Rules for Plains War: Pony Wars?

[crancko]

I would like to see people playing Pony Wars ruleset with this new 10mm range of Plains wars.

What other ruleset will you use?

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Pony Wars.

Pony Wars.

[howayman]

Use Pony Wars. Great game, played it in 15mm with loads of substitutes. Need a 10mm stage coach, any forthcoming ?  what about a Dando figure.
Lent my set to a mate....never seen them again same old story.

[zaapark]

Any other suggestion ?  Pony Wars seems to be out of print.

[GrumpyOldMan]

Hi zaapark

Yes, Pony Wars has been out of print for a long time and there is always some talk of it being revised and reprinted. I had a look through the various sites that sell out of print stuff and it really has disappeared, probably only available in the dark netherworld of PtP  .

If you're looking for the solo play aspects of them then you can have a look at Science vs Pluck http://www.tinywars.com/download-page from the Free Wargames Rules page and modify them for the West.

If you're after other western rules there is no better place to start looking than http://www.erichotz.com/game_rules1.html

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

[Shedman]

Warning - new rules plug

Battles for Empire version 1 has a variant and a scenario for the Plains War on their yahoo group - http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/BattlesForEmpire

BFE is a generic set of colonial rules covering the period 1870-1914

Units are 4 bases strong and represent European companies and squadrons and tribal equivalents so it maybe it is too high level for what you want. However the new version includes rules for platoons &  sections.

I've used it for the Zulu War, the Sudan, the Spanish American War and the Russo-Japanese War and it's worked well for all of them. Native armies have a good chance of winning.

Chris Leech has just released version 2 of BFE - they are available to buy either as a PDF or on CD at http://hotzartworks.com/bfe.html

[zaapark]

What about -

"Too Few to Fight, Too Many to Die" by Chris Peers ?

[Nirnman]

pony wars! I have a set and all the event cards  made out on index files never got round to collecting the figures 10mm seems to be a good scale for doing so if only someone did the 'dando' lone ranger and tonto figures. I even have ulster imports @continually wear the blue rules somewhere too.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Brilliant book.

[Nirnman]

which pony wars or continually wear the blue i'd agree on both counts

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Wear the blue, tie a yellow, no, both...

[Nirnman]

yer john Wayne's showing. considering that pony wars sets out to do things a la Hollywood western you're not too far wrong either.

[johnl5555]

Hi, late to the show but Continually Wear the Blue is a supplement for Yellow Ribbon by the late Greg Novak. Great set of rules! You have little control over your Indian warbands. RAFM in Canada has Yellow Ribbon for sale. They have a 35% off sale that ends today too.

Thanks,

John