Firestorm Armada Hardback Edition Review
After several years of additional models and downloadable rules tweaks, Firestorm Armada is back, in the form of a handsome hard-bound edition of its rules. For those of you that don’t know, Firestorm...
View ArticleInvaders & Invasions
I just got a whole box of new goodies from Studio Sparta today, which is Spartan Game’s new direct-only service. This order included the new Invaders (i.e., Martians a la H. G. Wells) and the...
View Article2014 Painting Contest Winners
After 2 rounds of voting, the winners for this year’s Man Battlestations painting contest have been determined! First place goes to Danaussie with his beautifully painted 1:1800 scale HMS Renown: In...
View ArticleMan Battlestations Newsletter #7
Greetings! The past month has been a very busy one, indeed! There has been a lot of activity on both the DWCO and DWVA forums, with members setting up events and posting results: DWCO:...
View ArticleThe Battlefleet Gothic Campaign System
Not long ago, I put up a post discussing the various aspects and different types of campaigns you might typically encounter. This time around, I want to focus a little more on one campaign system in...
View ArticleFirestorm Armada Campaign System Part 1: Differences
As I mentioned in my last post, I’ve started a project to convert the Battlefleet Gothic (BFG) campaign system for use with Firestorm Armada (FA). This post is going to deal with a few specific problem...
View ArticleInto the Storm Zone
Ran across this blog entry while rummaging around on Dakka today, and I thought all of you here might be interested. Jaden Howell of the Imperial Patrol has posted a nice pre-game write up for his...
View ArticleFirestorm Armada Campaign System Part 2: What’s in a Name?
So, as I continue my effort to convert the BFG campaign system to Firestorm Armada, one of the things I’m having to come up with is names for things that were previously very Grim Dark. Specifically,...
View ArticleFirestorm Armada Campaign System Part 3: Version 0.9 Ready!
It took me longer than I had initially anticipated, but I have finally gotten my Firestorm Armada campaign rules up to a playable level! You can download them here:...
View ArticlePlanetfall Rules Impressions
Spartan’s Planetfall has been out for a few weeks now, and so I’d thought I’d throw in my impressions of the rules. Granted, this is a little outside the normal scope of topics here (not many ships in...
View ArticleHappy New Year!
Thanks to all the forum members and those who have commented here on the blog for a great 2014! Looking back over the year, its pretty clear that we Naval gamers had it pretty good. Spartan Games kept...
View Article2015 Naval Gaming Predictions
Given that the New Year has just begun, I thought it might be fun to “read the tea-leaves” and come up with a list of predictions for how the year might develop in the realm of naval wargaming. At the...
View ArticleBattle for the Storm Zone: A Firestorm Armada Campaign
Prologue Commander Jenks paced nervously across the bridge of the Terran cruiser San Francisco. His cruiser had just shunted in to the Maybach system, along with the rest of Task Group 22.1, which at...
View ArticleThe Battle for Savo
Welcome to the second installment of my reporting on the Firestorm Armada campaign I have been running for myself and a friend of mine. This battle actually happened a couple of weeks ago, but I’m a...
View ArticleForum Newsletter 13
Greetings! First things first…Don’t forget that now is the time to get your submission in for the 2015 Painting Contest! There are not quite 3 weeks left. Another reminder will be emailed out a week...
View Article2015 Painting Contest Winners
The votes are all in, and I am proud to announce the winners of this year’s contest! In first place, it’s Hetairoi’s Imperial Humans Kingfisher Class Heavy Cruiser: In Second Place, it’s Grgbobe’s USS...
View ArticleNavy of the Terran Satellite Charter: Main Cruiser Variants
Hello again fellow naval gamers! I have for you here an excellent article by Ian Cross (Major McNicol on the forums) that provides a fictional discussion and history to the development of the NTSC...
View ArticlePlanetfall Questions Answered
Hello again! Today, I’ve got a very useful post courtesy of MBS member dalekunz, who has been playing a lot of Planetfall lately and has put together a great list of rules questions and their answers,...
View ArticleGallery: Terran Cruisers and Escorts
I just put the finishing touches on some new models for my Firestorm Armada Terrans. First up is a squadron of escorts. These are the old-style metal Guardian-class escorts. I’ve had them since they...
View ArticleTerran Fleet Done
It has taken a LONG time, but I’ve finally finished up a huge wave of new ships for my Terran fleet for Firestorm Armada. Here is the group shot, with both the old and new models together: And here is...
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