Hi Mick Have you considered adding a rule for forming Shieldwall? Something simple like increasing the defence value by 2 if troops are in shieldwall and a...
Big thanks for the Samurai rules. They're nicely produced and work really well for Samurai Skirmish. I have made some slight alterations and we played a game...
Gentlemen The napoleonic game that we are indulging in looks as if it might need to field artillery peices. Not having access to the the later LOTOW books and...
Cannon are dealt with in "The Alamo" of course. For LotR, the Siege Engine rules are in the One Rulebook. They are also in the old "Siege of Gondor"...
Hi Dave, Well that might be considered rude by the guy who wrote the original Samurai rules. Don't want to cause upset and get banned! Will wait a bit to see...
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Hello, all. I've done some more work on my Barsoomian rules, trying to rationalize both Ed and my approaches. I'm posting these with hopes for comment, please...
Looking good but feel that all having 5+ shoot is a bit odd, I havn't red the books for many years, but don't the Green Martians excel in shooting? I think...
... Thanks for weighing in. You're correct, there should be more variation in shooting ability. Some things I'm thinking about down the road is creating some...
... By no means, but flyers in the game are really just another model to assist the ground troops. Personally I think that more detailed rules are really only...
... I'm working on an abbreviated set of rules for flying (actually, I think I have something good there), as well as an extensive re-write of my existing ...
These are the flying rules I mentioned. The cut down version is pretty simple, but still give a sense of turning and banking over the board. I wrote it fast,...
Hello again, I've been putting more work in on the Legends of Old Mars rules, these are variant rules of Legends of the Old West and Lord of the Rings adapted...
Looks pretty good. I've actually got a copy of the very old and out of print Warlords of Mars rules from TSR, and have always wanted to run something in that...
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Wargames Journal #6 includes a modification to LoTOW called `Legends of the French Indian War' by Dave Robotham. On the whole this is an excellent...
... Bronze Age Minis http://www.bronzeagemin.com/ Check around for 28mm SciFi, Dead Earth Imperials and Wasteland Mutants. He's coming out with more Mutants,...
Hi Steve, Could you elaborate on what those imbalances are please? I'm going to use Legends of the West rules for the FIW and would be interested in your...
Hi Rolf Well, to start the Rangers Section is basically the same of the Texas Rangers found in F: BotP (26-7). Ranger Officier is Ranger Captian and Ranger...
HI Steve, Sounds like alot of the problems were in the stats used within the game not necessarily the game itself. I have rated my troops differently to ones...
... did the game play? We are going to use the Alamo supplement for larger battles involving units. Have you tried this yet? Cheers Rolf ... Rolf or anyone who...
Yes, the main problem for us was the stats. As you can see from the file I uploaded, our changes are exclusively in this area and tend to more about parity...
Hi Graham, I haven't played the Alamo supplement yet so won't comment on game play. Your unit composition is right on the money regards unit sizes in the Alamo...
ents, I'm working up an adaptation of the LotW rules for use with the French and Indian Wars, a period particularly suited to the use of LotW. I've started of...
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