Gaim anybody?

[LordClinto]

Whats going on?

Did I miss something?
Is this a new or upcoming release?
June 25, 2006 (should this be 2007)?
Or is this for the RPG?


Babylon 5: A Call To Arms: Gaim Fleet Book (Paperback)
by Matthew Sprange, Matt Keefe

List Price: $9.95

Product Details

Paperback: 32 pages
Publisher: Mongoose Publishing (June 25, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN: 1905471327

Book Description
One of the strangest and most alien races in the Babylon 5 universe, the Gaim strike into the heart of the galaxy with this new fleet book. Detailing their advanced fleet and powerful technologies, this book contains a complete fleet list, painting guide and history of the Gaim within the galaxy. Fully compatible with A Call to Arms Revised Edition and the Sky Full of Stars supplement.

 

[katadder]

well they did have the v2 fleet list at the masters of war tourney, they are extremely mean and nasty going by that. i thought they would be v2 but perhaps we will see them earlier.

 

[E Nicely]

Yes the Gaim are mean and nasty. They play differently than any other fleet.

 

[Tank]

If they are using the Stats we got shown at Masters of War then the drugs have seriously got to them!!! :lol:

 

[Locutus9956]

lol even the release schedule has typoes

(I'd assume that yes thats meant for 2007)

 

[Greg Smith]

Where did you see this listed Lord Clinto? Was it Amazon?

There was a Gaim book tentavively planned at one point. Amazon have a tendencey to list any book anyone ever said they might possibly write.

 

[Ben2]

Was this AoG style Gaim with purchased hulls in the show era and home built stuff in the Crusade era, or completely different?

 

[LordClinto]

Where did you see this listed Lord Clinto? Was it Amazon?

Yup, Amazon.

There was a Gaim book tentavively planned at one point. Amazon have a tendencey to list any book anyone ever said they might possibly write.

Yeah, I've seen that with books from other companies also!

 

[Wulf Corbett]

Was this AoG style Gaim with purchased hulls in the show era and home built stuff in the Crusade era, or completely different?

The Gaim in playtest are very very different.

To everything.

Wulf

 

[JayRaider]

Can't wait for Gaim, i read about them in the Galactic Guide and they are intrigueing. 8)

 

[katadder]

Tank nearly collapsed reading the gaim and psycorps fleets on saturday

 

[captainsmirk]

Please, please, please no organic tech, with a Swedish meatball (or alien equivalent, doesn't the Security guide crack you up :lol: ) on top...

Nick

 

[G´berg]

Psicorps? Psicorps fleet?

Ooooa


What is all this?
Why don´t they mention Armaggedon (fully compatible with ACTA and SFOS but nothing of Arma)

I have a friend who will collapse too.
State a link for us all to collapse, please.

 

[animus]

Psicorps? Psicorps fleet?

Ooooa

Mongoose should wait a year or so before doing this - JMS is making new movies and it'll show up there. To jump the gun now would make a plethora of uncannon ships when a cannon is being made. Shame Matt's not on better terms with JMS - some inside info could be used.

 

[Hash]

Psicorps? Psicorps fleet?

Ooooa


What is all this?
Why don´t they mention Armaggedon (fully compatible with ACTA and SFOS but nothing of Arma)

I have a friend who will collapse too.
State a link for us all to collapse, please.

G'berg - last Saturday at the Master of War tournament at Mongoose, Matt left some copies of excerpts (inc. the Gaim and Psicorps fleet lists) of ACTA v2 lying around for players to read (and presumably get feedback?).

We didn't make copies sorry

It's not released, won't be for a while, and...if nothing changes from now till release date (which is unlikely given our industrious playtesters), suffice to say they will make a MAJOR impact on play.

P.S. I missed out on a sneak peek on the new Shadows list cause by the time I got to look through the stuff it had gone walkabout! Still...I'm think of getting a couple of new fleets anyway for V2...I already have some ships for one of the fleets I want

 

[lastbesthope]

Well when Low Roller and I saw these at the SST Evo playtest session Matt pointed out a lot of the ships and stats were placeholders, much development and testing to be done.

LBH

 

[E Nicely]

Mongoose should wait a year or so before doing this - JMS is making new movies and it'll show up there. To jump the gun now would make a plethora of uncannon ships when a cannon is being made. Shame Matt's not on better terms with JMS - some inside info could be used.

We're looking at 9 months to a year before second edition. The *trailers* for the new B5 stories won't even be available until ComicCon (end of July). I don't see a conflict with the new episodes, those are all ships that can be added later.

And a huge portion of ships in the game are un-canon.

If they are using the Stats we got shown at Masters of War then the drugs have seriously got to them!!!

The game look much more powerful on paper than they actually are. The new rules and style of playing them (fun as hell to play) make them close to equal of every other race, more playtesting will put them on par with other fleets. We have a lot of time to get it right.

 

[Morgoth]

I am just happy to hear that the guys are actually working on new races to expand the game with. Would be nice to see a fulll list for the League of Non-Alignd Worlds - please do the pak'mara too, even if its only a few ships to add as allies etc

 

[Wulf Corbett]

IWould be nice to see a fulll list for the League of Non-Alignd Worlds - please do the pak'mara too, even if its only a few ships to add as allies etc

Be reasonable, the League as a whole seems to include a couple of new races every time someone lists it!

As of this moment we are not playtesting the Pak.

Wulf

 

[Morgoth]

okay, well at least the races that were in the show, and the Pak's were in the show just as much as the Gaim after all!!