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Welcome => Intro's and Welcomes => Topic started by: Roy on 23 March 2012, 07:51:54 PM

Title: First Post - a welcome
Post by: Roy on 23 March 2012, 07:51:54 PM
Username - gingerbhoy [was on the steve dean forum under that moniker a few years back]
Name - Roy
Age - Thirties
Sex - Male
Location - Catterick Garrison, North Riding.

Activity - just got from the attic my box of half painted late-war Germans [ww2], dusted them off, ordered a new pot of army painter quick shade, looking at CSG programmed scenarios book [read solo gaming], trying not to suffer from the butterfly and get distracted by all the other shiny things in the wargames pile... must resist RCW... must resist.
Title: Re: First Post - a welcome
Post by: Leon on 23 March 2012, 07:52:32 PM
Hi Roy, welcome to the Forum!

8)
Title: Re: First Post - a welcome
Post by: Arsenus on 23 March 2012, 07:54:15 PM
Welcome here!
Title: Re: First Post - a welcome
Post by: Roy on 23 March 2012, 08:04:57 PM
Hello to all,

Forget to mention wargaming interests in the first post.

Second World War - tried with various rules and scales until I settled with BKC and Pendraken a few years back, then BKC Vol. II came out didn't it. Haven't gotten around to buying a copy yet, or even looking at one. Is there much of a change to the rules and army lists?

[sounding like a francophile] Napoleonic - again tried various rules and scales, at the moment have settled on Sam Mustafa's Grande Armee rules and 6mm scale. Yes I was caught up in the trend a few years back.

1:1200 Signal Close Action [napoleonic] naval.
1:3000 Victory at Sea.

Played Agema Publications La Gloire du Roi play-by-mail game for a decade as well.
BloodBowl - GW's fantasy football game
Title: Re: First Post - a welcome
Post by: Techno on 23 March 2012, 08:34:06 PM
Welcome, Roy !
Cheers - Phil.
Title: Re: First Post - a welcome
Post by: nikharwood on 23 March 2012, 10:36:33 PM
Welcome Roy  :-h
Title: Re: First Post - a welcome
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 24 March 2012, 12:12:59 AM
Hello there!
Title: Re: First Post - a welcome
Post by: OldenBUA on 24 March 2012, 08:00:00 AM
Quote from: gingerbhoy on 23 March 2012, 08:04:57 PM
Is there much of a change to the rules and army lists?

Hi Roy,

Welcome on board!

If you haven't seen it yet, have a look at this: http://www.blitzkrieg-commander.com/Content/Purchase/BKCII.aspx

There are many big and small changes. For me, the things to look for are the split in attack values, the new opportunity fire rules, the new close assault rules and the different infantry units you get in the lists. But there's a lot more too really.

Alex
Title: Re: First Post - a welcome
Post by: GordonY on 24 March 2012, 08:06:20 AM
Best advice regarding BKC2, look on e-bay, and if you see it grab it, all rulebooks are out of stock and out of print, Pete is selling exclusivly through Lulu now, no nice shiny colour piccies inside.  :( :( Makes me a sad panda.
Title: Re: First Post - a welcome
Post by: OldenBUA on 24 March 2012, 08:09:25 AM
While CWC and FWC are out of stock, BKC II is still available, as far as I know. Also some traders may still have the other ones in stock. But it may be a case of getting one while you still can.
Title: Re: First Post - a welcome
Post by: Roy on 24 March 2012, 09:33:19 AM
Thanks everyone for the welcome, and for the info. on the rules.

Title: Re: First Post - a welcome
Post by: Luddite on 24 March 2012, 11:02:42 PM
Quote from: OldenBUA on 24 March 2012, 08:09:25 AM
While CWC and FWC are out of stock, BKC II is still available, as far as I know. Also some traders may still have the other ones in stock. But it may be a case of getting one while you still can.

Is FWC out of stock now too? 

Welcome to the friendliest forum on the interweb Gingerboy.   :-h
Title: Re: First Post - a welcome
Post by: OldenBUA on 25 March 2012, 07:52:30 AM
Quote from: Luddite on 24 March 2012, 11:02:42 PM
Is FWC out of stock now too? 

From the site: Currently out-of-print, but the book is available through North Star Figures and Lulu.    
Title: Re: First Post - a welcome
Post by: Steve J on 25 March 2012, 06:13:13 PM
Welcome on board Roy. I highly recommend BKCII.
Title: Re: First Post - a welcome
Post by: Orcs on 25 March 2012, 07:19:19 PM
Welcome to the asylum.


On the rules front I ordered a copy of CWC via Lulu and its a plain cover and only in black and white.  The paper is not the shiny stuff of the orriginals but still good quality. I am quite pleased with them

I registered with LulU a couple of weeks before buying and they sent me a 20% discount voucher. 
Title: Re: First Post - a welcome
Post by: Womble67 on 05 April 2012, 09:06:38 AM
Hi Roy

Welcome to the Forum.

Andy
Title: Re: First Post - a welcome
Post by: Ben Waterhouse on 05 April 2012, 12:48:57 PM
Hello Roy,welcome
Title: Re: First Post - a welcome
Post by: Maenoferren on 05 April 2012, 09:18:40 PM
Welcome Roy :D
Title: Re: First Post - a welcome
Post by: Roy on 22 June 2013, 09:41:32 AM
ah  =) yes, here's my first introduction. cheers OldenBUA.

i couldn't find this before - woops.

and as to my BKC issue from last time round - i couldn't be bothered to buy 'another' set of rules [have far too many already] so i just decided to go the retro route and play it 1st ed.

Title: Re: First Post - a welcome
Post by: OldenBUA on 22 June 2013, 10:32:21 AM
Quote from: gingerbhoy on 22 June 2013, 09:41:32 AM
ah  =) yes, here's my first introduction. cheers OldenBUA.

i couldn't find this before - woops.

and as to my BKC issue from last time round - i couldn't be bothered to buy 'another' set of rules [have far too many already] so i just decided to go the retro route and play it 1st ed.

No need for clever tricks. If you click on a username, you get an option to see all posts of that member. Just scroll back a bit, and there it is!

And yes, BKC 1st ed is still a good set, and fully supported on the website. I like BKC II better, but to each his own.
Title: Re: First Post - a welcome
Post by: Roy on 22 June 2013, 11:31:40 AM
 :)

i'm up and running now, with pictures - just started my first thread of my Imperial British East Africa IHMN steampunk adventurer's company on the phot's section.

cheers, roy
Title: Re: First Post - a welcome
Post by: OldenBUA on 22 June 2013, 02:44:12 PM
Quote from: gingerbhoy on 22 June 2013, 11:32:16 AM
[yep, just to proove i'm a techno luddite]

Make up your mind. Which one are you then, Techno or Luddite? Not that we need any other of those.
Title: Re: First Post - a welcome
Post by: Roy on 22 June 2013, 07:10:16 PM
er... sorry.

i made a mistake that was all.
Title: Re: First Post - a welcome
Post by: OldenBUA on 22 June 2013, 07:26:28 PM
It was only a little jest, referring to the nicknames of two well known forum members. No need for apologies. Anyway, your post has gone now, so nobody will have an idea what's going on anyway.  8-}
Title: Re: First Post - a welcome
Post by: fsn on 23 June 2013, 07:25:25 AM
"Well known" - "notorious"?
Title: Re: First Post - a welcome
Post by: Pavlovs_Dog on 07 July 2013, 11:47:05 AM
Welcome

Jerry
Title: Re: First Post - a welcome
Post by: Leman on 07 July 2013, 12:03:19 PM
Hi Roy and welcome. Don't resist RCW. It is a brilliant period for interwar play. I currently use 3 10mm infantry figures on 30x20mm bases for Peter Pig's Square Bashing and have had some very enjoyable games. Will be starting a RCW photo topic shortly.
Title: Re: First Post - a welcome
Post by: Techno on 07 July 2013, 12:55:09 PM
Quote from: fsn on 23 June 2013, 07:25:25 AM
"Well known" - "notorious"?

H'rumph.....Cheek ! ;).....Only just noticed that ! ;D
Cheers - Phil.
Title: Re: First Post - a welcome
Post by: Hertsblue on 07 July 2013, 04:45:10 PM
You know what they say, Phil, if you can't be famous......

And a belated welcome from me too, Roy.

Ray
Title: Re: First Post - a welcome
Post by: Roy on 11 January 2014, 12:09:27 PM
Hello all...myself rather belatedly, in reply to all your posts.

No prob's with the mix up before.

I started doing something with Pendraken Miniatures models last year, but then got side-tracked and forgot all about it. I'll try to post more over here...and I'm going to start finishing off my IHMN 10mm collection and posting the results on my blog and on here.

cheers, roy