Anyone working on / interested in collaborating on variants to cover the ECW & ACW? I've been using Brother Against Brother for ACW & WECW for ECW, but in the...
Fellow gamers, You may be interested to know I have written a set of Samurai heroic skirmish rules called "Kensei", based on GW's LOTR system. You can find...
Hello all, I am a new member of the group and would like to offer up a variant written by myself and a few of my friends. The variant is for fights within the...
Hi all, Another Yahoo group of which I am a member threw up this site: http://www.spiritofthegame.org.uk/voltigeur/ (My lack of web-savvy prevents me making...
Hello Guys, Just joined and will be scanning the lists, I have played the LOToldW and the Blood on the plains and I am hoping to have a bash at producing a...
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Hello Gents, I have had a couple f days off work through sickness and with nothing else to do I put this list together. I have adapted some of the rules and...
... nothing ... rules ... on ... but ... Cool, wish i hadn't sold all my Aztecs off now. The point value for warrior armour appears to be off by being to ...
You don't actually need to spin a sling much to get a shot off and it takes less practice than a bow to be reasonably effective. Can a trained slinger loose...
... Check out the Eureka Aztecs they are very nice as are the foundry ones and there are a couple of other new ranges from Bears Den and Outpost wargames. ... ...
You beat me to it Dean Regards Karl ... it takes ... slinger ... as many. ... [mailto:LOTRvariants@yahoogroups.com] On ... list ... Dont ... a ... them ... ...
Benefits of sitting in front of the comp for hours :) Dean ... From: LOTRvariants@yahoogroups.com [mailto:LOTRvariants@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of klowthian ...
Re Aztecs. It would also be useful to have a look at the web pages for the Atl-Atl, and the construction of darts. If I recall correctly, and its a long time ...
Thanks Graham, I had thought about increasing the range of the weapon to say 12 inches, I wouldnt want to make it any more potent as the weapon was used really...
As an archaeologist, I can tell you the Atl-Atl was a devestating weapon. However, the problems it faced were based on the size and use of the weapon. It...
Thanks for the info Graham, you have just become my number one reference for weapons etc in meso America I will pass this on to the guys in the Practical...
Sorry Ken, must remember to chop e-mails so I dont get mixed up Regards Karl ... the ... for ... the ... as ... was ... were ... was ... all ... Will...
Karl I think its Ken you want - I'm just the hack who can vaguely remember an article he read 7 years ago! :) And only then 'cause he rather fancied trying...
Thanks Graham, I only realised that myself after I had sent it. On looking at it and surfing the web I will probably give the atl-atl a strength of 4. I didnt...
Hi all, I have been tossing around in my mind for some time the idea of gaming Buffy, and suspect that the LOTR rules may fit the bill. Is this something that...
... game. ... I was looking for the figures a couple of years ago, and found that Ground Zero Games do a very compatible set of unlicenced ones... EG: Soulful...
... <snip>painted. And their ... I have to say that I am not a Buffy fan (although my son is) however the LoTR rules should fit very well. The 'heroic' nature...
Hey Richard, So you happen to have so photos of those GZG miniatures? I never realized they had those until you mentioned it. The photos in their catalogue...
I have a photo on my home PC (which is, of course, not internet connected!) I'll stick it on my memory stick and put it up in the photo's section. I believe...
Hi I've just joined after seeing this group posted on the TMP page. I was wondering if anyone has or is writing a version for colonial gaming? Also how big...
... As a skirmish game LoTR (and its derivatives) are best played with up to about 20 models per side (IMO). However 40 is playable (slowly). Some people do...
When I played LOTR GW that is I/we managed around a 100 figures a side however we kept the heros to a minimum and went for rank and file stats, this speeded up...
... was ... With LOTR easily 50 models which is the norm to about 100 a side. LOTR is a lot easier to handle lots of figures than LOTOW due to players knowing...