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The link implies it’s two separate games side by side, so maybe not as bad as it looks.
I suspect it will give a realistic game, it certainly looks like what I’d imagine it should. I’d be happy to play it, I expect there would be plenty of tension and excitement to be had as you hope for one part of your line to hold just a little longer while wishing a neighbouring section to break through. Not sure I’d want to do it every week or paint all those figures required for it though.
When it comes to pre twentieth century wargames I have a suspicion many people tend to play in a Napoleonic way regardless of which armies they are using. It gives good games which allows for more player decisions than limiting yourself to battleplans more appropriate to your period, so fair enough, I do it myself too.
I can’t help wonder if the engine pod of the top would work as a small one person shuttle in 6mm…
I was thinking it looks like a detachable drone.
Really nice looking model. 🙂
Not to get too far off topic, but I must admit that I find the “geography of geekdom” rather interesting. If boardgaming (even excluding stuff like chess and Monopoly) is like the London Metropolitan Area, then miniature gaming is probably like Stoke-on-Trent or something. “Probably” meaning “I’m just pretending I know what I’m talking about” in this case
I think board wargaming is well down on where it used to be, the original big publishers disappeared at the end of the last century. European style games and Big Box games with plastic figures seem to have taken their place on game shop shelves. All the great board wargame magazines went too so far as I know, The General, Fire and Movement, The Grenadier. You can still get the old style games, but they do seem more of a niche thing now. 🙁
Something like this?
I only use it for the notes I make during a game for when I’m writing up an AAR after. I prefer letter-number because if I used two lots of numbers I can guarantee you I’d forget which number should come first at some point…
I should really play more grid games, I’m still using the same terrain but for non grid games at the moment. Hopefully you’ll share your progress and encourage me to get back to it. 🙂
I did say I’d probably explain it badly.
Musketry range is double the retreat distance (which is a full move), but it makes sense to open fire as soon as you move into range so a retreat normally takes the target back out of range as a result. If you took another turn of movement to get closer before starting to fire that wouldn’t be the case, but you’d take an extra round of fire to get that close. It would open up the possibility of a charge, but that seems like a poor choice compared to firing (I may change my opinion on that as I become more familiar with the rules, it does have the advantage of moving you forward while getting to fight in the same turn).
I’ve simply gone where the conversation went. As now and previously it’s my position that is under discussion so why would it include other periods?
Well, no. Lets be honest here, you started by making general statements and when it was shown you were wrong you cut down the scale of what was being discussed to one where you felt more likely to win the argument.
But then, your only objective is win, isn’t it?
Well done you, this opponent is retiring from the field. No doubt you can describe this as a discussion where there was a clear outcome and everyone involved loved the experience…
