Two New Rogue Stars Heroes On The Way From North Star
January 6, 2017 by brennon
Building on the world of Rogue Stars from Osprey Games, North Star has shown off two new heroes which are coming to the tabletop next week for your Sci-Fi adventures.
First off we have this Soldier type with a pistol and big shield in hand. I would imagine he is an enforcer of some kind for the right (or indeed wrong) side of the law. You could see that shield being painted as an energy one if you wanted to be fancy.
Ditching a gun in favour of a sword we also have this fellow.
I say fellow but this could easily be a woman as well - in fact, it probably is a lady! Either way, you want to fluff it they're armed with a rather big sword that probably does a nasty amount of damage to whatever it hits.
I like the idea that it's an electrical weapon of some sort which emits a shock when it hits as well as a good ol' bash around the skull.
Have you been playing Rogue Stars?
"I like the idea that it's an electrical weapon of some sort which emits a shock when it hits as well as a good ol' bash around the skull..."
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These look nice. Osprey is producing some interesting game lines lately hich don’t seem too hard to get into
I like the soldier the woman? not as much.
I feel like they are trying to go with a Jedi thing… there is something to be said for some of the figures being simple or less armed or armored (in the Rogue Stars game that is)… So nice fancy power armor dude with pistol and energy shield and then maybe psychic sword-master lady sneaking forward until in melee zone =p… Almost looks like the “Wizard and Apprentice” stuff we’ve seen for Frostgrave where there is one “leader” and one “not a leader” lol..
Not sure where they are going with Rogue Stars. With Frostgrave there has been mini releases themed around a warband (Frostgrave has Four themed bands so far). The Rogue Stars stuff seems patchy with the odd mini theme here and there. Do you think it would be better for Northstar to release say 6 figs centred around a theme before moving on to the next one (Say Star Cops given the fig above)? I know Rogue Stars allows you to build a warband themed on anything. But the Mini releases so far have been very good, but somehow lack a… Read more »
I don’t think they will release too much. There are so many sci-fi figures out there already . I think it was a game released with the presumption that players would use what they already have
“Not sure where they are going with Rogue Stars.”
I’d say ‘Métal hurlant’ is what they are aiming for in general with some Farscape references thrown in.
I just wish Rogue Stars had shotguns and harpoon guns and sonic meltifyers or such in it.
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The author is actively involved with the community and there have already been a bunch of new rules previewed, including shotguns with multiple ammo types. Plus, the variety of warbands being displayed there is breathtaking.
For the lady, might get her and chop off the blade of the sword and use one of the acryllic rods…she’d work as a decent Jedi
I like the guy with the gun and the shield, I’m not entirely sold on the lady (?) with the sword. It doesn’t really look very sci-fi.
I really need to get my butt into this game!