Showing posts with label Uncharted Seas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Uncharted Seas. Show all posts

11 June 2010

Gamefest 2010

You may vaguely recall that Comrade James and I had a games night in Sydney last year in which he whipped me 2-1 (http://tasmancave.blogspot.com/2009/06/games-night.html). Last week we had a repeat session (again in Sydney), this time including four games over two nights. Here's how it unfolded: Game 1 - Uncharted Seas James played Elves while I took a Human Fleet in out first ever game. I suffered from some tricky wind changes, aided by some Elven magic, but I managed to keep my fleet concentrated and pouring out heavy fire. Screening is a very effective tactic and allowed my cruisers to fare very well, taking two prizes, then the opening salvo of the Battleship duel inflicted a critical against Jame's Battleship and it exploded HMS HOOD style! A decisive victory to me, whilst listening to the Pirate heavy metal band "Alestorm"! Game 2 - Combat Commander: Pacific[Girly edition pictured!] Its been ages since I played a hex and counter game and I really enjoyed this one by GMT. Very reminiscent of ASL, but with a fast playing card mechanic which worked well. We played a scenario where my Japanese convoy was ambushed by Jame's Gurkha's. On highlight was me infiltrating a Japanese infantry squad into Jame's rear lines an rushing into close combat with the enemy mortar teams only to have the Gurkha's smash their mortar tubes over the heads of my lads and defeat them! Didn't get to finish, but James was probably ahead when we stopped for the night. Game 3 - Wings of War: Fire from the Sky Played a scenario where I took a pair of USAAF escorts defending against an axis dive bomber raid and escort. The axis were defeated beneath my cannon fire - huzzah! Game 4 - Down in Flames In this late war aerial duel, James took a pair of "Franks" while I had a couple of Corsairs. Playing twice resulting in 4 dead Corsairs, and only 2 crumpled Japs. Well done comrade!

Overall 2 wins each, so much better than my drubbing from last year, and of course great fun to boot! Trying out Uncharted seas and Combat Commander were particular highlights. Thanks for the fun Comrade!

19 December 2009

Uncharted Seas in 2010

Spartan Games have announced thier 2010 plans for the Uncharted Seas line. Definately something to be watching for, and perhaps co-opt Oberst Owen into a game or two!

Two New Flagships (Early Feb)
Shroud Mages Flagship
Bone Griffons Flagship

Three New Heavy Cruisers (Early Feb)
Thaniras Elf Heavy Cruiser
Bone Griffons Heavy Cruiser
Shroud Mages Heavy Cruiser

Iron Dwarves (Early Feb)
Bellows Class Dirigible Mk II

Bone Griffons (Late Feb)
Pestilence Cruiser

Shroud Mages (Late Feb)
Nautilus Class Submarine

Monsters & Beasties (Late Feb)
Dragon Lord Elder Dragon
Water Behemoth
Gimpasaurus
The Giant

Destroyer Class (Mid March 2010)
Iron Dwarf Destroyer
Shroud Mages Destroyer
Bone Griffons Destroyer
Dragon Lord Destroyer
Orc Raiders Destroyer
Thaniras Elf Destroyer
Imperial Human Destroyer

Faction Books
We will be creating a Race Guide for all of our Uncharted Seas fleets. The exact format of these books is yet to be locked down, but you can expect to see more detailed backgrounds, information on our upcoming 28mm range of miniatures, naval tactics, model statistics, painting guides and much more.

The Uncharted Seas Supplement
This book will bring many new rules out for the Uncharted Seas. As it stands it is a 96 page full colour book that sits as an addition to the current core rule book – NOT a replacement.

New Races
Pirates of the Skies (Q2 2010)
The Kreel (Q2 2010)

Dreadnought Class (Late Q2)
Iron Dwarf Destroyer
Shroud Mages Destroyer
Bone Griffons Destroyer
Dragon Lord Destroyer
Orc Raiders Destroyer
Thaniras Elf Destroyer
Imperial Human Destroyer

The Ancients (Second Half of 2010)
The arrival of the Ancients marks an exciting and bloody period in the history of the Uncharted Seas. Watch out for more exciting information on our web site. With this fleet comes an exciting campaign guide and new ships for your existing fleets.

http://forum.spartangames.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=2262.0

21 August 2009

Uncharted Seas Ship

As mine are far from ready, here is a Dragon Lord Frigate by Jon (aka Mssr V) of the Malta Man Cave! I love his use of a replica chart as a backdrop.

A journey to the Uncharted Seas!

No, I have no commitment or focus and I buy far too much stuff. I figure I am a typical wargamer! Anyhow, this was a bargain and I've been looking at this for ages: its Uncharted Seas, a fantasy naval combat game by Spartan Games.
Anyhow, I picked up the 1st Edition rulebook and the four starter fleets (Human, Dwarf, Orc and Dragon Lord) for a bargain price. The Lad has dibs on the Dwarves and Dragon Lords as the kewlest looking ships (darn...)
Comrade James has been press-ganged too and has Elvish and Human fleets en route.
Time to get painting and build me some naval terrain!