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Jedi Skyler
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I'll be honest, I've NEVER been in a SW D6 game where we used minis.
HOWEVER, my old group back home (WAAAYYYY back in the day) was known for using actual SW figures in addition to CORPS! figures, GI Joe figures, and anything else we could lay our hands on. We'd dismantle the GI Joes and CORPS! figures and custom-build our own. We even found a Cobra TerrorDrone (or was it TerrorDome)? Anyway, it had one of those red BATs with the folding wings that came out the retracting roof. We even went so far as have our SpecOps group named the Cobras, and just utilized the Cobra logo that was already on a bunch of the stuff anyway. We worked with that stuff a good long time, and it actually helped spark ideas for other adventures. |
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masque
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Joined: 16 Mar 2006
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Location: Houston, TX
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I've never used minis before, but I've been buying some of the WOTC ones for the hell of it, and figured I'd try them out. I wouldn't use them all the time, by any means, as I'm way too free-form for that, but I like them in the right circumstances.
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Firehawk0220
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Joined: 22 May 2005
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Location: Dallas, TX.
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I don't always do this, but I use a hex map that is 48x33 inches I believe. It has one inch hex's.
I use Micromachine Star Wars ships for space combat, and I have been using the red and blue hologram figures that come with the newer Star Wars figures to represent players and ground units.
I will sometimes use tokens if I run out of miniatures.
I don't always draw out everything or stick to the form of what's on the map, but I find it useful to draw out the situation and it helps my players visualize the situation. It has worked out very well for several years. |
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darkclown789
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Joined: 16 Apr 2006
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Location: Glee Anselm
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| Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:05 pm Post subject: Cards |
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Me and our gaming groups use the Decipher CCG cards, cut out on a 1" by 1" scale, and used on a 1" by 1" square grid. Same thing for space combat.
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Rasputiza
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Joined: 24 Apr 2006
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As for the 3D space combat issue, i'd say it's more of a tactical issue (i.e. dogfight) than strategical one.
As in ROTJ, the rebel fleet was imho trapped not because they were surrounded on every escape vector, but because the mass shadows of imperial vessels prohibited easy hyperspace escape vectors, and the imperial fleet could easyly manouver to block any rebel manouver attempting to exit that situation...
...my two eurocents to justify the film "inaccuracies"
Besides: do not xcpect that everything in the movies fits the rules: try to extrapolate a bit and have fun...  |
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