Crispy™ Kodex Kriegsspiel Klub - Historical Wargames

[Aqualung]

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[Ali Assa Seen]

Beautiful terrain Aqualung where did you get the town gates? By the way, have you had any success converting 40Kiddies to historicals with Lion Rampant? I've debated basing some stuff up on Impetus/HOTT/DBA stands (I assume the stands would also work with the Rampant engine) and trying my luck at slowly introducing the idea of ancients rules to them under the guise of low fantasy.

 

[Ali Assa Seen]

Ah, HO is going to be my 15mm/18mm go to - especially for modern/near future rules since some stuff can be had fairly cheap, plus bucketloads of trees at that size are fairly cheap.

I know what you mean about folks being used to official models, describing the Ral Partha Chaos Wars* rules to people and explaining that they can handle almost anything on the market despite having an official line (albeit split between two companies) usually catches them by surprise. I'm hoping that plopping down my hodgepodge mass of Ral Partha, Perry, Gripping Beast, and Foundry stuff can inspire some down at the shop to look further afield than just GW and Warlord.

*The Chaos Wars rules are a free fantasy rule set with a nice unit building system, but I feel the old Grenadier Fantasy Warriors rules (also free) have more gameplay depth to them thanks to the scouting, time of day, and command systems.

 

[hello friend]

Wow, I like your setup. Game looks incredibly fun. How big of an investment is it, with all the minis and the terrain? Aqualung pls post more.

 

[hello friend]

Alas, I have neither the square footage or friends that would be interested in playing a WW2 wargame with me, at least not more than once. How did you make the bushes?

The French seem to be doing quite well, overall.

 

[Ali Assa Seen]

Alas, I have neither the square footage or friends that would be interested in playing a WW2 wargame with me, at least not more than once.

If you are struggling for space then try shuffling down to 15mm, 10mm, or 6mm and just treat all the inch measurement as being in centimetres on a table ~70x50cm. Chain of Command lacks an inbuilt AI system that most solo games have but playing both sides still works due to the command dice system restricting your actions. But if you want a game with an included AI system there's a bunch in the Nordic Weasel catalogue that get rave reviews, the 5core system most of them use is pretty intuitive.

 

[hello friend]

dude I'm not going to play a boardgame by myself

but thanks