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37-446: Combat Assault Vehicle is named after the 30-foot-tall (9.1 m) war machines that walk the battlefields of the galaxy. The date is 2274 and the fragile peace the galaxy has known for the last 11 years has been shattered. The second Galaxy War has started and every galactic government is looking out for number one, damn the rest of the galaxy. Fueled by a decade of clandestine wars, secret agendas and unprecedented military preparation,

74-422: A 4’x6’ or 4’x8’ area. 4’x4' areas are also acceptable for games 2,000 points or smaller. Each Task Force will have its own Deployment Zone; this is the area where all of a player's models begin the game. Each player's Deployment Zone is usually as far away from the other players’ as possible. In a game with two sides, this usually means opposite sides of the table. If there are multiple players or sides involved,

111-631: A darker, silver-gray color. Pewters containing lead are no longer used in items that will come in contact with the human body (such as cups, plates, or jewelry), due to the toxicity of lead . Modern pewters are available that are completely free of lead, although many pewters containing lead are still being produced for other purposes. A typical European casting alloy contains 94% tin, 1% copper and 5% antimony . A European pewter sheet would contain 92% tin, 2% copper, and 6% antimony. Asian pewter, produced mostly in Malaysia , Singapore , and Thailand , contains

148-466: A decline in the use of pewter flatware. At the same time, production increased of both cast and spun pewter tea sets, whale-oil lamps, candlesticks, and so on. Later in the century, pewter alloys were often used as a base metal for silver-plated objects. In the late 19th century, pewter came back into fashion with the revival of medieval objects for decoration. New replicas of medieval pewter objects were created, and collected for decoration. Today, pewter

185-446: A higher percentage of tin, usually 97.5% tin, 1% copper, and 1.5% antimony. This makes the alloy slightly softer. The term Mexican pewter is used for any of various alloys of aluminium that are used for decorative items. Pewter is also used to imitate platinum in costume jewelry. Pewter, being a softer material, can be manipulated in various ways such as being cast , hammered, turned , spun and engraved . Given that pewter

222-428: A model's weapons, performing special actions, initiating close combat or using a models electronics (ECM/Targeting). Each model may only perform a Non-Repeatable action once per turn. Repeatable Actions consist of things like moving, loading or unloading infantry from a transport and a model attempting to repair itself. Each model may perform the same Repeatable Action twice in the same turn. The two basic mechanics of

259-462: A new production facility in Denton, Texas . The company has had five Bones Kickstarter campaigns. These have been used to launch and expand their lines of plastic miniatures in a new material. The first ended on August 26, 2012, with participants pledging over US$ 3 million, making it the third highest overall Kickstarter at the time. The second campaign also reached above $ 3 million and as of

296-503: Is a throwback to the good old days of miniatures. No fancy four-color backing cards, foam packing and blister packs; Reaper's minis come in a small plastic bag with a red title card stapled over the top. But while the packaging may not be the best, the savings mean lower prices at the hobby shop." Reaper miniatures hosts a yearly painting and gaming convention, known as Reapercon. It normally lasts 4 days over Labor Day Weekend, with painting classes and roleplaying games held each day, and

333-469: Is an un-interrupted Line Of Sight between the acting model and its target. Indirect Attacks may be performed against any target, regardless of Line Of Sight. All weapon systems in CAV are designated as either DA or IA and may only be used to perform those types of attacks. The basics of resolving an attack are: CAV also has a mechanic for Critical Hits, which can inflict multiple points of damage. After all of

370-454: Is based on comparing each submission to a standard and awarded a gold, silver, bronze medal, or certificate of merit. The best are judged against each other for trophies in the categories of Painting, Open (sculpting), Diorama, and Ordinance. Pewter Pewter ( / ˈ p juː t ər / ) is a malleable metal alloy consisting of tin (85–99%), antimony (approximately 5–10%), copper (2%), bismuth , and sometimes silver . In

407-644: Is based today. The company also has developed tabletop miniature game systems that may be played with their figures. The Reaper Miniatures mascot is a succubus named Sophie. Reaper Miniatures started in Fort Worth, Texas on July 4, 1992. Initially, two lines of miniatures were produced: Distinguished Flying Collectibles (a line of World War II aircraft) and Renaissance Dreams (a line of fantasy jewelry). Reaper moved to Lewisville, Texas , in April 1993, and at this location they reactivated several old miniature lines that

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444-495: Is open to the public and also serves as a sort of company store, offering not only Reaper products, but a wide area of family board games and various role-playing games. As of 2013, Reaper has five major lines of miniatures and two minor lines: Two paint lines are produced: Pro Paints, and the Masters Series. Scott Haring reviewed Reaper Miniatures for Pyramid #7 (May 1994) and stated that "In many ways, Reaper Miniatures

481-407: Is rare. Lidless mugs and lidded tankards may be the most familiar pewter artifacts from the late 17th and 18th centuries, although the metal was also used for many other items including porringers (shallow bowls), plates, dishes, basins, spoons, measures, flagons, communion cups, teapots, sugar bowls, beer steins (tankards), and cream jugs. In the early 19th century, changes in fashion caused

518-435: Is the target of one or more Ranged Attacks during an enemy Section's Activation phase, it gets to perform one Defensive Shot. The player who controls the targeted model gets to choose one of the attacking models to be the target of his Defensive Shot. The model may only perform one Defensive Shot per Activation, regardless of how many models attacked it or how many Ranged Attacks were performed against it. However Defensive Fire

555-407: Is triggered by the simple act of declaring a Ranged Attack against a model, so even if the attacks do no damage, the target model still gets to perform his Defensive Shot. If any models ever sustain more points of damage than they have Damage Tracks, they are destroyed. Destroyed models may be replaced with counters to represent their location or simply laid on their side. Once all of the models in

592-562: Is used in decorative objects, mainly collectible statuettes and figurines, game figures, aircraft and other models, (replica) coins, pendants, plated jewellery and so on. Certain athletic contests, such as the United States Figure Skating Championships , award pewter medals to fourth-place finishers. In antiquity, pewter was tin alloyed with lead and sometimes also copper . Older pewters with higher lead content are heavier, tarnish faster, and their oxidation has

629-432: The 18th and 19th centuries. Pewter was the chief material for producing plates, cups, and bowls until the making of porcelain . Mass production of pottery, porcelain and glass products have almost universally replaced pewter in daily life, although pewter artifacts continue to be produced, mainly as decorative or specialty items. Pewter was also used around East Asia . Although some items still exist, ancient Roman pewter

666-425: The CAV community, Reaper has changed this practice and has begun to re-cast all aircraft and APC models in true N-Scale as of mid-2005. These new "true scale" models carry a different SKU from the old models, so gamers on a budget can still purchase the smaller, less expensive models. The old models are still legal for all CAV events. Each model in the game has a set of ratings that dictate how well it performs in

703-524: The Initiative Deck, which now has one card for each Section in the game. The Initiative Deck is shuffled and the first card turned over. The player who “owns” that card gets to select one of his Sections to Activate. When a Section is Activated, each model in the Section gets to perform two Actions. Actions come in two varieties: Repeatable and Non-Repeatable. Non-Repeatable Actions cover things like firing

740-519: The Initiative Deck. The ratio of Initiative Cards to Sections should always be 1:1 at the beginning of a turn. Reaper Miniatures Reaper Miniatures is an American manufacturer of pewter and plastic figurines in the 25–35 mm scale, which include fantasy and science fiction figures. Founded in 1992 by brothers Ed and David Pugh, the company was originally based in Fort Worth , then moved to Lewisville , and then to Denton , where it

777-521: The Reaper Adventure Game Engine (R.A.G.E.), a generic game system developed by Reaper for use with their miniatures wargames such as CAV and Warlord . This allows players to switch from game to game without having to learn a new combat and movement system for each game. CAV models are all cast in N-Scale by Reaper Miniatures . Currently, there are around 100 different models available for

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814-447: The Zones are usually equally spread out around the table. To determine when each player gets to take a turn, CAV utilizes an Initiative Deck. Using a standard set of playing cards, each player is assigned a color, suit or number, depending on the number of players involved. They are then given 1 card for each Section that they have in their Task Force. These cards are all combined to create

851-456: The active Section are finished with their Actions, their turn is over. The next card in the Initiative Deck is turned over and the “owner” of the next card gets to activate one of his Sections. When all of the cards in the deck have been flipped over, the current Turn is over. If any Sections were removed from the game by either being totally destroyed or by Regrouping with another partially destroyed Section, those Sections' cards are removed from

888-481: The battlefield. Items such as rough terrain, water, trees and hills can hinder a model, forcing it to pay additional movement costs. Ranged Combat deals with four primary stats in CAV: # of Attacks (#DA or #IA), Ranged Attack Value (RAV), Range (Rng) and Defensive Value (DV). First off, there are two different types of Ranged Attacks: Direct Attacks (DA) and Indirect Attacks (IA). Direct Attacks may only be performed in there

925-762: The beginning of the Bronze Age in the Near East . The earliest known piece of pewter was found in an Egyptian tomb, c.  1450 BC , but it is unlikely that this was the first use of the material. Pewter was used for decorative metal items and tableware in ancient times by the Egyptians and later the Romans, and came into extensive use in Europe from the Middle Ages until the various developments in pottery and glass-making during

962-616: The company owned and combined them into the Dungeon Dweller 25 mm fantasy line. Reaper saw further growth and need for expansion in August 1994, and moved into a 2,500-square-foot (230 m ) warehouse in Lewisville . Late in 1995, they launched the Scrye Counter series of collectible card game accessories and over 500,000 have been sold worldwide. The Dark Heaven 25 mm fantasy line

999-537: The end of 2013 both were among the ten highest Kickstarters ever. The third campaign was the shortest, running from July 7 to July 25, 2015. It raised $ 2.7 million dollars. The fifth began October 1, 2019 and will end October 31st. Reaper also manufactures two acrylic water-based paint lines designed for painting the miniatures which they manufacture. Reaper has an online community, from their online forum. Reaper also maintains an on site research and development facility for their games called "The Asylum". The Asylum

1036-415: The game are Movement and Ranged Combat. Each model has a Mov rating on its Data Card that is the number of inches it can move when performing a Movement Action. So a model with a Mov of 12 could move up to 12” during its turn. Since Movement is a Repeatable Action, the model could perform two Movement Actions during its turn and move up to 24”. However a model's movement may be slightly altered by terrain on

1073-447: The game, with prices starting around $ 8.00(US) and reaching $ 25.00(US). The models cover the wide array of units available in the game, ranging from the namesake CAVs to aircraft, infantry, fighting vehicles, tanks, armored personnel carriers, support models and weapons packs. When CAV was first released, all the aircraft and APC models were cast in 2/3 N-Scale to make them more affordable for customers. Thanks to numerous requests from

1110-583: The game. These ratings are listed on a Data Card, which is an easy to read record sheet. CAV 2 Data Cards are the size of a standard playing card. All CAV Data Cards are available for free download from. A key component of CAV, and all R.A.G.E. games, is the Damage Track. Each row of stats on the Data Card represents a Damage Track, or the total points of damage that the model can sustain before being destroyed and removed from play. When undamaged, you use all of

1147-401: The models in the active Section have performed their attacks, any enemy models that were attacked get a chance to perform Defensive Fire. The Defensive Fire mechanic represents the level of automation and advanced technology that exists in the CAV game world. Each time a model is attacked, its on-board computer automatically retaliates by firing back at its attacker. In game terms, when a model

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1184-669: The models that you want to use for your Task Force, you total up their Point Values to determine your Army Size. Your Army Size must be equal to or less than the Game Size for it to be legal. A Task Force is composed of several smaller groups of models called Sections. Each Section is made up of a number of models based on its type. Sections are separated into two categories: Primary and Secondary. No Task Force may have more Secondary Sections than it has Primary ones. The different Section types are outlined below: Primary Sections Secondary Sections CAV games are usually played on either

1221-404: The past it was an alloy of tin and lead , but most modern pewter, in order to prevent lead poisoning , is not made with lead. Pewter has a low melting point , around 170–230 °C (338–446 °F), depending on the exact mixture of metals. The word pewter is possibly a variation of " spelter ", a term for zinc alloys (originally a colloquial name for zinc). Pewter was first used around

1258-414: The racial, religious and nationalistic governments across the galaxy have begun grabbing resources, nationalizing UCORs and Mercenaries and folding everything into vast war machines capable of intergalactic domination and destruction. Past the point of return, it is now the time of reckoning for the galaxy, and if you hope to survive this conflict you must choose a side. CAV combat and movement rules use

1295-526: The results of the painting competition delivered Saturday night. It started in Reaper's Denton factory but expanded several times. Since 2018 it has been held at the Embassy Suites by Hilton, Denton convention center. Except for 2020 when the physical convention was canceled and held virtually. The convention has always had a painting competition and the photos of entries since 2013 can be found online. Judging

1332-513: The stats listed across the 0 Dmg row. If your model takes 2 points of damage, you use the stats on the 2 Dmg row. If your model has more points of damage than it has rows in the Dmg column, its destroyed. When planning a game of CAV, the first thing that you must decide on is the Game Size. The Game Size is the number of points that each player will be allowed to spend on models for his army. Each model has its own corresponding Point Value. After choosing

1369-605: Was launched in 1996, and is the top-selling fantasy role-playing game (RPG) miniature line in the world. Reaper has also expanded into the European market through a partnership with a miniatures company in England . In July 1998, Reaper launched the Warlord 25 mm fantasy line, CAV N-scale sci-fi line ( Combat Assault Vehicle ), Reaper Box Sets, Reaper Pro Paints, and Reaper Masters Series Paints. January 2004 saw Reaper move once again, to

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