[MS] Battle Report – GaoGaiGar vs the Zonderized Federation Lunar Base

This is one of the many test games we did for GaoGaiGar in the last several months. For this series of games the setting is a SRW style Earth with multiple factions. This is a sequel to this GGG battle report.

The narrative was that the GGG organization failed to capture the Zonder machine lifeform which escaped into space and began to transform an Anaheim Electronics lab into a Zonder metal plant. The Lab housed several older Gundam and GM Types for testing as well as several newer prototypes which were zonderized and used to fight the GGG + J-Ark Team.

Below the break you’ll find a write-up for the battle report as well as an after action report and MechaStellar designer commentary.

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MechaStellar Battle Report – Amuro and Casval’s Gundam vs Classic Super Robots

Happy New Year! This battle was our favorite of the year.

Here’s a 1500pt battle report using the MechaStellar VER9.3 Core Rules featuring Amuro and Casval piloting the RX-78-2 Gundam’s with Kai and Hayato in Guncannons for support on one side and Mazinger, Getter Robo (Musashi solo) and Combattler V on the other side.

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MechaStellar – Bonus Roster Update – Great Mazinger

We are ahead of schedule and so for this month in addition to Combattler V and Voltes V we’re adding another fan favorite series to the roster, Great Mazinger (1974) the sequel to Toei’s Mazinger Z (1972). We’re also including a Core Rules revision which streamlines some of the Stellar Warfare rules in preparation for the upcoming Captain Harlock release.

You can find them here: https://mechastellar.com/game-downloads/

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MechaStellar VER9.3 Design Goals

Whenever we make a chance to the core rules (specifically anything before the advanced tactics section) we do a version update. For VER 9.3 the change was relatively small in the text but fairly large on the tabletop. We changed how [CC] weapons work, converting them over to the Push/Pull weapon profile established in a previous update and what’s more we allowed them to knock your foe out of melee before they can counterattack.

Now that’s a big change!

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MechaStellar – Monthly Roster Update – December 2023 – Combattler V and Voltes V

For this month’s MechaStellar update we are adding the classic combining super robots Combattler V and Voltes V, a well known staple for the SRW games. We have also updated the Core Rules to VER 9.3 with a changes that allow Close Combat [CC] weapons to prevent a counterattack and a streamlining of the SRW module. The Wargame Rules to VER 9.2 to account for some VP updates as well as the inclusion of the “Highly Skilled Pilot” upgrades which allow you to use a Skill like Accelerate or Bullseye for free once per turn. A summary of all changes can be found at the bottom of this post. You can find the updated rules and mecha profiles on the game downloads page: https://mechastellar.com/game-downloads/

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Battle Report – Gundam Odessa 1500pts

Here’s a battle report for a large MechaStellar 1500pt game featuring 15+ units on both sides. This game was played before the recent HP / Evade overhaul and points rebalance so expect some discrepancies.

For the narrative we decided on portraying a slice of the Odessa campaign featuring some heavy hitters on both sides including Yuu Kajima’s Blue Destiny (with Hughes and Sumona in GM Cold Districts / GM Command Early type) and the White Dingo GM Sniper II on the Federation side and M’Quve and his Gyan along with Nimbus and the Efreet Custom on the Zeon side.

Yuu and the Blue Destiny weren’t paired up until after Odessa but a little anachronism is part of the fun in running a MechaStellar “What if?” game. Likewise the White Dingo was in Australia and the GM Sniper II wouldn’t be produced for some time.

Keep reading to see some anachronistic Gundam battles. At the end you’ll find the Gundam Tactics Post Mortem from both players.

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Attempts at Accurate Sizes

This is a continuation of our previous size and scale post. This post serves to highlight examples on why you should not exclusively pursue a “True Scale” and instead stick with a nice aesthetically pleasing approximate scale, or same size versus movie scale.

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MechaStellar Figures – Size and Scale

Gundam 1/300 SOG Braiger Yuujin Robot Museum, SMP Getter Robo, Banpresto Daitarn 3

MechaStellar is meant to be played with your favorite mecha series and there are a lot of different options for model kits and figures out there. This post is intended for players who want to setup a Super Robot Wars style Game using figures from different mecha series and different manufacturers. We are going to cover different sizes and scales as well as a few different product lines should you wish to start or expand your collection of giant fighting robots.

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MechaStellar Campaigns Updated

In addition to the Federation vs Zeon Sandbox campaigns, the following MechaStellar Narrative Campaigns received an update in December. All of them had various typo fixes, some had minor rebalances to enemies. Both the Getter Robo and Shin Mazinger campaigns were converted over to the new 20 Level pilot advancement system.

Getter Robo 1974
Shin Mazinger Z (2009)
Gundam 0080
Gundam Wing
Pacific Rim

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