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Title: rulesets for 10mm
Post by: jchaos79 on 21 February 2015, 08:03:08 AM
I just thinking in the rulesets designs for 10mm miniatures, the list that came to my mind is

- Warmaster
- Warband
- Dropzone commander
- Hordes and heros
- (blietzkrieg commander / cold war commander / future war commander) ??
- Guns and colours

Do you know more games specifically design for 10mm?
Title: Re: rulesets for 10mm
Post by: NTM on 21 February 2015, 08:15:59 AM
Tiger Tiger burning bright

WWII rules from 20 odd years ago written for 1/200
Title: Re: rulesets for 10mm
Post by: Leman on 21 February 2015, 08:31:22 AM
All the games put out by Kallistra are for 10/12mm figures.
Title: Re: rulesets for 10mm
Post by: Leman on 21 February 2015, 08:33:13 AM
Johnny Reb III had specific playsheets and stand requirements for 10mm, especially as John Hill's own ACW armies were 10mm.
Title: Re: rulesets for 10mm
Post by: jchaos79 on 21 February 2015, 08:59:50 AM
got another one, timeline 300
Title: Re: rulesets for 10mm
Post by: jchaos79 on 21 February 2015, 09:01:03 AM
Quote from: Leman on 21 February 2015, 08:31:22 AM
All the games put out by Kallistra are for 10/12mm figures.

I thought kallistra have space dreadnought (not in scale) and hordes and heros. Are there others?
Title: Re: rulesets for 10mm
Post by: Leman on 21 February 2015, 09:04:40 AM
Kallistra also have a fantasy set, a Medieval/Ancients set and a WWI set. See their website. The rules are free.
Title: Re: rulesets for 10mm
Post by: barbarian on 21 February 2015, 09:06:00 AM
Mayhem
Title: Re: rulesets for 10mm
Post by: Fenton on 21 February 2015, 09:55:26 AM
IABSM   They did all the playtesting in 10mm. The only reason they did make it an official 10mm scale is that there wasnt tank and infantry model range there is now

I think Battlefront by F&F was all playtested in 10mm as well
Title: Re: rulesets for 10mm
Post by: Fenton on 21 February 2015, 10:05:05 AM
Does BOFA count or is that still Warmaster?

Whatever the latest Spartan Games land game is...That is all 10mm I think
Title: Re: rulesets for 10mm
Post by: toxicpixie on 21 February 2015, 10:30:26 AM
Dystopian Legions? Or is that the bigger skirmish level  one?

Battletech a "clicky tech"  Mechwarrior minis game was 10mm IIRC. Although I always picture the allegedly 1/285th Battletech minis as about 10mm :)
Title: Re: rulesets for 10mm
Post by: jchaos79 on 21 February 2015, 11:55:46 AM
That is right,

Kallistra rulesets based on hex are:

Raging Empires WWI

Heros and hordes (fantasy, hisotorical and siege)
Title: Re: rulesets for 10mm
Post by: Pijlie on 21 February 2015, 12:51:11 PM
Black Powder and Pike & Shotte both work excellently in 10mm. We use either cms instead- or 2/3s of the customary inches.

We played our Nieuwpoort game with Pike & Shotte.
Title: Re: rulesets for 10mm
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 21 February 2015, 01:06:34 PM
I use cm with BP if 6mm or 10mm, some people halve everything, and some leave it the same. All work, although sticking with the original measurements can make firing ranges look too long.

IanS
Title: Re: rulesets for 10mm
Post by: toxicpixie on 21 February 2015, 02:04:16 PM
We use Pike & Shot (with the "& Blenheim Palace" amendments from Last Hussar) for early ish horse & musket, and now Maurice. Pointy stick warfare we've been using Impetus at the club (80mm bases as for 15mm), and also Fire & Furia Francese for the Crimea.

None are explicitly designed for 10mm but all work very well and look very good!
Title: Re: rulesets for 10mm
Post by: barbarian on 21 February 2015, 06:01:42 PM
Planetfall by Spartan games.
Title: Re: rulesets for 10mm
Post by: Westmarcher on 21 February 2015, 07:21:51 PM
Quote from: ianrs54 on 21 February 2015, 01:06:34 PM
I use cm with BP if 6mm or 10mm, some people halve everything, and some leave it the same.
I'm not keen on substituting cm for inches and use my own 2/3rds and half scale Quick Reference Sheets for BP (can e-mail if you wish). I think I may have got the idea from the BP forum (so could try there also). Also have my own 2/3rds QRS for FoB2 (had to compromise with some ranges however, particularly musketry). Any rule set with BW (base widths) for measurements may be used also (e.g., Maurice).
Title: Re: rulesets for 10mm
Post by: jchaos79 on 21 February 2015, 07:51:30 PM
Quote from: barbarian on 21 February 2015, 06:01:42 PM
Planetfall by Spartan games.

are these guys 10mm?

http://shop.spartangames.co.uk/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=PFTD01
Title: Re: rulesets for 10mm
Post by: Bernie on 21 February 2015, 08:21:50 PM
Do not forget our 12 rule sets which all use 10mm Pendraken figures!

http://realtimewargames.webplus.net/index.html

Periods covered are:
Wars of the Roses
ECW
Marlburian
7YW
AWI
Shenandoah Valley 1862
1866,
Imperial Phase 1870
Republican Phase 1870
Soudan Wars
2nd Boer War
Great War Trench warfare


Title: Re: rulesets for 10mm
Post by: jchaos79 on 21 February 2015, 09:14:10 PM
Quote from: Bernie on 21 February 2015, 08:21:50 PM
Do not forget our 12 rule sets which all use 10mm Pendraken figures!

http://realtimewargames.webplus.net/index.html

Periods covered are:
Wars of the Roses
ECW
Marlburian
7YW
AWI
Shenandoah Valley 1862
1866,
Imperial Phase 1870
Republican Phase 1870
Soudan Wars
2nd Boer War
Great War Trench warfare

That is interesting. Did not know about the existence of this wargame.

How many pages have those books? and.. could you tell us a little bit about how the games works/ mechanics/ rules engine ?
Title: Re: rulesets for 10mm
Post by: Leman on 21 February 2015, 10:38:20 PM
Using To the Last Gaiter Button as an example, the rule book contains both the campaign rules and the tabletop battle rules. The games take place between units occupying 10 inch squares (about 25cm), thus movement is so many squares, ranges are so many squares etc. The game also comes with two campaign maps, campaign charts and counters for the campaign (which incidentally look really good with colourful flags and so on). Bases are smaller than I usually prefer, and light infantry are recommended to be based on circular bases. the website has a lot of information about how the games work and photos as well. 
Title: Re: rulesets for 10mm
Post by: GordonY on 22 February 2015, 11:41:20 AM
The links dont work Bernie  :(
Title: Re: rulesets for 10mm
Post by: Leman on 22 February 2015, 11:43:20 AM
Just worked perfectly well for me.
Title: Re: rulesets for 10mm
Post by: Fenton on 22 February 2015, 11:45:46 AM
I was looking at them last night and they were fine

What has happened to 'When the leaves fall'?...I couldnt see it listed
Title: Re: rulesets for 10mm
Post by: jambo1 on 22 February 2015, 11:48:48 AM
These rules are new to me especially the 7yw, Marlburian and ACW ones. :-bd
Title: Re: rulesets for 10mm
Post by: Leman on 22 February 2015, 11:57:57 AM
Fenton, I think When the Leaves Fall is being replaced by Home by Christmas.
Title: Re: rulesets for 10mm
Post by: Fenton on 22 February 2015, 12:29:12 PM
Cheers  for that
Title: Re: rulesets for 10mm
Post by: barbarian on 22 February 2015, 01:35:52 PM
Quote from: jchaos79 on 21 February 2015, 07:51:30 PM
are these guys 10mm?

http://shop.spartangames.co.uk/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=PFTD01

I think so.

The bigger Mech are 130mm high and large.

The rules are in free download I believe.
Title: Re: rulesets for 10mm
Post by: Bernie on 22 February 2015, 07:46:55 PM
The 10mm set for the opening month or two of Great War will be out for Salute 2015. I will let you know when I get a stand number.

Titled "Home Before the Leaves Fall" will have a full campaign game, battlefield rules and system for doing one-off battles. Just working on a mini-campaign as well of 4-5 linked battles.

Just got back from Cavalier Tunbridge Wells show - excellent show - and checked the links on the website and they seem to be working

Title: Re: rulesets for 10mm
Post by: Hertsblue on 22 February 2015, 10:02:32 PM
I would have thought there were very few rulesets which can't be adapted for 10mm figures. After all, it's largely base-sizes and shapes that determine how a given set works. In the days when rule mechanisms were based on rigid figures-scales it might have been a problem, but now rule writers go to great lengths to make their rules scale-neutral. 
Title: Re: rulesets for 10mm
Post by: Leman on 23 February 2015, 08:07:05 AM
A fair point. I now adapt the scenarios from They died for Glory for use with other rules as the original rules rely on specific numbers per base and numbers of figures engaged - a real inflexible pain.
Title: Re: rulesets for 10mm
Post by: gregernest on 24 February 2015, 01:51:42 PM
To the OP:

We use 10mm on 40mm frontage for Field of Glory, both A&M and Ren.  If we ever got into the Nappy wars, we would do 10mm, too.

But that's us crazy Yanks here in Indiana.  ;D  ;)
Title: Re: rulesets for 10mm
Post by: Leman on 25 February 2015, 08:15:38 AM
I now use 40mm frontage as well for FOB2. A four base unit looks terrific and works well with 10mm buildings.
Title: Re: rulesets for 10mm
Post by: jchaos79 on 25 February 2015, 02:21:02 PM
Aahh there is a very original ruleset for 10mm: Anticamente.

Something original y different
Title: Re: rulesets for 10mm
Post by: Pijlie on 25 February 2015, 04:07:17 PM
Quote from: Hertsblue on 22 February 2015, 10:02:32 PM
I would have thought there were very few rulesets which can't be adapted for 10mm figures. After all, it's largely base-sizes and shapes that determine how a given set works. In the days when rule mechanisms were based on rigid figures-scales it might have been a problem, but now rule writers go to great lengths to make their rules scale-neutral. 

I think the relation between movement speed and firing ranges is important as well. After all, it matters whether it takes you 1, 2 or 5 turns to get to grips with those darn guns. Tomorrows War for example has a what-you-can-see-you-can-hit approach that makes it virtually scale free.
Title: Re: rulesets for 10mm
Post by: Hertsblue on 26 February 2015, 02:29:06 PM
Usually if you scale down the unit dimensions you also scale down the move distances and ranges, thus preserving the relevant ratios. The easiest way is by moving from inches to centimetres.