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Post by David N.Tanner 07011959 on Nov 8, 2018 14:48:42 GMT
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Post by scottwashburn on Nov 8, 2018 16:01:52 GMT
Cool! Of course if WWI had gone on a little longer we would have seen Goddard's stovepipes in action there, too. He was nearly ready when the war ended.
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Post by scottwashburn on Nov 8, 2018 16:06:27 GMT
Swamp gas  Yes, I did mention the large scale rocket-deployed black dust in my novels, but implied that the stuff was so costly to make that it was only employed in the smaller scale projectors as we have in the game during the second invasion. Frankly, to allow the Martians aircraft or nuclear-scale black-dust weapons so unbalances both the game and the novels that the humans would have no chance at all. |
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Post by boxholder on Nov 8, 2018 17:34:11 GMT
Fortunately, the germs beat the Wells' aliens before they had time to really get going on this aircraft business.
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Post by madmorgan on Nov 9, 2018 11:58:17 GMT
Gads Humans just got a shaft with these finding their way into the game... Thankfully game balance prevents this in the minds of forum players Note that my to&e s and 1912 organizations included bazookas and rockets - I have rockets also as an ambush weapon using MBA excellent batteries. |
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Post by boxholder on Nov 9, 2018 13:19:26 GMT
Interestingly, the DVG boardgames use construction of the Flying Machine as a tool to pressurize the situation. The Martians get cards randomly that construct a part of the Flying Machine. After they get 4 of these cards, the Flying Machine is complete and the humans lose the game immediately.
That is pretty much what Mr Washburn says would happen
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Post by hardlec on Nov 11, 2018 22:13:50 GMT
The Martian "Flying Machine" sounds less like a flying machine and more like a big rocket discharging dust over a broad area. Wells describes a ballistic trajectory.
The Dominator and overseer have rockets.
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Post by boxholder on Nov 12, 2018 13:54:00 GMT
Close reading seems to indicate to me something more like a saucer, spewing the Black Smoke.
Either way it is BAD NEWS for the humans!!!
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Post by hardlec on Nov 18, 2018 22:31:27 GMT
It does not seem like a flyer, rather big projectile. Remember, the Martians came across space in cylinders. They doubtless are planning to send something back, eventually.
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