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  1. Posted

    2 hours ago, Green Knight said:

    Regarding deadline for round 3:

    I'm prepared to extend that beyond 1 week, simply because Christmas and the holiday season is upon us. 

    So do please schedule your games as quick as can be, but if you have to extend beyond Sunday, that's OK. 

    For me it's the contrary : I'm in holydays now for two weeks (sorry not sorry 😋), it will be easier to schedule my next games

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  11. Posted · Edited by ZaZ333

    3 hours ago, ForceSensitive said:

    I read the thread title and was like "huh, a game mode for 'beyond visual range' would be cool kinda!"

    Reminded me of a 40k legend where for a an event that was played simultaneously* around the world, and with one of the weapons in the game having it's range rule jokingly* written as 'infinite', some guys in one country called up a game store on another continent and were like "hey, pick a table for the event". Other side was like "uh why?" And the first were like "someone here just launched a doom missile at it!". As legend had it they actually randomly picked a table and resolved the attack through the judges of the two stores over the phone, determining the attack legal. 😂 Don't remember all the details.

     That's the spirit but with Purrgil 😂

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    11 hours ago, Rune Taq said:

    If one person can set up a camera facing above the game and that person can field all the models.  The other play just needs the cards in front of them.  Then the player with everything on the table would have to do all the measuring for the remote player.  

    Yes but this isn't the solution I'm looking for here. I'd rather check coordinates than looking on a screen my fleet moving. I can see how it solves in a certain way the lack of precision, but I'm not sure how it keep the game enjoyable for everyone, in comparaison with Vassal or TTS for example.

  13. Posted · Edited by ZaZ333

    1) In my mind this will need a new playmat, the same for both player.

    2) It will need a grid with a system which allow to easily read the coordinate (maybe duplictate the axes in the grid).

    3) I did just that :)

    4) See below, that to my opinion the main issue of this system

    5) Yep all players have to share the same "point of origin" (is that the correct expression ?)

    6) Yep same thing

    7) That can be calculate (but it needs some hardwork to enter all the possibilities).


    Ok, so I buy some graph papers to see if I can easily create a coordinates system with the idea that when all this changes are done, you don't have to go with the same trouble again and you can directly play
    - For the ship, it doesn't seem difficult if we have all the calcul of the movements done by the computer. The fact that the ships's bases are transparents are really helpfull, it doesn't need any change. See example here.
    - For the squadron it will need some adjustement, the base is big and round therefore the position isn't precise. You can either try to cut the base with a cutter (but you'll need a good blade), or paint four orthogonal dots. See examples here and here. When this is done, it's easier to put it precisely.
    - For the obstacles, you'll have to mark them on the thickness/side on particulars spots that will determine their position. See example here. The only thing is to share the same spots.

    So far the positioning seems to me not so difficult (but it's not the same thing to look for coordinates on a big playmat), it's mostly the squadrons which are bothering me. Depending on the list, they can be a lot of them, so it will take a lot of time to move them, and looking for coordinates when there is a lot of minis in a small space or on an obstacle doesn't appeal me a lot 😄 Maybe when you have such configuration, as there is a lot of landmark and the grid of the playmat, a photo will be enough.

    I don't think I will go further in this little project because it will need work (at least you need a common interface where you have all the object's actual position). So unless if there is people interesting to help me, I will let this idea there.

  15. Posted · Edited by ZaZ333

    Hi. So it seems that Asmodée wouldn't bother to even answer to our worries 👎
    I'll stop to support the petition (738 signatures to this moment from all places). 👏👏👏
    French players are trying on their own to translate the new rules.
    Thanks for you all for helping us to give credit to the petition, sorry that it didn't work out, even if it was still nice to do something...

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  16. Posted

    Yeah that doesn't interest me if both players can't use minis... But I still think with a little programming to speed up the calcul of the ship's new coordonates and a adequate playmate it's doable, in this way each player has always the same coordonates of all the ships, so it will be as precise as we can get. I will try on a small sheet of graphic paper to see if I can track easily the movement of a ship or if it just to much trouble.
    I should try to play more on TTS and Vassal, but it's just sad to have all this minis and doesn't use it. 😔

  17. Posted · Edited by ZaZ333

    10 hours ago, Amanal said:

    If you both agree that the top left hand corner is 0,0 you can measure to the front left and rear right of the model and get the position and facing of the ship on the board. For squadrons you could just move from x1,y1 to x2,y2 and be done.

    The only thing I would add is that you can sometimes poorly communicate things and as such you may have to allow small variations to affect the game now and again. Maybe in a face to face game you can demonstrate that you are not in range by the width of a hair, but in a play by mail game it will be this sort of thing that never makes for a rematch. 

    The main issue seems to be with the movement tool which is not really precise (no ****). This problem is acceptable when the two players are seeing directly the action but on the game my fellows players have made it had bring sensible differencies in the position of ships. So I was thinkin like @homedrone about playing on a grid (but I will go as far as the millimeter), by using two corner of each ship to constrain it. With a small work of programmation, you can have directly the coordonnate given to the players when you will be moving the ship. This will also allow players to always check if the ships share the same coordonnates at every moment of the game.
    For the obstacle and the squadron, you'll have to mark them with orthogonal lines to have precise position.
    The only thing with this solution it's that it needs a little work and every player would have to print the same new playmat

  21. Posted · Edited by ZaZ333

    I think the big question is : "what's the strategy of Asmodée ?"

    If they can cancel a game such as Armada for profit issues (whereas there is a market and players available : it's just that the profit for the distributor is expected to be high in this market and France is the first market in Europe), what's next ? In France Asmodée is the leader of bordgames, their group is worth 43 millions euros. Where the minis fit in all this ? We are a small public in comparaison to the mainstream boardgame, and it seems to me that firm like Asmodée don't bother to offer a good business relation with its customers. We have still no answer. And it's a french firm. 😔

  22. Posted · Edited by ZaZ333

    The issue is also to obtain the capacity to have a good english distribution in our countries : shops have to import it as in France (for example), Asmodée FR won't be distributing the minis if they are not translated. And still I'm not sure than in France we have the ressources to do so... But we'll have to start to think of this, because nobody here want to drop a game he loves.

  25. Posted · Edited by ZaZ333

      

    5 hours ago, Darthgallant said:

    If you cant get it, there might be hope if you talk to French Canadians too. We have a large gathering of players around Montreal and one of my fav stores to order from carries French and English versions. https://jeuxcerberusgames.com/

    I'm English btw's and live on the other side of the country but they are top notch!

    Nice ! Do you have a facebook or a discord group that could help to make a more direct contact ? I will send a message to the shop but it will take more time than contacting directly the players.

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