I just found this (month old) interview with Vincent about Mechaton. I haven’t listened to it yet, but the same guys did a very good interview about Dogs, so it should be worth a listen.
Cheers,
Simon
Mini Exo Suits
Originally uploaded by legoloverman
Pete Reid creates some wonderful stuff. His Classic Space ships are rightly recognised as some of the best around. Recently, he’s been directing his talents towards microscale Classic Space. Here are the micro version of his cargo-lifting exo-suits. Now I need to source a whole pile of light grey minfig hands…
Cheers
Malcolm
Terminators
Originally uploaded by JordanTN
Here’s a nice little frame design for Mechaton. Small, mostly common parts and very easily customisable, they look good for mass production.
Cheers
Malcolm
We played another one-on-one game of Mechaton the other night, once again opting to mix up the rules for a more even fight. Four mechs aside, 11 attachments. We put two stations in the middle of the battlefield, worth five points each.
Playing this way made for a far more bloody fight than we’d had previously. There was much less positioning and racing for objectives, and much more standing up and fighting. That said, there was still a good degree of tactical complexity in the game. The doomsday clock became a much more tense decision. Malcolm won the game based on smart timing on ticking it down, and appropriate concentration of force. It was very close though. One white die left on one of his mechs, and if I’d knocked it off, it would have been a draw.
It’s interesting that a lot of Mechaton games come down to a plucky little mech holding on despite all the odds. It’s hard not to identify with the little guys when all your hopes are riding on them lasting through just one more round of withering fire.
Attack On Outpost 4
Originally uploaded by Lord Dane
A great little diorama here. Of particular interest are the hovertanks/hover APCs. Ideally Mechaton-scaled, you can see more about them on Lord Dane’s flickr pages.
Cheers
Malcolm
Maikuro Fighter 3
Originally uploaded by Fredoichi
Following up from our previous post looking at the Maikuro Gunner, Fredoichi gives another opportunity to blog one of his splendid microscale creations with this Maikuro Fighter.
I really must get round to building more air support craft for future Mechaton games, especially after this post.
Cheers
Malcolm
Metal Gear Gekko
Originally uploaded by Tekka Croe
To compliment the the Metal Gear Rex in microscale, Tekka Croe has also produced this rather dandy Metal Gear Gekko.
Cheers
Malcolm
Originally uploaded by chandlerparker
Chandlerparker posted this very streamlined frigate at the tail end of last year, but as we’ve seen aircraft and land vehicles so far today, it seems appropriate to have something that floats.
Bonus reading: games under (and on) the water.
Cheers
Malcolm
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