Still alive !!!

Ben non le TiYo n'est pas mort !!! Bon c'est vrai que j'ai pris un gros break estival au niveau du blog... et il va falloir attendre encore quelques semaines avant de nouvelles publications : je pars en vacances (enfin !) pour 3 semaines, mais promis dès mon retour je m'y remets.


En prévision, des photos de transports antigrav de chez Old Crow Models, de l'infanterie et des chars allemands WWII de chez Battlefront ; une revue des différents set de cartes publiés par AAG.

Sinon j'ai commencé à travailler sur la traduction de Force on Force, mais c'est un projet à long terme : l'objectif étant d'avoir terminé pour début 2010 en prévision des conventions de l'année prochaine.

Côté dernière news de chez Ambush Alley Games, c'est la sortie de la première extension pour Force on Force : "operation Uruzgan" basée sur les forces australienne en Afghanistan.
Dont voici le visuel de couverture :



En ce qui concerne la version sci-fi de Ambush Alley, intitulée "Tomorrow's War" à l'heure actuelle, voici un exemple de TOE publié par Shawn Carpenter sur le forum :

US ARMY LIGHT INFANTRY PLATOON
Troop Quality: D8 – D10
Morale: D8 – D10
Confidence: Confident to High Confidence
Supply Quality: Normal to High
Overall Tech Level: 2
Networked Command: Yes (TL3)
Armor: Lt. Body Armor (1d)

SPECIAL GEAR DESCRIPTIONS:

M1 ACR (Advanced Combat Rifle): Standard assault rifle of US forces. Selective fire, chemically cooled rifle chambered for .30 caliber caseless ammunition. Equipped with advanced optics, HUD link, gun camera and TAG (Target Acquisition and Guidance – a target designator for air, artillery, or orbital strikes) unit.

MPGL (Multi-Purpose Grenade Launcher): Standard grenade launcher for the US Army. Magazine fed, semi-automatic grenade launcher firing 30mm grenades, including anti-personnel flechette rounds, HE rounds, and RAAT (Rocket Assisted Anti-Tank) rounds.

SAGP: Semi-Autonomous Gun Platform

MPLC (Multi-Purpose Laser Cannon): Standard medium laser support weapon for US forces. May be used in anti-personnel or anti-tank mode.

AMU (Autonomous Medical Unit, a.k.a., Care Bear): An autonomous medical robot that can provide advanced life-saving support to wounded troops and/or bear them to a CASEVAC point for more advanced care.

MULE (Multipurpose Logistics Vehicle): This wheeled, semi-autonomous UGV (Unmanned Ground Vehicle) is used to carry supplies to fireteams in the field and, in an emergency, to carry wounded to a CASEVAC point. The MULE is equipped with a Basic Life Support AI to assist in its role as an impromptu ambulance.

M41 GPMG (General Purpose Machine Gun): Standard GPMG of US forces. Chemically cooled, magazine fed, full automatic weapon chambered for .30 caliber caseless ammunition.

M9 GAT (Gauss Anti-Tank Rifle): Standard Anti-Tank rifle of US forces. Man-portable rail gun which fires a .40 caliber, super-dense penetrator at hyper-velocities. Capable of one shot kills on AFS (Armored Fighting Suits) and causing combat ineffectiveness for full sized AFVs (Armored Fighting Vehicles). Sometimes also deployed by sniper teams.

US ARMY LT. INFANTRY FIRETEAM
1 x Fireteam Leader w/M1 ACR
1 x Grenadier w/M111 MPGL (Lt. Support/AT)
2 x Riflemen w/M1 ACR
1 x SAGP w/MPLC (Med. Support/AT)

US ARMY LT. INFANTRY SQUAD
1 x Squad Leader w/M1 ACR
1 x MULE
3 x US Army Lt. Infantry Fireteams

US ARMY LT. INFANTRY WEAPON SQUAD
1 x Squad Leader w/M1 ACR
3 x Gunners w/Mission Load Out - Either M41 GPMG (Med. Support) or M9 GAT (Med. Support/AT)
3 x Assistant Gunners
3 x MULEs

US ARMY LT. INFANTRY PLATOON HQ SQUAD
1 x Platoon Leader w/M1 ACR
1 x Platoon Sgt. w/M1 ACR
1 x Platoon Battlenet Tech w/M1 ACR
2 x Riflemen w/M1 ACR
1 x MULE Command Variant
1 x AMU
1 x SAGP w/MPLC (Med. Support/AT)

US ARMY LT. INFANTRY PLATOON
1 x US Army Lt. Infantry Platoon HQ Squad
3 x US Army Lt. Infantry Squads
1 x US Army Lt. Infantry Weapon Squad