About A Call to Arms

Dan Ibekwe · Post by **Dan Ibekwe** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 1:59 am

In ACtA B5, initiative was largely a reflection of an empire's technology (Which is why the Minbari got a high +4 rating) and their cohesion (so both the aggressive Drazi and the pacifist Pak'Ma'Ra got low ratings).

Everybody in the SFU has a roughly similar level of technology, so initiative will probably based on each empire's perceived aggression, and how unified or divided they are.

Scharwenka · Post by **Scharwenka** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 1:07 pm

Dan Ibekwe wrote:In ACtA B5, initiative was largely a reflection of an empire's technology (Which is why the Minbari got a high +4 rating) and their cohesion (so both the aggressive Drazi and the pacifist Pak'Ma'Ra got low ratings).

Everybody in the SFU has a roughly similar level of technology, so initiative will probably based on each empire's perceived aggression, and how unified or divided they are.

Cool, the aggression factor was what I was thinking. Really sounds like this is shaping up well.

Jiraiya1969 · Post by **Jiraiya1969** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:40 am

Really lookinf forward to seeing how this plays when combined wuth SFU material

Dan Ibekwe · Post by **Dan Ibekwe** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 9:44 pm

One thought about the campaign rules.

Something that used to occur in ACtA B5 was that any battle was a disaster for the loser - and also the winner. Even large ships went down like ninepins,
and victorious fleets were often too weak for further use.

So a most effective strategy was to avoid battle, raid trade routes and wait until the other players had exhausted themselves, then mop up their stragglers with your still-intact fleet.

Basically, I'd suggest it would be a good thing if ships - everybody's ships - were made rather more survivable in ACtASF to make fighting campaign battles a more attractive option.

Post by **Steve Cole** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 2:08 pm

I actually sat down and read the entire ACTASF rulebook (Draft #1) over the weekend. Most of it I had no idea what was going on (having never played ACTA) but there was a lot of interesting stuff in there.

Some of it was obviously ported over from ACTANA, but that may just be preliminary playtest stuff.

Scharwenka · Post by **Scharwenka** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:46 pm

Steve Cole wrote:I actually sat down and read the entire ACTASF rulebook (Draft #1) over the weekend. Most of it I had no idea what was going on (having never played ACTA) but there was a lot of interesting stuff in there.

Some of it was obviously ported over from ACTANA, but that may just be preliminary playtest stuff.

Ooooo, would love to get my hands on that!

Jiraiya1969 · Post by **Jiraiya1969** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 3:27 am

Steve Cole wrote:I actually sat down and read the entire ACTASF rulebook (Draft #1) over the weekend. Most of it I had no idea what was going on (having never played ACTA) but there was a lot of interesting stuff in there.

Some of it was obviously ported over from ACTANA, but that may just be preliminary playtest stuff.

I'm guessing that the B10 would be a Armageddon pick then?

Nerroth · Post by **Nerroth** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 5:39 am

ACtA:NA uses a points system, not the old Priority Levels from the B5 editions.

Jiraiya1969 · Post by **Jiraiya1969** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 10:03 am

Nerroth wrote:ACtA:NA uses a points system, not the old Priority Levels from the B5 editions.

I see. Having only played B5 and Order of Battle (the WW2 wet navy game), I did not know.

J69

Nerroth · Post by **Nerroth** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 3:37 pm

There should be a couple of links to two preview fleet list pdfs (Kurgan and Vuldrok) over in the Noble Armada thread, if you want to see how things look nowadays.

silent bob · Post by **silent bob** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 6:29 pm

well rumours leaked on the grapevine are that there may be some fed heavy cruisers and klingon D6s available at Gencon. just go to the mongoose stall and say 'Touch me Tiberius' to have the chance of buying one.

Scoutdad · Post by **Scoutdad** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 7:09 pm

silent bob wrote:well rumours leaked on the grapevine are that there may be some fed heavy cruisers and klingon D6s available at Gencon. just go to the mongoose stall and say 'Touch me Tiberius' to have the chance of buying one.

Aw, man!
Anyone going to GenCon and want to make a bit of cash...

Scoutdad · Post by **Scoutdad** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 7:32 pm

Here's a deal...

I'm willing to paint both a Starline 2500 Fed CA and a Klingon D7 for the first person to obtain one and ask. And to make it an extra sweet deal: You pay the shipping to me, and I'll pay the return shipping.

Unless Steve wants to have one of each painted for the cart. In which case he gets priority...

mwaschak · Post by **mwaschak** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 1:09 pm

Scoutdad wrote:Aw, man!
Anyone going to GenCon and want to make a bit of cash...

Assuming the rumor is true, I might be able to help you out.

-Jay

silent bob · Post by **silent bob** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:37 pm

Scoutdad wrote:Here's a deal...

I'm willing to paint both a Starline 2500 Fed CA and a Klingon D7 for the first person to obtain one and ask. And to make it an extra sweet deal: You pay the shipping to me, and I'll pay the return shipping.

Unless Steve wants to have one of each painted for the cart. In which case he gets priority...

its a D6 it seems, not a D7

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