Warlord Games | Mick | Activity https://www.warlordgames.com/community-members/t9fury/activity/ Activity feed for Mick. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:13:06 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 7ac6dd0152e3c770eddce1680a8c318a Mick replied to the topic Epic ACW question about Cavalry and dismounted cavalry in the forum Black Powder https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/epic-acw-question-about-cavalry-and-dismounted-cavalry/#post-187112 Wed, 02 Feb 2022 15:17:55 +0000 Cheers DD, so really I’m getting the feeling that if I play on a large table with forces starting on either side I should use march to get my troops where I want them as quick as poss, but if I’m on a small table or deployment zones are really close then I should probably deploy in line?

]]> 0 f87b6f1c9ea39b210f3d44d86a7fd9d3 Mick replied to the topic Epic ACW question about Cavalry and dismounted cavalry in the forum Black Powder https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/epic-acw-question-about-cavalry-and-dismounted-cavalry/#post-187091 Sun, 30 Jan 2022 02:26:55 +0000 Ok so I went back through the BP core and Epic ACW book and I understand about skirmishing units. There are 2 sections that mention about cavalry being skirmishers, so thats all good. BUT! On page 12 of the Epic book it says ALL infantry can form in mixed order which I understand, so all good there as well, but the second paragraph states that 1…[Read more]

]]> 0 1a7cc293cac30f2894782442cd04be6d Mick replied to the topic Epic ACW question about Cavalry and dismounted cavalry in the forum Black Powder https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/epic-acw-question-about-cavalry-and-dismounted-cavalry/#post-186999 Thu, 06 Jan 2022 10:28:38 +0000 The holding the horses makes alot of sense, I think I might just go with at approach although it does mean I’ll lose a stand while dismounted.

 

Thanks for the replies

]]> 0 252c260827f9893fec85ff1f9a880ba8 Mick replied to the topic Epic ACW question about Cavalry and dismounted cavalry in the forum Black Powder https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/epic-acw-question-about-cavalry-and-dismounted-cavalry/#post-186996 Wed, 05 Jan 2022 22:47:51 +0000 Yeah someone on my hobby group suggested using it as the fourth stand, didn’t even occur to me, lol. Certainly makes things easier.

Thanks for the reply

]]> 0 6add66a653882accf14e7693108e42fe Mick started the topic Epic ACW question about Cavalry and dismounted cavalry in the forum Black Powder https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/epic-acw-question-about-cavalry-and-dismounted-cavalry/ Wed, 05 Jan 2022 21:21:39 +0000 I bought a couple of Cavalry brigades, 1 each for the Union and Confederates and was looking at how to represent them on the battlefield when dismounted. I have 3  ways that I can think of, 1) is just keep them as they are and announce whether they are mted or dismted, 2) was to use the Dismounted Cavalry box, but I think their may be a blunder…[Read more]

]]> 0 89d76a71d996b4d1ad3e4ab467b67cca Mick replied to the topic New to ACW - A couple of questions in the forum Black Powder https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/new-to-acw-a-couple-of-questions/#post-186987 Fri, 31 Dec 2021 16:18:08 +0000 Happy New Year to you all as well guys, hope you have a geat year and may all your battles be victorious and fruitful, unless you’re playig each other in which case my condolences to the defeated 🙁

I think I must have been misinterpreting the free move section, after reading your posts I went back on it and read the sections on initiative moves…[Read more]

]]> 0 c54cfdaa6e8c8e04330d00daea3b0d60 Mick replied to the topic New to ACW - A couple of questions in the forum Black Powder https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/new-to-acw-a-couple-of-questions/#post-186983 Fri, 31 Dec 2021 00:26:10 +0000 Well after the last couple posts you guys have wrote I think I am a lot more re-assured, still a lot to take in, so I think what I will do is just take forces of equal size and play a few games to get my head round everything. The fundamentals I don’t think will be an issue as they are more or less the same in any combat game just with some tweaks…[Read more]

]]> 0 4877d461f915f3f2971451ccad5f38fd Mick replied to the topic New to ACW - A couple of questions in the forum Black Powder https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/new-to-acw-a-couple-of-questions/#post-186980 Thu, 30 Dec 2021 14:25:33 +0000 Thanks for the replies, they have given me a greater understanding.

@Big AI – I don’t think it’s to do with not reading the rules fully it’s more to do how I interpret them and that along side the fact that this is a new game system it’s just not what I am used to. The only rank and file game systems I have played were Warhammer Fantasy and GW’s…[Read more]

]]> 0 bf5d800c14ae459d4f8e00714e662669 Mick started the topic New to ACW - A couple of questions in the forum Black Powder https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/new-to-acw-a-couple-of-questions/ Thu, 30 Dec 2021 00:21:56 +0000 I just bought ACW today along with Glory Hallelujah and the BP2E core book and I have some confusion over a couple of aspects. First off the points system, I’m getting a general gist that the points system has been neglected or purposely left out of the 2nd edition! Surely in a pick up game a points system is fundamental for 2+ players to base…[Read more]

]]> 0 f186b89766c855abccaae4380bacfc8f Mick replied to the topic Aircraft Carriers - What's the point? in the forum Victory At Sea https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/aircraft-carriers-whats-the-point/page/2/#post-186454 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 21:12:55 +0100 @ ENIOCH

So I read the notes for S.H.I.P.S again and most of it seems simple enough, overall points over haul, easy enough. The carrier points and hanger points nice and simple. Got a couple of questions though, sorry..

1.2.0 Second AA Rework – it mentions about the AA costs, I presume this cost is implemented into the base cost of the ship and…[Read more]

]]> 0 86332aeae4d2e047f27094382091d3aa Mick replied to the topic Aircraft Carriers - What's the point? in the forum Victory At Sea https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/aircraft-carriers-whats-the-point/page/2/#post-186410 Fri, 01 Oct 2021 18:23:17 +0100 Ar no that means I have to redo my fleet building lists in excell, lol, bummer. My KGV’s have gone up as well :(. Well I don’t get to play much but I will defo test this versus Warlords one. If alot of the community are using it then hopefully Warlord will release an errata or better yet a pack of stat cards of the already released ships. Before I…[Read more]

]]> 0 b0dfffcf01d06f2838b6bfcafc443924 Mick replied to the topic Aircraft Carriers - What's the point? in the forum Victory At Sea https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/aircraft-carriers-whats-the-point/page/2/#post-186405 Fri, 01 Oct 2021 17:36:32 +0100 Well thats abit sucky. Seems as though they either favour US ships as they have released far more of them or they just didn’t do any play testing, as a novice without even playing that list I think it would smash any other fleet. Have you got a link to any community ones?

]]> 0 a56edd7d9afc223391e3131b13bc8623 Mick replied to the topic Aircraft Carriers - What's the point? in the forum Victory At Sea https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/aircraft-carriers-whats-the-point/page/2/#post-186398 Thu, 30 Sep 2021 17:36:03 +0100 Well if we are going date specific, I would have to radically change the fllet unless I proxy the aircraft. If I’m not proxying and we are sticking with 1943 I guess I would have to switch out the Alaska for the other two Northampton class cruisers. That puts me 2 pts over so I would either remove the radar refit on the Chester OR I could swap out…[Read more]

]]> 0 71260bd61ae8bd909668097740568c86 Mick replied to the topic Aircraft Carriers - What's the point? in the forum Victory At Sea https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/aircraft-carriers-whats-the-point/page/2/#post-186386 Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:33:52 +0100 So I was curious about making an IJN and US carrier fleet and came up with this, based on models released and models I have (no proxies). And I was abit gobsmacked at what I came up with.

IJN (1500 pts)

Akagi (17 flights) 250pts

Zuikaku (18 flights) 275pts

Kumano 280pts

Mogami + Radar refit 305pts

5 x Fubuki Class Destroyer + refits to 1943…[Read more]

]]> 0 2c4bff76ed8bb12ccdd6b1e08ffe27e9 Mick replied to the topic Aircraft Carriers - What's the point? in the forum Victory At Sea https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/aircraft-carriers-whats-the-point/page/2/#post-186385 Tue, 28 Sep 2021 18:09:53 +0100 After reading your post I checked out the AA capabilities of a few of the ships from each nation, and swamping a ship seems wise as only a couple have range bands and most of the rest have Local 1 with only a few with 2+.

I’m currently solo gaming until my British fleet is fully painted so I reckon I will just practice with various styles of…[Read more]

]]> 0 6edc94020d479efd3e8041db5c9de694 Mick replied to the topic Commissioned date discrepancies in the forum Victory At Sea https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/commissioned-date-discrepancies/#post-186384 Tue, 28 Sep 2021 17:55:39 +0100 I think I will just stick with what is on the cards/book and append when an errata corrects it.

]]> 0 efadead254e18da75bc4c465da00739b Mick replied to the topic Commissioned date discrepancies in the forum Victory At Sea https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/commissioned-date-discrepancies/#post-186376 Mon, 27 Sep 2021 19:26:48 +0100 Hi, yeah I was aware the refits are cumalative, thanks for the reply though Nat :), it was just the commisioned date, while it does make more sense now what Enioch said, although I think I would have just preferred it if Warlord had put the date it was commisioned on the model as opposed to the date it had a refit.

I did still came across a…[Read more]

]]> 0 39c1bcc2c9334dee859483b30166b2a5 Mick replied to the topic Aircraft Carriers - What's the point? in the forum Victory At Sea https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/aircraft-carriers-whats-the-point/#post-186369 Mon, 27 Sep 2021 15:07:46 +0100 So from your ealier post then it sounds like you rely on alot of scouting then a massive wave of torpedoes? I think because I am still learning the game when I play it is with out a specific method of attack, like concentrating on planes, or torpedoes. But saying that I never really looked into the scouting side of i until this topic and torpedoes…[Read more]

]]> 0 dd6df2e9e3625b684fa67a632e85a605 Mick replied to the topic Commissioned date discrepancies in the forum Victory At Sea https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/commissioned-date-discrepancies/#post-186325 Fri, 24 Sep 2021 19:41:30 +0100 Thanks Enrioch.

So really you only have to worry about the exact name and commision is really if you were playing a historical scenario. But during general play I could just go by the date on the data card?

]]> 0 84737475333b90a0eff7b16c0451a860 Mick started the topic Commissioned date discrepancies in the forum Victory At Sea https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/commissioned-date-discrepancies/ Fri, 24 Sep 2021 18:19:49 +0100 Quick query about commissioned dates. If you guys are playing a game base on a year alone, for example you can’t have any ships after 1942. Wht adate are you basing your fleet on? As I have come across a number of discrepancies between the rulebook, data cards and the model bases.

If you look at the King George Class Battleships for example; the…[Read more]

]]> 0 7b17ad275bf98a75abf44670658fbb5d Mick replied to the topic Aircraft Carriers - What's the point? in the forum Victory At Sea https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/aircraft-carriers-whats-the-point/#post-186317 Thu, 23 Sep 2021 14:54:44 +0100 @Nat

Your list above, on the Kumano should that be the 1944 refit and not 1943?

]]> 0 ecfb140831faa9bb52a7301e7fe384b4 Mick replied to the topic Aircraft Carriers - What's the point? in the forum Victory At Sea https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/aircraft-carriers-whats-the-point/#post-186312 Wed, 22 Sep 2021 18:58:26 +0100 I redid my list correctly and he was what I came up with;

1500 pts 1941 British Fleet

HMS Ark Royal 250pts (15 flights)

HMS Prince of Wales + 1941 refit 625pts (2 aircraft)

HMS Belfast 130pts (3 aircraft)

HMS Dido + 1941 refit 95pts (Radar)

HMS Neptune + 1941 refit 130pts (Radar)

6 x Tribal Class Destroyers + 1941 refit 270pts (Radar)

So…[Read more]

]]> 0 944613cc31d9be624ea3936a36bd09ba Mick replied to the topic Aircraft Carriers - What's the point? in the forum Victory At Sea https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/aircraft-carriers-whats-the-point/#post-186304 Tue, 21 Sep 2021 21:59:08 +0100 So I was looking at a British fleet and here is what I came up with based on any 1941;

HMS Ark Royal (15 flights) 250pts

HMS Duke Of York (2 Aircraft, Radar) 600pts

HMS Warspite (2 Aircraft) 375pts

HMS Belfast (3 Aircraft) 130pts

HMS Dido (Radar) 90pts

HMS Neptune (1 Aircraft) 120pts

Tribal Class Destroyers x 4 (Radar 1941 refit) 180pts

So…[Read more]

]]> 0 40ccb0e24fa62aa723a27b22b37c8e54 Mick replied to the topic Aircraft Carriers - What's the point? in the forum Victory At Sea https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/aircraft-carriers-whats-the-point/#post-186303 Tue, 21 Sep 2021 15:10:38 +0100 Damn, I am such a plum sometimes, lol. No wonder I couldn’t find where it says about Radar and A.Radar for scouting, I was looking at those sections under additional rules, lol. Nearly wrote the whole section out so you could see it wasn’t there :/.

But that is a whole lotta scouting you have going on with that fleet. Certainly gives me something…[Read more]

]]> 0 77dde96b9d25ddc92197c0070998c389 Mick replied to the topic Aircraft Carriers - What's the point? in the forum Victory At Sea https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/aircraft-carriers-whats-the-point/#post-186288 Mon, 20 Sep 2021 17:27:15 +0100 Thanks guys, certainly given me something to think about, although I read the rules for scouting, to be honest I dismissed them, as I didn’t want to risk potentially losing ships during a game or have them turn up late to the party. Didn’t even accour to me to use planes from ships etc, only had a couple of games so far.

@Nat – I’m not sure where…[Read more]

]]> 0 98a4fc157ec4aede978d8e26d2bede04 Mick started the topic Aircraft Carriers - What's the point? in the forum Victory At Sea https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/aircraft-carriers-whats-the-point/ Sun, 19 Sep 2021 20:15:47 +0100 So, I’ve had a few games with BB’s, Cruisers and DD’s and just venturing into Aircraft and Carriers. But I can’t see their worth if you are playing a standard 8 turn game! I was specifically looking at the HMS Ark Royal, but it gets worse with US and Japanese carriers. The Ark Roal can carry 15 flights, in a standard 8 turn game you can only…[Read more]

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