06-21-2011, 12:01 AM
By Hasbro!!!!!......ok it uses the old Battleship name but its a miniatures
space combat Board Game & the ship figs look cool.I got into Battlefleet Gothic but it never really did it for me but this just interests me.
Not sure why but it seems to offer a space combat experience without
fiddley rules but with enough detail to give that ship on ship feeling
Here's the BGG Link
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9...e-game-set
Here's the Blurb
Battleship Galaxies is a space combat miniatures board game that is a distant cousin to the original Battleship game. The two opposing forces represented in the game, the human Intergalactic Space Navy and the alien Wretcheridians, are represented by 20 highly-detailed starship miniatures. There are figures for several different ship types and each has an individual reference card that defines the characteristics of that ship (e.g. weapons, movement, shields). The game is played on a star field hex board.
The game is scenario driven and each scenario will define the goal of the game as well as initial board set-up. Each turn, players have a certain number of energy points that can be spent to perform actions, such as movement or fire. Combat is resolved by rolling special dice, a ten-sided die with letters and an eight-sided die with numbers. The resulting letter-number combination is compared to the target ship’s reference card to determine the result. Hits on a ship are indicated by placing colored pegs in the figure’s base.
Here's what comes in the box:
2 Gameboards
20 Plastic ships with bases and stands
24 Ship cards
2 Screens with side supports
2 Coordinate dice
35 Blue pegs
40 Red pegs
2 Energy boards and markers
72 Tactic cards
8 Obstacle tiles
8 Discovery tiles
Victory Point tile
Rules
2 Quick-reference cards
48 page Graphic Novel
Of course it could be a real money pit as I'm sure Hasbro is
planning to churn out expansion ships.
OD
space combat Board Game & the ship figs look cool.I got into Battlefleet Gothic but it never really did it for me but this just interests me.
Not sure why but it seems to offer a space combat experience without
fiddley rules but with enough detail to give that ship on ship feeling
Here's the BGG Link
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9...e-game-set
Here's the Blurb
Battleship Galaxies is a space combat miniatures board game that is a distant cousin to the original Battleship game. The two opposing forces represented in the game, the human Intergalactic Space Navy and the alien Wretcheridians, are represented by 20 highly-detailed starship miniatures. There are figures for several different ship types and each has an individual reference card that defines the characteristics of that ship (e.g. weapons, movement, shields). The game is played on a star field hex board.
The game is scenario driven and each scenario will define the goal of the game as well as initial board set-up. Each turn, players have a certain number of energy points that can be spent to perform actions, such as movement or fire. Combat is resolved by rolling special dice, a ten-sided die with letters and an eight-sided die with numbers. The resulting letter-number combination is compared to the target ship’s reference card to determine the result. Hits on a ship are indicated by placing colored pegs in the figure’s base.
Here's what comes in the box:
2 Gameboards
20 Plastic ships with bases and stands
24 Ship cards
2 Screens with side supports
2 Coordinate dice
35 Blue pegs
40 Red pegs
2 Energy boards and markers
72 Tactic cards
8 Obstacle tiles
8 Discovery tiles
Victory Point tile
Rules
2 Quick-reference cards
48 page Graphic Novel
Of course it could be a real money pit as I'm sure Hasbro is
planning to churn out expansion ships.
OD