/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
Modern Spearhead

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30th May in military history:

AD 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres.
1381 – Beginning of the Peasants' Revolt in England.
1431 – Hundred Years' War: In Rouen, France, the 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal. The Roman Catholic Church remembers this day as the celebration of Saint Joan of Arc.
1434 – Hussite Wars: Battle of Lipany: Effectively ending the war, Utraquist forces led by Diviš Bořek of Miletínek defeat and almost annihilate Taborite forces led by Prokop the Great.
1510 – During the reign of the Zhengde Emperor, Ming dynasty rebel leader Zhu Zhifan is defeated by commander Qiu Yue, ending the Prince of Anhua rebellion.
1588 – The last ship of the Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel.
1635 – Thirty Years' War: The Peace of Prague is signed.
1814 – Napoleonic Wars: War of the Sixth Coalition: The Treaty of Paris (1814) is signed returning French borders to their 1792 extent. Napoleon is exiled to Elba.
1868 – Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "Memorial Day") is observed in the United States for the first time.
1899 – Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
1913 – The Treaty of London is signed, ending the First Balkan War.
1941 – World War II: Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climb the Athenian Acropolis and tear down the German flag.
1942 – World War II: One thousand British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.
1967 – The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war.
1972 – In Tel Aviv, Israel, members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport massacre, killing 24 people and injuring 78 others.

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It is 583 years since the Battle of Lipany (in Czech: Bitva u Lipan, also called the Battle of Český Brod) was fought at Lipany, 40 km east of Prague, and virtually ended the fifteen-year-long Hussite Wars. An army of Utraquist nobility and Catholics, called the Bohemian League, defeated the radical Taborites and Orphans (or Sirotci) led by Prokop the Great, the overall commander, and by Jan Čapek of Sány, the cavalry commander.

The radicals had set up a Wagenburg on a strategically advantageous hill, and both armies stood against each other for some time. An attempt by the Utraquists to negotiate and resolve the conflict peacefully failed due to irreconcilable positions of the two sides. Three days after the unsuccessful negotiations, the Leaguers advanced to the radicals' encampment; although the following mutual cannonade was harmless due to distance between the two armies, to the surprise of the radicals the Leaguers began to retreat with all their wagons.

Thinking that the enemy was fleeing, the radicals' commanders opened the Wagenburg to attack the Leaguers' formation, not knowing that the retreat was a trick to draw them out of the Wagenburg. As the radicals approached the Leaguers' army, the Leaguers stopped and began to fire from their wagons. At the same time, the Leaguers' heavy cavalry, which had been hidden near the radicals' camp, undertook a surprise attack from the side and penetrated into the open Wagenburg. The radicals' army quickly collapsed and the commander of the Orphans' cavalry, Čapek of Sány, fled with all his men to the nearby town of Kolín.

The battle now changed into a massacre of the lightly equipped radical forces. Both Prokop the Great and Prokůpek (Prokop the Lesser) were killed, holding "the last stand" at the wagons. Some prominent leaders of the radicals were captured, but about 700 ordinary soldiers who surrendered after promises of renewed military service were burned to death in nearby barns.

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>>53504143
As a consequence of the battle, the Taborite army was markedly weakened, and the Orphans virtually ceased to exist as a military force. The road towards acceptance of the Compacts of Basel was now open, and it was signed on 5 July 1436 in Jihlava. The next month, Sigismund was accepted as King of Bohemia by all major factions. Sigismund commented on the Battle of Lipany that "the Bohemians could be overcome only by Bohemians."

The last formation of Taborites under the command of Jan Roháč of Dubá was besieged at his castle Sion near Kutná Hora. It was then captured by Sigismund's forces, and on 9 September 1437 Roháč, still refusing to accept Sigismund as his King, was hanged in Prague. With the wars officially over, many Hussites were now hired by the same countries whom they had sacked during their "spanilé jízdy" or "beautiful rides" - their version of the chevauchee.

The Hussites are a fascinating choice for a wargaming army, what with their wagons, firearms, and burning fanaticism. They are well-represented across a number of systems and tend to be one of the most effective forces you can field. Their popularity also means a broad selection of avaliable miniatures across all scales.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/jbnm8prrz1443g4/Osprey+-+MAA+166+-+German+Medieval+Armies+1300-1500.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/file/68jgaimnx24vnqm/Osprey+-+MAA+409+-+The+Hussite+Wars+1419-36.pdf

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>>53502514
>Anyone have the elite series osprey book on the home guard?

http://www.mediafire.com/file/pfzzrdyn4oph5dr/Osprey+-+ELI+109+-+British+Home+Front+1939-45.pdf

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Mods are asleep, post Bolt Action.

Picked up this resin cast 155mm howitzer from a friend a while back for Bolt Action. Casting quality is kinda eh. I might cover it in improvised camo.

Anyone have PDFs of the ASL Journals?

>>53504286
if i had any more they would be in the OP. wish i did have more

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>>53500348
Sorry for the late reply, but Ostfront would work fine. Its pretty simple and gets the job done.

Rapid fire is another option, although its a bit more complex iirc.
20mm is a great scale for getting into WW2 gaming though - many cheap minis and wide variety.

>>53507050
How did you make your hills?

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>>53507427
I'm not sure, those were just hills from the club. My guess is carved polysyrene on a cardboard or MDF base, textured paint or sand applied with PVA, then painted - base coat and light drybrush.

Question:
So I read some of the last kingdom books years ago and I always wondered how realistic the whole shieldwall thing was and if there are any games the represents shieldwalls well. It sounds really boring for a game, as both players have equal amounts of guys woth shields and they just line up to hit each other..
>>53504143
>>53504174
Fascinating read. The fanatics really do sound interesting from a modelling point of view.

What are some good actual roleplaying games that deal with historical settings? Not table top with figures but something like DnD?

>>53507837
>>53507837
Twilight2k, Song of Swords and that jet plane mercenary game (planes and mercs ? Cant remember the name) seem to be popular on /tg/. You can also find more obscure ones in the pdf share thread, like 1 or 2 for vietnam games.
I never played any if these though. Also Gurps?

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>>53507643
>if there are any games the represents shieldwalls well
I think SAGA handles it in some detail

>>53507837
There are historical RPGs for pretty much every period you could name, and we have a few in our folders. Was there a particular setting you were looking at?

>>53504263
>from a friend
From Mad Bob? I have the same one

Anyone have experience playing Battlegroup? I'm looking at the rules and they seem pretty solid. But I'm wondering if anyone has any direct commentary, also how well FoW infantry stands convert to use in Battlegroup.

Are there any companies that do WW2 British troops armed with Lewis guns?

>>53509456
>in 28mm?

>>53509456
You mean in BDs with Lewis guns?

I saw some late interwar with lewis guns recently but I can't for the life of me remember where.

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>>53509456
>>53509472
Foundry have a Lewis gunner in their Home Guard Heavy Weapons set. Also they're a common item with LRDG minis, if you're going to be playing North Africa.

>>53507643
Dux Britanniarum has shield walls, but only for the Romans I think.

It can be interesting and not boring, flanking and taunting that draws enemies out of formation are real possibilities to break a formation.

>>53509415
Battlegroup rules are indeed pretty solid, I like them. There's a few quirks and gaps, but most can be resolved by checking official forums or Dispatches #2, which had a big faq & errata section and can be found on the net.

Only real discussion we had was about the sense of observation rolls before aimed fire, which seem a lot more logical if you actually read the rulebook, which also has their reasoning behind the rule (which in itself I find rather charming).

FoW basing is fine with Battlegroup without any conversions, just might need to mark casualties with dice or add a few single miniatures if you don't have the right amount of anything.

>>53510260
DuxBrit doesn't have Romans, unless you mean Romano-British.

Also both sides in the base book (R-B and Saxons) get shieldwalls

>>53509415
Great game. Only suggestion, since too many people seem to have a problem with it, is don't bother allocating ammo to AP/HE pre-game, just count ammo during play and use the appropriate type.

FoW models convert over very well. If you have plenty of FoW 3-, 4-, and/or 5-man teams then modelling a few 2-man and/or individually-based infantrymen is useful, plus casualty counters.

>>53508553
>I think SAGA handles it in some detail

Not really - some of the factions get some defensive abilities on their battleboards to represent shieldwalls, but that's all.

SAGA is really more of a thematic game than a historical game, but it still holds a very high place in my heart.

Does anyone play Hail Caesar?

>>53511413
I think of it this way, if you and your mates/club want to put together a detailed recreation of, say, the Battle of Stamford Bridge, maybe don't use SAGA.

If however, you've had a long day and just want to drink some beers, throw some goddamned dice and have viking fights, it's perfect.

>>53511419

Not many. Played years ago, but it's truly a lite system with no depth (like BP and P&S). Plus it's somewhat badly written.

It's a pity that BA annihilated all the other rulesets from Warlord.

>>53511419
Not personally but to add to >>53511653 most people I have seen who do play it tend to modify/houserule the shit out of it (the Camp Cromwell lads are a good example of this)

Any sources (preferably UK) for 1/56 / 28mm artillery, especially Soviet? I know Heer46 make the B-4 Howitzer; are there any that make the A-19, or the BS-3?

>>53512081
kingshobbiesandgames.com

He can print in any scale you want and has several guns to offer.

>>53512081
Trenchworkx has a 122mm M-30 1938.
Mad Bob Miniatures has a few guns, including a 152mm M1909 (/30) lookalike, the "Canon de 155 mle 1917".

Can't say anything about the quality of either.

>>53513851
I've heard good things about Trenchworx, but they're pretty expensive.
Mad Bob, can't say I've ever heard of them. I'll give them a look, thanks.
>>53513747
US shipping D:

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What would be the best way to rip a webpage?

I mean, this blog
http://miniaturasmilitaresalfonscanovas.blogspot.com

It's pretty much a treasure trove of pretty interesting scans in foreign languages(the Spanish civil war section is pretty good). But they seem to be asking for donation so i'm afraid they might go down at some point.

So if i wanted to download that blog, and all the pictures including the bigger versions, what would be the best way to do it?

OT-64

Anyone know some good ww1 game systems?

>>53518221
Through the Mud & the Blood.

>>53518221
Through Mud and Blood, or Warhammer The Great War, or Bolt Action.

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Mounted my dragon's teeth on a clear base so I can put them on any table and they won't look out of place.

>>53519003
If you're going to do that why base them at all? Could you not just put them down on the table as they are?

>>53519052
I could, but then they'd get knocked around, scattered, lost, etc. Plus, this is way quicker.

>>53519085
Can't argue with that I suppose.

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>>53519124
And now that Bolt Action has rules for taking fortifications, it matters.

>>53514409
>What would be the best way to rip a webpage?
ask /g/ i guess

>>53514409
>http://miniaturasmilitaresalfonscanovas.blogspot.com
On Chrome
>3 dots on the right of the address bar
>More tools
>Save page as

Save it as a PDF and you should be golden.

>>53513971
Trenchworx is phenomenal quality.

>>53507837
Check out Recon

>>53504188
Excellent thanks, its a shit shame about the warlord games version of dads army, nice minis but why slotta base!?

>>53524724
What's wrong with slotta? If you absolutely have to you can just cut the tab off.

>>53511694
To add to his question, what is a recommended ruleset for medieval wargaming? Anything decent ruleset that can do Antiquity up to Late Medieval?

>>53524834
They are out of place with the entirety of the rest of the range.

Tried the whole slotta to flat bases...looked awful and id rather not by minis that need extra prep-work.

Slotta itself isnt the problem, its just they are not the norm when it comes to historical.

Test of Honor doesn't seem very historical, but the cards are cool.

LAV-75

>>53527518
Your mom.

>>53525222
Impetus/basic Impetus. Fast, but with flavour still, and works.

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>Watch "March or Die"
>Desire to buy 1920s French Foreign Legion increases
>Its a conflict no one would ever play

Hold me senpaitachi

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does anyone has a Warlord games coupon for may/ june? 10% off or something?

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>>53532788
>Its a conflict no one would ever play
Perhaps, but it's pretty popular theme in wargaming nonetheless. I had the old 1/72 "Fort Sahara" box from Airfix with FFL and Arab raiders, and we used to play the classic "hold the fort to the last" scenario with regularity at my club.

Been thinking about starting with Battlegroup, i think i will go with 2 armies (german and brits) because i have no one near to play with and want to play 45 and be backwards compatible. Think ican convince one of my friends to play one if the armies.So question: where do i get cheap minis when i live in germany? Also which scale and any paint guides for untalented fucks like me?

>>53532788
My dearest anon! Death in the Dark Continent was just re-released, it's in the OP too, it has lists for the earlier FFL, but it's still there!

>>53533090
If you want to go cheap, you can't go wrong with 1/72.

>>53533090
15mm is a good scale, lots of WW2 stuff made in that scale thanks to Flames of Wars popularity.

If you're playing brits and have any interest in universal carriers, Plastic Soldier Company has a box with 9 of the things for a little over 17 pounds. Shipping doesn't look too bad to the UK as well.

>>53533090
Go to Plastic Soldier Review, periods, WW2, check which box do you like, and grab those along with a can of Plastidip.

In 1:72 I can recommend:
British:
- Caesar British army x2 for the infantry
- HaT British Mortars and Machine Guns, 1 of each for every heavy weapon needs
- PSC's Sherman M4A4 and Firefly box. If you have a mouldbro, he can make extra running gear and lower body so you can make 6 tanks out of the box, but otherwise 2 M4A4 and 1 Firefly is what you'll need
- Any two Caesar later German box - Panzergrenadiers looks the best usually. Alternatively, 1 box of PSC's German infantry.
- 1 box of PSC's German heavy weapons, OR Armourfast's German Machine Guns and Mortars box, one of each
- 1 box of PSC's Pz IV.

This will give you two nice big forces to play late war battles with, for probably less than 50 Euros sans postage. PSC likes to do sales, or check Modelhobbies, Hannants, or your favoured hobby shop. As to expanding them:
- AT guns: PSC does a nice 6pdr box with two guns and two tows plus lots of crew. For Germans, Italeri has a nice Pak-40 box.
- Armoured Cars: Brits don't have much in plastic, grab a Ready-to-Roll Humber IV, Staghound or whatever you fancy from Rapid Fire's site, or check Early War Miniatures. For Germans, Italeri did some of SdKfz 234s, Roden did a ton, ICM has some 222s, there are plenty of them around.
- Arty: PSC's 25pdr for the Brits, if you can find that, Revell's 105mm for the Krauts, really lovely kit. If you can't, then Armourfast's 105mm guns.

Think that's all if you want to start in 1:72, will post my two lists for BG.

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>>53533090
agreed with the other anon. 1/72 is cheap as hell and usually available at your local toystore or model store. Especially WW2. You should be able to get a box of 1/72 german and british infantry as well as a few tanks and vehicles per side in any decent toy store.

As for painting, undercoat them with white spraypaint - the tamiya ultrafine white primer is very nice. Then just paint the basic colors of the miniature, make them a bit brighter than the final color you want. Use ospreys or google image searches for reference.
Then just brush the whole thing with a bit of nuln oil (available from any games workshop store) and you're done.
At least this is my simple method for painting, some people go into much more detail. For 1/72 this method works fine though.

>>53533210
Brits (495 pts, 33 BR):
- 3 men forward HQ in White Scout Car (from Italeri - not easy to find nowadays, alternatives are available)
- Motor Inf. Platoon (all in M5 Halftracks, PSC), PIAT team, Medic, Vickers, medium mortar, 6pdr gun
- Tank platoon, 2x M4, 1x Firefly
- Forward observer in Daimler Dingo
- off table mortar
- 1 Daimler Armoured Car (I think from Hasegawa)

Germans (494 pts, 30 BR)
- Forward HQ in Kübel (Italeri did/does a box with two of them)
- Grenadier Platoon w/ HMG, medic, PShreck, medium mortar, Pak 40
- Tank Platoon: 3x Pz IV G
- Forward Observer in Kübel
- off table mortar
- 2x Snipers
- 2x SdKfz (if you don't mind old models, Airfix does a 222+Kübel box)
- 88mm gun (Zvezda or Italeri)

Hope this helped. You should probably start with smaller armies, one platoon per side or so.

>>53533090
>>53533113
Yep, 1/72 is a great scale to begin Battlegroup with.

Living in Germany you can buy at one of the many online retailers (Fantasyladen, Battlefield Berlin, Modellbauversand Hanke, etc.) or check if there isn't a shop in your area. Ordering from the UK also isn't that expensive, most of the time.

If you're just starting out and want to know about the quality of certain miniatures you can check Plastic Soldier Review or one of the other review sites (easy googling).

Also check for local wargaming clubs, I've been pleasantly suprised. Having two armies and thus being able to "pull someone in" is a definite bonus, though, even if you find one.

>>53533266

Wow thank you guys this is more than i could ask for, will definately give it a look and will try to post results as soon as i have some.

Any tips for terrain?

>>53533472
Since you're in Germany, the home of every model train maker ever, go for flea markets and look for H0 scale buildings. Most railway stuff fits pretty nicely with WW2. Other than that, Sarissa has some affordable laser cut terrain you can take a look at.

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>>53518481
>Bolt Action
He said good.

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>>53534414

>>53533090
As a fellow german i can recommend using ebay as a source for minis in 1/72. There are plenty of smaller traders offering tons of nice 1/72 stuff.
You also might find Revell minis in your local Kaufhof or any other store with a toys section.

For example:
http://www.ebay.de/sch/clabenlu/m.html?item=142396243950&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562

>>53534707
>>53533090
http://www.ebay.de/sch/114303/m.html?Category=114303&_saslop=1&_ssn=1.figurenminiaturenshop&_nkw=&_sacat=114303&sellerName=1%252Efigurenminiaturenshop

/hwg/ I have a problem.
I live in the United States.
I have an entire battalion of 15mm WW2 Brits.
I need rattle-can primer in the correct shade to match their uniforms, and their armor.
PSC cannot ship aerosols, they are in the UK.
I am too autistic to have shades that are not historically accurate.

>>53536067
Buy an airbrush and Vallejo English Uniform.

>>53536067
>in the correct shade

Be careful what you ask for...

>>53536067
>historically accurate.
>ww2 uniform colour

Contain your autism, you're going down a path that many have been driven mad by the terrible truth at the end of it.

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>>53536600
very true. For that very reason I deliberately don't paint all my uniforms uniform but with slight variations in color.
only thing that has fucked me up real hard was when the other day I've found out that the 101st seemingly did not have the US flag on their shoulder during Normandy, which of course I painted on each and every fucking one of them. FUCK!

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>>53536114
>>53536600
>>53537060
Why can't it all be simple? Why must you tread on my dreams?

>>53537106
http://theplasticsoldiercompany.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=530

Here you go.

>>53537139
>Please note we cannot ship this product to customers outside Europe.
I need to find a local retailer. 0 for 3 on that so far.

>>53537271
Just go to Facebook and ask them for an US supplier.

>>53531789
Nice. Any idea what system/style of game this had been?

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All the scans of the Chevauchée rules I can find say "beta rules." Does anyone have a release version or whatever? Much obliged

>>53537271
Less than a minute of googling later:
https://www.michtoy.com/item-PSC-SP0008-Plastic_Soldier_Company_Warsprays:_Infantry_Spray__British_Khaki.html

>>53532788
Is French Foreign Legion a game, or do you just mean figurines of FFL soldiers of that era in general? Because the FFL fought in every major war France has been involved in since 1830 and pretty much every colonial conflict. In WW2 FFL regiments fought both for Vichy and the Free French (their shining moment of glory being Bir Hakeim, which Churchill deemed instrumental for the victory at El Alamein). FFL figurines could really shine in a WW2 African campaign.

>>53508315
thanks
>>53508553
I suppose just about any setting, but something set in the American Civil War would be pretty cool

>>53532788
Osprey has the men who would be kings rules set, might be appropriate for what you are looking at.

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Finally had a chance to play Blood and Plunder. And holyshitI'minlove! The game is pure awesome, in all the ways that matter (well, aside from players, there it may of course differ locally).

>>53530039
thanks anon!

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next up on the table!

a blast from the past. SPIs 1947 release of 'Wolfpack' by the legendary Jim Dunnigan

>>53541004
err 1974.....bleh.....

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I think TTCombat are a bit mad - this is their new depot for 28mm and it's huge

>>53541004
The Das Boot soundtrack better be playing

>>53537781
Think it was written by a guy in the thread.

>>53541395
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKXi7f7AFmU

>>53536600
Hey, at least he isn't using feldgrau.

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>>53542187
(forgot image)

>>53537781
Ivan's a top bloke so we don't post his stuff here unless he does it himself.

>>53542234
Ivan didn't write Chevauchee, an anon did.

Still a top bloke, as is anon.

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Anyone else here that collects Macedonians or Successors? Currently assembling more Brazen Shields for my Seleukid army under the command of Antiochus IV. I'm really looking forward to future releases from Victrix, including their cavalry that will soon be released.

I have a historical question that HWG might be uniquely qualified to answer:

In the case of an officer (let's call him "Fuckface") who has both a flag-rank and a noble title, would he be "Brigadier Baron Fuckface" or "Baron Brigadier Fuckface"?

>>53544033
This isn't the first time 'Fuckface' has been used as a placeholder name in an /hwg/ query, is it?

I approve of this becoming standard practice.

>>53544076

I was going to call him "MacFuckface" but I know even less about Scottish protocol.

Good system for running ww1 fleet battles?

>>53544033
Brigadier The Lord Fuckface

>>53544337

Thanks!

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Got some barbed wire and the Sarissa pillbox set from Warlord in today. Pillbox was surprisingly easy to assemble. Infantryman for scale.

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>>53545616
Apologies. That's a corgi. Here's the pic I was trying to post.

>>53545628
>>53545616
You sure? That looks like a pretty boss infantryman to me.

And the pillbox has plenty of openings for him to fire out of.

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>>53537383
Don't know about system, but it's the Battle of Port Arthur, put on by the Derby Wargames Society at Partizan the other week.

>>53538820
>something set in the American Civil War would be pretty cool
You'd probably want to look at one of the various Wild West RPGs

>>53544280
Fear God and Dread Naught
>>53545616
More corgi please

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>>53504101
Bit of an obscure request but does anyone know where to find information on the ships, particularly military vessels, of Maritime South-East Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Phillipines and so on)?

For a set of maritime civilisations who were hugely important in the global spice trade and used ships quite distinct from others in the wider region it's remarkable to find so little about the ships beyond the use of outriggers.

Ideal dateline would be c1-1000AD but I'll take anything before European influence shows up in the designs.

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>>53540148
Well you can't blueball us like that anon, how about an AAR?

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>>53549790
Was way too tired when I got home last night, but after some sleep, here we go.

Deployment, with my (painted) spanish Guarda Costa in the Bottom right, and my opponents's (unpainted) Brethren of the Coast top left.

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>>53550475
Closeup of the Brethren's deployment. The list was the "recommended" starting list (we happily ignored that it's illegal), with 4 each of Freebooters (with the untested commander, in the woods), Marineros (bottom), Forlorn Hope (middle, who was too drunk to remember to Vanguard) and Boucaniers.

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>>53550491
Closeup of the Spanish deployment. The list was the recommended starting list, with 8 Milicianos (next to the building), 4 Lanceros (right flank) and 2 x 5 Marineros (below and to the right of the Milicianos, with the Seasoned Commander in the rightward unit).

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>>53550508
Turn 1, everything moves forward a bit, with the Militianon occupying the house. Some shooting happens in the general direction of the enemy, but no hits.

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>>53550518
Turn 2. More moving forward a bit. The Milicianos reload on their activation, and a command point is then used to have them fire at the Boucaniers (needing 10s). They miss every last shot. A fortune point is spent to reroll this (they're now up to 16 missed shots). And every shot misses AGAIN. Everything else moves up, the brethren marineros choosing to go prone (a fateful decision). The Forlorn Hope fire their buccaneers guns at the (spanish) marineros with the enemy commander, score a 10, and kill one sailor (and 1 fatigue is gained for that unit). Finally, the closest spansih marinero unit begin a death or glory charge against their evil brothers.

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>>53550527
Turn 3. First activation: spanish Marineros (s.M), who charge the prone brethren marineros (b.m). The b.m. tries to do a defensive attack with their pistols, but the spaniards charge through the bullets with not even a scratch, and the pirates are cut down to the next to the last man (last man standing routs, by dint of being only one man and having 4 fatigue). The Forlorn Hope next to them tries to react and toss a grenadoe into the charging enemy, but it misfires on a roll of 2. A fortune point is used to try and change the tide of fate, but the reroll is also a 2, and the grenadoe goes of in the hand of a poor Forlorn Hope, killing him and a comrade. The boucaniers fail to do anything useful, and are then the recipients of a 12" Lancero charge. 2 frenchies die on the lances. The freebooters advance and fire onto the victorious marineros. 3 fall to the hail of bullets, but they stand fast and only gain 1 fatigue. The Spanish commander and his bodyguards advance. The militianos, having reloaded on their own activation, then fire in the direction of the enemy on the commanders orders, presumably trying to scare away the pirates with loud noises (because they sure as hell weren't trying to actually hit anything).

>>53550533
Turn 4 (where I forgot to take a picture), the commander and his marineros activate first, charge into the forlorn hope (through light pistol fire) and cut them down like dogs. The Lanceros get a command point and finish gutting the boucaniers. Freebooters reload and gun down a few more marineros. The Lanceros then do another 12" charge and start gutting freebooters.

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>>53550544
Turn 5 contains 1 activation, the lanceros. Who gut down freebooters until only the commander is left standing, with 6 fatigue. We're not quite sure if he yielded and is captured (and soon hanged as a pirate), yields but is cut down by crazed lanceros, or goes down fighting until the sword is too heavy to lift. In either case, these pirates will not bother the spanish again, by dint of being dead to the last man.

>>53550553
All in all, the rules are simple and elegant yet detailed and tricky enough to be fun.

We made only one major mistake (which wouldn't have affected the end outcome), a unit that moves more than 8" during its activation gets a point of fatigue (and I did 3 such crazed dashes).

>>53550553
>Pirate scum all dead to the last man

Next you gotta do the same to those Protestant English bastards

Anyone got any good books/documentaries/etc. on the English Civil War they'd suggest?

I have used some Gripping Beast/Fireforge models for Frostgrave but I have a bunch left over. I can use the dark age guys for SAGA but is there a skirmish game suitable for High Medieval fighting? 10-30 guys a side preferably.

>>53545616
Private Goodboy

>>53550592
To be fair, I'm quite sure that half of those pirate scum where also english heretics.

>>53551309
Chevauchee's mentioned upthread, it might be what you're looking for. Figure count is at the lower end of your range but it's pretty nifty in terms of narrative campaigns and things.

>>53553798
>Wehrmacht Soldier #1: Shiese its cold!
>Wehrmacht Soldier #2: Ja, brrrrrr! *rubs hands briskly* Hey, lets head over to that desert table to warm up for a bit.
>Wehrmacht Soldier #1: Good idea! Hey KAAARL!! KARL! cover our hedge eh? danke shcon

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>>53554130
They do make a striking contrast

>>53553798
They applied winter camo to the buildings as well?

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>>53554735
Maybe the locals did in the hope the battling armies wouldn't notice them

Is there a place to get cheap 1/72 terrain?

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>>53554800
Second-hand: there's heaps on Ebay
Tons of old Esci/Airfix/Italeri terrain pieces are still floating around, yard/garage sales are always worth a look
Also any old railway stuff you can find, over the past decade or so all the old railway guys have been popping off and their stuff just gets sold by the family, it's a fucking score for a wargamer

>>53541315
I'm thinking of getting TT Combat terrain. So far their stuff seems pretty good from what Ive seen

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>>53542234
I see. Thanks.

>>53553798
>>53554144
Oh man those are nice...

>>53550527
>>53550533
What's the rule for the palm tree that turns into a Xmas tree?
>Perhaps it marks who is winning?
Thanks for sharing

>>53558609
Heh. That was just a "sneaky" replacement since the owner of the palm trees were leaving. I was hoping nobody would notice

>>53554130
Imagining Rosencrantz and Guildenstern as Wermacht soldiers now, having shenanigans.

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Have you kids Fortran Chandler here have seen my Osprey Alternate History Books Trove Archive Thingy Folder

https://www.mediafire.com/folder/08hq9c7x4clme/Documents

go ahead and add it to the weekly list of troves

Still looking for Osprey Stream Punk Old west and Elf

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>>53542940

Think it's just you and me m8

Going for a "skeleton" force of Alexandrians, using blocks from it to make Seleucid/Ptolemaic from Diadochi Wars era up till Antiochos III.

Also hoping Victrix will either release a Thureophoroi/Thorakitai set, or else do the weapon sprues to convert existing figs into them. Thureos infantry and cataphracts are pretty much the biggest diff between early/late successor iirc.

What is your take on "Romanized infantry" for Antiochus IV? I lean toward the "they were just Thorakitai"/convergent evolution camp, but that doesn't mean that there being 5,000 of them at the Daphne parade wasn't in some way related to experience with the Romans...

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1/72 Vietnam ANZACS in the pipeline from Flytrap Factory.

BRDM

>>53566014

What game?

>>53563327
Sweet! Time for Battle of Long Tan

Any good sources for 1:72 or 15MM scale ZU-23 or ZSU-series AA guns?
Also interested in a quad .50 model in those sizes

Does anyone know where I can find some good banners that I can print out for SAGA? I don't want to pay for the Little Big Men ones, as everyone at my club uses the exact same banners. I am putting together an Irish warband if that matters.

>>53568006
Trumpeter and Ace both make ZU-23's in 1/72. There is also a Russian brand called "Gran" that make one, and probably a few other kits.

ZSU-37s are pretty common in 1/72, Armada hobby make a ZSU-57-2.
There are a bunch of shilka's too:
https://www.scalemates.com/search.php?q=%22zsu-23-4+shilka%22++1%3A72

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The Bolt Action campaign finally begins!

Spring and Summer, 1939. Fittingly, the US player didn't show up. Britain expanded to take Paris and Dublin. Germany took Amsterdam, Vienna, and Warsaw. The Finns took Leningrad and are marching on Oslo. The Soviets sent forces to claim their far-flung cities and sent a force to relieve Leningrad: This will be the first battle of the campaign.

Since the Germans took a Tech Center, they're allowed to field one unit or upgrade which had not been introduced until the Mid-War period. German player selected the Panzer 3

For anyone curious, the rules we're using are found below: They're a modified version of the Ostfront campaign rules found in the OP's links

>>53568194
I'm a little confused at using a "platoon+" game on a map at the continental level.

>>53568134
Thanks buddy, I'll look into those
What about the ZPUs? Any source for them?

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>>53568194
>Fittingly, the US player didn't show up.

Haha that couldn't have gone any better.
Looks great with the pins, should be a fun campaign. Germans taking Pz. IIIs isn't so far fetched, considering the early Pz. IIIs were in service in 1939. I assume they just took a later variant with more armor?

>>53568208
Each of our games focuses on the critical engagement that decides the entire square. The point is to provide a framework and narrative to the games of Bolt Action we'd be playing anyway rather than to accurately refight history.

>>53568241
Oh yeah, just checked with him, he's taking the Ausf. N

>>53568294
Oh I get that part, but what about a campaign map that's scaled down? Not to sound like I'm bitching - I'm just brainstorming how you would represent that and have it interplay with the tabletop game.

>>53568208
Not that guy but usually the tabletop battle on a map campaign campaign like this only represents a small portion of the actual force (a tiny portion in BA's case) - hence why players usually aren't restricted to certain OOBs for their forces - they would have entire regiments or divisions to draw forces from so almost anything is possible.
The actual tabletop battle could be considered a pivotal action in the chosen battle, and so would explain the effect of the smaller skirmish battle on the larger campaign map.

I mean, come on, who doesn't want to put their tabletop games into a larger scale war and have a map and fun colored pins. It also allows you to have unbalanced battles - its quite unrealistic to have endless battles where the points are dead even. With the map campaign each battle has a purpose - "I Have to hold off this larger force and inflict as much damage as possible before, so when my main force turns up they have a better chance" for example.

>>53568323
We could've done it over, say, France, but the fact that our group had those five factions represented dictated that we had to spread it over most of Europe plus a reasonable place to add the US.

Anyway, first battle: 600 points of Finns defending agains 500 points of Soviets, in an urban map. I think my Finns will have a major advantage in urban fighting because the KP-31 has already been introduced, but the Soviets haven't got the PPSh-41 yet, so I don't have to worry about SMGs.

>>53563327
Very nice, my only issue is that because they're carrying M16s they could only really be used for SAS, as the regular blokes all had the SLR.

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>>53566336
Another Partizan game: Great War Miniatures, Cambrai 1917

>>53568430
4 M16s and 5 SLRs. I think some were issued M16s anyway (fireteam and platoon leaders IIRC, the Ambush Valley book has normal ANZAC platoons listed, and it has a bunch of M16s listed), plus they said they'll make a whole range with probably more Aussies to come.

I'm really hyped about this range - sadly there's only three kits in plastic for figures, but these seem compatible with them. Lots of plastic kits, plus ACE released some lovely Centurion Mk. 5/1s - what's missing is the M113s with the Cadillac-Gage (or Cage?) turrets.

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>>53563327
Amazing! How have I never heard about these guys? They seem to have some nice 1/72 soldiers.

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>>53571798
Jesus fuck, it turned out to be tad bigger than I intended.

>>53571820
That's what she said

>>53568430
>>53570176
Australian Vietnam-era infantry rifle sections had a scout group (2 with M16's), a gun group (GPMG M60 and FN-FAL) a command group (2x FN-FAL) and a rifle group (3-4 with FN-FALs' plus 66mm SRAAWs and an M79 grenade launcher).

Source: t. ex-Australian army and son of a Vietnam veteran

>>53570176
Oh and Cadillac-gage is correct (30 cal and 50 cal). Interestingly, there was a difference in equipment and doctrine depending on whether your section was infantry or mounted infantry in M113's (aka Light Horse). Light horse had section leaders with M16's not SLR/FN-FALs, because they dismounted into immediate assault and needed full auto for suppression.

Anyone have a PDF for Crossfire? I've wanted to try it ever since lindybeige put out videos discussing the mechanics.

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>>53572240
In the WW2/Games folder anon

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>>53572283
Fantastic.

>>53571798
That's a good lookin' knight dude.

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painted some niggas

first time using those shield transfers too

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Fireball Forward is an innovative rules set for re-creating company-scale engagements in WWII using tabletop miniatures from 15mm to 28mm scale. The game is easily learned, fast-playing, and above all it emphasizes story elements of the battle so that the narrative which emerges has a natural feel of a historical written account. Attention is focused on active units, and the full story of each activation is followed until a natural break point is reached, similar to the end of a paragraph in a historical memoir. The game turn has no fire phase, rally phase, etc., but instead, active units may fire, move, rout & rally in any order as needed to develop their plan. Non-active units play an important role at all times, looking for opportunities to derail the active plan. Fireball Forward is playable on a kitchen table in one evening, and it's designed to challenge players with realistic tactical choices, resulting in a satisfying game for everyone.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/mjakf86b84d2qwu/Fireball+Forward%21+2E.pdf

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Johnny Reb III is a game of Grand Regimental tactics of the American Civil War, using miniatures from 10mm to 25mm.The game comes with rules set and 4 Reference cards for 15mm miniatures. There are other reference cards available for the other scale miniatures for extra cost. Players will have to supply their own miniatures and paint them. Some scenarios are available for purchase but the fun of the game is researching your own battles from the ACW period to recreate.

https://www.mediafire.com/folder/j177h3rl3ie6u/JRIII

Hey guys, has anyone ordered from dream-forge? Their memorial day sale is having me tempted, 12.50 shipped for a box of 30 guys seems good.
But their blog hasn't been updated, and If I add multiple boxes, I can only choose 2day priority, which isn't cheep anymore.
https://dreamforge-games.com/products/wgf-w2003-wwii-russian-infantry-28mm

>>53576569
their shipping was always expensive like this.
that really sucks, but you could order a couple of boxes to make the shipping seem cheaper.

>>53577160
Nope. It's literally cheaper to buy one at a time, and it pisses me off. It makes no sense.

>tfw local bolt action community consists of pure european theatre players
>tfw you have Soviets and DAK
My lack of historical battles is saddening.

>>53578536
you could use your DAK force for italy i guess.

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>>53578536
>european theatre
>Soviets
>lack of historical battles

>>53579547
>>lack of historical battles

Maybe the local players are all Allied players and fight Allied vs Allied?

>>53579957
>no Krauts
SURE SOUNDS PLAUSIBLE

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>>53579957

So lads - any of you aware of historical army lists for GW's War of the Ring? Because if there aren't any, I might just have a go at it.

>>53579995
Well... At least in Germany you'll be hard pressed to find any I guess.
It always leads to awkward situations.

>>53580896
I wonder if it's possible to play Waffen SS with big flags featuring the swastika in Israel...

>>53581372
I wonder about the ISIS or any other neighbouring state desu.

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>>53581372
In Germany you'd definitely get in trouble for the swastikas, if you are playing somewhere public.

>>53579957
Or maybe he just meant WESTERN Europe.

>>53581574
Then maybe he should have been clear about it.

>>53581574
were there no Germans there?

>>53581574
And how would a german army from the west differ from one in russia? Or is everyone doing utter special snowflake lists?

>>53581658
>And how would a german army from the west differ from one in russia?

Just enough that grognards would probably still kvetch about getting those differences even slightly wrong.

>>53581574
I did.
>>53579957
this is correct. Facing a late war US list with an early-mid DAK/fallschirmjager one is painful.

>>53581372
Depends on how you answer when people ask why
An answer like
>somebody's gotta play the OpFor
Or
>what's the point of playing good guys if there's no bad guys to fight?
You'd most likely get reasonable reactions
More wheraboo/pol responses would obviously lead to trouble

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>>53583488

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Do you guys think Bolt Action would work for a STALKER game?

>>53585657

I have had some success doing STALKER with the All Things Zombie ruleset from Two Hour Wargames.

Works well for "lone STALKER out in the Zone."

>>53585703
I'll look into that, thanks

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>>53585720
Also maybe check out one of the fivecore systems, the Sci-fi one may of use for more small group related fightan. I swear there's some post apocalypse games with mods already for it out there because people have been improvising stalker games for a while.

Are there surviving rules for Kriegspiel and/or Little Wars?

>>53586269
Yes. Little Wars can be had from various places, might even be in the OP folders, and is still a great read because of the tale of how the game was developed. Kreigspiel, I think there's versions of it still in print.

>>53586269

Little Wars over here: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3691

Original Kriegspiel, OTOH, I'm interested in myself ...

>>53586269
Floor Games and Little Wars are very easy to find. There are several versions of what is called "Kriegspiel", but Two Fat Lardies do a reprint of the 1824 von Resswitz edition, which is the earliest one, so you can check that out.

>>53586401
Original Kriegspiel I've no idea, but I know the lighter version of Kriegspiel which basically everyone used past the mid-1800s.

It really just takes a d10, two players and an umpire. The umpire decides what information the players have and how much time it takes to do something. The d10 is used for percentages.

For example, if you're fighting a battle in, say, horse and musket, you may want to try and move some of your artillery from the right to the centre to bombard your enemies, but do that from cover so your opponent has no information. So you send that message to the umpire, and he decides it takes 20 minutes to get the results (say, there's an 20% chance you get spotted and the bombard doesn't do much, a 20% chance you don't get spotted but the bombard doesn't do much, a 20% chance you get spotted but the bombard has strong effect, and a 40% chance you don't get spotted and the bombard has strong effect). He then gives the appropriate info to you and your opponent. So, for example, you don't know you've been spotted, but your opponent knows that you've weakened your right and strengthened your centre, and now he has to decide what to do - try and press the advantage in the right or strengthen his centre to deal with the incoming attacks.

It's quite interesting, but goddamn is it difficult to manage if you're the umpire. Great for basically anything, though, and I love the simulation of fog of war.

>>53587217

Sauce please? (if you know / remember / is online at all)

This sounds like something that can be ported onto a PC ...

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>>53585657
Not really. I would use something like Traveller with excellent gunfighting, equipment, stats / damage, beasts and initiative.
BA would technically work, but imo for a STALKER game you want it to be more RPG with 1 - 4 PCs, customizing weapons, picking up things from corpses, dealing with anomalies, dealing with NPCs, and a bit of combat.

There are a few STALKER rulesets out there in varying degrees of quality. PDF related is one of them. Check the PDF share thread, should have the rest. One was a savage worlds supplement which looked pretty decent.

>>53587316
I saw it on a site that is horribly buggy nowadays, but the main issue with it is that while you can technically transport it to a computer, you will have to overwhelmingly limit yourself, which is one of the things that doesn't help one of Kriegspiel's strength which is being more about freeform than anything else. Now this is just an effect of how computers work, but effectively it moves from something like FATE to GURPS. You become overwhelmingly precise, and thus you have to be overwhelmingly precise and write the situations possible.

It's not bad but it's a lot more work than it seems.

>>53573966

Neat! Making a Late Roman force? I spotted the helmeted head, any other swaps?

>>53586401
Best part of this is him complaining about how his wife keeps coming in and making fun of him and his friends for playing with toys.

NOTHING HAS CHANGED

>>53587662
It's H. G. Wells, Jerome K. Jerome and William Britain Jr. - two very well respected authors and the founder of a company that basically defined the method for casting metal miniatures... and they're all made fun due to playing with toys by their wives.

This is just like the Roman graffiti in Pompeii all over again.

>>53580896
Germans are by far the most popular in Germany. Americans are a close second.

>>53581658
Depending on your Autism level: By a lot of things.
Starting from the number of distributions of certain tanks to certain fronts being different to unit markings etc.

Does anyone have info or a source I could read for how minefields were marked on the Eastern front of WW2?

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>>53589084
There are two Ospreys in the WW2/Elite folder: ELI 100 World War II Axis Booby Traps and Sabotage Tactics, and ELI 184 World War II Allied Sabotage Devices and Booby Traps, which could contain some useful info.

>>53586269
For the interested, I was given a copy of 'Battles with model soldiers' by Donald Featherstone when I was about 11-12 years old, by an uncle. It's what got me into TTWG, highly recommended for anyone introducing young teens into the hobby.

>>53589171
Thanks friend. My buddy just bought the Ostfront book for Bolt Action, so I'm building one. Going for a square surrounded by barbed wire with some signs, and then covering it in snow because Eastern Front.

>>53589171
>>53589274
And I threw it together. Gonna add snow flock tomorrow.

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>>53589762
Works better if I add the pic...

>>53587429
I've read it, and it's Stalker only by name.

I'd say anon's best bet would be a modified This is not a Test with modded events and more focus on ranged combat.

>>53588723
>distributions of certain tanks to certain fronts
>in Bolt Action where you field at worst a platoon of tanks

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This isn't a great scan, but I thought it was a nice score nonetheless. (We have the Napoleonic version by Haythornthwaite too). The Victorian 'Small Wars' were Don's specialty and I know there are a lot of fans of the period in /hwg/.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/ai3zes2l64ac6g1/Weapons+%26+Equipment+Of+The+Victorian+Soldier.pdf

>>53574574
Nice one - always good to have something genuinely new posted here.

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Lads, help me out.
I'm looking for some simple yet solid gladiator rules. Something more like beer and pretzel but still fun. Anyone got something like this?

>>53590408
Didn't Geedubs has something like that?

>>53589200
That's a pretty good book. The one I'm trying to get a copy of is Tackle Model Soldiers This Way, it has a couple of neat lighter-than-usual Featherstone rulesets (that I've already got photos of, I just want the book).

Still haven't found a game I like for ancients/fantasy that's in a similar style, unfortunately - some of the bath rules come close, but don't quite do it for me. Fortunately there's Delta's Book of War, which is more accurately a simulation of OD&D (1974) than history, but gives a nice super-light game with individual toy soldiers organised into groups.

I mostly use ancient/medieval rules for fantasy, and just throw on a totally unrelated magic system as desired, also giants are elephants, wizards without a proper magic system are artillery or casters or just used to buff a unit from generic to elite, and dragons are elephants that can fly and have artillery

>>53585703
>>53585911
wastelands 3 meltdown kinda works, and there's an unofficial stalker mod for it.

fivecore and 2hw are great though, although after the horsemen is better for generic post-apoc than all things zombie, and neither really have the zone feel without some homebrew.

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>>53590408
2HW's Red Sand Blue Sky
http://www.mediafire.com/file/hslyxj8g2y2yvv6/Red+Sand+Blue+Sky+2E+%28Gladiator+Skirmish%29.pdf
Jugula
http://www.mediafire.com/file/j64d48qiyqddre1/Jugula+Rulebook.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/file/ha196i8r8p9957d/Jugula+Cards.pdf
Rudis
http://www.mediafire.com/file/ortagnek6bn9aab/Rudis+-+The+Wooden+Sword.pdf
Warhammer Historical's Gladiator (see the WH Mega in the OP)

>>53590471
that said, for stalker it's all in the scenario and style. use the basic combat resolution mechanics you're used to and fond of, even if it's bolt action or necromunda or something, a core set of mechanics that you can play in your sleep leave you free to do the important stuff elsewhere.

Fucking christ, I have the tmp front page set to display 200 topics, 10 plus topics and 10 rules forum (hah) topics.

ctrl-f, tango01, 88 results.

I knew it was bad, but that's the first time I've actually looked at the numbers.

>>53590968
That's pretty impressive, friend!
Amicalement,
Armand

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>>53590991

>>53591080
Glad you like them boys!

Amicalement,
Armand

>>53591080
Glad you like it!
Amicalement
Armand

Hahaha fucking Armand again.

Cheers!

>>53587499
Only a couple, I wanted to make them generic so I could use them as barbarians if possible.

>>53585657
A friend of mine is working on a Spectre Operations STALKER theme.

>>53590968
>ctrl-f, tango01, 88 results.
Is he a bot or is does he happen to spend all his free time on tmp?

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>>53590991
>>53591090
>>53591093

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Is there a company doing a Marmon - Herrington armored car in 20 or 28mm?

I just saw pic related on fb and i think i'm in love with that car

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>>53593824
Company B do one in 28mm

>>53593824
Perry miniatures has a turreted Mk. III, wargames command post has a turreted Mk. II, both in 28mm. Early war miniatures has a Mk III in 20mm.

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>>53593824
Attack Hobby have one in 20mm

I play in 28mm. I want a Hind, or at least an Mi-8. Suggestions?

Suggestions that aren't expensive and fragile?

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>>53594426

You can either go for 1:72 (20mm) or 1:48.
The smaller scale is usually used for planes to depict them as flying high above the board so they are smaller to the eye from the ground.
1:48 helicopters tend to be pretty big.

>fragile

You can take a regular scale kit and build it more durable by replacing or just leaving off fragile parts. You probably want to replace the rotor by a clear disc to make it look like its turning. (see pic)

Revell does a Hind in 1:48 for around 20€. Maybe you can find it even cheaper.

In 1:72 you have a few more options (hasegawa, hobby boss and revell) for around 15-30€ (since you want to use it for gaming, i'd go for the cheaper ones since interior details and stuff like that won't matter in that case).

Anyone got Aetius&Arthur for SAGA as pdf?

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Started playing Battlegroup and have had a lot of fun with it - it's much better than FoW 4e. One thing we've had a bit of a pain with is the book keeping (since all of my squads are modelled for FoW) though we're starting to convert a few rules to make it work.

>>53591090
(smiles)

>>53597553
Do it again, Bomber Harris!

>>53597553
>it's much better than FoW 4e
I've not played either, but from looking at the rules I feel like FoW would do bigger battles better that Battlegroup, any comments?

>>53599076
Only played at small levels so far, but it does look like FoW might be able to handle bigger battles better at the cost of balance and historical influence.

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>>53598930
BOMBER HARRIS DID NOTHING WRONG.

>>53599262
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_QY3xsLQNI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da05Nbnjnaw

ARYAN BLOOD TO SOOTHE MY SKIN

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I find myself with a surplus of 1/72 Sherman kits and decided to do something a little different with one of them; work it up as being used in the last combat action the tank saw, which appears to be with the Nicaraguan National Guard in 1978-79. My question to the board is, can you recommend me some 1/72 infantry that can reasonably be used as Sandanistas or Nicaraguan National Guard? Cheers.

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Minefield for Bolt Action. I like how it came out. Just made of toothpicks and plastic sheeting, plus the dirt from outside my house.

>>53600912
simple but effective, looks nice

>>53594426
>28mm hind
>on a 6x4 table
Lad that would be absolutely monstrous, the rotors would be the diameter of a dinner plate

Has anyone got a PDF/scan of Battlegroup Barbarossa? Furthermore, can anyone give me a good overview of the book?

M113

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Just came in here to thank the bloke who's compiled all those source books on mediafire. I don't think scanons get enough credit sometimes.

Just downloaded a shit load of stuff on the English Civil War.

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>>53605657
They're doing the Lord's work.

>>53598930
>>53599262
republicans gtfo

>>53603543
>implying it wouldn't be landed
>implying my flat can't barely fit a 10x6 table
>implying I'm not sad enough to completely fill the main room of my flat with a wargaming table for days at a time

>>53590475

Dude I love gladiators. This is a nice setup.

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Pretty decent game of Hind & Seek today down at a local wargame convention. I wrote a detailed AAR here:
http://www.thewargameswebsite.com/forums/topic/hind-seek-airborne-recon-mission/

There were some very nice tables and miniatures there, of note was a lovely Finnish force for FoW, and a Wild West table completely scratch built for 20mm games, as well as a bunch of 20mm gunslingers (and mariachi bands and whores...) playing some game downloaded from the internet 20 years ago. I wish I could remember the name! The guy had really superb terrain, hand painted signs, crates made from cardboard with more strips of cardboard for detail. Really exceptional.

There was also some 20mm Napoleonics (playing WRG rules), dystopian wars, a kings of war tournament and a FoW tournament, as well as the usual 40K (RIP WHFB - which used to have a strong tournament following at these conventions).

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>>53608311
A photo of the wild west table. Every building was this detailed and there was something like 20 buildings, all modular to allow different town set-ups.

Everything is hand-built and hand-painted - even the signs.

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let's see how tmp is today

>image related

ok, let's not

the result number choice was because of tango's... history

>>53608417
making me post amicalement, Armand 2 days in a row
Glad you like it!

Amicalement
Armand

>>53608462
(smile)

Amicalement
Armand

never not armandpost

reminder that when it reaches a certain level, /hwg/ regulars will literally pay you to stop

but seriously, tmp is a depressing mess because there is some good stuff there, it's just crushed under the editor's many, many issues.

at least the frothers thread's good for a laugh

anyone have L'art De la Guerre rulebook? It's a DBM/FoG evolution and apparently my local HWG.

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>>53609908
https://mega.nz/#F!r1k2xRyB!w8Se4qw204aRnPnRKXJb9A

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I've built some new terrain over the weekend.

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>>53610262

>>53609958
>53609958▶
>File: IMG_5155_edited-1_zpsxzw2upcv.jpg (585 KB

you're the man

>>53610262
I like the wall paper

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So I wrote a thing. It's supposed to be a pretty simple exploration of medieval battles in 10mm with multi-based figures.

Core rules are done, want to get them tested and then I'll start adding in scenarios and campaigns and shit.

If you feel like trying it out, the Battle of Blanchetaque is included as a scenario. Everything's costed out so matched pitched battles are also possible, but hopefully the final set will be more objective focused.

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>>53611331
Nice one anon, I always like seeing people making new stuff

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>>53611967
Hope you enjoy it!

Bloody americans can't keep a fucking thead alive

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>>53608341

did they actually make 3-story facades like this in cowboy times

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>>53616172

fine i'll double-post even though I wasn't going to

>>53609958

nice seeing victrix and agema side by side on the table, can't wait for plastic elephants

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>>53568040
All right. So I wasn't able to find any Irish banners, so I threw together my own. It will probably be temporary, but I hope that it works out. Will use scissors to crenelate the edge there to make it look nicer.

The new rules General d'Armee any good? And is there a pdf available on here?

I posted this in the naval thread too, but I still think of this as home, so I wanted to pass it on here too.

http://topsideminis.com/summer-sale-15-off-all-items/

>>53617254
If your wanting it to be a bit more 'accurate' the green should really be St. Patrick's blue.

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>>53617821
Thanks for the advice. I will see how this one flies.

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Late knight bump

>>53616696
Hm, rarely that exaggerated, but they could get pretty high.

http://www.historycolorado.org/oahp/false-front-commercial

Question for Bolt Action - do I have to assign transports to units when writing a list?

Like, let's say I'm building a list that includes a squad of infantry with SMGs, a heavy howitzer, and a truck. If I'm playing one of the gametypes where units don't start on the board, I want to use the truck to tow the Howitzer - else it can't move at all, so it can't come on. But if I'm playing on defense, I want to start with the howitzer on the board and run the SMG squad in the truck so they can get up and wreck face. Is this allowed?

>>53619505

Phwoar.

Nice, are they for Agincourt?

>>53514409

They look like a heterosexual bunch of fellows.

>>53587217
Kind of thinking of taking an evening to run some Kriegspiel through email, that ought to be interesting. Either a new scenario or a reenactment of a battle. I'm not sure about which period and scale, however - Kriegspiel can run theatre-level operations to borderline skirmishes and fit anywhere.

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> When you organise your entire collection of historical wargaming folders into periods with rules and source book sub-categories.

>>53599671
This is too beautiful.

>>53623509
What about rules that cover larger periods than your organisation allows, or short conflicts over the border of two periods?

Current tangoposts on the front of TMP: 73. It dropped to 80 yesterday, I guess he doesn't work or run his bot on Sundays. I think I'll keep checking through the week, because it amuses me.

>>53626163
Careful anon, if you stare too long into the abyss it will stare back into you

>>53621321
Thanks.

Yes, around that time.

Living in sweden and want a big old box of imperial romans. Which one do you recommend, mainly concerned about price?

>>53628097
28mm? Then Victrix.

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>>53622419
The Grooms of Death are all man, cabron

>>53628097
Victrix for plastic and Aventines miniatures for metal. Where in Sweden do you live? I'm in Borås.

>>53629394
Gothenburg. Easy and cheap to travel here. If you're searching for a club I could recommend you one over here.

>>53607349
wut

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Noob to historical here, trying to try stuff other than FoW for 15mm wwii.

I've currently played IABSM which I really like... despite really struggling to find games.

What would tg suggest to try next? I've been through the sticky and there are quite a number to choose from.

>Pic related, IABSM is a great game, but this board sucks!