A MechaStellar player recently asked about a Big O and Sachiel matchup. We haven’t had these two face off against each other yet so we decided to set up a game and see who could come out on top. The minis used are the Kotobukiya one coin figures for Big O and the Seika figures for Evangelion.
Below the break you’ll see a battle report and some of the mecha tactics we employed.
Continue reading “[MS] Battle Report – Big O vs The Third Angel Sachiel”
The upgrade system was created as a way to take favorite units and upgrade them to compete with higher performance units. We’ve also included several options you can purchase to help you match points with your opponent without using additional units.
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A new optional module was added for Gritty MS Battles. This mode increases HP and trades out instant-kills from Armor Saves with Battle Damage and Shield Breaks instead.
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This is one of our more memorable Gundam Tactics games using the Gundam 0083 Stardust Memory Units right around the time they were released. The models used are the Gundam 1/400 line of minis.
In this matchup the Federation player fielded GP01, GM Customs and GM Cannon II and some support GMs while the Zeon player fielded Johnny Ridden’s Gelgoog and Ramba Ral’s Gouf, several Doms, and a rare Gouf Flight Test Type from MSV. The game type was “Secure the Objective” which is a 40k style Take and Hold scenario. Below is a short battle report:
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We’ve uploaded six scenarios and pre-built armies onto the Demo Games page. These scenarios are for testing purposes to get a gauge on how well we’ve costed the Victory Points for Primary and Secondary objectives.
If you’d like to participate head over to the Demo Games page and download the scenarios, units and after action report. When you’re done leave a comment or send us an email with your battle report by September 15th. Below the break we’ll discuss tactics for the Elite Warfare scenario which features a large number of Skilled and Ace pilots for smaller games.
Continue reading “[MS] Scenario Tactics – Elite Warfare”
We’ve uploaded six scenarios and pre-built armies onto the Demo Games page. These scenarios are for testing purposes to get a gauge on how well we’ve costed the Victory Points for Primary and Secondary objectives.
If you’d like to participate head over to the Demo Games page and download the scenarios, units and after action report. When you’re done leave a comment or send us an email with your battle report by September 15th. Below the break we’ll discuss tactics for the Asymmetric Warfare scenario which pits a small number of MS against a larger force.
Continue reading “[MS] Scenario Tactics – Asymmetric Warfare”
With the changes to Pilot we also wanted to rebalance Pilot Skills, lowering the Momentum cost for most of them making them more appealing to use. A few of them went through a balance overhaul as well.
Continue reading “[MS] VER 8.2 Pilot Skills & Traits Update”
The last few months our FLGS has been running a lot of high powered Ace combat battles. We’ve gotten some great experiences and feedback from this which led to the current update to the Pilot System.
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Hot on the heels of VER 8.1 we are releasing VER 8.2. This update includes some adjustments to Combat Roles, the Pilot system, as well as various balance changes. We’ll cover the Pilot changes in detail in a follow-up post. Below is a quick synopsis. Updated rules and mecha unit profiles can be found on the downloads page here.
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A terrific pair of GMs made their debut in 0083 a Stardust Memory. One a high-performance GM for Ace Pilots and the other a fire support unit wearing the chobham armor system from 0080 War in the Pocket. In this tactics post we’ll look at how best to use these two GMs on the tabletop.
Continue reading “[MS] Tactics – GM Custom and GM Cannon II”
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