GMG REVIEWS - STARGRAVE by Osprey Games

It's been five years people have been asking '...is this next game Frostgrave in Space?". In April that request will finally come to pass as Joe McCullough launches his much anticipated stand-alone follow up to Frostgrave and Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago - STARGRAVE.

The Last War has decimated the universe. Only small independent crews can slip unnoticed around the pirate armies that dominate the stars and make re-unification impossible. Collect up your models and head to the stars for another series of Adventures based on the award-winning Frostgrave.

[cheetor_shobox]

The self-perpetuating social media pre-backlash over this yet-to-be-released book is tedious. I hope/expect that it is just the usual blowhards mouthing off and that it won't have a real effect on sales and actual players.

Thanks for the review Ash, Ican't wait to get my hands on this one!

[corgibuttz]

This reminds of when someone tried to "gotcha!" Ken Levine in regards to the similarities to from System Shock 2 to Bioshock. His response was "yes of course, I mean... Shock is in the name."

[pdxholmes]

"It's just a reskin of Frostgrave"...as Ash goes on to list several ways it's different with tweaked rules. "Reskinned Frostgrave" is exactly what a lot of people wanted. Social media exists just for people to complain about something.

[thegeekinthenorth]

Massively appreciate Ash's statement at the beginning around "this is a reskin of Frostgrave". I have been really confused to people being unhappy essentially this is a Sci-Fi version of Frostgrave.

I'm not sure if people just thought there'd be even more specialised rules to differentiate it from Frostgrave or that it would be an entirely different system but that's the joy of Joseph's games for me, they are so easy to modify that if there's a mechanic you were hoping for, he has given you a great basis to add it! Not to mention the game isn't out yet, we need to see the full book first surely! :)

[dannypockets]

Thanks for the video and THANK YOU FOR THE OPENING STATEMENT it’s unbelievable the kind of complaining you see around this... Sheesh!

[tomemaster]

"Nooo you can't just reskin a Fantasy game into a Science Fiction one."

Haha WarCraft goes StarCraft.

[jernejpeternel]

"Cant take the sky from me" - oh Firefly, where art thou. Great review

[daxthedestroyer]

This is great! I can't wait for "Star Rangers of Shadow Sector Delta" 😁 ... no really, very much want.

[batmandalorian]

"It's just a reskin of Frostgrave" cool - my copy of Stargrave will be delivered tomorrow.

[HeadHunterSix]

The painting on the miniatures in the book is simply _fantastic_ !

[Phoenikuz]

"Is this going to be StarGrave?!"... "Is THIS going to be StarGrave?!"... "Wait, this IS StarGrave? And it is just what we asked for? Well, now we don't want it!" - Grognards. Grognards never change. Thanks for the review Ash - I'm really looking forward to get this on the table! :D

[richmcgee]

Everyone likens the First Mate to an Apprentice, but they're really closer to filling the Warden role from Ghost Archipelago. They provide you access to a whole separate set of tricks from your Captain (Heritor, in GA). They are (or at least can be) more fighty than Wardens though, so they're kind of a mashup of Frostgrave mercenary "Captains" (that name's going to get confusing) and Wardens - and yeah, Apprentices if you want to double down on whatever your Captain's pool of tricks is.

[cthulhulyfe]

Best beginning of a video....”It’s called Stargrave damnit!!” ‘Nuff said

[peterk]

Everything a sci-fi warband game should be, ticks every box.

[Paddyevans]

Firefly Adventures minis as a crew? Check. Sontarans as a crew? Check. Cylons as a robot crew? Check. Klingons as a crew? Check. Star Wars bountry hunters as a crew? Check. Daleks as a very unusual crew? Check. Starfleet mins as a crew? Oh double, maybe triple check.... Need to find more pop culture minis for this ASAP :)

[Escapeexes]

At 28:30, the "Run For It" rule where you can always get 3" of movement was in Frostgrave 2nd ED. Great rule that my group took advantage of because we had a Witch that was fond of the Mud spell. Great review, looking foward to this book!

[euansmith]

It is great seeing Ash so happy. I'm really looking forward to getting a copy of these rules, plus the expansion, plus the plastic kits.

[richardtasden]

A McGuffin isn’t just any fluff. Even if it is that character’s specific motivation. It has to be the central driving force of the plot.

[bombarded]

Was going to skip watching this so I could have that magical "first time exploring the book" feel like I did when I got Frostgrave but I got impatient, and honestly, your enthusiasm and commentary gave me that same feeling but even better. Excellent video dude :)

[willnox]

Ash: Next question now. When is "Apocalypticgrave" or "Dustgrave" coming out? Yes I do love TNT as well.