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19/03/2018 at 15:47 #86830UsagitsukiParticipant
It’s been a year since I started a 6mm Sengoku Jidai project. Progress has been pretty good. With some rebasing along the way, the figures are now organised into large unit-sized bases for use with a version of the board game ‘Tenkatoitsu’ modified slightly for tabetop. (Hence the stat counters on the bases).
Sengoku 'blog: https://tenkafubu608971038.wordpress.com
19/03/2018 at 15:53 #86833MikeKeymaster19/03/2018 at 16:55 #86844Guy FarrishParticipantFantastic armies!
Interested to know how they work with the adapted boardgame rules.
19/03/2018 at 17:42 #86848UsagitsukiParticipantI live in darkest Wales I’m afraid. Few people come here by choice, fewer still in their right mind.
There’s a few battle reports and posts about the Tenkatoitsu rules on my Sengoku ‘blog:
https://tenkafubu608971038.wordpress.com/
Sengoku 'blog: https://tenkafubu608971038.wordpress.com
19/03/2018 at 18:09 #86849MikeKeymaster19/03/2018 at 19:10 #86855UsagitsukiParticipantPembrokeshire in the South-West.
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19/03/2018 at 19:36 #86859MikeKeymaster20/03/2018 at 20:21 #86921Darkest Star GamesParticipantIndeed, quite stunning! This is me being totally jealous!
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20/03/2018 at 22:13 #86924Guy FarrishParticipantUsagitsuki
I was interested in your thoughts on ‘unit’ representation and how wargames may be getting it very wrong by splitting troops into weapon types. I suspect we do quite a bit of this in the European Mediaeval period as well. I’m not sure how we can represent the ‘mixed’ nature of groups of soldiers however without losing some of the facets of tactical decision making gamers enjoy. Bordgamers seem to accept a slightly more abstracted ‘combat power’ idea about their counters than I suspect figure gamers are prepared to admit. The ‘stone scissors paper’ of various weapon group interactions seems as firmly based in this period as the column, line, square on is in the mind of many Napoeonic period gamers.
I understand it – I like the tactical game play of the interactions – I’m just not convinced they were quite so clear cut on the real battlefield.
I think I will have play around with some of your thoughts in the European context.
20/03/2018 at 23:17 #86927UsagitsukiParticipantI think traditionally tabletop wargames rules have tended to define troop differences in terms of their equipment, and this leads to a temptation to separate troop types from units which may have had mixed equipment. There are medieval rules that split medieval ‘lance’ units into separate units of knights and sergeants. A lot of ‘dark age’ armies have whole units of ‘nobles’ with heavier armour than the ordinary warriors. I suspect this isn’t a very realistic way of portraying these armies.
Board games are worth a look for new ideas, I think. In the near future I’m going to try the GMT ‘Men of Iron’ game ‘Infidel’ for tabletop Crusades battles.
Sengoku 'blog: https://tenkafubu608971038.wordpress.com
20/03/2018 at 23:42 #86929hammurabi70ParticipantBrilliant. I’ll need some painting tips for when I do my Baccus figures that have been languishing for the last four years.
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6mm wargames group: [email protected]; 2mm wargames group: [email protected]21/03/2018 at 16:13 #86969Autodidact-O-SaurusParticipant6mm is a great size for representing those types of battles. Great looking table, too!
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22/03/2018 at 00:59 #87005UsagitsukiParticipantIt’s much, much easier in 6mm. A lot of the little details disappear at that scale. But you still get the mass effect from the sashimono and nobori.
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22/03/2018 at 10:59 #87025Alexander WasbergParticipantThey look amazing, simply stunning. Great work 🙂
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