Are we serious......?

[Malbork]

You're right HB; Cannonball boy was in the French artillery set.

[Luddite]

I wonder whether standards have climbed more in rules or in figures?

Figures win that one hands down i think.

Rules remain hit and miss at best, and the modern lot being chucked out at £25-35 a pop for 14 pages of poorly tested rehashed 'game' rules padded by 200 pages of glossy waffle can in no way be called a 'climb in standards'.

Figures on the other hand...well, some are miniature works of art nowadays.

[Bishop Lord]

Iim a bit late to this thread. But Yep I'm afraid if you don't play 28mm you tend not to be taken serious as a collector or gamer by those producing the big rules sets. Lets be honest had Warhammer historical taken up Rick Priestlys offer of Warmaster II. Hail Caesar  would be full of 10mm but alas they said "no Thanks and Warlord said "yep"...... just a rumour. I was asked by the two chaps who wrote and produced Deus Vult for Foreforge for some of my 10mm Crusade/Arab armies as they where wanting it to be used for other scales as well as 28's if need be but as per us players of the One True Scale where put aside. as for Pike and Shotte in 10mm it looks better than 28mm. Each to their own.. but they are wrong

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

[quote author=Bishop Lord link=topic=6820.msg69
if need be but as per us players of the One True Scale where put aside. as for Pike and Shotte in 10mm it looks better than 28mm. Each to their own.. but they are wrong
[/quote]

Hear hear!

[Last Hussar]

Said it before (so you are probably bored of me by now), ignore what the rules writers think they wrote for and go with 10mm.  Some rules I put more 10's on 28's bases, others I just use cm instead of inches.  The only time I use 20mm+ figures is for the real low level stuff - TW&T, Dux Brittanicum, etc.  Even for IABSM, which is 1 fig = 1 man, we used 1 base (3 figures) = 1/2 section, and use diceto mark casualties, because moving 10 sections of 8 men would take too long!

Why you'd do BP, F&F etc with anything larger than 10mm is beyond me

[FierceKitty]

If you're not a competition nut, don't take the glossy-page commercial sets seriously. A lot of ground has been broken, and most of us have had a hand on the plough from time to time , so any gamer with a little experience and a readiness to talk things out with friends should be able to write a set that suits his needs and tastes, and those of his club or buddies too.

Note for Americans: same thing as a plow, just spelled as God intended.

[Hertsblue]

Yep, treat the rules as a basis for negotiation. 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Okay, where did the star come from? Someone has found a hidden smiliy!  ( * ) no spaces peeps!

[FierceKitty]

'Twas not my intention. But then, I suppose Newton wasn't expecting the apple, Shakespeare didn't know what Holinshed's chronicles might offer him, etc.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

for the discovery though! 

[barbarian]

( * ) This one looks like something else. 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]