Shadows

[dgp1957]

Just ordered a Shadow fleet box set, what book covers the Shadows?
Are they in the main rulebook (on order) or another supplement?

David

 

[darknight]

there in the new rule book

 

[H]

there are currently no Official up to Date supplements.

you have 2nd ed rulebook and 2nd ed fleetbook.

their are a number of old sourcebooks and rulebooks that are kinda defunct. also several player supplements for use amongst freinds. This summer will see the next mongoose release of fleets (we assume) and a new Gaim fleetlist in Signs and Portants. The Shadows seem mostly well balanced. Happy gaming

 

[eldiablito]

Personally, I still think they need a Skirmish level ship and a special rule that lets the shields protect the fighters from Anti-Fighter and Dogfights... They are not that great IMO...

 

[Marco Raimeous]

I disagree, antifighter should kill fighters one shot and shadow fighters are fine the way they are HOWEVER there just needs to be more of them per patrol point, I would say 4 but that is just me. or give them a 3" gun instead of 2".

 

[Triggy]

I disagree, antifighter should kill fighters one shot and shadow fighters are fine the way they are HOWEVER there just needs to be more of them per patrol point, I would say 4 but that is just me. or give them a 3" gun instead of 2".

3" range and 3 per wing would probably be about right with no need to tweak their actual rules. I would like to see Shadow Ships really be able to hunt enemy fighters like in the show too though (and therefore clear a hole through which their own fighters can fly).

 

[inq101]

Shadows and Vorlons need either no new ships and MINOR tweaks (Here here Triggy suggestions) or super-lists (go and read Da Boss' 'Darkness Rising' stuff) that cover pretty much everything they could ever want.

Personally I like the short lists.

Tom

 

[Da Boss]

I am happy either way

 

[mikelosaurus]

The only thing that bugs me is that the ACTA main Shadow ships are actually more to scale with the old Fleet Action range rather than the bulk of the other ACTA minis - in theory the models should be twice the size to look right (the same goes for the Vorlon heavy cruiser, the Minbari Sharlin, the Narn G'Quan and the ISA Victory). I've very tempted to sculpt or scratch-build my own, but I need to sort out all my closing-down sale panic buys for the other races first...

 

[Ripple]

I'd like to see a couple of other ships in the list. Due to the way the FAP now breaks down you simply can't have a hole in the PL's in which you have nothing to buy. Add those and I can live without the specialists.

(thought to be honest I would vote for more variants over time, as it's a good way to add value to the game without adding much in the way of cost or inventory load.)

Ripple