Of course you shold play to win--you jsut shouldn't cheat to win, and that's why a referee in any JR game (editio irrelevant) is quite useful. However, ...
Sorry, I play to have fun. While winning is generally more fun than losing, it is not needed to have fun. and sometimes snatching defeat from the jaws of...
In a message dated 6/1/2007 5:36:32 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jmrflyer@... writes: the infamous forest sighting rules in JR3 come to mind>>>> I am...
Good thread! I should have said that I don't play *primarily* to win. The success of the scenario in recreating dilemmas similar to those faced in the ...
For me 75% of the enjoyment of the hobby is building the scenario. Starting with the figures, terrain, historical research, playtesting, and putting on the...
A more direct R & D question, for a non-historical scenario using a 4' x 4' table top, how many regiments per side (two players) would you guys recommend if as...
Hello James, I suppose much would depend on how long you have for the game and how well the players know the rules. When I was introducing a friend to Johnny...
Steve, If you could give scenario specs on regiments/stands/figures/officers that would be great. I am overhauling my figures/stands and if I know the specs ...
... regiments (2 ... reg. per ... James: See message #4497 for an explanation of my "generic brigade" concept. It has worked for about 30+ games for either an...
I enjoy this stream very much. I notice that most JR players I've met and "fought" against and with, are considerate of others in the game, though still...
Dean West
cavman45@...
Jun 3, 2007 9:25 pm
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Norris, Thanks for the posting reference. To be sure, were your regiment listings for 5 stand regiments (JR2) or 4 stand regiments (JR3) ? It seems some...
... listings ... depending on ... the ... rules sets in ... It does not matter if players do I, II, or III. The concept works in whichever is preferred. ...
After browsing and searching the message archive, apologies if I missed the post, but ... how do most people handle removable artillery crews, if they remove ...
... missed ... Playing in 10mm it is just more bother than it's worth having separate crews. I recall having crew based and gun separate when I played JR2 in ...
I've always wondered what type of carbine John Hill had in mind to give it a max ra of 4" (perhaps a dragoon pistol with stock). In JR2 there was no such...
I went to Lowe's and bought some small flat washers you can get 100 of them for a few bucks. I just glue the gunners to them and flock. Nathan jmkort...
JR and JR II have a different ground scale from JR III. JR III ground scale is one inch equals 50 yards. It seems to me 200 yards seems a pretty good...
Dean West
cavman45@...
Jun 5, 2007 9:35 pm
6712
All a carbine is, is a shortened rifle. You get less of everything, velocity, accuracy and range. These are the trade offs of a short easily carried arm. ...
I have seperate stands large enough for one or two figures. Some are "generic (e.g. brown pants, cotton shirts, red bandanas) - others specific to a side...
I've always assumed that the MLC was an old smoothbore carbine. ... From: jriii@yahoogroups.com [mailto:jriii@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Loren Bellinger ...
Hmm, I will be watching this thread with interest since I haven't based any of my artillery, yet. Right now, I plan on basing the figures but not gluing down...
To be perfectly honest, my feeling is that most of the small arms ranges in JRIII are too long, not too short. I cannot think of a single documented incident...
Dean West
cavman45@...
Jun 6, 2007 8:45 pm
6717
This is the method I have used for years and I find it works pretty well. machewr <mrauh@...> wrote: Hmm, I will be watching this thread with...
In my opinion not permanently attaching the guns to the bases is the only way to go. That's how we have always handled this, and probably should have included...
Dean West
cavman45@...
Jun 6, 2007 9:17 pm
6719
How do you reflect the loss of sections? ... From: Dean West <cavman45@...> To: jriii@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 6, 2007 7:10:05 PM ...
I put the cannon and crews on seperate stands. I keep the original number of cannon of the 3x5 card in the event they are captured by another player. ...
Oh, somethings never change. We still use those much-maligned colored pipe cleaners, and I simply sort of "wrap" one around the fig, like a tiny, furry...
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