Fight On The Planetary Tech Station With X-Wing & Star Trek!
July 26, 2014 by brennon
An enterprising individual has taken to Kickstarter to bring you an interesting modular Planetary Tech Station board for playing X-Wing, Star Trek Attack Wing and more on. See what you think of this rather spiffing creation...
The board comes with enough tiles to make a rather expansive board for playing either of the games mentioned above. As well as that you can just remove the various turrets and such and use it as an industrial complex for normal 28mm gaming if you like.
I think this looks like a rather neat project and could be something of a vanity project for the X-Wing player who has everything and just wants more. The surface has been tested and while it looks like it would screw with your dice the creator assures that it's fine and they roll well!
Does this look like something you'd add to the gaming room?
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Damn, US shipping only.
It looks very nice. I suppose there will be some representation of a certain trench… 🙂
I feel like the grid might make it easier to estimate turns and firing distances, which is a big part of playing X-Wing effectively. Granted, both players will benefit, but it still kind of seems inappropriate for the ruleset. Also, I just don’t like the grid visually. The surface of the death star wasn’t broken up into uniform squares. I don’t see why this mat has to be laid out like that unless they also mean for it to be used in other games (though I can’t think of any grid-based games that would need this particular backdrop). Turrets are… Read more »
this isnt the gaming accessory you have been looking for….
I like the towers.
@brennon says: “The surface has been tested and while it looks like it would screw with your dice the creator assures that it’s fine and they roll well!” Maybe I’m weird, but I never, ever roll dice on the map board, and politely check people who do. Even if its just a paper map sheet, dice can skin that up. Dice can roll and hit terrain, nudge units, or even damage minis and terrain on the table. Roll on the side, or in a box so dice can’t bounce off the table and roll halfway across the club floor. –… Read more »