tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post4846417389826752128..comments2024-03-18T19:14:27.195+00:00Comments on Battlefields and Warriors: 1 Hour Wargames an initial look.Normhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-68575107728282466172020-06-24T22:47:52.993+00:002020-06-24T22:47:52.993+00:00Thank you, your stopping by to comment is apprecia...Thank you, your stopping by to comment is appreciated.Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-41807053313971821292020-06-24T22:20:19.609+00:002020-06-24T22:20:19.609+00:00Hello, I know this review is five years old but I ...Hello, I know this review is five years old but I just wanted to let you know I appreciated the read and wanted to say thanks!BaldingNinjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04632856188858240324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-56984800647927209562016-09-22T04:10:31.598+00:002016-09-22T04:10:31.598+00:00Dale, thank you for continuing to support the blog...Dale, thank you for continuing to support the blog. The rules continue to interest me, though in the back-ground, I have my own hex rules that are a work in progress, which I will share at some point.Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-27783788265608922092016-09-21T21:23:41.543+00:002016-09-21T21:23:41.543+00:00Even though you have discontinued the blog I still...Even though you have discontinued the blog I still keep coming back to your posts that I have not read yet.<br /><br />Great looking game. Despite your reservations here it looks like you kept at these rules.Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13667428218897971037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-51031434565472986522015-11-05T15:15:16.667+00:002015-11-05T15:15:16.667+00:00Hi, you could sign numbers / names etc and have a ...Hi, you could sign numbers / names etc and have a roster sheet, but I play quite a lot of solo play and for managing two sides, I would just rather have the visual effect of casualties shown on the actual table - so, I have a bunch of small dice (red and black) and as units take hits, I just use the dice values, by placing the dice behind the units to show the current hit level.<br /><br />I have seen some wargamers use a short length of coloured pipe-cleaner to denote casualties. Just lay the pipe-cleaner on your figure base. Everything to the right is considered a casualty, as more casualties are taken, just move the pipe-cleaner further along the unit - it does mean of course that you need at least 15 figures in your unit :-) or use a different coloured pipe-cleaner once you get past say 10 hits.<br /><br />Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-56790270627712989372015-11-04T17:22:55.560+00:002015-11-04T17:22:55.560+00:00I just got this book for my birthday, and I'm ...I just got this book for my birthday, and I'm not an experienced wargamer, mainly because I never have the time, space, and spare cash to invest in it. So it's serving its purpose for me very well.<br /><br />But one thing the book neglects is bookkeeping. How do you guys keep track of up to 15 hits for each of your units? Do you assign them names/numbers and just keep a separate tally sheet, or what?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-53777154116624964662015-04-22T10:52:57.191+00:002015-04-22T10:52:57.191+00:00Oh, and thanks for putting the link to my report i...Oh, and thanks for putting the link to my report in the post - it does remind me that I have to get my daughter involved in another game, as well as give Songs of Blades and Heroes a go - it also has some math in it (the reason for 1HW with her in the first place)Shaun Travershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05691522858410783769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-43638109939150456522015-04-22T10:51:08.404+00:002015-04-22T10:51:08.404+00:00Norm,
Excellent analysis. I agree with you - whil...Norm,<br /><br />Excellent analysis. I agree with you - while the rules are admirable, they seem to have stripped away stuff that makes gaming fun. As a game it is great, but as a WARgame not so much. For me I think it is trying to blank out 40 years of wargaming experience that has conditioned me to requiring certain level of detail in a wargame. I think if I was coming to wargaming without this context, the rules would be fine.Shaun Travershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05691522858410783769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-82575816900757050292015-04-20T18:36:40.168+00:002015-04-20T18:36:40.168+00:00Thanks for the report! I find the book very inspir...Thanks for the report! I find the book very inspiring, I bought it for the scenarios as I love scenario books but I found that I like the whole approach, although I haven't tried the rules yet. But your report makes me want to give them a try!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-24224625590658543802015-04-19T21:25:40.854+00:002015-04-19T21:25:40.854+00:00I forgot to add that I am playing through and docu...I forgot to add that I am playing through and documenting each of the 30 scenarios in order as the mood takes me. You an read about that <a href="http://hordesofthethings.blogspot.com.au/2015/02/one-hour-wargames-scenarios-project.html" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>.Kaptain Koboldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17082772546044655044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-27580943260349582022015-04-19T21:23:35.700+00:002015-04-19T21:23:35.700+00:00I'm also playing around with the rules, as wel...I'm also playing around with the rules, as well as playing the scenarios with other sets just to see how well they transfer across. I've found this book very stimulating indeed, and appreciate the balance the author has struck between what the rules could have and what's actually needed<br /><br />I've also managed to play the scenarios on a 9" x 9" board using 6mm figures on a 1" frontage. I even played a couple of scenarios (using my own rules it's true) on a board on my lap when I went camping a few weeks ago.Kaptain Koboldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17082772546044655044noreply@blogger.com