I think it would be great if a volume were created (maybe called 'The Vault Dweller's Guide to Mutants and Death Ray Guns') with compilation of rules,...
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Bren Mayhugh
jygro
Jul 1, 2009 10:10 am
... [snip] This was a great looking game and I agree that it looked like eveyone was having a great time. I stayed by as long as I could to watch the action...
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voxego2002
Jul 1, 2009 10:30 am
Between you all you have clarified this for me - thanks so much. Its good to see such a strong and responsive community for these games....
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Sergio Laliscia
sergio.laliscia
Jul 1, 2009 10:44 am
After a day spent to recover from jet lag (am I too old for this kind of travels?:) and to solve the 1000 open problems at work, I'm here to thank all the...
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Paul Turner
thedproject
Jul 1, 2009 11:46 am
Could some one share the duck and cover rule. That sound neat. Paul T ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Paul Turner
thedproject
Jul 1, 2009 11:51 am
Hey Mike, Are you saying you have to activate each piece each turn every time? I assumed, once you were activated, you were activated the rest of the game....
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David A. Zecchini
vitruvianzeke
Jul 1, 2009 12:58 pm
Not sure which you're referring to ... if you mean the Space Marine'ish figures, those are Warhammer 40k "Kasrkin" (the boxed set with the special weapons team...
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David A. Zecchini
vitruvianzeke
Jul 1, 2009 1:06 pm
First, thanks to everyone for the kind words concerning the game. The game was as much fun to run as it was to prepare for, and I couldn't have asked for a...
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russcat9
Jul 1, 2009 1:21 pm
Kasrkin, thanks. Cheers P...
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Mike Rybak
MJ_Rybak
Jul 1, 2009 1:27 pm
Yes. Every turn you roll 1,2 or 3 dice to activate each figure, then carry out actions for that figure based on the number of successes. Then move to another...
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Paul Turner
thedproject
Jul 1, 2009 1:31 pm
Just dreaming a bit but could it be a reaction to the first shot fired or grenade thrown. Everyone make a roll and those who succeed find the closest cover. Or...
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Paul Curlin
p.curlin
Jul 1, 2009 2:14 pm
Greetings, My two cents worth. Every turn is a new turn everyone needs reactivated to use them, i.e. reroll activation dice. It's the fun and frustrating...
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andrea sfiligoi
andreailconi...
Jul 1, 2009 2:22 pm
Paul no, it's a combat result. We will playtest more FL this coming week and FL will soon go into production with cover, artwork etc. We're trying to keep the...
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Andrew Brian Gross
andrew_brian...
Jul 1, 2009 2:23 pm
In Free Hack issue #1, on page 8, there are two questions that seem to be asking the same thing that I am asking, but neither answer seems clear to me. ...
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Stibix
streef2001
Jul 1, 2009 2:23 pm
philosophically, it is a G.A.D ( Game against Dice ) , not a G.A.P ( Game against Player ), ; )) ... From: "Paul Curlin" <pcurlin@...> To: "Song...
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Paul Turner
thedproject
Jul 1, 2009 2:25 pm
Thanks Mike. I don't know how it happened but I got an additional/ initial activation in my head that would start the game and then proceed on. Oh, the price...
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andrea sfiligoi
andreailconi...
Jul 1, 2009 2:38 pm
To further clarify: every new turn in the Song games (all of them so far) is a FRESH thing: you don't have to remember who activated last turn, you don't have...
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andreailconiglio
andreailconi...
Jul 1, 2009 2:44 pm
Yes spell attacks can be performed at additional ranges like regular ranged attacks. Same rules and modifiers. When Song of Shamballa comes out (whatever the...
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andrea sfiligoi
andreailconi...
Jul 1, 2009 2:57 pm
Whatever your scale-- I suggest you use S, M and L sticks, not mm. It's not exactly the same thing and it may be confusing to new players. One action gives you...
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Daniel J. Lawall
dlawall2002
Jul 1, 2009 6:22 pm
Great work! hat did you use to make the vault door and will you be running the game again anywhere else? Dan...
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brandu
Jul 1, 2009 8:46 pm
Fair enough....
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Stuart Nicholson
c0d3monk33
Jul 1, 2009 9:31 pm
Hello, when's too young to teach your children to war game do you think? I have a 6 year old son who's interested in my garage full of wargaming figures and...
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Ian Burke
iaanburke
Jul 1, 2009 11:16 pm
wait a bit..... there's a child friendly version coming out soon. :) I'm a teacher and I'll be using it at work. ________________________________ From:...
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tugunmojo
Jul 1, 2009 11:51 pm
My son was 6 when I taught him Heroclix, his first miniature game. They used the term, "KO'd," and that made it more friendly for a boy his age. It'd be easy...
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Jon Christenson
prjonc
Jul 2, 2009 12:07 am
My sons have been playing GWs Lord of the Rings skirmish rules (slightly simplified back then) with me since they were 7 & 9, so I would imagine SBH wouldn't...
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Brad Thurmond
luxaeterna40k
Jul 2, 2009 2:21 am
Stuart- My son (Lucas) and I play Song of Blades quite a bit. We started when he was 7 (he is now 8). Before that we played several other mini and board ...
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Stuart Nicholson
c0d3monk33
Jul 2, 2009 2:41 am
Hi Brad, thanks for that re-post - exactly what I was after (I did search the forum initially before posting but missed your original post)! I have to admit I...
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Bren Mayhugh
jygro
Jul 2, 2009 4:02 am
... How would you model a caster that likes to use fireballs to roast opponents? The sharpshooter special helps a bit and if you want to spend the points on...
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Bren Mayhugh
jygro
Jul 2, 2009 4:03 am
... Agreed. A scenario book called "Vault 34" (or some other number) would be an awesome buy. Of course, getting the point costs down to give players more...
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Andrew Brian Gross
andrew_brian...
Jul 2, 2009 4:24 am
One possibility would be to just buy the wizard as artillery or a gunpowder weapon or whatever. The fireball becomes just a special effect....
