Re: [Epic] Epic 40k to Star Wars crossover...

From: Erik Rutins <snowdo1_at_...>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 10:43:44 -0500

> Well, I WANT you to confess where the rebel base is... Heu, I mean,
> hum... What is this "game of Star Wars miniatures battles"?

Are you pulling my leg or do you really not know? There's an 'official'
miniatures battles game (25mm scale) with a full line of figures. The
rules are very similar to the RPG with some streamlining for battles.
It's a lot of fun! My jawas captured that AT-ST during an imperial raid
on Jabba the Hutt's palace. Anyway...

> YES, I like it. I've always loved these War Engines and the Empire
> Strikes Back is the best SW movie because of the Hoth assault by the
> imperial AT-AT.

Agreed on that count - the Hoth assault is awesome.

> En effet, I would have seen AT-ST as dreadnought class units,
> like this :
> Mvt : 20cm
> CAF : 4 or 5
> Armor : 6+
> Weapons : 1 AT shot
> Value : 40 or 50 points?

Hm. If it's going to be non-war engine, it should probably have FP
rather than the AT shot. It is much more effective at close range vs.
infantry thanks to the concussion grenades and the medium blasters. I
would be tempted to give it 5 or 6FP at 30cm. Given its size, though
(about twice the height of a space marine dreadnough) I am still leaning
towards 'small war engine'.

> If I remember well, the formula can be find in "The Eye of Terror" web
> site.

I'll take a look and see if I can figure out the points costs.

> For infantry, you already gave the stats for the stormtroopers but
> forget that the main force of the Empire comes from standard imperial
> soldiers (same stats as the Imperial Guards)... Well, we've got an
> force supported by a very big cannon fodder army, now I know where GW
> found its ideas for the W40k Imperium forces. ;o)

<grin> Yeah, quite a stretch there... I figure the normal imperials are
exactly the same as 40k Imperial Guard but they would have different
vehicles. Armored repulsorlift carriers, tracked ground assault
carriers, floating fortresses, hoverscouts, speeder bikes, etc. The
Imperial Sourcebook has a full range listed that I may well go to the
effort of converting. I'm really starting to warm to the crossover
idea, though I might be boring the heck out of most list members.. :-)

Perhaps the most interesting difference is that overall Star Wars
shielding technology is much better, but doesn't seem prevalent on
ground units. Cities and planets have shields and so do ships and
fighters (except for the standard TIEs). You think Thunderhawks are
tough? Try shooting down an X-Wing with a Save ability!

> Do you think that the micro-machine figs could represent imperial
> such as AT-AT?

From what I've seen - ABSOLUTELY! The Jawa Sand Crawler is the PERFECT
scale, so I imagine others in the range would work fine too. Krass'
report of that Epic scale Airfix kit has me excited.

Regards,

- Erik
Received on Wed Feb 18 1998 - 15:43:44 UTC