Post by Cyel on Jul 12, 2020 9:21:04 GMT
With a friend who has moved out of town, we tried out War Table. For learning purposes we decided on a small, 25pts game of Warmachine.
I was skeptical, remembering how awkward and clunky things like Tabletopia are but I have to say War Table is amazing. So many excellent funcionalities obviously coming from a designer who knows really well what Warmachine players need in their game. It allowed for a nice flowing and very precise game. At every step I was surprised how many small things were implemented to make operations more intuitive and convenient.
I especially liked how you can apply status/spell effects to models, how every model on board has its distance to a selected model shown, how you draw the "movement corridor" counting inches of movement spent, how you can apply damage to a model and it is shown on it's in-game representation real-time, including damaged warjack systems, how you can create auras which move with a model to visually show CTRL/Cmd ranges.
Hats off for an incredibly well designed app. An it runs in your browser without the need to install anything!
As for the battle itself - Kreoss 2, despite being outmanoeuvered scenario-wise, had a very effective feat turn, crippling the Minion force. Helga herself was far too weak to assassinate the Menite warcaster and didn't manage to save the day with her desperate attempt.
I was skeptical, remembering how awkward and clunky things like Tabletopia are but I have to say War Table is amazing. So many excellent funcionalities obviously coming from a designer who knows really well what Warmachine players need in their game. It allowed for a nice flowing and very precise game. At every step I was surprised how many small things were implemented to make operations more intuitive and convenient.
I especially liked how you can apply status/spell effects to models, how every model on board has its distance to a selected model shown, how you draw the "movement corridor" counting inches of movement spent, how you can apply damage to a model and it is shown on it's in-game representation real-time, including damaged warjack systems, how you can create auras which move with a model to visually show CTRL/Cmd ranges.
Hats off for an incredibly well designed app. An it runs in your browser without the need to install anything!
As for the battle itself - Kreoss 2, despite being outmanoeuvered scenario-wise, had a very effective feat turn, crippling the Minion force. Helga herself was far too weak to assassinate the Menite warcaster and didn't manage to save the day with her desperate attempt.
I like how you can copy a list from Conflict Chamber and have all the models for it prepared for you!
