Stargrave: Science Fiction Wargames in the Ravaged Galaxy

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Over the last couple of years, I have been quietly working on one other major project – I have been writing my ‘gaming autobiography’. Essentially, the story of my life in games, or perhaps how games have related to my life. It covers my earliest encounters with hobby gaming, the great games and game stores that influenced me, my immigration to Britain, working with Osprey, right up to the writing and publication of The Silver Bayonet. I have now finished the first draft of the manuscript and am slowly editing my way through it. It is the longest single work I have ever written. I don’t know what I’ll do with it once it’s finished, or if anyone will ever want to read it, but it has been an enjoyable exercise in self-reflection, nostalgia, game-philosophy, and writing in a different genre. Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: I’m gonna make a crew using just the cultist and gnolls, as they are all a bit tattered looking and unarmoured.

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I have just seen and approved the final pieces of artwork for Frostgrave: Mortal Enemies. Although aRu-Mor has been at it for awhile now, I am continually amazed by her work on the series. There is a wonderful depth to her colours, and a sense of menace in even the simplest compositions. While this is the only Frostgrave book currently on the schedule, I am in discussions with Osprey on another one.Robots are slightly modified Maelstrom's Edge Scarecrow bots. Captain is a MEdge Nimbus battlesuit with a Karist heavy trooper head, dog is from Artel W and the first mate is a Dwarf Merc from Vic Minis. For those that have played Stargrave’s predecessor, Frostgrave, the game will feel immediately familiar. Assemble a crew of ten intrepid adventurers, embark upon loot-snatching sorties in competitive two-player battles, and play through a series of interlinked scenarios across a persistent campaign – all the while levelling up your crew, and recruiting replacements for those who meet the nasty end of a carbine. https://m.facebook.com/warminipainting/photos/a.2143174162415794/3100585983341269/?type=3&source=57&__tn__=EH-R Where does the shotgun trooper come from? Still waiting on my book, but I didn't see that option in the crew rules they released.

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I was playing with a crew list last night. Need to sort the models, but the following seemed like a good mix.

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Another entry also in the Random Encounters table. As the name suggests. A Bounty Hunter. Typically armed with a Carbine, Hand Weapon and Heavy Armour. This boxed set offers enough parts to build 20 heavily equipped characters for Stargrave, ideal for use in independent crews or as members of the pirate fleets hunting them down. While this kit includes a range of weaponry and a mix of helmeted and bare heads, even more variety can be achieved by mixing in components from other Stargraveboxed sets. The bare heads include Male and Female variants. Inspiration doesn’t have to come from sci-fi, and when someone suggested this idea to me it absolutely had to be included. The nine members of the fellowship from The Lord of the Rings…. but in space! Lots of battle reports online and people discussing rules (in the thread right near this) and tactics. So I’m assuming there’s a few games going. Stargrave can be played as a one-off, but it also has campaign rules that use experience points, the loot you win on the battlefield (typically only the victory points system in other games), and upgrading the spaceship. Stargrave rules

Stargrave: Science Fiction Wargames in the Ravaged Galaxy

I prefer the illustrations with their grim and gritty vibe. The models, in surprisingly contrast, are so clean and colourful that they almost look out of place. I know, I’ve just said the real objects felt less accurate than the illustrations, and that can only be the theatre of the mind roleplayer in me speaking. Or perhaps just in this thread (and maybe a painting/crews show off in the painting/modelling section?) I’m starting from scratch with the Stargrave models, might be a few other models I bring in from various sources but even so they won’t be painted currently either. Stargrave, with its focus on skirmishes and miniatures-agnostic rule system, can’t match its (admittedly ambitious) lore. A chunky leveling system aside, much of the world-building that so enticed me when reading the core rulebook, failed to make an impression on the tabletop. In a galaxy torn apart by the Last War, vast pirate fleets roam from system to system, robbing, extorting, and enslaving. Amidst this chaos, thousands of independent operators – smugglers, relic hunters, freedom fighters, and mercenaries – roam the dead stars in small ships, scratching out a living any way they can.There is an economy of credits (CR) in Stargrave. At the start of the game, credits are the resource players spend to design their squad around the captain and first mate. Competing crews won’t be the same. One might make heavier use of combat specialists, and another, for example, might be highly mobile. But wait! Are you still unable to get to your LGS or play Stargrave with your gaming group? Never fear. Tomorrow, we’ll be releasing the Stargrave solo rules Dead or Alive so no gamer will be left behind. For a start, Stargrave does not need any more money from you or any more models. Yes, there are some official minis from North Star but this game is not designed to lure you into the investment cycle of maintaining the best army by buying the latest troop release. Besides Stargrave’s eminently enjoyable tabletop gameplay, one problem persists: it can’t square its frenetic fighting with its roleplaying potential.

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Heroes, rogues and psychic space wizards are only one part of the Stargrave setting. There is also plenty of room for the dregs of a decrepit mining ship trying to stay alive while bumbling around the void from accident to accident. The crew of Red Dwarf are as iconic as any entry here. This boxed set offers enough parts to build 20 lightly equipped male characters for Stargrave, ideal for use in independent crews or as members of the pirate fleets hunting them down. While this kit includes a range of weaponry and a mix of alien and human heads, even more variety can be achieved by mixing in components from other Stargrave male boxed sets.Human sized scavengers of an alien race. Their skin gives them chameleon like abilities to blend into the environment.