A bit late posting here since I've been active on the forum for about a fortnight.
Mid 50s father of 3 who has been gaming on and off since the heyday of Airfix and when there were local libraries with Featherstone books to lend.
During the last few years I've developed a focus on specifics, with a view to "projects" (There must be a better term for this) that actually result in games.
This has seen a shift from big battle to a greater number of skirmish style games.
I still enjoy the occasional big game.
Current stuff:
6mm Napoleonics using Black Powder - Generally my Russian Division against my pal's Austrians, or Franco-Bavarian force.
Song of Blades and Heroes - various settings.
Song of Drums and Shakos - an outlet for some long-serving 20mm plastics.
Dux Bellorum - Lots of 6mm forces assembled for that "Great all Britain conquest campaign" that I never find time for.
Congo - I had no interest in Colonials or Darkest Africa until I met these rules - Now one of my top 3 game systems.
I also work on home-brewed game rules, most of which are at an "In progress" stage. Titles include:
Blatterball - a game of football administration and corruption.
Flat Earth Explorer (Don't fall off the edge) - Steampunk airships in a dash to discover the world.
An Mein Volk - A grid based Napoleonic game for the big battles of 1813-14.
OrkLife - RolePlaying meets Tribe Building meets Survival - you begin te game as an orc youth.
A few loose ends, which will probably be tied together under the OrkLife umbrella.
Tribal - Tribal warfare rules, looks great - I'm looking to adapt them to an Orc setting.
Palaeo Diet - Stone age hunter gathering "Eat or be eaten" - Again I'm looking to implement an Orc themed setting.
As you'll see, Orcs are my go-to proxy where a generic forces is required.
Other Matters:
Scales:
I'm a big fan of 6mm, through eyesight issues mean I've probably made my last 6mm purchase - I hope 10mm will fill the gap.
15mm for skirmish and mass-battle (I don't have a 12' x 8' table).
Some older 20mm plastics.
about 60 28mm's colledted for Frostgrave, SOBAH and the like.
Welcome Steve; I'm sure you'll find something to tickle your fancy in 10mm. I too have recently moved into a bit of Skirmish, namely Ronin and Saga: Aetius and Arthur. I also play Dux Bellorum and Dux Britanniarum. Game in 2mm, 3mm, 6mm, 8mm, 10mm, 15mm and 28mm, but no fantasy apart from HOTT - well I have to use that Warmaster dragon somewhere.
Welcome.
Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 24 June 2018, 11:31:40 AM
Mid 50s father of 3 who has been gaming on and off since the heyday of Airfix and when there were local libraries with Featherstone books to lend.
Good man.
Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 24 June 2018, 11:31:40 AM
I also work on home-brewed game rules, most of which are at an "In progress" stage. Titles include:
Excellent.
Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 24 June 2018, 11:31:40 AM
I'm a big fan of 6mm, through eyesight issues mean I've probably made my last 6mm purchase - I hope 10mm will fill the gap.
10mm is the scale of the future. 15mm is dead, and doesn't know it yet.
Hullaw rer frae Aberdeen :D
More da*med foreigners
Moaning
Quote from: fsn on 24 June 2018, 12:13:34 PM
Welcome.
Good man.
Excellent.
10mm is the scale of the future. 15mm is dead, and doesn't know it yet.
Me, I concur.
Very excellent introduction, Steve. Welcome! I must say you already have an impressive body of work (thoughtful and/or entertaining posts) which might actually threaten to raise the standards here. OK, probably not - lost cause really - but good effort!
BTW - I’m a bit of a fan of Ganesha Games myself.
Welcome, Steve !!
Cheers - Phil
Welcome on board from another mid-fifties Dad :)
Welcome from a mid 60s father of two boys ... nice to see youngsters joining up :)
Perversely, the worse my eye-sight and hand-eye coordination get the smaller the figures that attract my attention.
I love the "Tribal" rules and have the "Primeval" supplement. We have a small, irregularly run campaign, using 15mm figures, in which my Homo Heidelbergensis tribe are showing why they are now extinct! :)
Hi Steve
Just to add my welcome from one a few years older than you.
I am/used to be a big fan of 6mm as well but have similar eyesight issues, I just use them for Napoleonics, Blucher rules.
Not sure about the demise of 15mm as there is already an awful lot out there and being used, that said if I was starting ACW again I would certainly go down the 10mm route, Pendraken of course.
Cheers from Somerset. Paul
Hello and welcome
Welcome Steve from an Early 50's father of 3 girls.
I currently do Black powder for ACW and War of Spanish succession. in 10mm
The men who would be kings for Colonial 28mm
Chain of Command in 20mm
and Blitzkrieg commander 2 for early war
For Ancients awe are just starting to use sword and spear.
We will be trying out sword and spear fantasy soon in 28mm.
Not sure about using Orcs for "Skirmish" Fantasy. I and two friends started that way .......we now field an army of some 1600 Orcs between us/
Quote from: d_Guy on 24 June 2018, 01:50:03 PM
Very excellent introduction, Steve. Welcome! I must say you already have an impressive body of work (thoughtful and/or entertaining posts) which might actually threaten to raise the standards here. OK, probably not - lost cause really - but good effort!
Second :)
Welcome to the Forum!
8)
Quote from: T13A on 24 June 2018, 03:41:22 PM
Not sure about the demise of 15mm as there is already an awful lot out there and being used, that said if I was starting ACW again I would certainly go down the 10mm route, Pendraken of course.
We just need to repeat it often enough.
Then it will be true.
Well, thank you all for such a warm welcome.
A couple of rulesets mentioned there that have tickled my interest.
Did I mention my one remaining gaming vice - buying rules when I don't have any appropriate figures... But I digress.
Chain of Command, have bought them and love the concepts within -
The barriers are: 1 lack of WW2 armies (Easily resolved), 2 lack of appropriate density WW2 scenery (Have you seen the amount of stone wall in a typical French village!!!).
Sword and Spear, likewise enjoy the concepts, but found the typical Ancients problem - figuring out the factors when lots of tings collide with lots of different weapons.
The 15mm / 10mm war is yet to be decided.
If purchasing new I'll consider the usual factors.
* Cost.
* Suitability for the rules at hand.
* Ease of storage.
* Completeness of range.
You can see that 10mm has its node in front on several counts.
Finally, any suggestion that I might raise the standard of the forum remains to be seen.
I've proved quite capable of lowering tones in the past.
I'll close by saying that this forum is much more welcoming, helpful and game-focused that the morass where I occasionally lurked in the past.
Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 25 June 2018, 05:46:58 PM
2 lack of appropriate density WW2 scenery (Have you seen the amount of stone wall in a typical French village!!!).
May I suggest you peruse Pendraken's extensive wall range (e.g. SCN-WLH1)? £2.50 for a foot, and you can't say that often nowadays.
Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 25 June 2018, 05:46:58 PM
The 15mm / 10mm war is yet to be decided.
15mm is dead. It just doesn't know it yet.
Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 25 June 2018, 05:46:58 PM
Finally, any suggestion that I might raise the standard of the forum remains to be seen.
I suspect we can soon drag you down to our level. I had a Harley Street practice until I joined this forum.*
*For clarity, it was Harley Street, Runcorn, and the practice is illegal in 34 US states including Arkansas.
So folks, take your bets...
https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/weird-state-laws