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Started by GridGame, 29 October 2019, 10:13:54 AM

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Steve J

QuoteCurse you, Steve J!
:d :d :d

Ithoriel

Quote from: Raider4 on 29 October 2019, 07:12:35 PM
Argh! I need that like I need a hole in the head. But now that I know it exists, and with an Amazon gift card laying close by . . . Curse you, Steve J!

I was in the process of ordering "To Ur is Human" when Steve's message came in. It simply confirmed the rightness of my decision :)

Quote from: Raider4 on 29 October 2019, 07:12:35 PM
And occasionally very silly silliness. It usually passes after a day or two.

<♪>"Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome!
Fremde, étranger, stranger
Glücklich zu sehen, je suis enchanté, happy to see you
Bleibe, reste, stay
Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome
Im Pendraken, au Pendraken, to Pendraken" /<♪>

(spoken)
Leave your troubles outside!
So, life is disappointing? Err!? Forget it!
We have no troubles here!
Here life is beautiful!
There are 100 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who can work from incomplete data

fsn

Hello and welcome.

Silliness there is aplenty, but genuinely a very friendly and knowledgeable place.

Why did you pick Pendraken?
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GridGame

1] Firstly thanks to all for all the welcomes
and to answer some questions:
2] feedback on rules on reports on games - 1st I need to get my head around 'batreps' - particularly posting pics
3] Choosing Pendraken? - friendly service, great range of figures and samples
4] next purchase - Persian & Greeks
5] next era? - possibly SCW. Certainly Pendraken has plenty of suitable 'lead'  :D. My current issue is understanding SCW tactics/formations. For Ancients my gaming of years ago gave me a very basic understanding (- and I still shy away from chariot based armies). For Mahdi/Sudan on line sources and battle/skirmish reports give a good flavour to tactics, etc. For ECW: reading (on-line) battle reports & ECW blogs, including rules, has given me a basic tactical understanding.

Lord Kermit of Birkenhead

THe SCW stuff is nice !
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steve_holmes_11

Welcome to the forum GridGame.
I'll look forward to your postings.

What's OHW?

Ithoriel

One Hour Wargames, Steve. At least that's the acronym I know.
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Lord Kermit of Birkenhead

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GridGame

Indeed OHW is One Hour Wargames which is essentially a book by Neil Thomas which promotes a very simple rules system which has been adapted for many eras. I used the basic rules in my first 'later life' games (for Ancients) and found them OK. The 30 scenarios in the book even as a solo player are challenging. Since I dice for the armies in combat, the composition of that army, the scenario to be played and then which army is 'red' or 'blue' in that scenario it is possible to end up with some challenging tactical situations: how do you move a slow moving infantry army across the board (the win condition) when faced with an almost 100% cavalry army?
Only 'OK'? – didn't like the limited troop types & associated weapons/ability and so I wrote my own hand-hand rules – based on DBA & WRG info.


steve_holmes_11

Thanks, I'd tried some of the more common matches, and none made sense:

* Oil-powered water heater.
* Overhead weight.
* Ordinary High Water.
* One Hit Wonder.

FierceKitty

I don't drink coffee to wake up. I wake up to drink coffee.

Lord Kermit of Birkenhead

Kitty kindly keep your description of yourself to yourself  ;)
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FierceKitty

Everyone knows it about me already! But note the plural....
I don't drink coffee to wake up. I wake up to drink coffee.

Orcs

The cynics are right nine times out of ten. -Mencken, H. L.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well. - Robert Louis Stevenson

Lord Kermit of Birkenhead

Which pensions youse drawin Orcs ?
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