[GZG] Re: So many questions

[David Billinghurst <davebill@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi James,

Always good to see another Kiwi on the list :)  I'm based in Auckland and 
play with a couple of friends who, like me, are all old Traveller hands.  I 
first saw Full Thrust played at the Auckland Wargame club a few years back, 
but by the time I had some ships, people were playing other things.  I know 
there's at least one Sa'Vaku and one NSL fleet kicking around, and several 
Battlefleet Gothic fleets (the Games Workshop spaceship game, if you haven't 
come across it - BTW, the rules for Battlefleet Gothic are available as pdfs 
on GWs Speciality Shop site, and, while rather silly, IMHO, do include a 
rather nice little campaign system, which is worth a look at).

As my friends were only vaguely interested in FT, I went the 'opposing 
forces' route and put together two basic fleets so I could drag them into 
playing, and this has worked well as one of them bought a Japanese fleet, 
and both are playing in a campaign I'm running.  I have expanded my basic 
fleets over the last few years and now can float ESU, Kra'Vak, UNSC (the 
Beta rules for them are on Star Ranger's site - Dean, the owner, posts here 
and may oblige with the URL :) ), FSE, and Islamic Federation (still being 
painted).  I would suggest getting a basic fleet pack for two sides that 
interest you (which is usually a battleship, a couple of cruisers, a couple 
of destroyers, and some frigates), get them at least under-coated and based, 
and then start playing.  If you can drag a couple of friends along for a 
trial game, you might get at least one who will either take one of the basic 
packs off your hands, or buy a pack of his/her own.

I've sourced figures both from Eureka Miniatures in Australia and from GZG 
in the UK - my last order of UNSC ships from the UK took 5 days from 
ordering on-line until the figures were in my letter box!  With the current 
exchange rate and the fact that Jon off-sets postage with VAT, it is 
actually cheaper to order direct, even though Nic at Eureka also gives good 
service.  Also, Jon doesn't charge for ship bases :).

Feel free to contact me off-list if you'd like any help.

Regards

David

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