and small fleets of ships. B5 Wars was more oriented toward small groups of ships, maybe 2-4 per side. You got a lot more detail than ACTA, but at the cost of playability and time.
That being said, the moderate to high complexity of the game meant there was a ton you could do with it.
There's the B5Wars.net forums that are a bit spotty these days but normally up. The downloads section includes the Rise of the Narn Regime supplement that was going to be published by AOG before the lost the license, and a Variants supplement with dozens of new ships.
Planetside.firenebula.com has tons of new content for B5 Wars, including about 40 issues of the fan mags The Great Machine and Babcomm. There's also several new fan supplements, and conversions for Star Trek, Star Wars, Dune, and Escalation Wars which probably have 500+ ships for.
Follow the links page to tons of other sites, including conversions for Andromeda, Battlestar Galactica, Farscape, Robotech, Wing Commander, Descent, and lots of others. Plus of course lot more B5 content.
I've got a yahoo web group that I occassionally post new ships on, lately working on conversions for Battletech, Battlefleet Gothic, Buck Rogers and a few others. http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/b5wcrossovers/
And www.richbax.com has some great unpublished material from a game design group that was working with AOG. He's moved on now to do design work with Mongoose for ACTA. But his old B5 War's site is still a rare treat.
There's one gentleman that categorized all the downloads available for B5 Wars in one spot, but I don't have that bookmark on this machine unfortunately. I'll see if I can track it down for you.
Personally I'd love to play out a campaign some day with Victory By Any Means as the campaign rules (another product originally going to be released by AOG that fell by the wayside, but now produced by Jay Wasachak and Tyrel Lohr as a generic scifi campaign system), ACTA as the fleet simulator, and B5 Wars resolving any small combats.
That being said, the moderate to high complexity of the game meant there was a ton you could do with it.
There's the B5Wars.net forums that are a bit spotty these days but normally up. The downloads section includes the Rise of the Narn Regime supplement that was going to be published by AOG before the lost the license, and a Variants supplement with dozens of new ships.
Planetside.firenebula.com has tons of new content for B5 Wars, including about 40 issues of the fan mags The Great Machine and Babcomm. There's also several new fan supplements, and conversions for Star Trek, Star Wars, Dune, and Escalation Wars which probably have 500+ ships for.
Follow the links page to tons of other sites, including conversions for Andromeda, Battlestar Galactica, Farscape, Robotech, Wing Commander, Descent, and lots of others. Plus of course lot more B5 content.
I've got a yahoo web group that I occassionally post new ships on, lately working on conversions for Battletech, Battlefleet Gothic, Buck Rogers and a few others. http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/b5wcrossovers/
And www.richbax.com has some great unpublished material from a game design group that was working with AOG. He's moved on now to do design work with Mongoose for ACTA. But his old B5 War's site is still a rare treat.
There's one gentleman that categorized all the downloads available for B5 Wars in one spot, but I don't have that bookmark on this machine unfortunately. I'll see if I can track it down for you.
Personally I'd love to play out a campaign some day with Victory By Any Means as the campaign rules (another product originally going to be released by AOG that fell by the wayside, but now produced by Jay Wasachak and Tyrel Lohr as a generic scifi campaign system), ACTA as the fleet simulator, and B5 Wars resolving any small combats.
Traveller-61
Mongoose
demiurge - thanks for posting the links
It's been a long time since I visited those sites and I had forgotten how much good stuff there was there!
DW
It's been a long time since I visited those sites and I had forgotten how much good stuff there was there!
DW
