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Brent Olson
brent_indust...
Aug 6, 2009 11:00 pm
Hi all, I host a group game regularly, and wonder if anyone has suggestions to limit the amount of time individuals spend watching other players act. What...
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Lars F.
maxbodycount
Aug 7, 2009 7:36 pm
... In my experience, an egg timer, or suitable substitute, set for 5-7 minutes before a player passes initiative works for many wargames of this scale....
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roma912000
Aug 18, 2009 12:43 pm
Are there any players in the Dunfermline area? Myself and a few others currently play BI in 15mm and 25/28mm and are looking for other players in the general...
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Kevan
kevangunn2002
Aug 18, 2009 1:22 pm
Hi Ross, They are quite popular at the SEWC club in Edinburgh if you feel a desire to come along. All in 28's at the moment. I want to do them in 15's myself ...
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gorteruk
Aug 21, 2009 10:10 am
And if you ever venture north of the Tay you may find us playing Basic Impetus in Aberdeen on a tuesday evening. Maybe we could organise an Impetus event in...
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warrenss2
Aug 24, 2009 1:49 am
I know Impetus is basically a "historical" wargame, but has anyone made up armies from various (non-magical) armies from their favorite books. Examples would...
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Lorenzo Sartori
losart67
Aug 24, 2009 8:39 am
As for the fantasy version the team working at it has probably made a too complex work that may require more time to be developped. So I have decided to make a...
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warrenss2
Aug 24, 2009 8:40 pm
I hope the magic system does not turn out to be too complicated. "Once the system will be out (probably by end of October)" - ooooo... just in time for...
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roland_778ad
Aug 26, 2009 9:33 am
Hi, first post. I recently came across Impetus and Baroque. I've started putting a Basic Baroque army together for the Siege of Vienna. I have a few ideas on...
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Lorenzo Sartori
losart67
Aug 26, 2009 9:45 am
Hello Bob, which scale? 15mm or 28mm? cheers Lorenzo ... From: roland_778ad To: IMPETVS@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 11:33 AM Subject:...
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roland_778ad
Aug 26, 2009 9:57 am
... Hello Lorenzo, 28mm figures Bob...
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roma912000
Aug 26, 2009 10:28 am
Lorenzo, Looking forward to seein ghtis on its release. fantasy has always appealed I just don't se eye to eye with some of the systems available. They are...
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Lorenzo Sartori
losart67
Aug 26, 2009 2:28 pm
1. yes 18cm frontage with more freedom on depthe is what I suggest 2. 6 mounted figures sound reasonable, probably more than 10-12 foot could be required if...
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maxbodycount
Aug 26, 2009 2:43 pm
... Bob, it really depends on the figures you are using. If they are static poses, I would suggest two ranks on a base, if they fit. More active poses can...
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Kevan
kevangunn2002
Aug 26, 2009 4:30 pm
I'm intending doing my 15mm romans, Gauls, Spanish and Carthaginians on bases at least the size of the 28's (probably bigger!) with 20+ infantry on the denser...
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afghanisti
Aug 26, 2009 6:20 pm
... I asked about this on the forum, I have started basing my 15mm Renaissance figures on the 25mm scale bases. Pike Blocks are 12x12 and have between 50 and...
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Kent Reuber
kentreuber
Aug 26, 2009 7:46 pm
You guys must have a lot of figures. I'm always trying to get the base size and number of figures *down* (both for storage considerations and so I don't have...
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kevan
kevangunn2002
Aug 26, 2009 9:48 pm
You must be right.....I could not give you how many 15mm figures I own to the nearest couple of thousand...... ... From: "Kent Reuber"...
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afghanisti
Aug 29, 2009 9:28 am
I like the "massed ranks" look of large numbers of figures on the table, plus with 15mm figures and 25mm ground scale the reduced compression makes distances...
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afghanisti
Aug 30, 2009 3:05 pm
I have posted a couple of pictures of the first of my big base units; a 15mm pike block on 12x12 base and a unit of Pistoleers in caracole on a 12x9. RobH site...
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kevan
kevangunn2002
Aug 30, 2009 3:40 pm
Mikes models....wot a blast from the past. My napoleonic old guard gunners are mikes models and while I hated the range with a vengance, I would never part...
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afghanisti
Sep 1, 2009 9:19 pm
... You will not get any arguments from me about that! As for the Mikes figures, I think they are more popular now than they ever were, at least that is the...
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zelzelus
Sep 1, 2009 10:12 pm
We are planning on playing an Italian Wars campagn but were a bit dismayed by the shooting artillery. At almost 30U range the Arty had to shoot at a skirmish...
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Lorenzo Sartori
losart67
Sep 2, 2009 7:49 am
this is not the first time I get complain about this, so I'm working for considering some change. But I want to avoid the risk of artillery become too strong....
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Steve Houghton
stevo_firey
Sep 2, 2009 7:56 am
As a house rule, I thought perhaps ART might be be able to ignore the priority rules at long range, able to choose the best target as desired, though at short...
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Kevan Gunn
kevangunn2002
Sep 2, 2009 9:17 am
I thought that a good idea would be to work out the dice on the S unit and work out the dice on the Pike block, then deduct the S unit dice from the pike block...
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zelzelus
Sep 2, 2009 11:33 pm
Simple Fix is just to drop Shooting Priority 3 and making Piority 2 include Point Blank. 1) Units with whom they are exchanging Fire or enemy Units that have...
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zelzelus
Sep 3, 2009 6:27 am
The ItalianWar lists have skirmishers with Impetus ( 2H swordsmen etc)..I imagine these are dispersed if charged by other troops like normal Inf. So the...
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Lorenzo Sartori
losart67
Sep 3, 2009 7:53 am
I think this doesn't solve the fact that S make probably a too strong screen to artillery. Keeping the -2 (use S as a "filter") is one option I want to test....
