the commander series

[petercooman]

Just noticed this:

http://www.blitzkrieg-commander.com/Content/Forum/Topic.aspx?CategoryID=12&ForumID=42&TopicID=18264&ForumPage=1


Sooo Leon, any explanation? 

[getagrip]

Well well well.  Wish I'd known that before I shelled out for it about 5 days ago 

[Fenton]

Interesting though I haven't been to the BKC site for sometime

Good to here someone is taking over

[Fenton]

Well well well.  Wish I'd known that before I shelled out for it about 5 days ago 

What do you think of the rules Gareth?

[Leon]

Yeah, the announcement wasn't supposed to be until later this month, we were caught on the hop a bit there.  I've put up a proper announcement now: http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,11453.0.html so I'll be deleting this thread shortly.

[getagrip]

What do you think of the rules Gareth?

Warmaster with tanks  

I like the look of them but I'll only be able to say for sure once I throw a few dice at them.  I think terrain would be highly important.

Also, the armylists are somewhat overwhelming at first.

[Fenton]

Much easier to use real TOE's in my opinion

[getagrip]

Much easier to use real TOE's in my opinion

Yeah, think I agree.  Will take some getting used to though and I now see why you historical boys spend so long discussing when a particular tank/gun/unit etc was in service.

[Ithoriel]

Real TOE's, like generals plans, rarely survive contact with the enemy.

Besides most of my BKC games are between fictional units involved on the fringes of real events.

I like both the rules and the armylists and find both fairly simple to follow ... but maybe that's just me.

[Genom]

I always went with, what did I get in my army pack? check a proper Orbat to see what major bits am I missing and go from there. They're a nice abstract ruleset that tend to give a decent ebb and flow in the turns due to the warmaster style command mechanic. Also rather easy to speed up by just not removing hits at the end of the turn, which makes it easier to take out those pesky Tigers.

[getagrip]

. Also rather easy to speed up by just not removing hits at the end of the turn, which makes it easier to take out those pesky Tigers.

Yeah, I like that idea but I am used to the Warmaster mechanic; just remains to be seen how it plays for me.

I will invariably make some tweaks

[toxicpixie]

I rather like "leave hits on for vehicles, remove from infantry". Makes the humble rifleman useful even in '45 with ludicrous tanks(tm) around

[getagrip]

I rather like "leave hits on for vehicles, remove from infantry". Makes the humble rifleman useful even in '45 with ludicrous tanks(tm) around

Not having played it yet, doesn't that "over" weaken tanks or are infantry really that poor in BKC?

[Fenton]

I am not sure how long the BKC forum is staying up but might be worth having a look through all the house rules there to see if any there you like

[xccam]

I was considering buying the rules about a week ago as I'm interested in this scale of warfare for WW2, but then I realised I need to clear my plate of Napoleonics before I start another project.

Good to see that these will still be available, and from Pendraken no less(!), when I do come round to getting my 10mm WW2 army!