Late breaking news - tomorrow, we will be previewing, for the very first time, Victory at Sea 2.0. The delectable Amy will be running participation games of the Battle of the River Plate!
Dragonmeet - First Preview of Victory at Sea 2.0
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StormforceX
Mongoose
At last! VaS 2.0, the great god Neptune has heard my prayers!
StormforceX said:
Don't get too excited - being able to showcase the core rules and the Battle of the River Plate is a _long_ way from a printed rulebook!
However,things are certanly progressing.
Renny
Mongoose
I'm not sure I can give you as technical an answer as you're looking for. I've played VaS 1 a couple of times only. I jumped into the Dragonmeet demo and was not aware that the game I was playing was v2.0. The ship sheets looked pretty similar to those I remember. All I can say is that the game played quicker than I remember. This may be because Amy knew the rules better than I did, or it may be because the rules are slightly quicker in play. One play aid Amy had which seemed useful was a summary sheet for how range affects the number of AD for each weapon system. This may be an unofficial MI aid or it may be a chart from the new book. Either way, we played out the engagement in well under thirty minutes. I will try and get those promised pictures posted later today.
AdmiralGrafSpee
Mongoose
Cool. Got a shot of the Graf Spee's stats?
Ecclesiastes
Mongoose
Noticed that the crew stat has been removed. A good thing in my opinion. I already play my games without keeping track of crew losses. It speeds up things.
Also the integration of the DD adjustments into the statline seems to be an improvement.
Really hope to see some previews of the new rules soon. Since the game seems to be playable just fine with the new stats shown on the picture, would it be possible to post the stats of each ship in the boxed sets when they come out?
Also the integration of the DD adjustments into the statline seems to be an improvement.
Really hope to see some previews of the new rules soon. Since the game seems to be playable just fine with the new stats shown on the picture, would it be possible to post the stats of each ship in the boxed sets when they come out?
AdmiralGrafSpee
Mongoose
I'd happily buy PDFs with ship reference cards for playing, much like what has been done for ACTA-SF.
Hey Matt, any chance we can see the stats for Graf Spee?
Also, I noticed that there are no "point values" listed on the British ships. I assume it wasn't necessary as this is a historical scenario, but are you still going to do point values for all the ships? I hope you will, as that was one problem our group had with VAS 1.0.
Hey Matt, any chance we can see the stats for Graf Spee?
Also, I noticed that there are no "point values" listed on the British ships. I assume it wasn't necessary as this is a historical scenario, but are you still going to do point values for all the ships? I hope you will, as that was one problem our group had with VAS 1.0.
We will indeed have points values on ships, and another preview will be done in the future!
