First Post - a welcome

[Roy]

Username - gingerbhoy [was on the steve dean forum under that moniker a few years back]
Name - Roy
Age - Thirties
Sex - Male
Location - Catterick Garrison, North Riding.

Activity - just got from the attic my box of half painted late-war Germans [ww2], dusted them off, ordered a new pot of army painter quick shade, looking at CSG programmed scenarios book [read solo gaming], trying not to suffer from the butterfly and get distracted by all the other shiny things in the wargames pile... must resist RCW... must resist.

[Leon]

Hi Roy, welcome to the Forum!

[Arsenus]

Welcome here!

[Roy]

Hello to all,

Forget to mention wargaming interests in the first post.

Second World War - tried with various rules and scales until I settled with BKC and Pendraken a few years back, then BKC Vol. II came out didn't it. Haven't gotten around to buying a copy yet, or even looking at one. Is there much of a change to the rules and army lists?

[sounding like a francophile] Napoleonic - again tried various rules and scales, at the moment have settled on Sam Mustafa's Grande Armee rules and 6mm scale. Yes I was caught up in the trend a few years back.

1:1200 Signal Close Action [napoleonic] naval.
1:3000 Victory at Sea.

Played Agema Publications La Gloire du Roi play-by-mail game for a decade as well.
BloodBowl - GW's fantasy football game

[Techno]

Welcome, Roy !
Cheers - Phil.

[nikharwood]

Welcome Roy 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Hello there!

[OldenBUA]

Is there much of a change to the rules and army lists?

Hi Roy,

Welcome on board!

If you haven't seen it yet, have a look at this: http://www.blitzkrieg-commander.com/Content/Purchase/BKCII.aspx

There are many big and small changes. For me, the things to look for are the split in attack values, the new opportunity fire rules, the new close assault rules and the different infantry units you get in the lists. But there's a lot more too really.

Alex

[GordonY]

Best advice regarding BKC2, look on e-bay, and if you see it grab it, all rulebooks are out of stock and out of print, Pete is selling exclusivly through Lulu now, no nice shiny colour piccies inside.  Makes me a sad panda.

[OldenBUA]

While CWC and FWC are out of stock, BKC II is still available, as far as I know. Also some traders may still have the other ones in stock. But it may be a case of getting one while you still can.

[Roy]

Thanks everyone for the welcome, and for the info. on the rules.

[Luddite]

While CWC and FWC are out of stock, BKC II is still available, as far as I know. Also some traders may still have the other ones in stock. But it may be a case of getting one while you still can.

Is FWC out of stock now too? 

Welcome to the friendliest forum on the interweb Gingerboy.   

[OldenBUA]

Is FWC out of stock now too? 

From the site: Currently out-of-print, but the book is available through North Star Figures and Lulu.    

[Steve J]

Welcome on board Roy. I highly recommend BKCII.

[Orcs]

Welcome to the asylum.


On the rules front I ordered a copy of CWC via Lulu and its a plain cover and only in black and white.  The paper is not the shiny stuff of the orriginals but still good quality. I am quite pleased with them

I registered with LulU a couple of weeks before buying and they sent me a 20% discount voucher.