Heroscape

Durgan · Post by **Durgan** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 1:19 am

Yeah, I wish. This is about the limit of what I can summon up for a game right now:

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s274 ... T43002.jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s274 ... T43001.jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s274 ... T43006.jpg

And that's like every urban building I have made, minus one or two.

Sheogorath · Post by **Sheogorath** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:23 pm

Is that Warhammer? Or something else?

Durgan · Post by **Durgan** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 7:50 pm

It's called AT-43. Made by a French company named Rackham. Pretty cool- I can even stand the fact that it's prepainted instead of bare metal, because half of the minis are up to my actual painting standards, much less the 'mechs. There's no way I could paint the walkers as well as they are without a ton of effort.

Plays kind of like 40K, but with alternating turns for each unit, not "move your whole army, then I get to go" like GW games are.

GM-Phil · Post by **GM-Phil** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 11:56 am

When it comes to hex map games and the like I am all Battletech.. my love and joy.. back in college I got to know that game and history a little too well... very fun game, and an awesome and rich world to enjoy.. Now they just need to make the dang live action movie!!

Wyrmwrath · Post by **Wyrmwrath** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 12:43 pm

you do know they have battletech centers where you can go and sit in a cockpit of a mech and fight up to 7 other players yes?

marduk · Post by **marduk** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 3:57 pm

I thought they did try a battletech movie.

And Brian: Closest Battletech center is in Chicago, right?

marduk · Post by **marduk** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 4:02 pm

my bad, that was animated in 1995. Boom!

EDIT:
Hey, lest we not forget RobotJox

Wyrmwrath · Post by **Wyrmwrath** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 4:28 pm

Closest WAS in Utica MI, not sure where the closest is. I think the Chicago one closed. That was the original one.

seems there is one close:
http://www.battlefrontgaming.com/home.htm

VGL Underground
5671 North Westnedge
Kalamazoo, MI 49004
NO Walk-ins Accepted - Advanced Reservations Only
Ph: 269.978.2514
E-mail: propwash@mechjock.com
8 Tesla II & 4.10 pods

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BattleTech_Centers

GM-Phil · Post by **GM-Phil** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 5:48 pm

Yeah I went to the Btech center when it was in Chicago a couple of times. It was very cool..

As for RobotJox, from all I have uncovered it was supposed to be a Battletech movie that got its funding and rights pulled.. and became the mockery of a movie that it is now..

Wyrmwrath · Post by **Wyrmwrath** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 11:19 pm

Hey that movie was so good the only thing it lacked was SHATNER!

cole45 · Post by **cole45** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 11:26 pm

at gencon year they had new pods, with new tech. better graphics, better sound, better controls. Matt beat me badly.

Wyrmwrath · Post by **Wyrmwrath** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:44 am

yeah Tesla II pods. Same ones they used when I ran the Battletech at Dave and Busters out here. Although they are up to firestorm 5.0 on the game program I hear. Well overr 100 mechs now.