Mostly X-Wing... Some real life/job stuff here and there... Oh, and motorcycles too!
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
So, this week... STAW, 40K Wolves, etc...
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Borg OP 1...
I call this "Fuck you, we brought a Battleship":
Dominion 90 Borg 5
4th Division Battleship (36)
Gul Dukat (5)
Remata'Klan (4)
Boheeka (2)
Photon Torpedoes (6)
Volley of Torpedoes (6)
Dorsal Weapons Array (3)
Shroud (1)
Ship SP: 63
5th Wing Patrol Ship (22)
Gelnon (3)
Breen Aide (2)
Ship SP: 27
Total Build SP: 90
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Monday, July 14, 2014
First 7th Ed Escalation League and STAW Borg OP1...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
7th ed 40K Escalation League and Borg OP for STAW
4th Division Battleship (36)
Gul Dukat (5)
Boheeka (2)
Omet'Iklan (5)
Dorsal Weapons Array (3)
Ship SP: 51
Koranak (26)
Gul Evek (2)
Remata'Klan (4)
Cloaking Device (4)
Tetryon Emissions (3)
Ship SP: 39
Total Build SP: 90
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The BB can guarantee 2 hits with the Primary weapon... Starting at 6 Dice, 7 at Range 1, seems like a fairly decent damage output for that. The Cloaking Keldon class vessel has some potential to do a 5 Dice attack to 2 targets (6 at Range 1) from cloak... Between the 2, I should be able to throw down a lot of damage to a few targets... Like to kill one/turn if I can catch them... And since those ships are among the fastest in the game...
Working on a Federation build as well.... Will make the "game time" decision I suppose WRT the build I use... Locally, the TO is allowing us to bave a few builds ready so depending on the blind pull as we are playing "faction pure" otherwise... No real advantage for the most part, but a lot of us would rather play that way than the "all stars" builds...
Motorcycle front... Not a lot. Vacation last week, catching up this week. Need to get the Title straightened up for the Magna to sell that one. Great bike, but not for me... The Silverwing is still chugging along. Hope to get the both sold and a Goldwing to replace, so we'll see I guess...
Saturday, July 5, 2014
Vacation in MI, 40k and STAW...
Mkay, been in MI for the week... Was fun and great being here with the family. :-). Ready to get home though. Missing the cats, dog and sleeping in a real bed.... Really missing the motorcycle as well... So many going by here, and not helping that there are several really nice Goldwings for sale here. Ah well :-)
Gaming wise, new 40k league starting Monday... Looks like an escalation league. Eh, not so sure, but lacking other games to play... Might break out my Cygnar and see how they play these days... Or just play the Crimson Fists for now.
40k was pretty dead for a while here. I do not think that it was one person really... I know several of the newer players were frustrated trying to play against the Tau player and the Necron/Chaos player... Heck, the older players pretty well stopped playing when it became obvious that there were really only a few "power" armies... Only one Eldar player actually used the power lists, and he was a fairly new player who changed away from it quickly after a few games. Our older Eldar lads played "fluffy" forces that were powerful but not even close to over the top... The new edition hit and chatting with Dave, GW sales at the store were pretty poor. Too many of us in wait and see mode I think combined with the extremely high cost of the new books... This coming right after several expansions that are now in the rulebook leaving several of us feeling like we were ripped off and burned by GW... Feel bad not buying more, but honestly not so sure I will buy more 40k stuff ever again... Well until the next shiny thing at least :-)
STAW is coming along... Next OP event is the 20th, and really looking forward to that... New stuff to buy when I get back :-). Battleship and Battle Cruiser hit, along with an Enterprise refit... Will not play Borg, so no interest in that... But the game is a LOT of fun to play... Really kind of looking forward to the Dragons version of the game... Will be hitting Gen Con for one day this year, and hopefully it will be demonstrated there...
Friday, June 20, 2014
STAW and 40K... Which will last?
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Star Trek Attack Wing event Sunday
List Name "We Shoot Things"
Resource: Flagship Klingon (10)
Vor'cha Class (26)
Koloth (4)
Ship SP: 30
K'T'Inga Class (22)
Martok (5)
Flagship (0)
Ship SP: 27
Negh'Var (30)
Worf (3)
Ship SP: 33
Total Build SP: 100
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Nothing really subtle. Martok's ship being the Flagship and his own action gift for the first turn should get me up 4 straight at the enemy while Cloaking. Probably do a Sensor Echo to maneuver a bit as needed, but doubtful anything will be in range unless someone brings a 6 forward ship... But I intend to park in orbit and own the Planet from the beginning. I WANT to be at close range with my ships to punish anyone trying to support their Captains while I spend actions supporting mine. Barring some really odd "uber" DN type build, and frankly even that... I have some 15-18 dice of Attack in the fleet, with re-rolls and modifiers to get more Hits... Should be able to damage severely or destroy just about any single ship with a coordinated attack. Cloaked fleets, either a swarm of cheap Romulan vessels or a mirror Fleet? Guess it comes down to rolling as I should be attacking near the top of the turn... But 5-6 Attack dice/ship should get enough hits to cause concern for even the best Cloaked ships... Using the named Negh'Var for the potential free shot to bring down a few Shields with it's Action... NOT an Attack, so does not cause me to lose Cloak and while it only Disables Shields (roll 3 Attack Dice, hit/crit disables shields)... Hitting just before the Shooting phase? Works for me, as I am just trying to kill their ships, this is like a Mine attack in the short term. And with this much firepower, short term is pretty much it...
List Name: Random Stuff
USS Voyager (30)
Jean-Luc Picard (6)
Montgomery Scott (5)
Antimatter Mines (5)
Ship SP: 46
IRW Gal Gath'Thong (18)
Toreth (4)
Plasma Torpedoes (5)
Ship SP: 27
K'T'Inga Class (22)
Martok (5)
Ship SP: 27
Total Build SP: 100
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More random, the Voyager being the "Heavy Cruiser" here with Picard and Scott to provide actions and boosts. 360 arc and the AM mines are a huge threat to Cloakers or people trying to swarm me... The Gal Gath'Thong with its ability to fire a Plasma Torpedo without a Target Lock is just there for damage potential and survivability. Since a Lock is not required, I find a lot of folks counting on Cloak to protect them are surprised that the Plasma Torpedo can be fired at them... The Torpedo provides it's own re-rolls and the CPT turns a hit to a critical... Pretty rough on a Cloaked ship as they have no shields up. The K'T'Inga with Martok are just there to provide more support and it is a pretty decent if fragile ship. With 24 points for the Captain's Battle, I should do fairly well, even if I do have to be a bit more cautious...
Not sure what I will end up bringing. The winner of last Months event ran a 3 Vor'Cha Klingon build for the application of the maximum firepower effect... Worked against everything, even the Borg. Guessing he will bring something similar. The 2 Borg spheres are going to be tough if they show up... Federation builds I think are pretty severely hampered in this one, though you CAN have a large number of high Skill CPTs. But the ships themselves by and large are not suited for a toe to toe slugfest. Dominion might be a challenge with the rules revision... Romulans do not appear overly popular locally other than the TO and myself :-)... Guess I'll see what comes up and probably won't make a decision until then :-)... Heck, my "Standard" Fed build with the tooled out Excelsior might even be fun to play...