How interested would everybody be in a dedicated line of Liberators figures? If I did a line (hint..hint), what unit(s) would you want to see first and how...
... What scale? And given that "scale" is a flexible term, what other commercial figures with they be compatible with, for mixing purposes? Are you considering...
I am referring to a 15mm line compatible with AB and Fantassin. My concept is to start with a limited line and work out to a general line as support allows. I...
John, I would be happy to subscribe to all figures of both lines. I am also happy to offer what assistance I may. Glad to hear about the Skirmish. I think it...
Hi John, since you answered the question of 15mm then follow on is what figs are unique to this period? I would think that doing 15mm figs that are unique to...
Hi Mike: Thanks for your comments. On the issue of usable figures, I have shied away from giving specific recommendations in the past as I was hoping to...
... Personalities would be a must - Bolivar, San Martin, O'Higgins and so on. I'd have some of them even if I bought no other figures. One thing I would be...
What was the tactics for volley-fire of liberators?. You know that in the age of reason the professional british units make a volley-fire by platoons. Maybe...
Hi Pedro: You make a good point. This being Napoleonics, I complete understand and agree with your desire to sculpt the rules to your understanding of the era...
Hi John, In your examples of +1 for volley fire and -1 for undisciplined fire, don't forget that, if you add these numbers to the fire number of the unit (the...
Ha ha! You are absolutely correct, John! Man, I can't even follow my own rules set and I'm supposed to tell y'all how to game. So much for stream of...
... so ... I have just finished The Army of the Andes and their Royalist opponents in 28mm for a display game we are putting on next month. I mostly used Fronk...
Hi Dave: Just added the url to the links page. Thank you for the excellent page and photographs! Your collection looks to be just about what I would do; same...
Hi We're starting to look at getting a demo game prepared for Salute 08 to do Maipo in 20mm using plastic figures and General de Brigade rules. Why? Because...
People , In the past I read very little about ordinances,regulations,etc for the tactics of the liberators armies. But with the time , as I know more about the...
Thanks John. Couldn't have even started the project without your book. Probably the most popular 19C rules in the UK are Principles of War, recognising that...
Hi Pedro: This will be a general reply. The 2nd volume of "Liberators!" will include a more detailled section on the "nuts and bolts" of the armies. Due to...
Hi Dave: Nic at Eureka has been a great supporter of "Liberators!". As I mentioned in another thread, I am considering doing a line and...I didn't mention...
John, Thank you for the references!. It could be very interesting if you could give us in your next book a little historical introduction of the discipline and...
Any chance of extending the coverage of Liberators to Brasil's liberation struggle or the Cisplatine war in Uruaguay. Whilst the former is dwarfed in scale by...
I have plans to present some of the material you suggest. It will appear in the 3rd Volume of "Liberators!", which covers Mexico, Banda Oriental and the...
... rules would use ... those ... I never found that PoW worked for the Wars of Liberation. The Napoleonic set is at too high a level given the small size of...
Hey Everybody: Bruce Yearian sent me an email to let me know about his new company, Skirmish Line Games, and one of his first titles, "Children of the Sun"....
John is far to humble. He was a very BIG help in getting this game off the ground. Unlike many of you, I don't have the time or money to play with miniatures....
... series ... enough ... Bruce I'm an old card board pusher myself. Just "reserved" one. The only other thing Ive seen is a paste your own pieces type on...
... I'm really looking forward to this release. I've never quite got the board vs. miniatures thing that seems to divide some folks. To me it's all gaming so...
... the ... John Sometimes it's just a matter of how much space you have to set up and how much time you have. Sometimes it's availability. I'm pretty ...
Minis always were a time and money issue for me. I do enjoy minis and have played them with firends but never had enough time to paint them or play them. ...
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