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Well, I never really got into Babylon 5 and had no interest in the games I saw involving fleets. I thought that some of the GROPOS minis looked cool, but thumbing through the Master Book didn't impress me, and neither did the cost of the minis.
So what do I do when I see a whole bunch on sale 50% off at the local hobby store? Well. . . I BUY THEM! Agents of Gaming went out of business and I like to buy OOP games with zero chance of support. I figured that I would buy a few minis, paint them up, play a couple of games, and then put them into a box and move on.
So I grabbed some Earth and Narn blisters and have to admit that even though the vehicles tend to be out of scale (the infantry is 10mm, but there is no way the vehicles are), I really think some of them are awesome. I think the Narn scout vehicles are really cool, and love the Centari Hexus tank. It looks and feels like a bad-@ss. I hate when minis are out of scale though, but whatever.
So when I finally get the Master Book and see how the forces are made up, I just had to laugh. They really aren't practical army lists and are hard to explain. You essentially build companies made up of specific platoons, and while you pretty much get a full platoon in each blister, there aren't any extras that you end to need for HQ units for instance. Ex- The Earth Command and Recon Pack includes 1 Command vehicle. The Earth Baldur Infantry Set includes 4 Baldurs, and you use all four in Platoons most fo the time. Well, just about all of the Companies state that a Command Vehicle is teamed up with a Baldur! How do I get that extra Baldur??
That being said, the mechanics are very detailed and it reminds me of the early days of Epic. Agents of Gaming went out of their way creating a ruleset that was unique and a pain in the ass too. I don't think anyone will borrow much from the Maxim system, and I am beginning to see wht Agents of Gaming went out of business.
I have another one of their games, called Rebellion. Everything fits into a nice sized box for me to store, but the minis suck and the game mechanics are weird too. Again, nice to have as it is different, but not a game I would ever invest much in, hense the reason I think why Agents of Gaming went out of business.
Anyway, not knowing anything about Babylon 5, I bought about a company's worth of minis. The stands the infantry come with to be mounted on are lame. AoG tried to be nice to provide stands that were already flocked, but they aren't cut even and sometimes not even in the right angles. I would say that just under half of what I got didn't meet my requirements to work with.
One of the irritating things I have found so far are the remote gun turrets. Included in the infantry packs are various machine guns and missles mounted on tri-pods. Well, in order to be moved they have to be dragged by an infantry stand and it limits their movement to 2 inches!!!!!! It could take 4-5 turns just to move it into position. Also, infantry (remember this is 10mm scale figures) can only fire their small arms 6 inches! Starting out at 32 inches apart, I feel like my guys are going to get wacked by the big guns as they try to move around the battlefield.
Anyway, anyone actually play this? It's not Epic, I'll admit that, but for being on fire sale everywhere it's probably worth a few bucks to try out. . .
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