Restarting the Vassal Challenge Thread

[LaranosTZ]

I figured with the somewhat renewed interest in vassal folks are showing around here it might be nice to bring back the thread to help folks schedule, challenge, or simply lay down a little smack talk to get folks online again.

For example, I will be around pretty much all day wedsday (preferably after 10am pst), US time if anyone wants to get a game in, or two, or otherwise wants to have a bit of fun.

 

[Alexb83]

Anyone who fancies a game in the next few hours, I'll be on.

 

[Alexb83]

Well, a brief batrep from last night:
Vorlons (me) vs Centauri (Katadder), 5 raid, assassination.
3 Transports & 1 Destroyer vs. 6 Vorchans (2 squadrons of 3) and 4 Maximus.
4 'roid fields (towards the bottom of the board) and 1 gas giant rolled for (no moons) on the bottom left. Centauri elect to setup at the top. Vorlons meanwhile leave dest & trans in hyperspace & 2 trans on the board at the bottom right.
Vorlons win attacker & select a hapless Vorchan (as it happened, no. 1) as their target.
Opened with the left vorchan squad managing a 29 inch move! (apte onto the gravity well and extra move) attempting to flank 2 trans. JPs as usual did nada, scraping a few pts on a max and damaging a vorchan. Transports moved into cover between two 'roid fields. Vorchan came forwards into weapons range & did potshots against a trans.
From there on in, Vorlons popped about a ship per turn. Hits were few but I managed no less than 6 vital crits, of which IIRC 3 were 6/6 Although 1 transport was up to 67dmg at one point, managed to steam off & slingshot around the gas giant to escape 8) Similarly, although the dest got hit for 100 in one round by a Vorchan Squadron and 2 maximus, he outmanouvered & a transport wiped out the Vorchan (the scenario target) about to CAF him to death. Game called there... End result: 4 Vorchans dead, 1 Max cripp/skeled and the others with a spattering of damage.

 

[katadder]

was fun game, thought would use a differant centauri force for a change. vorchans are actually very dangerous ships and it was only the AA (and the fact i mised all plasma shots one round) that saved the vorlons. against a more conventional fleet i think this fleet could shine.

 

[JayRaider]

Any volunteers for a game on Sunday?
I would like to be scoresman, using the Combat Sim, calling out firing results to the two players.
Either using msn/yahoo chat or the usual method of typing the results in Vassal.
I'm curious as to how fast this will speed up the game, i have high hopes!
So if there are two players out there that would like to try this out for a 5pt Raid game, let me know