Dungeon World Project {For Using With The Pendraken 10mm Fantasy Miniatures}

[sixsideddice]

Basically - roleplay more than wargame now. I am getting rid of all my 28mm and changing it to 1omm. We use savage worlds on the whole, hellfrost setting is a good one from TAG. We have also done stuff using wordplay.
Some good ideas their six.
Thinking about some of the games we have played. Norse mythology, but mixed in with wierd world war II.  Haven't got round to buying the dungeon yet, simply because I have so many hirst art blocks made I an torn between making my own and using the money saved to buy a couple of samurai army.

I like your ideas Maenoferren, role play combined with wargaming is always a plus... with a bit of both thrown into the mix.

I think you`ll like the forthcoming Dungeon World - Campaign book. I`m going all out on it to provide not only a solid set of rules for 10mm gaming (which work alongside the dungeons game - same character stat format and so forth), but it will also provide examples of games in action (batreps, told as short stories to add atmosphere, and with rule examples included in italics), some world history, more short stories and cameos, floating maps (which you can place anywhere you like in your own game) and a lot of photographs and sketches to enhance the mood; a simplified stat system to include various races and armies - preferred tactics for each, and a host of other ideas to help gamers create their own unique versions of the game.

Should have it all finished around Easter (April 24th I believe)  or sometime soon after.

Six  

[nikharwood]

Excellent six - sounds great 

[sixsideddice]

I`ve added a few "nearly" finished buildings to the collection now.

http://stephen2011wargames.blogspot.com/2011/01/decent-scenery-really-makes-game-come.html

[sixsideddice]

Latest batch completed and photographed.

http://stephen2011wargames.blogspot.com/2011/01/sir-stephens-first-trained-but-untried.html

[Leon]

Latest batch completed and photographed.

http://stephen2011wargames.blogspot.com/2011/01/sir-stephens-first-trained-but-untried.html

[nikharwood]

Good stuff Six - nice to see progress 

[Pruneau]

Indeed, that's gonna make for a very nice table!

[sixsideddice]

Latest addition to my DW blog is now up 

http://stephen2011wargames.blogspot.com/2011/03/my-pendraken-miniatures-terrain-arrives.html

Six

[Blaker]

Very cool Blog Six, soo what is this about a Renaissance Fantasy Wargame Campaign on your blog with all those single mounted minis , hmmmm 

Interesting, would like to hear more and like your Scots!

[sixsideddice]

{{Very cool Blog Six, soo what is this about a Renaissance Fantasy Wargame Campaign on your blog with all those single mounted minis , hmmmm  Interesting, would like to hear more and like your Scots!}}

Hi Blaker, yes the Blogger is my diary window if you like to allow anyone interested in seeing a campaign come together from the ground up and it also serves a second purpose; it is a diary of notes which I use to help me with ideas for the forthcoming DW Campaigns book which will be finished and ready to be formatted to go to print by Easter.

For some reason Blogger puts the latest thread first so you have to run in reverse order to see the articles from the beginning. If you read from the beginning you`ll see what I`m doing with the blog and its purpose for both me and any readers who want to enjoy it for themselves.

Cheers for now,

Six

[Leon]

Very cool, good to see it arrived safely!  Can't wait to see it all painted up on the table now!

[sixsideddice]

Thank you Leon, its coming together at a pace now, cheers.

Six 

[sixsideddice]

Oo  sorry Blaker, I just realised I didnt reply to one thing you asked.

yes the individually based minis:   Well... basically my games revolve around making the most of each individual piece. I notice all 10mm rules tend to have the miniatures tray based in large groups all massed together, with results affecting the trays and not the individuals themselves. I`ve seen 10mm skirmish games using one on one rules (like Dungeon World, and I`ve seen GW`s Necromunda affectively adapted) but not mass combat rules.

I thought back to Warhammer in all its various guises, and despite my reservations about many aspects of that system, there is no denying its popularity with so very many people. I think the reason for this is the hands on approach it provides... one man represents one man, and it never tries to address actual realistic platoon/company unit sizes - why should it, its fantasy after all; and it’s easy enough to change the ratio to 1 to 10 or 1 to 20 etc if you so desire.

Soooo, I got to thinking about the cool detail on the Pendrakn Miniatures, and concluded early on in my endeavours that there was no reason why this same maxim couldn`t be employed to play 10mm games in exactly the same way - basing the pieces individually and writing rules which allowed for individual casualty attrition. This way the same set of rules can be used to fight skirmish and semi skirmish level games AND full on wargames - but on a far small table as well...  REALLY allowing the gamer to appreciate the beautiful sculpts in his (or her) collection.

The results worked for DW, and work even better with the new supplement rules I am finishing now, and which will be made public later this year. They might not be welcomed by collectors who already have their armies based for other rules engines such as Hordes of the Things, etc, but hopefully will encourage a growth in new gamers to diversify away from accepted norm and try something unique to the 10mm hobby.

Just because I like my games to be small (fits neatly on a small table)  doesn’t mean large 4`by 6`` table games can`t be played using my new rules. In fact, aesthetically, these big games look amazing, so also caters for the gamer who likes to field large numbers on the table.

Hope this helps Blaker,

Cheers,

Six

[Blaker]

Thanks Six it does explain it. Looking forward to your new supplement 

[sixsideddice]

Thank you Blaker,

I`m a little nervous at introducing early Renaissance alongside traditional fantasy; but I think I`ve managed to create something a little different and with a nice semi historical depth often lacking in modern fantastical themes. Hopefully it will excite other gamers as much as I have enjoyed putting it all together. Just imagine, Orcs, and Goblins, and Trolls, and Elves, and Dwarves, and Little People, and.......  all placed alongside Harquebus wielding Men at Arms, buff leather clad cavalry and shiny knights in armour; there’s even a few Cannon and Mortars included - though I`m not sure whether they do more to scare the enemy or frighten their own troops - and with good reason.

Six