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Thanks for the great report, the advertising and the activity! I have just sold two copies of both SBH and SGD to people who played in Des Moines, and one of...
andrea sfiligoi
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Oct 1, 2007
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I think the existing mounted rulemakes it a rather risky buy. So I think there merit in what you now advocate. The possibility of +1 Combat and Free disengage...
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Oct 7, 2007
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Hmm, I don't think it's the case, it would change the game too much while changing only cavalry models is OK In some cases speed (Long move) and reflexes are...
andrea sfiligoi
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Hi guys, I drove for a total of 6 hours today to run a demo table at a smallish con in Latina (south of Rome, near Anzio). It was a small historical con with a...
andrea sfiligoi
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Oct 7, 2007
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Andrea, Congrats! Rick Petersen...
Rick Petersen
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Oct 7, 2007
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Fantastic! Were the youngsters new to miniature wargaming? The local club has been enjoying SBH (we now have club members fielding ratmen, goblins and...
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Oct 8, 2007
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The young boy said he just started to play D&D, his father is an historical wargamer, but he never played a tabletop minature game before. The young girl is...
andrea sfiligoi
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For those who want "regular" dwarves to fight Splintered Light's Dark Dwarves, 15mm.co.uk just sent me a notice that they have a new skirmish pack available ...
andrea sfiligoi
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Oct 8, 2007
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That's awsome about the kids! Congrats on the best table award! John...
John Acar
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Oct 8, 2007
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Hi all, sorry for my silence these days, I'm quite busy and I can't spend here on the group the time I'd like to. Just a short notice, I've been invited to run...
andrea sfiligoi
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Oct 13, 2007
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Finally finished reading through the archives. It was cool to see the playtesting discussion and a couple other discussions. The points one was one of the...
nheastvan
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Oct 16, 2007
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... Using the points formula in the latest spreadsheet? Basically go through some profiles that no one else has posted yet and toss the points up here in an...
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Oct 16, 2007
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the tiles look terrific, when you turn this into a commercial product if you want to make an "official" SGD pack go ahead! I think both of us would benefit...
andrea sfiligoi
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yes Nathan, for some reason I cannot get the spreadsheet to work on this computer so I'll have to install excel sometime (I have an old OEM version on another...
andrea sfiligoi
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Andrea, Excel 97 works because that is what I built the thing on. :) So if your OEM version is at least from 1997, you should be good to go. Cheers! John...
John Acar
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Oct 16, 2007
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I was contemplating making a mould and casting them in a resin of some sort. They're actually quite thin tiles, so it would probably be fairly economical as...
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Things marked with * have the following issue: They have combat 0. Under the new points formula models with a combat of 0 have 0 points value unless they have...
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Tormented souls are garbage troops and don't move well. Even with a commander, they activate on a 5+. I would hope that the player would use some restraint...
John Acar
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... Yeah, I don't think anyone is going to take ... The only concern is absolute masses of combat 0 troops. However, one gruesome kill with an arrow (which is...
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Oct 16, 2007
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A common rule/convention used with games that have custom points systems that let you build anything is the simple veto rule. If it's not one of the profiles...
nheastvan
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Oct 16, 2007
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I suspect there are more SBH players in 25mm at the moment, but I don't have any hard data. I'm trying to push 15mm skirmishing but lots of people play with...
andrea sfiligoi
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let's not put any artificial limit on numbers. I did play with them (lots of them!) with the old point value, and I never managed to bring a moment of worry on...
andrea sfiligoi
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Thanks for the help Nathan! Andrea On 10/16/07, nheastvan <nheastvan@...> wrote:...
andrea sfiligoi
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I think the easiest solution is to declare that NO MATTER WHAT; NO MODEL MAY COST LESS THAN X POINTS This effectively limits minimaxers and enforces a maximum...
andrea sfiligoi
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let's try like this, if I say the minimum cost of a model must be 3 points, what abusive models could you make to come at me with 100 of them? Let's call them...
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Hi all, e23, Steve Jackson Games' online store, decided to carry SBH and its supplements. This should cause (at least I hope) a surge of new players, ...
andrea sfiligoi
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I'm in talks with 15mm.co.uk -- they want to carry the rulebook in their store and prepare some 15mm warbands. They want to do "mixed" warbands as well as...
andrea sfiligoi
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... You're probably right. 25/28/32mm gaming is probably a lot more common. ... There's tons of different kinds of resins. Resin (for these purposes) just...
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Oct 16, 2007
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... They can rely on getting a lot of activations, being cowardly won't hurt them too much as morale checks on 3+ aren't that bad. Greedy checks are at a 2+....
nheastvan
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Oct 16, 2007
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... common. There's 147 of us in this group. You could run a poll and find out. ;) I use 28mm-ish figures, myself. Al | http://www.rivetsandsteam.com...
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