What's going on with Osprey?

Started by Leman, 21 April 2016, 04:05:00 PM

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d_Guy

Welcome to the forum Mr. Omega! This is actually a very knowledgable, friendly, and supportive bunch which is why I hang around here.
FWIW: 10mm, in particular, seems to draw rugged individualists, often holding strong opinions about their fields of interest, BUT I've rarely seen anyone intend to give offense. We do get insanely weird from time to time - it's part of the charm!  :)

Looking forward to hearing about your thoughts on game design.
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Ithoriel

Hi precintomega, welcome to the forum.

I'll second what d_guy has said in terms of friendly, knowledgeable, opinionated and weird!

As to "back of a fag packet" rules, don't knock it, many of the best games I've played have been run using rules that started life on a fag packet, beer mat or old envelope :)

Also, we are as a group*, old enough to have a certain nostalgia for the days when the weather was always sunny, policemen were old enough to have left school, politicians were honest, prices were low and wargames rules were marvellous constructs of Roneo'd purple, badly spelled and punctuated, typescript and of a complexity that made it only marginally more difficult to get a couple of hundred thousand friends together and head off the the Western Desert :D

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paulr

Welcome Precinctomega  :-h

The description of rules as "back of a fag packet" or "beer and pretzels" is more about the style of game they produce, simple and fast to play, than the quality of the rules

In fact it is often much harder to make something simpler than complex
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Welcome from me, too !

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Steve J

Welcome on board Robey :). I like your Horizon Wars rules but work has prevented me giving them a go. This week they will get their debut, all being well...

Bodvoc

Welcome from me too, a keen player of Osprey games; Lion Rampant, Dragon Rampant, Dux Bellorum, In Her Majesties Name and also just bought Poseidon's Warriors. I also have Honours of War, not yet played but hope too soon. All great sets of rules as far as I am concerned, so I am a fan. :)
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What ho Mr Omega, and welcome to the forum whose accumulated wisdom is such that mighty Pallas Athene failed the enternace exam, and Odin One-eye seriously considered if the other eye was a fair price for membership.

I have a fundamental objection to "back of the fag packet" rules, because smoking is a vile habit and deleterious to the health of the smoker and those around them.

On the other hand, spontaneous, free-flowing and inventive rules sets are to be marvelled at.

I am also on the record as saying that I eschew all commercial rule sets, but relaise that I am in the minority here. I think my minority is like that of Noah, where I have the right path and everyone else needs to invest in some heavy duty water wings. I suspect I may be more like the minority that is quite positive that our beloved planet is not in fact an oblate spheroid, but more of a disk.

It is said that if you put three economists into a room, you will end up with four opinions. If you put three wargamers into a room you'll probably end up with 7 "preferred" set of rules, plus several more which will grudgingly be played. 

Anyway, welcome.
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precinctomega

Thanks for the welcome, guys.  I'll mostly be lurking, as most of my writing time is dedicated to stuff that pays the bills, but I'm already really happy to see some seriously light-hearted chatter on good subjects, so I reckon I'll fit in fine around here.

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I would imagine Osprey have to be sure of the market - will they sell enough. Hence more books on Nazis than on lesser known periods.
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Last Hussar

Quote from: d_Guy on 20 June 2016, 11:58:49 PM
I've rarely seen anyone intend to give offense. We do get insanely weird from time to time - it's part of the charm!  :)

I thought we did give offence, but it doesn't count because it's FSN and Orcs.  :-\
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Leman

My next door neighbour has just put up a fence.  :-/
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Quote from: Last Hussar on 19 August 2016, 10:12:01 AM
I thought we did give offence, but it doesn't count because it's FSN and Orcs.  :-\

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Last Hussar

Thanks for the image of you playing with your little man   :-&

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Leman

Just put in a pre-order for the new pike and shot rules by Dan Mersey and a Scandinavian chap. Might give me the motivation to get some more 28mm ECW painted.
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sunjester

Quote from: Leman on 23 August 2016, 06:31:43 AM
Just put in a pre-order for the new pike and shot rules by Dan Mersey and a Scandinavian chap. Might give me the motivation to get some more 28mm ECW painted.

Me too, I'm looking forward to them. I'm quite happy with Regiment of Foote for ECW, but A Pikeman's Lament sounds like it will be good for Northern/Eastern European wars.

fred.

I think Pikeman's lament is a smaller scale isn't it, a sort of large skirmish size (like Saga or Dragon Rampant) rather then full sized battles.

Looks interesting - as it plays with multi based figures in 28mm, which makes it seem particularly adaptable to 10mm
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