Gamecraft Miniatures 15mm Spaceship Interior

To my mind Gamecraft Miniatures are leading the way in affordable and well designed buildings for the wargamer. So much so, that it's hard not to let the decision about what period to play next be based solely around their products.

But Gamecraft have surpassed themselves with their latest 15 and 28mm modular Starship Interior system. To say I was blown away is an understatement.

 hallways are 2" wide (50mm) and walls are 1.5" tall (38mm)

Here is a cleverly thought out, well designed MDF corridor system which includes accessories that turn what could easily have been a bland series of mdf walls into a believable, interesting and eyecatching Sci Fi gaming arena.

Space008, 12" long, $13.50

The range is impressive. Three pages worth on the website which includes a wide selection of corridors, intersections, junctions and rooms of different sizes that will keep your imaginating stimulated and gaming interesting.

And of course you are not limited to a starship. The corridors and rooms are of a size sufficient to turn them into a space station, moonbase, prison facility or abandoned research institute.

You don't need much to start either if you don't have much spare cash, or like me, overwhelmened by the sheer choice Gamecraft have made available. If you are a fan of Mass Effect, you'll know that in the course of the wide ranging story arc of the game, the same basic corridor and room shapes appear again and again, but are made interesting with different tactical challenges by having different cargo and machinery located to create an additional maze of walls, cover and firezones. And being modular, you can increase your collection of rooms and corridors to suit your gaming needs and your wallet over time.

Well done Gamecraft. This is a big step forward in 15mm Sci Fi gaming and as such is going to be hard to beat, especially when you take into account range, versatility, ease of construction and not least affordability.

Cheers
Mark

Critical Mass Games - New 15mm Buildings

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A preview of Critical Mass Games new 15mm Sci Fi buildings and building sets. For several months we've been given tantalising glimpses of the new buildings that Craig and Dale would be using on their Kyushsu Bay game board, and now they are available to the gaming public.

Let's take a look at the building sets:

ARC Fleet Building set 1: AFBD1 £50.00 (RRP £56.50).
6 buildings: 1 x AFBD4, 1 x AFBD6, 1 x AFBD8, 1x AFBD10, AFBD12, AFBD14

ARC Fleet Building set 2: AFBD2 £50.00 (RRP £56.50).
6 buildings, 1 x AFBD5, 1 x AFBD7, 1 x AFBD9, 1x AFBD11, AFBD13, AFBD15

ARC Fleet Otilium Refinery set: AFBD3 £60.00 (RRP £64.00).
5 buildings, 1 x AFBD16, 1 x AFBD17, 2 x AFBD18, 1x AFBD19

For more photos visit the Critical Mass Games Forum (click here).

Now some individual buildings in more detail:

The buildings come with interior details
such as doors and windows

This is really cool, very useful for RPGs and individual skirmish games but also looks so much better than having your miniatures imprisoned in a slab sided box. Well done guys!

One of my favourites: AFBD15 - Research Facility - £11.50

No more buying plumbing from the hardware store or taking extra straws from Starbucks with my Latte & extra shot!

Another favourite: AFBD19 - Otilium Storage Tank - £12.00

For more photos visit the Critical Mass Games Forum (click here).

For the building sizes, check the Critical Mass Release Schedule

A well conceived range of Sci Fi buildings for the 15mm gamer. Even if you have no reason to purchase the hab, office and store buildings because you already own GZG's great range of buildings, or like the look of those from Basement Gaming Bunker, there's still room for the refinery pieces, either individually or as a set.

Even one or two of AFBD19 would compliment my GZG Colony prefabs or my desert dwellings from The Scene. I can see the use for the refinery models going beyond Sci Fi to post apocalypse, near future and future pulp gaming too.

Overall, the new Critical Mass buildings have a more robust and permanent look to them than GZG's prefabs and to my mind would suit a more established colony or outpost. There's no reason why you couldn't mix and match GZG's and Critical Mass Games buildings to create interesting frontier settlements and company towns with unique character.

What can I say? Some amazing buildings that can only push the 15mm Sci Fi hobby forward and establish it as being here to stay. These new buildings should be available online during the course of this week from:

WWW.CRITICALMASSGAMES.COM

Cheers
Mark
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