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[connahr]

i think vader would be enraged with games workshop over this

how else is he going to test new ways of crushing the rebels without space combat board games

[Gothmog Lord of Balrogs]

That new xwing game

[connahr]

thats just a few fighters isn't it?
not full on fleets

[Jimmy Zimms]

i think vader would be enraged with games workshop over this

how else is he going to test new ways of crushing the rebels without space combat board games

Yeah I kicked around the idea of repainting the old star wars miniatures starship battles line for use in BFG. Seemed a little odd to me that didn't do better; If anything deserves a fleet action game you think Star Wars would be it.

[connahr]

there are star wars ships models avalible in the US

i make do with empire at war......so satisfiying when you destroy a capital ship and it breaks up

[Jimmy Zimms]

there are star wars ships models avalible in the US

  from whom?

[horizon]

X-Wing by Fantasy  Flight Games has indeed a lot of fighters but goes up to lambda & millennium falcon.
http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite_sec.asp?eidm=174&esem=2&esum=224

[Jimmy Zimms]

X-Wing by Fantasy  Flight Games has indeed a lot of fighters but goes up to lambda & millennium falcon.
http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite_sec.asp?eidm=174&esem=2&esum=224

that would be applicable say for Aeronautica Imperialis. BFG, not so much. I want my Star Destroyers, damnit!

[Bessemer]

 Anyone here played X-wing? Looks card-heavy from looking pictures, not something I like messing with. reminds me too much of 2nd ed 40k...

I want my Star Destroyers, damnit!

Got to love it. In SW they're massive battleships and symbols of Imperial power. In BFG...barely a frigate!

[Gothmog Lord of Balrogs]

Anyone here played X-wing? Looks card-heavy from looking pictures, not something I like messing with. reminds me too much of 2nd ed 40k...

I want my Star Destroyers, damnit!

Got to love it. In SW they're massive battleships and symbols of Imperial power. In BFG...barely a frigate!

I like when people point out to me that the Super Star Destroyer is bigger. I then ask them to point to the guns on the Super Star Destroyer. They can't. I then point out how I clearly see all the main batteries on the BFG ships, how they are intended for ranges in the thousans of kilometers, vice the hundreds of meters you see in SW. For the cherry on top I explain that a single torpedo is 30m. That is twice as tall as an AT-AT, let alone size comparison to an X-Wing or TIE Fighter.

[connahr]

well if it came to a BFG vs star wars imperial fleet, it would be one sided

the star destroyers may be smaller and possibly more manouverble than a retribution, but it would only have to hit once to really ruin the star destroyers day

[connahr]

i can't for the life of me remeber where i found the site but i've got a feeling it was through a link somewhere on here or another forum, but i can't remeber

but there was a site in the US selling resin star wars ships of all sorts and they seemed to be on a BFG type scale

[Mallich]

Apologies in advance for the off-topic, but...
connahr, Jimmy Zimms:
If you look at "Rough War (of the Ring)", that blogger played a number of BFG games using Star Wars miniatures.
For some of the battle reports (in which you can see the fleets), see: here and here. Those are just 2 out of many.
As for the miniatures themselves, this page, this page and this page shows the blogger looking through the various miniatures available. One of the sites he links to (Studio Bergstrom) does not sell Star Wars stuff. Absolutely not. It sells a range of products including the "Scythe Empire" resin "Inquisitor Heavy Star Cruiser" (which just so happens to be identical to Supers) and "Demolisher Light Destroyers", which just so happen to be identical to Marauders  The difference in name probably made it hard to find on the internet unless you knew what you were looking for.

[Jimmy Zimms]

Ahh nice! I am familiar with the Not BSG line they have but never noticed the Not ISDs!

[connahr]

i like that site, love the names

anyway back on topic

Space marine strike cruisers and chaos despoiler battleships have returned, although theres no add to order button for them

either theres a very spiteful website editor, or they may be about to come back