Battle of Rowton Heath 1645

Started by pierre the shy, 31 December 2018, 11:52:23 PM

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paulr

Quote from: mollinary on 02 January 2019, 10:03:51 PM
...Just discovered this podcast from November of some American guys experience with FK&P. It is, of course, positive, or I would not have posted it!  :D :D :D ;D   ;D. For those interested, It is at Episode 9 at https://hobbyknockout.podbean.com   I can assure readers, that no money has changed hands!

I had a chance to listen to the podcast and it is good to hear someone as enthusiastic about the rules as I am ;) :)

The quote that sums it up for me is, "after the first couple of turns you are thinking like a general" :) :) :)
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Quote from: Edmund2011 on 04 January 2019, 01:17:19 AM
Also it seems it is a ruleset I can use to play games with my 10mm figures and besides games with my 1/72 figures as basing is irrelevant. Is that correct??;)



Yes, the advantage of the grid is it is easy to translate into any scale of figures without having to change move distances, ranges, or anything in the rules themselves! All you do is change the grid size.  During playtesting I played the same battle with 6mm, 10mm and 28mm figures, and I know many others used/use 15mm. Indeed, at a couple of shows we put on a 6mm and 28mm version of the same game side by side, and a 10mm and 28mm side by side.




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Edmund2011

Thanks for your answers.!

It's the kind of game I could be internested, being able to use the same game for different scales and basings just changing the grid.

Now I'm also  tempeted by TTS  ;)

pierre the shy

Quote from: Edmund2011 on 07 January 2019, 12:45:52 AM
Now I'm also tempted by TTS  ;)

After our latest game of DBMM so am I.

My wargaming time is too short to waste playing rules that I find are annoyingly frustrating.....don't need to have to look in several different sections to find the answer to a reasonably straightforward question....the different outcomes depending on weither in your turn or your opponents, if you are (S) (F) or (O) etc drives me to despair  ~X(

Going to base the Burgundians I have for TTS grid rather than to DBMM sizes  :d :ar!  ;)       
Though much is taken, much abides; and though
we are not now that strength which in old days
moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are.

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Quote from: pierre the shy on 07 January 2019, 07:48:47 AM
......don't need to have to look in several different sections to find the answer to a reasonably straightforward question....

And still get it wrong  #-o :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[
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Quote from: mad lemmey on 01 January 2019, 10:50:29 AM
Cheerful atmosphere then?

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Quote from: pierre the shy on 07 January 2019, 07:48:47 AM
After our latest game of DBMM so am I.

My wargaming time is too short to waste playing rules that I find are annoyingly frustrating.....don't need to have to look in several different sections to find the answer to a reasonably straightforward question....the different outcomes depending on weither in your turn or your opponents, if you are (S) (F) or (O) etc drives me to despair  ~X(

Going to base the Burgundians I have for TTS grid rather than to DBMM sizes  :d :ar!  ;)       
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