2021 has been a great year for MechaStellar so far. It marks the release of Version 7 which has been the most fun to play with since Version 2. As we continue to work on Version 8 we wanted to take a look back and be thankful for what we were able to accomplish in the last year.
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This week’s update we are releasing units from a new Mecha series, Getter Robo, a foundational show for the Mecha genre by Ken Ishikawa. With both an anime and manga debuting in the early 70s it was the first Mecha series to showcase separate machines combining into a single Super Robot, this popular formula would later become a common staple for the genre. It also serves as a major inspiration for the ever popular Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.
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2023 Update – Here are some updated photographs for various kinds of Getter Robo Minis.
On this page we’re going to discuss the different miniatures available for Getter Robo to be used with the MechaStellar Wargame Rules.
When playing MechaStellar we advise you to pick either a Versus movie scale (all figures are roughly the same height) or an approximate scale where some very large robots (i.e. 100+ meter robots like Daitarn 3 or Ideon) are represented by larger figures while everything else is around the same height. You can read more about the recommended size and scale here.
If you are interested in the Getter Robo series read over this post here
Continue reading “[MS] – Getter Robo Miniatures”Happy October everyone!
The days have gone by in a blur, it hardly feels like a month or so has gone by. I am still adapting to a new routine with the baby but I have had a little bit of time, mostly during early morning contact naps, to get some updates done. I’ll be resuming the usual weekly updates, moving to Friday instead of Thursdays to make things a bit easier on me. This Friday’s update will feature updated unit sheets, updated rules, and a new game mode “Defend the City!” or “Rampage” if you’d like to instead play as the monsters / kaiju. There will be more units for Gundam and NGE, and with the conclusion of Getter Robo Arc, that was some good motivation to work on some classic Getter Robo units.
Planned October Updates
-Unit Profile Sheet Updates
-Rules Update to Version 7.5
-New Game Mode: Rampage / Defend the City
-Additional Commands
-Updates & Expansions to the Gundam CO-OP Mission Packs
-More units for the Gundam OYW Era
-More units from Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV)
-Units from Getter Robo
You can also look forward to an example of play battle report to give you a turn by turn example on how to play the game. Cheers!
As a follow-up to yesterday’s post we’d like to talk a little bit more about how sizing will affect the game. Since MechaStellar is intended to allow you to recreate a Super Robot Wars style tabletop skirmish that means we need to have someway to differentiate Mecha that are much larger than others.
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In MechaStellar we have two types of Mecha, a Mobile Skeleton or MS Class and a Titan Class. While the MS class is principally there to represent high mobility units like you’d see in Mobile Suit Gundam, Aura Battler Dunbine, Votoms or Zone of the Enders, the Titan class was envisioned to capture Mechs that tend to lack aerial mobility but offer considerably more durable and often with significantly more weapons. Titan class mechs can run the gamut of Mobile Armors, Getter Machines, Guy Melefs, Jaegers or even Evangelions. As we’ve been doing more Titan-only playtests recently this would be a good time to discuss this class of Mechs.
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