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Terrak (686)    Sep 05, 2009 - 09:10 am | Edited on Sep 05, 2009 - 09:11 am

Yeah i was a big fan of the Robotech designs in the Battletech Universe and had to spend big bucks on ebay to get some of the rare Miniatures like Warhammer, archer, Battlemaster MAC2 Destroid, Rifleman and the Marauder and the LAMs. All rare. I actually thought the table top game was way to cumbersome compared to games like Warhammer 40k so i redesigned the whole game so it didnt require the ridiculous amounts of paperwork necessary to play the game (simplified it so that can use more units in a game aswell as speed things up). I actually thought the idea that armour sheers off when hit as silly, as the idea of 100 machineguns tearing up a mech to pieces hilarious (would never happen to a tank so why would it work on a mech?)In real life this just doesnt happen. Anyway that was the biggest flaw in the table top game (in my opinion). Big fan of the universe and hope that the PC games for this will be arriving soon, and this doesnt cause any unnecessary delays » Login to reply to this  LORD ORION (1368)   Sep 05, 2009 - 01:44 pm >> so i redesigned the whole game so it didnt require the ridiculous amounts of paperwork necessary to play the game Sweet, I think my friends and I took the opposite direction. We converted the tactical games we were playing at the time to work more like Star Fleet Battle's impulse system. Games included Batteltech, Renegade Legion(Centurion, Interceptor, Leviathan) and Military Madness on the TG-16 into a turn based pen and paper version. Also, we hated Solaris 7, so we didn't play that. :) It's good to know we were not the only uber-nerds on the planet. (As in not only did we play tactical board games, but we modified them to suit our liking) :D » Login to reply to this  Terrak (686)    Sep 05, 2009 - 06:08 pm Nah your not the only one hehehhe, once its all painted it looks fantastic. Thats part of the enjoyment of the hobby you get some personal satisfaction from it. Lucky the wife doesnt mind me having this hobby. I modified the game so we can include more Mechs/Units in the Battle. I mean in the standard game you had one sheet per mech, and we found in our games that this limited the amount of units we can field, so in the interest of making larger battles i felt it had to be simplified alot. Ended up fitting enough information to fit 3 mechs. Thus a Lance on one page. Made it alot easier without deviating from Battletech Universe. Had to revamp the weapons system, and ditched the cumbersome ammo system and used a Ammo roll ala Necromunda. Anyway the system allowed 3x more units to be used then the old game and sped things up dramatically while maintaining the Battletech feel. Great fun and like i said am eagerly awaiting the next Mechwarrior/Mechcommander series on PC. » Login to reply to this

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Tetongo (247)    Sep 04, 2009 - 09:38 pm

Speaking of which.. Ridley Scott is making Forever War the movie in 3D Link: http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/......ar-inspired-3d/ » Login to reply to this  LastFreeVoice (34)   Sep 05, 2009 - 11:50 am I hope that concept art is the concept some 5 year old drew. » Login to reply to this

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