Tag: Gundam War Game

MechaStellar VER10 Preview – Attack Action Example

In this preview we’ll be using a Zaku II and a GM. In MechaStellar VER10 the attacker can roll multiple hits that each deal damage, the Defender can roll multiple defenses (DEF) that each negate an incoming hit. Any leftover hits are called “unblocked hits”.

While dodging a hit isn’t necessarily “blocking” a hit, it tends to roll off the tongue a bit nicer than “unavoided hits”. If unblocked hits boggles the syntax center in your cerebral cortex go ahead and call them “undefended hits” instead =)

In VER10 all the bonuses a Mobile Suit would get from its Frame, Performance and Combat Role have been moved to be in line with a units weapons. So when you look down the line of a weapon you’ll see Bonus Hits (and bonus DEF in its Defensive profile) which comes directly from the Mobile Suit. So even with the same exact weapons, the more advanced suit will have an edge.

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MechaStellar Monthly Roster Update – June 2024 – Might Gaine

Hello everyone,

Another quick month has gone by, hope everyone is enjoying their summer. For this month we are adding another Braves series to the roster, The Brave Express Might Gaine. This is the 4th show in the Braves (Yuusha) series and this one set the blueprint for the ever popular GaoGaiGar. You can read more about Might Gaine and the remaining Braves Series in our “Where to start” post here.

Might Gaine has a very broad and often wacky Rogues Gallery, while you can find kits for Might Gaine, Hiryuu and Gouryuu for some of the other models you’ll have to be creative and use a Samurai for Shogun Mifune, or a Penguin for Louise Vuitton’s Snooby. We’ve also included the Black Noir army from the end of the series, the X model shares a similar silhouette to the humble Zaku II when it comes to using a proxy.

We’re also continuing to do updates to the Gundam Roster. This month adds another 16 units to the Zeta / ZZ / Gundam Sentinel roster. Next month we’ll have the Ex-S Gundam as well as the New Desides, splinter faction of the Titans.

Summary of Updates

  • 14 New units added to the Braves (Yuusha) roster
  • 16 Units added to the Zeta / ZZ / Gundam Sentinel roster

MechaStellar Monthly Roster Update March 2024

For this month’s update we are delivering the 2nd half of the Zeta Gundam update by including all the mobile suits in seen in the second half of the show for both the Titans and New Zeon factions.  We’ve also added in a decent chunk of the Zeta Mobile Suit Variations (Z-MSV) and will continue to add in those and other side stories in the future.

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MechaStellar Battle Report Defend the City Game 2 featuring Gundam & Pacific Rim

Note: This was a battle report from MechaStellar VER7 there are a number of updates to gameplay and victory points since that time. For instance in this version only a single armor save was rolled but failing it was instant death.

The 2nd game that day we were able to accommodate another player who was joyfully able to play as Epyon as well as a Kaiju from Pacific Rim.  Wing and Heavy Arms returned as Attackers while Gipsy, Big Zam, Gundam and Guncannon returned as Defenders along with Deathscythe.  You’ll find the Battle Report below the break.

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MechaStellar Battle Report Defend the City Game 1 featuring Gundam & Pacific Rim

Note: This was a battle report from MechaStellar VER7 there are a number of updates to gameplay and victory points since that time. For instance in this version only a single armor save was rolled but failing it was instant death.

This is probably my favorite game we had of Defend the City. We had a tag team match with two players on each side. Defend the City is a game mode where the Defenders are trying to preserve the city while the Attackers attempt to destroy it.

The Attacker side had units from Gundam Wing (Wing & Heavy Arms) plus units from Gundam SEED (Freedom & Justice). In the 2v2 game each player picked a Commander trait, Wing had Vigilant Leader and Justice had Three Times as Fast.

The Defender side focused on Mobile Suit Gundam with an unlikely alliance between the Federation and Zeon. They had Big Zam, Zaku IIs, Gelgoogs, Amuro in the Gundam plus two Guncannons along with Gipsy Danger from Pacific Rim. In the 2v2 game each player picked a Commander trait, Big Zam had Resourceful while Amuro had Unyielding.

The players were using the Battle Damage and Climactic Events modules.

Below the break you’ll find the battle report. We were having a lot of fun with everyone at the table and the audience and so only remembered to take a few photos per Round.

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VER9.4 Playtests – Dodge / Guard / Counter

Below you’ll find some recent playtest photos for testing out VER9.4 which will be updating how pilots work, taking a lot of their Momentum driven abilities and turning them into passive abilities instead.

Now, when a mobile suit is the target of a shooting attack they can choose to Dodge (+1 Evade) or to Guard (+1 Block). When they are in Melee they can choose to Counter (+1 Hit) or Guard (+1 Block).

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Roster Update – January 2024 – HP Upgrades

Here are the updated unit rosters early this month. All Frame 2+ unit received an HP boost.  Some units were adjusted to keep their old HP and instead improve Sensors, Move or their weapons.  The Dom series, a staple grunt for Zeon has had its cost reduced. Lastly, rebalanced GP02 Physalis.

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

Be sure to check out the DRAFT VER9.4 Rules here: https://mechastellar.com/ver9-drafts/

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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