What are the odds? I just found this group, and it seems pretty interesting. I started an alternate LotR game for World War Two about four years ago, a game...
Has anyone toyed with rules for slingers? I am thinking that they can shoot twice if they don't move (like WAB), but I am not sure on range. I was thinking 8...
... Since it's clearly much quicker to shoot a bow than a sling I've always found this WAB rule baffling. Slingers should have a lower rate of fire, but...
And why is it clearly much quicker to shoot a bow than a sling? Have you used both? Steve Burt <steve.and.mary.burt@...> wrote: On 3/26/07, Sam Fradsham...
... Strength 4 put it at the same power as a crossbow, which seems a bit too much really. Strength 3 maybe at a sling can be devastating. How about using the ...
... Yes. You can hold several arrows in your hand. The Mamelukes practiced firing 5 arrows in 2 seconds; even I can fire about 1 a second. It takes several...
... It has to be said that if slingers were as effective as some wargame rules make them, one wonders why ancient armies didn't discard their bows and use...
I've never understood the reasoning behined slings shooting twice as fast as bows in the WAB rules either, do they have bows shooting faster than crossbows? As...
I, too, have fired a bow (albeit, years ago, when I took archery in college). Yes, you CAN discharge arrows very quickly (although 1 per socond seems quite a...
... Indeed. As far as I know there is no primary evidence at all of sling shooting rates, whereas there is loads on archery. Slingers, too only carried a...
Regarding slingers, I was able to find a website devoted to the subject (the internet is a remarkable resource, eh?): http://www.slinging.org/ In a quick...
As I've got some Robin Hood and his Merry Men lying around doing nothing I was thinking of producing a LotR version. I can't find any files on this newsgroup...
... Basic problem with the LotR rules as they stand - bows are very simplified in the game mechanic. Personally I usually I prefer straightforward mechanics,...
Being a member of a 5th century re-enactment group, I have used both (although I had much more opportunity to develop skills with the bow than with the sling,...
... I guess it depends on the era of the game as to how you want to balance the weapons. 'Bow' covers a huge range of weapons, from mongol composite shortbows...
... A composite bow is at least as powerful as a longbow (and much more compact); Monogl bows have *higher* draw weights than longbows. The term 'short bow' is...
... I've not seen a version yet, but the special archery rules for Legolas look like a good place to start for Robin. Also the Elf cloak rules for their...
... You're right, sorry I was trying to be helpful and mixing up my terminology. :-{= When I said shortbow I meant a plain self bow, not a composite bow. ...
Yeah, I was thinking Legolas- and Haldir-type special rules for "shooty" heroes such as Robin. High F values for Scarlet and high S for Little John. Not sure...
To: LOTRvariants@yahoogroups.com As I've got some Robin Hood and his Merry Men lying around doing nothing I was thinking of producing a LotR version. I can't...
To: LOTRvariants@yahoogroups.com Yeah, I was thinking Legolas- and Haldir-type special rules for "shooty" heroes such as Robin. High F values for Scarlet and...
Hello gamers! I'm new of this group and I have learn about it from Pete's blog. I like war gaming, any period and sometimes I have take time for to create an...
Robin Hood should be easy to do by just changing names of similar LOTR characters with a possible tweak here and there. The Elven spear would do fine as a...
what do you mean by "a quarterstaff" ? if it's the staff used by Robin and friends ? Just treat it like a magic staff of Gandalf/saruman as it can be used like...
Interesting points. Having fought and taught quarterstaff to re-enactors, in a style that is more Japanese bo-staff than anything else I can say that the...
Well being Good guy's it's not alway's right to be seen killing others unneccessary and looks good on film. In game terms a model is not neccessarily killed...
(although I got my backside handed to me on a plate by a half-decent fencer armed with a rapier). Well, this is sort of relieving to hear, as you often find...
hi everyone just posted some pics of our game last night we played the napoleonic companies for the first time and got to say the game went very smoothly...
Hello, I am new to this group, I stumbled across it whilst searching the net to see if there had been any variants of the LOTR system and mass combat rules in...
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