BATTLETECH Capellan Confederation vs Federated Commonwealth | Alpha Strike Battle Report | Civil War

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  • Опубликовано: 13 дек 2024
  • At the peak of the civil war, forces of the Capellan Confederation have breached the Davion border and landed on the remote border system of Glentworth.
    There, scientists from the NAIS have been conducting research on advanced autocannon munitions - something of great interest to the warriors of House Liao.
    Defended only by a handful of BattleMechs and vehicles from the 7th FedCom RCT, the research station braces as a menacing force from the 1st Liao Hussars approaches…
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Комментарии • 110

  • @cavemanbum
    @cavemanbum 7 месяцев назад +15

    12:20 - "FIRST BLOOD" - from the Unreal Tournament (1999) video game

  • @AdamWhitehead111
    @AdamWhitehead111 7 месяцев назад +10

    6:48 Knowing is half the battle. The other half is extreme violence.

  • @BluLionIV
    @BluLionIV 7 месяцев назад +14

    Ok gents, you have certainly out done yourselves with that table setup

    • @Kaiju-Driver
      @Kaiju-Driver 2 месяца назад

      My group loves the amount of effort they put in. For sure a glorious spectacle.

  • @delaneyalusa
    @delaneyalusa 7 месяцев назад +19

    One of the first AS games I played, I had a Kodiak, my opponent had a locust. He went running by me, fired, rolled a crit, double 1's. Saved by Case :-)

    • @DeathfromAboveWargaming
      @DeathfromAboveWargaming  7 месяцев назад +7

      Ah poor, silly Locust. 😂 love it!!

    • @ChadPitre
      @ChadPitre Месяц назад

      My son headshotted my perfectly undamaged Griffin with a Flea once. Hilarity ensued.

  • @_phaz_
    @_phaz_ 7 месяцев назад +8

    Aaron is correct about Fire Control criticals - they do not affect Physical Attacks in AS

    • @DeathfromAboveWargaming
      @DeathfromAboveWargaming  7 месяцев назад +4

      Look at me. I know a thing or two every now and then… thanks for confirming!

    • @franciscoduarteauthor
      @franciscoduarteauthor 7 месяцев назад +3

      It makes sense and it's a way to get you into melee when things get desperate

  • @shaneflickinger
    @shaneflickinger 7 месяцев назад +4

    Dang, that was a bloody battle. Thanks for doing a rules-as-written playthrough of Alpha Strike.

  • @gakuso7541
    @gakuso7541 6 месяцев назад +2

    Nice to see an almost rules as written AS game now and then.

  • @CarltonWhitfield
    @CarltonWhitfield 7 месяцев назад +8

    I would love a video on setting this table up.
    Looks amazing.

    • @DeathfromAboveWargaming
      @DeathfromAboveWargaming  7 месяцев назад +4

      Thanks. We have a recent video on setting up these tables in the hobby playlist 👍

  • @Ichaerus
    @Ichaerus 7 месяцев назад +4

    Very fun BatRep, guys. Never fails that the song "Arkham Bridge" starts playing when a battle shifts a pivot on the fulcrum, as when the ammo explosion critical happened to destroy the FedCom 'Mech. Hello to Dave, and seeing the fight as one on the edge for majority of the game was great. Lots of tension, lots of immersion. Also was funny to see Aaron's Capellans fielding the Davion variant of a Warhammer. Using their own 'Mech against them and causing all sorts of trouble. Capellan trickery for the laughs. 😁

  • @RenderDead
    @RenderDead 7 месяцев назад +18

    Would love to see more Alpha Strike content!

  • @wendellernstzen2500
    @wendellernstzen2500 2 месяца назад +2

    Thanks Aaron. Love your battle reports. I am a fan now! I'm waiting for my Mercenaries box. Hopefully it'll arrive in Europe soon. Cheers!!!

  • @Drayco0220
    @Drayco0220 7 месяцев назад +11

    Unreal tournament

  • @ChronicUptier
    @ChronicUptier 7 месяцев назад +8

    Great battle report! Very fun to watch. I play a ton of alpha strike too, and go to a lot of the big events on the east coast like Nova and Southern Assault so I always enjoy seeing alpha strike on the channel. Some great tactical play there too with contesting the objectives and controlling ranges.
    Not to be a rules lawyer, but since the questions came up in the game, I will mention that fire control hits do not have any effect on to-hit rolls for melee attacks, and MP critical hits affect all movement ratings including jump (both rules on p50 of the commanders edition rulebook). You were correct that heat does not affect jumping MP, but the MP critical does.
    One small suggestion for through armor criticals in alpha strike games, since you are using the big pilot die, is to have one single small dice in your group of shots that is a different color. Make that your "critical hit" dice. So that the only way to get a crit hit is to roll a 6 on both the pilot and the crit dice. That way the probability of a through armor critical is the same as the core rules where you only get one chance per unit per turn (unless you split fire of course). If you allow the possibility of any of the individual shots being a crit, it greatly increases the chances of them in a game which greatly favors units with large volume of shots like the Ontos for example.

    • @ResetIncoming
      @ResetIncoming 7 месяцев назад +1

      is there a website where i can checkout this southern assault event? Im outside of Atlanta so i am trying to find places to play.

    • @ChronicUptier
      @ChronicUptier 7 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@ResetIncoming Northern Assault is at the Nova Open gaming convention in Washington DC, Southern Assault is in Winston Salem, NC. Southern Assault is hosted by Fortress Miniatures and Games.

    • @daveromberger3889
      @daveromberger3889 7 месяцев назад +2

      come say hi at NOVA/SA

    • @Kaiju-Driver
      @Kaiju-Driver 2 месяца назад

      I wanna go...nevada would be a road trip thou...:(

  • @majorplothole2620
    @majorplothole2620 7 месяцев назад +5

    You have Two Shreck PPC carriers, clearly your theme song would be Smash Mouth's "All Star" - hell. it's even in a swamp...

  • @andrewlittleton4690
    @andrewlittleton4690 7 месяцев назад +8

    Yay! Alpha strike ❤. Go DAVEons!

  • @misterbeeps
    @misterbeeps 7 месяцев назад +9

    When the guitar riff from Weapons Hot kicked in 2:41 I threw my plate of chicken tendies through the wall and started kicking and punching the air LET'S FUCKING GO!!!
    Maximum hype zoned and an excuse to go to Home Depot this weekend for wall patching supplies in one move. That's a win-win.

    • @DeathfromAboveWargaming
      @DeathfromAboveWargaming  7 месяцев назад +4

      Hahaha love it

    • @jonahs8525
      @jonahs8525 7 месяцев назад +3

      I was hoping to find the song name in the comments thank you

    • @misterbeeps
      @misterbeeps 7 месяцев назад

      @@jonahs8525 Check out the whole albums here on RUclips. You'll start recognizing the music during battle reports.

  • @ericlee2537
    @ericlee2537 7 месяцев назад +2

    Really enjoyed the battle report! Inspiring me to finish up my Clan Wolf Beta Galaxy Star with armored infantry support.

  • @christophersagen3349
    @christophersagen3349 7 месяцев назад +2

    Loved seeing all these new machines! Great flow to this battle too. Also a big fan of the range rules used here

  • @eoincorrigan3030
    @eoincorrigan3030 6 месяцев назад +1

    Superb, great to see more Alpha Strike content (although I'm also loving the Overdrive stuff). Dave was diced ! :)

  • @markbrown8154
    @markbrown8154 6 месяцев назад +1

    Great to see you finally play a game of standard Alpha Strike Aaron, as that's what we play by far the most. Excellent battle.

  • @bentreasure
    @bentreasure 7 месяцев назад +2

    I missed the 1:1 scale and the 1,2,3,4 modifiers. But really enjoyed it thanks guys

  • @theredbeardbard
    @theredbeardbard 7 месяцев назад +2

    Just got here... realtime comment... WHAT A FRICKIN' COOL TABLE!! Y'all are killin' it, yo!

  • @juddjensen7578
    @juddjensen7578 Месяц назад

    Love the bridge terrain on this one, plus two great looking armies. Fantastic stuff!

  • @kbPY13738
    @kbPY13738 7 месяцев назад +2

    Great to see some more Alpha Strike! Great battlefield!
    Where did you get the river tiles?

    • @DeathfromAboveWargaming
      @DeathfromAboveWargaming  7 месяцев назад

      Haha I have no idea - I ordered them from somewhere in Europe. Can’t find it anymore.

  • @jinnchong8869
    @jinnchong8869 7 месяцев назад +3

    Yeah regarding damage. I do feel multiple attack rolls is the way to go when play AS. Allows your mechs to feel more like walking tanks that can some what take a hit.
    The default method is too lethal, which is nothing bad but it forces everyone to play too conservatively.

  • @julienseitz1350
    @julienseitz1350 7 месяцев назад +2

    Exciting match. Dave's choice to concentrate on close range omni configs and double with an Ontos was a risky gambit

    • @daveromberger3889
      @daveromberger3889 7 месяцев назад

      Not gonna lie, that table setup was quite unexpected

  • @WookieeRage
    @WookieeRage 2 месяца назад +1

    Love the terrain setup on this battle.

  • @markcalhoun9480
    @markcalhoun9480 7 месяцев назад +2

    How much time did it take you to set up that incredible play field?

  • @madcat3525
    @madcat3525 7 месяцев назад +2

    Great game! Looking forward to more videos.

  • @Magermh
    @Magermh 7 месяцев назад +2

    That was a really good game. Good job both.

  • @squizzlor
    @squizzlor 6 месяцев назад +1

    Dude that sunder print needs to be adopted as the new CGL art its so cool

  • @RevEricG
    @RevEricG 7 месяцев назад +2

    Absolutely loved this. Question for you - what source for the roads and river used for your board? The river especially really worked with your hill setup for this one and it looked super cool.

    • @DeathfromAboveWargaming
      @DeathfromAboveWargaming  7 месяцев назад

      Thanks. Roads are from gcmini. Can’t remember or find where the rivers are from…

  • @masonmcelroy8125
    @masonmcelroy8125 7 месяцев назад +1

    Unreal Tournament

  • @marvinjohnson2488
    @marvinjohnson2488 7 месяцев назад +3

    I'm not a fan of Alpha Strike,but I still love your Batreps.

  • @Joshf4phan
    @Joshf4phan 7 месяцев назад +1

    First of all Aaron if you don't appreciate Chargers we can't be friends.
    Good game. I don't know how it'd fit for your time budgeting and video length and all, but the great advantage of Alpha Strike is that you can throw more minis on the table and have larger engagements. Something y'all might consider is doing something like a reinforced company vs. company (12 mechs, 4 vehicles) and two players to a side to manage the card pile. Ability to easily scale up engagements is the biggest strength of the AS ruleset.
    Plus two to a side gives a fresh dynamic of table interaction. Also, make Thom run the vehicle lance.

  • @markevans959
    @markevans959 7 месяцев назад +4

    Their baaaack! FedCom, FedCom, FedCom……..

  • @theledzep
    @theledzep 6 месяцев назад +1

    After watching your other AARs I do like the optional rules for variable hits, and the smaller movement speed. Having medium range be halfway across the map is pretty crazy.
    In addition, your map set pieces are as always great. Could you do a video showing off the collection by building a few maps with what you have?

    • @DeathfromAboveWargaming
      @DeathfromAboveWargaming  6 месяцев назад

      Thanks! And agree with the scaling… 2:1 goes quick but you are basically immediately in range. Stressing over movement is less critical as you can reposition fairly quickly (for better or worse?).
      And we do have a video showing how we build the maps in our hobby playlist! 👍

  • @admiraltorvosaurus8513
    @admiraltorvosaurus8513 7 месяцев назад +2

    Time for alpha strike
    First time being this early let's go!!!

  • @alphawolf2993
    @alphawolf2993 7 месяцев назад +2

    Love your intros !

  • @Linkous12
    @Linkous12 7 месяцев назад +5

    Can you imagine how often your Gauss rifle and PPC would hit the dirt with those ridiculously low arm mounts on the Falconer?

  • @contractorFSU
    @contractorFSU 7 месяцев назад +4

    First Blood! MMMMMMonster Kill! Unreal Tournament 99

  • @lesjames2478
    @lesjames2478 7 месяцев назад +4

    I would, in fact, buy a shirt that said "automatical" or "aotumatical critical" on it....just saying

    • @DeathfromAboveWargaming
      @DeathfromAboveWargaming  7 месяцев назад +1

      *furiously takes notes for future merch releases*

    • @enginesoul119
      @enginesoul119 6 месяцев назад

      If I was still a single, motorcycle riding dude rather than a single income dad who just got conned into getting his daughter a phone, I would totally get that. 🫤

  • @sebastiang.5032
    @sebastiang.5032 7 месяцев назад +2

    Whooop! It's BatRep time! 🎉🎉🎉

  • @Redmow51
    @Redmow51 6 месяцев назад +1

    Fantastic game. Fantastic battlefield. Well done!

  • @gavincross2902
    @gavincross2902 7 месяцев назад +2

    7th FedCom. A Loyal unit abandoned and died on Talon. :(
    Just started watching. Hope Dave plays defence against Kevs cherry picking long range. lol

  • @duanewong1527
    @duanewong1527 5 месяцев назад +1

    Lovely game, I wish battletech was more popular in my country..

  • @Kaiju-Driver
    @Kaiju-Driver 2 месяца назад

    Where did yall get those lovely vehicles?! I'm jelly...

  • @derekburge5294
    @derekburge5294 7 месяцев назад +1

    Only through the gifts of Chaos can the Capellans achieve victory!

  • @bartekzx88
    @bartekzx88 7 месяцев назад +1

    Too awesome

  • @sebastiang.5032
    @sebastiang.5032 7 месяцев назад +1

    I really dig the river, it's made out of Neoprene, right? Who makes those please? 😊

  • @HotelCharliHill
    @HotelCharliHill 7 месяцев назад +1

    yeeaaahh!!!! FRESH MEAT!!!!!

  • @shackattack5018
    @shackattack5018 5 месяцев назад +1

    Fire control modifier does not affect melee

  • @geekchris105
    @geekchris105 4 месяца назад

    Where did you get that bridge/highway terrain from? It looks really cool and fits in battletech really well, and as a hexless player its the sort of thing I am always looking for!

    • @DeathfromAboveWargaming
      @DeathfromAboveWargaming  4 месяца назад +1

      Checkout gcmini!

    • @geekchris105
      @geekchris105 4 месяца назад +1

      @@DeathfromAboveWargaming Great! Somewhere in the back of my head I knew them from my 15mm wargame days, forgot they did 6mm stuff!

    • @DeathfromAboveWargaming
      @DeathfromAboveWargaming  4 месяца назад +1

      Yes! I got acrylic for what it’s worth… I keep meaning to get more - especially the 4 lane roads!

  • @mathewkelly9968
    @mathewkelly9968 7 месяцев назад +2

    For the Confederation !!!

  • @ResetIncoming
    @ResetIncoming 6 месяцев назад +1

    I wished I can play AS like this with someone near my neck of the woods..

    • @DeathfromAboveWargaming
      @DeathfromAboveWargaming  6 месяцев назад +1

      Recruit some! I coaxed most of my buddies into some form of gaming. Start with the gateway games haha

  • @HouseMasterPoDing
    @HouseMasterPoDing 7 месяцев назад +1

    I love Dave leaning into the FedSuns propaganda, but he can't have the GI JOE theme, that is a bridge too far! Them's fighting words, FedRat! Of course, the Celestial Wisdom shined upon you!

    • @DeathfromAboveWargaming
      @DeathfromAboveWargaming  7 месяцев назад

      Chancellor be praised! Time for a Wawa hoagie.

    • @HouseMasterPoDing
      @HouseMasterPoDing 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@DeathfromAboveWargaming Baby steps, baby steps. Capellan accepting first, then we'll work on Sheetz food.

    • @DeathfromAboveWargaming
      @DeathfromAboveWargaming  7 месяцев назад

      @HouseMasterPoDing that is a bridge too far. Unless I am in central PA.

  • @scotteverroad4545
    @scotteverroad4545 4 месяца назад +1

    "If he dies, He dies!" Dolph Lundgren,..Rocky uhmmm,....27 lol

  • @jeremylintz5948
    @jeremylintz5948 7 месяцев назад

    🤔💭 first blood! 🧐💭 I'm thinking it was "mortal combat" 🤷‍♂️

  • @deathmound5098
    @deathmound5098 7 месяцев назад +2

    12:20 Halo?

  • @magnuscolable
    @magnuscolable 7 месяцев назад +1

    I think the moral of this game, can games have morals? Anyway the moral of this game is CASE will win you the game. Two anmo hits but CASE made the difference.

  • @harleaqin
    @harleaqin 3 месяца назад

    Please... no more Alpha Strike... It's horrible...

    • @DeathfromAboveWargaming
      @DeathfromAboveWargaming  3 месяца назад

      Then don’t watch it. Seems simple enough. We make our rounds on all the BT games, and Alpha is one of them.

    • @harleaqin
      @harleaqin 3 месяца назад +1

      @@DeathfromAboveWargaming Fair enough. Didn't see the note it was Alpha Strike, so totally on me.

    • @DeathfromAboveWargaming
      @DeathfromAboveWargaming  3 месяца назад

      @harleaqin it may not be as bad as you think 😛 tbh it’s almost like a totally different game in so many ways, so I understand your aversion!!