What are you currently reading ?

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FierceKitty

Quote from: Ithoriel on 18 August 2020, 07:47:19 PM
Just started "Hellenistic And Roman Naval Warfare 336 BC - 31 BC"

Let me know if it provokes any thoughts on how to make galley games interesting....
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Quote from: FierceKitty on 25 August 2020, 10:52:04 AM
Let me know if it provokes any thoughts on how to make galley games interesting....

Have a side table with a skirmish mini-game set up for whenever the galleys come into contact, then you can do a boarding raid game?

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Quote from: FierceKitty on 25 August 2020, 10:52:04 AM
Let me know if it provokes any thoughts on how to make galley games interesting....

My thoughts are in the opposite direction to mmcv, treat groups of galleys as units of cavalry or similar and go for a high level view...

I haven't found a set that works yet :(
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I have been intermittently playing about with tweaks to the Poseidon's Warriors galley rules from Osprey which I quite like.

Despite my usual dislike of hexes I am going with hex movement (Inconsistent? Moi? :) )

Rather than letting players decide the order to move their squadrons I'm going with a chit pull system. Each squadron has a disc with the rating of the ship (3, 4, 5, 6 or 7) on a coloured background. Similar, but larger, mdf versions will be pulled from a bag to decide order of activation.

One or two other tweaks have come and gone and may return!
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FierceKitty

I can see it'll be happening eventually, along with WOTR and Hittites. Hmmmm, Lee's been watching Napoleonic Youtube stuff recently....
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kipt

Finished another historical fiction by Robert Conroy, "1882: Custer in Chains".  An alternate Spanish American War with Custer surviving Little Big Horn and becoming president of the US.  He and his Secretary of State feel the US needs to expand and a fortuitous war with Spain "happens".  Lots of action in Cuba; both army and navy.
Better than I thought it would be.

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Frostgrave 2nd edition.

Looks like a god 2nd edition that preserves the essence of the game, while addressing some of the most common Imbalance" gripes.
The rules layout is improved, poorly worded bits addressed and quick-reference pages at the end should speed up play.

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Quote from: ianrs54 on 23 August 2020, 09:36:51 AM
Piggy is offering a discount til the end of the month Will

Ian,
I can't see any discount, details please.

Best wishes,
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I got an email :-


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6. The code can be used more than once during the two weeks if the criteria are met each time.

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Hi Ian,
Thank you, it's obviously for previous customers and not until next month.

Best wishes,
Martin
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kipt

Finished another alternate history book.  "MacArthur's War: A Novel Of The Invasion Of Japan" by Douglas Niles and Michael Dobsen.

Again, the Japanese win at Midway and MacArthur uses the Navy's failures to be in overall command in the whole Pacific theater. Progression through the island chains he actually fought for into the Philippines and then an invasion of Japan.  The A bomb doesn't get completed (an accident at the lab) so the invasion needs to happen.  Patton comes from Europe and MacArthur, wary of his glory, assigns Patton to a diversion; Patton of course runs wild and takes the surrender in Tokyo while MacArthur stews.

More meat that the other historical fiction.  Enjoyed it.

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