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Anonymous Fri 29 Apr 2011 13:02:00 No.14749374 View View Reply Original Report

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Hey guys, I've started developing a home brew tabletop wargame. I was hoping to get some ideas and feedback.

Here's what I have so far:
Placement:

Players chose fleet list and declare ship move order.

Each player rolls 1d6; highest roll choses starting player.

Units are then placed on the table in the order in which they will move.

Units must be placed on the nearest third of the table to their admiral; middle third must stay empty of units.

Units must start game in Real Space.

Braith117

Braith117 Fri 29 Apr 2011 13:07:00 No.14749448 Report

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I'm guessing ships can't be attacked in hyperspace by ships in realspace, correct?

Otherwise it sounds like Epic 40k and BFG had a child. It has potential.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 29 Apr 2011 13:13:00 No.14749513 Report

Quoted By: >>14749620

Hyperspace and realspace act independently, though I'm considering some sort of superweapon that could bridge it, but only if I can balance it somehow.

Braith117

Braith117 Fri 29 Apr 2011 13:22:00 No.14749620 Report

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>>14749513
Maybe something that can knock units out of hyperspace.

Truth be told though, hyperspace seems a bit unbalanced in and of itself unless there are some hefty penalties for using it like shields and weapons not working right when you first exit or something like that.

Also, how do you plan on doing your weapons? Similar to BFL where weapons all have different facings, or maybe have different factions specialize with different setups(some better at broadsides or forward weapons than others)

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 29 Apr 2011 13:30:00 No.14749698 Report

Quoted By: >>14749771

>Each player rolls 1d6; highest roll choses starting player.
>After all units are placed, second player can attempt to steal first move by rolling 1d6; roll of 1 steals.

Why

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 29 Apr 2011 13:35:00 No.14749752 Report

Quoted By: >>14750077

While in hyperspace ships have reduced weapons range and certain weapons won't work. I put the drift in to make it more difficult to just jump in the middle of an enemy fleet and I forgot to put in that you only get half a turn after leaving hyperspace, so you can either move or shoot but not both.

As for weapon facings, it was something I was toying with for direct weapons like energy weapons and unguided projectiles, but missiles would have a 360 degree arc since they can manuever. They also have the longest range and least damage at the moment.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 29 Apr 2011 13:36:00 No.14749771 Report

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>>14749698
I'll be honest; I've only ever seriously played 40k, so its has a lot of influence at this point until I get more of my ideas smoothed out. I may or may not keep that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 29 Apr 2011 13:41:00 No.14749824 Report

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These are the ships at the moment. They still need a lot of work, but these are roughly the move/health/cost ratios I want.

Right now I'm trying to figure out health and damage, because I'd rather do an actual health stat instead of 40k-style armor saves, but keeping track of it all might get a bit ridiculous.

Frigate:

Move: 12in

Armor: 10

Cost: 10

Destroyer:

Move: 10in

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 29 Apr 2011 14:06:00 No.14750077 Report

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I think it looks good so far OP. Straight-forward (which I like), but Im curious about what>>14749752said about weaponry - your ships seem a bit maneuverable for the gunline style of BFG, so my first thought was "Turret."

Will they have firing arcs, or all around coverage? Thoughts about how ordnance (missles/bombs, fighters, etc) would work? Posting a Homeworld 2 image has me all kinds of curious now.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 29 Apr 2011 14:15:00 No.14750169 Report

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I'm currently leaning towards firing arcs, since it would put more emphasis on ship positioning and angles of attack.

These are the weapons I have so far:

Long Range Missile:

Range: 18in

Damage: 1d6

Accuracy: 5

Reload: Every Turn

Short Range Missile:

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 29 Apr 2011 14:20:00 No.14750224 Report

Quoted By: >>14750334

Missiles will almost definitly have a 360 degree firing arc, but I'll probably put smaller arcs on flak and beam weapons.

Right now I'm thinking that bombers will carry Light Beam weapons with a spinal mount, so the would be limited to 90 degrees in the front or so, and possibly having specialized frigates with spinal Heavy Beams or something like that.

Otherwise each ship will have at least 2 weapon types to engage at different ranges and angles.

My idea for carriers is for them to have fewer or lighter weapons than therir warship equivilant (crusier for strike carrier, battleship for fleet) but with the same armor and movement. Strike craft will have a much longer attack range than any other weapon, which is what will give the carriers most of their punch.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 29 Apr 2011 14:29:00 No.14750334 Report

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>>14750224
Beam cannons seem very powerful, so why not have them be fixed forward (or aft)? That way, ship placement and maneuvering will be very important if you want to bring all of your firepower to bear.

I like the idea that carriers are support-based, at least in terms of weaponry load. And multiple weapon systems are a good idea, as well.

If you're looking for inspiration, there's a game called Firestorm Armada that has some interesting rules for movement, shooting and ordnance. They're overly long and can get tedious, but maybe you could find a way to integrate a simpler version into your game? In any case, the game should be up on /rs/, if not other torrent sites.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 29 Apr 2011 14:45:00 No.14750468 Report

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>>14750334
Awesome, I'll look in to that.

Thanks for the feedback guys, I'll be sure to post updates when I can.

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