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by BroAdso
Thu Feb 11, 2016 3:44 am
Forum: War Room
Topic: VBAM 2e: The Fall of the Margravate
Replies: 19
Views: 12401

Re: VBAM 2e: The Fall of the Margravate

Here are the actual updates for turn 3005.1: These are the orders the Commandant agreed to and their results: ConfederacyOrdersPhase3005-1 to 3005-2.pdf This is the one battle that resulted this year which the Hylian Confederacy observed or participated in (with illustrations!) - there are a couple ...
by BroAdso
Wed Feb 10, 2016 12:17 pm
Forum: War Room
Topic: VBAM 2e: The Fall of the Margravate
Replies: 19
Views: 12401

Re: VBAM 2e: The Fall of the Margravate

Adjutant Reala's response: "I'll bring that to the attention of the Commodore, Trade Commissioner. Unfortunately, we don't know how the governments of those systems will react to Confederation flagged vessels right now - before we invest the resources in inviting more corporate traders to the f...
by BroAdso
Wed Feb 10, 2016 11:47 am
Forum: Hotlabs
Topic: Your Wishlist for Companion and First Contact?
Replies: 62
Views: 37562

Re: Your Wishlist for Companion and First Contact?

These look like some awesome future plans! I am seriously looking forward to all these books, but most especially the detailed NPE/Neutral rules in the new Companion. I never did use the detailed ground combat rules, largely because the elements/groups distinction was just different enough from spac...
by BroAdso
Wed Feb 10, 2016 11:35 am
Forum: Victory by Any Means - Second Edition
Topic: Flights with the Missile trait?
Replies: 4
Views: 4758

Re: Flights with the Missile trait?

I like that idea. Alternatively, missile fighters can be equipped with the ordnance packages your empire has available, just like ships.
by BroAdso
Tue Feb 09, 2016 2:55 am
Forum: War Room
Topic: VBAM 2e: The Fall of the Margravate
Replies: 19
Views: 12401

Re: VBAM 2e: The Fall of the Margravate

Your job is to advise Commodore Hoggel on what he should do each month, you few and loyal VBAM forum posters. Your advice will determine our movement, diplomatic, build, and update orders. All battles during the month will be illustrated with ships (like the ones in my above post) and commanded by t...
by BroAdso
Mon Feb 08, 2016 12:07 pm
Forum: War Room
Topic: VBAM 2e: The Fall of the Margravate
Replies: 19
Views: 12401

Re: VBAM 2e: The Fall of the Margravate

So, that's one vote for the Hylian Confederation.

Any other votes before we get started and I post a turn from one of these fine folks perspectives?

Some ships while we wait to give you an even better feel for each of the three factions.
SampleShipsFallofMargaravate.pdf
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by BroAdso
Sun Feb 07, 2016 4:19 am
Forum: Hotlabs
Topic: Your Wishlist for Companion and First Contact?
Replies: 62
Views: 37562

Re: Your Wishlist for Companion and First Contact?

Any updates on this? I'm itching to kick off a new solo campaign with the 2nd edition rules but it would be much more interesting with exploration and prototyping, among other things. :) -Will Agreed, I'd love to get exploration rules and particularly some of the government type or social trait rul...
by BroAdso
Sat Feb 06, 2016 8:17 pm
Forum: Victory by Any Means - Second Edition
Topic: Flights with the Missile trait?
Replies: 4
Views: 4758

Flights with the Missile trait?

How do flights with the Missile trait end up working? This missile trait normally means you can use your full AS even when in defensive formation, but fighters not assigned to enemy squadrons don't get to use their AS values (right?). Do they just not halve their AF value when redeploying at the end...
by BroAdso
Thu Feb 04, 2016 1:40 am
Forum: War Room
Topic: VBAM 2e: The Fall of the Margravate
Replies: 19
Views: 12401

VBAM 2e: The Fall of the Margravate

Seven months ago, the last vestiges of legitimate authority on the worlds of Creek, Archer, and Falmouth collapsed. The riots lasted for weeks, and the planetary governments on the outlying worlds of the Tri-Planets Margravate Authority - usually called the TPA, the Authority, or the Mark - started ...
by BroAdso
Wed Feb 03, 2016 10:03 pm
Forum: Hotlabs
Topic: VBAM Second Edition to Starmada Nova
Replies: 10
Views: 7360

Re: VBAM Second Edition to Starmada Nova

Second draft of the rules and an example force list attached. Big change is to the VBAM costing and maintenance systems, which should be a little simpler from here. You get an "adjustment" number from the Starmada CR in full increments of 1, 2, 3 etc and that increment moves up the VBAM co...
by BroAdso
Tue Feb 02, 2016 12:19 pm
Forum: Hotlabs
Topic: VBAM Second Edition to Starmada Nova
Replies: 10
Views: 7360

Re: VBAM Second Edition to Starmada Nova

2.3 - 1) Yes - especially in SN. SN allows three different types of defenses (ECM, Shields, or Armor) and so players need some flexibility with different ships or weapons depending on their opponent's designs. Also, players don't have access to the "universal" list in this VBAM-Starmada No...
by BroAdso
Sun Jan 31, 2016 4:05 pm
Forum: Hotlabs
Topic: VBAM Second Edition to Starmada Nova
Replies: 10
Views: 7360

Re: VBAM Second Edition to Starmada Nova

I rather prefer Nova Edition for its streamlined activation and weapons systems, and it could fit well with VBAM for that reason. In fact, based on the preliminary work I did last time, the scale of With A Purpose campaigns works almost perfectly with the intended scale of Starmada, at least at med-...
by BroAdso
Sun Jan 31, 2016 3:25 pm
Forum: Victory by Any Means - Second Edition
Topic: VBAM Second Edition Errata
Replies: 43
Views: 20443

Re: VBAM Second Edition Errata

Tyrel, I think not counting Robotic units against the Construction Capacity gets right at what I was thinking about. An additional maintenance cost needs to be worth something more than it was - though of course I've got no rigorous playtesting behind my intuition here, allowing rapid build-up of Ro...
by BroAdso
Wed Jan 27, 2016 4:50 pm
Forum: Hotlabs
Topic: VBAM Second Edition to Starmada Nova
Replies: 10
Views: 7360

VBAM Second Edition to Starmada Nova

So I've been snowed in for days, and have spent some of my cabin fever energy on this. It's an attempt at a comprehensive way to merge VBAM 2e and Starmada Nova. I'm sure it's not perfect, and I'd really appreciate some outside critiques to continue working on it. I'll generate a force list or two o...
by BroAdso
Tue Jan 26, 2016 2:52 pm
Forum: Officer's Lounge
Topic: With A Purpose quick question
Replies: 8
Views: 6797

Re: With A Purpose quick question

Those percentage chances are great! For the moment I'm sticking with one of the pre-set scenarios at the back of WAP, but if I ever generate a map I'll test 'em out. AIX seemed....complex. The current percentage chance of treaty acceptance in WAP is good, and doesn't need percentages-on-percentages ...