Very fun video to watch. I'd love to see a discussion video going over the various space ship games and comparing them so people can make an informed decision on what ruleset(s) to buy.
Great game guys. super exciting to see it played out on the table, and I'm so stoked to see the campaign! A couple of little rules things for your next game: - you can have multiples of the same weapon on a ship (so your galleon can actually have 3 launch bays if it wants), you just can't have two identical capital ships in your fleet. - victory points add the total value of the ships you destroy. So it's not just the objectives. You're actually earning points for blowing stuff up in real time. - escorts don't get the crazy 360 turning... but they can stack their flak, which makes them more survivable. - measuring isn't post to post, so there could have been more self destructing disciples :-)
Do you have a FB group or any place to discuss your game ? ... I just got into it DUE TO THIS VIDEO :) ... and I love it... want to hear more chatter about it...
Great game as others book the book from Amazon because of your review...looking forward to the next game...only thing, ships dont really turn much, more starwars then startrek...just seems if you do pass by yout never going to turn back again...just heard PDF update....but I only got the book ?
Void Admiral 1.1 Changes and Clarifications: Page 8: Armour - the wording has been changed to help explain how armour works without the need for division (some folks hate doing division in their heads). Page 12: Movement - added a ‘slow speed turning’ rule that allows ships which do not move to turn up to 45 degrees (useful on smaller boards where ships can accidentally become boxed in by the table edges.) Page 13: Ramming - Ships no longer get +1 on attack rolls for moving at least 4 inches. Instead, both ships gain an additional attack dice for each 4 inches moved before the point of impact. (This makes ramming more deadly, especially for smaller ships) Page 14: Missiles - attacks from missiles no longer suffer a -1 to hit penalty for attacking enemy ships over 12 inches away. (This makes missiles slightly more powerful at longer ranges) Page 15: Weapon Names - a small point of clarity was added to let players know that weapon naming conventions are for fluff purposes and all weapons are of their primary type (a spine cannon is just a cannon.) Page 16: Boarding - boarding ships no longer subtract the enemy ship’s flak value from their total attacks. (This makes boarding significantly more viable) Page 17: Bombing runs - the wording on bombing runs as well as the example given has been clarified to make it clear that tokens used in bombing runs are ‘spent’. Page 20: Debris Fields - the text for debris fields has been clarified to state that the field inflicts “hits” instead of “damage”. Page 25: Advanced missiles - advanced missiles no longer ignore ranged penalties, and instead grant a simple +1 to hit bonus. Page 31: Reckless boarding - no longer negates enemy flak. Instead it allows a capital ship which has shot to immediately make a boarding action. Page 33: Advanced missiles - advanced missiles no longer ignore ranged penalties, and instead grant a simple +1 to hit bonus. Page 33: Anti-piracy measures - this ability has been reworded to simply subtract two from the number of incoming attacks from an enemy boarding action.
Anyone that know if this game took any inspiration from Fleet Commander: Genesis? I never got around to play it, but the rolling of the dice for abilities and the number of hit points the ships have remind me of what I remember of the rules. :) It has to be said though that Fleet Commander is played on a 7x7? grid, and the rules are so abstract that you could substitute any other setting onto it. But it is a French game, so I think that the chance it would get to Canada is a little higher then the USA.
