As I mentioned in the first entry of this blog today is the last day for this game to in the Spartan Games Forums and is scheduled to be removed from the online store making this game available only through e-bay or similar and maybe some stores until they ran out of existences.
I like this game a lot, my grandfather always wanted to be a sailor or a ship´s capitan but his dream was never accomplished. It seems I have inherited some of that love for the sea and fall in love with this game (and the old MOW), specially when the company placed the hardback rules on a free PDF. That was the day I started to collect the models. I remember I was in Liverpool that day and there were some players that already had a fleet so I couln´t help keep waiting anymore and purchased my first fleet: The Shroud Mages. I liked the ships for the rules and because their submarine. I played very few games while in Liverpool and also got the Imperial Humans (because they are the typical sailships, PLUS I wathced in TV the film "on stranger tides" (Pirates of the Caribbean foruth part) . Later I got my dwarves) easy to paint ships, changelling and... lots of submarines). I really wanted to get Bone Griffons fleet too, but ressisted the temptation (I already had 3 fleets) later I joined the beta test crew for Uncharted Seas and purhcased a Sky Pirate because I felt It was because my efforts in playtesting the SP that made the rest of the models of the SPs get released. Finally I got the Thaniras Elves fleet because I liked it (I made my first post in the UCS forums asking about their playistile) and one of my friends will surely love it. Last fleet could have get was the orc fleet, but 5 fleets are really enough and disliked the idea of orcs with gunpodwer technology (cannons and mortars) I think their ship should only have catapults, ballistas or trebuchets (huge catapults). The only gunpodwer "tech" maybe barrels or other contaiers filled with gundpodwer as seen in the Lord of the Rings during the assault of Helm's Deep (and it was possible because the help of a mage). The idea of getting orcs was mainly because Uncharted Seas is a fantasy game and I think any fantasy game worht its salt should have dwarves, elves and orcs.(and the ever-present humans). The other factions: dark elves, undead, evil dwarves, lizards, evil humans, demons, beastmen, etc... are secondary (IMO). Finally I made this blog with the name of the gates at the center east of the Old Conitnent in the Uncharted Seas (UCS) game world
Speaking of playtesting I have sent an e-mail to Neil to see if I can make public the content that was under playtesting (new magic system etc..) so we can work on Mods for the UCS. I´m still awaiting an answer rom him.
I also "rescued" some posts from the old forums about tactics for the factions that would be interesting to revisit when the forum for UCS goes offline.
Finally when I have time I will make the cards for the Sky pirates, post more battle reports and my progress on painting my fleets. Some models like the Imperial Human ships are too good to be left unpainted and forever forgotten in a dark corner of a basement (I think its like a sin lol)
And yes the title of this entry is not a coincidence ;-)
Best wishes and see you around! :)
Dan
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