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I look forward to the new edition. Thanks for sharing. Monday, August 8, Isorian Senatex Space fleet. So, I love spaceship wargaming, and followers of this blog will notice that over the last months I've been collecting armies of Beyond the Gates of Antares, a scifi tabletop wargame, and for a while I've been considering making fleets to play space battles on the Antares setting.

Because there are no official models from Warlord Games for that subject, I decided to lurk around for options, and here are the first fruits of that labor, my first Antares fleet, the Isorian Senatex.

All indicative of a convergence of board and miniature gaming. There is a belief that all games should hold to an ideal that if an issue with the rules arises during play it can be settled by polite discourse, a little compromise and a civil agreement. This may not be true in reality, but it should be the standard against which all games should be developed.

I find paying money for games which assume I'm going to fill in important areas of game-play myself to be vexing. I should add that I'm less concerned if a set of rules is incomplete, but is available as a PDF which is updated by the author and which I can then just download again as part of my purchase price. I hold something I have to buy as a physical printed thing and have posted from the other side of the planet at the cost of a kidney to higher standards.

It's disappointing. Lots of manuscript amendments could get chaotic. Whole replacement pages would be nice. But I remain interested enough to persevere, time permitting. As someone involved in the development of these rules I thought I would comment. I think that you need a little context here. The current version of the rules have been used by around 10 groups that we know about, not including the 3 that did the playtesting.

As far as we can tell they enjoyed the game and they had no problems with the rules. One or two noted a few typos but they seem to have understood the intention of the rules. The seeming exception to the above was one group who are behind many of the 'errata'.

This group played and enjoyed the game using the rules as written and, as far as we can tell, as they were intended to be played. They have since played the game a few more times, they continue to like and support the rules. For example, if a Plasma Rifle has a range of 8 its range band is 8. There are no modifiers to shoot up to 8. A roll of a natural 12 6 on both dice for a shoot roll will always hit! Reactive fire procedure: 1 The active unit stops as soon as LOS to the enemy unit is established.

The active unit may then move up to 1 in any direction This may break LOS and stop the reactive fire. For example, a unit decides to run across the opening where an enemy will have LOS, as the unit breaks cover the enemy decides to react fire. The unit can duck back up to 1 and avoid fire, but hasnt gained any ground. If the reacting unit is not on overwatch, then the reacting unit conducts a SKILL check at -1 vs the target number of 10, again with any appropriate modifiers.

If the reacting unit fails the SKILL check then the active unit continues their activation and the reacting. There will be times where you want to shoot at a unit, but you are unable to hit due to negative modifiers. A roll of 12 will still hit, and if you spend an action to shoot you will still get the opportunity to attempt to suppress the targeted unit.

The enemy doesnt know you cant hit! Units can conduct a ranged combat attack each action during an activation and can choose to shoot before or after movement.

There are variations within categories and some weapons that do not adhere to predefined categories. Consult the weapon data readout for. Can only shoot up to twice their range band. SMGs shoot twice per activation.

Can only shoot up to twice their range. Shotguns shoot once per activation. Rifles shoot once per activation.

Anytime a unit is shot at even if there are no hits, or if the attacking unit is unable to hit, as long as there is valid LOS and valid range the unit must take a suppression test. If there are hits then the normal suppression rules apply. Each Human team starts with a base Special Forces Operative. All skills are at the Veteran level. Aliens will have different base Special Forces Operative cards.

The max point cost of a starting operative is 18 points. This includes all weapons and armor. You may only increase up to two stats, and only by one each. Soak must be increased by purchasing armor. Each Stat increase is two points per level. Team Perkz do not count towards the 18 point limit. Each starting team can have up to points to build their team, not counting any Perkz or special abilities granted by the Team list. Each team must have a minimum of three operatives and you must designate one operative to be the commander.

The selected commander will gain the Sub Commander Perk. One of every five operatives may choose a weapon from the Squad Support Weapon list. During campaigns and advancement, one operative per team may be armed with a weapon from the Other list. A team may not start with an operative armed with a weapon from the Other list. As your team completes missions it will advance in ability, size and equipment selection.

It is important to continue to keep track of the point costs of the operatives. While Perkz do not count towards initial point restrictions, they do count for the point costs of the unit and should be tracked. Note: The names are simply suggestions for how I see the teams. Feel free to pick the team package you want and simply name the team type to whatever youd like.

Black Ops Operatives Unsanctioned and silent, incredibly skilled and lightly armed. Active Camo 2pts Perkz:. Infiltrator 1pt , Hard Vetz 1pt Perkz:. Direct Action Force Hard Hitting, excel at capturing objectives. Perkz: Combat Drugs 2pts. Special Forces Troops General all-around top tier troops. Hard Vetz 1pt , Over the Top 1pt Perkz:. Well-Equipped and experienced, but motivated by profit. Shotguns Shotguns shoot once per activation.

Perkz: Light them up 2pts. Suppressors 2 points A unit with suppressors may fire Pistols and SMGs without revealing themselves from blips. Unit may also jump or fall up to 3. Auto-Med Kit 3 points One use per game: Unit may use an action to heal themselves or unit within 3 D wounds or restor to one wound from waxed condition.

Campaigns and Advancement Advancement After each mission you will have a chance to advance your soldiers, representing the skills and experience gained from the mission and, if successful, the increased resources. For every five 5 experience points a soldier gains they may choose one of the following: 1 Add two points to their equipment pool.

You may save or spend this pool at any time after a mission or before a mission. If it does not stay within 6 of a designated operator its shoot, skill and mental are at Equipment pools can be used to purchase armor, weapons or other equipment. Unless otherwise restricted any weapons, armor or equipment may be given and traded freely among the team. OR 3 Roll 2D6 for a result on the advancement map Note: You may not advance beyond the maximums listed for your species :.

Use the operatives shoot skill with no modifiers. Injuries A soldier who is taken out of action, or waxed during a mission might recover or might become a KIA.

Soldiers that only take damage, but are not waxed or taken out of action, are assumed to fully recover after the battle. A soldier who is waxed or taken out of action rolls on the following map for their injury:. A team can always dismiss an injured soldier for a new recruit created the same way as the initial team members. If you dismiss an injured soldier all of that soldiers skills and equipment are lost. If a team loses a soldier and that brings the total number of soldiers below the starting number, then the team gains a number of new recruits to bring them up to starting numbers.

The defender may place one soldier within 2 of the objective and two more soldiers 12 from the objective. A unit that will be the target of a Hostage Rescue mission may not be replaced as above unless the Hostage Rescue mission is unsuccessful. If the Hostage Rescue mission is successful the unit is returned to the roster as if you rolled a Full Recovery.

The team attempting to rescue their MIA soldier will always be the attacker in the scenario. Missions 2x2 is the recommended map size but up to 4x4 should work fine, although you may wish to extend the turn limits. Scenery should be placed in a mutually acceptable manner before deployment.

Once the defender has setup their forces the attacker chooses a map side and may setup their forces within 4 of the map edge. The attacker must get into base contact with the objective and then exit from the same map edge. Experience Points are awarded for: 1pt for participating 1pt for waxing an enemy soldier 2pts for each defender if the attacker fails 2pts for each attacker if they are successful 3pts for the attacking soldier that gets into base contact with the objective.

Unless otherwise specified to determine the attacker or defender in the missions each player rolls a D6 Re-roll ties and the player with the highest roll can choose to be the attacker or defender.

Besides a Hostage Rescue mission for a MIA soldier, the mission to run can either be mutually decided or randomly decided by rolling 2D6 on the following map: ClearHorizon Miniatures. Hack The mission will last 6 turns.