I was thinking of using the following rules for fog for a scenario based on the battle of Germantown 1777. During the early turns of the game, visibility range...
Hi All, ... [...] ... [...] ... Depending on the era, I agree. For WWII, roads were important even at the tactical level, both for orienteering and because...
I respectfully disagree. If someone is purporting to sell me a map of a battlefield it better have all of the terrain features present. I'd rather decide what...
Really? I respectfully disagree with your disagreement! Terrain is abstracted and simplified. Woods are estimated. Hill contours and crests are abstracted....
Andy - As you probably know, "friendly fire" was an important factor in the battle, especially for Washington's troops. How do you handle it? Regards, Dan...
... How can you know they have no effect on the game? Were the game a simple recreation of the actual event wherein the course of events cannot be changed than...
"Fudginess" is an art form! I definitely don't have the answer, but I do know that a spider web grid of roads on a tabletop is a gross misfit of exactness...
Hi, Dan. I hadn't given any thought to that. Possibly make every American unit which fires and requires a visibility die roll to also fire at the friendly unit...
Hope I'm not stepping on anyone's toes here but, digging out the masking tape to put a bunch of roads on the table is reason enough to forget about them. :) ...
Hi Bob Many years ago on the PK list, I remember you talking about the tendency of people to develop any system (including wargaming ones) to a level of ...
It's a matter of scale as much as taste, I'd think. You like the bigger scale of FoB and that's great. I like the squad levels or platoon levels where...
Scale of the game doesn't matter. If you're playing the lower level squad game, your tabletop represents a proportionally smaller slice of countryside....
I limit roads on table tops to only those that have some tactical/strategic sense for the battle. Such as defending a cross roads or a line of retreat etc....
Hi Thanks for the replies. Chris and Tony, I have read you e-mails you sent to me off line, and thanks Chris for the info. Tony, I have not had the chance to...
Hi Brent, ... This is the classic tactical-to-practical problem of miniatures wargaming: how to practically model tactically relevant terrain? There's no Once...
Hi. Hope this isn't too 'OTT'. But if rolling to see if a unit has got lost, why not also throw a direction (arrowed) dice to see which way they went. This...
I love fudge, especially when it comes to roads. 20th C. soldiers in the front line combat zone did not use roads, they moved in the fields to either side and...
P.S. "So much for creating an accurate wargame set up from a 'definitive' map! You talk about roads - I don't know. It seems clear to me to that unless you've...
Hi John. hear it's very hot in Australia. Now that you are starting again, what period and what scale are you thinking of doing ? My 6mm are begging to be let...
... A fairly easy way that I used: get a 'rubbery' kitchen sink mat. These usually are about 2' x 3', 1/8" thick, with a pebbly surface. They are easy to cut...
Hi Following yesterdays successful demo game at the York show I thought I would share some of the lads house rules. When units within a command are firing and...
Hi James, ... That's true, so far as it goes. But in fact most WWII battles were fought alongside - and many directly on - roads. Roads were vital for ...
Hi Jim, ... That's an excellent idea! But doesn't the paint flake off when you roll them up? And can you get a glossy finish for the rivers? Thanks! Crissie...
I guess it depends on the period. For most of my AWI and ACW is put the roads on the table. But this is becuase many of the roads are lined with walls or...
... don't get confused. "Is that Archon?" "Yes". "Oh, it looks different than the Archon I played". "Well, I meant that it isn't THAT Archon, but its the...
I guess fudge is in the eye of the beholder. I, like Tom play very tactical and rarely have more than one road or intersection. I use roads and deluxe rivers...
Brent, I personally like some roads. Â What is Gettysburg without the roads coming together? Â On the other hand, they do need to be abstracted, just like any...
I'll confess. I like pretty wargames terrain. In fact, I think a tabletop with gorgeous terrain and quick-painted figures (or even painted wood blocks) looks...
Hi All, ... I play mostly solo or with family. I don't have a permanent game room, but I do have a table that I can leave set up. We play mostly FOB:WW2, and...
... Group. ... Leave. ... Rarely. ... Multiple. ... 28mm. ... 12 foot x 6 foot ... they ... I have no answer to this - it depends how big and tidy they are - I...
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