George

I answered this on FB, but I don’t think you were happy with it. You could try calling Rick in on it there. He tends not to respond on here.

@Koin-koin – its from page 10 of Air Strike (although my copy doesnt have aircraft C!)

Air Strike is the Core Rules with some wording tweeked and the layout improved.  All 3 booklets from the core & Mig Alley + Air strike rules & extra scenarios added…. and a number of cards printed between the core box & airstrike

Oh you young peopes, old gamers like me started in pre internet time and got nothing but books. (And had to walk 15 miles through snow to school 😉 )

The Schweres Maschinengewehr Lafette had some high settings to offer best arc  of fire and cover combination. So the Warlord Version is not unusual.

I tried to take an explaining pic from my…[Read more]

I did nothing extra, so yes, it fell into position.

Hmmm, I did the Blitzkrieg one at it had the correct angle.

It’s based on mongoose’s v2 …not sure whats been changed but from what I’ve seen /heard from some of the YouTube videos it’s more tweeks than wholesale changed

There was near to no chance to see a submerged mine. Even the contact mine was deep enough to be invisible. So normally S-Boote and MTB could pass contact mine fields without risk.

The magnetic, pressure or sound mines are very difficult to clear. There are settings that made them immune to the first contacts in a given time, so a Sperrbrecher…[Read more]

The best sourches are original items and contemporary Color drwings.

You find them for example in the classic Japanese language book Imperial Japanese Army and Navy Uniforms and Equipment. Sold in UK by Arms & Armour Press in 1975.

page 175  Shows orignal puttees in some versions.   There was a dark olive green version with light green straps an…[Read more]

Yeah thanks Stuart, I thought that must be the case, otherwise the national “ability” would be pretty much a dud.

Steve

@Dr Dave…. I’m also dsylexic (and dyspraxic) so spelling isnt my strong point!

Certainly, it is overly critical. People who say this tend to be the ones who don’t really like the rules for whatever reason. Usually, it is because of the simplicity of the rules. They seem to prefer micromanagement of units and be allowed to move every unit on the table in whatever way they choose.

That isn’t the point to the system in Bla…[Read more]

I use BP for historical scenarios and if set up care, it works well. However I prefer to use 15mm figures which increases the area represented on the table. The full points system is explained in the first edition of the rules but not in the second edition. This link shows one example of my games LINK

Not usually. Depends on the time available. If you’re playing to an objective, it often doesn’t come into it. A broken division is not that easy to come across unless you have small divisions. An odd number of units in a division makes it a fairly rare occurrence.

If you’re having trouble with avoiding broken divisions, you need to look at using…[Read more]

1 – depends on what you mean by historical, unless you are looking at playing on a table the size of a tennis court with 101 charts and stuff like that there will always be an elament of game play

2- yes in the suplements (eg Albion Triumphant 1 &2 + Clash of Eagles)

ooh do share!

How big are your forces, or games?

We don’t usually have a problem in an evening’s game. Often, it is quite obvious who has won. If you’re playing to a scenario, which we usually do, you should have objectives, but even if you aren’t playing to a scenario, set yourselves objectives or an objective. Once you have achieved them you could conside…[Read more]

We have to apply the main rules to the sub commander situation. So when a sub commander fails an order he can give no further orders this turn, but the brigade commander can continue giving orders.

To understand this it is important to remember than the late Prussian Brigades were the size of other nation’s Divisions, which would have 3 or 4 …[Read more]

ps – for what its worth if Cunningham had been the british admiral as a Brit I would have liked it!  How about we see/ hear about the lesser known leaders in these historical based games?  (look at waterloo – everyones heard of Sir Auther Wellesley (but not by his name!), some of picton & Prince of Orange but what about about general Hill?  co…[Read more]