More War Rockets!

Received these from Wargames Emporium some days ago:

I should get out the diamond needle files, but the weather is too fine to sit inside fiddling with hobby stuff, when the garden needs attention.

Attic Attack I, Part 3.

Saturday we opened with Torben and @dijit playing War Rocket. Especially @dijit seemed to enjoy the rules.

After that, Torben and I commanded Torben's and @dijit's God of Battles 15mm armies on Torben's gaming mat.

I played a 'refused flank', letting a unit of skirmishers rush forward on the left flank, sacking the baggage of the Wood Elves without encountering any resistance.

After this feat, they were slaughtered by the combined fire of a bolt thrower and some archers

I then tried to circumc.. vent Torben's crack unit, and partly succeeded, when after killing off my super highland berserker unit they were locked in combat with a unit of Orcs charging their flank (the Orcs are not repelled after losing a round of combat, and can 'pin' a much stronger unit in combat)

On the other flank, 2 big monsters kept exchanging blows.

Here you can see the Elf unit pinned by the Orcs, while a unit of beastmen warriors in the far corner picks up the scent of the Elf Camp.

The camp fights back!

Picture by @Duregar

 Torben desperately tries to fight off the beastmen, while @dijit and I watch closely.

Picture by @Duregar

 The Elite Elves finally kill off the last Orcs - but too late!

Picture by @Duregar - I think

 A bit more action - before the beastmen inevitably sack the Elf Camp, scoring the final Victory Points I needed.

Picture by @Duregar

Picture by @Duregar

Fo this size of battle, I think spending 1/3 of the points on one crack unit is not recommendable - but I guess, Torben's main objective was not winning the game, but winning over new followers of God of Battles.

I liked the game. It's simple, with a lot of similarity to SAGA in the way troops move - but with more control over movement, and with alternate activation instead of IGOUGO. Cool game!

@Duregar and I talked about playing the game in 28 mm with our LotR minis, and I'll be collecting a small army to play in the growing GoB15 community here in Denmark. In addition to that, it would be nice to coerce some Warhammer players to try the rules with their existing collections; I would think it probable that some might like the fast flow of the game, compared to the meticulous micro-management of Warhammer.

Attic Attack I, Part 1.

I've been too busy to get the pics from last weekend's first installment of Argonor's Attic Attack posted. but here comes the first batch, from Friday evening:

Tobias pondering about what game to  try first:

Picture by @Duregar

Me, explaining the War Rocket rules to Tobias

Picture by @Duregar

Enter the Galacteers:

The evil saucermen advance:

Picture by @Duregar

 Close encounter among the asteroids:

Picture by @Duregar

 The saucers getting the upper hand, as one of the Galacteer rockets crashes on an asteroid:

Picture by @Duregar

In the end though, the Galacteers prevailed, with one stunned rocket left when the last saucer was blown apart.

Getting Ready for Attic Attack!

The tarpaulins have been removed and stowed away, terrain and tabletops have been found, and both the mead bar (the dark desk to the left), and the bar/snack bar are being readied for next weekend.

The front table on the first pic is just filled with some stuff for the picture; I hope the space will be taken up by Gods of Battle in 15mm.

Below, you can see the set-up for War Rocket, for which I have commandeered some rocks to make life a little bit more... interesting... for the squadron leaders.

A View from the Back End of the Room.

I still need to find a few dice cups, and the minis for some of the other games, but things are moving along nicely - even with FAR too nice weather, keeping me in the garden instead of in the attic.

War Rocket Demo Game WIP, Part 3: Saucy Aliens!

Front view

Finished a bit of a rushed paintjob on these, as things have begun queueing up.

I'm now ready to try the game, and get some more rockets!

Colours used:

Dome:

1. OC Scab Red
2. VOC Blood Red
3. VVOC Blood Angel Orange
4. VVOC Hobgoblin Orange



Back view

5. OC Golden Yellow

Gold Parts:

1. OC Burnished Gold with some black
2. VGC Polished Gold
3. OC Burnished Gold + Silver

Hull:

1. VVOC Chainmail
2. OC Thraka Green (Wash)
3. OC Badab Black (Wash, in recesses)

Thruster Energy:

1. VVOC Enchanted Blue + VVOC Electric Blue
2. VVOC Electric Blue
3. VVOC Horizon Blue

War Rocket Demo Game WIP, Part 2.

Finished painting my Galacteer Comets (Class I) for the demo game at Attic Attack today.

I'm using the 'Lightyear' Squadron colour scheme, because I think it's a very appropriate reference - and I have some Blue Moon retro astronauts that I'm going to paint accordingly.

I also started painting the Zenithian saucers, and I expect to finish them during the upcoming weekend.

Colours used:

Hull:

1. Light grey
2. Very light grey
3. White

Stabilizers (or whatever they are):

• VOC Billious Green

Stabilizer Ends and Rayguns:

1. OC Liche Purple
2. F Royal Purple
3. F Royal Purple Light + White

Thruster:

1. VGC Charred Brown
2. OC Dwarf Bronze
3. VGC Polished Gold

Windows:

1. WZ Illian Blue
2. VOC Enchanted Blue + VOC Electric Blue
3. VOC Horizon Blue (highlights)

War Rocket Demo Game WIP.

Galacteers Class 1

Finished cleaning these up Sunday (pics), and got them primed yesterday.

Now, it's time to slap some paint on!

The plan is to have them ready for Attic Attack 1, and I should be able to pull that off... I think...

Played a game of SAGA with LotR proxies yesterday - AAR to follow over the next couple of days.

Zenithians Class 1

War Rocket

Well, I finally received my copy of the War Rocket rulebook (Hydra Miniatures), plus a handful of ships for the game, and after a quick read-through of the basic rules I decided to spend today's hobby time on making some handy reference sheets for the 4 factions described in the book.

I have 6 ships in total, 3 Galacteer Class I, and 3 Zenithian Class I.

Getting these ready for the table takes precedence over anything else, as I want them ready for Attic Attack I, so I am pretty busy at my normal painting speed.

Luckily, I have the whole next week off, and though I have a lot of practical tasks to tend to, I shouild be able to get the little buggers prepped, primed, and painted fairly fast.

It does mean pausing all other gaming-related activities, though, and my recently started Mines of Moria project probably won't see any progress over the next week (other than, maybe, finishing the boards, and receiving a box of minis from my purchase at the LAF).

Too Much Silence

Well. Not because I'm not actually doing anything (I have almost finished the first 2 models of my semi-comission), and I ordered War Rocket (Hydra Miniatures) through Wargames Emporium just the other day - along with 3 Class I Galacteer ships, and 3 Class I Zenithian ships, which I intend to use as Robot Legion vessels.

I have been wanting to do some Retro Sci-Fi for a long time, and a very nice entry of Valkeeri in the Lead Painters' League at the LAF finally spurred me into getting the rules and a few ships to get started. I intend to paint Buster Gordy and some Galacteers, plus their Robot Legion adversaries, so I can link up between space combat and planetside action, using Fantastic Worlds for the latter. That's the plan, anyway - let's see how well I execute it...

Real life does not permit me any gaming time at the moment, but I hope to get a few games going, either during Easter, or week 19 (vacation), or even both; it all depends on the availabiluity of my gaming buddy.