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Re: [visbellica] MIDDLE EARTH

Not done it for a long time (and mainly only with sensible ie 6mm sized
figures) but It always felt like the rules worked well for middle earth

Chris Lowe

alan_lockhart wrote:
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> Good evening all.
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> Has anyone used VM to game battles in Middle Earth using 28mm figures?
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> As there is little magic in Tolkien's books, would VB be more suitable?
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> I am looking for suitable rules for large battles which can be
> finished in a reasonable time and feel that rules using bases as the
> basic unit rather than GW's own mass skirmish type games which take
> far too long to resolve.
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> Any thoughts/suggestions?
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> Thanks,
>
> Alan
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Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:02 pm

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Afternoon all, I am considering Vis Magica for large middle eath battles, as an alternative to GW's own LOTR game. I see VM uses figures on bases and presume...
alan_lockhart
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May 18, 2006
5:31 pm

VM is indeed on a base system: but you can use individual figures grouped together without any real problems. Casualties are recorded on a single sheet for...
Robert Avery
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May 18, 2006
8:56 pm

Hi Alan, It looks like you've fired off a number of questions over the last year or so on this topic and I don't recall seeing anyone mention actual lists yet....
markwarin
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Aug 16, 2006
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Good evening all. Has anyone used VM to game battles in Middle Earth using 28mm figures? As there is little magic in Tolkien's books, would VB be more...
alan_lockhart
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Aug 18, 2008
10:22 pm

Not done it for a long time (and mainly only with sensible ie 6mm sized figures) but It always felt like the rules worked well for middle earth Chris Lowe...
Chris lowe
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Aug 19, 2008
6:01 pm

Chris, Thanks for the reply. Can you remember did you use Vis Magica or Vis Bellica? There was not much magic in Middle Earth battles, but perhaps the basic...
alan_lockhart
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Aug 20, 2008
7:52 am

Hi The magic system in Vis Magica would work well for Middle Earth - it is not all whizz-bang you're dead stuff, it affects theĀ  main battle units instead,...
John Hills
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