tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56285590810505212024-03-13T04:24:27.623-07:00Elder's Wargaming BlogThis blog focuses on my interest in military history and historical wargaming.Eric Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776899330734193166noreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628559081050521.post-75889558488291518972024-01-24T19:33:00.000-07:002024-01-24T19:33:02.973-07:00Homemade 28mm Corn Stalks <p>I was inspired by a blog post on John Bond's Wargaming Stuff blog on how to make your own cornfields for 28mm wargaming. I have been hesitant to spend more on model railroad cornstalks (JTT 2" O scale). They certainly look great but can get pricey for the amount of corn stalks I want to have on the table. I have also not been very successful creating cornfields using other techniques, so I am giving John's technique a go.</p><p>I was surprised that John spotted a fake IKEA plant (FEJKA) that can be easily used as corn stalks. I have an IKEA close by, so popped in there, bought the plant and have been trying out John's technique. I tried to follow the process exactly, but ended up changing it up slightly. I explain my process in the video below. I bet there are more improvements other people will come up, but it is pretty easy and fast to go through this process. Basing wise, I'm probably going to try out using rubber floor mat material. I first saw it in action on Black Magic Craft YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXMtz6IVFwk" target="_blank">Link</a>.</p><p>My video below on how to make these corn stalks.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/K8J6mILZe1o" width="320" youtube-src-id="K8J6mILZe1o"></iframe></div><br /><p>I will post an update once I finish a cornfield terrain piece.</p><p>Link to John's blog post: <a href="https://iagsmgm.blogspot.com/2022/03/scratch-built-cornfield.html" target="_blank">John Bond's W</a><a href="https://iagsmgm.blogspot.com/2022/03/scratch-built-cornfield.html" target="_blank">argaming Stuff</a></p>Eric Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776899330734193166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628559081050521.post-1300882596886281312023-08-20T11:54:00.004-07:002023-10-02T21:55:28.864-07:00Battle of Spion Kop, a Bloody Big Battles scenario<p>I was inspired to run a Boer War scenario from a wargaming friend who had been reading a book about the Boer War. I have not run a Boer War battle in a long time so figured I'd give it a go again. This time using the Bloody Big Battle rules. It turned out the Spion Kop scenario would work out good because I had all the miniatures for the scenario painted up and based already. This would also be my first foray into the Bloody Big Battles rules. I played in a Franco-Prussian War game awhile back, but really couldn't get into the rules as a player.</p><p>In all the Bloody Big Battles scenarios, you will notice a lot of terrain. They are not simple throw down a few terrain elements, these can be elaborate winding rivers to expansive hills. I wanted to see if I could come with a way to simply create these features for this game and future games. I don't want to spend a lot of time building fancy terrain when I will only use the setup for a couple sessions and then I'm onto the next battle with a different layout. I also really don't have the room to store the terrain.</p><p>I have a lot of future Bloody Big Battles scenario options that I want to do in the future in periods I already have a lot of 15mm miniatures for: Crimean War, 1859 Franco-Austrian War, and Boer War.</p><p>The Spion Kop, Boer War scenario by Anton van Dellen is a good one. I would drop the British artillery can not fire at a Boer target if a British unit is within 9", British artillery suffers a left shift because of Boer camouflage, and British artillery suffers low ammo if they roll a 10 or more.</p><p>It is certainly a challenge to figure out visibility between units when you have hills in the battle. I need to build a diagram to explain when units can see each other and when they are blocked by contours.</p><p>In the playtest and at the club, the British has it hard. I was able to get to a draw in the playtest. The club game we only made it through half the scenario turns and the British were struggling to take any of the objectives.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oCsESy_70HU" width="320" youtube-src-id="oCsESy_70HU"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Video on the terrain and setup of the Spion Kop scenario.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/m3fWi3JTARg" width="320" youtube-src-id="m3fWi3JTARg"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Video showing the results from each of the 8 turn playtest.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><p><br /></p>Eric Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776899330734193166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628559081050521.post-23361732548329013872023-03-28T20:34:00.002-07:002023-03-28T20:34:17.342-07:00Battle of Midway with Miniatures?<p>Can the Battle of Midway be played with miniatures? This was the question I posed to myself three years ago after running the Operation Pedestal Malta Convoy game.</p><p>I have since purchased a number of Midway boardgames and looked through the miniature rules I own.</p><p>Here are the boardgames related to the Battle of Midway I own:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Midway (1964)</li><li>Midway (1991)</li><li>The Battle of Midway, 1942AD</li><li>The Battle of Midway (HBG)</li><li>Victory at Midway (Command magazine)</li><li>Midway (Avalanche Press 1st ed.)</li><li>Battle of Midway (Louis Coatney)</li><li>Fires of Midway</li><li>Fury at Midway</li><li>Task Force: Carrier Battles in the Pacific</li></ul><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_8h3R0Rh8zITT3aeL1ZyUra5Zpb4UJz6oQ5xM7K0yr6VKXdo7IMG4Ni8hRTRHcjCE__oGBfbN0nRFDyjL3juKEZ939GvinxH3PmcfKiy7xWW0667bccKQ0-koa5qMwW0yd7l-YaoIqJsbk5RGVGV3t84yNAMIZBNMD7DvX2YbgCiGpA-OsSeNk1SL" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="820" height="377" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_8h3R0Rh8zITT3aeL1ZyUra5Zpb4UJz6oQ5xM7K0yr6VKXdo7IMG4Ni8hRTRHcjCE__oGBfbN0nRFDyjL3juKEZ939GvinxH3PmcfKiy7xWW0667bccKQ0-koa5qMwW0yd7l-YaoIqJsbk5RGVGV3t84yNAMIZBNMD7DvX2YbgCiGpA-OsSeNk1SL=w539-h377" width="539" /></a></div><br />These are the miniature rules I've played or read through:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Nimitz/Halsey</li><li>Seekrieg V</li><li>Sea Wars Fleet Actions</li><li>General Quarters (1975)</li><li>Naval Thunder</li><li>Midway Campaign (David Manley)</li><li>Victory at Midway</li><li>Command at Sea</li><li>Find, Fix and Strike</li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSz1WycSnjp3GL7H3n8BzHPplqeyx_dmyaJlN_1PlVCnHjDheIXA6-QbG4gdA1n1MpHwNbzR8Ym6mPk9HxPg3pTMSWayBX1NpBnsfbxrvhPZnnYpzW4Wl7ZKvjpsqRFUlILCIIfyK1f7DDitggGg-kiD2TmJee8thNyUZMN-gUfVhlb4UT42qWL17l" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3744" data-original-width="3096" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSz1WycSnjp3GL7H3n8BzHPplqeyx_dmyaJlN_1PlVCnHjDheIXA6-QbG4gdA1n1MpHwNbzR8Ym6mPk9HxPg3pTMSWayBX1NpBnsfbxrvhPZnnYpzW4Wl7ZKvjpsqRFUlILCIIfyK1f7DDitggGg-kiD2TmJee8thNyUZMN-gUfVhlb4UT42qWL17l=w418-h508" width="418" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div>The miniature rules were either too complicated or lacked a simple map. I chose to not focus on miniature rules mainly because of wanting a good map system that boardgames offer.</div><div><br /></div><div>After testing the boardgames each at least twice, I came up with three main criteria for what is key during the battle that has to be well represented in the game:</div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Search for your opponents Task Forces.</li><ul><li>Dice roll (or random chance) to see if search planes detect Task Forces.</li></ul><li>Damage to Midway by Japanese planes.</li><ul><li>Midway has to see some sort of recordable damage from each wave of Japanese bombers.</li></ul><li>Damage to carriers.</li><ul><li>Something more than just a two hit damage result to sink a carrier.</li></ul></ol><div>As you can see from my long list of boardgames, I have had not much luck finding a game that meets the three criteria above. This was until I recently bought <i>Task Force: Carrier Battles in the Pacific</i> and played the Midway scenario. It met all three and is a quality game. <i>Midway </i>by Avalanche Press is good, but the damage to airfields rules is not great. <i>Victory at Midway</i> and <i>The Battle of Midway, 1942AD</i> are not bad. I recommend <i>Task Force: Carrier Battles in the Pacific</i> by Vucasims. I look forward to trying out the non-Midway scenarios (i.e. Battle of the Coral Sea).</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPNJ5g2BrcZBadY6b79MdicQU9IBshoGsrk1-LfPMmvKe1cd9D1bUoIFZSOqikcdk6dc_uOOyiRLSdKe6u-RRHx0Uum-jZE3jaE63UbVY3HOnRcrYWr9ROxvjuLyE6qA7KftxwIfCMvbeiodlyAUIO1Sz4HAZnV4cy8WUu6pY8At53uMksVbIzkqvw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="653" data-original-width="979" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPNJ5g2BrcZBadY6b79MdicQU9IBshoGsrk1-LfPMmvKe1cd9D1bUoIFZSOqikcdk6dc_uOOyiRLSdKe6u-RRHx0Uum-jZE3jaE63UbVY3HOnRcrYWr9ROxvjuLyE6qA7KftxwIfCMvbeiodlyAUIO1Sz4HAZnV4cy8WUu6pY8At53uMksVbIzkqvw=w470-h313" width="470" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Task Force</i> rules Midway scenario. Japanese and Americans can not </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">deploy closer to Midway than their corresponding lines on the map.</div></div><p>Recently the <i>Nimitz/Halsey</i> rules by Sam Mustafa was published. There are two rules published together in one PDF. <i>Nimitz </i>is the surface miniature rules and <i>Halsey </i>is the campaign level rules. The <i>Halsey </i>rules is also recommended for the Battle of Midway. There is even a Midway scenario included. I think the <i>Halsey </i>rules have an edge over <i>Task Force: Carrier Battle in the Pacific</i> when it comes to the display/use of miniatures.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPA5wcExplEzkAk4ZbaID2r-MX2TfdyFb2ksAiIqEp1Bw01w52aNw0c-ljCX55ctfKt0DOJ3-w-rE5C8B2XKVu2EVNrNPDD27xuNsA9rFzMUDu4BToBs_mEaaVbMoXfvgprH6ag6-jmkHaFngbk4znEHNEg1eWx3-n19DssojPHE_nIb0KKBalTYSb" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="535" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPA5wcExplEzkAk4ZbaID2r-MX2TfdyFb2ksAiIqEp1Bw01w52aNw0c-ljCX55ctfKt0DOJ3-w-rE5C8B2XKVu2EVNrNPDD27xuNsA9rFzMUDu4BToBs_mEaaVbMoXfvgprH6ag6-jmkHaFngbk4znEHNEg1eWx3-n19DssojPHE_nIb0KKBalTYSb=w477-h284" width="477" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Halsey </i>Midway scenario map.</div></div></div><p></p><p><b>Ship Miniatures:</b></p><div>Looking at the Order of Battle for the Midway naval campaign there is a large number of Japanese and American ships involved. The focus of the battle mainly involved the Task Forces of four Japanese carriers and the three American carriers.</div><div><br /></div><div>GHQ 1:2400 miniatures would look great, but a bit too expensive for me. I can see myself buying 1:3000 miniatures to use in conjunction with the previously mentioned rules. 1:6000 miniatures are just too small. I recommend 1:3000 ships (i.e. NAVWAR).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Air Miniatures:</b></div><div><br /></div><div>I have used 1:600 for some recent naval battles. I have found that this scale is a good one to use for either 1:2400 or 1:3000 ships. I recommend Tumbling Dice Miniatures and Pico Miniatures for 1:600 WWII planes.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Conclusion:</b></div><div><br /></div><div>The Battle of Midway is doable using a map system with miniatures. I think the real question is, does it make sense running the historic battle? It is tough for the Japanese to win. The U.S. reconnaissance is a lot more extensive than the Japanese. The Japanese have a very low probability of spotting the U.S. carriers before they are spotted. I have no problem putting together the scenario. I would enjoy painting up the ships and solo playtesting through the scenario. Would actual players be okay playing the Japanese and be ready for losing all their carriers? Maybe I would have to run the Japanese and two or three players play the U.S. Task Forces and Midway island.</div>Eric Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776899330734193166noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628559081050521.post-50330595017891111232023-02-22T22:01:00.004-07:002023-02-22T22:01:59.492-07:00Russo-Polish War 1919-20 playtesting<p>Recently I acquired 15mm Russian Civil War (RCW) painted and based miniatures and have been looking at using them for a game. Before I acquired these miniatures I have had some interest in the RCW and also the Russo-Polish War of 1919-20. Having just read a second book on the Russo-Polish War I was inspired to test out some WWI rules. In the past I used the <i style="font-family: "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Big Table Little Men </i><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">rules for a battle in WWI Palestine, but this time I wanted a different ruleset for the RCW and Russo-Polish War.</span></p><p>Here is the list of rules I have read through or playtested as options for Russo-Polish War:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Through the Mud and Blood</li><li>Trial by Fire</li><li>Great War Spearhead 2</li><li>If the Lord Spares Us</li><li>Red Actions! the Pygmy Wars Version</li><li>Return to the River Don</li><li>It Rolls for Ivan</li><li>Triumph of the will</li><li>Big Table Little Men</li></ul><div>Rather than explain why I did not pick each ruleset, I'll just focus on the ruleset I picked. I don't think any of these rulesets are bad.</div><div><br /></div><div>I chose <i>Trial by Fire</i> by M Batuhan Tuncdemir. I was not familiar with these rules, I think I just stumbled on it. I was looking for a ruleset that was not complicated, uses my existing based miniatures, does not end up with a lot of markers on the table, games conclude in less than four hours, and of course is fun to play. I will have to try out these rules for WWI Mesopotamia. The free rules can be found on the official <a href="http://trialbyfirerules.blogspot.com/">blog </a>or Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/166864450318149">page</a>.</div><p></p><p>The scenario I have been testing has Polish infantry and cavalry defending a town against Russian infantry and cavalry. Some field artillery is sprinkled in on both sides. Below you can see what my playtest looks like.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2F645Oz1MwUzM21_2HVxVXnKBHu6UbzQ5bb139_EV9QB9TOv6Y-wjqPhlJH7azutcGs0VqJcW97T2M2OzkXQv0GCUpLFJ5FfMpFYwe_mA8gUUr_KQrGG5PMf5dY3G8qAFCaCZqRZJFfqGiXgBUaepuoi-pEnxSbpZTYQy7lx2GoSJxqS3Qe6TTngR/s1616/DSCF3147b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1616" data-original-width="1077" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2F645Oz1MwUzM21_2HVxVXnKBHu6UbzQ5bb139_EV9QB9TOv6Y-wjqPhlJH7azutcGs0VqJcW97T2M2OzkXQv0GCUpLFJ5FfMpFYwe_mA8gUUr_KQrGG5PMf5dY3G8qAFCaCZqRZJFfqGiXgBUaepuoi-pEnxSbpZTYQy7lx2GoSJxqS3Qe6TTngR/w426-h640/DSCF3147b.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Russians advancing on the Polish positions.</div><p>A good book on the history of the Russo-Polish War mainly from the military aspect is <i>Warsaw 1920</i> by Adam Zamboyski. It is an easy read that gives a good overview of the conflict. There is not a lot of books on the war in English and this is a good addition that I recommend. Do not be fooled by the title of the book, most of the book covers more than just the defense of Warsaw.</p><p>To get you in the era of the conflict, here are some good music to listen to:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PNjeyCOg-GU" width="320" youtube-src-id="PNjeyCOg-GU"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Polish Patriotic songs</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Eric Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776899330734193166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628559081050521.post-28473393915939217092022-10-22T14:29:00.004-07:002022-10-22T14:29:52.467-07:00First Acrylic Painted Unit<p>It may be surprising, but I have never painted a complete infantry unit in acrylics. I have always used Humbrol or Testors enamels, but this time I thought I'd give Vellejo acrylics a go for a 28mm unit of French in the French and Indian War.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEsNSjCYCNHyHzv-1V3T-SQHRu2Rx0VvD0z7GHpz1HT0ObXtEYo72BnDztqCWm_pEGOH5lHl4pFxbC_Qj-VestcRgdcHqyRYXmobceJeNU6VhxTGxVUSyx0RKIXLcMf19j10CBKGFQYOISsQJ9eYl4bWAAf4Yeqr4l8hmmfiRD1pohrESUTDeUlFO3/s3074/DSCF2933.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="946" data-original-width="3074" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEsNSjCYCNHyHzv-1V3T-SQHRu2Rx0VvD0z7GHpz1HT0ObXtEYo72BnDztqCWm_pEGOH5lHl4pFxbC_Qj-VestcRgdcHqyRYXmobceJeNU6VhxTGxVUSyx0RKIXLcMf19j10CBKGFQYOISsQJ9eYl4bWAAf4Yeqr4l8hmmfiRD1pohrESUTDeUlFO3/w640-h196/DSCF2933.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The 28mm miniatures are AW Miniatures.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I purchased the Painting War book on the French and Indian War and attempted to use the recommended paints and technique. I failed completely trying the technique (base and two highlights) and using the recommended paints. I stuck with the acrylics, but instead chose some of the recommended paints. I seem to like the look of a base coat with a wash.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My process:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Black primer. I may switch to a grey primer. I typically use a grey primer.</li><li>Base coats.</li><li>Selective wash in areas. I use Strong Tone by The Army Painter.</li><li>Highlight in selective areas, which can be a base color or other.</li><li>Basing.</li></ul><div>First try at this, so I guess I can only get better.</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQdiht5aoaIT2rJcjS9KxJiyTzTycrjY57rHiigaZg71q6ovj-gaAR8xBeBfPe19cCIjYPLY-IFAi-UFxYhnGcNPmTHR7q4WbstHFGcDKjmJNGBT0qvgGbOP0phhddR4H0LnelBzfkP_QEMvkU4sEeVkefoEc4aeDQjpkbxO-s5wMggLHcLJkFF4ih/s1970/DSCF2940.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1312" data-original-width="1970" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQdiht5aoaIT2rJcjS9KxJiyTzTycrjY57rHiigaZg71q6ovj-gaAR8xBeBfPe19cCIjYPLY-IFAi-UFxYhnGcNPmTHR7q4WbstHFGcDKjmJNGBT0qvgGbOP0phhddR4H0LnelBzfkP_QEMvkU4sEeVkefoEc4aeDQjpkbxO-s5wMggLHcLJkFF4ih/s320/DSCF2940.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Eric Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776899330734193166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628559081050521.post-90984883366864763302022-03-12T22:54:00.000-07:002022-03-12T22:54:39.826-07:00My Hobby Loss<p>Today I learned that someone who was instrumental in my start into the miniature wargaming hobby passed away. His name was Andrew Powter.</p><p>My Dad worked with Andrew before he retired. At the time Andrew was a miniature painter himself. He was not a wargamer, but enjoyed painting. As a kid, I was using the old testors paint on plastic model plane kits and Andrew recommended to my Dad to switch to Humbrol paints. When I was 13 I was invited to play a miniatures game with Andrews son who is a little younger than I am. The game was a Sword and the Flame rules Zulu game. We played the game twice each playing both sides. We played with 1:72 plastic figures. I was hooked. I can still remember the games. Soon after I had my own set of the rules and bought and painted up all sorts of Zulu war plastic figures. That day was my entry into the hobby.</p><p>I have Andrew to thank for helping with my painting and getting me started into the wargaming hobby. I am sad to hear of his loss to parkinson's disease at the age of 75. In life and our hobby, we lose people close to us. Andrew was someone who was instrumental in my miniature wargaming hobby aspect of my life. Thank you.</p><p>link to obituary:</p><p><a href="http://ip51.icomos.org/~fleblanc/in-memoriam/powter-andrew/im_powter-andrew.html">http://ip51.icomos.org/~fleblanc/in-memoriam/powter-andrew/im_powter-andrew.html</a></p>Eric Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776899330734193166noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628559081050521.post-36458018285041511902021-12-03T12:01:00.001-07:002021-12-03T12:02:29.835-07:006mm Samurai: New to 3D Resin Miniatures<p style="text-align: left;">When it comes to acquiring 3D printed miniatures, in the past I have purchased just from Shapeways. There are now a lot more options available in the market. You can now print a file yourself or have someone else print it. I have no interest in purchasing a 3D resin printer and do not have a friend who has one. I wanted to research how someone like me did it. I tracked down a post on the subject.</p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jCA7JU_zMak/YappvUK6UmI/AAAAAAAAEH8/_bxyhc6DY7o7aNhEqtZn8loBKIukhPdoQCNcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="842" height="221" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jCA7JU_zMak/YappvUK6UmI/AAAAAAAAEH8/_bxyhc6DY7o7aNhEqtZn8loBKIukhPdoQCNcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />For someone who knows very little about 3D printers I impressed myself. Certain key steps for someone who does not own a 3D resin printer (i.e. myself):<p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Find 3D miniature files (STL) for free or purchase. I purchased the 6mm Samurai files from <a href="https://projectwargaming.com/" target="_blank">Project Wargaming</a>.</li><li>Choose a manufacturer. A web site like <a href="https://www.treatstock.com/">treatstock.com</a> can help you find a manufacturer.</li><li>Expect misprinted figures or breakage.</li><li>Once figures are received, you may have to remove the supports yourself.</li></ol><div>Here is a 34 minute video on my take on going through the process of acquiring 3D resin miniatures with some recommendations:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9z7a2rA1j4s" width="320" youtube-src-id="9z7a2rA1j4s"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><p></p><p><br /></p>Eric Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776899330734193166noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628559081050521.post-64964038313477180432021-11-15T19:48:00.039-07:002021-11-15T19:57:29.036-07:00Veterans Wars 2021<p>Last weekend our club had our Fall club convention. We had three to five games for each session on Saturday or Sunday. There were about 15 people attending Saturday and close to 40 on Sunday. I thought Saturday was a little disappointing attendance wise, but a lot of people were busy (i.e. attending an old club member memorial service). I ran my Korean War game Saturday morning and it ran very well. Overall I think everyone had a good time. It was good to see everyone at our latest club convention.</p><p>Convention photos:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/NjHJskywkmu5chRh9" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="3040" data-original-width="6080" height="160" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-chLwcdQg3xM/YZMbvSLkyFI/AAAAAAAAEEo/UMX4DDcImKAjcCaFl-sdWSIa56eHZ5EuACPcBGAsYHg/s320/IMG_20211113_161607_00_001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click photo to view 360° Wings of War photo</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eWgDYsJgpQk/YZMcaz1BsmI/AAAAAAAAEE0/OGzx1t0ybHgeYHCf_cPDzxAgzlytjPE-gCPcBGAsYHg/s1616/DSCF2472b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1077" data-original-width="1616" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eWgDYsJgpQk/YZMcaz1BsmI/AAAAAAAAEE0/OGzx1t0ybHgeYHCf_cPDzxAgzlytjPE-gCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h426/DSCF2472b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Further troops arrived in May 1951.</p><p>On May 30, 1951, Canadian forces moved into the town of Chail-li, and were quickly attacked by Chinese forces. Due to the large Chinese attack on Chail-li, the Canadians were forced to retreat.</p><p>I have put together a Cold War Commander scenario of the battle using 10mm Pendraken miniatures.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vyKK4JBAtH8/YZKIXwRac8I/AAAAAAAAEBM/tygoWwlaZ0E8YxTXeQ0Up4gkTlQweLP8QCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="657" data-original-width="516" height="333" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vyKK4JBAtH8/YZKIXwRac8I/AAAAAAAAEBM/tygoWwlaZ0E8YxTXeQ0Up4gkTlQweLP8QCLcBGAsYHQ/w261-h333/image.png" width="261" /></a></div><br />Pendraken has Chinese and British miniatures for the Korean War, but the British hats were not correct for the Canadians. I customized the hats to better match what the Canadians were wearing in Korea.<div><br /></div><div>To read about the historic battle click on think link: </div><div><a href="http://www.regimentalrogue.com/rcr_history/1945-1953/chail-li_kakhul-bong_1951.htm">http://www.regimentalrogue.com/rcr_history/1945-1953/chail-li_kakhul-bong_1951.htm</a><br /><div><br /></div><div>Photos from my game:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R1yq2my4ucc/YZMYD0YgKII/AAAAAAAAED0/Ze28bfbgGEkPH5XNxf68KQMWiaSqtu7igCPcBGAsYHg/s1616/DSCF2463.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="838" data-original-width="1616" height="332" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R1yq2my4ucc/YZMYD0YgKII/AAAAAAAAED0/Ze28bfbgGEkPH5XNxf68KQMWiaSqtu7igCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h332/DSCF2463.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pIONxMIV42w/YZMYQT2UFtI/AAAAAAAAED4/0kvMiF9q6tINSCbRfY43Q8EB951H4fdLgCPcBGAsYHg/s1616/DSCF2473b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1077" data-original-width="1616" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pIONxMIV42w/YZMYQT2UFtI/AAAAAAAAED4/0kvMiF9q6tINSCbRfY43Q8EB951H4fdLgCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h426/DSCF2473b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J2R_mFsQqNE/YZMYQTPSC4I/AAAAAAAAED4/IQETcKTBij0MlS77hDNKTnwPPOZSVE1JQCPcBGAsYHg/s1616/DSCF2481b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1077" data-original-width="1616" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J2R_mFsQqNE/YZMYQTPSC4I/AAAAAAAAED4/IQETcKTBij0MlS77hDNKTnwPPOZSVE1JQCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h426/DSCF2481b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-StyfpGhEX64/YZMYQRwSGAI/AAAAAAAAED4/J-NXe-AxftsX4nbBg3Ju1rum7rgokrtxgCPcBGAsYHg/s1616/DSCF2483b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1077" data-original-width="1616" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-StyfpGhEX64/YZMYQRwSGAI/AAAAAAAAED4/J-NXe-AxftsX4nbBg3Ju1rum7rgokrtxgCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h426/DSCF2483b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y0CJBKrRAbo/YZMYQe9ZzXI/AAAAAAAAED4/32W9xd0sLXQx3odRjSKOracV3280KsGLACPcBGAsYHg/s1616/DSCF2484b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1077" data-original-width="1616" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y0CJBKrRAbo/YZMYQe9ZzXI/AAAAAAAAED4/32W9xd0sLXQx3odRjSKOracV3280KsGLACPcBGAsYHg/w640-h426/DSCF2484b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p></div></div>Eric Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776899330734193166noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628559081050521.post-89820498419566450592021-09-14T18:31:00.001-07:002021-09-14T18:31:23.634-07:006mm Samurai: Primer and Basing options<p>Since I am new to painting 6mm and Samurai miniature wargaming, I have been researching various approaches to painting and basing. I thought I'd share my thoughts on these topics in two videos.</p><p>The first video focuses on using grey, black or black with grey drybrush as options for priming. I did a test for each and then share which I chose. Typically I just use a grey primer for painting miniatures.</p><p>The second video discusses what basing I chose for the two wargame rules I'm going to game with. At the end I go into casualty marker options as well.</p><p>I think my next video will be on how I do the sashimono flags and other flags. The sashimono flag is the banner on the backs of the samurai and ashigaru.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Video looking at priming options.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Etr33P3gmhk" width="320" youtube-src-id="Etr33P3gmhk"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Video on basing options for two rulesets I've chosen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Rj_Z18CnhRc" width="320" youtube-src-id="Rj_Z18CnhRc"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Eric Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776899330734193166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628559081050521.post-25200062031769348942021-08-14T18:04:00.001-07:002021-08-14T18:06:13.194-07:006mm Samurai: 2D6 vs Baccus<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dczD5Ep8LfA/YRhoejqA2GI/AAAAAAAADyM/Sd6iNC32c0wtPsxLVZwbiAi7WtSxkjtFQCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="326" data-original-width="871" height="120" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dczD5Ep8LfA/YRhoejqA2GI/AAAAAAAADyM/Sd6iNC32c0wtPsxLVZwbiAi7WtSxkjtFQCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div>I have chosen to dive back into Samurai miniature wargaming again. I didn't get too far last time with 15mm. I have always been a big fan of the Samurai period in Japan, but I think the quantity of 15mm I needed to paint up for Killer Katanas rules basically did me in.<div><br /></div><div>I saw the Commands and Colors: Samurai on GMT P500, so decided to put in an order. I figured it had a lot of good scenarios and maybe could be used with miniatures, like I've seen with other Commands and Colors games.</div><div><br /></div><div>Rather than 15mm, this time round I am giving 6mm a go. I went with the 2D6 6mm Samurai Kickstarter that included their ruleset. I like the detail in the miniatures, but not a fan of how brittle they are. I figured I should give Baccus a go, so I ordered their Samurai Army pack. This would give me a good variety of miniatures to paint up. From what I see so far, they look good. I will probably focus on just the Baccus, but might fill in a few with 2D6.</div><div><br /></div><div>I decided to make a video comparing the two companies 6mm Samurai side by side.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/O8PZ1YttH00" width="320" youtube-src-id="O8PZ1YttH00"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Eric Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776899330734193166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628559081050521.post-22109940818258576192021-08-12T06:46:00.003-07:002021-08-12T21:15:19.219-07:00My Game History by Period Graphed<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Have you ever wondered what games you've run by period of time looks like? Well, I had that thought today and decided to plot the games I've run. This represents the past 25 years of miniature games I've put on at home, a club or convention.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7_H9QCAiva0/YRXwCS0_1tI/AAAAAAAADxw/_O2p3kVPToQNosVEBqqdfglm479RI5nQQCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="888" height="434" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7_H9QCAiva0/YRXwCS0_1tI/AAAAAAAADxw/_O2p3kVPToQNosVEBqqdfglm479RI5nQQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h434/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><span style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;">As you can see, I seem to focus on the period from ACW to WWII. Most of my 1860s-70s period games have been ACW. I guess my wargaming is approximately hundred years from the 1860s to the 1960s.</div></span></div><br /><p></p>Eric Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776899330734193166noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628559081050521.post-60238285843474099632021-06-14T20:01:00.000-07:002021-06-14T20:01:00.349-07:00West Wars 2021 Convention Photos<p> Here are photos I took at our club convention in May.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HZmtI0KygaY/YMgUO9F_MII/AAAAAAAADsg/V0wlFTB48z4Nn9XN5LozYAWH7v0USW4wgCPcBGAsYHg/s1224/DSCF2151b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1224" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HZmtI0KygaY/YMgUO9F_MII/AAAAAAAADsg/V0wlFTB48z4Nn9XN5LozYAWH7v0USW4wgCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h426/DSCF2151b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WvX8vHz0fpg/YMgUO_rmb_I/AAAAAAAADsg/H40FzCv4bFQpO0wvhudFeqQnvNP33dPSACPcBGAsYHg/s1224/DSCF2152b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1224" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kihqwk8MCD0/YMgUO9STZ7I/AAAAAAAADsg/WmKKJz6ifvsFgtfO3JoXycUvvJL3ycxBwCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h426/DSCF2196b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BaxWzMZRZXE/YMgUO9k7r2I/AAAAAAAADsg/MMeVMI2nEJAXGIGuVFMm_F1Vh9KZomY5wCPcBGAsYHg/s1224/DSCF2198b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1224" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BaxWzMZRZXE/YMgUO9k7r2I/AAAAAAAADsg/MMeVMI2nEJAXGIGuVFMm_F1Vh9KZomY5wCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h426/DSCF2198b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Eric Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776899330734193166noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628559081050521.post-49201901898332681632021-05-29T14:24:00.003-07:002021-05-29T14:24:47.804-07:00Wargamer Perfectionist<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gXCVYvFtZTo/YLKtMtpauVI/AAAAAAAADnI/OuMbw0g6Hu0zyOLT1rJJbY7y1siQzJZKACPcBGAsYHg/s960/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-08%2Bat%2B3.50.48%2BPMb.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="225" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gXCVYvFtZTo/YLKtMtpauVI/AAAAAAAADnI/OuMbw0g6Hu0zyOLT1rJJbY7y1siQzJZKACPcBGAsYHg/w400-h225/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-08%2Bat%2B3.50.48%2BPMb.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>A wargamer friend of mine recently told me I am a perfectionist. I was surprised by this comment. After some thought, he is right. I do find myself spending time getting things right.</div><div><br /></div><div>Perfectionist: a person who refuses to accept any standard short of perfection.</div><div><br /></div><div>In our hobby this can apply to painting, terrain, rules and/or scenario design. I don't think it is a bad thing, I just spend a bit more time trying to get things right. Maybe I do this based on past games I've run that I felt did not work out well.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><u>Scenario</u></div><div>This is probably where I spend my most time (apart from painting). I try to find a map from the period or close to the battle and also try to find a good deployment map. The terrain can be important to a battle, so I spend time tracking down what the terrain should be recreated on the table. The OOB for the scenario I'll track down to the best I can get it. I also look to acquire a good book on the battle I'm going to do. I think all our scenarios have improved with internet now. </div></div><div><br /></div><div><u>Miniatures</u></div><div>I have been known to not do a historic battle because I can not find the correct miniatures for the battle, whereas I think most would make do with what is available. Fortunately, by waiting, some of the miniatures have been sculpted and I've put on the battles.</div><div><u><br /></u></div><div><u>Painting</u></div><div>I am an average painter. Where I focus more of my time is researching the uniforms or ship/plane camouflage correctly. An example is researching exactly what a ships camouflage was for the battle it was in for the scenario I'm using it for. No, I will not repaint a ship for a scenario, but I'm certainly tempted to have an additional version of a capital ship if the camouflage is significantly different. My miniatures painted up are not perfect. As long as they look good on the wargaming table.</div><div><br /></div><div><u>Terrain</u></div><div>For each scenario I try to layout the right terrain for this scenario. Recently I could not find a building for a 28mm game. Nothing looked like the historic building in the battle, so I decided to build one from scratch. I think it turned out pretty well. Yes, I could have just thrown down a building and no one would be the wiser, but I guess the perfectionist in me couldn't let that happen.</div><div><br /></div><div><u>Rules</u></div><div>We all have our reasons for choosing our favorite wargame rules. I think we are always searching for the perfect rules. I certainly look for rules that can generate a historic outcome and takes into consideration the period. I have been known to be very interested in the scale the rules represent (i.e. 1" = 25 yds). Though, a complex ruleset might just run too slow and boring for players. I try to stay clear of those.</div><div><br /></div><div>Is being a perfectionist a bad thing? I don't think so. As long as it doesn't get in the way of enjoying the hobby.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Eric Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776899330734193166noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628559081050521.post-91491197645456770542021-05-08T22:19:00.002-07:002021-05-08T22:19:24.149-07:00Danger Close movie<p>Highly recommended!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-H-oP1NJFMHE/YJdp8ay_NdI/AAAAAAAADkQ/iRMU2yEhMIoNTJVJR7_cXh_1xtBQA91UACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1080" height="338" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-H-oP1NJFMHE/YJdp8ay_NdI/AAAAAAAADkQ/iRMU2yEhMIoNTJVJR7_cXh_1xtBQA91UACLcBGAsYHQ/w270-h338/image.png" width="270" /></a></div>I recently read someone recommending the movie <i>Danger Close</i> as a good war movie. I had never heard about it, but do know about the Battle of Long Tan. I did not know the specifics of the battle, so went into the movie not knowing much. I'm always up for a new war movie and also have an interest in wargaming the Vietnam war.<p></p><p>After watching this movie I have to classify it as one of the top war movies I've seen. There is very little non-war content and focuses on the full timeline of the battle. All the aspects of the battle were covered, except the North Vietnam side. The key aspects were the D Company, chain of command, communication, artillery, APCs, and helicopters. A close movie comparison is <i>We Were Soldiers</i>. As mentioned the movie <i>Danger Close</i> focused solely on the battle, which <i>We Were Soldiers</i> did not. It jumped back and forth to the home front. Don't get me wrong, the battle scenes in <i>We Were Soldiers</i> was good, but the movie is disjointed.</p><p>While watching the movie I kept thinking Hollywood and figured there were going to be mistakes in uniforms, equipment or terrain. The battle was mainly in a rubber tree plantation, the film seemed to be actually filmed in a rubber tree plantation. The uniforms to my knowledge were completely authentic with all sorts of variety. The weapons, artillery, APCs and helicopters were spot on. The details on how all the equipment was used was cool. Maybe someone can pick out a mistake in the movie, but it looked bang on accurate to me. Maybe the NVA uniforms looked a bit too mint condition.</p><p>It is interesting to learn new things from a movie, such as I had no clue Australia had conscription during the Vietnam War. A lot of focus has been on the American involvement in the Vietnam War and this movie was good to watch showing some of the Australian and New Zealand involvement.</p><p>Whether you are interested in the Vietnam War or not, I recommend this movie as a great war movie and a must see. It is available for streaming on Amazon Prime.<br /><br /></p>Eric Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776899330734193166noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628559081050521.post-54651809361054168352021-04-01T21:24:00.002-07:002021-04-01T21:24:37.834-07:00Story Board Games? Not for me<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dmEG9VKJrvA/YGaZ_WlIVKI/AAAAAAAADhc/Y9-PNtCJfh4F7v_B2ldD5pFTxTiuMfMewCPcBGAsYHg/s935/DSCF2102.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="935" height="214" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dmEG9VKJrvA/YGaZ_WlIVKI/AAAAAAAADhc/Y9-PNtCJfh4F7v_B2ldD5pFTxTiuMfMewCPcBGAsYHg/w320-h214/DSCF2102.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>I have discovered I do not like what is called a "tactical-level solitaire tabletop wargame," that are basically story based solitaire wargames. The two I own are <i>The Hunters</i> and <i>Picket Duty</i>. This type of game typically receives raving reviews. The games <i>B-17</i> and <i>The Hunters</i> are excellent examples of games in the genre that are very popular and have high reviews. For the games they are, they have their appeal. Why would someone not recommend them? That is what I'm going to explain.</p><p>At first when I played <i>The Hunters</i>, I enjoyed the game and saw how the game played out. That was fine. I then played <i>Picket Duty</i> and discovered as a player, I really did not make many choices. It seemed like I was just going through each turn sequence and rolling dice on different charts. I basically lost interest in <i>Picket Duty</i>. I then watched a review of <i>Devil Boats</i> and heard how many charts and dice rolls took place. The comment was made that there was little player choices. I guess I had my eureka moment; I do not like games that have almost no player decisions. These games basically just follow a flow chart model with tables with results that are decided upon based on dice rolls. I think as a wargamer I want my decisions to positively or negatively impact the game/battles/campaign. The players pride themselves on the cool stories that come out of the game. I'd argue that I'd rather the cool stories come out out of player decisions with some randomness rather than mainly tables and dice rolls.</p><p>Maybe in submarines, destroyers, PT Boats, and bombers you really don't have many choices you can make, and you really just have to sit back and see what happens. I think they would be a lot more fun if the player was able to make more decisions.</p><p>For now, I can't recommend this genre of board games.</p><p><br /></p><p>Games mentioned in this blog post:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>The Hunters: German U-Boats at War, 1939</li><li>Picket Duty: Kamikaze Attacks against U.S. Destroyers - Okinawa, 1945</li><li>Devil Boats: PT Boats in the Solomons</li><li>B-17: Queen of the Skies</li></ul><p></p>Eric Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776899330734193166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628559081050521.post-55395079468239667052021-02-08T22:45:00.001-07:002022-08-11T21:27:30.829-07:00Boshin War - Naval Wargaming<p>I recently dove into wargaming the naval aspect of the Boshin War. Boshin War?</p><p>This war took place in Japan 1868-69. The war was fought between supporters of the Imperial Court and supporters of the Shogunate. The Imperial Court won the war, unifying Japan under the Imperial Court. The Emperor moved from Kyoto to Edo. Edo was renamed to Tokyo. This war was in the middle of Japan's modernization.</p><p>Spithead Miniatures let it be known in 2020 that they would be producing ships for this period and noted that William Warner had produced a book on the subject. I am definitely interested in the post Age of Sail to pre-dreadnought period. I have ran American Civil War, Russo-Japanese, Sino-Japanese games and the Battle of Riachuelo in South America. No problem signing me up for Boshin War.</p><p>Here are some Boshin War hobby resources:</p><p><br /></p><p><i><u><b>Warships of the Late Tokugawa Conflicts: Japan (1853-1870) by William Eugene Warner</b></u></i></p><p><i><u><b></b></u></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><u><b><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-h8lvzQo1nl0/YCDGNVEtNcI/AAAAAAAADZ4/tdx0xcHr7qsstjvm5nQZw9SJxir-vXPPQCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="400" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-h8lvzQo1nl0/YCDGNVEtNcI/AAAAAAAADZ4/tdx0xcHr7qsstjvm5nQZw9SJxir-vXPPQCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="192" /></a></b></u></i></div><p></p><p>Knowing that I would be buying miniatures for the war, I needed to read up on the conflict. This book is published by Amazon and printed to order. The book was ordered, printed and arrived in three days...impressive. There are 213 pages full of great background history on the naval aspects of the war with lots of maps and photos. All major warships are covered with sketches and profiles. Information about the weapons and flags are provided as well.</p><p>The book is not perfect. Almost every page has grammatic, punctuation, or spelling errors. An example of how bad it is, there are two full paragraphs that are repeated in one chapter. The volume of errors in the book is pretty bad. I have encountered this before with other authors who choose not to use an editor. I wish all self published authors used editors. I hope the facts in the book are correct as I really don't have another source.</p><p>Even with all the errors, I recommend this book. The content is perfect for those interested in wargaming the naval aspect of the war.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SUDVrEIK1Xk" width="320" youtube-src-id="SUDVrEIK1Xk"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My overview of the book.</div><br /><p><u><b><i>Spithead Miniatures - Boshin War miniatures</i></b></u></p><p>Spithead just manufactured the 1:1200 miniatures for the conflict. The hulls are resin and the masts are pewter. There are seven Shogunate and seven Imperial ships available. A flag sheet is provided.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-U8NkqprYKFs/YCIgPp1rhEI/AAAAAAAADaY/LllYUowuymYNpfVldD4AD_5Fq0BmH5nCgCLcBGAsYHQ/DSCF2052b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="1185" height="246" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-U8NkqprYKFs/YCIgPp1rhEI/AAAAAAAADaY/LllYUowuymYNpfVldD4AD_5Fq0BmH5nCgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h246/DSCF2052b.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />The post about the miniatures is available on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/spitheadminiatures/posts/402709931146776" target="_blank">Facebook Link</a><p></p><p><br /></p><p><i><b><u>Ironclad 2: Boshin War game</u></b></i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WFxaJ8efU_4/YCDHJmviRrI/AAAAAAAADaA/tSCrz8X_W7kjcVAAzbVO7G0GaZv5IuKRQCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="215" data-original-width="460" height="150" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WFxaJ8efU_4/YCDHJmviRrI/AAAAAAAADaA/tSCrz8X_W7kjcVAAzbVO7G0GaZv5IuKRQCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>This is a PC game available on Steam. The game allows you to play either side with the objective to capture key harbours. At the end of the game based on what key harbours, points are totaled and then it is determined if you won the war. You spend money on infantry and warships to try to blockade, engage warships, siege or assault a harbour. The game is mainly designed as a warship simulation. The campaign portion of the game is just to give context and variability to naval battles.</p><p>The ship models look really good, but are not completely accurate to the real ship. The look the period, but based on what I've seen from Warner's book and the Spithead miniatures, they need rework. The naval battles will run for a long time, but are probably accurate due to the small number of guns on each ship. The developer initially came out with the original Ironclads game c.2008. The Boshin War game came out in 2017. They have released many Ironclad games based on wars in the period. I have played the original game and this one.</p><p>The game lacks tutorials and you should read the manual before playing. I stumbled through the game and the manual. I finally figured it out and it played okay. The highlight of the game is looking at the ship models in battle. It is unfortunate there are no islands or coastline in the battles, as historically this was almost always present, as well as coastal guns. There are a few bugs while playing the game, but nothing causing the game to crash. The naval battles are long and not very exciting, but I think it gives a good impression on what the battles were like.</p><p>For a $10 game, I think it is worth it for those that want to try out naval battles in the Boshin War.</p><p><b><i><u><br /></u></i></b></p><p><b><i><u>The Boshin War: Civil War in Japan, 1868-69 by David Manley</u></i></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5KSRFVX7F28/YCDP7Gi9oYI/AAAAAAAADaM/KsvS7Fze7c4s9w7RVVZoEmIdR5SIpXZwACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="907" data-original-width="641" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5KSRFVX7F28/YCDP7Gi9oYI/AAAAAAAADaM/KsvS7Fze7c4s9w7RVVZoEmIdR5SIpXZwACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="170" /></a></div><p>This is a simple campaign system for generating naval battles using miniatures. Ship data is provided for ships in the campaign. David is one of the foremost naval wargame rules writers in the hobby, and supports all naval wargaming eras and has not overlooked the Boshin War. I suspect he generated this system for his own interest and shared it with the rest of us in the hobby. This is much appreciated as it will give good tabletop game variation. There are a total of 13 pages of rules which makes it a easy campaign system to play out. Since there are not many ships on either side in this war, it makes sense to keep the campaign system simple.</p><p></p><p>I look forward to using this system. It is available from <a href="https://www.wargamevault.com/" target="_blank">Wargame Vault</a>.</p><p><br /></p><br /><br /><p></p>Eric Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776899330734193166noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628559081050521.post-42295823486327930522021-01-15T09:06:00.000-07:002021-01-15T09:06:03.494-07:00Miniature Wargaming Sub Hobbies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YeJrxYSvzZY/X_9VhxHQ2iI/AAAAAAAADX8/c2x68SkBkd4ZSLaVrQBcYO1CpEXr2COVwCPcBGAsYHg/s1037/CMH_Ottawa%2B001b.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="778" data-original-width="1037" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YeJrxYSvzZY/X_9VhxHQ2iI/AAAAAAAADX8/c2x68SkBkd4ZSLaVrQBcYO1CpEXr2COVwCPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/CMH_Ottawa%2B001b.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Club gaming action (pre-Covid).</div><div><br /></div>We enjoy painting up miniatures for wargames using a set of rules with dice and tape measures. What are some hobbies inside the miniature wargaming hobby that could be classified as a sub-hobby? Below are my list of sub-hobbies that I have come across.<br /><p><b><u>Collecting Miniatures</u></b></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>I am not familiar with this, but I guess there are gamers out there that are interested in purchasing all the miniatures from a manufacturer for a specific army. I suspect this is more the case for non-historical miniatures. I have recently been seeing gamers really focus on purchasing the latest from Warlord Games. This could also include collecting a full Army such as all Napoleonic British Regiments from any manufacturer. Maybe even if they never fought in a battle.</li></ul></ul><div><b><u>Sculpt Miniatures/Terrain</u></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>This is another interest that I am not familiar with. There are dedicated sculptors out there that do this as a career. I'm sure there are those that do it as a hobby, but I have yet to meet on. I have not cast my own miniatures or terrain. I guess this could be a good way to save on buying miniatures or terrain.</li></ul></ul></div><b><u>Building Terrain</u></b><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>It is common in the hobby for people to build all sorts of different terrain for their battles. Now thanks to the internet, there are all sorts of resources out there to learn how to build terrain. Some have turned it into a business providing terrain for those that want to expand what they have and/or feel they lack the skills to do it themselves. Some really enjoy making their own terrain. I have realized that you need space to store all the resources to build terrain. I might have a square foot or two more room for terrain supplies.<br /></li></ul></ul><b><u>Painting (Personal or Commissions)</u></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>I think this is the most common/popular thing that people focus on in the hobby. They enjoy painting quality miniatures and showing them off on the game table, conventions, magazines or online. There are those in the hobby where painting quality miniatures comes before gaming with those miniatures. Potentially these miniatures may never end up in a game.</li></ul></ul></div><div><b><u>Collecting Rules</u></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>Some gamers enjoy collecting rules for a specific period. Over the years there can be a lot of rules written for certain periods (i.e. Napoleonic). It can be interesting to see all the different mechanics in the rules and see how they compare to each other. The collection may be unintentional, as the gamer hopes the latest rules released are better than older rules. If you focus on a specific period it almost makes sense to have a good collection of rules.</li></ul></ul></div><div><b><u>Writing Rules</u></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>A portion of the hobby enjoy writing rules for their periods of interest. Some focus their hobby exclusively on writing rules. A rules writer that comes to mind is David Manley who has written a good collection of naval wargaming rules. Local to me, I know a handful of gamers who write rules. I leave the rules writing to the experts and am very thankful for their contribution to the hobby.</li></ul></ul></div><div><b><u>Research Game Scenarios</u></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>I'm not sure how common this is in the hobby. Do most people just throw down games based on a point system, take a scenario from a book, or just use what miniatures/terrain they currently have? A researched game scenario may involve going through various books and maps to build a historic based scenario in conjunction with a specific ruleset. It can involve many playtests to work out an enjoyable game. If a ruleset has not been initially chosen, researching/purchasing of various rulesets may be needed for the scenario before one is finalized to be used. Some gamers really enjoy learning the history of a specific battle or period and hopefully can generate fun scenarios.</li></ul></ul><b><u>Club or Convention Volunteering</u></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>A great way to be more involved with fellow gamers is volunteering at a gaming club or convention. Most volunteering does not involve much of your time and gets you more "plugged in" to the local gaming community. Clubs and conventions are always looking for volunteers. </li></ul></ul></div><div><b><u>3D Printing</u></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>This is a new option in the hobby to explore making your own miniatures or terrain. This can be very interesting for those that like gadgets, computers and learning new software. This is certainly not for everyone but I'm sure it can be very enjoyable. I have thought about it, but I really don't have the space to put it and I'm still happy with dealing with the vendors to buy what I need.</li></ul></ul><b><u>Online Videos</u></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>I have found this to be a common outlet for gamers these days. There are no shortage of YouTube channels dedicated to wargaming, mainly painting miniatures. Most are pointing their cameras to their painting desk and showing off what they are working on, rules, or unboxing a game or box of miniatures. There is a lot of content being created and gamers seem to enjoy making the videos. I've made a few so far and enjoy trying to make something different. It does take some time to make a video that is heavily edited. I guess the videos are basically just showing off your hobby. Some people have and continue to share some very useful hobby tips.</li></ul></ul></div><div><b><u>Podcasts</u></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>In this day and age, Podcasting is an old media, but still a good way to have a conversation with fellow gamers. Listeners tend to enjoy listening to podcasts while painting. I have not had good success with finding good podcasts and I think I'm more of a visual guy. A regular podcast schedule, of say a weekly upload, appears to be the format podcasters use. Another reason I seem to not like podcasts is their discussions are all over the gaming genders. I have no interest in hearing about upcoming 40k releases or fantasy rules for example. I think podcasting can be a great outlet for those that like to talk about aspects of the hobby they are interested in and you can pull others in to have a fun discussion.</li></ul></ul></div><div><b><u>Writing Articles / Blog</u></b><p></p></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>Writing about the hobby is another outlet to share with others a specific topic. Any aspect of the hobby can be shared. The good thing about writing is you can work on it over a longer time to build the article, making edits to improve it, and then release it when finished. A blog allows for multiple media materials for the blog post (videos, photos, graphs, etc.). If you are not comfortable talking or showing your face on video or on a podcast, writing is a great outlet to share your hobby. It is very easy to write articles and share them, like on this blog-publishing service.</li></ul></ul><div><u><b>Reading</b></u></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>This could be a sub-hobby to wargaming. An example could be an interest in wargaming English Civil War (ECW), and then a want to read up on the war/period. This could involve reading multiple books on the topic. This is beyond what is needed to paint up the miniatures and play ECW games. I will say, those that specialize in a period are probably very well read in that period.</li></ul></ul></div><div><br /></div></div><div>What sub-hobbies are you involved in the Miniature Wargaming hobby? Here are what I think mine are:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Building Terrain</li><ul><li>I try to make the terrain look like the historic battlefield. This has involved making custom buildings for example.</li></ul><li>Painting</li><ul><li>I have never paid someone to paint my miniatures (yet). I enjoy painting to a level that works for me.</li></ul><li>Research Game Scenarios</li><ul><li>I enjoy this a lot. I try to dive as much as I can into learning about a battle to build the historic scenario to an accurate level that works for me.</li></ul><li>Club or Convention Volunteering</li><ul><li>I continue to volunteer at my club (i.e. Secretary) and local conventions.</li></ul><li>Writing Articles / Blog</li><ul><li>I edit a club monthly newsletter and have this blog.</li></ul><li>Reading</li><ul><li>The variety of books I have read since joining the hobby is substantial to me. I probably would not have read such a variety had I not joined the hobby. Potentially I may not have read as many books period. Who knows, maybe I would have just stuck to Fantasy and WWII.</li></ul></ul><div>Compared to the 1980s, there are a lot more sub-hobbies available for Gamers to get into.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'm sure I missed a few sub-hobbies. Let me know if you can think of some more.</div></div>Eric Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776899330734193166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628559081050521.post-84270118698426711402020-12-10T21:33:00.001-07:002020-12-10T21:33:49.124-07:00Battle of St. Denis Online AAR<p>In November I hosted an online miniatures test game for some friends. It was the Battle of St. Denis, a historic battle between the British and French Patriots in Lower Canada (now Quebec, Canada) on November 23 1837. I used the <i>Rebels and Patriots</i> rules with 28mm miniatures, with two players a side. The French were defending, with the British trying to defeat the rebels.</p><p>I had never done an online web game with webcams of one of my miniature games. I did some testing myself beforehand, but had no clue how things would run with four other people online. I used the free program <i>Jitsi </i>as my interface for us to interact through. They rolled the necessary dice, explained what they wanted to do and I tried to run the game just like in person.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IY-G-j6L0gM" width="320" youtube-src-id="IY-G-j6L0gM"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Video of the background to the historic battle and initial setup.</div><br /><p>Here is how the game went...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rpkWssEVE9k/X9LlYsD1SeI/AAAAAAAADWA/GPioH7lsSOsz62RQzfSawWCq4DSHroXeQCPcBGAsYHg/s960/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-08%2Bat%2B12.55.56%2BPMb.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rpkWssEVE9k/X9LlYsD1SeI/AAAAAAAADWA/GPioH7lsSOsz62RQzfSawWCq4DSHroXeQCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-08%2Bat%2B12.55.56%2BPMb.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The initial layout with the British four line infantry (two of them veteran) companies and a 24pdr howitzer on the left. The French were defending the outskirts of town with four line units, a skirmish unit and two units with only farm implements.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ThIhlKJc2ak/X9Ll9MVvobI/AAAAAAAADWI/Qy5y7iqMDOwFphuZCgmtibFBcIWEhbMwACPcBGAsYHg/s960/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-08%2Bat%2B1.28.46%2BPMb.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ThIhlKJc2ak/X9Ll9MVvobI/AAAAAAAADWI/Qy5y7iqMDOwFphuZCgmtibFBcIWEhbMwACPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-08%2Bat%2B1.28.46%2BPMb.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The British advanced a third of the way across the battlefield and started to take fire.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b9uQod41enE/X9Ll9NKcYtI/AAAAAAAADWI/Km5MBWv8_MML9069mCaWyML0YC7e4ifeQCPcBGAsYHg/s960/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-08%2Bat%2B1.12.44%2BPMb.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b9uQod41enE/X9Ll9NKcYtI/AAAAAAAADWI/Km5MBWv8_MML9069mCaWyML0YC7e4ifeQCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-08%2Bat%2B1.12.44%2BPMb.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--octVD51vFM/X9Ll9O40_dI/AAAAAAAADWI/j9LqrkqFXzYxpcLkezsNltvcIJYKmvJ8QCPcBGAsYHg/s960/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-08%2Bat%2B1.19.23%2BPMb.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--octVD51vFM/X9Ll9O40_dI/AAAAAAAADWI/j9LqrkqFXzYxpcLkezsNltvcIJYKmvJ8QCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-08%2Bat%2B1.19.23%2BPMb.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QatjI_1N7AA/X9Ll9HwMN8I/AAAAAAAADWI/4aJn-38HZ9IdpgTVjb68JZZLIK09SP0QgCPcBGAsYHg/s960/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-08%2Bat%2B1.36.32%2BPMb.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QatjI_1N7AA/X9Ll9HwMN8I/AAAAAAAADWI/4aJn-38HZ9IdpgTVjb68JZZLIK09SP0QgCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-08%2Bat%2B1.36.32%2BPMb.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The British were now starting to fire back with all their infantry and the howitzer. An infantry company took advantage of cover in a farm house and barn during the advance.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rDHq8nXQL9A/X9Ll9Kt1xlI/AAAAAAAADWI/UgzO4gJ7RWsFcmUTYPCsljd8FZsimhVOgCPcBGAsYHg/s960/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-08%2Bat%2B1.46.01%2BPMb.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rDHq8nXQL9A/X9Ll9Kt1xlI/AAAAAAAADWI/UgzO4gJ7RWsFcmUTYPCsljd8FZsimhVOgCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-08%2Bat%2B1.46.01%2BPMb.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">British troops advanced closer to the French defending the fences to apply more pressure.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Dmbr15sJ8II/X9Ll9Ln5itI/AAAAAAAADWI/FFXOigEp72srGAI_6HBcbu746H5nPyUywCPcBGAsYHg/s960/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-08%2Bat%2B1.50.17%2BPMb.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Dmbr15sJ8II/X9Ll9Ln5itI/AAAAAAAADWI/FFXOigEp72srGAI_6HBcbu746H5nPyUywCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-08%2Bat%2B1.50.17%2BPMb.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LWbax9gCjhw/X9Ll9MQw4qI/AAAAAAAADWI/rHI0WE7F4vcDFYtyZF68JC4n8X5a4qtqwCPcBGAsYHg/s960/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-08%2Bat%2B2.09.39%2BPMb.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LWbax9gCjhw/X9Ll9MQw4qI/AAAAAAAADWI/rHI0WE7F4vcDFYtyZF68JC4n8X5a4qtqwCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-08%2Bat%2B2.09.39%2BPMb.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The British infantry in the open were starting to take losses.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E_VjlwFt5WQ/X9Ll9FIhsII/AAAAAAAADWI/D3kRTOXOjqMj37ab718sw13KtCsjpOK8wCPcBGAsYHg/s960/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-08%2Bat%2B2.49.14%2BPMb.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E_VjlwFt5WQ/X9Ll9FIhsII/AAAAAAAADWI/D3kRTOXOjqMj37ab718sw13KtCsjpOK8wCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-08%2Bat%2B2.49.14%2BPMb.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Due to losses a British unit retreated from the battlefield.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RMCvlqyxckI/X9Ll9J7G41I/AAAAAAAADWI/q1Tscq0T83MNsEzI5KWGb8jRA4HNdQJbwCPcBGAsYHg/s960/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-08%2Bat%2B2.57.45%2BPMb.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RMCvlqyxckI/X9Ll9J7G41I/AAAAAAAADWI/q1Tscq0T83MNsEzI5KWGb8jRA4HNdQJbwCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-08%2Bat%2B2.57.45%2BPMb.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The British Commander with his company charged the unit with French Commander and caused it to withdraw from the battle.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DYGKP1r9lpU/X9Ll9Dga7wI/AAAAAAAADWI/N5KitBOmVCce3DYfeWgxNdxGHOhL-xuHQCPcBGAsYHg/s960/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-08%2Bat%2B2.58.40%2BPMb.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DYGKP1r9lpU/X9Ll9Dga7wI/AAAAAAAADWI/N5KitBOmVCce3DYfeWgxNdxGHOhL-xuHQCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-08%2Bat%2B2.58.40%2BPMb.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q3BtpqEsrEA/X9Ll9DrD4EI/AAAAAAAADWI/O3oLbY2pO40gSRJtJ_L8Hmq4GRE1FPwhwCPcBGAsYHg/s960/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-08%2Bat%2B3.31.14%2BPMb.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q3BtpqEsrEA/X9Ll9DrD4EI/AAAAAAAADWI/O3oLbY2pO40gSRJtJ_L8Hmq4GRE1FPwhwCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-08%2Bat%2B3.31.14%2BPMb.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Even with the French Commander not on the battlefield, the French continued to fight on.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qLho08reKmE/X9Ll9AYC-AI/AAAAAAAADWI/7yd4iQeUM_Y-D6zwlCN8XLFf-xzrz2BFgCPcBGAsYHg/s960/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-08%2Bat%2B3.32.36%2BPMb.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qLho08reKmE/X9Ll9AYC-AI/AAAAAAAADWI/7yd4iQeUM_Y-D6zwlCN8XLFf-xzrz2BFgCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-08%2Bat%2B3.32.36%2BPMb.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With the British advancing on the main stone building the French with improvised weapons charged the British Commander's unit, causing it to withdraw.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xz-4yrBbR3c/X9Ll9NX6nuI/AAAAAAAADWI/YyoRWpo3uZYPaU2_elaJIuWp8_xW_JU7gCPcBGAsYHg/s960/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-08%2Bat%2B3.50.48%2BPMb.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xz-4yrBbR3c/X9Ll9NX6nuI/AAAAAAAADWI/YyoRWpo3uZYPaU2_elaJIuWp8_xW_JU7gCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h360/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-08%2Bat%2B3.50.48%2BPMb.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another British company advanced on the stone building, but French inside caused significant casualties and the British withdrew.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Due to casualties and getting low on ammunition, the British withdrew. A French victory!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The battle played out pretty much as the real battle did. I think the rules worked out well for the battle and for the online game. It certainly takes more effort for the GM. The game lasted maybe 4.5 hours when in person I think it could have been finished in three. Using <i>Jitsi </i>was very successful with just the normal connection issues people have. Having an overview camera and a close up camera worked, but I think there might be a better way to do the close up camera. Having a second person helping me do the camera work would be the way to go. I think 28mm battles are the best for online miniature games. Anything smaller and it would be more difficult for players to play.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is the first <i>Rebels and Patriots</i> game I've run and I think the key is cover. Being shot in the open can be rough, but for the period, lines in the open was standard practice.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thanks to all those who participated and who knows, maybe I'll run another online game in the future. My preference is definitely in person, but this has proven I can run an online game. Also a great opportunity to game with friends from far off places. I recommend using a simple ruleset and the <i>Jitsi </i>online program with one or two HD webcams.</div>Eric Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776899330734193166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628559081050521.post-31576823508223965152020-11-14T17:09:00.004-07:002020-11-14T17:09:58.121-07:00Naval Game Setup: Battle of Gogland<p>I've finished painting up the ships for the Age of Sail Battle of Gogland. This was a battle fought July 17, 1788 between Russia and Sweden during the Russo-Swedish War (1788-90). Ship range from frigates to 1rst Rate. The Russians have the largest ship at 108 guns.</p><p>I am using the Flying Colors rules. The rules are available in the Blue Cross, White Ensign boardgame or Flying Colors boardgame. The frigates I've painted up take up two hexes, whereas in the boardgame rules they only take up a single hex. I don't think this impacts the battle, but it does spread out the initial setup a bit.</p><p>The game mat is a 1" hex mat from Cigar Box Battle over a 6' x 5' table.</p><p>The ships are 1:2400 Tumbling Dice miniatures. Flags on the back are on narrow brass wire and glued into a drilled hole on the stern of every ship (white glue). These can be easily removed and replaced if needed for a different country. I've gone with numeric labels on the back of each stand. The number corresponds to an OOB instead of trying to put names on the bases. These labels are color coded to each navy.</p><p>Here are pictures of the miniatures and the layout before the battle begins.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iR8cr21VYLY/X7BvTQzbOBI/AAAAAAAADTI/Rzoaya8Kn0cQtQbwf4q5JGByiygOLGWzACPcBGAsYHg/s956/DSCF2006b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="956" height="262" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iR8cr21VYLY/X7BvTQzbOBI/AAAAAAAADTI/Rzoaya8Kn0cQtQbwf4q5JGByiygOLGWzACPcBGAsYHg/w640-h262/DSCF2006b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TU1NTgF4ksk/X7BvTdHhMuI/AAAAAAAADTI/xq5NsvBSCD8sNEPGTLpa2YaaX5MswI8dQCPcBGAsYHg/s1161/DSCF2029b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1161" height="348" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TU1NTgF4ksk/X7BvTdHhMuI/AAAAAAAADTI/xq5NsvBSCD8sNEPGTLpa2YaaX5MswI8dQCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h348/DSCF2029b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oW1O5HAvk9Q/X7BvTRO7FyI/AAAAAAAADTI/I24aP88MwPc6HajYQH3a4zSjqXxYhrrMACPcBGAsYHg/s996/DSCF2030b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="760" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oW1O5HAvk9Q/X7BvTRO7FyI/AAAAAAAADTI/I24aP88MwPc6HajYQH3a4zSjqXxYhrrMACPcBGAsYHg/w488-h640/DSCF2030b.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DQAFLOTLNAU/X7BvTR2tTiI/AAAAAAAADTI/WMLSKwxLlNMkizmhYEBtRfplgoCutf7qwCPcBGAsYHg/s1074/DSCF2036b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1074" height="476" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DQAFLOTLNAU/X7BvTR2tTiI/AAAAAAAADTI/WMLSKwxLlNMkizmhYEBtRfplgoCutf7qwCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h476/DSCF2036b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o7dEoVdyqE8/X7BvTVfZhyI/AAAAAAAADTI/KKhOxcpCzdMRsQrRnBwbSJmwFesrNlQjgCPcBGAsYHg/s806/DSCF2032b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="677" data-original-width="806" height="538" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o7dEoVdyqE8/X7BvTVfZhyI/AAAAAAAADTI/KKhOxcpCzdMRsQrRnBwbSJmwFesrNlQjgCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h538/DSCF2032b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Eric Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776899330734193166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628559081050521.post-22928535049842410912020-11-11T16:46:00.001-07:002020-11-11T22:54:11.136-07:00Web Gaming Platforms for Miniature Gaming<p>Today we are experiencing less in person miniature wargaming, if any. I have watched gamers (YouTube videos) do remote gaming and have wondered what options exist today. I wanted to give it a try and see what I could do with a camera or webcamer setup at home inviting friends to join. Based on my research of free options here is what I have found:</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Discord</li><li>Jitsi Meet</li><li>Streamyard</li><li>Google Hangouts</li><li>Ring Central/Glip</li><li>Skype</li><li>Zoom</li></ol><div>I have chosen to use Jitsi Meet. I also recommend Streamyard. </div><div><br /></div><div>Why did I reject the others? See the list below.</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Discord</li><ul><li>Have to create a Discord account if you don't already have one.</li><li>Quality issues with sound and video.</li></ul><li>Google Hangouts</li><ul><li>My screen image mirrored.</li><li>Can not record.</li><li>Email not working. Have to do email manually.</li></ul><li>Ring Central/Grip</li><ul><li>My screen image mirrored.</li><li>Unable to make my screen the main on my computer.</li></ul><li>Skype</li><ul><li>My screen image mirrored.</li><li>OBS view resolution is bad.</li><li>All Users have to have Skype installed and have a User account.</li></ul><li>Zoom</li><ul><li>Only free for one hour.</li></ul></ul><div>Why did I choose Jitsi over Streamyard?</div></div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Jitsi watermark less obtrusive than Streamyard watermark during the session.</li><li>Streamyard is limited to six people. This was not an issue for my last game, but wanted to keep my options open for additional gamers.</li></ol><div>I originally tried streaming using two webcams going through the OBS software and then to Jitsi. I discovered that there was bad lag (blurry hand movement while my hand was moving miniatures) between OBS and Jitsi, so I dropped OBS and just kept switching webcams while streaming in Jitsi.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>I'm sure there are other free web conference platforms out there. I'd be interested to hear what others have been tried. My list should give you an overview of the more common ones and what did not work for me.</div><p></p>Eric Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776899330734193166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628559081050521.post-27246025182992680072020-09-28T10:59:00.000-07:002020-09-28T10:59:03.526-07:00My Changing Scales History<p>When I first started in the historical miniature wargaming hobby, I started with plastic 1:72 Zulu War figures and plastic 1:72mm WWII desert soldiers and model kits. That is what I had access to at my local hobby stores. I vaguely knew there was metal miniatures, but coming from a model maker background (planes, tanks, ships) I enjoyed assembling and painting them up and gaming on the table. </p><p>Why am I still not gaming with that? I lost interest in Zulu wargaming and left my 1:72 WWII desert at my parents when I moved out. I instead discovered 10/12mm WWII which I felt looked better on a 6'x4' table for the scenarios I wanted to do. Maybe in the future I will buy into 20mm or 28mm for WWII skirmish.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ryQ31-9rtMU/X2-zP4GoYSI/AAAAAAAADOc/QZBQ_YuduDI9ywQ9ZeUp6bzHGOzHTz6qQCLcBGAsYHQ/hood%2B0022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="273" data-original-width="886" height="99" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ryQ31-9rtMU/X2-zP4GoYSI/AAAAAAAADOc/QZBQ_YuduDI9ywQ9ZeUp6bzHGOzHTz6qQCLcBGAsYHQ/hood%2B0022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1:2400 GHQ</div><p></p><p>I then started getting interest in WWI and WWII naval gaming and I bought 1:2400 GHQ and Panzerschiffe models. I also bought 1:3000 WWI. I found 1:2400 too crowded on the table, so I have been more focused on 1:3000. GHQ ship miniatures look great, but it looks like the 1:3000 catalog of ships works better for me.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ecj8B8-4_dc/X2-zm-PVA0I/AAAAAAAADOk/GGKpxr68thkk9CL6pexI7zC7zfvjWElPgCLcBGAsYHQ/DSCF1224b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1168" data-original-width="2693" height="139" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ecj8B8-4_dc/X2-zm-PVA0I/AAAAAAAADOk/GGKpxr68thkk9CL6pexI7zC7zfvjWElPgCLcBGAsYHQ/DSCF1224b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1:600 Tumbling Dice</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">The planes I use for naval battles keep getting bigger over time. I started with multiple 1:2400 planes on a stand, then 1:1200 and now I'm going with a single 1:600 plane on a stand. The single plane represents a squadron. Lots of good choices in 1:600.</span></div><p></p><p>When it comes to scale, I think I have one regret. I think it was 15mm War of 1812 miniatures. At the time I think I was afraid of painting 28mm so went with 15mm. I discovered that skirmishing 28mm War of 1812 worked better and I don't mind painting 28mm. Nothing fancy with my 28mm painting.</p><p>I can see myself getting into 6mm scale. Not sure with what period. Maybe Crusades.</p><p>I'm sure we are all like this, changing scales all the time. Maybe you have more impressive stories than I have.</p>Eric Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776899330734193166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628559081050521.post-13595497646748981022020-09-09T11:12:00.005-07:002020-09-09T11:12:48.784-07:00How to Choose a Wargame Ruleset<p>A lot of times in the hobby, we have good discussions about a certain topic. One topic that has come up is what Napoleonic ruleset would you recommend to someone. I'm far from being a Napoleonic wargaming ruleset expert, but I think the question is applicable to any period.</p><p>I'm probably more versed in WWII so could make a more educated recommendation for that war, but my recommendation would be based on my WWII gaming interest and factors that are important to me. Asking a set of questions to narrow down what rules would work best for the a rules recommendation is my recommended approach, rather than just blurting out your favorite rules.</p><p>Key questions/criteria to narrow down the choice:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Skirmish, Moderate, or Corps sized battle rules?</li><li>More simulation based or more game based?</li><li>Game finishes in 1 hour, 4 hours, 16 hours?</li></ul><p></p><p>What are some other questions/criteria ?</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Miniature scale you do NOT like gaming with? 6mm, 10mm, 15mm, 28mm, etc.</li><li>What scale do you do NOT enjoy painting? 6mm, 10mm, 15mm, 28mm, etc.</li><li>What are the players commanding? Squad, Company, Batallion/Regiment, Brigade, Division, Army, etc.</li><li>Lots or low number of dice to role? lots, low, or does not matter.</li><li>Lots or low number of charts?</li><li>Large, medium or small ruleset?</li><li>Prefer a ruleset from major wargaming company? Yes, no, or does not matter.</li><li>Random or set number of activations? Random, set, or does not matter.</li><li>Ruleset has lots of online support?</li><li>Ruleset is popular?</li><li>Solo play suitability?</li><li>Rulebook publishing quality (glossy, lots of photos, examples of play, etc). High quality or does not matter.</li><li>Ruleset size. Lots of pages, a few pages, or does not matter.</li><li>Ruleset is played by my friends. A must or does not matter.</li><li>Company makes ruleset and a line of figures for it. A must or does not matter.</li><li>Comes with army lists? Yes, separate supplements is okay, or does not matter.</li><li>Ruleset is still in publication?</li><li>Price.</li><li>Period focused or good for multiple periods?</li><li>Works with any base size?</li><li>Ground scale? 1" = 25 yds, 1" = 100 yrds, no scale defined or does not matter.</li><li>Dice used. D6, D10, D20, does not matter.</li><li>Do I need to buy and paint up more miniatures for the rules?</li></ul><div>I think some factors just do not get included. They would make the ruleset an automatic purchase.</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>A favorite author.</li><li>A favorite game company or publisher.</li></ul>I will say, you are will be limited if your only gaming friend will only play one ruleset. Otherwise, I recommend trying out different rulesets. No ruleset will be perfect, but I'm positive you will find a ruleset you and your friends will have fun with.</div><div><br /></div><div>Example below of a decision tree starting at the top (Skirmish, Moderate/Large Battle?). Very simplified, but just a small sample of what could be built.</div><div><img alt="" height="596" 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width="813" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><p></p>Eric Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776899330734193166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628559081050521.post-60095935184141547692020-08-03T20:50:00.002-07:002020-08-25T08:15:14.007-07:00My Age of Sail Flip-FlopOnce upon a time I played in a Wooden Ships and Iron Men Age of Sail game (with miniatures) hosted by a good gaming friend of mine at a gaming convention. We'll call his name Dan. It was such good fun. I was hooked. I had never played Wooden Ships and Iron Men before and the 1:1200 Langton Miniatures looked great. I started to build up my reference material related to Age of Sail and ended up acquiring the ship miniatures from Dan. I bought some miniatures myself and finished a schooner and frigate. I was off and running into the Age of Sail miniature wargaming.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EpDl1ptldCs/XyjJGYCNavI/AAAAAAAADJI/XWw1fmbR7R8q7OM7Hwgnn9lCCDqh3KuGgCPcBGAsYHg/s1617/DSCF1977.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="1617" height="343" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EpDl1ptldCs/XyjJGYCNavI/AAAAAAAADJI/XWw1fmbR7R8q7OM7Hwgnn9lCCDqh3KuGgCPcBGAsYHg/w513-h343/DSCF1977.jpg" width="513" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My Langton Miniatures frigate</div><div><br /><div>Then some things happened shortly after starting into Age of Sail. The miniatures from Dan actually made their way back to him. That was not a problem, I was off and running with my purchased Age of Sail new packs of miniatures. When I finished the schooner and frigate I discovered I did not like putting together the Langton Miniatures. I blame the cost of the miniatures and trying to do the rigging. It killed my interest in Age of Sail. I had so many other wargaming interests, I bailed on Age of Sail completely. I sold off my reference books and miniatures. I only kept the Wooden Ships and Iron Men game and my frigate. I kept the frigate as proof that I had actually finished a Langton Miniatures ship. I was done with Age of Sail.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c-RFJ6CxgY0/X0Uq4bovNJI/AAAAAAAADLA/5NymztS9dBsz_f-6cMkiibjFVxxsKN6xACPcBGAsYHg/s1500/DSCF1986.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c-RFJ6CxgY0/X0Uq4bovNJI/AAAAAAAADLA/5NymztS9dBsz_f-6cMkiibjFVxxsKN6xACPcBGAsYHg/s640/DSCF1986.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Something sparked my interest again in Age of Sail. I can't place my finger on it, but having the Wooden Ships and Iron Men game on my shelf probably had something to do with it. I had always thought if I got back into the era I would give 1:2400 scale a go, rather than 1:1200. For some reason I have chosen the Battle of Gogland (1788) between Sweden and Russia. I guess I have to continue my trend of picking obscure historic battles. I picked up the Blue Cross White Ensign boardgame (a Flying Colors series game). I have played out the battle with both Wooden Ships and Iron Men and the Blue Cross White Ensign. It plays out well with either rules. The miniatures have been ordered and received. Assembly has started. A 1" hex blue mat has been ordered.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="355" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Ruotsin_ja_Ven%C3%A4j%C3%A4n_meritaistelu_1788.jpg/440px-Ruotsin_ja_Ven%C3%A4j%C3%A4n_meritaistelu_1788.jpg" width="440" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Battle of Gogland</div><div><br /></div><div>I think it should be a fun battle. It is certainly fun to assemble the 1:2400 Tumbling Dice miniatures (with less rigging planned) and either ruleset. I am currently leaning towards the Flying Colors rules. In the future, I have a couple non-hex fleet rules to try out.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o61cPafRFCI/XyjMDiNOKDI/AAAAAAAADJg/JERsMyl_w_wAtLbRqfDUUuNxK396iktYACPcBGAsYHg/s1616/DSCF1981.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="1616" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o61cPafRFCI/XyjMDiNOKDI/AAAAAAAADJg/JERsMyl_w_wAtLbRqfDUUuNxK396iktYACPcBGAsYHg/s640/DSCF1981.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">3rd Rate 60/64 ships ready to be primed</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-beEOAmdv2m4/XyjMGhMZcOI/AAAAAAAADJk/25LQ91uQTt0ti5jERaGq5gw--zAwb4RMwCPcBGAsYHg/s1977/DSCF1979.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1315" data-original-width="1977" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-beEOAmdv2m4/XyjMGhMZcOI/AAAAAAAADJk/25LQ91uQTt0ti5jERaGq5gw--zAwb4RMwCPcBGAsYHg/s640/DSCF1979.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ships ready for their sails to be glued on.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Eric Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776899330734193166noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628559081050521.post-47436025876505637492020-07-17T20:55:00.001-07:002020-07-17T20:55:49.028-07:00Only a Historical Miniature Wargamer<div>I am only interested in historical wargaming. Does such a wargamer exist?</div><div><br /></div><div>Yup, I discovered the other day when discussion turned to Warhammer 40k I zoned out completely. I'm not a wargamer, I am a historical wargamer. I really have no interest in sci-fi or fantasy wargaming. This is because my main interest is history. I love learning about history. I have no problem popping into any historical game even though I may know very little about the period.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FmRw2UmGdMY/XxJoS4JPvRI/AAAAAAAADGI/9p49mDQZUNMdxbcpqrlnqTo39oxBy680QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1183/Highlanders78th001%2B%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="1183" height="211" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FmRw2UmGdMY/XxJoS4JPvRI/AAAAAAAADGI/9p49mDQZUNMdxbcpqrlnqTo39oxBy680QCLcBGAsYHQ/w500-h211/Highlanders78th001%2B%25282%2529.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="2">78th Highlanders based out of Halifax, Canada in Estes Park, Colorado, USA (2004)</font></div><div><br /></div><div>Within the historical wargaming hobby I find myself focused on actual historical battles rather than just a hypothetical battle. I'm sure lots of gamers have no problems having a DBA game between Ancient Chinese and Romans, but I find it a little off. Also, I like to try and paint my miniatures the most accurate as possible based on the resources I have access to. Other gamers, for example, have no problem painting a pre-dreadnought either the black and tan or white, where I have painted them grey. Sure the black and tan or white looks cooler, but grey in the battles was historic. I guess that makes me a hardcore historical wargamer. We all approach the hobby differently, which is okay.</div><div><br /></div><div>I am not a fan of mixed wargaming content, like in a magazine. Some magazines for example have become dominated by non-historic articles. The mixed content is also prevalent in Podcasts. Am I going to listen through a one hour Podcast for a 10 minute discussion on a new historic ruleset with the rest being non-historic? Nope, no thanks.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lGo9vEwFtNc/XxJySzf6OgI/AAAAAAAADGU/kzP1WOks7mEVfMvjSav2Q_9TfYZpzC8DwCLcBGAsYHQ/s995/Winter1812%2B003b.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="441" data-original-width="995" height="223" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lGo9vEwFtNc/XxJySzf6OgI/AAAAAAAADGU/kzP1WOks7mEVfMvjSav2Q_9TfYZpzC8DwCLcBGAsYHQ/w500-h223/Winter1812%2B003b.JPG" width="500" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I have no problems with sci-fi/fantasy gaming, I just don't have the time or brain power to filter through it to get to good historic wargaming material. 40k painters are great painters, better than I am, but I don't need to read/spend money on how to paint a Grey Knights army. </div><div><br /></div><div>Maybe someday I'll get into Star Wars or Battletech gaming, but for now I continue to charge ahead with all sorts of historical wargaming projects.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Eric Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776899330734193166noreply@blogger.com3