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Maksim's 1rst Game of Sky Galleons of Mars.
MaksimSmelchak	Post subject: Maksim's 1rst Game of Sky Galleons of Mars. Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2003 7:03 pm
Brood Brother Joined: Sun Feb 16, 2003 4:43 pm Posts: 7258 Location: Sacramento, California, USA	Well, in about two hours I'm heading off to join my new gaming group to play Sky Galleons of Mars (SGOM). I've never played it before although, generally speaking, I really like the whole Victorian Gaslight background. I've heard Jimbo mention it before as well. Just in case someone hasn't heard of it, SGOM is a game with ether ships fighting over Mars or other exotic areas. It's basically a naval game with sky ships. What do you, gentlemen, think of Sky Galleons of Mars? Shalom, Maksim-Smelchak. _________________ 6mm Sci-fi: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/6mm ... nWarGames/ My Personal Blog: http://6mm-minis.blogspot.com/
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Jimbo	Post subject: Maksim's 1rst Game of Sky Galleons of Mars. Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2003 10:19 pm
Brood Brother Joined: Fri Feb 14, 2003 11:01 pm Posts: 3495 Location: Wessex	I am a great fan of Victorian SF (probably like it more than Epic) but never have the time to model and play as much as I would like. I have had a few games of SGoM and really enjoyed it, and some of the metal models you can get are really nice, it was a pity they were so difficult to get hold of in the UK. I am at the moment working on a variant Epic system, provisionally entitled Epic 1889, and Epic does seem a pretty nice system to use for colonial games - replace Orks with Zulus and Imperial Guard with British Colonial Infantry and voila. At the recent Bristol Conflict I saw one of the competitors with a fantastic colonial themed Imperial Guard army, including a fantastic conversion of an Imperial Steam Tank into a Leman Russ variant. The Ogres were in fact Imperial Guard troopers in "Power Lifter" armour. I will post some pics tomorrow (fingers crossed). _________________ Jimbo Felix's Gaming Pages Felix's Gaming Pages Blog Almost Always Right...
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MaksimSmelchak

Post subject: Maksim's 1rst Game of Sky Galleons of Mars. Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2003 2:39 pm

Brood Brother Joined: Sun Feb 16, 2003 4:43 pm Posts: 7258 Location: Sacramento, California, USA

Jimbo, Thanks for replying. It's good to hear from you. I am a great fan of Victorian SF (probably like it more than Epic) but never have the time to model and play as much as I would like. I'm not actually that big a fan, but I do like it although not enough to build a collection. If they made it in 6mm, I'd think about it. I have had a few games of SGoM and really enjoyed it, and some of the metal models you can get are really nice, it was a pity they were so difficult to get hold of in the UK.

SGoM was a pretty good game. It reminded me of WWI dogfighting only with 1,000 ton aircraft! It was fun.

The guys were telling me that the metal models (i.e. the good ones) are pretty hard to get ahold of.

I am at the moment working on a variant Epic system, provisionally entitled Epic 1889, and Epic does seem a pretty nice system to use for colonial games - replace Orks with Zulus and Imperial Guard with British Colonial Infantry and voila.

You mentioned this before. It sounds good. I wrote an alternate set of rules inspired by Epic for the Arab-Israeli wars. It's still used by quite a few groups. It would work for WWII or Moderns, but I designed it for the Arab-Israeli conflict.

At the recent Bristol Conflict I saw one of the competitors with a fantastic colonial themed Imperial Guard army, including a fantastic conversion of an Imperial Steam Tank into a Leman Russ variant. The Ogres were in fact Imperial Guard troopers in "Power Lifter" armour.

Didn't this army make it into a White Dwarf?

I think I've seen this army online somewhere...

Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.

P.S.
During one of the next gatherings, some of the guys are voting to play Railwars - the Deadlands, another VSF kind of game.