ECW rules recommendation

[Last Hussar]

I'm going to try and get myself to a local Hardware shop on the High Street (Ashco, for those who know) who sell all sorts of things - If there is one place that will sell small card packs it will be there.

I can feel the slog of painting being required    My short term aim is to get up to 20 Pike and 40 Musket stands (I'll have to do both sides), then start expanding on that. However as I keep forgetting, I do have some 25mm (PROPER 25 mil), so will be looking to see if I have enough there.

[DHautpol]

You can buy blank playing cards quite easily on-line.

Mine are by the firm Bicycle and are a good quality.

[Last Hussar]

Why would I buy blanks? Is there an advantage,  given I'd have to print them?

I might make some chits on paper, laminate them before cutting.

[mollinary]

Google "Miniature Playing Cards" you'll be overwhelmed by the choice available. They are popular presents for children, so quite affordable. I have at least a dozen packs, so I can give 80 card sets to each player in a 6 player game. In the great scheme of gaming, it is an insignificant cost. One word of advice though, you'll want to buy them in pairs with different back designs, otherwise the chance of confusion is considerable! 

[Keraunos]

I acquired IN DEO VERITAS rules at WARFARE 2021 but only tried them once and have yet to get back to them as other projects have taken higher priority.  Has anyone else tried these rules?

You never had a reply.  I also have a set that I have not yet used.  There are some good review and battle reports on it here :
https://tabletopstories.net/language/en/2020/07/in-deo-veritas-rules-review/

[hammurabi70]

You never had a reply.  I also have a set that I have not yet used.  There are some good review and battle reports on it here :
https://tabletopstories.net/language/en/2020/07/in-deo-veritas-rules-review/

Well spotted.  Our club did not like Twilight when they tried it and were lukewarm about IDV so I shall be interested to learn how you get on with the different rules and what your preference is ... and, of course, why.

[Orcs]

Plunged, and just ordered physical copy of FK&P.

Both sunjester and I have played To the strongest that these are based on a few times. So should be able to help with queries. There ias also a forum

[Orcs]

My foot is 30mm square, the horse is 40mm deep. It looks like a 100mm grid will be ok, yes.

Also reactivating a unit - It seems to read you can activate A, then B, then go back to A. Have I misread that?

No if like TtS you can jump beck and forth between units in the same command
as much as you like

[Orcs]

I like the dice and cards separation idea. Dice when you don't have to keep track of results.

At Aylesbury we use cards for activation and dice for shooting and melee

[sunjester]

But then they are a bit strange there   (they let Orcs in for starters!!!). 

[mollinary]

I should be able to help with any queries on FK&P as well, as I co-wrote them!   

[Ithoriel]

I should be able to help with any queries on FK&P as well, as I co-wrote them!   

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a man in possession of writing credits for a set of wargames rules, must be in want of any memory of what the rules said when they were finally published."

[mollinary]

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a man in possession of writing credits for a set of wargames rules, must be in want of any memory of what the rules said when they were finally published."

I did say help, not resolve!