The end is nigh...

I take it that it is still fine to talk about B5 here without having to worry about a WB bat squad showing up at the doorstep.
 
I would imagine so. IANAL but to me it seems that provided Mongoose does not try to make money from B5-related material, it's now in more or less the same position as any other website with B5 stuff or a B5-related forum, e.g. the Babylon 5 Technical Manual or Katadder's Babylon 5 forum. Presumably if Mongoose can't afford to pay for a licence then neither can the owners of those sites, and the B5 Technical Manual has been around for years - if WB haven't jumped on it by now then it's probably safe.

The moving, renaming and allowing us to continue talking about ACTA was exactly what Matt promised us - thanks, Matt! :)

Obviously at the moment there is only the B5 version. But if you want a contentious topic, which universe will the next ACTA be based on and can a Shadow ship / Vorlon heavy cruiser / Dilgar Armageddon level ship (delete as applicable) beat the best ship from that universe? :D
 
AdrianH said:
which universe will the next ACTA be based on and can a Shadow ship / Vorlon heavy cruiser / Dilgar Armageddon level ship (delete as applicable) beat the best ship from that universe? :D
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In The Pirkinning? :lol:
I want a Amigo destroyer!
 
Burger said:
AdrianH said:
which universe will the next ACTA be based on and can a Shadow ship / Vorlon heavy cruiser / Dilgar Armageddon level ship (delete as applicable) beat the best ship from that universe? :D
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In The Pirkinning? :lol:
I want a Amigo destroyer!
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FUKOOOOOV!!! :lol:
 
Has Mongoose thought about porting ACTA over to Traveller?

I know it's not the same... the ships would all be different. Probably a monumental effort.

But... Traveller needs a tabletop fleet combat game, and Mongoose has one, so...

And can someone point me to discussions about the conceptual ACTA "version 3"?
 
pasuuli said:
Has Mongoose thought about porting ACTA over to Traveller?

I know it's not the same... the ships would all be different. Probably a monumental effort.

But... Traveller needs a tabletop fleet combat game, and Mongoose has one, so...
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... so does Traveller. It's called Power Projection, and I had a go at Conpulsion 2009. One big difference beteen PP and ACTA is that you need to write orders for your ships. There are templates showing fire arcs, including a narrow arc for spinal mounts - PP's equivalent of ACTA's boresight mounts. Ship movement is much looser; instead of players taking it in turns to move one ship at a time, both players move all their ships at the same time. This might not work too well once ships get into close quarters manoeuvring but due to the effectiveness of a spinal mount meson gun, that wasn't a problem during our game. :)

A couple of photos:
Vargr fleet
Zhodani fleet - looking a bit like a Dargan and two Sullusts. :D
 
AdrianH said:
I would imagine so. IANAL but to me it seems that provided Mongoose does not try to make money from B5-related material, it's now in more or less the same position as any other website with B5 stuff or a B5-related forum, e.g. the Babylon 5 Technical Manual

B5 Technical Manual has been around for years - if WB haven't jumped on it by now then it's probably safe.
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as far as i know the B5Tech site is classified as an "educational" site or something like that making it more or less untouchable by WB.
 
Da Boss said:
"boom today, boom tommorow - there is always a boom!"

(LBH can correct any errors :)
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Well apart from the obvious spelling mistakes :lol:

"No boom today. Boom tomorrow, there's always a boom tomorrow."

LBH
 
I like this one for what we expected....

"Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth shattering kaboom?" - Marvin
 
Just to say,

I'm actually quite grateful that the contents of this forum have been kept! AS there are a few nuggets of information hidden in here that is useful for sorting out rule clarifications!

Long live ACTA!
 
mikelosaurus said:
It doesn't appear to be possible to order flying bases through the Mongoose site any more...? *scratches head*
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IWM still list the CTA bases on their online store.

Of course there is also always GW, slightly different sizes of course.
 
mikelosaurus said:
Kickaha said:
mikelosaurus said:
It doesn't appear to be possible to order flying bases through the Mongoose site any more...? *scratches head*
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IWM still list the CTA bases on their online store.
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And pay their ridiculously inflated prices (and postage)? Bah.
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Buy some styrene sheet and make your own. (use brass rod for the ship support)

In this case "you take your choice and pays your money."
 
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