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Inspired solely by andrew on his topic here: https://www.thewargameswebsite.com/forums/topic/slow-mind-small-games/
My eager self wants to try some basic gaming with blocks. The type of game that always seems to fit best for me (in this type) is ACW and although i know little about the intricacies of the era i know enough to run games with simple rules. I aim to try a rule set called “see the elephant” but i can’t seem to refind them on the internet even though i found them just two nights ago!
I spray painted some blocks today and i’ll be hunting for symbols to put on them later. I’m going to keep it simple for sure, and i can’t wait to play.
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I decided to go right on and make the markers on publisher with vectors.
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Test army went well, Not sure on the rough layout of troops for the civil war but i presume it’s something like this for a brigade?
EDIT: This was so easy, scissors and glue stick, it was almost zen, I will be reccomending this to people.
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Nice to see some interest in the project. Ironically years ago i released a game that was based around the concept of cutting up sheets of plastic granny grating for troops in rows (regiments) it did quite well and got some traction, there are still people playing the style. The whole system was about saving money really. And the game is fun, also in redevlopment but it’ll be a good while before it’s done. Some pictures of that style:
ALSO: some updates re the current block project, the game is coming along. I got some pritner ink so i can print out a field with a grid on it, it’s just a google image file again in publisher and a grey table on top. It’ll do for sure!
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So i got over excited after my first very confused playtest of the rules/ The writer himself explicitly sytates that he stole the rules and system style from two other games, so i feel no qualms in announcing i did my own trim and restyle. I put four hours into a redraft of the rules. new name, loads of new rules and additions as well as some condensing and removal or the chaff. It’s a whole new system now, it’s own thing. And i’m super proud of the front two pages. They’re w.i.p of course as we’ll likely develop this for sale (my business partner is excited to) so it’ll be a while before we’ll release the the rules for reading but yay, new projects are literally my favorite thing.
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Ok so excitment continues. I knocked up a grid, some terrain with space for models and selected some models from the steam workshop on tabletop simulator and we’re ready to playtest remotely. Lot’s of exciting progress.
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Welcome to updates central.
Today i added some gatling guns to the mix, although proportionately a minimal weapon in the acw they did still make a rare appearence here or there and are going to be in our game.
I also got some magnet sheets off amazon (granted they’re not very strong but JUST strong enough to stop things moveg about on a train/ in a car as required) and put one inside the lid of the box as well as a plainer green grass texture which looks great. A little “garden”-y but great.
I also added some dice and a little storage box for the figures.
Finally here is a snap of the book w.i.p. It’s taken on a totally new life of it’s own and we’re super excited. We’re making an official announcement about the project tomorrow.
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Wow! Not sure where to start…
Very very kind of you to offer the chance to contribute and I honestly would love to help but TBH it’s way beyond me at this time. I did a few hours after lunch at the local heritage centre yesterday (I’m creating an index of 1800+ people across 7 books for them) and spent the morning before shaking and today curled up on the settee dead. Best news was I did it and did not need any tablets – next weeks visit may well be easier on me given how well I managed.
The magnetic sheet is a neat idea – I’ve used it for 15mm figures as bases before today and wondered about either sticking metal sheet to the blocks or drilling a hole and using a magnet to hold them. Currently I store them in the dice tray but need to varnish them so the paint does not chip off. The other thought is to get Battle Foam to cut something for me but the site does not work on my iPad and I hate to guess the price.
The box looks ace and I must admit to being green in envy at your results so far – I need to up my game
and play another game come to that. I wonder if a little wood shim / block on the lid edge would save the hinges pulling out long term.The printed map looks a decent size for a quick game – am I correct in thinking some of the rectangles are sat on the top to allow for moveable terrain features?
I have bookmarked the Perry TravelBattle board but the scenery is fixed – OK you can flip the boards around but that’s it.
Good of you to release the grating rules FOC – I was a KS backer and look forward to buying the ACW rules when you release them.
Hey all, played a really fun game yesterday, solo. It works well even for solo so long as you keep track of who has initiative and activations with different colored pips. I didnt record the game as it was quick and long but i will maybe do a playtest video for people so they can see how it plays.
We’re still working on destinguishing the “gatling guns” from the canons. Not a simple task when the rules are SO simple, it actually makes some things harder ironically.
Pics below, some charges, some in action pics and a pic at the end of the new hole i drilled for the activation pips at the top of a unit piece (i went on to drill one in each piece). I’m using battleship pips to record things and i put new magnets on the bottom as they work much better than the sheet magnets i was using, sadly they turned out to be a bit of awaste of money but they work for the terrain sheet, so not a total waste but in the final product we will be manafacturing it’ll have slots for magnets for sure.
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match sticks seems doable but cutting them has always been a bit unpredictable in my excperience
Would a Chopper help?
Anyone noticed we are talking about a square peg and round hole???
Threethoughts:
1) eBay have bags of spare parts – maybe one of them or Alibaba etc can supply large numbers
2) A 3D resin printer should be able to knock these out by the 100
3) Maybe a school supplier has something (esp coloured matchsticks)
Hey All, so me and my colleuge powered on with this project and it’s now almost ready to launch. We have test prints of the now extensively improved book. Can’t wait to share it with you all soon.
See our updates here:
(though they are few, we have made loads of progress, it’s a very well written and playtested game at this point. i think we just burned out on updating about it as we went.)
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For those who prefer to read here, some of the pages from the book. As you can see, they’ve progressed massively.
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