Wednesday 28 November 2012

The Masterplan


I thought it might be a good idea to try and quantify some of the wargaming ideas that have been germinating for several years but steadily going nowhere... I always knew going on the Project Management course would pay off!

 Category 1 [actually doing something about these!]
  • Samurai ... 6mm Baccus figures
  • Franco-Prussian/Risorgimento/Franco-Austrian... 6mm again with Baccus minis
  • Zulus/British.... and once again, Baccus
               ....been using Black Powder for all of these
  • SAGA...  28mm Gripping Beast figures
  • Musket and Tomahawk... 15mm Blue Moon/Peter Pig
  • Force on Force – Afghanistan... 15mm Peter Pig
  • Ottomans/Hungarians... 15mm Essex.  Part of a plan to build up Renaissance armies, initially using DBA or Maximillian but eventually [if we get round to it] expanding to something bigger....maybe Pike and Shotte?


Category 2 [kind of started but not really got very far]

  • WW2 in 28mm using Warlord miniatures.  Probably going to use Bolt Action rules for this but I also picked up a set of Normandy Firefight earlier this year which I still haven’t played.
  • WW2... assorted 6mm figures.  In theory my son and I are going to use Kampgruppe Normandy for these.
  • Aztec/Conquistador... I have some 20mm figures and acquired a load more on Ebay... one day I’ll get round to doing something with them!


Category  3 [not played for a while and could do with some attention...]

  • Spanish Civil War... 15mm with Peter Pig figures.  Still trying to find a good set of rules.  So far I’ve tried I Ain’t Been Shot Mum and Blitzkrieg Commander both of which I like but I’m still not sure I’ve found the right set.
  • AK47 with 15mm Peter Pig figures

  • Russian Civil War... 20mm figures...mainly HaT.  Played several games of Red Actions with these but haven’t given them an outing for a while
  • Back of Beyond Russian and Chinese armies ... Copplestone 28mm.  Used Contemptible Little Armies for these but looking for another ruleset.

  • WW2 Naval... coastal forces in 1:600...Action Stations rules
  • Modern [1980s NATO/Warpac] in 6mm... Cold War Commander
  • WW2 Air in 1:300 using Bag the Hun
  • WW1 Air... Wings of War
  • ACW Ironclads in 1:1200.  Not sure what make the models are as I acquired them on Ebay.  Peter Pig’s Hammering Iron are a great set of rules for this period.
  • DBM... I don’t really like DBM [although I really like DBA!] and have Italian Condotta and Swiss armies.  Really need to find a better set of rules.
There are also assorted boardgames etc that I haven't counted and I do have a nagging feeling that I've missed something!

 So... what does all this tell me???  I clearly have no attention span whatsoever and am far too tempted to dabble.  There are also lots of projects that get moved on to a playable stage but then don’t expand much more and don’t get played with often enough.  I need to try and remember this next time I see something shiny at a wargames show!!!!

8 comments:

  1. Heh, heh! What it tells me is never write all your possible projects down!

    I played Back of Beyond with Contemptible Little Armies and just found it too relentlessly bloody -swathes of casualties per turn. I was wondering about getting the new Ospre inter-war set: A World Aflame

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  2. Agreed... I have a strong liking for Chris Peers' rules but the casualty rates are pretty horrendous. It's one of the things I liked about Red Actions. There's a lot of firing, running away and then plucking up the courage to fire again but not too many actual casualties.

    I've had a read through the Osprey rules and they look pretty interesting and very affordable.

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  3. Blimey that's a lot of stuff to get through. Go for the 15mm Musket and Tommahawk first!

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    1. Too much stuff... there may be a reason why I never get anything finished! I've just remembered the 1:3000 WW2 naval stuff as well...sigh...

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  4. Its an unwritten rule

    right it down, stick to your project list, 32 seconds later forget about it. Repeat often

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  5. I've nominated you for the latest blog award...

    http://legatuswargamesarmies.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/leibster-blog-award.html

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    1. Why thank you Stephen... I'll have to consider who to nominate next!

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