/hwg/ - Historical Wargames General

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>Advanced Squad Leader
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/d9x0dbxrpjg48/Advanced_Squad_Leader
>Battleground WWII
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/cb83cg7ays4l1/Battleground_WWII
>Battlegroup
https://mega.nz/#F!SolyxarJ!GUg6zWBStfznr6BvYedghQ
>Black Powder
http://www.mediafire.com/download/o5x6blwoczojmfr/Black+Powder.pdf
>Bolt Action
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/n7jmdnlv1n0ju/Bolt_Action
>By Fire And Sword
https://mega.co.nz/#!jxgCWTYD!FCp52DAqIUc-EM-TsRsWv7fB92nJ3kkzKsNcD_urI5Q
>Fleet Series
https://mega.nz/#F!i1N3xZxL!C6fQ3Z8o2U0gtk5kdXuVcQ
>Hail Caesar
https://mega.nz/#F!XsVD0KgT!twB1NWiFE3aKXK_O1EZ4pA
>Impetus
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/28i9gevqws518/Impetus
>Modelling & painting guides
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/7b5027l7oaz05/Modelling_%26_Painting_Guides
>Next War (GMT)
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/eupungrg93xgb/Next_War
>Phoenix Command RPG
https://mega.co.nz/#F!b5tgXRwa!mzelRNrKPjiT8gP7VrS-Jw
>Saga
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/alj31go19tmpm/SAGA
>Twilight 2000/2013 RPG
https://mega.co.nz/#F!C9sQhbwb!NVnD4jvUn5inOrPJIAkBhA
>Wargaming Compendium
http://www.mediafire.com/download/cghxf3475qy46aq/Wargaming+Compendium.pdf
>Warhammer Ancient battles 2.0
http://www.mediafire.com/download/uttov32riixm9b0/Warhammer+Ancient+Battles+2E.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/download/ta7aj1erh7sap1t/Warhammer+Ancient+Battles+-+Armies+of+Antiquity+v2.pdf
>Warhammer Historical
https://mega.nz/#F!LxkElYYY!FJB5miNmlWZKMj2VfSYdxg
>Warmaster Ancients
http://www.mediafire.com/download/cifld8bl3uy2i5g/Warmaster+Ancients.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/download/3emyvka11bnna1b/Warmaster+Ancient+Armies.pdf

Desired scans :
Rank and File supplements
Harpoon 3 & 4 supplements
Force on Force supplements
Hind Commander
At Close Quarters
War and Conquest

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19th March in military history:

1279 – A Mongolian victory at the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China.
1563 – The Edict of Amboise is signed, ending the first phase of the French Wars of Religion.
1687 – Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men.
1861 – The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand.
1863 – The SS Georgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo then valued at over $1,000,000.
1865 – American Civil War: The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later, Confederate forces had retreated from Four Oaks, North Carolina.
1885 – Louis Riel declares a Provisional Government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
1921 – Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 IRA volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
1941 – World War II: The "Tuskegee Airmen", the first all-black unit of the US Army Air Corps, is activated.
1944 – World War II: Nazi forces occupy Hungary.
1945 – World War II: Off the coast of Japan, a dive bomber hits the aircraft carrier USS Franklin, killing 724 of her crew. Badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the U.S. under her own power.
1945 – World War II: Adolf Hitler issues his "Nero Decree" ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities and communications facilities in Germany to be destroyed.
1962 – The Algerian War of Independence against the French ends.
1982 – Falklands War: Argentinian forces land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war with the United Kingdom.
2011 – Libyan Civil War: After the failure of Muammar Gaddafi's forces to take Benghazi, French Air Force launches Opération Harmattan, beginning foreign military intervention in Libya.

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It is 96 years since the Crossbarry Ambush, one of the largest engagements of the Irish War of Independence. It took place at the rural crossroads of Crossbarry in County Cork, about 20 km south-west of Cork city. About a hundred Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escaped an attempt by more than 1,300 British troops to encircle them. During the hour-long battle, between 10 and 40 British troops and three to six IRA volunteers were killed. The ambush is one of the few rare large battles during the war where the British forces, rather than the IRA, initiated the engagement.

The increasing success of the IRA's 3rd Cork Brigade had led to a spate of arrests and interrogations of suspected IRA volunteers in West Cork, in an effort to discover the identities and headquarters of the guerrillas. At this point the column had a total of 104 volunteers. On 15 February 1921, the IRA mounted an abortive ambush of a troop train at Upton, in which six civilians and three IRA volunteers died. Several other volunteers were captured. The British succeeded in breaking an IRA volunteer under interrogation and discovered that the West Cork Brigade had its headquarters in Ballymurphy.

The British commanders thus planned a major operation to capture the IRA column, mobilising about 1,200 troops, to converge on the area from several different directions. 400 British troops came from Cork, 200 from Ballincollig, 300 from Kinsale and 350 from Bandon.[2] Later in the day about 120 Auxiliaries also left Macroom. The British sweep was mounted early on the morning of 19 March. At Crossbarry, some of the troops descended from their lorries to proceed on foot or bicycle to try and catch the IRA unawares. One early victim of the action was Charlie Hurley, the IRA Commanding Officer of the Cork Number Three Brigade. Hurley, who was recovering from a serious wound sustained at the Upton ambush, was trapped in a house and killed at about 6:30am.

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>>52246610
Brigade CO Tom Barry, only becoming aware of the danger at the last minute, resolved that his men, 104 strong, would have to fight their way out of the encirclement. Barry's calculation was that his men could not sustain an all day fight, which they could expect if they retired before the British. Moreover, the likelihood was that the small column would be trapped if it took this course of action. However, Barry observed that one of the British columns advancing towards Crossbarry was well ahead of the other British units. If his men could break through this British force, roughly the same strength as his own force, then they could break out of the British encirclement.

Barry laid out an ambush for the British at Crossbarry cross roads—his men being in position by 5:30 am. The first British lorries, about 12 vehicles according to Barry's account, came into view of the IRA at 8:00 am. When they reached Crossbarry, they were caught by surprise and hit by a crossfire at very close range—between 5 yards (4.6 m) and 10 yards (9.1 m). They took significant casualties and many of them fled the scene. Barry's men collected the British arms and ammunition before setting fire to the lorries. At this point, they were attacked again by another British column of about 200, coming from the southwest, but they too retreated after a stiff fire fight. Two more British units converging on the area from the southeast tried to dislodge the IRA from their ambush position, but again without success and they too fled in disorder.

Taking the chance offered by his quick victory to get away, Barry then marched his men to safety in the Gurranereigh area, while the British were still disoriented by the ambush. There was another brief exchange of fire at long range as the IRA column got away. The action had lasted for under an hour.

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>>52246628
On realising what had happened, Major Percival of the Essex Regiment rushed to the scene with his troops, but was only able to open a long range fire on the fleeing IRA men. He later blamed the failure of the British operation on the Auxiliary column which had gone to the wrong rendezvous point and had therefore left a gap in the encirclement. Barry's account does not mention the use of the explosives, but contemporary press accounts reported that the three British lorries were destroyed by a mine planted under the bridge at Crossbarry and detonated as they passed.

The reports of casualties inflicted in the ambush varied according to the source that reported them. Barry reported that three of his men were killed in the fight and another three wounded.] British accounts claimed that six IRA men had died. The IRA claimed that over 30 British soldiers were killed in the action. The British stated their losses were 10 killed and three wounded. The RIC memorial records that one RIC constable and six soldiers were killed. According to historian Peter Hart, the figure of 10 Crown forces personnel killed and four wounded, was "given in internal police and military documents and verified at the inquest".

Historian Michael Hopkinson concludes of the action, "With considerable justice, Crossbarry is regarded as victory for the IRA, but can also be seen as a missed opportunity for the British". The British commander, Arthur Percival, as General Percival would surrender Singapore to the Japanese in 1942.

This is definitely something for fans of small interwar actions. Played on a large enough scale it could even make a mini-campaign game as the British player tries to complete the encirclement that failed historically.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/831n3lc84p65tkw/Mud+%26+Blood+-+Triumphant+Standards.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/file/5g40m3led2hitmy/Osprey+-+WAR+080+-+Irish+Volunteer+Soldier+1913-23.pdf

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The community project this month is an obsolete unit or vehicle.

Did the Grenadier Guards uniform differ from the standard British uniform in WWII? Or was the difference just in insignias?

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>>52246814
>Or was the difference just in insignias?
Just that anon. The dress uniform of course was quite different, but in the field they wore the same stuff as other troops, but with their grenade badge of course.

>>52246859
Awesome. Thanks anon!

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>>52246657
What are people working on? I was originally going to paint up some Romanian equipemnt but have decided to build a Ki-10 kit have in my stash.

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>>52249240
Mostly working on 1/600 aircraft. Have a bunch of Japanese, US and [misc] to base, paint et al.

Played a good game of Lacquered Coffins today, lots of fun. RAF bombers trying to get past the luftwaffe. 20mm cannons made short work of the bombers, and the Luftwaffe came out juuuuust ahead of the RAF. Close game though.

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>>52249240
Currently experimenting with terrain. No plans to start any new armies or expand existing ones since basically nothing interesting has turned up or is incoming as a possibility.

Still, gotta have terrain for games. Image unrelated other than it served as a reminder that it was something that needed doing.

>>52246553
So, I'm interested in getting into historicals, but I'm looking for games that maybe try for irregular warfare. Parisians versus occupying Germans, Confederare Raiders against militia or encamped Union regulars, stuff like that. Any good rulesets or scales for me to look at?

>>52249505
Force on Force for post WW2 asymmetrical skirmish. The book's organization is kind of a mess but you might take a look. It's in the OP folder. I don't play ACW but you could probably work up something like you describe using some of the Too Fat Lardies rules like Sharp Practice.

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>>52249505
If you're wanting to do any sort of small scale skirmishing in WW2, your best bet is five men in normandy.

>>52231473
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>>52233799
>>52233913
>>52233981
>>52234953
>>52235056

I've never understood basing single tanks from a modeling perspective. I mean if you're playing high enough level that they're squadrons and you base squadrons okay. But if your representing with single figs it really feels redundant. Of course autistically written rules have an autism factor or compliance.

>>52233318
Where'd you get the buildings?

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>>52249505
Most wargames include some kind of irregular force(s) as an army list or option. For example a lot of WW2 games have partisan/resistance lists, and modern stuff like Force on Force has the Taliban, etc. For ACW guerillas you could look at Two Fat Lardies' Terrible Sharp Sword.

For the most part skirmish scale will be the thing here, so you're looking at 1:72/20mm/28mm. Skirmish just does the best job of catching the feel of irregular warfare. You could probably have company/battalion size clashes too, based on stuff like the German anti-partisan ops in WW2. The battle described in the OP is a good example of something like that.

>>52249240
Working on a small heroics and ros force for Team Yankee - British

>>52250380
It looks nice though.

Would you consider games like dead mans hand (or its spinoff "the chicago way") as historical?

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so I tried something new. a gaming mat made out of synthetic fur. what do you think?

>>52253526
Would you mind doing a pic with some minis placed onto it?

I'm always afraid these "teddy bear"-fur fields etc would affect the stability of the minis so they tip over more easily.

>>52253526
How much did that cost, it looks quite good, even if the shade of green does seem a little off.

Looks a tad fake for grass, but otherwise the texture looks right.

>>52249240
Painted some Swedish Pikemen for TYW. Next up, not sure.

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>>52250380
>I've never understood basing single tanks from a modeling perspective
I like the looks of it. Piers Brand does some really great looking ones, plus it makes it stabler with link and length tracks and wheeled vehicles.

>>52249708
>The book's organization is kind of a mess
Haven't really noticed that, anon, I found it good. Also, it do have an Index and a comprehensive ToC, which is something most rulesets desperately need.

>>52253542
here you go. some not yet finished minis
>>52253573
Yes that's what I'm not satisfied with yet. problem is that I can't shower the thing in paint or else the fur becomes stiff.
price was 19 euros.

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>>52253626
yeah sure forgot the pic...

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>>52253633
another option would be to cut the thing to pieces and lay them as high grass fields over the other mats I made.

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>>52253488
Wild West shooutouts and Prohibition-era gangwars are definitely historical wargaming, there are a bunch of figures and rulesets available too.

>>52253642
I think thats a great idea, I don't see why you shouldn't at least test it.

>>52253642
I've seen that with great success with gold/brown fur for fields.

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What are some games I can play on a 2x2 board?I'd like to branch out from DBA (and DBx) but I don't have much space atm. Thanks.

>>52254244

Hex & chit?

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My current status for the "obsolete"-group build.

I tried my best with the arabic freehand but it still looks terrible. (I wrote a simple "Assad" when in reality they used names of fallen soldiers, and those were super long and complicated to write but i think Assad works for both its meanings, Lion and the name of their president). I'll probably do it again to get a better result.

I also still haven't finally decided if i want to add a soviet hmg from a Dust48 tank onto the turret or not.

>>52254244
FiveCore spring to mind No End In Sight.

>>52254383

Wow how did I fuck up typing that so much. No End in Sight and FiveCore are games that can be played on a 2x2 table.

>>52254244
Chevauchee would probably work pretty well on a smaller table.

>>52254274

Wow! If that's any indication of the rest of the entries, this month's competition is going to be amazing!

Thanx for the pic. :)

>>52254454
You're new here aren't you, newfriend.

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>>52249326
>>52249361
>>52252942
>>52253589

I meant for the obsolete project

>>52254274
as an Arabic speaker i'd like to say that that looks fuckin tight. Good job.

>>52254461
>You're new here aren't you, newfriend.

Where's your project?

>>52254837
I think anon was just commenting on the other anon's typing style, which is not really the norm for 4chan.

Basically he sounds like he hasn't had enough enthusiasm sucked out of him yet to have been using this site for very long.

>>52254837
It's nothing to do with the project and Anon's was very lovely.

It's more the fact that emoticons and 'irregular' spelling were used.

>>52254454
Its not a competition Anon. Thanks though.

>>52254768
Thank you. Thats reassuring.

>>52254461
>>52254901
>>52254909

>Praise another anon's work
>Thank them for sharing
>Get slammed for enthusiasm & spelling

Don't ever change, /hwg/.

>>52254952
Emoticons and irregular spelling are generally hallmarks of shitposters.

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I've been seeing more and more people using transparent base on their minis Any one have thoughts on this?

>>52254986
It looks ass imho.

>>52254986
I'm fine with it, it doesn't look as nice as a properly modelled and painted base, but on the other hand you don't get weirdness like using snowy-based troops on a desert board or whatever.

>>52254952
No one was slammed, it was merely commented on.

/hwg/ is one of THE friendliest parts of 4chan I have ever seen. There are sometimes shitposters but generally everyone is nice to each other even if they don't agree.

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>>52255109
this.

now lets get back to business.

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>>52255181
agreed.

>>52243003
Not quite sure what this anon was going on about, the movement rates in FN look fine to me.

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So i started putting together some knights/men at arms from one of the perry agincourt boxes.

What are some decent medieval skirmishers? I've found the rules for Chevauchee in the OP. How does it compare to other games with maybe 3-10 minis per side?

I kinda want to have some objective driven, narrative games with my knights. Maybe a longer campaign or something.

pic related, but sadly not my minis

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>>52255553
No idea from personal experience but Lords and Servants is also in the folders and is usually recommended for an alternative approach.

It's by the Impetus people so that's a reasonable guarantee of it not being shit at least.

>>52255679
Thanks. I'll give it a look.

Tried drilling the turret/hull of a 6mm tank to magnetise it and the barrel just... dropped off. I don't understand how :(

>>52255770
Was it a GHQ one?

>>52255467

For example, at the beginning of WW1:
Cargoships had a top speed of about 12 to 15 knots,
Battleships had a top speed of about 18 to 21 knots,
Cruisers had a top speed of about 21 to 27 knots,
and Destroyers had a top speed of about 30 to 33 knots.

Again, these are just average figures - there are a few ships outside this average (Queen Elizabeth's 24 knots comes to mind) - but, for the most part, these are the ballpark values.

>>52256111
And those are reflected in the game's movement rates. Destroyers move 8", cargoships only go 4".

>>52254271
>>52254383
>>52254401
Thanks Anons, I'll have a look.

>>52256256
Since it was mentioned earlier: Dead Man's Hand and The Chicago Way will also work perfectly fine on a small table if you like their setting, give them a look. Very nice games indeed. (they both use almost the same rules, just different times)

>>52255823
Yeah, Challenger 2.

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>>52256138

Okay - let's see:
This is the latest version of the rules.
Please, point me to the part that states what you've just said.

>>52256524
That's not the latest version of the rules. Perhaps you missed the release on WargameVault?

http://www.wargamevault.com/product/205460/Fear-Naught--Quick-Naval-Wargaming

If you check the preview, you can see the revised movement there.

>>52256437
Those barrels are too damn thin. I know it's because they're trying to be as accurate as possible on scale but damn it, there's a point where it's just too fine that shit like that happens.

>>52256647
>If you check the preview, you can see the revised movement there.

Some revision.

Dreadnoughts at the same speed as cargo ships, battleships move faster than drreadnoughts, and battlecruisers have the same speed as destroyers. That's just the movement rules too. Imagine what other nonsense the rules must contain.

"Pay What You Want" or not, shit is shit even if you get it for free.

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>>52253589
Even managed to take some photos as well.

>>52257050
It does say that the game is still in development. I know the dev hangs out in these threads so it'll probably get updated in a later version.

>>52256815
http://mojobob.blogspot.com/2010/06/de-freudianizing-teensy-tiny-tanks.html?m=1

>>52254244
Force on Force. In 15mm the table is 3x3.

So my copy of The Arab-Israeli wars arrived and I played a match with my dad. Now I understand that maybe it's just a historical thing but is the game meant to be balanced in Israeli forces favor? Granted it makes some sense from a historical perspective (given that they did in fact win all those wars) but it seems a bit odd for the gameplay. It seems that unless you're playing as Jordan (which gives you British tanks that can hit-and-run) you basically have to play super defensively as the Arab forces... which seems counter-intuitive considering the Israelis were on the defensive for most of these conflicts. Am I just doing it wrong? Is my dad's 40-year-old knowledge of the game simply resurfacing and kicking my novice ass?

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>>52260795
I have no idea what the game you refer to is but the game may just not be balanced given it's based on a war in which the quality vs quantity balance was hugely in favour of one side, especially given the quantity sides had huge lack of quality issues to go with it.

That kind of conflict has always been a very hard one to balance even remotely for game purposes. Especially when running a direct hardware comparison in tactical gameplay rather than perhaps a strategic overview where individual unit capability matters far less than say the logistics of keeping troops supplied enough to fight in the first place.

>>52247355

> MARCHING UP AND DOWN THE SQUARE!

Durham Light Infantry forever.

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>>52261322
DLI!

DLI!

DLI!

>>52260795

Are you talking about Fate of a Nation?

We've just been discussing this in the Flames of War thread. The Arabs are a bit outclassed unless you spam. They have very limited variety.

>>52261699
I believe anon is talking about the hex-and-chit literally called 'The Arab-Israeli War'

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>>52260795
some of the scenarios in there are a touch out of balance when it comes to victory conditions (Bir Gafgafa im looking at you), but the Arab forces do have a shot at winning most scenarios. really have to just overwhelm the Israelis with numbers in most scenarios. use and abuse your Saggers as much as you can in the scenarios that you have them. get up and in the face of the Isreali forces. dont try and sit at range and gun duel them-youll lose.

im going to guess its just your old man using a bit of his old knowledge to give him an edge against your noviceness.

few web sites out there that still support AIW. check them out. Hell there is a couple of PB/PL/AIW groups on FB if thats your thing. ask for help from them

>>52249240
>>52254711
Got a set of 4 Type 89 Japanese tanks basecoated and ready for paint.

I'll probably go paint those next to take a break from the WW2 and 1980s Soviets I've been working on.

LAV-75

BRDM

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>>52260795
a couple of pages i dug up from an old general magazine that may give you some help

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>>52266573

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>>52254986
I don't like them and would never use them. I dislike them even on flying minis.

>>52254274
Maybe try writing with a marker pen?
I just put an order in for some Perry mini War of the Roses Knights and Mercs. Excited to get painting again after about 10 years break.

Hey lads, there's no scan of the Warhammer Great War supplement, right?

>>52268976
It's in the mediafire in the OP under WWI

>>52269638
Oh, thanks anon. Was looking at the Warhammer Historical Mega folder and it wasn't there.

You saved me from a whole bunch of scanning!

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>>52269638
>>52269657
Neither the Mega or Mediafire unfortunately have the "Over The Top" supplement (not to be confused with the GDW WWI game of that title), just the core book. I think that was what anon was referring to.

>>52269675
Oh bother, found it out after downloading it...I'll try to borrow from a friend and scan it, then.

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>>52269698
>I'll try to borrow from a friend and scan it, then.
I know scanning is a massive pain, but people have been looking for this one for a while, so it would definitely be appreciated.

>>52269723
Okay, it'll take some time (he's actively using the book), but I'll do it.

>>52269675
I think OTT was one of the last books produced by Warhammer Historical before it got shut down and as such is pretty rare.

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>>52271582

>>52272966
Our Gazza goin' doot? unbelievable.

>>52255224
Fucking tight

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>>52255224

post ww2

>>52275222
1948

>>52262695
>>52266573
>>52266592
Thanks, that should help bigly. I'll try this during our next game.

>>52275292
funny

M113

>>52246553
Any bros got a pdf of the rules for Spearhead or Modern Spearhead? Thx

Does /hwg/ have recommendations for books on the Thirty Years War for someone who knows nothing about it.

I keep seeing it mentioned and it seems interesting.

>>52278386
If you're looking for novels too, I'd recommend With Fire and Sword and The Deluge and the third one I don't know the English name of.

Other than that, some Anon recommended a good book about it some time ago but not sure what was it called. It's a really fascinating war and from a wargaming persepctive it's much more interesting than the ECW IMHO, mostly for the diverse nature of the forces involved.

>>52278469
Fiction is good. I find its much more accessible than non-fiction, accuracy issues aside.

I would also like some non-fiction. Hopefully written in the "Introduction to" style.

>>52278579
Then I'd recommend the Osprey books in the OP. Generally they are a bit lite, but I think this is what you're looking for now.

>>52278386
Europe's Tragedy.

>>52278386
I was just reading an old issue of WSS that had a feature on the TYW (specifically on the Spanish Tercios). It recommends the following:

> The Thirty Years War by Geoffrey Parker
> The Count-Duke of Olivares by J.H. Elliot
> The Military Revolution: Military Innovation and the Rise of the West 1500-1800 by Geoffrey Parker
> The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road 1567-1659 also by Geoffrey Parker

There's a couple more but they're in Spanish which I assume isn't suitable.

So I finally decided to stop being cheap and buy FiveCore Brigade Commander. I love them, as was to be expected. Some things are kind of weird though, like how ATGMs only give an extra shock dice.

Ace rules overall, and they give me an excuse to buy some tiny tanks which is brilliant.

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>>52278386
I really enjoyed Battles in Germany 1631‑1704 by George Bruce Malleson. From the late 1800s, yet still one of the best books you can get on the actual fighting that took place rather than endless politics.
Lacks maps, but having one to hand isn't exactly hard. Written in a style that's like an enthusiastic history teacher. Despite lamenting the 'bigoted Catholics' that started the war, it's also very well balanced in that the author commends and celebrates incredible skill and heroism from all parties whilst lamenting the traitors and idiots no matter their side. Also engages in surprisingly passable scholarship in that the author sources from multiple accounts, and makes note of disparities, using good sense and the collected information to try and get to a more correct information where there's outright contradiction, like where sources claim that X person was at Y place where they were last noted to be somewhere else and the travel time involved wouldn't allow for it and so on.

Covers a great variety of battles, including a lot of stuff after the initial big guys of Gustav Adolphus, Wallenstein and Tilly have all croaked, which is fascinating stuff when the war really got to that stage of dregs of armies compared to the masses that once took to the field, yet no less interesting and repeatedly decisive in their own ways.

>>52279006
By any chance, do you have the book in digital format? Preferably in a Kindle-friendly format, tho as long as it can be converted, no problem.

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>>52279289
Nope, dead tree only I'm afraid.

I enjoy having a physical library too much. Also better for reading in bed.

>>52279410
Absolutely agree. Tho the book itself would be 20GBP-ish from Amazon plus shipping to the Old Continent...

Will take a look through eBay.

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>>52255770
>drilling stuff
Dont do that lad its hard work, just cut the peg off and attach a magnet where it was, then stick a larger magnet over the hole underneath the hull, no need for any drilling shenanigans.
Or you can use a piece of brass/styrene tube to extend the peg (filing out the hole to size if need be)

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Typed this sucker up if anyone wants a quick easy game to play with the family.

I assume most countries have cheap memo paper squares available for office usage?

>>52278469
> ... and the third one I don't know the English name of.
What is anon's first language?

>>52282066
That's pretty cool. Thanks, anon!

>>52282228
Hungarian.

>>52278386
Dick Harrisson 30-åriga kriget

>>52279624
That's my plan from now, really. fuq dat drillin' shit

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>>52279624
Brass tube just makes the peg more firmly anchored though the hull or is it part of the magnets too?

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>>52282066
That looks like it would be fun to play with kids. Thanks a'anon

>>52287784
The longer brass peg just stops the turret falling off so easily, no magnets in that one.
Its not quite as good as the magnets but its easier and cheaper to do, I mainly use magnets for vehicles that have awkward/tall turrets like the SA-6.

>>52282066
Much appreciated anon. Have to give it once over later.

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How are everyone's community projects going?

Hoping there's going to be a lot of submissions this time around.

Was kind of disappointed last time with the number of submissions, it seemed like a prompt with a huge amount of possibility.

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/hwg/ I need films or books about fightan' darkies.

On a more serious note I've seen most of the 'classics' and I just want a few things to rekindle my enthusiasm for my Mahdist/NWF forces.

>>52289238
Zulu. Movie about the Battle of Rorke's Drift. Very enjoyable

>>52289392
I've seen Zulu matey, that's what I meant by classics, as well as The Men Who Would be Kings, Zulu Dawn and The Four Feathers (39 adn 02 versions) etc.

I was more looking for things that aren't quite so well known that I may have overlooked.

>>52278386
Read "Wallenstein" by Schiller.

>>52289238
Heart of Darkness by Conrad.

>>52277854
bumpeth

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Has anyone tried to mix the Late Light French Infantry from Warlord with the Late Line Infantry? The Perry box is the same for both, just a different painting scheme.

can you mix all three boxes?

>>52289238
The Long Duel 1967 Trevor Howard and Yul Brynner
Young Winston
Carry on up the Khyber

Are there any RPGs set in WW1 or 2? Or just wargames?

>>52289983
I've read Heart of Darkness but thank you.

>>52290907
I haven't seen The Long Duel I'll see if I can get it. I've seen the other two but thanks!

>>52290934
GURPS of course

http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/ww2/

But afaik ww2 is not really popular for rpgs. neither pen & paper nor pc games.

You can always play your own "rpg-lite" games and campagins with skirmish wargaming rules.
5 men in kursk, nuts!, or chain of command would work pretty good with some tweaks.

You also could check out "V Commandos", a coop boardgame set in WW2 which also offers a good core to use for a rpg campaign.

>>52290934
Google for the powered by the apocalypse hack "the regiment" 2.1... Played a round and had a blast

>>52290934
OneDice has both, also Achtung Cthulhu if you like that sort of thing
Decades ago there was Behind Enemy Lines

>>52290820
Isn't it the same with Warlord but with separate metal heads?

>>52291508
There are two different plastic boxes on their site. The one for Light Infantry has no further information.

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BMP-2

Hey Westfront anon, still lurking? Found a handful of the Brits in gasmask (sadly not enough to worth the postage to there), swapped his head with a Valiant WW2 British in plain steel helmet and it looks much better. In case you get these, I recommend doing the same as like this I can press them into service.

>>52290934
SPI's old COMMANDO game had options for psudo-RPG play, so it kinda counts

>>52289512
Historically absolute nonsense, but have you seen Charge of the Light Brigade with Errol Flynn

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Me and a mate are getting into the American Civil war for some skirmish action. We both getting a box of the Perry plastic models for the period, and switching bits around. This should give us a nice little skirmish force.

Which ruleset would you recommend for ACW skirmish games?

>>52294723
why is this pic so fucking cool

>>52296783
because A E T H E T I C S or something

>>52296783
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8K0sW8GX-4

How many pages is too many for a book that bills itself as the one-stop reference for WW2 wargamers? I have autism and theoretically could go into multiple volumes on this project.

>>52297488
If it's a ONE STOP reference then as many pages as needed? The problem is you'll have a rather broad set of prospective readers with the term 'wargamer' some will want very different things, from merely an overview of uniforms to in depth unit histories and actions. A better bet I feel would be to focus on a specific thing for the moment, a front or nation or uniforms whatever and go from there.

>>52297534
This is the kind of feedback I need. I've done lots of writing, a tiny bit of it published, but largely under university auspices. This is my first solo venture. I was thinking of cutting it down to just the Eastern Front since it seems like that's less easy to just google like a lazy fuck. I have access to a library's worth of reference material.

>>52297618
Ok that's good but JUST the Eastern Front is still a massive undertaking. To begin with what specically about the Eastern Front? What do you think is lacking from other histories etc that you can help with?

>>52297698
Alright, let me write it out roughly the way I would to a publishing company:

This work is intended to be a comprehensive reference for wargamers interest in the Eastern Front. It would focus on issues that gamers would be interested in, such as
>What were uniforms like/how do I paint my armies for each nation? Who used camouflage and where?
>how did each military approach the problem of warfare? how were they different? an attempt to cover as many scales as possible, from divisions down to squads
>a comparative look at equipment--not only what they used, but how (did it live up to expectations? strange quirks etc)
>famous or simply interesting battles and how to portray them, or parts of them, at various unit levels
>scenario ideas
>maps all over the place
>unit compositions through time--not just the tables, but an attempt to explain why they changed and how real-life units tended to deviate from the official listings
>oddities--one-off conversions, Minor Axis shenanigans, amazing feats by soldiers that may inspire your next project (example: the Tiger that was disabled by 114 anti-tank rifle hits over the course of a skirmish)
I have a personal reference library on this subject well over 150 books strong and will probably read another 50+ in the process of writing this book. The goal is to condense information from all over the place and present it in a way anyone can understand, no matter how new they are to the topic. Certain sections, particularly at the start, will be marked as targeted at beginners to tabletop gaming especially.

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>>52297937
I don't have a suitable image saved for 'shut up and take my money' so have some pikes.

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>>52294890
I'm always here. Still writing games (Most recent are Lacquered Coffins and Position posted above)

Cheers for the heads up. I have to finish a bunch of aircraft before I can get back to my WW1 minis, and once I'm back I have a LOT to paint and base.
German stormtroops, British regulars and artillery, and an ENTIRE Russian army with infantry, cavalry, guns and tchankas. So plenty to keep me going!

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>>52296600
Longstreet looks pretty good. Have a look through our OP mediafire folders under ACW. There are a bunch there.

>>52296600
For skirmish games you want either Terrible Sharpe Sword, or Brother Against Brother.

>>52297937
i would buy this

>>52298348
>>52299686
I'm a hardcore perfectionist but I hope to have it finished this year, then permit some more time for editing and whatever the fuck books need. I just want to be paid to sperg out over stuff.

>>52297937

Honestly, you may want to structure it something like that. Books/volumes/metachapters about certain gaming-relevant historical context - Part 1: Equipment, Part 2: Doctrine, Part 3: Battles/Scenarios, etc..

Consider that you'd basically be condensing the Osprey library into one encyclopedic work. It may be worth it to compare with how they break up their publications and organize along similar lines if it's a logical structure.

Perhaps consider some smaller sub-conflict as a testbed, such as the Winter War or the Burmese campaign. Then move to a larger scope once you know what works.

>>52299836
SPEAKING OF OSPREY
Would they be my best bet of acceptance? They seem to publish everything.

>>52299892
I'd certainly put them at the top of the list, as you'd be targeting much of their core audience but on the other hand you may be competing with themselves since they publish all sorts of uniform guides and unit guides... however they're still top of the list to actually give you an offer. But there's definitely others who might publish it.

>>52299558
and sharp practice

OT-64

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Just wanted to post my newest completed figures and also say thanks to the Anon here that told me to dry brush the thatch roofs of my houses.

>>52302614
nice stuff man!

>>52302614
looking good!

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>>52290934
Call of Cthulhu is pretty much the perfect WW1 RPG. For WW2 you have the aforementioned GURPS, Achtung Cthulhu and Behind Enemy Lines. There's also a few indie titles like Night Witches and Grey Ranks too. Phoenix Command has rules for WW2 weapons and tanks, so it could be used as a simulation In fact any military RPG (like Recon, FGU's Merc, or Twilight 2000) could be used for the world wars, with a bit of tweaking.

If any anons are interested in a particular title I think I have most of the links. Here's my GURPS WW2 folder anyway, because regardless of your views on the system GURPS books are always well-researched and making useful gaming tools.

https://www.mediafire.com/folder/5yo566j0oi61s/GURPS_WW2

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I've cut the fur into smaller bits to use them as some kind of overlay.

I'm thinking about making two ponds out of the two pieces seen here.

>>52298416
No problem. Same goes for Cavalry. It's a small change, but improved the minis drastically, older Strelets minis have terrible heads and faces. I'm doing the same with their crossbowmen, using the old Accurate/Revell kit as a head donor.

Sadly there aren't really any 1:72 late British infantry set. The Emhar ones offers very little in terms of poses, the HaT Canadians are hard to get and rather ugly (plus I have the HaT heavy weapon set, so no need for that much extra shit)...I was thinking of getting the Emhar US kit for extra figures, but for systems like Warhammer Great War I might need those extras for the HaT box as well, so eh...another plan is to get the HaT early war set, and give them steel helmets from somewhere (probably from Airfix's 8th Army set). Wish HaT would stop fucking around with the Belgian cyclists and complete some of their ranges - lots of standard infantry without heavy weapons (early Germans, Brits) and vica versa (late British heavy weapons, WW2 British heavy weapons).

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>>52303476
I like that. Have you tried shaving a few bits, make it a bit shorter or tighter for minis?

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I'd like to make a small skirmish army of Union Colored Troops for the ACW. What is your opinion about this, or similair conversion pack to turn the plastic ACW units into colored infantry miniatures by headswapping?

Could the same result be achieved by just painting the plastic miniatures with a dark skintone?

>>52302614
The shields are a bit plain for my liking but they look good.

>>52289238
Khartoum of course

Hi Guys,

I kindley requesting some PDFs. Would be nice if somebody can help me:

1. "Special Forces in the War on Terror" from Osprey Publishing
https://ospreypublishing.com/special-forces-in-the-war-on-terror

2. Still missing Force on Force Supplements (Osprey Version):
FOF COMP 3 - Ambush Valley - Vietnam 1965-1975
FOF COMP 6 - Bush Wars - Africa 1967-2010
FOF COMP 7 - Fallujah - Iraq 2004
FOF COMP 8 - Classified - Special Operations Missions 1940-2010

The other 4 Books I have already found in the modern folder in OP. The Ambush Valley book from the Vietnam folder belong to the old Ambush Alley ruleset. I search for the Osprey version.

3. Line of Fire Magazine (Lock'n' Load Publishing)
I request the Line of Fire Magazine (LoF) from Lock'n'Load Publishing (LnL) as PDFs.

4. Fireteam: Modern 2.0 - Modern Miniature Wargame Rules by Rory Crabb
http://www.wargamevault.com/product/196344/FireteamModern-20--Modern-Miniature-Wargame-Rules?filters=0_0_0&manufacturers_id=10

Thanks for any help!

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>>52304496
yes I've cut the length down a lot actually. it's kinda still not enough, I think.
I should have gone with brown or dark green fur though. the light green one is just too bright.

M113

>>52303455
Kek, those dude standing on top of a fired boiler. Even if it is water jacketed they'll still melt their boots off.

Warrior

So i got a Churchill as a gift from a friend who dragged me into BA recently as brits. And altough i have painted many Shermans and 40k tanks before I know brit armour used diffrent colours a bit. What would be the best paints to paint the Hull+Tracks with? Vallejo or GW paints would be peffered.

>>52309946
I just used the same Olive Drab as with other British vehicles (see: >>52253619 ). As stated, when fresh, they were similar to US OD, but when faded, was more greener.

If you have access to an airbrush, get the AK SCC13 (if I recall correctly) paint.

>>52309946
Vallejo Russian Uniform 924 makes for a decent slightly faded british OD.

>>52309946
Vallejo Brown Violet, Russian Uniform and Green Grey are your friends.

BMP

Been rather quiet recently lads.

>>52312356
I've been very busy with non hwg projects honestly.

>>52312356
Just painting some 6mm lad, got another comfy delivery from Scotia

>>52312942
non hwg projects? Idonbelefit

>>52310867
>>52310232
>>52310091
What about the tracks tough?

>>52314697
How people paint tracks is quite a borad subject. I go for a very dark grey with a light metallic drybrush. This is then washed black and finally weathering powders (sand, mud, rush whatever fits your forces) is applied.

/hwg/, if you would pick an alternative to Fistful of TOWs for the same scope, it would be ____

>>52315482
FiveCore brigade commander maybe?

>>52315482
FiveCore Brigade Commander or Cold War/Blitzkreig Commander

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>>52315482
I wouldn't.

>>52316233
Also this. It seems really intimidating but once you start to read it's damn easy to understand.

>>52316233
>>52315482
How important is infantry basing in FFoT? Can I use the guys I based for 6mm Team Yankee (small, med, large rectangular bases) or do the bases have to be round?

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>>52318386

Fuck, the dirt under that guy's nails on the left...

>>52318386
The flags on the ships are blowing in different directions and this makes me sad.

>>52320744
Nope, there's no basing convention so long as both players use the same sizes.

>>52323171
It makes me more sad that all these otherwise beautiful ship models have no sails at all.

Plastic Firelocks arrived today.

I really like them so far, and I'll probably mix in some of the advancing musketeers from the standard infantry box. The two metal command minis are really awesome. I have to check if Warlord sells them separately, which would be nice if they did, as I use the GW WotR trays with 8 minis on it, so this box would give me two units, enough for two armies as one unit per army is allowed.

If I want to play tank battles for WW2 what ruleset would be the most fun?

>>52326001
How would you define fun?

Prolly BF's "Tanks!"

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>>52326001
Rapid Fire for 20mm
http://www.mediafire.com/file/axakwzwtx0c2826/Rapid+Fire+2E.pdf
Blitzkreig Commander for 6mm
https://mega.nz/#!2p8yTQbA!EIZTUGcO9WT1YSm7sz6GrEUQ-bYP0-p4tnrbkMFjFeg

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Who's going to Salute then?

>>52326333
I am not this year I'm afraid, having been the past three.

>>52314010
I've been painting board game figures desu

>>52326659
Wouldn't be stuff for Imperial Assault would it?

>>52327065
Nah, Mansions of Madness

What's your preferred turn order system? IGOUGO? Bolt Action's dice bag? IABSM's card mechanic?

>>52328956
Alternating phases or alternating activation.

>>52328956
Alternating or the likes of BA.

>>52328956
I don't have the time necessary to read up on new systems, but how does IABSM work with that?

>>52329090
If it's anything like Sharp Practice or Mud & Blood, you have a deck of cards containing one card for each officer (big man) on both sides as well as stuff like cards for random events, hidden troops etc.

You draw a card from the deck and that determines what happens

> If it's a big man's card, he can give orders to whatever troops he's leading
> If it's an event then whatever the event is occurs (this is scenario-specific)
> A 'blinds' card lets all hidden troops on whatever side the card belongs to make their move
> A turn end card (for instance the 'Time for a snifter' card in Mud & Blood) causes all cards to be reshuffled into the deck and signals the start of a new 'turn'

>>52329090

You put activation cards for various units/events (such as reinforcements arriving) in a deck along with an End Turn card. You keep drawing cards and activating that unit/event until you hit the End Turn card, then you do the end of turn cleanup, add drawn cards back into the deck, reshuffle, and start the next turn.

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>You must BMP without rhythm, so you won't attract the worm

How are the projects going, /hwg/?

>>52333749
I couldn't come up with anything yet...I don't really want to do that Type 89 just yet, other than that...I don't really have anything. I kitbashed a halberdier for the Thirty Years War, but one figure would hardly be a meaningful contribution.

Has anybody managed to find a copy of Gripping Beast's Sword Point yet? I've been wondering if it is a nice game to upsize my saga armies to.

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>>52326001
Ostfront is pretty fun. Quick, deadly and fun. PDF related is the quick fire with everything you need to play some games.
Main rules etc. are here:
http://www.wargamevault.com/product/191978/Ostfront--Main-Rules

>>52328956
My preferred is simultaneous hidden moves, but its harder to implement. You either need double blind and a referee, or something like Wings of War which only works for a small number of units.

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>>52333749
Looks like I'm going to do 8 Fairey Swordfish. Pretty obsolete by the time WW2 got going.

Should be a hilarious addition to our 1/600 RAF / FAA

>>52334898
Sounds like a blast. I've got some friends painted for your swordfish to meet. As soon as I'm done with my last three pieces, I'll post and you can have a larf.

>>52334874
Worth noting Ostfront Anon gave us the rules as a Christmas present so they should be in the Mediafire. But if you have the cash spare you should support the guy.

>>52334874

Man, I would love to play a double blind refereed game. Someday I will.

>>52336225
You can watch a double blind game from the 90s here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTcfTX055_c

4 players go head to head in a pretty cool Vietnam mission. Hilarity ensues.

The less you know about what and where the enemy is, the more scared you are, and the more you second guess your own decisions.

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>>52338279
>Beer on the table without even a coaster

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>>52338279

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Groovy 80s bump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQdXm8v-2g8&ab_channel=chillman2743

Quick, I need Cold War pictures that could be used as a book cover!

>>52334898
>Swordfish
>Obsolete

Dpn't you ever, EVER say that about my planefu again.

I really wanna try wargaming but there's basically no scene for it around me. Most I've got is a hole in the wall shop that only caters to Magic players.

Is it possible to play any of the major hwg's online using Maptools, Vassal, or anything like that?

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>>52343184
Hex & chit gaming seems to have a solid scene online, especially ASL

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Shit's getting real. Plastic British Airborne and King Tiger from Warlord Games.

(Will probably hold out for a Rubicon KT without the zimmerit though)

>>52342626
>Dpn't you ever, EVER say that about my planefu again.
Exactly, it's almost the ultimate stealth ambush predator. The cloth and wire construction combined with the plastic torpedo result in almost no radar signature to speak of.

>>52344114
Plastic paras are good for African merc conversions with some TAG FALs etc.

>>52344114
>Oddball's crew on the lower shelf

Nice.

Quite disappointed with the new warlord Japanese spear fighters, sculpts look pretty poor desu. The plastic chi ha's look alright though.

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>>52345361
True.
The Australian infantry looks superb, but the spear fighter look just terrible. They would have looked terrible 10 years ago too.

The tank seems to be pretty good, and it comes with both turret options which always is nice.
I might pick one up, just to have it on my shelf.


I'm a bit hyped about the pics of the british airborne sprue actually.

>>52345430
At least no prone mini this time.

>>52345499
Which is a shame in my mind.

I get your (and others) point though, but having at least one prone body per nation is super useful for building weapon teams and such.

>>52345597
No, fuck prone bodies. They are a waste of sprue. You want a weapon team? Go buy a weapon team. I'm really fucking tired of not being able to use every fifth or sixth mini per sprue because it's prone.

Also, have fun with prone minis and TLoS.

>>52345636
>Go buy a weapon team.

There are no plastic weapon teams..

>Also, have fun with prone minis and TLoS.

Have fun with your WAAC opponents.

>>52345662
>Have fun with your WAAC opponents.
What the fuck is the correlation between the two?

Also yeah, why would be a weapon team you need one or two of on a sprue of 5 men anyway? Sure, take space away from two rifles so you can't arm all of them with the most common infantry weapon, but you need a fucking medium machine gun or whatever per sprue so you'll have fifteen of them after yu've built 1-2 platoons.

>>52345708
>What the fuck is the correlation between the two?

Normal players won't start anything troublesome if bodies are prone and it comes to line of sight.

I never had this "problem".

>>52345708
Most of the less 'gamey' rulesets do not use TLoS because it's fucking awful and leads to some people being cunts.

My Chinese warlord order arrived from copplestone! 20 infantry, some with dao on their backs. An MG team and a command squad. So excited to get started.

>>52346212
I should try to finish my warlord army off, just some marching infantry and some bandits and I'm done.

>>52345430
Definitely, their proportions are really odd and don't get me started on the faces. If anything the spear armed troops should be women and children if we are being historical.

>>52346303
Oh a fellow warlord! I'll be sure to post pics of mine when I get off work.

>>52344114
Are those new black powder figures in the back? I wonder what country/war.

>>52346943
British Heavy Dragoons

>>52346943
>>52346953
Also the infantry appear to be Russians.

>>52346970
It looks like Russian infantry from the Crimean war, so maybe they're gonna release a supplement for black powder, as well as new plastic British infantry.

>>52347069
I'm sure they'll somehow make them to be WW2 Germans desu.

LAV-75

So folks, if I were to write a Thirty Years War system based on the LotR SBG rules, should I go "use the base rules for Legends of the High Seas", or take Rebellion's approach of tweaking it a tad and release it on its own?

Beasts of War has an interview with the Blood and Plunder guys up on the FB page in their 2nd adepticon live video. Some new stuff for the game coming this year as well, pretty hyped.

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Painted some trucks and BMPs lads.

What's a good medieval skirmish game? I've looked at Saga but the rules just don't seem appealing.

>>52352522
Looking good anon.

>>52352837
Chevauchee gets mentioned often. I didn't see the rules in the mediafire, though.

If you want something more lighthearted, Bashing the Bishop is good fun as well.

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>>52353620
Bashing the Bishop PDF if you're interested.

>>52346212
Awesome! Cool period. What system do you plan on running them with? opposition? or just warlord v warlord?

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>>52352837
Lords and Servants is up in the .pdf folders for another option.

>>52352522
I approve.

News Arthur Saga book PDF?

>>52353620
>Chevauchee

Should be in the OP though.

>>52344114
motherfucking fuck I just fucking bought a metal king tiger from them

>>52357535
>metal king tiger
holy shit, how do you even transport that thing?

>>52357535
Nobody stopping you from getting a plastic one too to have both turret versions.

I'm actually curious if they give out a sprue of infantry with it like they did with the past soviet tank releases.

>>52357535
If it's a display piece it's ok!
If it's for gaming 28mm was already a mistake

>>52357578
Not him, but i love my ever growing collection of 1/48 scale tanks and vehicles. Some of the tanks work in 28mm, others don't but thats mostly due to the points/rules. Still nice to have all the options.

>>52350427
Well, no answer but I gave it a round of thinking, and I think I'd make a standalone game.

Stay tuned.

Blood and Plunder demo game from Adepticon with Beasts of War.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ2qfErSAiA

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>>52353620
> Bashing the Bishop is good fun as well.

I bet it is

>>52356202
I'm not seeing it under medieval or ancients unless I'm blind and/or dumb

hwg, I need you to pick a battle for me to play as I cant decide myself, the system's DBA and I can cover more or less any pairing you come up with, but here's what I have available;

More or less anyone from ancient to early renaissance Europe, Middle East or North Africa, also English Civil War (all factions) or Napoleonic Wars (major factions)

I'll do whatever the first response is and take a couple of pictures. Thanks.

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>>52344114

Plastic KT.

I have been waiting for this day.
Prayers have been answered, and on top off that the tracks look okay compared to that horrible panther track gap on the front.

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>>52345636

You are a weird guy, i had to buy individual sprues from Warlord store to get enough prone guys to make 2 man mg teams for germans. And you dont want prone figures?
Absolute madman.

>>52358436
Achaemenid invasions of the Indus Valley.

>>52358399
I assumed i got my version from there.

Anyway, here is what i have in my /hwg/ folder:

https://www.mediafire.com/?a9vt7ps7cud7tfi

>>52358504
>https://www.mediafire.com/?a9vt7ps7cud7tfi

Just FYI this isn't the final version and the game on release is significantly different and has a lot more stuff in it.

>>52358479
I'd love to, but the Indus Valley is as about as easterly as my armies go. Asia and India especially are huge gaps I've been wanting to fill for years. Terribly sorry, I can do Achaemenids vs anyone else? or you could choose something else. Sorry!

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>>52358399
I don't seem to have an actual finished copy myself, which explains why it hasn't been uploaded. I do have what is apparently the Beta v4.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/6s2sk5a12x3z313/Chevauchee+Beta+Rules+v4.pdf

>>52358516
Thanks, but that is implied by "beta", isn't it?

Still, it gives a bit of an overview of the rules which makes it easier to determine if its worth the purchase or not.

>>52358519
What about Achaemenids vs New Kingdom Egypt?

>>52358555
Done!

>>52358563
I expect lots of chariots.

>>52358530
Just wanted to make that clear, so people don't draw the wrong impression from my earlier drafts of the game.

>>52358583
A fair few, but only on the Egyptian side I'm afraid. My Achaemenids or one of my earliest (painted) armies so they're pretty rough looking, please no bully.

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>>52358583
Starting positions

>>52358999
Round 5, Egyptians are 1 up.

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>>52359155
Forgot pic

>>52358436
Swedish war of liberation 1521-1523
Since the north was late into the renaissance I bet you can make it work

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>>52359193
3-1 Egyptian

>>52359554
Might be a bit of a stretch but I'll have a look. Will probably be a mix of other nations armies.

>>52359645

Which moron ordered Achaemenid Auxilia out of rough terrain and out in the open?
And against Chariots no less?

>>52359734
This moron I'm afraid. I'm getting desperate.

>>52359788
Are you playing solo or vs an opponent?

>>52359788
No wonder - half of your army is auxilia vs. Bows on the Egyptian.
The good news is: most of the problem troops in your army will soon be removed.

Gotta go check the DBA army lists, but:
Are there ANY matchups vs. Egypt in your army? ('cuz I don't see any)

>>52359883
Solo, explains the more erratic behaviour.

>>52359915
Egypt
4 light chariot
2 bows
4 spears
1 blade
1 psiloi

Achaemenid (not list accurate)
3 cavalry
1 light horse
3 bows
2 spears
3 auxiliary

>>52359645
>All Hail Pharaoh Psmatik III! A glorious victory has been bestowed upon him by the gods. The skulls of fifty thousand Persians line the banks of the Nile!

6-3 to the Egyptians in a complete reversal of history.

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>>52360120

>>52359986

Yep - Achaemenids would've been fucked in any case.
There aren't many bad matchups here - but they're enough.

Fortunately, DBA is quick-playing, so their end will at least be mercifully quick.

>>52360120

God, I love wikipedia - seeing the 'reversal of history' I immediatelly went on it to check what you were talking about.

Yeah - this is one of the weak points of DBA: all armies are presented as equal in size - when (usually) they obviously weren't.

Like the battle just now: if I understand correctly, it's based on Achaemenid conquest of Egypt - which they managed by having twice as many troops as Egyptians.

But you didn't have twice as many troops here.

>>52358999
>>52359193
>>52359645
>>52360137

Thanks for the report! I always thought ancients were nifty, but never have given them much thought as to actually playing them.

>>52359554
How do these armies sound? (based on very cursory knowledge/research)

Kalmar-Danish
2 Knights
1 Cavalry
1 Light Horse
1 Crossbow
3 Blades (Halberds)
2 Pikes
1 Psiloi
all infantry units in this army being represented by Landsknechts.

Swedish Rebels
1 Knight
5 Warband (enraged peasants)
2 Auxiliaries (more peasants)
1 Fast Blade (Axemen)
3 Blades (Swedish Halberd Infantry)

>>52360649
No problem. Wouldn't call it much of a report but I'm glad you liked it. You should give ancients a go some time, lots of fun.

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For a uni course I need to give a demonstration speech and I was hoping to teach and demonstrate a basic wargame. Because it's nation focused I decided to reference the UK wargaming tradition, but I'm not sure what would be a good, quick scenario to run.

Its either this or Kazakhstan and nuclear bomb decommissioning and I'd rather have an excuse to use all my D6s.

>>52360932
Phantoms are sexy. If Vietnam hadn't ended sooner, my dad would've more than likely wound up as second seat on one, and I might not be here. So yeah.

>>52361047
They are absolutely the most sexy airframe ever put into service in the US, right behind the B-1B.

>>52360785
I'm going to do this battle next thread.

>>52354836
Where are them leopards from lad? Might have to get some

Does anyone know where I could find the latest SAGA faqs and erratas?

>>52362968
Checked the saga/gripping beast website already?

>>52362985
I've tried, but I can't seem to find them on their news/blog section. I would have checked studio tomahawk's site too but it's under construction.