A good book - I bought it in hard back from a second hand book shop about two months ago for a £5. In fact I got so many mint books for less than a hundred over a couple of months from that shop. Absolute steal and an interesting read.
Some very good purchases, the books look very interesting. The pose with the handle of his pack around his head does seem odd, but as he is a Ranger, possibly fording a river and keeping it dry?
I didn't attend Salute once again this year. Whereas you travelled to another country, there and back in a day, the practicalities of travelling up to the East End of London from the West Country in a day in the UK are arduous and involve nine hours on public transport if all goes well and according to plan, which it rarely does. The alternative is to stay in a hotel and the cost then becomes prohibitive. Just as well I decided not to do so as I have ended up spending over £1,000 on trying to alleviate foot pain (unsuccessfully so far) and the hard floor surface at the Excel centre would certainly have exacerbated the problem as well. With the proviso that I distrust the accuracy of Warlord figures I think the shoulder straps are OK - one book I have describes the battalion companies shoulders as "ornamented with a cloth strap in the facing colour edged with white tape terminating in a white worsted crescent" whereas the flank companies straps "terminated in a wing, barred with white tape and edged with white worsted tufting". Always room for doubt as I have found errors in this particular source before, but as that is how the figures are portrayed you are really obliged to conform.
Indeed, travelling into London is such a hassle, and just the cost of the train is prohibitive, never mind the cost of accommodation, vittles, entrance fee, and of course toys. Must be especially hard on those on a fixed income. And coupled with foot pain, one must ask if the juice is truly worth the squeeze. I will say that I thoroughly enjoyed the show in Canada, the emphasis is heavily on participation, which I wasn't quite prepared for, so I think next show here in North America, I shall make sure I get stuck in. That said, this time around, I had so much graft waiting for me back at home, I couldn't really just enjoy myself. Regarding those Warlord figures, I actually took another look this morning, and of the 24 figures, 4 do have the swallows' nests, so I suppose those are meant to represent the flank companies. The rest have the worsted crescent. So I shall have to clarify that in a later video. N.B. Enjoyed your last two videos. I don't know if I missed you talking about it, but have you tried "Cold Waters" it is a nuclear submarine simulator, set in a "Cold War gone hot" scenario. The game is made by Killerfish Games, who also made "Atlantic Fleet" which you have featured previously. I sunk several hours into that, along with the Silent Hunter series, which is a diesel submarine simulator game. P.S. My wife is mega impressed by your Jacobites. She asked me why I am not painting tartan, and I replied that I am not a mad man like you! Hope the foot pain buggers off so you can get up and about again. Best wishes from Point Roberts, Washington.
i've been wargaming the awi for 40+ years, so for what it's worth..the only off the shelf set that has genuine flavour is andy callan's "loose files and american scramble". i definitely advise avoiding generic horse and musket sets or napoleonics... if you have a favourite acw tactical set then that might be a good starting point.
I enjoyed your video very much and your words one thing you look at is little wars TV revolutionary war live free or die actually is a very enjoyable set of revolutionary war. They did a couple of videos I’ve played them. I was extremely surprised at how nicely. They played they were not expensive and it was Zf. It’s just a suggestion for you, but I was quite pleasantly surprised.
By the way, the book of wargaming that you started your video off with from Neal is a very good book. I have it in my virtual library. I just reread it again this morning with my cup of coffee. Yes, I read quickly if you study his rules, it is if black powder was written with his rules in mind with a few minor adjustments. Black powder being more tool kit for Wargamer is uniquely positioned to accept his suggestions for 19 century warfare. I could see making a few minor tweaks to black powder for my Franco Prussian or American Civil War games even the Crimean. Using black powder with a few of his suggestions, which makes sense. By the way, a good author with a level head.
Well, I actually went back and looked through my old Black Powder rule book, and found that there are rules for mixed formation units (formed with skirmisher screen), which I had totally missed in the past. I think Thomas's ideas dovetail neatly with the Black Powder idea. So I can see myself getting some decent mileage out of both books in the end.
Remember, black powder rules to me just gives me a toolbox. I am going to be currently running a war of the Spanish succession campaign with my mates with a hopefully a large battle at the end I have adapted the black powder rules to emulate and reflect warfare during the Marlburian period. I have modified the rules using another person‘s ideas with a supplement called Blenheim. And tweaking different units and attributes and how they fought. I’m actually able to re-create with this beautiful toolbox a little bit of what I think the period flavor could be. Because it certainly wasn’t Napoleonic warfare and it certainly isn’t Franco Prussian wars either. I like the flexibility of these rules and I’m able to adapt them freely. I even have taken from live free or die and implemented some of those ideas into my black powder game.
A good book - I bought it in hard back from a second hand book shop about two months ago for a £5. In fact I got so many mint books for less than a hundred over a couple of months from that shop. Absolute steal and an interesting read.
Thanks for coming!
Some very good purchases, the books look very interesting. The pose with the handle of his pack around his head does seem odd, but as he is a Ranger, possibly fording a river and keeping it dry?
That might be it! Thank you Ian, still a very odd looking pose.
I didn't attend Salute once again this year. Whereas you travelled to another country, there and back in a day, the practicalities of travelling up to the East End of London from the West Country in a day in the UK are arduous and involve nine hours on public transport if all goes well and according to plan, which it rarely does. The alternative is to stay in a hotel and the cost then becomes prohibitive. Just as well I decided not to do so as I have ended up spending over £1,000 on trying to alleviate foot pain (unsuccessfully so far) and the hard floor surface at the Excel centre would certainly have exacerbated the problem as well. With the proviso that I distrust the accuracy of Warlord figures I think the shoulder straps are OK - one book I have describes the battalion companies shoulders as "ornamented with a cloth strap in the facing colour edged with white tape terminating in a white worsted crescent" whereas the flank companies straps "terminated in a wing, barred with white tape and edged with white worsted tufting". Always room for doubt as I have found errors in this particular source before, but as that is how the figures are portrayed you are really obliged to conform.
Indeed, travelling into London is such a hassle, and just the cost of the train is prohibitive, never mind the cost of accommodation, vittles, entrance fee, and of course toys. Must be especially hard on those on a fixed income. And coupled with foot pain, one must ask if the juice is truly worth the squeeze.
I will say that I thoroughly enjoyed the show in Canada, the emphasis is heavily on participation, which I wasn't quite prepared for, so I think next show here in North America, I shall make sure I get stuck in. That said, this time around, I had so much graft waiting for me back at home, I couldn't really just enjoy myself.
Regarding those Warlord figures, I actually took another look this morning, and of the 24 figures, 4 do have the swallows' nests, so I suppose those are meant to represent the flank companies. The rest have the worsted crescent. So I shall have to clarify that in a later video.
N.B. Enjoyed your last two videos. I don't know if I missed you talking about it, but have you tried "Cold Waters" it is a nuclear submarine simulator, set in a "Cold War gone hot" scenario. The game is made by Killerfish Games, who also made "Atlantic Fleet" which you have featured previously. I sunk several hours into that, along with the Silent Hunter series, which is a diesel submarine simulator game.
P.S. My wife is mega impressed by your Jacobites. She asked me why I am not painting tartan, and I replied that I am not a mad man like you!
Hope the foot pain buggers off so you can get up and about again. Best wishes from Point Roberts, Washington.
i've been wargaming the awi for 40+ years, so for what it's worth..the only off the shelf set that has genuine flavour is andy callan's "loose files and american scramble". i definitely advise avoiding generic horse and musket sets or napoleonics... if you have a favourite acw tactical set then that might be a good starting point.
Thank you for this comment. I really appreciate the rules recommendation.
I enjoyed your video very much and your words one thing you look at is little wars TV revolutionary war live free or die actually is a very enjoyable set of revolutionary war. They did a couple of videos I’ve played them. I was extremely surprised at how nicely. They played they were not expensive and it was Zf. It’s just a suggestion for you, but I was quite pleasantly surprised.
Thanks Kevin, I'll take a look at the Little Wars TV rules for AWI.
I liked them. I also enjoy black powder. The two rules are two different perspectives. Both enjoyable.
By the way, the book of wargaming that you started your video off with from Neal is a very good book. I have it in my virtual library. I just reread it again this morning with my cup of coffee. Yes, I read quickly if you study his rules, it is if black powder was written with his rules in mind with a few minor adjustments. Black powder being more tool kit for Wargamer is uniquely positioned to accept his suggestions for 19 century warfare. I could see making a few minor tweaks to black powder for my Franco Prussian or American Civil War games even the Crimean. Using black powder with a few of his suggestions, which makes sense. By the way, a good author with a level head.
Well, I actually went back and looked through my old Black Powder rule book, and found that there are rules for mixed formation units (formed with skirmisher screen), which I had totally missed in the past. I think Thomas's ideas dovetail neatly with the Black Powder idea. So I can see myself getting some decent mileage out of both books in the end.
Remember, black powder rules to me just gives me a toolbox. I am going to be currently running a war of the Spanish succession campaign with my mates with a hopefully a large battle at the end I have adapted the black powder rules to emulate and reflect warfare during the Marlburian period. I have modified the rules using another person‘s ideas with a supplement called Blenheim. And tweaking different units and attributes and how they fought. I’m actually able to re-create with this beautiful toolbox a little bit of what I think the period flavor could be. Because it certainly wasn’t Napoleonic warfare and it certainly isn’t Franco Prussian wars either. I like the flexibility of these rules and I’m able to adapt them freely. I even have taken from live free or die and implemented some of those ideas into my black powder game.