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...
Appologies to all, I stopped moderating membership applications to the Slammer Group a while back. Generally that allows new members to join in straight away...
Hi Chris, Just a word of warning.This twat has spammed all 36 of the lists I subscribe to on a number of occasions.He appears to have a large number of addy`s...
I'm in the process of expanding my science fiction terrain (25/28mm) and need building designs. What I'm looking for is older SF designs (1939 World's Fair,...
Geo, Snapdragon Studio and Ainsty are two of my favourite resin building companies, they do mail order and they're nice people too. Snapdragon do a very...
Nathan, I am happy to discuss any possible developments of Slammer rules. I think the core Activation rules could be adapted to different settings or periods. ...
Thanks for the suggestions. Pity the Snapdragon site didn't have much in the way of pics - some of the descriptions sounded interesting. The Monolith desert...
Some of you may not be old enough to rember this but I did. Dave Subject: Didn't know this!! ... 3 ... Lee ... a ... were ... in ... a ... if...
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THE ASSAULT LANDER JUST DROPPED INTO BADDAWG'S LANDING, AND OFF LOADED LONG AWAITED COLONIAL MARINES! CHRIS THESE GUYS ARE NICE! PHOTOS ON THE FIRST CORPS...
THE ASSAULT LANDER JUST DROPPED INTO BADDAWG'S LANDING, AND OFF LOADED LONG AWAITED COLONIAL MARINES! CHRIS THESE GUYS ARE NICE! PHOTOS ON THE FIRST CORPS...