MechaStellar Design Blog

MechaStellar Monthly Roster Update – SEP 2025 – METEOR + Balance Patch

Hello everyone, for this month’s update we are adding in the METEOR units from Gundam SEED. We also have a huge balance patch affecting various units, pilot traits, and the entire weapons arsenal. There are also various revisions to the core rules to to clarify various questions that have come up, as well streamlining movement and allowing for stronger versions of Flash and Iron Wall to allow for more survivability of units.

Unfortunately the balance patch is quite large so as of today only the rules and unit profiles for Gundam are complete. The roster update for Super Robots and Warships is planned for next week. Keep reading for a quick summary of changes. We’ll do in-depth posts next week as well to go over changes.

Summary

  • Core Rules Revision
    • REV102 – Updated Facing rules. Updated IDF in space.  Updated Iron Wall again. Updated Critical Strike.  Clarified various items based on playtester feedback.
    • REV101 – Updated gameplay tools for Hexastellar / MechaGrid gameplay.  Updated wording on Challenge again.  Updated IDF in Space.  Allowed for Super Flash / Super Iron Wall at M-6.    Updated AOE and Push/Pull.
    • REV101 – Removed from Barrage and Target Lock the clause for getting +1 Hit instead of +1 Shot.  Rebalanced machine guns to be base 10d10 attack, so barrage and target lock still becomes +1 Hit for those weapons per pg2.  Updated Battle Damage to correspond with removing Shield profile bloat.  Solo unit Support ATK /DEF is now limited to the traits range.  Armor Saves are limited to 3 dice.
    • REV100 – Closed loophole on challenge where challenge traits had no use if you went 2nd and player 1 only had a single unit.  Clarified disengage. Updated and renamed Melee Elite bonuses, free Disengage is only one on melee elite option now.  Updated Finisher formula.  Valor is now Round 2+
    • REV99 – Converted Battle Damage from VER9 to VER10
    • REV98 – Big update to Starting Momentum & Shifts (M+2 to move closer)
    • REV97 – removed type restrictions (MS/Super Robot) on Flash & Iron Wall.  Improved Iron Wall and reset it to [M-3].  Finisher is now rolled by the Defender, it activates on a 1 instead of a 10. Added a clause about going over the 10 dice Finisher limit.   Updated Accelerate to coincide with the Hexastellar Movement update. Updated Push/Pull weapons which no longer deal DMG on failed Armor Saves unless you hit another object.
  • Wargaming Rules
    • Updated all Pilot Traits and consolidated
  • Unit Profiles
    • Added Meteor (Freedom) and Meteor (Justice)
    • Major improvement to G Gundam Units, improves to Wing units
    • Rebalanced all weapons and thus all units

MechaStellar Battle Report – Freedom & Justice vs GP02 Physalis & The O

In this battle report we have a 2000pt game using the MechaStellar VER10 rules, one side we have the SEED Duo of Kira and Athrun piloting the Freedom and Justice Gundams. On the other side we have Anavel Gato, The Nightmare of Solomon, piloting the stolen GP02 using the MLRS (Multi-Launch Rocket System) configuration as well as Paptimus Scirocco in The O. In this cross universe game, the SEED Duo are facing off against two of Universal Century Gundam’s biggest villains. Read on below the break to see the results of the battle report.

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MechaStellar Monthly Roster Update – JUL2025 – Gundam SEED Stargazer

Hello everyone, for this month’s MechaStellar update we have another batch of SEED units to debut. This time we have suits from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Stargazer including the eponymous Stargazer, the fan favorite Strike Noir as well as the overtuned Blu Duel and Verde Buster who unfortunately were the first on-screen phase shift Gundams to be destroyed by ordinary grunts. Speaking of, we also have the Kerberos Bucue to add as well.

In addition to Stargazer we have also added in the Providence, another Funnel DRAGOON using Mobile Suit as well as his arch Nemesis Mwu La Flaga piloting the Perfect Strike. The Providence has proven to be a very powerful unit on the tabletop in testing, and we really enjoy the Challenge focused traits to have him face down with either Mwu or Kira. The Perfect Strike comes in at 900 points to give you flexibility to add in more pilot upgrades on either Mwu, or perhaps Kira and Athrun if you’re running them as a team.

Last but not least, a lot of the AU units have received some preliminary updates in preparation for next month’s update. The goal is to eventually have all units have their Sensors and Movement values in multiples of 4, we’ll talk more about this in a follow-up Design Goals post. We’re targeting to complete this in next month’s update.

Thanks for reading and hope you enjoy the treasure trove of SEED units we’ve put out the last couple months. If you’d like to request a specific SEED variant please let us know in the comments below.

MechaStellar VER10 Battle Report – Gundam SEED – GAT Battle

In this battle report we see the classic battle of Kira Yamato in the Strike and Mwu La Fraga in the Moebius Zero vs the remaining GAT series Gundams, Aegis, Blitz, Buster and Duel piloted by Athrun Zala, Nicol Amalfi, Dearka Elsman and Yzak Joule. Both sides squared off with 1000pts in a space battle. Keep reading to see the outcome of these two battles!

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MechaStellar Monthly Roster Update – June 2025 – Archangel, Freedom, Justice & Balance Patch

Hello everyone! Sorry for the delay but this month’s update ended up being a really huge one. While we initially planned on this being the release month for the updated Warship rebalance, we also combined it with other balance patches affecting HP, Defense, Movement and Weapons stats (Range & Rapid Fire). Since we’re one week late we also put in some extra time and released some more units from Gundam SEED including the much beloved Freedom and Justice.

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MechaStellar Battle Report – Turn A Gundam Rematch

In this post we have a MechaStellar Battle Report using the draft VER10 rules. We have a lunar battlefield with a good amount of terrain and some high end machines battling it out. In this cross-universe SRW style game, Haman Karn heard a rumor that the golden mobile suit was still fighting and she went to investigate thinking that Char was still alive. Instead her forces encountered the infamous White Doll

Keep reading for the battle report.

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MechaStellar Monthly Roster Update – May 2025 – Gundam SEED

Hello everyone, for this month’s update we have more units from Gundam SEED including grunt units for both sides. Next month we’re targeting to include some Gundam SEED Destiny units such as the Zaku Warrior. We’ve also updated the wargaming rules supplement to now include Secondary Objectives updated to VER10 and a few more battlefield setup photos.

You can find the updated rules and profiles on the MechaStellar Game-Downloads page.

We’ve been hard at work at a massive Warship update as well as some weapon rebalances that lower the lethality a bit in Rapid Fire range. Unfortunately, both of these tasks have now stretched out for 3 months now and we’re still not done yet. We are shooting to finalize these in the end of June update. Stay tuned!

Update Summary

  • Added 16 units to Gundam SEED
  • By request added in the Juaggu to UC Gundam and a few more amphibious pals
  • Updated the Wargaming Rules Supplement
    • Closed loopholes identified by all-star players
    • Added more photos for battlefield setup
    • Updated secondary objectives to VER10

MechaStellar Battle Report – Turn A Gundam Test Series

In this post we have a MechaStellar Battle Report using the draft VER10 rules. We have a lunar battlefield with a good amount of terrain and some high end machines battling it out. In this cross-universe SRW style game, Haman Karn heard a rumor that the golden mobile suit was still fighting and she went to investigate thinking that Char was still alive. Instead her forces encountered the infamous White Doll

Keep reading for the battle report.

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