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Shaun TraversParticipantI vote for unit by unit rather than phase by phase for WW2+ as you describe. I used to play lots of phase by phase games but gave that up 10+ years ago – I much prefer unit by unit. And it is also easier for me to remember who did what when it is done by unit.
Shaun TraversParticipantIt may not be classified as workhorse by many but Armati 2 is my go to workhorse game. It does not have a lot of chrome and the mechanisms are simple and all work tightly together. After only a few games I found I do not need a QRS. But they are not easy to play well!
Another “workhorse” one I like to play is Take Cover!! which is basically a Rapid Fire clone from the late 90s. 🙂 Although it does have a bit of chrome that I usually ignore.
Shaun TraversParticipantI also found out I have a weird obsession with collecting rules.
That is not weird – I find it weird that other gamers don’t collect rules, lol! And PDFs makes it so much easier than used to be.
I too spent hours once trying to find some space ship rules I remember had a simple approach to ship design. I tried file searching, text search, web searching, even looking through my backup drive. I did find them eventually, cannot remember how. The rule were called “Simple Starship Combat”. Not knowing any of the name did not help 🙂
https://freewargamesrules.fandom.com/wiki/Simple_Starship_Combat
Shaun TraversParticipantEchoing Guy’s comments – good to see you are still here!
Shaun TraversParticipantI came here to say what Guy said about being weird and a wargamer. lol. Anyway, glad you are in a better place in your life and welcome back to TWW.
-shaun
Shaun TraversParticipantThat is so cool a gift. If she had no real idea she hit a winner with this one!
Shaun TraversParticipantI second John’s recommendation for the book. I picked up a second had copy about 30-40 years ago. I think I have read it two or three times. It is a great read.
Shaun TraversParticipantI started in the 1980s using 1/72 WW2 plastic soldiers and vehicles. The terrain was railway model buildings and trees. Rivers and roads were cut out of cardboard or similar. I did make some hedges and walls about 25 years ago that are OK but could do with improvement. The table was covered with a cloth and hills were made placing stuff under the cloth. I still have and use all the buildings and have expanded how many I have. Still usually a cloth mat with stuff udnerneath for hills. But I have gone for better trees and roads and rivers. So my table looks a lot like in did in the 80s but with a lot more variety and some refinement here and there 🙂
Shaun TraversParticipantYesterday, for the first time, I uploaded images to a post. For every other post ever, I have linked to an image! I did not even know there was an option to upload photos until I checked yesterday as the photos were on my computer and did not want to go to the trouble of uploading them to a web accessible site. There were three photos about 120Kb each. There is a short video on how to do it. But you are probably already doing an upload that way as it is TWW that is rejecting them, so I don’t know what the issue is 🙁 I did notice I did have to wait for them to be uploaded in the dialog box or they did not appear in the draft post – it took a few seconds for 120Kb.
https://www.thewargameswebsite.com/forums/topic/how-to-insert-images-on-tww/
Shaun TraversParticipantHello Mike,
Like willz, I used to carry around a figure with me just in case I needed to check sizes. But I have been checking for so long, I don’t need the figure anymore. Not sure that doing it so much and now no longer requiring the figure is sadder or not. lol.
Shaun TraversParticipantThose buildings are looking great.
Shaun TraversParticipantFantastic representation. Looks like the real thing.
Shaun TraversParticipantYeah, I have been following your exploits on FB. Try not to injure yourself too much!
Shaun TraversParticipantI enjoyed it while it lasted.
You are not in a lonely place, we are all butterflies.
06/05/2022 at 22:31 in reply to: “Then David rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David.” #172518Shaun TraversParticipantThat is one great looking burial system! Brilliant.
Shaun TraversParticipantI actually never use it to roll dice for a game – I only use it for determining dice rolling probabilities. I am always changing my own rules and so always need to work out the probabilities with the changes!
Shaun TraversParticipantI use something, probably at least once a week since 2003, a program called SmallRoller .exe
I did a quick search, webpage is now 404 but still available at the Internet Archive for download (and it has screenshots to see if it the one you remember):
https://web.archive.org/web/20180822055457/http://www.fnordistan.com/smallroller.html
I love this program.
Shaun TraversParticipant@Thomaston. I actually did some 12×12 games but with only one base per square. Different rules though.
https://shaun-wargaming-minis.blogspot.com/2019/01/ww2-6mm-gaming-on-24cmx24cm-gridded.html
Larger grids definitely allow for more manoeuvre and has a very different feel to the 3×4 games. I started doing the 3×4 due as it was me trying to get an old collectable card game – Tank Commander – to work. It also uses a 3×4 grid made up of cards. I went minis and then changed the rules entirely!
@Andrew. Yes, 20mm on 2’x2′ is a challenge. I am going to start out with some scenarios that are all urban and see how it goes. Not sure if it will look believable to me with more open terrain. While I have been following the recent Portable wargames 3×3 rules on various blogs, I had not seen those 54mm WW2 rules before and will be pouring over that post with interest today! Thanks.
@Dave. If you like Bob’s 3×3 rule I would possibly stick with them. They are more attritional than mine , the latter more “bang and you are dead” 🙂Shaun TraversParticipantI have a number of armies, mainly as the people I used to play with had one or none. I have 20mm German (early and late), European British, British Paras, European US, Russian (winter and summer). But for my first 20 years or so of gaming I just had Germans, British and Russians, so 3.
Actually, thinking about it, I have much the same in 6mm!
Last year I acquired some 20mm Desert Australians and Italians so the number has gone up now.
Shaun TraversParticipantI am trying to find what version of the rules it is in but fairly sure you can rally during Scurry or Firefight. 5MiN is not clear as it does not state if in Scurry or Firefight turn figures are activated or not. And only activated figures can rally.
The reason I remember reading it somewhere is that in the rules version I am trying to remember the options after rally states you could make it harder by not rallying in Scurry or Firefight turns. For the life of me I cannot find which version!
Update: Just found it – 2nd edition of FiveCore Skirmish p9 has as an option:
Harsh rally: Figures do not roll to recover from Knock Down or Bailed status during Scurry and Fire Fight turns.
This implies rallying during Scurry/Firefight is the usual rule.
Shaun TraversParticipanti have Journal number 1. I also have the LBBs and almost all of the Classic Traveller LLB adventures/supplements. CT was my introduction to SF RPGing. While I did not play much Traveller, the times I did was mostly with MegaTraveller but without the Hard Times background.
Shaun TraversParticipantThat looks amazing!
I have Fear and Faith but not played it. It reads like it would be a good ruleset to play this sort of thing.
Shaun TraversParticipantHey Jack – I haven’t read the battle report yet. You can look forward to seeing the trash talk in the comments when I do 🙂 Without looking at the evidence I do not know if you really have played a game, hence no point bagging you out here!
Shaun TraversParticipantHello Jack
After the couple of games of OHSW I did last year I had the same thought as you and wanted the armour rules to work the same as infantry. I put something together similar to yours for armour but have not got around to playing it again. My son is keenish to give them a go again, but times have not aligned. Maybe I need to play a solo game, except I have other rules planned for that 🙂
Shaun TraversParticipant@Darkest Star Games – without looking I know I have every Traveller version except Mongoose 2nd edition (I have the 1st). So you may think you have a problem – I know I have a problem 🙂 I also hope by not being interested in 2nd edition I may have finally cracked the habit!
Shaun TraversParticipantI also only reroll the offending dice.
Shaun TraversParticipantMy last copy of version 1 that are minor changes from 1.00 is 1.10. From the design notes this is what was added to 1.09 to make it 1.10 (only two changes):
1.10 notes (March 7, 2016)
Tanks using the road movement bonus can’t fire that turn.
Infantry anti-tank attachments limited to 12” range now.I also have a look at the next version I have (1.16 from August 1.16) and the turn sequence in now to roll 1 action die per platoon (compared to version 110 and lower that was 1 die for the entire side) and how it is described is different to previous versions. There are also quite a few minor changes listed in the design notes.
The version I have after 1.16 is the People’s Edition, also labelled the 2nd edition and from December 2016. It seems similar to 1.16.
Ruleset archaeology. Love it 🙂
-shaun
Shaun TraversParticipantI leave them but it is not a closet of shame, more a wardrobe of potential. Over the last five years I think there are three projects that had not seen the light of day for over 20 years that I got back to. I have a few from 10 years ago bubbling away in the background awaiting a rise in motivation and hence priority.
Shaun TraversParticipantHello Andrew,
To answer you question, yes please continue posting the battle reports, I am enjoying reading them. There is enough pictures and narrative to make it a good read.
Shaun TraversParticipantFor the mat search “Static Grass Mat” for online places to buy close to home.
Thanks. I have tried but not been very successful yetThe static grass mats I use are the ones designed for railway model layouts. So search for railway model grass mats or static grass mat for model railway or similar. I got mine from the local railway model shop.
Shaun TraversParticipantThat is exciting news. Well done for your daughter!
Shaun TraversParticipantI second Mike’s recommendation. I used to use a green cloth but now use the railway model static grass mats for almost all my gaming. One day I am going to treat myself and buy an actual gaming mat. I have only been saying this for 10 years 🙂
Shaun TraversParticipantI loved magweb. It was only around for a few years but I used it a lot. The blog post you link has the rules in THE NUGGET Issue 108 but that is not available electronically.
http://www.wargamedevelopments.org/nugget.htm
Shaun TraversParticipantI never have. Takes too much time away from everything else!
01/01/2022 at 00:17 in reply to: Battle of Sambre solo report small table with own rules on blog #166589Shaun TraversParticipantThanks! I was unsure how it would go as an early run with new rules but I could see how the historical result could occur with different dice rolls. It covers only the main points of the battle – for example with each base being around 5000 warriors, I did not represent the Roman cavalry.
31/12/2021 at 13:48 in reply to: Battle of Sambre solo report small table with own rules on blog #166567Shaun TraversParticipantLol. Know the feeling… Not dice but trees:
But I can leave games set up for ages (and the main reason I continue to play 2’x2′) because I use one of these. The drawer that is open I have just cleared the Sambre game. Other drawers have other things.
30/12/2021 at 22:30 in reply to: Battle of Sambre solo report small table with own rules on blog #166545Shaun TraversParticipantHello Andrew,
I have found it too hard to go back to IGOYGO and for my next game with the rules have gone back to individual activation, similar to your suggestion. Individual activation follows a sequence similar to what you posted. For WW2 games I use card activation with red and black indicating a side to activate a unit (similar result to drawing dice). For ancients, I tend to work on right the left unit activation for all of one side as it is just easier for my brain to process as I often stop mid turn to do something else and it may be days before I come back to the game and need to know where I was up to. Easy to just mark one unit (I put the dice I am using next to it) and know where I am up to!
29/12/2021 at 09:40 in reply to: Operation Jupiter Crossfire at the Woods 20mm WW2 own rules on blog #166492Shaun TraversParticipantThanks Ian. 20mm is my favourite scale for WW2 gaming. The PAK was a lucky shot. The kill rings were already on the Tiger when I acquired it back in 1981. I seem to remember the person I got it from did paint them on when the model did actually make a kill 🙂
Shaun TraversParticipantGreat plan and good to see you are not getting stressed over the plans. I do make gaming plans for the next few years but I think of them as more “stuff I may possibly try and do that I would forget about if I don’t write it down”.
11/12/2021 at 01:09 in reply to: 7 ancient games on a 1’x1’ table using my own rules on blog #165876Shaun TraversParticipantThanks Axel – I see you are also doing small space battles with the post today/yesterday .
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