• Registered: 2008-12-22
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Re: Battleships Armada

OldnGrey wrote:

Is it worth buying the Admiralty version?

Sure, why not...as long as Admiralty products are still coming out the system isn't dead.  big_smile

OldnGrey wrote:

Is it worth getting to update anything in the shipyard?


See above  wink

OldnGrey wrote:

Would anyone still use the shipyard for SFU Battleships?

You know if you don't do it someone will ask for it eventually!

OldnGrey wrote:

Where has everyone gone?

I'm stil here, at least once a day. I just don't have as much to say as I used to I guess...

OldnGrey wrote:

It has been so quiet maybe I missed the hibernation this year. lol

I WISH that I had been hibernating. For those of us that live somewhere North of Florida the winter has been long, cold, and grey.

OldnGrey wrote:

What is everyone working on at the moment?

Nothing for Starmada. Redesigning all the ships in another game to a consistent set of building rules. So, call it Starmada-inspired  wink

OldnGrey wrote:

Why are ship counters (top down that I can put a magnet on the back of) rarer than hens teeth?


Just at a guess, but most game systems would rather that you spend your hard earned cash on minis, rather than give away cheap counters. (If you haven't ever been there, stop by http://www.richbax.com/ for a ton of B5Wars counters, many of which can be used for lots of different games)

Hope that answers all of your questions  wink
Cheers,
Erik

  • Registered: 2005-06-08
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Re: Battleships Armada

Blacklancer99 wrote:
OldnGrey wrote:

Would anyone still use the shipyard for SFU Battleships?

You know if you don't do it someone will ask for it eventually!

I guess but I had no idea if there was anything in the AE version (I bought Nova version) needing the shipyard to be revised.

Blacklancer99 wrote:
OldnGrey wrote:

It has been so quiet maybe I missed the hibernation this year. lol

I WISH that I had been hibernating. For those of us that live somewhere North of Florida the winter has been long, cold, and grey.

No Joke, I think I missed last summer in the UK. Some twit declared a drought last spring and the weather has been bad ever since.

Blacklancer99 wrote:


OldnGrey wrote:

Why are ship counters (top down that I can put a magnet on the back of) rarer than hens teeth?


Just at a guess, but most game systems would rather that you spend your hard earned cash on minis, rather than give away cheap counters. (If you haven't ever been there, stop by http://www.richbax.com/ )

I had seen them. I bought B5 counters that Mongoose did in a box set but can not say I am a fan of them.
I keep living in hope that someone will start posting counters like my own. I am not so good at art (see example below) so there must be some good ones out there. :roll:

Paul
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  • Registered: 2008-12-22
  • Posts: 654

Re: Battleships Armada

Hey Paul, I'm not sure if there is any game-related reason to buy the Admiralty version. Truth be told I haven't purchased either yet because: 1.) I can't decide if I should just get the Nova version or if the game hoarder side of me has to have both (2.) I will not allow myself to buy it until I am finished my current project, because if I do I will get sucked into something else and probably not finish it in this lifetime  :oops:

I think the ship counters you have done are excellent, but I think that most people that would put the time and effort into the artwork work that you obviously have are probably going to try and sell them rather than post them up for free. I have zero artistic ability, but I did make some "generic counters" for use with Starmada a while back. Think of them as something like vague "sensor" representations of vessels. I'll dig them out and post them up tonight or tomorrow evening as time permits.
Cheers,
Erik

  • Registered: 2012-12-18
  • Posts: 11

Re: Battleships Armada

Originally I purchased all the SFU books in NE.  Then checkout Romulan Armada in AE.  My group has decided to drop back to AE for everything and I purchased Battleships Armada along with the other books in AE.

It is nice to be weird sometimes.   :geek:

  • Registered: 2009-04-22
  • Posts: 34

Re: Battleships Armada

I made some full color hex counters for B5 ships years ago.  Look at the B5wars vault for "color counters by hoopajoob"

  • Registered: 2012-03-14
  • Posts: 6

Re: Battleships Armada

Is appendix A ever going to be updated on the main site? It hasn't seen an update since alien armada. I'm concerned with SAE here, I guess there's probably an Appendix a (or equivalent) for SNE that people might want to have up too.