Ares Games
Page 2 of 10 FirstFirst 12345678910 LastLast
Results 51 to 100 of 490

Thread: Battlestar Galactica – Starship Battles

  1. #51

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Gallo Rojo View Post
    I think all of those who are expresing doubts about this project are Cylons and should airlocked
    so say we all!


    wha,wha,wha,what makes you,you,you say that?

  2. #52

    Default

    Fingers crossed this works for Ares. Games based on film and TV can be real money spinners but are notorious "company breakers" as well, in part due to the expense of paying for the license. They will probably need to up their game in terms of advertising and keeping the full range available at all times to make this work. I hope it does

  3. #53

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Angiolillo View Post
    Well sorry, that's an Air Combat game. Just be happy with Starbuck and Boomer.
    Number 6 is also trained as a pilot. IIRC she was flying a heavy raider in one of the final battles.

    As I also remember, many battles in BSG start with capital ships firing a wave of guided missiles. Do you have mechanism for that? And if yes, does it mean that WoG can be extended to rocket armed jet fighters?

  4. #54

    Setarius's Avatar May you forever fly in blue skies
    Users Country Flag


    Name
    Dale
    Location
    Kentucky
    Sorties Flown
    1,685
    Join Date
    Sep 2009

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Marechallannes View Post
    I could imagine a BGS game that do not throw waves after waves on the market.

    Just 3 or 4 series with different squadrons from Galactica an Pegasus, some iconic pilots and waves of enemy raiders...

    ...and then reprints of the core game and the series.
    This sounds like the start of a familiar old story. By the minis and get a pilot card and a ship card. Pilot not good enough, buy a booster pack. Ship not good enough, buy a booster pack to get better weapons or shields. Still not good enough repeat the process. Need a mini, there will be an over abundance on the shelves, aka X-wing and the Star Trek games.
    Our local game store has about 30sq. FT of wall space dedicated to each game, yet they only host Magic The Gathering tournaments.

  5. #55

    Scrivner's Avatar
    Users Country Flag


    Name
    Bart
    Location
    Mississippi
    Sorties Flown
    103
    Join Date
    Feb 2011

    Default

    Really excited about the BSG game. Really not excited about the money I'm going to be compelled to spend! HA!

    I'm glad to hear from Angiolillo that the whole lineup of Ares miniature games is doing well also!

  6. #56

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Tokhuah View Post
    In that picture she looks like an ex-girlfriend of mine who also turned out to be some sort of alien menace so hard pass.


    I think I dated your ex-girlfriend’s sister! I’m sure she wasn’t human as well.



    I think I have to give rep for the laughs. Or maybe take it away do to the flashback..

  7. #57

    Default

    Personally, I'm quite looking forward to a good space combat game to go along with WW1 and WW2 air combat!
    And hopefully it will do well, providing Ares with more resources to provide new items and new planes for WW1 and WW2 also.

  8. #58

    Default

    And I wouldn't mind if Battlestar Galactica sticks with just 3-5 different space fighters for each side. Honestly, if I hadn't cooled on X-wing due to what I've read about FFG's shenanigans on these boards, I probably would have quit anyway due to the overwhelming emphasis on tournament builds and constant purchases in X-wing to "chase the meta" at tournaments.

  9. #59

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by PilGrim View Post
    This will certainly be interesting - are we talking Capital ships or fighters do we know?
    We start with fighters. But then...

  10. #60

    Default

    Caprica Viper Mk 1 -- we need this one in air superiority gray and with a sharkmouth

    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	mk_1_caprican_viper_01_by_bluephoenix012.jpg 
Views:	168 
Size:	62.1 KB 
ID:	244285

  11. #61

    Default

    Liked both BSG series but sort of prefer the first run. New run was a bit too dark for me though I did enjoy it. Still prefer the model for the first BSG over the newer version though. The older Battlestar had more character for my tastes.

  12. #62

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Angiolillo View Post
    We start with fighters. But then...
    Are you allowed to share what kind of a run this will be? I'm very reluctant to get into another game where I'm collection bunches of ships/planes/fighters over the next several months or years. If only a certain amount of fighters are going to be released that is easier to budget for.

  13. #63

    Default

    For the moment the focus is on Reinagined Series with a limited range of small ships. No danger of high number of waves to be bought.

    Quote Originally Posted by Setarius View Post
    This sounds like the start of a familiar old story. By the minis and get a pilot card and a ship card. Pilot not good enough, buy a booster pack. Ship not good enough, buy a booster pack to get better weapons or shields. Still not good enough repeat the process. Need a mini, there will be an over abundance on the shelves, aka X-wing and the Star Trek games.
    Our local game store has about 30sq. FT of wall space dedicated to each game, yet they only host Magic The Gathering tournaments.
    If this did not happen forcing you on a path of buy the Nieuport 11 - buy it, throw it away and buy the better Nieuport 17, buy the better twin-machinegun variant, hey there is a Lufbery ace pack with a skill You can not get otherwhise, what’s that sturdier Nieuport 24 that has been announced... we could have eun the game that way and we did not. Why do you fear that this will happen with Battlestar Galactica? We are the same people, we have already avoided making Wings of War a collectible card game in the first place or making anything obsolete in 14 years of publishing this game, even through a major company change...

    Quote Originally Posted by David Manley View Post
    Fingers crossed this works for Ares. Games based on film and TV can be real money spinners but are notorious "company breakers" as well, in part due to the expense of paying for the license. They will probably need to up their game in terms of advertising and keeping the full range available at all times to make this work. I hope it does
    Ares has already a long experience of releasing games from Tolkien’s movies. It does not seem to have harmed the company at all. So I’m optimist.

  14. #64

    Default

    Well said, Andrea.

    Too bad the only place we'll get N24s though is on Shapeways No matter, I have a few, N24, N24bis, N27... they look good even if not exactly the best aircraft in the game. And even the best aircraft in the game aren't that much better than their contemporaries. 1918 aircraft are better than 1916 ones, but one 1918 aircraft can take on any other 1918 aircraft on about even terms. It's mainly a matter of taste and play style.

    Only a few eccentrics like me enjoy playing a DH2 vs a D.VII.

  15. #65

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Angiolillo View Post
    If this did not happen forcing you on a path of buy the Nieuport 11 - buy it, throw it away and buy the better Nieuport 17, buy the better twin-machinegun variant, hey there is a Lufbery ace pack with a skill You can not get otherwhise, what’s that sturdier Nieuport 24 that has been announced... we could have eun the game that way and we did not. Why do you fear that this will happen with Battlestar Galactica? We are the same people, we have already avoided making Wings of War a collectible card game in the first place or making anything obsolete in 14 years of publishing this game, even through a major company change...
    Truth. I would never think of equating Ares with FFG, which a good thing in my book. The famous Living Card Game distribution system is evil when applied to a miniatures game. So evil in fact, that FFG has inspired Games Workshop to embrace a similar system with their Shadespire game.

  16. #66

    Default

    I’m excited about this game. I’m bursting at the seams to play!!
    “Flying is hours and hours of boredom sprinkled with a few seconds of sheer terror!” Gregory “Pappy” Boyington, USMC”

  17. #67

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Gallo Rojo View Post
    Caprica Viper Mk 1 -- we need this one in air superiority gray and with a sharkmouth
    Sure you do not prefer a Vintage Viper?

    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	Vintage_viper.jpg 
Views:	155 
Size:	112.7 KB 
ID:	244291

  18. #68

    Captain Knowitall's Avatar
    Users Country Flag


    Name
    Daniel
    Location
    Arizona (Otherwise known as Hell's back porch)
    Sorties Flown
    309
    Join Date
    Apr 2010

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Gallo Rojo View Post
    Caprica Viper Mk 1 -- we need this one in air superiority gray and with a sharkmouth

    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	mk_1_caprican_viper_01_by_bluephoenix012.jpg 
Views:	168 
Size:	62.1 KB 
ID:	244285
    YEAH HUH!!! I love the Shark mouth look!

  19. #69

    Captain Knowitall's Avatar
    Users Country Flag


    Name
    Daniel
    Location
    Arizona (Otherwise known as Hell's back porch)
    Sorties Flown
    309
    Join Date
    Apr 2010

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Angiolillo View Post
    Sure you do not prefer a Vintage Viper?

    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	Vintage_viper.jpg 
Views:	155 
Size:	112.7 KB 
ID:	244291
    SWEEEEET!!!!
    Now you have me thinking "CRIMSON SKIES"!!!! Now THAT would be absolutely PERFECT for WoW/WoG maneuver and combat system!!

  20. #70

    Captain Knowitall's Avatar
    Users Country Flag


    Name
    Daniel
    Location
    Arizona (Otherwise known as Hell's back porch)
    Sorties Flown
    309
    Join Date
    Apr 2010

    Default

    I have the "Original" Battlestar Galactica Model kit and the Cylon Base Star kit. Both are ready for the BSG release...
    Just need the fighters!!

  21. #71

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Setarius View Post
    This sounds like the start of a familiar old story. ...
    Already answered by Andrea.
    Voilเ le soleil d'Austerlitz!

  22. #72

  23. #73

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Angiolillo View Post
    Sure you do not prefer a Vintage Viper?

    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	Vintage_viper.jpg 
Views:	155 
Size:	112.7 KB 
ID:	244291
    I'm all in for one of theese ones too
    Last edited by Gallo Rojo; 04-14-2018 at 15:45.

  24. #74

    Default

    Andrea, hope you don’t mind me sharing this photo, it looks FUN!!! Look at those sweet Turn cards!


    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	BBB4C1AD-2A60-431C-AAB5-5BEB710BD756.jpg 
Views:	149 
Size:	142.7 KB 
ID:	244331
    “Flying is hours and hours of boredom sprinkled with a few seconds of sheer terror!” Gregory “Pappy” Boyington, USMC”

  25. #75

    Default

    Here one of the miniature prototypes from Ares Games:

    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	pic4085138.jpg 
Views:	129 
Size:	4.7 KB 
ID:	244718

    More have been shown in an interview (in Italian) yesterday night:



    See minute 23:18 and later, around 24.

  26. #76

    Default

    Any chance of a sneaky preview game at Prague Andrea.


    I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings
    Coming down is the hardest thing

  27. #77

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by tikkifriend View Post
    Any chance of a sneaky preview game at Prague Andrea.
    Did you see the Authors surprise in the timetable?

  28. #78

    Default

    Nope been offline. Excellent news


    I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings
    Coming down is the hardest thing

  29. #79

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Kubajs View Post
    Did you see the Authors surprise in the timetable?
    Less a surprise now!

  30. #80

    Default

    Got me to looking on my game shelf. Still have a copy of the FASA version of the game with paper map and cardboard counters from the early 80's. We used to play it a lot.

  31. #81

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Shadowcat View Post
    Got me to looking on my game shelf. Still have a copy of the FASA version of the game with paper map and cardboard counters from the early 80's. We used to play it a lot.
    Wow, I don’t remember that one. (I still have FASA’s original Battletech and Citytech (never got Aerotech)). How did it play?

  32. #82

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Shadowcat View Post
    Got me to looking on my game shelf. Still have a copy of the FASA version of the game with paper map and cardboard counters from the early 80's. We used to play it a lot.
    Interesting coincidence, so do I. Actually I thought it was a deceptively fun game. I also have the Last Star Fighter as well with the same mechanics by FASA. Even with all of the games I'm getting ride of I still have these gems.

    P.S. great name you've got.

  33. #83

    Default

    I am glad all the work Andrea and his team put in on this concept so many years back will finally see a finished game on the market.

    I think it will entice quite a few jaded X wing players back from the 'dark side'

  34. #84

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Kubajs View Post
    Did you see the Authors surprise in the timetable?
    Quote Originally Posted by Angiolillo View Post
    Less a surprise now!
    OK. Being that my Italian is not up to speed (read I didn't take it in high school, either), what "timetable" were the Authors surprised about?
    Mike
    "Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
    "Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59

  35. #85

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by OldGuy59 View Post
    OK. Being that my Italian is not up to speed (read I didn't take it in high school, either), what "timetable" were the Authors surprised about?
    Sorry for my poor wording. Sometimes I want to be short and then it's not clear.
    I was talking about the timetable of Prague Summer Con - HERE
    For saturday late afternoon there is Authors surprise, which means Battlestar Galactica DEMO.

  36. #86

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Kubajs View Post
    Sorry for my poor wording. Sometimes I want to be short and then it's not clear.
    I was talking about the timetable of Prague Summer Con - HERE
    For saturday late afternoon there is Authors surprise, which means Battlestar Galactica DEMO.
    Can't wait for the AAR, then.
    Mike
    "Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
    "Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59

  37. #87

  38. #88

    Default

    Repeating of a demo games in Prague in 11 minutes (OK, I'm still not there, the start will be delayed a little).

  39. #89

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by ArkansasChuck View Post
    Andrea, hope you don’t mind me sharing this photo, it looks FUN!!! Look at those sweet Turn cards!


    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	BBB4C1AD-2A60-431C-AAB5-5BEB710BD756.jpg 
Views:	149 
Size:	142.7 KB 
ID:	244331
    Hmmm... I missed something looking at the above image, the first time through. Dan-Sam reposted it concerning the PragueConDemo game, and I finally recognised it.

    In the top left corner of the table in the image? That is obviously part of the game, if the images on it are what I perceive as Battlestar Galactica pictures. It appears to be a, GASP, dice tower!

    This would kill any interest in this game for me.
    Last edited by OldGuy59; 04-22-2018 at 08:40.
    Mike
    "Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
    "Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59

  40. #90

    Default

    Andrea mentioned that players "asked" him about a dice game.

    By the way, Mike, have you ever tried D-Day Dice? This game changed my perspective on dice games.

  41. #91

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Dan-Sam View Post
    Andrea mentioned that players "asked" him about a dice game.

    By the way, Mike, have you ever tried D-Day Dice? This game changed my perspective on dice games.
    I think not. I suspect D-Day Dice probably uses dice.
    Mike
    "Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
    "Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59

  42. #92

    Default

    Dice tower not included, it’s a gift from a friend. Yes, dice are rolled when firing to enemies with cannons.

  43. #93

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Angiolillo View Post
    Dice tower not included, it’s a gift from a friend. Yes, dice are rolled when firing to enemies with cannons.
    You have got to love friends like that!
    Mike
    "Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
    "Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59

  44. #94

    Default

    He made it himself. He is a great specialist of dice towers.
    Last edited by Angiolillo; 04-22-2018 at 11:35.

  45. #95

    Default

    Viper Mk II
    Viper Mk VII
    Viper Original Series
    Caprica's Viper Mk I
    Viper Mk IV (?)
    Colonial Raptor

    Cylon Raider
    Heavy Cylon Raider
    Cylon Raider Original Series

    What other models could be released? Am I missing something?

  46. #96

    Default

    Played it
    Loved it
    Will buy it, just as soon as it appears!

    Andrea, thanks SO MUCH for bring it to Prague Con!
    I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!

  47. #97

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Gallo Rojo View Post
    Viper Mk II
    Viper Mk VII
    Viper Original Series
    Caprica's Viper Mk I
    Viper Mk IV (?)
    Colonial Raptor

    Cylon Raider
    Heavy Cylon Raider
    Cylon Raider Original Series

    What other models could be released? Am I missing something?
    I too would be very interested in what models will be released.

  48. #98

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Flying Helmut View Post
    Andrea, thanks SO MUCH for bring it to Prague Con!
    You welcome!
    Glad that you appreciared it. It has not been so easy to bring it to Prague actually. Ares Games was glad and helpful, but several approvations had to be cleared with everyone involved before we could announce the game. Thanks to the joint effort of several people, we msnaged to do that just in time!

  49. #99

    Default

    First models will be Viper Mk.II, Raider, Raptor and Heavy Raider from the re-imagined series. Others to follow!

  50. #100

    Default

    Yep, played it in Prague, mechanics work quite well (until you run into an asteroid!). Will be getting this when available. Ordered BS DVD from Amazon purely in the name of research.......
    Run for your life - there are stupid people everywhere!

Page 2 of 10 FirstFirst 12345678910 LastLast


Similar Missions

  1. General Air battles over Palestine
    By Nightbomber in forum WGF: Historical Discussions
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: 09-16-2016, 11:58
  2. Really large air battles
    By mik in forum WGS: House Rules
    Replies: 7
    Last Post: 08-18-2013, 12:06
  3. Shiny new mat for battles!
    By Rat of Vengence in forum WGF: General Discussions
    Replies: 17
    Last Post: 01-18-2013, 08:42
  4. Belgium Battles
    By Doug in forum Hobby Room
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: 08-22-2012, 09:43
  5. Multiplayer: Underway air battles
    By Anav in forum WGF: Mission Discussions
    Replies: 4
    Last Post: 02-18-2011, 10:02

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •