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| Saber15:
--- Quote from: Harm94 on July 10, 2010, 12:53:02 PM ---Big mechs and role play.... what? --- End quote --- --- Quote ---At its most basic, the game of BattleTech is played on a map sheet composed of hexagon-shaped terrain tiles. The combat units are 30 foot tall humanoid armored combat units called BattleMechs, powered by fusion reactors, armed with lasers, particle projection cannons, autocannons, and both short and long range missiles. Typically these are represented on the game board by two-inch-tall miniature figurines that the players can paint to their own specifications, although older publications such as the 1st edition included small scale plastic models originally created for the Macross TV series, and the 2nd edition boxed set included small cardboard pictures (front and back images) that were set in rubber bases to represent the units. The game is played in turns, with each turn composed of multiple stages. During each stage players alternate back and forth playing the game. The stages are initiative, movement, attack declaration, attacks, physical attacks, and end phase. Winning initiative actually means the winning player moves second, advantageous because the player can react to the movements and attack declarations of the losing player. --- End quote --- |
| Welknair:
--- Quote from: Saber15 on July 10, 2010, 12:58:54 PM ----snip- --- End quote --- Is there any actual role-playing that goes on? (Pfft. Hexgrids.) |
| NickTheSushi:
--- Quote from: Saber15 on July 10, 2010, 12:58:54 PM --- --- End quote --- By 30 Feet tall do you mean 2.5in figures? :V Anyways, I still really wanna play D&D but no one I know would have the attention span to learn to play. I guess I could get some of the books and try to teach them as we play :v |
| Welknair:
--- Quote from: NickTheSushi on July 10, 2010, 01:15:31 PM ---Anyways, I still really wanna play D&D but no one I know would have the attention span to learn to play. I guess I could get some of the books and try to teach them as we play :v --- End quote --- You can find games going on at most hobby stores. Unfortunately, they're almost all playing 4.0. 3.5 FTW. |
| NickTheSushi:
--- Quote from: Welknair on July 10, 2010, 01:17:21 PM ---You can find games going on at most hobby stores. Unfortunately, they're almost all playing 4.0. 3.5 FTW. --- End quote --- Yea from what I've read, 4.0 is the easiest. I'd probably go with learning to play that. |
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