ORS: Episode XX - X-Wing Battle Report - Tabletop game #1

After six months of publishing battle reports from vassal log files the Outer Rim Smugglers finally take the plunge into physical battle reports.

Here we see them adapt their onscreen interface to be used with a physical game using a fully top down camera angle and the squad indicators on the left and right margins.

They also substituted the lack of the dice roll window from vassal with their own dice roll animation and laser animations to help indicate attacks for the viewer.

as far as the video is concerned the only problem is the playfield used had some kind of a nebula or blackhole painted in the middle which creates a lot of noise and makes it harder to make out details in the play area.

The other downside is that the hosts themselves have become used to much shorter videos made from vassal logs where the pauses while players make a decision have been eliminated. In this case there are several moments that they are waiting for the game to progress and find them selves with little to say. hopefully with more videos of this kind under their belt they will start to find ways to fill the gaps and pauses to help keep viewer interest.