Darkstar Battle Report
A Nice Surprise
@oriskany has finished his Darkstar book and as one of the people who backed it I got a brand new copy of Darkstar in my inbox this morning at 9 am.
I didn’t want to waste any time and it just happened that my friend who was interested in Darkstar was free so we played a game using the Steam game “Tabletop Simulator”. I mixed and mashed a few different mods together and we quickly played our first game.
Look closely to the left and you can see the ships. This was a big board.We decided to play the first scenario named: Cruiser Clash At Contested Gas Giant Moon.
We only took out all the extra rules but kept the ships the same.
The USA is attempting to land Marines on the moon while the Prussian’s are trying to stop them. Your classic “Kill the other guy” Scenario and in my opinion the best way to learn Darkstar.
In Red we have the Squadron Leader the USS Nashville Light Cruiser
In Orange we have the USS Walsh the Destroyer
In Yellow we have the USS Trenton the Destroyer
In Dark Blue we have the Squadron Leader KMS Königgratz the Light Cruiser
In Medium Purple we have the KMS Leuthen the Light Cruiser
In Light Blue we have the KMS Koblenz the Frigate
In Light Purple we have U-103 a Corvette
My English Bulldog Koota heard us so came in to see what was going on but when he found out the Royal Navy was nowhere in sight he decided to have a sleep.
@elessar2590 Looking interesting – got a copy as well but will not have a chance to do anything with it until later in the week
This might sound cheesy and sappy, but damn, it feels so awesome to build a game, publish it, and within 3 or 4 hours, halfway around the world, a “like-minded soul” is playing and enjoying your game. Damn, yes. You played on a VERY big table. Average Darkstar tables require only 30-40 hexes on a side – the ratio doesn’t really matter, so long as you wind up in the vicinity of 1500-1200 total hexes. I’d say you had x4 that, at least. 😀 And congratulations, @elessar2590 – you have accomplished two firsts – first person to ever run a… Read more »
My table is about 40 x 120 if I ever want to go that big although we sectioned off a part for our game. The background can be changed if I ever want a planet or change of scenery and I can change the size of the hexes if I really want to go insane on a mega table one day. If anyone would like to use my setup just send me a PM and we can sort something out. If I can’t send you my direct table I can help you build your own (Steam Game “Tabletop Simulator” Required).… Read more »
Awesome, @elessar2590 – that “Mission” scenario with the convoy escort is not play-tested at all, in fact (as the book says) all “Mission” scenarios should be approached as “friendly games – let’s see what happens” kind of thing. For instance, the speed of those merchant drones should be whatever speed they need to be to cross your table in five turns (thus giving the pirates 4 fire phases to shoot holes in them).