Howdy, everyone! As you might have heard, there’s a new game coming
out pretty soon called “Stargrave” by the creator of Frostgrave
and Ghost Archipelago.
Now, I do like the
ideas of these games, more so Ghost Archipelago, but I also like
science fiction stuff. More than fantasy for sure. So, I’ve been
following the news about this game since I first heard about it and
I’ve been looking forward to it. Oddly enough, I don’t have a lot
of science fiction minis so it’s given me a reason to pick up some
here and there, mostly for fun. Since they released the captain and
crew building rules sample, I’m now thinking about what kind of
crew I want to make. And I just pre-ordered the book today, so you’ll
get a review of it before too long, I promise.
However, maybe some of
you aren’t aware of the sample we got or haven’t really looked
into this new game. So, I decided to throw a few ideas out there for
those of you who aren’t sure what you want to do. Let’s talk.
The first thing is that
you’ve got a lot of choices for captains and first mates, which
don’t have to be of the same type. And you can recruit up to eight
additional members of your crew, choosing between basic crew types
and specialists. So far, it looks a lot like Ghost Archipelago, which
makes me happy. I like the idea of being able to find a crew that
works exactly how you play.
When it comes to
building up your crew, the specialists include flame throwers,
snipers, grenade launchers, and some other stuff that’s common to
other miniatures games. Already, you can throw together a force using
some Warhammer 40k stuff from the Imperial lines. I might actually
use that to learn how to play (and play with friends, when that’s
possible). That’s a good thing because, if you’ve already spent
money on 40k stuff, you can get right into the game. If you haven’t
got some of those laying around, you can pick up some NOVA Corp and
IMEF stuff in Reaper’s Chronoscope line (which have Bones versions)
for a quick and dirty way to start or build a second loaner force. Or
you can just pick up the stuff that you like. Personally, I’d like
to go for a Raygun Gothic look but they don’t make a lot of those
these days. I do have a few but not enough to make a full crew right
now.
Looking at the crew
creation rules, I am a little disappointed because I was hoping to
have some kind of melee monster specialist I could take but it looks
like shooting is king in this game. Everyone has a pistol at the
least. Yes, it makes more sense to have shooting be more powerful in
a science fiction setting but sometimes, you just want to do
something crazy. However, it is cool that you can make any member of
your crew a robot, so I can use my Cyber Reavers for something. If
nothing else, I can use them to fill out the crew while I’m
figuring things out. Or maybe make that my loaner crew. We’ll see
what happens…
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