Sorry, It was Andrew Keith not Laumer. He also wrote at least two more books in the series called Cohort of the Damned, the Fifth Foreign Legion. I enjoyed all...
Thanks for the name, John. I've been casting about for some more good SF lately :) I've been reworking my site. There's now a full report of Security Team vs...
WELL, while digging in one of my footlockers this week for reading material to pass the time at the doctors-plural-offices, i found an ancient TRAVELLER RPG...
I've never done any hunting games, so this is all "armchair gaming" ... Depending on how you wanted to do things up, you could have a map - the players wander...
Olaf Meys included some rules for Big game Hunting in his Colonial variant of Slammer "In the Noon Day Sun"; http://www.loran.karoo.net/slammer/noonday.pdf ...
While working on my next game, I realized it needs some way to make capturing people easier. I was kicking around ideas for non- lethal weaponry and debating...
I have updated the Slammer Links page to include Geo's Techromancer web page. Thanks for the battle report Geo. I also added a link to Pete Jones' Vietnam...
Well after a looong time lurking, I've finally decided to start posting. The more I tinker around with Slammer the more I like it. I love the activation...
I couldn't aggree more. I've been distracted by my on again, off again WWII conversion and scenario's I'm working on but tinkering it to a core system that can...
Go for it! I will be pleased to see any feedback, suggestions or recommendations. I will be off line for a few days as I'm going to see my nephew James...
I called into my wargames club last Saturday for the first time in ages. They were all playing WW2 games using 15mm figures with PBI-2 rules from Peter Pig. I...
I've been wondering about how everyone else sets up their SF units. So far mine have been done according to what the scenario needs and what's lying around,...
... I've been trying to work out a system for "designing" a races armed forces. It consists of assigning some values to various racial characteristics like...
Hi there Thought I'd make up for be so quiet on here for so long. I have to admit that I stick fairly close to my experiences in the infantry but often tactics...
This is a re-post, it may be useful for the current discussion. This is not official, it's just rule of thumb stuff I use to get a feel for force balance. This...
Well, it's mostly from reading accounts from various wars where units adopted some captured gear (WW2 North Africa comes to mind, though I'm not really up on...
Whoops! Forgot to mention - when I'd said in my initial post "and then adjusting that each game by whether the unit is trained, green, etc. and scenario...
PAPER ONES NOT THE ONES ATTACHED TO FEET. GEO, i have done this several ways over the years. a. whatever the rules set specifies. b. scenario specific. c....
LIKE BUCK ROGERS says, in real life, TOEs are often way off from what is actually there. real units, in combat (and i was a grunt too) may start off at full ...
I've been looking around the net for mapping software (stellar and planetary) and thought I'd share a few links in case anyone's interested. Some of these URLS...
I ran across this the other day and thought it might be of use. It's a set of Low Intensity Warfare campaign rules (20th Century, but ought to work for colony...
I've been looking around for mid-tech human troops to give me a generic platoon of guys and wondered if anyone can offer suggestions. Scale is 28mm or so...
Hi Geo Have you had a look at these? http://www.em4miniatures.com/acatalog/Science_Fiction.html Cheers Alex ... From: Geo Gibson To: slammer@yahoogroups.com ;...
Geo, Check out 1st Corps. http://www.1stcorps.co.uk/main.php?page=gallery <http://www.1stcorps.co.uk/main.php?page=gallery&era=Sci-Fi> &era=Sci-Fi The figures...
I hadn't seen the 1st Corps figures before. They look good - and Regimental Colours has them in the US at $4.80 for a pack of 3. :) Anyone know what the...
Regimental Colours is at http://www.regimentalcolours.com/ They've got a notice up that says they can't process orders right now, though. - Geo Gibson...
... Hash: SHA1 Chris, since the list has been so quiet lately I thought I'd bring up a subject I've been interested in for a while. My interest in wargames has...
Excuse me but I already get enough of these spammed out to my email address without getting it from other mailing list members. This is polite request for...
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