MechaStellar Design Blog

MechaStellar – Three Month Look Ahead

Here’s a quick look at the monthly update schedule for MechaStellar. We like to do these after a poll closes. The winners of the last poll were Gundam X, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, and Combattler V & Voltes V.

In September & October we released the heroes of the Gurren Brigade. In November we’ll also include the Dai-Gurren battleship as well as the enemy battle ships of the four generals, their personal ganmen as well as Viral’s Enkidu, The Spiral Kings Lazengann and a few ganmen profiles. This should complete all the units pre-timeskip.

In November we will also release the first batch of units for Gundam X including the main cast. We’re also including a balance patch that will resolve a couple underlying issues as well overhaul the HP / Evade / Shield systems to make it a bit more forgiving for new players and grunt units.

In December we will have Combattler V and Voltes V.

We’ll also have more drafts available for Zeta Gundam on the VER9 drafts page. https://mechastellar.com/ver9-drafts/

In January we will do Great Mazinger.

Be sure to vote in the next poll too, we will be selecting the top 3 choices as winners. You can find the poll on the MechaStellar downloads page: https://mechastellar.com/game-downloads/

Battle Report – Federation vs Zeon Grunts 1000pts

This is a battle report using the MechaStellar Rules for a series of games we did testing out changes to HP, Evade and Shields. This is the first series where we focused on grunt units without any Ace Pilots bringing as many cheap and useful units as we could.

Check below the break for a really fun battle!

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Battle Report – Federation vs Zeon and Getter vs Mazinger 1500pts

This is a battle report using the MechaStellar VER 9.2 Rules for a series of games we did testing out changes to HP, Evade and Shields. This is the second series, where we took the forces from the first series and then added one super robot each, this way we could also test out the modified close range weapons like Tomahawk boomerang and Rocket Punch.

Check below the break for a really fun battle!

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New Poll Opened

A new poll has been opened for which Mecha series to add to the roster next. Last poll the winners were Turn A Gundam, Captain Harlock: The Arcadia of my Youth, and more Braves (Yuusha) series such as Da Garn, Goldran, Might Gaine etc.

For this poll we have options returning from last poll as well as Gundam Seed, Ideon and Yamato.

  • Gundam Seed
  • Yuusha Raideen (the 1975 version)
  • Daitarn 3
  • GoLion and GoShogun
  • Galaxy Cyclone Braiger
  • Aura Battler Dunbine
  • Giant Robo The Day the Earth Stood Stil
  • Space Runaway Ideon
  • Space Battleship Yamato

MechaStellar VER 9.1 and October Roster Update

The October Update is here and we have additional units from Gurren Lagann as well as a few requests from Mobile Suit Gundam including some terrestial warships such as the Gaw and Big Tray.

We also have a balance patch, the first one in four months. This affects a great number of weapons and units (including the fan favorite Big Zam) which you can find summarized after the break. If you want to read more in-depth check out these two posts.

Melee and Close Range Weapons Overhaul

Combat Roles Update

All the new mecha profiles and rules can be found on the downloads page: https://mechastellar.com/game-downloads/

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Next Series Poll Closes on October 31st

We’ve gotten quite a lot of responses on this poll. In the early days Aura Battler Dunbine was in the lead, then it was briefly taken by 80s Super Robot show. In surprise twist more Braves (Yuusha) and Captain Harlock have jumped from the back to the front in the last week.

Only a couple days left so get your votes in now if you haven’t already. We choose our next 3 series to include in the MechaStellar roster based on the poll.

Playtest Photos – Melee Overhaul 2

Here’s another short playtest report focusing on Super Robots and their Gundam Fight counterparts. We have Getter Robo G and Great Mazinger each 750pts on one team. On the other we have Combattler V, Gundam Maxter and Bolt Gundam, each 500pts.

We are using the SRW module here, so double HP, more Armor Saves, Rally and Knockback for Super Robots.

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