I think you have a different Yahoo than I have! What about the tricksy input test and the need to set up a filter for when the emails start arriving?...
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hammersm1
Apr 21, 2010 12:58 pm
If using your right index finger to click a mouse left button twice on a link, then pressing the join button once is a 'barrier' and potential disaster in...
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Mike & Alison Elliott
mikeelliottuk
Apr 20, 2010 9:13 pm
By putting barriers (i.e. the need to sign up to YET ANOTHER Yahoo group) in the way, you discourage potential interested parties from even taking a look. If...
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hammersm1
Apr 20, 2010 5:33 pm
The point appears to have slipped past you my friend, My note on here was to inform members that a new yahoo group for a new rule system was out, that was all....
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Mike & Alison Elliott
mikeelliottuk
Apr 20, 2010 3:47 pm
You really don't get the point, do you? What I am objecting to (and so is at least one other person here) is that having to join a group simply to find out...
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hammersm1
Apr 20, 2010 10:08 am
... That is the point, they are of interest but another Yahoo entry routine beckons... Could I make a suggestion? Log the game on boardgamegeek.com and we can...
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hammersm1
Apr 20, 2010 10:02 am
... Join the group Mike and have a look in the files (there's a hole in my bucket dear Liza....) there are two nice pages giving details of the system. Like...
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Mike Siggins
MSiggins
Apr 18, 2010 7:53 pm
That is the point, they are of interest but another Yahoo entry routine beckons... Could I make a suggestion? Log the game on boardgamegeek.com and we can all ...
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Mike & Alison Elliott
mikeelliottuk
Apr 17, 2010 8:28 pm
There's no need to be snarky. I have been wargaming for over 30 years, in all periods and all scales with both metal and plastic figures. OTOH a friend of...
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hammersm1
Apr 17, 2010 6:47 pm
... Yes, that is an interesting taste. Thank you. Thanks Dale I'm a wargamer so produce rules for gamers in the old style, one rule book for a period, not 20...
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hammersm1
Apr 17, 2010 6:35 pm
Mike Elliott..... Sounds like Battle Cry to me. Hardly innovative and different. Thats a bit like saying Warhammer sounds like DBM because they both use six...
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Dale Hurtt
dale_hurtt
Apr 17, 2010 1:23 pm
Yes, that is an interesting taste. Thank you....
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Mike & Alison Elliott
mikeelliottuk
Apr 17, 2010 11:01 am
" just to give you one example, command and control is not down to the luck of a die roll, nor is it completely controllable in a god like fashion. Command...
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hammersm1
Apr 17, 2010 8:19 am
Hi Dale I'll tell you what the rule system isnt.... a clone off Warhammer or warmaster re FoW/CWC' lol.... I'm an old wargamer and for me a rule book is just...
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Dale Hurtt
dale_hurtt
Apr 16, 2010 2:49 pm
... Thanks for the information, because, funny thing is, the introduction on that forum never says that the game is played on a hex cloth. The only mention of...
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hammersm1
Apr 15, 2010 9:02 pm
The games played on an a hex cloth.... if they had sparked any interest in you Mike, a click or two with a finger would have given you the details, its not...
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Mike & Alison Elliott
mikeelliottuk
Apr 15, 2010 6:06 pm
Please, no, not another Yahoo Group! Please post a few reelevant details here. I assume these rules use a grid, since you posted here?...
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hammersm1
Apr 15, 2010 11:25 am
Hi chaps, just a note to let you know that a brand new and very inovative wargame system will be available in May 2010. The rules will eventually cover every...
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Dale Hurtt
dale_hurtt
Apr 7, 2010 2:20 pm
Interesting. I was just thinking about this the other day for a new grid-based game I wanted to test. I was going to glue down tufts. I had not thought of...
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Mike Siggins
MSiggins
Apr 7, 2010 7:14 am
Yes, exactly what I realised. I don't think they are too obvious, and you have a good balance. ... Yes, exactly what I realised. I don't think they are too...
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Simon Miller
simonamiller
Apr 7, 2010 6:49 am
I could have used green pins. or black. I might another time. It's a tough balance; the pins need to be visible in order to be useful, yet if they are...
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Mike Siggins
MSiggins
Apr 6, 2010 11:23 pm
Been thinking about something like this. Nice to see it done. You could paint the pins green?...
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simonamiller
Apr 6, 2010 10:56 pm
Hi, My mate Ian and I have just worked out a way of temporarily marking hexes onto a very large terrain board (16' x 4') for our Zama Command and Colors game....
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Dale Hurtt
dale_hurtt
Apr 6, 2010 3:50 pm
... I agree completely. After all, this forum is _/miniature/_ wargames! :) ... Good point. Levy should be substantially larger (in appearance). If you want to...
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captainquincy
Apr 5, 2010 11:48 am
One could say that for any element based rule system, where it is the number of bases that is crucial and not the number of figures. Why have figures at all? I...
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Dale Hurtt
dale_hurtt
Apr 4, 2010 2:11 pm
... Thanks Neil. I read the Granicus walkthrough, which is in the files section of the Lost Battles forum. I was surprised by the references in Slingshot, as I...
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captainquincy
Apr 3, 2010 8:32 pm
I've played Lost Battles since they began as Strategos I. These rules have given me some of the best ancient games in my 30-odd years of wargaming. Granted,...
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Dale Hurtt
dale_hurtt
Apr 1, 2010 1:20 pm
... Interesting. I also just purchased Lost Battles after having heard a reference to it when someone was mentioning putting DBA on a grid. I've read the rules...
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lugnakh
Apr 1, 2010 6:05 am
Read several reviews of it and was thinking about buying it, but then I found a copy of Phil Sabin's Lost Battles in my local big bookstore, and that has...
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dale_hurtt
Mar 26, 2010 12:20 am
Has anyone tried Peter Pigs "Conquerors and Kings" (grid-based Ancients rules)? If so, what was your opinion? I was prompted to purchase it when I read that...
