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Thanks for your comments, Terry. I'm looking at more the modern zombie (Shaun of the Dead) than the, for example, Warhammer quasi-medieval zombie. Looking at...
John Barker
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Aug 1, 2006
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Ya, I like the 6 to kill rule, perhaps better characters would get a bonus for the 'head shot'? Also, you should join the zombie gaming group:...
Michael
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Hi guys, our Imperial Guard Campaign (see files) will soon be drawing to a close which worked extremely well over the 4 months of playing every week and our...
lotrhithero
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Aug 12, 2006
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The rules look great. I've been trying to convince some of the people I game with to get into pirates since they have enjoyed the LOTOW games. Some ideas could...
kmahony1
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Aug 13, 2006
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Very well written, presented and thought out. As for suggestions - I would change hand weapon to Cutlass (what self respecting pirate would be without a...
klowthian
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Aug 14, 2006
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Ooh Hired guns A Boucaneer - these were French pirates who originally hunted pigs on the islands, they would make a good sniper similar to the buffalo hunter. ...
klowthian
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I really like those ideas -- the rules themselves are, as others have said, very well thought out. One thing that I would like to see added are natives...
Samuel Groover
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Aug 14, 2006
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Grammar checkup after my last message -- "survivors fighting for their lives," not "survivors fighting to survive" *rolls eyes* "campaign would necessitate,"...
Samuel Groover
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Aug 14, 2006
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Yes, I rather enjoyed looking at the historical background listed for each of the different type of crew members. Maybe I'm taking things "out of scope" for...
Mickey Juif
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Aug 14, 2006
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... the ... kills/wounds. I ... weapon ... possibly ... Cheers for the feedback. Hand weapon is a generic term in LOTR for any basic,errr... hand weapon. The...
lotrhithero
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Aug 14, 2006
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... on ... Yes, its possible to put pirate 'legends' into the game no problem, but how often would they get used - I don't think anybody in any of our games...
lotrhithero
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... have said, very well thought out. One thing that I would like to see added are natives ("cannibals") from tropical islands -- hordes of loin-cloth...
lotrhithero
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Aug 14, 2006
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... for each of the different type of crew members. Maybe I'm taking things "out of scope" for these type of rules, but it would be nice to be able to link...
lotrhithero
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Aug 14, 2006
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Seem to have a dead link?? likewise aliens version...
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... I think it's just a glitch with Yahoo, try to log out then in again and give it another go. -Gav...
dusnomia
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Aug 21, 2006
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Anyone working on something suitable for Mummy-type games [before I start getting the old grey cells active...]? Or anything zombie/monster-related? Nik [like...
nikharwood
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Aug 28, 2006
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... I was looking at some of the cool stuff from Pulp Figures and thinking about it. Nothing started yet, I did look at pulp rules they give away called...
dusnomia
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Aug 28, 2006
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Thanks Gav - you're right about those hats! [and the rules look funky too...] I've just seen today in my newly arrived copy of Wargames Journal that there are...
nikharwood
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Aug 30, 2006
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Has anyone been playtesting or using LotR for Late Roman/ Arthurian games? I've been giving the idea some thought but haven't put pen to paper....
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Sep 2, 2006
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I have - I used the LOTR calculator to determine Arthurian/Keltoi points values (based half on legend, half on Bernard Cornwell's 'historical' Arthur novels -...
Matt Moran
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Excuse my ignorance, but where can I find the LotR calculator? Matt Moran <elohim@...> wrote: I have - I used the LOTR calculator to...
Sam Fradsham
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Sep 2, 2006
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http://membres.lycos.fr/l01c/lotrcostcalc.html ... _________________________________________________________________ The new Windows Live Toolbar helps you...
Matt Moran
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Oops, forgot to say before, but it's set to TT points values for throwing spears and that sort of thing. Still does all the hard work though. ... ...
Matt Moran
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That is pretty cool, thanks for sharing! What did you use for Arthur? I was going to use Anduril to represent Excalibur and a legendary horse of (insert name...
Sam Fradsham
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As I recall, I used one of the 12" command radius thingies, Anduril, heavy armour, horse with heavy armour. His stats were good, but I didn't use Mighty Hero,...
Matt Moran
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Those are the rough drafts that I still had on my computer... Must cure my itchy "send" finger... ... ...
Matt Moran
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Any ideas for cataphracts? Historically they didn't exactly go charging around the battlefield (unless I am mistaken), so movement 10 for them wouldn't be...
Sam Fradsham
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Sep 7, 2006
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I have not had a chance to try LOTR, but how does it differ from Necromunda and Mordheim? It seems that the last two could easily be used to cover basically...
Chad Sikes
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I've never played LOTR. However, I do play Legends of the Old West, which uses the LOTR rules. I can tell you that close combat is handled rather differently....
Mickey Juif
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