X & Y?

Started by Leon, 07 October 2018, 02:30:40 PM

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Quote from: Leman on 13 January 2019, 04:28:21 PM
This could run and run.

But only in short high speed bursts
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Favorite rules name was the old medieval set, 'Blood & Snot'.

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Quote. But only in short high moderate speed bursts

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Quote from: chrishanley on 03 April 2020, 06:04:58 PM
Fishy English Civil War Rules:- Pike and Lobster

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hammurabi70

Quote from: Leon on 07 October 2018, 02:30:40 PM
There seems to be a lot of rulesets called some variation on the X & Y theme, like Fire & Fury, Badgers & Burrows, Oak & Iron, Sword & Spear, etc.  If you were going to launch your own rules, what X & Y name would you give them?  The less sensible the better...!

Actually that is just one strand; it seems single phrase concepts are also all the rage: Rommel, Blucher, Chamberlain, Maurice.  Our own choice is for X to Y where X is the first well known battle in the period and Y is the last: Arras to the Ardennes.  There is some humour in there but really designed to be informative rather than the light entertainment envisaged in the OP.

Quote from: MooseDontBounce on 05 April 2019, 07:25:23 PM
Favorite rules name was the old medieval set, 'Blood & Snot'.

English Civil War is medieval?

Ithoriel

Quote from: hammurabi70 on 03 April 2020, 07:18:50 PM
English Civil War is medieval?

Well .... pikes, armoured cavalry, castle under siege, the great and the good raising their retainers and leading them off to the wars? Could well be! :)
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Ithoriel

How about a couple of topical rulesets?

AVBCW - A Viral Brexit Civil War

or

Lock & Load - lock down your house and load up on groceries. A 7TV version of Supermarket Sweep! :)
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Quote from: Ithoriel on 08 May 2020, 08:37:57 PM
Lock & Load - lock down your house and load up on groceries. A 7TV version of Supermarket Sweep! :)

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No doubt involving 140 charater messages via a computer app ?
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Quote from: Ithoriel on 08 May 2020, 08:29:58 PM
Well .... pikes, armoured cavalry, castle under siege, the great and the good raising their retainers and leading them off to the wars? Could well be! :)

My experience of the rules was purely ECW; perhaps they used the same title and general concepts for different periods.

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