DARKSTAR CAMPAIGN UPDATE: DUCHESS ANNABEL’S WAR IS OVER
Wave Two Factions and Warships for Darkstar - ALMOST DONE!
Just a quick update to let everyone know that Darkstar “Wave 2” is entering final stages of preparation. I should have a final .pdf available for everyone who’s interested by tomorrow at the latest.
THIS IS NOT an update or correction to any rules. Instead, this is strictly an additional roll-out of factions and warships to expand what’s available for community members who play Darkstar.
Four new factions, including 20 new warship classes.
Ten new warship classes for the original factions.
Thirty warships classes in all!
Including the absolute most powerful warship that is legally possible in the current rules of Darkstar, and she doesn’t belong to any of the “Ten Navies” of Known Space, which means you really get a peek at a FIFTH new faction!
Stay tuned, and thanks as always for all the great community support.
Here is a LOW-RES preview of what might be the most powerful ship in the Darkstar Royal Navy: The Ark Royal class supercarrier. This is just one of the thirty new ships (including ships for four new factions) being rolled out for Darkstar in the next day or two at the most. She carries 88 combat aerospace craft, a mix of fighters, bombers, scouts, and even two gunboats!
Love seeing the sheets for these behemoths. Hoping I can entice some of my local gaming group into trying this out. I mean, the cost of entry is miniscule compared to other tabletops I’ve gotten them hooked on…
Thanks, @sigmundr – we also have weekly wargames on the web if you’re ever interested in checking out a live game (to see if this is the kind of game for you or your group). If you’re ever interested, just ping me a PM and I’ll let you know when the next game is. 😀
There’s also a Free Mod for Steam’s Tabletop Simulator if you want to go down that route.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1636316528
Thanks! I’ve been wanting to dive into Tabletop simulator, so this is a good push.
@oriskany I’d love to sit in on a game, although I’ve seen they are usually on the weekends, and I work 12’s saturday/sunday.
No worries, @sigmundr . Indeed, they are usually on the weekends. I could totally game during the week but that’s an issue with time as well, as by the time I get home from work (7PM) it’s midnight over in the UK.
I’ll have to put one of these up on YouTube one of these days. 😀
Your such a tease @oriskany! “Including the absolute most powerful warship that is legally possible in the current rules of Darkstar, and she doesn’t belong to any of the “Ten Navies” of Known Space”
Who does it belong to?
Okay, @templar007 – everything is done. Just waiting to send it in the morning, it’s a second night in a row up past 2:00 AM on this and I am exhausted.
The “powerful” ship is definitely “in universe,” it’s not a crossover (I haven’t started doing those yet).
Hmm, Ark Royal, why do I have visions of a Battlestar in my head now? Looks alright for giving Johnny Foreigner a good seeing to, oh who am I kidding…WE WANTSS THE PRECIOUSS, GIVE IT US NOW!!
A big secret ship? It’s a Death Star isn’t it? Why would you do a Death Star? Do we need a Death Star? GIVE US A DEATH STAR!!
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All right, @damon, the new ships are published. 😀 You have your PRECIOUSS! 😀
No crossover ships yet, I wanted to get more of the “real” Darkstar ships and factions out there before I started getting silly with D-7 K’tingas, Constitution class cruisers, Millennium Falcons, Battlestars, Basestars, Star Destroyers, Mon Cal cruisers, etc . . .
Of course we’re STILL not done. There are at least 40-50 more “Darkstar canon” warship classes still unpublished, plus orbital installations and ground installations.