VaS Rules release

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July 2, 2020 at 2:16 pm #179618

Nat
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Wargames Illustrated September issue will have a FREE copy of the Victory at Sea rules. The same book as is in the two player box.

Source the WI Prime unpacking of Victory at Sea video on YouTube

July 28, 2020 at 9:54 am #180186

Nat
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Ok it was the August copy, which has already shipped and is available to buy.

August 14, 2020 at 5:54 pm #180669

Sean Schoonmaker
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I was just wondering when the full rulebook (as opposed to the starter book) might be making an appearance?

I get that it’s likely delayed – along with most other things – by COVID, but any update on possible timing?

August 14, 2020 at 10:08 pm #180670

Nat
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Nothing has been said yet …..as there are pre order stuff up for Oct my personal guess is an Xmas release

August 18, 2020 at 6:03 pm #180779

Dale
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Are they also going to release the ship cards?

August 19, 2020 at 8:52 am #180818

Nat
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What I’ve heard is that the release will be 3 books

1, The rules

2, Scenarios

3, Ship stats

So whilst they wont release the cards on their own you will be able to get the stats without buying the ships and make up your own cards (which in fairness I think I might end up doing some as I’m not a great fan of way Cruel Seas /Victory at Sea/ Black Sea tracks damage

August 19, 2020 at 8:38 pm #180882

Dale
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Keep me posted. I know I would appreciate seeing your layout if you would not mind sharing.

August 21, 2020 at 8:23 pm #180981

Eumerin
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According to the Facebook page in early August, release for the starter boxes was supposed to be the end of August, and possibly even sooner.

However, it’s now the 21st, and there still hasn’t been an announcement of the release date.

August 22, 2020 at 10:43 am #181027

Nat
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The release date is next Saturday (29th) and has been known for at least a month…there has been a count down timer on the 2 player box for at least 3 weeks…

people who live in the midlands are able to arrange collection from WL as of Monday so the game is ‘in the wild’ next week

August 22, 2020 at 10:54 am #181029

Dale
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Does anyone know how close this will be to the original Mongoose Publishing game? I have all those rules.

August 22, 2020 at 11:20 am #181037

Nat
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Do you have the mongoose v2. beta?

At the moment we only have the 2 player QuickStart rules but they are very close to the v2 beta with minor changes (such as crit hit location being decided by a D10 not 2D6)

i have a copy of the old mongoose v1 but I’ve not gone through and compared them

August 22, 2020 at 4:53 pm #181051

Eumerin
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The release date is next Saturday (29th) and has been known for at least a month…there has been a count down timer on the 2 player box for at least 3 weeks…

Interesting. It would have been nice if Warlord had published that somewhere else – say, on their Facebook page, or one of the articles on the website that the Facebook page has been linking to. People who’ve already pre-ordered aren’t likely to visit the pre-order page for the product since there’s no reason to do so unless they want to double-check the amount of refund they’ll get for returning the product.

In any event, it’s good to have something beyond a vague “end of August, or maybe sooner”.

And its also good to see that the next ship released is an Iowa-class for the US. The US will finally have a modern battleship.

August 23, 2020 at 5:30 pm #181058

Eumerin
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Just got e-mailed a shipping notification a few hours ago. Looks like I should have it within a couple of weeks!

August 29, 2020 at 7:18 pm #181180

Bill McGill
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My pre-order arrived today, right on release date
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