Flames of Orion First Game

 My buddy Stu and I played our first game, a test game, really, of Flames of Orion today. 

For the time being, I am using some repurposed BattleTech models. The rules played fast, and quite deadly for light Mechs. Heat management was a fun mini-game of risk-reward. 

It was really satisfying to play on some of my homemade terrain, along with some cool acquisitions, including some Safari trees I grabbed from Amazon. 


A sweet little 2' x 2' battlefield. 

Those 12" squares are made from cork boards I scored at Michaels. 

Speeding my light Mech into great danger. 

We found out pretty quickly that Light Mechs are extremely fragile; it only takes a couple of good hits to take one out. In going for an objective, I exposed him to withering fire. When it blew up, my pilot was able to eject. 

BT Gothic Scorpion looking good on a round base. 

The BattleTech buildings seen in the pics will do nicely moving forward, but I am going to get some other options into the rotation, and I will feature those in upcoming posts. 

The pilot ejects from the blown up Mech!


I am going to make official, painted explosion counters to better depict the epic destruction. 

My other light Mech, the Scuttler, also takes fire.

My heavy Mech takes out my foe's high-flying medium.  

The Scuttler blows up too! 


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Destructible terrain! 

As the Scuttler exploded, it took a couple of buildings and Mechs with it. Knowing buildings could blow up in this game, I made some rubble bases to swap them out with when they did get destroyed. It was great seeing them on the table. 

This week I will work on my campaign force, which will be comprised of hard plastic figures from Dream Pod 9's CEF faction. 

More soon! 

--Scott

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