Re: Battlefleet Mars

Alan E & Carmel J Brain wrote:

> Excellent game, the only 3-D boardgame that I've played that really
> works. Newtonian movement +3D makes for very interesting defence
games,
> where the defender must first go out , then kill the velocity, and
come
> back in in order to effectively engage the attacker. Difficult, as
fuel
> is limited.
> OTOH as most kills are Mobility kills, it behooves the attacker to
make
> sure that he's going in the right direction and speed to attack the
> objective when he meets the opposing fleet, otherwise he just won't
have
> enough firepower to zap the defences when the fleet gets there.
There'll
> be lots of drifting ships far from the action on both sides.
> What makes things more interesting is the fact that in many cases, the
> attacker is only trying to sucker the defending fleet out of position
> and defeat it in detail: he knows he can't win against the opposing
> fixed defences. In others, he really wants to avoid the enemy fleet,
he
> just wants to raid the defences with minimum losses.
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Sounds really cool!  I am gonna haveta keep my eyes open for that one!

Say didn't they make two sequel games?

Donald Hosford