/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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July 20th in military history:

AD 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, storms the Fortress of Antonia north of the Temple Mount.
792 – Kardam of Bulgaria defeats Byzantine Emperor Constantine VI at the Battle of Marcellae.
911 – Rollo lays siege to Chartres.
1304 – Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle: King Edward I of England takes the stronghold using the War Wolf.
1402 – Ottoman-Timurid Wars: Battle of Ankara: Timur, ruler of Timurid Empire, defeats forces of the Ottoman Empire sultan Bayezid I.
1592 – During the first Japanese invasion of Korea, Japanese forces led by Toyotomi Hideyoshi captured Pyongyang, although they were ultimately unable to hold it.
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Peachtree Creek: Near Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate forces led by General John Bell Hood unsuccessfully attack Union troops under General William T. Sherman.
1866 – Austro-Prussian War: Battle of Lissa: The Austrian Navy defeats the Italian Navy near the island of Vis in the Adriatic Sea.
1932 – In Washington, D.C., police fire tear gas on World War I veterans, part of the Bonus Expeditionary Force, who attempt to march to the White House.
1941 – Soviet leader Joseph Stalin consolidates the Commissariats of Home Affairs and National Security to form the NKVD and names Lavrentiy Beria its chief.
1944 – World War II: Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt led by German Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg.
1949 – Israel and Syria sign a truce to end their nineteen-month war.
1951 – King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem.
1969 – A cease fire is announced between Honduras and El Salvador, six days after the beginning of the "Football War".
1974 – Turkish occupation of Cyprus: Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after a coup d'état, organised by the dictator of Greece, against president Makarios.

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Today marks 73 years since the 'July 20 Bomb Plot', also known as Operation Valkyrie. This was an attempt by several senior Wehrmacht officers to assassinate Hitler at his Eastern Front headquarters known as the "Wolf's Lair", near Rastenburg in East Prussia (now Kętrzyn in Poland). The plot was not the first attempt to kill Hitler, but it was the one that came the closest to success.

The men behind the July Plot were a group of high-level German military leaders who recognized that Hitler was leading Germany in a suicidal war on two fronts. They decided to assassinate him then stage a coup d’état, with the belief that a new government in Berlin would save Germany from complete destruction at the hands of the Allies.

The July Plot leaders included Colonel General Ludwig Beck, former chief of the army general staff, Colonel General Friedrich Olbricht and Major General Henning von Tresckow. Lieutenant Colonel Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg, chief of staff of the reserve army, also played a central role in the conspiracy. Stauffenberg had been badly wounded in North Africa, losing his right eye and right hand in a strafing attack. As Chief-of-Staff Army Reserve he was a familiar sight at the Wolf's Lair, with regular access to Hitler, and it was he who resolved to plant the bomb.

Stauffenberg received orders that the next staff conference was to be at 13.00 on July 20th. The start was changed to 12.30 – though the time change meant little to Stauffenberg. Having broken a capsule full of acid which would eat through a wire detonator thus activating a firing pin, Stauffenberg went into a map room with Field Marshall Keitel and placed the bomb, hidden in his briefcase, against a leg of the table that supported the war maps that Hitler was using. After this was done, Stauffenberg made his excuse (he had to take a telephone report from Berlin) and left the map room.

I know we all like to hate on it, but Bolt Action is fun.

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>>54411820
He went to his staff car and as he got level to it, an explosion occurred in the map room. The time was 12.42. The SS guards believed that an air raid was taking place. Regardless of this, Stauffenberg bluffed his way out of the very heavily guarded Wolf’s Lair and by 13.15 was on his plane for the journey to Berlin.

Just before the bomb was due to explode, an officer attending the briefing had moved the briefcase to the other side of the table support chosen by Stauffenberg as the ideal place to put the bomb. Therefore, the blast was directed away from Hitler who survived with his clothes singed, a cut to his hand and damaged ear drums. In fact, at 16.00, less than four hours after the explosion, Hitler gave Mussolini a tour of the damage done to the map room.

The planned coup d’état in Berlin that was to follow the assassination was a disaster. It had clearly not been well thought out. The only leading Nazi in Berlin at the time was Joseph Goebbels. A major in the Guards Battalion, Otto Remer, was sent to arrest Goebbels by the conspirators directing the doomed uprising in the capital. Remer, in fact, was a dedicated Nazi and Goebbels put him in direct contact with Hitler to prove that the Führer was still alive. Promoted on the spot by Hitler to a colonel, Remer was charged by Hitler with rounding up the conspirators.

At 18.45 a radio broadcast stated that there had been an attempt on Hitler’s life but that it had failed and Hitler was alive. The radio broadcast then stated that Hitler would address the German people sometime in the evening.

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>>54411841
When the news came through that Hitler was alive, General Friedrich Fromm, commander of the reserve army and someone who condoned the July Plot, turned on the conspirators in order to have his association with them covered up. The conspirators, including Stauffenberg, based in the War Office were rounded up. They went through the farce of a drumhead court martial and were then shot by a firing squad. Tresckow walked into No-Man’s-Land on the Eastern Front and was shot by Russian machine gun fire. However, this was only the start of Hitler’s revenge. Hundreds of people thought to be involved in the conspiracy also soon were arrested, and around 200 eventually were executed.

On the surface, Operation Valkyrie doesn't seem like the kind of thing to make a wargame. But in fact, the complicated conspiracy and grand plans for a coup provide the basis for a fascinating tabletop scenario. SPI developed a board game that was famous for being pretty experimental and unusual for the time (and apparently very difficult to 'win'). The plot also has serious potential as a matrix game. As far as alternate WW2 scenarios go, this one could go all sorts of ways.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/lydjg5mjnl336kj/S%26T+059+-+The+Plot+to+Assassinate+Hitler.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/file/91sa79k8d6fw6f5/Osprey+-+FOR+100+-+The+Fuhrer%27s+Headquarters.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/file/4nsapx024o1vxbu/Osprey+-+RAID+040+-+Operation+Valkyrie+1944.pdf

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Repostan for opinions and tips.

>>54413539
What tips are you looking for?

Are we referring to the damaged wall or the incredible Feldgrau man?

>>54413627
The wall, figure is only for scale. Looking for suggestions to make the wall even better looking.

Also I just keep showing off my wall to everyone around cause I feel proud of making something for once.

Is there a particular beverage that you associate with /hwg/ and/or wargaming in general?

>>54413894
tea

>>54413824
I like what you've done with the posters and the bullet holes.

The rubble looks too even in terms of size, I think you'd be better off varying the size of the pieces more.

Would loook great as part of a larger set though.

>>54413923
I want to make a tableful of "germany in ruins" pieces for first set. I'll try to get bigger pieces of rubble, was also thinking of adding bit of sand to the paint to make it a bit "dusty".

>>54413539
The rubble around the base is too consistently sized and too big to look convincing, you should mix it in with some finer grit and maybe even the occasional large piece of rubble.

The colour choice seems off, too dark. It seems too dark to be concrete and doesn't really resemble any other type of building material, so maybe consider using a slightly lighter tone, or giving the whole thing a heavy dry brush with a lighter grey/beige.

If you want more texture don't mix sand with paint, just get some grout or plaster and cover the piece in a thin layer of the stuff. It give a much more pleasant effect and is far less likely to crumble off under any touch.

Lastly you should really add architectural elements like doors and windows before doohickeys like posters (although the posters are a really nice touch). Currently I don't have a clue what this wall once was. Was it part of a bunker? Was it a civilian building? The workman posters suggest some kind of industrial building, but I really couldn't say for sure.

Still, this is a neat proof of concept piece, and as you make more and refine the style you should end up with some really nice pieces.

>>54413894
The guys at the club always have instant coffee with cream, and while that's not really my thing - certainly coffee is my wargaming fuel - just black with no sugar and done in a plunger/french press

>>54413539
The posters are a nice touch, the rubble and the wall need a drybrush of a lighter grey though - they look a bit uniform. Wouldn't hurt to trow some random rubble bits like some random left over bits of a sprue in the rubble. Make it look like more than just some random rocks. Even some bits of wire or something would help

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Bump or die

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>putting together white metal artillery pieces

Anyone know any fun /hwg/ video games preferably hex and chit/groggy af.

Also I haven't posted here in months since some shitposter would constantly tell never my projects were shit, has that stopped.

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>>54419146
>Finish incredibly shitty Aerosan kits from ACE and hide all the sins with paint

tfw almost left the t out of paint....
perhaps my subconscious is trying to say something

Anyone got some 28mm printouts for Soviet posters? I'm looking to build some debris.

>>54416184
Is there an advantage to having grass on the top of your fortifications like that?

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>>54419248
The new Operational Art of War (4 I think?) is coming out soonish. That should be pretty grogtacular.

Pic related is from 3 but you get the idea.

>>54421316
Is it like ATG at all? And how soon?

>>54421356
It's in beta right now so actually it may not be as soon as I thought. However they did do a big patch for TOAoW3 when they announced 4 (4 was originally intended to be an update for 3 but spun off into a full-blown sequel).

It's a bit more 'meaty' than ATG I'd say but follows the same general principles. It's also very focused on big battles (hence 'Operational'). Generally you're going to be in charge of at least a Battalion.

I just found an AAR by one of the beta testers on Matrix's forum, might be of use to you.

http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4303714 - Part 1
http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4312736 - Part 2

In the meantime if you want something to play I'd recommend WinSPMBT and Open General because they're both free.

>>54421446
Not him but whatbis ATG and USB toaow3 worth playing still?

>>54421831
ATG = Advanced Tactics Gold, it's a fun, lightish and kinda sandboxy hex-and-chit wargame.

I'd say 3 is definitely still worth playing, what with the recent(ish) update and the amount of community-created scenarios and the like.

>>54421880
Are these games easy to learn?

>>54421907
It depends how you prefer to learn. They often have crappy or non-existent tutorials but pretty good pdf manuals.

>>54420921
Search for a poster on google, figure out what size you want it, open Word, resize and print. That's what I did.

>>54411805
It was konishi yukinaga that captured Pyongyang, hideyoshi never left Japan.

>>54411820
>>54411769
I've been there, pretty impressive.


I also stole a piece of rock from the main bunker for collection of pieces of rock from historical locations

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Here's one of the sample scenarios that'll be included in the Snakes and Slicks book. Made a fair few adjustments since my last aborted AAR, and availability permitting, I'll put up a detailed AAR of this scenario over the next few days.

>>54421316
Those games are shit. Don't give them money until they fix their fucking UI and change their absurd pricing scheme. It's 2017 there's no excuse for this shit anymore.

>tfw waiting for glue to dry

>>54425711
superglur activator, bruh.

>>54425829
I'm using some random wood glue resembling pva I found in the workshop and applied a tad bit too much. Don't think your suggestion would work with this.

>tfw waiting for paint to dry

Why is the general so dead today?

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>>54426790
Dunno.

Would pikes help?

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>>54427073

Pikes always help.

>Picts unrelated

>tfw a FLGS is opening near me next week
>by near me I mean literally two houses down from where I live

Holy fuck, that's some luck. I hope they've historicals stuff, it'd be great to create a group around here.

>>54419248
gonna have to reccommend Commander, the great war. It's great.

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I made this today. How is it?

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>>54427966
Followed the advice trying to make it lighter grey and mixing it up more, although the picture looks a bit dark. Also tried mixing the rubble up, found some decor sand in the workshop.

>>54427966
>>54427991
looks good. Personally I'd use less rubble on the floor simply cause I prefer flatter floors for my minis to stand on but nice job

>>54427966
Very basic. Needs improvement in terms of sizing, structural reinforcement and materials it's constructed from.

Ok as a proof of concept or practice piece.

>>54423488
UI is fine autist

>>54427327
A favourite local gaming store is opening? How do you know it's your favourite if it isn't open?

>>54428251
>A favourite local gaming store is openin

FLGS can be used with "Friendly local gaming store" in mind, but then you could argue how he could know if its friendly in there..

>>54428251
flgs means friendly

>>54428132
Thank you! The floor wasn't meant to be used as minis standing, hence there being no way to get up there, so I got a bit carried away with the rubble.

>>54428160
Just starting out, trying to whip up a nice little table to play on. After finishing these I want to make snow covered stalingrad like buildings which by then hopefully will be a lot better!

>>54428410
Two things that will be really handy for you: Terragenesis (website) and The Terrain Tutor (youtube channel). Those combined will help you get good, fast. Trust me, everyone is naff to start out with, but if you try to get better, you can and will.

I want to play ASL red barricades but don't have the ten million to actually buy a copy when he is it so hard to find and so expensive

>>54430102
1. Don't buy Red Barricades. Buy this instead. http://www.multimanpublishing.com/Products/tabid/58/ProductID/343/Default.aspx

2. ASL is being published and sold in an incredibly stupid way and at this point it would be cheaper to field a couple 40K armies. Just play on VASSAL.

>>54430442
Still can't afford it andmprobably don't have have space for two maps

>>54427280
>mfw human javelinmen doesn't exist in WHFB so I can't use dudes like that in my army
REE

>>54430520
http://vasl.info/download.htm

Does anyone happen to know why de Havilland chose the name Gipsy for an aircraft engine?

>>54430700
COmputer games are for faggots

>>54428410
>stalingrad

think creatively to turn garbage into industrial wreckage. Cutting up drinking straws for pipes and either buying corrugated plasticard or scraping the paper off one side of corrugated cardboard to simulate corrugated aluminum plates are good places to start. You can also use small-diameter plumbing pvc or copper pipes and fitting for certain types of drainage outflows, smoke stacks, etc. Watch "enemy at the gates" and take notes on the terrain (inb4 muh human wave, w/e the sets are still useful)

Who has things P500'd for GMT? Current list:

Holland '44
Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea
Battles of the Warrior Queen
Pendragon
Unconditional Surrender
UC Mounted Mapboards
Here I Stand 500th Anniversary
SPQR Deluxe
Empire of the Sun

Looking forward to Pendragon the most

>>54431493
perfect for you then tbqh

>>54428410
No worries bud for Stalingrad I'd suggest cardboard boxes with the top and bottom cut off then windows and chunks taken out of the four sides if you want it basic, incendiary bombs gut buildings and leave the shell so four sheets of card glued and smeared with rubble then given a coat of grey then black paint make great foundations. Also this
>>54431586
I've spent the past three days taking apart two laptops and old tv kits for all the gubbins inside. While not /hwg/ friendly RAM sticks, plastic panels and lengths of cable make great additions to a cyberpunk/post apocalyptic board.

I've recently got back into wargaming and terrain can seem daunting at first but once you get an idea of what you're doing it is a lot of fun

>>54430838

It was designed to power their De Haviland Moth series of aircraft. All the variants were named after species of moth (e.g Tiger moth). Therefore D.H Moths with Gipsy engines became Gipsy Moths (A european species of moth).

>>54430838
cause it was stolen from another concept and every shipment came with clothes pegs

is there a a game like I aint been shot mum that doesnt require an umpire and has a points system instead of scenarios only?

Basically I have a bunch of multibased 15mm ww2 and I feel like playing some larger scale engagements with a decent ruleset. I already play chain of command in 28mm and I love it but I want to find a similar kind of thing but for big battles. (I already know about big chain of command)

>>54422228
How well have you playtested this scenario? is it nicely balanced?

>>54433758
Battlegroup should be what you are looking for, check it out in the archive, then buy the books for those scenarios and campaign tracks.

But if i remember correctly IABSM merely suggests an umpire... pretty sure you can play without one.

Can one of you please hook a brother up with the Hersir, Thegn and Longship pdfs from the medieval Ospreys folder? On my phone and mediafire doesn't seem to want to play ball.

>>54432201
Fuck off pedophile

>>54430838
probably something like their 7th or G series of engine designs or named for a horse, that's usually how that kind of thing happens.

>>54435511

Its very loose though you know.

>>54436144
IABSM I mean

>>54435511
just read a review of battlegroup, sounds great mate cheers.

Pages 42 and 43 are missing in the Britain army book for Bolt Action, has anyone got scans of these two pages or a better PDF that has them?

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What is the best rule set for the Napoleonic wars, and the best place to get models?

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>>54437511
I can recommend Shako. Its pretty simple and effectively conveys Napoleonic period imo

Black Powder is supposed to be quite good, as is Blucher.

Models depend on the scale you want to go for. 1/72 has good detail vs variety vs cheapness, but its quite a large for napoleonics (although still fine as long as you can imagine the 8 guys on your base represent more like 200)
15mm is good, 10mm is good, 6mm is good. Decide on a scale or see what people around you are playing - head to local wargames clubs and see what kind of napoleonics rules and miniatures they're using.

Pic related I think is 6mm

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>>54437511
28mm is also good if you want to do more skirmish sized games. Rule sets like Sharpe Practice might be more suitable for that kind of game.
I think pic related are 28mm, but they could just be really well painted 20mm/1/72

>>54435511
Oh, it got me mad yesterday.

I wanted to pick up a pdf of one of the missing supplements, but shit, a pdf and a mini rulebook (which I already have one, plus what the fuck, pay for postage too?), but fucking Christ, actual book is 25GBP, pdf with the mini rulebook 27.50. They don't fucking get what a pdf should be.

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>>54437883
>>54437782
Thanks anons, I will probably go into Shako, with 10mm. More into the large scale games.

>>54423488
I know exactly what you mean, Matrix games/ slitherine are there own worst enemies when it comes to trying to sell their games.

>>54431586
> Recommends "Enemy At The Gates" and not "Stalingrad"
Plebian taste anon.

>>54438966
Don't forget "Come and See" as well...

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>>54439010
An amazing movie, hopefully most of /hwg/ has seen it, and it's a must-watch if you were gaming partisans. But the other anon was looking for inspiration for Stalingrad scenery. Personallu I think they could watch both Enemy at the Gates AND the 1993 German Stalingrad movie - even the really cheesy 2013 Russian one too. If nothing else, you can never get too much inspiration, and Enemy has Rachel Weisz's lovely butt.

>>54439010
Yeah, "Come And See" is damn cool.

>>54437782
>Black Powder
I would describe it as "accessible" rather than good, but that is its own benefit I suppose.

>>54439080
looks like a computer game cut scene

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>>54439113
Modern Russian cinema, especially their war movies, outdoes Hollywood in excessive flashy CGI. Now they've starting getting into superhero stuff, so it's going to get worse.

So, I need some advice for 6mm owners.

I have quite a lot of guys, and I am looking for a foam travel case. Anybody know of any travel case companies that make foam for 60x30mm bases?

>>54440754
You might have to make your own, get some foam and cut out the sizes you need.
I have a bunch of 6mm stuff and I just transport it in one of those multi drawer plastic towers. As long as you don't tip them over there isn't a problem, but not ideal for transport - especially helicopters or aircraft.

>>54439165
Thats actually really good looking. I wish these movies would get translations..

>>54438353
Remember if you're canny about your basing you should be able to use your dudes in multiple game systems if you want to.

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Pendraken working on some Korean War stuff.

Question for the knowledgeable about you (or someone who can point me to good books about it):

What flag(s) would a 17th century ship fly, and where would these flags be?
I've understood it to be a large ensign/national flag at the rear, something similar on top of the main mast, possibly a smallish one (jack?) on the bowsprit, but what about other masts? Would they have any flags, or would they be left without?

>>54442374
If you are looking for dutch ships you are in luck. Just look up some paintings from that period. Every dutch painting from back then had at least one ship on it.

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>>54442374
I'm certainly no expert on this, but we have books (such as Osprey's New Vanguard and other titles) in our Horse & Musket and Naval Wargaming folders, and I'm sure they'd cover it

>>54443027
Well, I'm a fool. Completely failed to find the Naval folder at first. I think I have a better idea now, at least.

>>54444188
Today I got a Britannia FV432 and a bunch of T-55s and BMPs to commission paint.

Holy fucking shit they are awful.

>>54445183
I've warned /hwg/ about their shite resins before repeatedly.

Inexcusably awful casting in an industry which for years now has had really fucking good resin casters at their tier of company. Fucking solo operations that put them to shame so hard they should be forced to wear a bucket on their head at shows for selling such air-bubble filled monstrosities.

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>>54445488
Well, the guy had the FV as a spare, and I only have to paint the Russkie stuff.

But when a box of absolutely stunning BMP-1s cost less than two BMPs from Britannia (two vehicles in the box, PLUS DECALS), and when I can get a really awesome Trumpeter T-55 for like 10 Euros (again, with decals)...nah. They had some stuff I was looking to get, like the Aussie Centurion, but fuck it, the ACE kit will suffice.

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>>54445541
Literally worth spending more money tracking down die-cast models or spending time putting together plastic kits than it is spending time/money on Britannia's resins, which any caster with some sense quality control would have binned all of them and overhauled whatever sloppy methods their process uses years ago.

Does anyone have scans of the data cards for Battlegroup?

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What are y'all working on? I'm painting up some grenadiers because I already have a bunch of warlord late war infantry so I'm going to mix these in with them for variety.

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>>54446177
Pirates!

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>>54446177
Assembling a second PT-76, doing some Italeri mounted Chasseurs, trying to convince myself to paint up crew for a German 88.

>>54446199
Nice! I like how the base looks like a ships deck.

>>54446199
what scale is this?

>>54446177
Some 10mm and 28mm war of the roses models because fuck sticking to one size for everything. Well I say working on, I'm mostly failing at working on them.

>>54446258
Makes for a very appropriate base.

>>54446287
28mm, from Firelock Games.

What do you anons think of Blood Red Skies? Looking any good?

>>54447056
the Yank starter box has P51-Ds when everyone elses planes are from 40/41. YEAH NAH.

Is there a Wargame that has a system to track sociopolitical changes in the countries fighting the war? OR are the campaign systems just about tracking military changes?

I'm looking to try and refight the black crusades, and need an overarching system to work with so I can plug in SWA/40k/BFG results into it.

>>54423488
It's not unusual for grog game produces. Look at fucking Shrapnel Games (of winSPMBT fame), their website is shit, and their sales are only $5 off their ancient games every damn time.

It's a grog-wide problem and you ain't influencing shit.

>>54430442
>Buy this instead.
>$123

is it printed on gold?

>>54439165

We all know that the best war movie ever is Come and See, but it's not exactly inspirational. Contemporary russian cinema is a depressing blend of interesting ideas (White Tiger, Stalingrad 2013, etc) and dreadful execution. It's like they have a "Shit CGI" tax.

>>54439165

At last, we get Cold War Gone Hot Weird War. If only I could deluse myself that it won't be shit.

>>54446177
Black Brunswickers, cheap fences, my brother-in-law's 1/1200 frigates

>>54446177

Musketeers for the late 1500s, a halftrack, a schwimwagen and some thorakitai.

>>54446177

Soviet M10 wolverine, Heer nebelwerfer and le FH/18

>>54447485
I thiiiiiink some of the FiveCore/-in Sight games do this a bit but I'm not really sure.

>>54446177
nice minis anon how do you paint the zeltbahn(spelling?) ponchos? my camo comes out too blobby and even on the tabletop you can see its paint brushed on. I cant get my edges sharp

What is the best system for Napoleonic era war? That is easy to learn and ships worldwide?

Bring back ASLanon

>>54452294
My technique is pretty simple. First I paint the camo area green. Then I paint larger shapes with the brown. After that I paint on lines, mostly separating the brown and green, with a bone color. Then I use a brown wash to darken the colors/shade recesses over the whole thing. Finally, I go over the green parts again with the original color.

SPeaking of ASL anyone have ASL journal #1

So I've been collecting 28mm WW2 Germans for a little while now (mostly Warlord) but have my first game (Bolt Action 2nd Ed) on Sunday, it's 1000pts max.

The list I've got so far is 4 Veteran Grenadiers squads (9+1 NCO), Medium Mortar, Medic, Panzerschreck Team, Air forward observer and a Panzer IV Ausf.F (light howitzer verison).

Is there any "must-takes" I'm missing here or anything a bit cheesy I can fit into 1000 points. It's a friendly game so no issues with being "that guy"

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>>54448360
Double the size of the original 'Red Barricades', ton more scenarios, and campaign games. Supposed to be able to link it up with 'Valor of the Guards' for a MASSIVE campaign.

honestly, im surprised its so cheap.

>>54452716
Im around. lurking. A lot of shit posting going on and I tend to keep my head down when thats going on. And i haven't had much to contribute recently. Although I have recently got in with a game company thats looking for submission work. The owner is interested in me designing some scenarios for a new game system he is releasing soon.

New project im working on in attached pic. Not sure Im going to be able to pull it off. there is a 2nd map that is used for naval and air maneuvering and staging German forces for the naval invasion. Not sure I have to table space to get it to work. Ive got a workaround Im going to try and see if it works. Will update with an AAR if things work out.

>>54453696
wish i did anon....

>>54453901
Veteran squads are generally inefficient in Bolt Action. You're better off with Regulars.

Keep in mind you MUST have a lieutenant, the Forward Observer doesn't fill the minimum requirement for an HQ.

>>54454059
Fuck i wanna play red barricades solo and I'll need that do so. Would wait for red factories but money is tight

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>>54453901
Make at least one of the veteran squads equipped with a lot of assault rifles so they can wipe enemy squads off objectives in assault. It's historically accurate too because the Germans would utilize assault squads that had all stgs except for one guy with a kar98k (so they could use rifle grenades).

>>54454074
Forgot to mention I've already got a 2nd Lieutenant, I've downgraded 3 of the Veterans to Regulars
>>54454187
Good idea, with the freed up points I've kitted out a 7+1 squad with 6 STGs


Is the inclusion of the tank fine? It eats up a lot of points and it's geared towards anti-inf which I think I have a lot of but I want some kind of armour

>>54454364
You probably want some armor because it's good to have units immune to small arms fire. Panzer IV is a good choice. Plus a light howitzer is good for pinning squads quickly when you need to.

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>>54452405
>best
Well that's a bit subjective
>easy to learn and ships worldwide
I'll say Black Powder

>>54453901

If you use veterans, don't use 10-men-squads.
Make them smaller.

Also (probably to late now), replace your Panzer 4 F with an H, so you can utilize the Tiger Fear rule.

>>54440754
I recommend magnets rather than foam

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>>54452405
Blucher

>>54449748
>cheap fences
Scrub, any body knows that expensive fences are way more economic.

>>54458568
how would that work if I allready based them?

So, BA.
I have 35 manz out of british dude box and two sprues for one Lt and man, free observer, a 2in mortar team, 2 squads of regulars (SMG sarge, Bren) and 1 of vets (SMG sarge, smg regular man, Bren) as well as a Sherman V and Cromwell (awaiting construction).

What would be fun ways to expand on that? Maybe get me some of those pretty snipers or an MMG?

>>54460477

Snipers are so good for their price, removing special weapons and NCOs is really worth it

>>54460477
I love me some MMGs

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>>54454059
>Will update with an AAR if things work out.
Please do ASLAnon, that looks really interesting

>>54456753
Kind of wanted that howitzer but as I said before I've got plenty of anti-inf with the mortar/assault rifles so I've upgraded to the H. Knocked some of the squad numbers down to free up some points for the tank upgrade.

Well, the guy posted Over the Top, will be with me next week, and I'll be able to photo it next weekend.

I'm hype.

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bomp

>>54464920
"it counts as"

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>>54421292
The ramparts of gunpowder era fortifications were often made of/backed by earth because it absorbs energy and does not splinter into dangerous fragments when hit by cannon fire.

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Soon Holland '44 will be in my hands

>>54440754
magnetic strips on the bottoms (or as the bases) and steel tool boxes work well for smaller scales (10mm).

>>54421292
Grass is also 'fuzzy' and just a bit harder to get the range right and protected from freezing. On the other hand, no artillery of the time was all that accurate. It never really mattered until the War of Northern Aggression and rifled cannon.

>>54467042
>war of northern aggression

Any ACW players/collectors here that want to showcase their stuff or why they love the era?

>>54467145
I want to sell my 1:72 ACW stuff ;_; If someone needs lots of minis, hmu

What system would you guys recommend for 1:72 Civil War miniatures?

>>54467167
>>54467379
This cannot be coincidence

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Bought myself a turnip cart from Warbases.

10/10 model. I recommend it to everybody. I also really like the sabbots I bought but the turnip cart was the most important thing in my order.

Get yourself a turnip cart, you deserve one.


I will be able to play with my 1450 army soon.

>>54459125
steel paper and magnets

>>54469304
I am pleased to see the return of the turnip cart meme to /hwg/

>>54453268
alrighty cheers buddy

>>54433758
Five Core Company Command would fit your bill but it doesn't have a points system. It does have a scenario generator that can determine armies for a battle but not on the basis of point buying.
It uses multi-based figure stands just like IABSM or FOW. 1 stand=1 squad. 1 miniature vehicle=1 vehicle.

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Who, in your humble opinion, is the best producer of 28mm Seven Years War figurines?

>>54472677
I know Warlord do metal British and French for the 1750s. Typical Warlord so a bit stocky but decent quality

>>54472677
Warlord made some good french colonial infantry- bit expensive but all metal.

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The Pilum: The Roman Heavy Javelin (Osprey Weapon 55)

A heavy javelin, normally used as a shock weapon immediately before contact, the pilum was designed with a particular speciality: it could penetrate a shield and carry on into the individual behind it. Relying on mass rather than velocity, at short range a volley of pila had much the same effect on a charging enemy as musketry would in later periods. The design was not uniform, with a wide diversity of types throughout the developmental history of the weapon, but for more than four centuries it remained a vital part of the arsenal of weapons at the disposal of the Roman legionary. Drawing upon recent major finds in the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkans, as well as written records and rigorous scientific analysis, this enthralling study lifts the veil on the evolving nature of the pilum, the Roman heavy javelin that helped to conquer the known world.

https://mega.nz/#!ux81HIYa!G8TdrCP1WYHXcLZs63v-LK-kYq7v9Vp4ihRIrSJbq8k

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Tippecanoe 1811: The Prophet’s Battle (Osprey Campaign 287)

This is the gripping story of the Tippecanoe campaign of 1811: ‘The prophet's battle'. It was a conflict born out of festering tensions inscribed by the 1795 Treaty of Greeneville, which had concluded the Northwestern Indian War and attempted to prevent white settlers' encroaching onto newly defined Indian territories. For 16 years there had been peace, but in 1811 the number of settlers in the Ohio territory had swollen from 3,000 to 250,000. War was again coming to the North West. Within these pages John F. Winkler explores the dramatic build up to the conflict as ‘The Prophet' Tenskatawa and his brother Tecumseh rallied the tribes to drive back the American settlers once and for all. Through superb illustrations and maps, Winkler provides a clear view of the intense fighting that followed at Tippecanoe and the true impact that it would come to have on the War of 1812.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/h0ijvgz8880r6ga/Osprey+-+CAM+287+-+Tippecanoe+1811.pdf

>>54472677
Galloping Major are pretty good.

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I want to paint some 6mm or 10mm miniatures, but I'd rather play a board game than a tabletop game. What historical games go well with miniatures? And which miniature manufacturer, so that I don't need to buy excess bags of minis? I was thinking Conflict of Heroes + Heroics & Ros. But could be any historical era.

>>54476841
Lots of people replace command and colours blocks with miniatures.

>>54476861
Why? One of the reasons to use blocks in wargames is to hide information.

>>54477802
Because in C&C you don't hide information.

>>54477802
Yes ONE of the reasons you could use blocks is to hide information.

Another is because they are a slightly nicer aesthetic than chits, or that you want something to have more than 1 "flip side" (by rotating it through it's four sides to show loss of unit strength etc.)

Just because some games use blocks for hidden information doesn't mean they all do!

>>54477807
>>54477867
I hadn't played C&C, bad assumption on my part. Seems like most block games have some sort of hidden component to them.

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>>54476841
>What historical games go well with miniatures?
We did have a couple of anons trying to do Squad Leader in 3mm, but unfortunately I think they were overwhelmed by the size of the project.

>>54477951
Yeah, not all games using the C&C system (and relatives) use blocks, and mostly they're used because they're pretty. They're not "block games" really.

I mean, Memoir '44 doesn't use blocks. Perhaps it should?

Now I feel guilty for having an unplayed copy of EastFront II.

>>54478243
If less than half of your collection is unplayed, then you're not buying enough.

>>54472860
>>54474650
>>54476186

It looks like Warlord are the best compromise between price and quality.

Any opinions on Warmaster Ancients?

What's the entry cost?

>>54480475
>What's the entry cost?

Not too bad, 6/10mm stuff is pretty cheap.

Hard part will be finding a physical copy of the rules (assuming you'd prefer that to a pdf).

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Any good east asian (either medieval or ancient) miniatures in the 6-12mm range?

>>54472677
>>54479127
Try the perry plastics.
They are nominaly for the US war of indepence but work just as well for the 7 years war.

>>54480475
>>54480501
I thought there were plenty of "evolutions" of warmaster by now...why would you play that unsoported antique rulebook anyway?

>>54481396
>unsoported
Oh fuck that noise. Who the fuck cares if the ruleset is unspoorted as long as it has everything you need?

>>54481409
Especially for historicals. Sure with SF/Fantasy games you might need new rules and models for a SPACEMAN SUPERBOT every month or whatever but for history that doesn't really apply.

>>54481409
What i really meant was are there not more modern versions of Warmaster out there by now?

>>54481438
In that case, yes, Hail Caesar and Pike and Shotte is similar.

>>54481500
Does hail caesar have any support for fantasy army lists tho?

>>54481553
No, or at least not yet, but you can make your own units.

>>54481571
Might check it out then.
Does it have casualty removal?

>>54481617
No, unit removal.

>>54481351
No they are too late for the Seven Years War, the tunics and boots are the wrong type

>>54481351
Nope this is NOT correct even slightly.

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News from Pendraken.

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>>54478243
C&C works well with blocks as they look more like rank and file (at least to me). Memoir '44 looks better with minis. both approaches work with the aesthetic of the system and era.

Columbia Games and more recently Vento Nuovo whole shtick is a huge element of Fog of War, so the blocks work for those systems and scales.

>>54482768
Why I still ASL so expensive and always out of print

>>54483310
Most hex and counter games printed nowadays do tend to run pretty expensively...and pound for pound what you get in each ASL product you are paying roughly what all other hex and counter games run-maybe a touch higher. Its just that ASL has a TON of stuff in each product.

the problem of WHY they are always out of product? Low manufacturing runs anymore. MMP and really most any other gaming company only do a print run of about 5000 copies of each game. it really does cost a lot of money to publish these games and game companies are not getting rich off of their products. I know Kurt Schilling over at MMP lost money in MMP the first 10 years it was around. Only his own personal finances kept the company going. So game companies dont like to invest too much money into production as they know if a game wont sell and they have to much stock left over it could ruin a company.

There really are less hex and counter gamers out there than there used to be. its not like in the 70s and 80 a single game run would have a print run of over 50k units-and would sell them out and then do more print runs.. even a 'high risk' game would see an initial print run of 30K or more.

the other problem with ASL stuff being out of print are the fucking assholes that decide to buy 4 or 5 copies of anything that comes out-hold onto them for a few years and then dump them for grossly exaggerated prices.

>>54482372

No interest in the period but I like Pendraken so it's good to hear they're expanding. Their 10mm Napoleonics are the best around in my opinion.

>>54484088
That makes sense, it's just frustrating discovering a game like ASL and finding out most of the parts to it im interested in we're only available before before i was even born, plus not having a lot of disposable cash makes it even harder to dive into. Shit even the starter kits aren't all available.

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Bee Em Pee

>>54485922
There's an ASL module for VASSAL.

>>54488492
ITs not the same

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>>54419248
Unity of Command is pretty good

Or Open Panzer
http://openpanzer.net/

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>>54467042
>protected from freezing.

???

>>54488816
Unity of Command is good but my niggle is there's really only one correct way to win each scenario.

It feels more like a puzzle game than a strategy game at times.

>>54475743
>Pilum

>the pics in that book
>tfw you realize shitty white metal castings are more historically accurate than nice looking pila

Does anyone make a kit of the 50s Israeli upgraded Sherman?

>>54490225
What scale?

Dunno about kits per say but I know the model is available in a few scales as it is.

Which historical wargame has the best balance between crunchy rules and easy combat resolution? I'm shopping around for a ruleset for my game-group, and we have a mix of noobs, wargamers, and spreadsheet fuckers so something that hits all those niches would be ideal.

>>54491295
Are you looking for any period of history?

>>54491416
World War One or the Seven Years War, preferably. We like having guns and viable melee on occasion.

>>54491462
>Seven Years
FUCK. I meant 30 Years War.

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>>54491295
Depends on the scale of combat you want to go for, for larger battles in WW1 you could try Westfront or Over the Top or a game simply called "World War One Wargame Rules".
There is also kallistra's "Raging Empires" which is available on their site for free and is designed for very large scale battles on a large hex-ed up table.
For smaller skirmish games Through the Mud and Blood might suit

For 30 Years war you could try Hakaa Paale for the Ga Pa system.
Lion of the north is very short and succinct, but would probably get the job done. I wrote a TYW system too (pdf related) which is quite a lot of fun and done simply. Quite an old game of mine (from 2013) but pretty effective at capturing the feeling of the period with minimal rules.

>>54491640
I think smaller scale skirmishes would work best, focusing on each player controlling a couple of squadrons or platoons in a larger offensive. I'll check out the rules you mentioned as well.

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>>54491697
Skirmish games would be each player controlling a single man, or a group of 4 or 5 men.
If you want each player commanding a a few platoons, you probably want a larger scale system rather than a skirmish one.
There is also Big Bloody Battles (BBB), a Flames of War WW1 game, and an unofficial version of Bolt Action for WW1

>>54500422
"Fuck this, I'm going home."

>>54419248
Panzer Corps. No doubt.

>>54500564
Are there any games like Panzer Corps set in WWI?

Anyone have Nordic Weasel's 'Price of a Mile' WW1 rules? It seems to have been taken down from Wargame Vault.

>>54501800
or Trench Storm.

Thank you!

>>54447485
PaxSims has the kind of pol-mil wargaming you might like.

It's wargaming for professionals.

>>54447485
>>54451817
I was going to suggest this. Haven't looked at FiveCore but I know NEIS has it. You could just write your own D100 tables. You never know, it might be fun.

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BMbradley

M113

>>54510358
Gavin

As someone not overly knowledgeable about WW2 stuffs, how should I go about painting some deserty tonks for battlegroup tobruk? A Dingo, some A9s, and some Panzer III F s. To be a real pain, can any paint recommendations be buy name instead of just generally, I'm mighty colour blind. Cheers gents.

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HSTV(L)

>>54511928
Vallejo Dark Sand (847) could work for all of them.

If you want to do Caunter scheme on the british, I'd go with a base of Vallejo Pale Sand (837) or Deck Tan (986), and then use Green Grey (886) and German Fieldgrey (830).

For the germans, most brownish yellows are good, instead of Dark Sand, one could use Desert Yellow (977) or German Camo Orange Ochre (824) (or several others, but those are the ones I had on hand)

>>54511928
Something like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKNrjdnHI1E

The scans of Battlegroup: Overlord just include armylists. Are there any special rules in the Overlord book beyond the army lists? Like there is in the Fall of the Reich book?

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MMP is holding a sale soon. The only MMP game I own is A Victory Lost. Any of these games recommendable? I don't play ASL.

Looking for a magazine hex and counter game called Psycho Raiders. It came from a magazine called Halloween Nightmares Horrorgame Magazine.
I have been looking for this game everywhere for about a year and can't find a trace of it.
Thanks in advance!

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GUIZE

>>54517654
I'm not usually a jealous man, but...

>>54518056
SCAN THAT SHIT

>>54518056
No way!!!

>>54518392
I borrowed it for that very reason.

>>54518717
How did you find a copy?

>>54518772
A friend of mine bought it right after release, and I borrowed it from him to scan/take photos of it (as he doesn't want it to be damaged).

>>54411820
>The plot was not the first attempt to kill Hitler, but it was the one that came the closest to success.
Wasn't there a similar plot where they put a bomb in his plane, and the acid froze because the pilot decided to go up a few thousand feet to avoid CAT, against the flight plan.

I prefer metal over plastic miniatures.

>>54520979
me too. 100% of my collection is in metal. This includes 28mm.

>>54520979
The Oldhammer grog in me likes metal but the converter in me likes plastic.

>>54520979
both are ok.

>>54413539

How did that Yettie get hold of a German uniform?

>>54520979

Metal are nice but you can beat plastic for convenience.

>>54518717

Well done.

So why are people getting excited? Is this a good game?

>>54522051
Warhammer Great War is essentially 4th edition 40k, but the excitement is that the Over the Top expansion was released right before GW axed their historicals department, and as such is pretty rare and sought-after.

>>54518056
yawwwwnnn

>>54522051
nah I've got a copy its very mediocre. One of the weaker historical titles

>>54522112
>>54522114

I would assume the Bolt Action WWI expansion is one of the better WWI skirmish games.

>>54522181
WW1 is quite tricky to put into a game so yeah you're already on the back foot but this like I say, yawwwnnnnnnnnn

>>54522181
I wouldn't assume that.

>>54522181
Why would you assume that?
BA isn't usually considered one of the better skirmish games, let alone its unofficial supplements.

>>54523943
>>54524492

So name a better WWI skirmish game.

>>54525319
Through the Mud and Blood

>>54525339

Any that don't require a million cards?

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>>54525319
WW1 doesn't really suit skirmish. All the good games have at least 1 man = 50 men, or infantry in stands or teams.
Its a period where a single man doesn't really mean dick, but an entire division, with the help of various support (either by heavy weapon teams, artillery or specialist teams like miners or stromtrooper squads) can make a difference.
Its fine to do skirmish if you want to do a more RPG style WW1 experience, or want to play out the actions of a single stormtrooper squad in the midst of a battle, but the incredibly large numbers of men involved in any decent action seems to makes skirmish games grind to a halt.
A recent AAR of a warhammer great war game complained about everything taking too long. When you have to roll to hit, wound, save for every man, and there are 50 to 100 men on the table, things can begin to take a long time.

Someone should really make a lightweight game for those who want to skirmish but find their games are taking too long.

>>54522114
>nah I've got a copy its very mediocre
If you're willing to sell or trade it, I'd be happy to take it off of you.

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https://www.redbubble.com/people/jcdent/works/27328213-mig-21-fishbed-69th-embarrassing-nato-reporting-name-wing

>>54525339
I don't think TtMaB is a one miniature-one soldier game. A base is a platoon, right?

>>54526816
>a warhammer great war game complained about everything taking too long. When you have to roll to hit, wound, save for every man, and there are 50 to 100 men on the table, things can begin to take a long time.

Meanwhile, at regular Warhammer today... yep, same thing.

>>54525319
Not strictly WWI as it's more RCW, but Battle For the Back of Beyond seemed like a fun skirmish ruleset,

>>54530919
Nope. To quote the blurb:

"Aimed at large scale skirmish actions in the Great War, with between 30 and 120 figures a side, and are based around the actions of leaders in battle. "

"Perfect for trench raid and platoon and company level engagements from 1914 to 1918"

>>54514076
Yes, every book has scenarios/campaign/special rules.

I've done a bit of reading, but I'm awful at search terms.
So I'm building a VBCW force of Anglicans decked out in French horizon blue surplus, but I was wondering if such a force would still be usable in a WW2 game, as some second line or other such reservist unit? Or was the blue just completely gone from the French army by then?

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>>54531859
The French switched over to khaki in 1935, and honestly I can't think of any photos from the Blitzkreig showing poilus in the horizon-blue. You could perhaps use them as a Resistance/Maquis unit fitted out with surplus uniforms they've looted from somewhere.

/hwg/ is such a good resource. Tried to find some art reference of Prussian infantry on google/pinterest and only came up with bad image crops, I come here and there's instantly an Osprey filled with what I need.

Thanks /hwg/

>>54514553
Giving this a bump

>>54526816
>Someone should really make a lightweight game for those who want to skirmish but find their games are taking too long.

Fivecore?

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Here's a guy building Napoleon's army at Waterloo in 6mm
http://miniatureaddiction.info/1815-french/

>>54432128

Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea
Commands & Colors: Medieval
Fire in the Lake reprint
Holland '44
Imperial Struggle

So I want to do a SCW game, but I want it to have a pulpy cinematic feel to it, rather than being strictly historical. Are there any campaign systems that revolve around a small group of veterans that would be suitable for the 1930s? The only games like this I've found are for sci-fi settings, and while I'll convert one of those if I have to, I was hoping the game I'm looking for already exists.

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>>54533040
Even something like simplifying the hit/wound/save rolls down to a single roll of 4+ to kill. perhaps -1 to the roll for light cover, -2 for heavy cover like a trench. +1 for large guns or grenades, +2 for heavy howitzers.
Let MGs target up to 10 guys within 12" of each other and you should be looking good. You could probably use the Warhammer or BA rules but with those additions and it would speed things up a lot.

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>>54535183
>If you knows of a better 'ole, go to it

>>54535110
Fivecore

>>54533040
I just remembered Trench Storm, which is literally a WWI skirmish game designed by the FiveCore guy.

I wish ASLanon taught ASL lessons. He should post AARs a thread least

>>54535532
If you can find that. By the looks of it, the only website that hosts it has downed links, and wargamevault doesn't sell it, either.

>>54535630
I think I have a pdf but not on the pc I currently have access to. When I get back to it I'll post it in here if it's still down everywhere else.

I know we have the unwritten rule to not host Ivan's stuff but I feel this is a special case.

>>54535718
I think it's ok considering that Blessed Ivan doesn't even sell it anymore. It's not on his (shitty) Google page, either:
https://sites.google.com/site/nordicweaselgames/home/trench-storm

>>54514076
If you buy the 2nd edition core rulebook it has all Special and Scenario rules from the supplements listed plus some scens and canadian/SS lists for normandy. If you want to jump in cheply i would recommend buying that and simply use the army lists from the archive. If you want the scens or stuff thats missing... Well we could use the scans, anon

>>54411769
anyone have wargames illustrated prime? the operation gigant book is previewed now but the youtube link is prime members only.

>>54535718
Please do. I asked for it here:
>>54501800

Thanks.

>>54538432
Just a heads up if I do have the pdf it'll be up here on Monday at the earliest.

>>54526816

Often when I play historic skirmish games I just pretend this is a zoomed in part of the line.

>>54535604
Ive thought about doing ASL demonstrations via VASL. But then I remember I suck at the ASL rules and at best would be able to cover basic stuff for people. I make a poor teacher when it comes to games rules. Even when I was doing FoW-and was the rules 'go to' guy in our group...I still had to hit the rule book on a regular basis.

and as far as AARs? they really do take a lot to do. And recently-injuries i sustained in the first gulf war have gotten worse and i tend to spend most days in some degrees of pain. And that tends to exhaust me. I dont get out as many of my videos for my gaming channel as I would like and doing an AAR on top of that takes more energy than I have most days.

I was going to do an AAR on 'Britan Stands Alone' but it requires more table space than I have and there is no VASSAL mod for it. It may still happen when I go house sitting for my folks later this summer.

But I will work on trying to get an AAR out of here soon. Im actually thinking of revisiting one of the Fleet games. 6th or 2nd. Do that via Vassal and do an AAR for it.

THinking of spend £50 om cromwells shout i do it and anyone got any tips on making hessian strips for them?

>>54540949
>injuries i sustained in the first gulf war
Could you tell us about those? I recently read Schwarzkopfs memoirs. What service where you in and how did you wounded?

I like your AAR btw plz keep making them

>>54540949
Tfw you're just somebody stupid college dropout trying and failing to get into ASL and this man here is smart articulate and a literal hero

>>54541622
OK boys and girls. Story time. I will preface this by saying I was US NAvy Serving as a weapons expert (Gunner Mate Guns) aboard the USS Curts FF_38. Planeguard for the USS Midway Battlegroup and the only ship of the Coalition forces to engage in a naval gun fire exchange with a ship of the Iraqi Navy

technically I was injured twice. The first one was a stupid bullshit injury, Sipped going down a ladderback and fucked up my knee. Partial tear of the meniscus in my right knee. Fortunately, I was young and with some rest and ice, I was able to bounce back from it with little difficulty. Pushed through a lot of pain as I did keep the injury hidden from the docs but my supervisor found out and he agreed not to say anything as long as it started to get better. Hell we were undermanned and he couldn't afford to lose me.

the 2nd 'injury' and the one that would eventually get me discharged from the service was getting hit with 'gulf war syndrome'. I didnt get hit with that one until a few years later when I tried to get back to Japan. Had to do a full physical and they caught it. 'Minor Upper respiratory, bronchial asthmatic-like tendencies, aggravated due to Gulf War Syndrom". Try saying that 5 times fast. This was in '95 when that ass Clinton was seriously downsizing the military and was using medical boards to look for ANY excuse to discharge people. So..out I went.

(Apologies to the people not interested in my tale)

Cont....

>>54542174
About 5 years ago I injured my knee again and it fully tore the meniscus. So I walk with a limp pretty much all the time now (and there is always a level of pain associated with it) and that in turn fucks with the muscles in my feet setting off my Plantar Fasciitis. So on occasion, my knee with flare up bad causing me to limp more than usual and in turn set off the bad pain in my feet. That takes about 5-6 days to go away. The worst my knee gets is it will swell up and I cant even bend it leaving me in excruciating pain for about a month. fortunately, thats only happened 3 times since I reinjured myself. VA isnt doing much for me. So I just have to deal with it.

VA has given me steroid shots in the past for it-and that does help it-for about 4 months. the problem is steroid shots lose their effectiveness so I havnt had on in about a couple years now.

>>54541840
And please....Im no hero. Im just some guy who did my duty and my job and sat behind a gun and got to shoot some enemy shit up one day. Nice and safe on board a ship floating at sea. Heroes are the guys on the ground getting shot at daily.

I would also argue about being smart and articulate as well ;)

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>>54542174
>USS Curts FF_38
bleh....FFG-38

FUCK now I feel obligated to start up my ASL with miniatures project and actually learn to play

>>54542909
STart it *back up

>>54542265
I feel you man, I have an old hamstring injury from the Army that has never healed properly, and likely never will. I used to get steroid injections to manage the pain, but they got less and less effective, so now I just have to deal with it.

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>>54411769
Two questions.

One: What is the best ruleset for playing WW1?

Two:What are Baccus 6mm WW1 minis like? From what I can see on the site they seem pretty good in price and detail and 6mm feels like it would do WW1 pretty well for tabletop.

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Well here's my my ASL stuff that's still still usable scrapped all the roads though maybe I'll act actually more done this attempt

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>>54544540
Have a look at Westfront, Over the Top, Raging Empires (its free on the Kallistra site) and a rule set called "World War I Wargame Rules"
There's a bunch in the OP mediafires, have a look and see what suits your preferred level of complexity and realism.
There is also a FoW great war version, as well as an unofficial BA supplement for the period.

>>54544848
ASLanon posted asl mini stuff that looks way better than that. Maybe you should just retire it and play VASL

>>54546520
Vassal doesnt work for me, I cant actually move any pieces in it so VASL isnt an option

>>54545755
And what of my second question?

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>>54547639
I'm not familiar with bacchus at all. Should be fine - 6mm is a good scale for WW1. The details dont matter so much at that scale so don't worry too much about it - my advice would be to go for cheap price rather than quality, as no one is going to know if the minis are a bit shoddy, especially if you do a decent paint job.
I have some H&R infantry (pic) that are essentially blobs of blobs with a gun and a helmet, but with a good paint job everyone compliments them, and no one has a magnifying glass to really see what's going on...

Well, I got blocked from TMP for calling out Bill over his bullshit.

I'm not even angry, I'm impressed how much of a delusional cunt he is.

>>54547922
explain

>>54547922
>Internet drama, give me attention!
go blog about it

>>54547962
Glad you enjoyed it my friend.
Amicalement,
Armand

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>>54536557
Aw, no scans of the 2nd edition. Bummer. Guess I'll buy!