>Rick Roll Trove
mega.nz/folder/78pF0CYI#Jc2IO8IQVwRDP1Chwr_iGA
>New Trove Link
mega.nz/folder/19kUXC6T#U31scUNwyuVI8cHvX6GIgQ

>Advanced Squad Leader
mediafire.com/folder/d9x0dbxrpjg48/Advanced_Squad_Leader
>AK-47 Republic
mediafire.com/folder/6v39gcjode5ln/Insanely_Based_AK-47_Republic_Folder
>Battleground WWII
mediafire.com/folder/cb83cg7ays4l1/Battleground_WWII
>Battlegroup
mega.nz/#F!SolyxarJ!GUg6zWBStfznr6BvYedghQ
>Billhooks
mediafire.com/folder/v0fhor14frxsf/Billhooks
>Bolt Action
mediafire.com/folder/n7jmdnlv1n0ju/Bolt_Action
>By Fire And Sword
mega.co.nz/#!jxgCWTYD!FCp52DAqIUc-EM-TsRsWv7fB92nJ3kkzKsNcD_urI5Q [DEAD LINK]
>Flames of War
mega.nz/folder/lc1SRajQ#QTDXthNFG-sDoYe08bhV9A
>Fleet Series
mega.nz/#F!i1N3xZxL!C6fQ3Z8o2U0gtk5kdXuVcQ
>GMT
mega.nz/#F!D1dHQZCJ!V9pYq0CUc4iCrNiOcBOBtg
>Hail Caesar
mega.nz/#F!XsVD0KgT!twB1NWiFE3aKXK_O1EZ4pA
>Modelling & painting guides
mediafire.com/folder/7b5027l7oaz05/Modelling_%26_Painting_Guides
>Naval wargaming stuff
pastebin.com/LcD16k7s
>The Perfect Captain
perfectcaptain.50megs.com/captain.html
>Phoenix Command RPG
mega.co.nz/#F!b5tgXRwa!mzelRNrKPjiT8gP7VrS-Jw
>Saga
mediafire.com/folder/alj31go19tmpm/SAGA
>Twilight 2000/2013 RPG
mega.co.nz/#F!C9sQhbwb!NVnD4jvUn5inOrPJIAkBhA
>Wargaming Compendium
mediafire.com/download/cghxf3475qy46aq/Wargaming+Compendium.pdf
>ZunTsu Gameboxes
mediafire.com/folder/yaokao3h1o4og/ZunTsu_GameBoxes

>TQ
Of the local historicals, the scene is sadly dominated by Bolt Action, and the guy who organizes things is so uninterested in history that he doesn't even bother justifying why two forces are fighting. "It's a game, just roll dice and have fun" is his stance. There's one or two guys interested in Barons' War besides me, so that's something. It's not /hwg/, but we do have a really great Battletech scene that makes up for the meh historicals.

>>98405168
Thanks OP for cleaning the links.

>TQ.
Napoleonic and WWII aging boomers. Ancientfags and Medievalaboos like myself take the L and seeth.

>>98405168
Tq
Most likely nonexistent or really good at hiding from fantasy and sci-fi enjoying normies like me.

Should I look into stls of early imperial Romans or get victrix Romans? I’m not sure what the process or programs I can use to make decals fitting for printed Roman shields.

>>98405249
Perfectly printing decals to match your printed minis sounds like a hassle. Even owning a printer, if i were you I'd skip that work and just buy Victrix minis.

>>98405249
>I’m not sure what the process or programs I can use to make decals fitting for printed Roman shields.
https://ancientbattles.com/HeroesOfGreece/AncientBattles_Homebrew_Transfers.html

I'm still waiting for that Victrix irish vs WGA Irish comparison anon promised me way back.
While on that topic, I'm eternally disappointed in that none of the plastic cavalry options have ponies or even just irish hobblers or any of the strictly native to Britain breeds.

>>98405168
>TQ
I live on a remote island off the coast of BC. The local gaming scene is me in my basement.

>>98405671
How many of the natives have you kidnapped and forced to play with you? Or do you prefer tourists?

TQ
From what I can tell from faceache, mainly GW - which I don't mind, but not as an exclusive 'girlfriend' iyswim. I lost contact with my old historicals group of mainly literal boomers because of life reasons (couldn't make club night any more, bleh) and drifted away from gaming altogether bar the occasional attempt at a FLGS and friends (but work has shattered that particular group too).
That said, I've drifted into a modelling crowd who seem at least Bolt Action (and 40k) curious. My WW2 stuff was all 1/72 (if i could even find what box it's in, in the attic. Or possibly garage) but for the sake of willingness and fostering enthusiasm I wouldn't mind redoing in 28mm if need be.
On a vaguely related note, I feel the urge to wear sandals again and keep finding myself looking at Warlord's Hannibal set, for ease of use. At the very least, I reckon there are at least 3, maybe 4 DBA armies I could get out of it, which comes in handy to spread the word, as it were. Not exactly my period (I'm more Imperial) but a start is a start.

>>98405609
>expecting Victrix to give a shit about horse breeds

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Preview of Northstar's upcoming plastic Hussite war knights.

>>98405870
These look fun and good for various fantasy purposes.

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I'm looking for a kitchen table ancient skirmish game, preferably no more than 30-35 minis per player - the fewer the better.

When it comes to minis, I have a rather nice selection of minis for Classical Greece cities and Alexander’s army, some random late Republic Romans and Germanic tribesmen as well. I don't feel like starting yet another army anytime soon so I would rather play a game that supports at least some of those factions.

I really liked Mortal Gods but I grew tired with custom dice, unit cards and all this kind of shit and gubbins. I want something more "pure" and traditional when it comes to tools and accessories.
SPQR is fun and simple despite being rough around the edges. It gets bonus points for a wide selection of units and factions. I don't see it as a system good enough to still play it in 3 or 5 years though. Most of my minis are based on round bases and having 4 different facing arcs is quite annoying.
I gave SAGA a chance as well but it lost me for the same reason as Mortal Gods. It's surprisingly hard to have new players hooked up whenever they see something more complex than basic dice and 2-3 types of tokens/markers. Can't blame them though.

I know I could simply brew up all the profiles in Open Combat but I want to play an actual historical game rather than alternative wargame that happens to have a profile builder baked in.

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>>98405638
>Ravenfeast
Imagine accusing SAGA of not being historical enough for /hwg/ only to recommend a game that feels and plays like One Page Rules with 90% of contents missing. It is a fun little game to play with normie friends, rolling dice for the first time in their lives but it has nothing to do with historical wargaming except for the units names.
SAGA while "making absolutely zero attempt at historical gameplay" in your opinion, introduces selection of units that are supposed to represent the stereotypical view on their respective nations, utilises rules and formations that are meant to mimic the iconic characteristics of said armies and comes with historical characters for extra fluff.
I'm actually baffled, how shamelessly retarded one can be to shit on a game while vaguely mentioning aLL ThOsE BeTTeR GaMeS only to not be able to name 1 (one) game that is presumably better when asked multiple times.
I despise you, you fucking elemental of the Dunning-Kruger effect.

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Played my first game of ADLG. I was given some 1066 Normans to go up against 1400s Burgundians.

Burgundians had some cannons which I mildly threatened with some skirmishing cavalry but made sure to stay out of range of.
I hid a bunch of heavy armor, elite spearmen in the woods and sprung them against his mixed pike/bow units, with the resulting melee collapsing his center. His mounted knights chewed up my heavy cavalry but took too long to do it. I killed enough of his foot soldiers and ransacked his HQ to take the win.

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>>98406267

>TQ

As far as I can tell in Michigan, it's barely around. I have some bolt action fags near me who don't really have any interest in playing historicals. So I get my rank flank fix from old world. I guess Detroit had a scene but that is WAY to far of a drive.

>>98406027
You're confusing two different anons as being the same person and getting angry about it.

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>>98405168
>TQ
You play warhammer in some dingey store in an 180km radius, drive to Sydney and hope some 50 year old man plays a historical with you in between working his job and babysitting his kids

>>98406259
>>98406267
>>98406270
Great game and minis, anon.

>>98406414
This is not plebbit, no one sees your nickname here. If you are replying in a thread like you are OP, people will assume you are OP.

What models do you recommend for Greathelm? WGA Barons' War foot knights, Victrix, Fireforge Teutons/Templar infantry or something else?

>>98407495
Really nigga? You just naturally assume everyone sharing an opinion is the same person?

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>>98407534
WGA sells 24 foot knights for 35€, that's 1,45€ per mini.
Victrix asks 42€ for 32 dudes, so 1,30€ per dude.
FireForge wants 30€ for 28 lads, that's 1,07€ per lad.
Now, quality and quantity. How historical you want to go?
WGA is okay, they are decent but not spectacular. 24 knights is more than enough for Greathelm.
Victrix is the best on this list. Amazing selection of fancy bits with enormous catalogue of extra parts and decals available BUT that's the most expensive pack and you have to ask yourself a question if you need so many knights.
FireForge is a sleeper here. Their minis are lanky and the worst when it comes to sculpts quality (not terrible though) BUT that is their advantage in a way. You can slap on them any old bits you find around and they won't look out of place. Their Templar/Teuton Infantry boxes come with 8 foot knights and 20 foot sergeants so unlike with WGA and Victrix, you don't have to buy another box in case you want to to field something less armoured.

>>98407571
If you reply directly to a response in a thread without NTA then yes, obviously? Is your brain damaged Anon? What's so hard to grasp here? A retard voices a shitty opinion, people ask him to back it up with examples and you butt in with an example that is totally out of place - it's obvious that people will assume you are him.

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>>98407534
>>98407575
>or something else?
Frostgrave has 10 knights for ~20€ but they are strictly fantasy in my opinion. Nice selection of bits, easy to magnetise if that matters for you.

>>98407586
aren't Northstar releasing hussite wars knights frame couple months down the line?

>>98407534
Whichever you think look best.

>>98407575
What about Perry?

>>98407780
Perry doesn't cover pre-1415 periods. I assumed the question regards only mid-Medieval ranges.
Anyway, can someone post the most up to date rules for Greathelm? I only have the playtest version from months ago.

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>>98405168
Non-existent. Bar a couple close friends, I have to travel around 80kms to get some extra people.
That said, I got a breakthrough. Not one, not two, but three people interested in running some games of Missile Threat. I need not to fuck this up. I mean, they're good people that can endure the tedium of Napoleonics, I can sell them the glory of the skies.
I'm kind of wondering if I should run a baseline Vietnam scenario or going full meme with Lybians in the Med. Everyone likes Tomcats.

>>98407575
Really, the FireForfe boxes come with that few knights? A shame, I really like their Teuton look. I know there's extra bits for Victrix models to make them more Teutonic.
WGA seems like the most sensible choice, as I don't think I need 32 models for a 12-model game.
>>98407586
Fantasy look is not an issue, but 10 knights per box when I would need 12 is a detriment. Even if I could supply some other random "knightly" models I already have.

>>98407986
I say go for the ones you find most pleasing, and sell the frames you don't need. People on FB and the like will probably let you offload any mint new frames, especially of victrix and WGA stuff,

>>98407534
The guy who writes Greathelm has said he built the game around the WGA sprue. All the options on that sprue are in the game, and a lot of the options on other WGA kits also have rules, like the polearms that the Serjeants kit adds. Since there's four sprues of six, the WGA kit is effectively a 4 player starter set for it, since you can give other sprues to your friends to suck them into the game.

I've heard the victrix minis are also really good. Once thing I'd recommend is looking into one of the warband options that gets you a bigger force. WGA has the Barons' War Retinue and Victrix has the Medieval Warband. Greathelm has rules for medium and light armored knights, and the kits for less armored troops are perfect for that, plus buying one of those gives you all the options you need to play Barons' War or some other medieval wargame too. I personally started with a box of foot knights and very quickly escalated so now my medieval warband is a bunch of WGA stuff plus some Frostgrave kits.

The Northstar plastic Hussite war knights look so fucking good. Sculpted by Matt Bickley who's behind some of the best sculpts on the mini market. Fucking ace.

>>98408862
Agreed. Those and the Victrix Carolingians are what I'm currently looking forward to

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>>98407469
Ya. I don't quite understand Al the details from just one game, but I like the general feel of it. Opposed roll combat, and unit movement and control is granular enough to be compelling without feeling like a slog. I liked having cavalry that was obligate to charge the enemy inside a certain range unless I spent resources holding them back. Lots of little modifier details.

All the minis are from the guy showing it to me, but since he printed everything he's willing to print out an army. I'll probably receive it end of this month and paint it up over a couple of weekends to have my own force

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Progress on my chateau

>>98405168
Anything for the of the 3kingdoms of China?

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My 9x5 foot table is beginning to come together

t est

>>98410744
Test deez nutz nigga

>>98410087
Aren't there armylists for that period for DBA? Sorry, it's not really my thing.

>>98410087
I can't believe I'm saying this: kings of war historical.
I think Hail Caesar has lists too. Pretty fucking dire, I know.

Anyone know any suitable, and actually fun, wargame rules for 6mm ECW? I have no interest in the ECW but I got a maybe collection of two armies by Baccus for a great deal at historicon

>>98409004
Sauce on those miniatures? Or are they 3D printed? I also like the paint schemes.
>>98406440
I know how you feel a bit anon. I want to try new things after a lot of Warhammers but there isn't much option.
>>98411170
>kings of war historical.
Isn't that game meant to be a generalist historical rule set even for less popular wars and time periods and locations? Is there a rulebook that does this but much better?

>>98411252
You just have to find one or two dedicated people to play with and cherish the few games with them. Every time I think I need to play more games I go and try to play a game of TOW at the LGS and I remember how fuckong God awful the rules are and how repugnant the Warhammer community is. Every time I leave feeling like it's actually better to play rare historicals a couple times a year than to play Warhammer as frequently as one wants. Truly a quality vs quantity situation

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>>98411270
I've only played with my friends, and not public games yet so I can't comment on the LGS experience.

On a different and hopefully more positive note, I am curious about ArmyPainter's quickshade dips.
Specifically the dark tone dip.
From searching I've seen results say it is woodstain, but I'm not sure if it is modified woodstain to be less staining than the regular stuff.
And I'm also not sure if wood staining is still a very good method of getting miniatures painted quickly for the table like historical army miniatures.

Supposedly this is an old mini painting technique and I'm not sure if it holds up these days or not.
Anybody here from those days of woodstain shading miniatures able to comment on these products? If good then I'd appreciate recommended dark tone equivalents in Canada that produce similar results. Hopefully in less drying time as I want to ultra matte airbrush that gloss down as soon as possible.

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>>98411362
NTA but I tried to use that shit and don't recommend it, don't know how I fucked it but just stick to normal dark tone wash out of the bottle
>Pic related on the left

>>98405197
Do you live in Cincinnati anon? Because you've just described the Cincinnati gaming scene perfectly.

>>98411362
Don't use it

>>98411252
>Isn't that game meant to be a generalist historical rule set even for less popular wars and time periods and locations?
Worse, it's just a very generic reskin of KoW 2nd edition with many shared units across armies.
But hey you have rules to see to see if Cao Cao* can take on Cuahuatemoc*.
*they don't have rules they're just generic leaders with very vaguely distinct forces

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>>98405168
>TQ
We are a city of 1.5 million spread over quite a wide geographic area, I have:

-1 club within 10 min drive, quite small, around 5 - 6 regulars, play things like Mordheim, Warmachine, WW1 air combat, FoW, Battletech, some 40K or AoS.

-1 club within 30 min drive - my main haunt, around 15 - 20 regulars, mostly play historical games, DBA/DBM/DBR, FoW, Charles Grant's Battle!, Ostfront, the odd naval or air combat game, and a few WRG or older 1970s/1980s Cold war games, and recently a Kriegsspiel game.

-1 club within 30 min drive, I've never been, but looks like they do DBMM, Saga, Fow, FoW, Crossfire.

Then there's a bunch of Warhammer shops and probably some 40K / WHFB clubs around that I'm not aware of. At least one 40K club with like 800 members on their facebook group, but no idea how many regulars they have.

I'm tinkering with some ancient naval rules at the moment, aiming for something rules-lite that will represent the tactics and different nations of 480 - ~394 BC. Stand-in "Minis" adapted from juniorgeneral.org images

>>98405968
It's more like 30-50 miniatures but you might wanna take a look at Clash of Spears, it's my ancients skirmish game of choice

>>98411470
Nope, Albuquerque. I do know someone from the Cincinnati battletech scene though.

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>>98405168
A pagan Zoroastrian homosexual Greek military instructor and priest of the imperial cult was teaching a class on Diocletian, known persecutor of Christians.

"Before the class begins, you must get on your knees and worship Diocletian and accept that he was the most wise and virtuous being the world has ever known, even greater than Jesus Christ!"

At this moment, a brave, patriotic, Christian champion who had been proclaimed imperator by his men 1500 times and understood the necessity of just war and fully supported all military decision made by the Roman Empire stood up and held a document.

"What is this?"

The arrogant professor smirked quite Greekly and smugly replied "the edict on maximum prices, you stupid Christian. The most brilliant document ever written"

"Wrong. If it is so brilliant, why is it disobeyed even on the pain of death? Meanwhile Christians willingly face death in obedience to the Bible! "

The instructor was visibly shaken, and dropped his chalk and copy of de re militari. He stormed out of the room crying those Greek crocodile tears. The same tears Greeks cry for the "legitimate heirs of Alexander" when they jealously tried to claw justly earned land from the deserving Romans. There is no doubt that at this point our instructor wished he had pulled himself up by his bootstraps and become more than a sophist. He wished so much that he had a sword to fall upon in embarrassment, but he himself had handed it over to Rome in subjugation!

The students applauded and all accepted Jesus as their lord and savior. A dove named "Paraklete" flew into the room and perched atop the imperial standard and shed a tear on the chalk. The Lord's Prayer was read several times, and Jesus himself showed up and enacted religious freedom across the empire.

The instructor lost his titles and was fired the next day. He died of the gay plague and was decimated for good measure.

>>98414837
I didn't get it

>>98416547
Found the Greek Zoroastrian homosexual. Bet it plays Mortal Gods!

>>98406027
As the guy who mentioned Eavenfeast & Dux Brit, and I don't play dark age skirmishes at all, I did once read Saga and it looked like Yahtzee but with miniatures on the table and special dice, so I'd expect there must be something more historical.
What kind of historical account do we have for small actions in that period? Icelandic sagas?
It's a long time since I read The Battle of Maldon, but it might be small enough to count?

What are the best black powder eras to skirmish game?? I have an itch that only black powder combat can satisfy

Is there anywhere in the states with a good historical scene? I moved to the east coast and im still forced to play warhammer or drive an hour for bolt action

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>>98411252
The minis are all printed. I don't know where he gets his minis. I do know he does quite a bit of his own digital sculpting/adjusting of minis to make them fit the really specific historical factions.

I asked for Swiss and I know he's currently making adjustments to exists files to make them more Swiss looking (I'm not nearly as well historically versed so I have no idea what he's adjusting)

>>98411362
I've had bad experiences with Army Painter tones. I'm not generally a fan of dipping or all over washing, but if you do it you can make your own from ink+flow aid+filtered water. Lots of recipes on YouTube, play with it a little in small batches and then you can mix up a big bottle.

>>98418878
Florida, for some reason.
Possibly the boomer density.

>>98405168
My dad bought Normandy 44 for us to play together. We got it out and started learning the rules and talking up WW2, why so and so rule was in place and what it modeled in the real world. We even got the unrelated but excellent book by the same name to read. But then he passed before we could play and I don't think I will play it until my children are grown and can play it with me.

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>>98418602
I welcome any recommendations as well. I'm working on a Zulu army to match my gf's Brits but she is more of a skirmish player and due to our work schedule we have a strong preference for playing multiple short games over a single big game that can take days to be finished.

>>98414837
Kek. Top tier reference and pasta.

>>98419265
>wargaming with a woman
I genuinely can't imagine a more unpleasant endeavor

>>98419498
I can, it's called conversing with one

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>>98419498
>>98420255
Imagine people getting stuck in a relationship with a person they hate to spend time with or share hobbies with. I pity you, golems.

>>98420382
Millennial wife guy lmfao. There are activities I enjoy with my wife and there are other activities I enjoy with men.
A nice stroll or hike, fishing, movie night, dinner date, making love, etc. are all amazing with my beloved wife. Wargaming, martial arts, sailing, hunting, deep or meaningful conversation, etc are all activities best enjoyed with other guys. You'd know this if you had any real male relationships and weren't codependant on your wife because you lack male friends.

>>98414837
>proclaimed imperator by his men 1500 times
This is where you got me.

I'm looking for miniatures to play Italian wars/condottiere actions, and I'm only coming up with Perry's 1450-1500 line. Is there any other plastic sets that you'd recommend? Perry kits are great but I'm trying to find alternatives to mix it up a little.

Seems there is a distinct lack of late late medieval times miniatures on the market for some reason, as it's not quite pike & shotte-era yet but also not chivalrous era anymore either.

>>98420494
I don't wargame with my wife, but you can't have a meaningful conversation with yours?

>>98420886
>plastic
It's funny when people ask for miniature recommendations and then immediately exclude 90% of historical miniature ranges right off the bat. Why the fixation on plastic? This behavior is sign of Warhammerism

>>98420995
Due to being europoor and needing large amount of models. Ordering from good old England got super expensive after Brexit and especially after those new temu-tariffs, having extra 3€ added to each line item gets really expensive really fast. If I can get 40 models for 30€ in a single box, instead of paying 5+€ for each it's a no-brainer for anyone with limited amount of money and wish to get a game in this year, instead of waiting for years to amass necessary amount of models.

If you can point me to metal range that I can get models from EU-area with comparable prices to plastic boxes, please do. I have nothing against metals. I'd be happy to consider other scales than 28mm also, haven't looked into those yet.

Has anyone tried Sam Mustafa's new game Scourge of Princes?

>>98421202
I didn't even know Africans made wargames. What's it about?

>>98420494
That's the most low-testosterone take I have ever seen in this thread.

>>98420995
>Why don't people want to buy low quality dogshit?

>>98420995
>This behavior is sign of Warhammerism
Holy cope.

>>98420494
@Grok is this true?

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What wargame does what Black Powder do but better? I do like how wide the selection of conflicts and armies is but I'm not really impressed with the rules themselves. They feel pointlessly bloated while not really bringing anything distinctive to the table. The way the rulebook is written is simply atrocious, layout is not really well-thought-out and forces you to flip pages all the time.

>>98422988
Valour and Fortitude.

But you're right, anything written by Rick Priestly is a chore to read. He uses a whole paragraph to say what could be said in a single sentence.
The axiom is true that a good writer says much in few words, and a bad writer says little in many words

>>98423029
Oh damn it, for a second I was extremely excited they shared a .docx file of their rules so I would format them in my preferred way but of course the file is missing. I do appreciate them sharing their points formula though.

>>98423029
Valour and Fortitude is great, but the standard unit size of 30-40 dudes is insane

>>98409196
Very cozy.

>tq
I'm fortunate enough to have an /hwg/ club at my lgs. We've been doing the Summer of Plunder thing for the last few months. Excited to mix things up starting next week.

>>98411362
I used this stuff to quickly paint some zombies a few years ago. It's fine, provided you use an aggressive dull coat on the model afterwards, but it's not really appreciably faster than just a basic base/wash/highlight assembly line when compared to the quality difference.

I do like The Army Painter generally, though.

>>98426221
>I do like The Army Painter generally, though.
I do too. Especially their washes and I learned about mixing their washes with speedpaint medium. It makes me wonder why wash medium exists, but I would be surprised if speedpaint medium mixing with their washes is less popular than wash medium mixing with their acrylic washes. Only thing I don't like about AP is that they put mixing balls inside. I'm sure they use stainless steel balls that are safe in acrylics, but there's always a chance of getting a bad ball and then the paint rusts up. Even if rare.

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I‘m normally not a big hwg guy but I have to say painting historical minis is less stressful. I just get to paint by numbers and not worry about colour schemes.

>>98428316
are all the striations from 3d printing?

>>98425845
It's made by the Perrys so the rules are set up for a box of minis to make one full unit. To make a full regiment you need like 4-5 boxes, 160-200 dudes and it costs what, £80 to 100? Meanwhile in Warhammer you spend £80 and get a box of 6 guys.

The only "problem" is if you struggle to paint that many troops. However if that's a problem for you then consider a different hobby! Or just half the unit sizes

>>98428410
>>98425845
Why would you use 40 dudes for a unit? Do rules require every mini to be removed separately as causalities or something?

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>>98428344
Yes, it’s an FDM print. Looks good at arms length though. I also have two unpainted starter sets for Bolt Action that I should get to but printing minis feels as good as stealing.

>>98428492
Do you consider five guys taking their flag for a walk a regiment?

>>98429242
Do you consider 40?

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Anon have suggestions for 20th-21st century eastern euro cold weather irregulars? Metal or plastic. I've seen warlord's winter soviets and they might work although aren't my first choice.
These partisans from Copplestone might do but any other ideas would be welcome.

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>>98428492
Perry boxes are essentially set up for their ruleset, with one box representing a battalion, with six companies of six man bases plus a command base.

You don't have to use 40 guys, it's just a suggestion in the rules, but it's intended for awe inspiring battles with big beautiful armies. The suggestion in the rules is actually 24-40 or something like that, because not every battalion was full strength

>>98427203
I would prefer for them to use a glass marble, but dropper bottles absolutely need a mixing ball IMO. Especially things like metallics.

Anything good for us announced at Gencon yet?

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Just found out about wargames and I'm intrigued. Is this book a good intro?

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Is this where i ask for the Bolt action books? (specifically Armies of the commonwealth)or is that the PDF share thread?

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For anyone who missed it; Pillage is getting huts and wattle fences for its introduction box

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>>98432212
and the fences

>>98432212
Once we rediscover wattle-and-daub tech and start wallmaxxing our mudhuts, our Age of Dark will be ending

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>>98432235
Honestly I would live in one, bugs would annoy the shit out of me. vid related
https://youtu.be/zb2bfBon6zE
>inb4 1 hour and 30 min video

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https://www.victrixlimited.com/en-us/pages/pillage-intro-box

Details on the Pillage starter. Includes a mini rulebook, goes for 42.50 brit bucks. Anywhere fron 60-80 american money after tariffs. Looks like a neat way to introduce people.

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What happened to this game? Was it ever releases?

>>98432219
chad gärdsgård vs virgin wattle fence

>>98429543
Yeah, so you don't have to do it - it's just a suggestion. I don't get what the other Anons are upset about.

>>98405168
Wow cool Roboute Guilliman coin

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>>98433886
>8 vikings
>6 ir*sh
>a building, fences and some loot
I was kind of expecting more out of it

>>98435352
14 minis plus a rulebook and some terrain is solid at that price point. Compares well with Battletech's starter as an example.

>>98435892
Every game compares well to Battletech. Battletech is a shit game produced by shitty, criminal, leftists. Battletech would be an overpayment if it was free.

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>>98436553
NTA but I am annoyed they sell their mechs in packs and always have some shitty option in them
>Get them from Iron wind mini's
That will be $40 + tip per mech please

>>98429411
>Anon have suggestions for 20th-21st century eastern euro cold weather irregulars?
Seconding this but also STLs.
Quite frankly I have managed to not find a maker of heroic scale (Bolt Action proportions) 28mm minis.
I just like the proportions.
Seems like a good opportunity for me to maybe feel some motivation to git gud at Blender.

>copplestone casting neo soviets
Man I like those models, and Kevin Dallimore's paintjobs on those. I think those are probably more like alt history models from seeing the drum magazines. Maybe the drums were just easier to do and then they got slapped with the sci-fi alt history label. They're still very cool to look though.
I found those from a Xenos Rampant book which is why I mentioned the above.

>>98428316
>>98429118
>thought it was a bad resin print
>actually FDM
How many years until FDM and "line-less" resin prints are indistinguishable? I read that FDM doesn't make fumes. But that isn't gonna stop me from having a ventilation on my basement for proonter.

>>98436881
Empress Miniatures and Athena Miniatures both have ranges for the Chechen wars, though I wouldn't say either look particularly 'cold'. Just doing a search for "28mm Chechen war miniatures" or similar might help. The problem is that 'insurgency' or 'irregular' is now almost exclusively middle eastern thanks to the last 30 years or so. Maybe sub-saharan at a pinch.

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>>98433886
>for the starter set of our hit game
>one side gets 8 fully armored killing machines
>and the other gets 6 naked hobos
Sounds about right.

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>>98436885
I don‘t mind a few lines on heroic scale minis. My main issue is that most stl creators only have resin in mind and make spindly designs that I won‘t be able to reliably print in FDM.

I'm looking for games written for the early modern period, from the start of the Italian Wars up until the end of the English Civil War. I'm particularly interested in games which attempt to capture how command and control functioned in the period well.

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Anyone gonna pick up and play Daimyo? I just got it and would love to find people to play it with.

>>98439355
An Osprey Game? Let me guess how it plays
>There are a handful of units total
>The only friction is the random order roll
>Otherwise the game is 1::1 with OnePageRules

>>98440232
ok so im pretty retarded but it kinda has bolt action's order system and its a grand battle scale game you build regiments of different units called sonae and you move and fight using those sonae

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>>98440232
>>98440261

>>98440308
Might be interesting to compare it to the Heiho game by Paul Kidd. I'll start painting my Heiho box from WGA in a few days so if you want to share the Daimyo pdf I'll try both and let you know.

>>98440425
WELL the problem about sharing that pdf is that I bought it right from osprey and on the bottom of every page it has my full name and email address so until I figure that one out I can't post it

>>98440308
Could be neat. Osprey is hit or miss with me.
What sort of differences in terms of force availability and and traits are there with different clans?
>looks at design blog
>randomized unit activation via blind token draw
this is leaning towards miss for me ngl.

>>98440852
>>98440308
>>98439355
Near as I can tell Osprey will publish just about anything, which means they get a lot of fairly uninspired stuff along with their occasional really good games.

>>98439148
Nevermind the Billhooks is a great game made for late medieval and early Renaissance and has specific rules and list for Italian Wars. There is an ECW supplement as well. The command and control structure is really well done and it's one of my favorite command system in all of wargaming. The game was originally meant for the war of the roses and it based off of the Sharp Practice system.
All the PDFs are in the OP

>>98440446
In the PDF share general there is a link to submit PDFs to "cleaners" who are volunteer neckbeards who scrub the PDFs of all your information so it can be shared on 4chan without doxing yourself. If you're worried about them seeing your name/email you shouldn't worry too much, they have seen thousands of PDFs and no ones info has ever been leaked before

>>98405168
Can anyone recommend a good blackpowder capable / late renaissance through early moderm to pulp era skirmish rules set?

>Sharp Practice... figure count is high, lots of markers to facilitate tracking. Most realistic immersion and scale but a lot of stopping and starting like cricket.
>A Song of Drums and Shakos... really Napoleonics only, preferable midrange figure count of say 15-25, two stats offloads some screwball traits stuff, nice simple push your luck activation, kind of bland and so many iterations with the firearm era ones being less stable
>Wiley FFOL: great pointless simple heroic system marred by tracking counters in excess and weird playing card activation that makes tactical choices a bit too random

Same goes for other skirmish games in general.
Ganesha is ahead for me but not by a great deal.

>>98441719
Sharp Practice and it's not even close.

>>98431952
bump

>>98432267
Bugs aren't a problem once you have a fire going. Smoke impregnates the straw and the wood and keeps them away.

>>98441915
The book is here:
https://archive.org/details/wargames0000nash

>>98440425
Is that the box with a thousand 10mm dudes? A daunting project. Let us know how you get on.

>>98440308
That's a really strange force building limitation when compared to good ole Field of Glory. It's supposed to help represent historically accurate force (by picking a clan to twist limits) but I can still field evey single sonae with 12 samurai + 8 cavalry despite ashigaru being the bread and butter of the Sengoku Jidai era.

>>98434048
Not released. The authors felt it got too close to operationally sensitive topics that should be secret. That was back then, and things could have changed by now.

Anyone mind sharing a scan of the Saga Age of Caesars book?

To the guys who were excited about North Star putting out 28mm Hussite knights, you will probably also like this: https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-hussite-wagon-fort-tabletop-terrain-28-mm-828779

just wondering, are there advantages at all to Wargames Atlantic's Late Roman kits over the Victrix ones that have been out for a while?

>>98442401
Yeah I'll call bullshit on that given we gave access to wargames written by senior officer as training tools for junior officers such as Urban Operation or Littoral Commander.

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>>98405609
>irish
Apologies for the wait anon, been a very busy month for me and my hobby time has suffered. Please see pic related, with WA painted and Victrix unpainted.

The Victrix sculpts are a little taller (but easily within normal human variance) but very similar scaling wise. I did some head and arm swaps between the kits and with a little sculpting work for things like slings being loaded with two hands it worked a treat between the two kits. The sling stone bag on the leftmost and rightmost slingers are from a Victrix kit and works fairly well, for example

The Victrix box has some advantages over WA, the main ones being two handed axes and a few armoured bodies on the sprue. While I like the inclusion of sashes/shoulder worn scarves, as seen on the mini third from left, there is a lack of broaches on cloaks, which the WA kit is really good for. The lack of body variety, particularly with three of the bodies in the Victrix box having a sculpted raised arm, means that you are slightly more limited on spear/javelin positioning, but the WA sprue has most of their shield arms sculpted to the torso in a lowered position, so that's not ideal either. I personally prefer the WA wolfhounds to the Victrix ones, as I prefer the faces. A few of the Victrix sculpts also require you to glue a leg on to the bottom of the torso, which gives some minor variance but is annoying. Victrix has no bare torsos, but has better sculpts for the "waistcoats" than WA.

The Victrix kit lacks the big oval shields that WA provides, but does provide a few different small shields, one similar to a Scottish targe and one with studs. As several of the Victrix cloaks are also two parts you can get more fine control over their look compared to WA, but again, only a few of them have broaches. The one handed weapon options on both sets are fairly similar, with Victrix having a few more shillelagh sculpts, but lacks the "just throw a rock at them" arms available to the Wargames Atlantic Irish.

>>98442966
Get the Victrix one for post 300 AD and the WGA for 200-300 AD.

I'm wanting to play rank and flank ancients, but when I look at the popular rules like Hail Caesar the army you're expected to build is huge and the table you're expected to play on massive.
In Hail Caesar specifically, I would want to play what that game considers 1 division per side. But if I were to use those rules, the game would be over really fast because it's designed for way more units. So, are there any ancients rules that are designed similarly for big multibased units - as opposed to Warhammer style individual basing - but have greater granularity for smaller armies?

>>98443585
To the Strongest and Impetus come to mind.

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Played the World of Tanks ttg a ton lately and it's awakened an interest in tank games within me I didn't know I had. What other tank games do we have on the market and which is best? WW2, modern, sci-fi, whatever. Just gave me tank game suggestions!
Give me alternating activation, or give me death!

Gencon has finished. Did anything youy guys want get announced?

>>98444522
I can't speak from experience but I've heard good things about Achtung Panzer.

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Blech, I kinda messed up trying out stuff for my British soldiers. I've never painted anything historical before so I was just testing things. I just have to touch them up a little and they will be fine.

>>98445715
He looks exactly like a wojak

>>98443255
Can you provide details about the feet?

Which ones are the best proportioned, have the best shape, are the most finely sculpted, and look the most appealing?
I would really appreciate it if you could post a photo of the figures' feet.

And if you could even post a photo of your feet (just for comparison, not because it's a turn-on), I’d be really delighted.

>>98446403
Go to bed Jonah

>>98444522
By definition you can't have a good tank game without infantry.
For ww2 chain of command 2 or battlegroup.

>>98442401
Wow as mentioned that sounds like bullshit. And even then, pre drone platoon tactics are irrellevant now.

>>98444522
That is just a reskin of Tanks! which was an incredibly bad game at the time.

Anyone have much experience with Triumph? I am familiar with DBA and am curious about Triumph but can't find it free online so want to know a bit more about it before I pay for a PDF.

>>98431952
Nobody has anything to say? Ok, fuck you all then. I'm out of here. Unsubscribed.

>>98447057
None of us have ever read your obscure vintage book, anon.

>>98447097
>None of us have ever read a book

ftfy

>>98447097
Really, the most I could say is that I've vaguely heard the guy's name. Given its age and format it's likely a fairly competent and still serviceable if old-fashioned take on things that might be a good, if dry, introduction but could equally be victim to some plodding shibboleths that since fell out of favour for various, usually good, reasons.

>>98444522
Achtung Panzer and What a Tanker are the two options.

Achtung Panzer is possibly too crunchy
What a Tanker is possibly too random

>>98446922
I love it :D

>>98443255
Thanks for the review anon, I understand that life gets hectic. It's very informative piece that, annoyingly, doesn't exactly sway me either way. I've recently come to realize that victrix does have some weird posing issues and working with the models to alleviate that and clean up mould lines properly is kind of annoying, for all the strong sides of their packs, so I'm going to meditate on this a hot moment. Maybe I'll get both boxes and sell off half of the sprues from victrix set?

>>98405168
>What is the state of your local wargaming scene?
basically me teaching teenagers DBA, HoTT, Chain of Command, Battletech, Mordheim
some guys playing 40k, Bolt Action, Kill Team
like two-three annual convention tier events near enough to my location to attend; they have proper /hwg/

>>98431952
>Is this book a good intro?
looks ancient
best way go to wargame convention and make happy some groks playing their games they are presenting there
check who you can recruit locally to play with you
then dive into what you liked

>>98446637
>By definition you can't have a good tank game without infantry.
r/confidentlyincorrect

>>98444522
Micro Tanks, its an old out of print book but it's worth finding. I need to get around to transcribing my copy to share.

>>98447395
What a Tanker has an excellent reason to be so random though.

>>98449067
Awww this looks really cute <3

>>98448434
Some men drown while others die of thirst. You have no idea how lucky you are.
I live on a remote island off the coast of BC and I'm the only wargamer in the entire archipelago. I'm literally just waiting for my kids to be old enough to play with me

>>98448078
I think overall the Victrix sculpt quality is nicer than WA, but yeah, some slightly odd poses and LOTS of mould lines. Gun to my head I think I (sorry WA) slightly lean towards Victrix because of that, even if the WA kit has loads of bits I prefer like the bare chests and the dogs. The boxes really compliment each other, and if I was going to make a SAGA army or a similar size force I'd just buy one box of each and do a few swaps between them to smooth out the minor differences.

>>98444522
I really like the Lardy games, so What a Tanker! is an easy pick for me. The command friction nicely encapsulates that tanks are cramped and loud, but I understand not everyone likes the random element of war that the Lardies focus on.

>>98405168
I live in a major city, so it's pretty good. I have a group of mates for non-hwg projects, and then a consistent group of Toms who meet up a few times a week for historical games.

>>98405168
My local wargaming scene is very bereft of any historicals, except for the odd game of Bolt Action (which is only played by people who already have models for it in their Konflikt 47 armies).
I bought Lion Rampant recently and because I know a lot of Late Roman/Age of Migration appreciators, I'm going to try to get a scene going.

>>98448966
>Recommend me some good fishing games but without water.

The sort of people ignoring such obviousness are better off playing fow or something equally braindead.

Anyone in Tokyo playing historic wargames or wanting to? Specifically Lion Rampant or Pillage?

>>98451920
Hi Shawn

>>98451920
Lmfao this Chud actually moved to weebland

>>98411362
I know this is an older post, but I've been thinking about this recently.

Army Painter updated their paint range recently, but still use the same quickshade formula. (I cant tell difference between new and old bottles.) The, "problem," is that the quickshade formula is quite gel-like, it doesn't flow in a way I'm truly comfortable with.

Now, what is great, is the speedpaint formula stuff. (Make sure you get the ones with the 2.0 label, the original formula reactivated with water.) When diluted with Speedpaint Medium or just water, this stuff flows like magic. I really feel in control, getting some amazing grime and shadow results. I strongly recommend the Hardened Leather shade, when diluted with medium it's a perfect match for worked wood, like spears and carpentry. There are amazing browns in the speedpaint range.

The original tins of quickshade were aimed at people who had literal hundreds of models to paint, and honestly, it still works for that customer. If that's you, give it a try.

Or maybe try an oil wash. But then you'd have to gloss varnish it all, then make sure to individually wipe each model, then maybe a matte varnish...

>>98451920
The last time I was in Tokyo I think I have seen a tabletop club for gaijins in Akihabara. Perhaps you should try to find them and see if they do wargaming.
How is Shibuya nowadays? I was in Tokyo about a year ago and everything was nice and safe but in the last months I have seen tons of videos of aggressive negroids harassing people, mostly targeting non-Japanese tourists. Is this a real problem or just random occurrences and it's still safe to stroll in Tokyo at night?

>>98451944
Dip is great, but better brushed on. It makes pvc minis a lot tougher, for one. Gloss or satin prior also improves flow and preserves metallic brightness

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>>98405168
>TQ
Just me, my brother and a friend. Also all 3 of us are in our 40s. Getting a younger crowd is very difficult.

Fuck jannies.

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Petty lords of Francia, raise your host!

I want to get into Chain of Command, I am yet to read through the rulebook, but I'm wondering if you have any input on what sort of stuff to prioritize getting for support lists? I imagine that for starters just two platoons should do, but I'm curious anyhow.

>>98405168
Does anyone know what Basic Scenario.gs_ is inside the Helm's Deep.rar from SPI on Mediafire?

>>98454215
Here's a list of good stuff to get
>An extra squad of infantry
>An extra senior leader
>A sniper
>A mortar
>An HMG
>An AT gun
>A Bazooka team (if era appropriate)
>A medium tank, maybe a light and heavy too
I really like some of the Flames of War starter boxes if you're playing 15mm.

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Which village structure is most fun for Wargaming purposes?

Is anyone thinking about COIN games that don't exist yet?

I think Burma could be cool.

>>98457917
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamefamily/18749/series-coin-gmt

For context, here's the list.

I also wouldn't mind seeing some more fictional coin or coin-inspired games. Star Wars (as mentioned in a previous thread), etcetera.

Gotham City coin game for instance.

>>98457917
There was an old Judge Dredd boardgame that I think might work well enough as a basis to build off for a lighter, more action-driven one. Map of MegaCity One and 4 card decks. One was the villains, one was crimes they could commit, the third was the various city locations and the fourth was effectively combat and movement modifiers for players. Drew a villain and crime card together, placed face down at a location and Judges had to 'solve' the case by outscoring the total of the two which they added to their victory points totals; for instance, you might get a street gang (say strength 2) doing littering (strength 1), so getting a total of 4+ on your combat d6 would do it. Of course, the cards in your hand (and other players) could tip the balance there, with plus/minus scores, extra dice and even a "in the confusion the perp escaped", which always went down well when it was a high-value case (say, Judge Death and Murder) that everyone had thrown their hands at.
Did it end up being very random? Yes. Could it be stupidly fun? Also yes.

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/hwg/ recommended games for platoon-sized WW2 action? I know I'm a basic bitch but I've just bumped into Victrix German Infantrymen and I want them really bad but I'm not a huge fan of buying minis just to keep them on display.

>>98459768
>I'm not a huge fan of buying minis just to keep them on display.
Why?
That's what they do.

Anyway - CoC

>>98459878
Because miniatures should be gaming pieces as well. Otherwise I have better ideas for collectible display items that don't require dozens of hours of assembling and painting to look decent.

>>98457296
You want Weiler so you can multiply objectives and decisions.

>>98459887
Well, most of my collection hasn't been played since the building my local group was in closed down and I stopped going.

They are under my spare bed :)

>>98460475
Grim. Dark even. Their original purpose wasn't to collect the dust under the bed though, was it?

>>98459768
>/hwg/ recommended games for platoon-sized WW2 action?
Chain of Command if you have a buddy or two who are interested in playing with you. You will probably have to build out both platoons, but it's a pretty cheap game

Bolt Action if you need to rely on local clubs or groups to get games in

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Just played my first ever wargame. Pretty boring.

https://oberlabs.com/b4m

>>98454808
Yeah I was thinking 15mm, and started looking into using fow minis which seemed perfectly priced but I was actually surprised to learn that it's actually pretty hard to get your hands on any of their product where I live now. I always knew that it's more a tank game than infantry game, but I recall seeing fow/ty products couple years ago on regular absis and now I can't find basic platoon to save my life. Me thinks options are importing forged in battle/peter pig and PSC.
At any rate, thanks for recs.

>>98405168
>https://www.mediafire.com/folder/s1am77aldi1as/Wargames
Solo Wargaming Guide disappeared from this link

>>98459768
Chain of Command, no contest

>>98461195
Yeah, in 2022.

>>98460754
I think I might come to enjoy this hobby still. I'm watching this video. Google AI recommended it as the next game to play.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xv-kUzl3iM

rules
https://gamers-hq.de/media/pdf/2b/f6/a0/Kursk-Rulesbook-2ndProof-C3iNr34.pdf

Then I guess you could read some books for background info, such as:

https://archive.org/details/kursk-history-of-battle-of-kursk

https://annas-archive.gl/md5/25922406e8b7a0afbcb37fe3c1f8a272

The problem is I have to play against AI though, and also I don't have a windows computer.

>>98460754
That's a dry one yeah. If you're going to play on the pc I highly recommend Unity of Command as an introduction. It's a straight hex-and-chit game just with some nice visuals and a really good campaign.

>>98458041
Judges vs Judge Death vs Criminals in Mega City One...

>>98460512
Solo gamers unite! (Separately)

>>98406384
>Detroit
>Way too far off.

Northern MI? UP? We might be within range of each other.

türst

What's the best wargaming magazine being made nowadays?

>>98467901
/hwg/

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>>98467901
I like Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy. I'm not sure if it's the best but I like it enough to subscribe it for about 5 years now.

>>98459878
>>98460553
>>98462473
What is the main difference between CoC and CoC2? I don't see it pirated anywhere.
What does CoC do better than BA? I have no WW2 playgroup in my area but two of my friends want to have a reason to buy WW2 minis as well so they are willing to play any game I recommend as long as I provide all the resources.

>>98468853
It's cleaned up and streamlined, the core rules are the same pretty much, the biggest difference in-game is the new system for using CoC points for different tactic options instead of having to use a whole die.

Question. I'm looking for some terrain instructions for historical things (between metal age to medieval stuff). Where can I find decent instructions/books for things like ruins, buildings or similar "arts and crafts" for historical settings?

>>98470365
I have been making terrain handcrafted for like a decade but I never could get buildings to look nice without spending literally dozens of hours per building. Modelling realistic buildings is really it's own full time hobby in and of itself, so recently I got a 3d printer now that they are so foolproof and easy to use and it has really been a game changer. I still think trees, hedges, roads, water, etc. should be handcrafted because a printer can't make natural organic things as well, but geometric objects like buildings are just so much better printed.

I made all my trees, grass mat, water, etc. using the advice from a guy called Red Beard Baron or some shit on YouTube, I found all his tutorials very cheap and simply, yet somehow they ended up looking better than most other tutorials. I used his tree method and they trees are still going strong almost a decade later.
https://m.youtube.com/@RedBeardBaron

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I never cared about the WW2 vehicles scale wars itt but since I'm officially becoming a tread-head, I have no other choice but to ask: what is the correct scale for vehicles and which brand is the way to go? Should I simply accept that 1/56 from Rubicon is the only right answer?

>>98470365
Can always start with the classics. Not sure what the differences are between 1st edition and 2nd, so:
https://archive.org/download/how-to-make-wargames-terrain-1996-red-nigel-stillman-games-workshop
https://www.scribd.com/document/333587082/191756128-GW-How-to-Make-Wargames-Terrain-2nd-Edition-pdf

>>98470735
1/56 is simply too small compared to 28mm figures, but I ended up using them for BA and CoC since they were readily available.
I have found that 1/50 vehicles from Empress Miniatures are the most perfectly scaled vehicles I've used. Unfortunately they are pretty light on WW2 stuff, mostly early war small stuff. Their modern warfare vehicle range is world class

I want to build big 28mm units as building and painting projects, initially thinking for ancients. Wanting to do it for the impressive spectacle, but I'm wondering also about gaming - are there any mass battle rules which are designed for low unit count? like fielding a single digit number of units per side, but each unit itself is large.

>>98470735
It depends what you want to do. If you want display models, 1:35 is nice. If you want to play skirmishes, then yeah, 1:56 works. For more battle-sized games, 1:72, 1:100, and 1:285 all have their fans.

>>98470792
>If you want to play skirmishes
This is exactly what I want to do. I don't plan to go any bigger than 1000pts in BA, aiming to play mostly 500pts.

>>98468853
>What is the main difference between CoC and CoC2?
CoC2 is pure refinement, better in every way with no reason to go back. Also you can find the second edition core rules in the Rick Roll Trove
>Better formatted and worded rules
>Cheesy stuff fixed or increased in points
>Better national rules
>More sensible close combat
>Expanded the Chain of Command Point system with cheaper and weaker effects
>If your opponent gets double phases you get compensated with points
There are a lot of small changes too, but overall you should start with CoC2. You can use all the older theater and campaign books with it fine, though there will be small discrepancies

>What does CoC do better than BA?
It is far better at campaigns and has a lot more tactical depth. I've seen someone say "Chain of Command doesn't feels more like playing war than playing a game" and I agree. You deal with so much command confusion and randomness that you are wrangling your own guys just as much as you fight the enemy. If that doesn't sound like your kind of thing then Bolt Action is fine. It is designed by ex Warhammer rules writers and it shows, same basic concepts.

>>98470980
>"Chain of Command doesn't feels more like playing war than playing a game"
Fuck I had a stroke. I meant "Chain of Command feels more like playing war than playing a game"

Hi all has anyone by chance got a link to the "For King and Parliament" rules for to the strongest. Would like a read before committing to a new project and rules. Thanks

>>98470980
I overall liked chain of command, but the random movement was a bridge too far for me. I played a scenario out of the book where my platoon was tasked with defending part of the table against my opponent, and it turned out to be pitifully easy because he had to cross the board length wise without knowing how far his units could travel. That lead to his forces spreading out piecemeal so that I could defeat them in detail, and he couldn't wait to marshal them because he had a turn timer.

>>98474168
I would have immediately agreed with my opponent to disregard the turn timer, in favor of a more narrative approach. >>98473815
I think it's in the OP. You should look at Nevermind the Matchlocks too, which is also in the OP.

Wargames Atlantic be like
>here are our slop minis that look like shit sculpted in 1988 that cost more per mini than Victrix, Perry and Northstar

>>98474168
>bridge too far
>opponent gets shitty move dice and is picked off piecemeal
Historical result then.

>>98474986
Historical? Yes. Fun for either player? No.

>>98474863
their late romans look comparable in quality to the gripping beast ones which have been out for fucking years, hilariously.

>>98474168
Did he keep his sections together with their junior leader, so the teams move at the same speed?

>>98474823
No joy mate I've looked through everywhere it can be I think. Will take a look is that skirmish or larger battles?

>>98474168
Turn timer? See 19.2 "Games of Chain of Command do not have a set number
of Phases or Turns. "
Scenario from which book?

>>98475311
Can be used for large skirmish or battle

>>98474863
WGA's entire business model is flinging enough shit at the wall expecting at least some of it will stick. Nothing they produce is exceptional quality. Their models range from downright awful dogshit to decently acceptable, but never great. Their best model range is Quar, which are so cartoonishly proportioned that they are impossible to fuck up. Their French infantry in great coats are quite nice too, but that is because WGA only produces them and a completely different company designed them.

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>wargames atlantic shcizo broke containment again

>>98475941
But you can't refute anything he said

>>98475954
>he
Lol, lmao. No need to pretend, don't be ashamed of your opinion.
Anyway, I'm not the original poster but it is clear WGA knows what they are doing. We know they do extensive market research and their kits clearly sell well otherwise they would slow down with their production long time ago. I'm not buying from them often and some of their kits were a big disappointed (looking at you, Egyptian infantry) but one has to be retarded to claim that WGA's Conquistadors, Ogres and Grognards were not a huge success.

>>98476006
Hello Tony

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>>98476162
I don't care about e-celebs or whoever you are referring to.

>>98476260
>tranime poster

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>>98476282
Zoomer moment.

>>98476311
Because some incel libtard started this forum decades ago means that you, a grown man, have to watch tranny cartoons?

I just said their minis look like shit while being more expensive than the competition, stop acting like idiots.

Rome vghh

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Any fellow napoleonic gamers left itt? I remember everyone dabbled in naps like half a decade ago when this general was still good, but today I rarely see napoleonics mentioned

>>98477029
Got any recommendations for NW? Was looking at the Black Powder

>>98477029
everyone tried to paint a single unit and gave up once they got to the trim

>>98477219
Valour & Fortitude is better snd it's free (as in beer)

>>98475292
Guy played the game for the first time, he is guaranteed to have forgotten or misunderstood rules.

>>98475397
In CoC2 there is "The final countdown" that can be triggered which puts a soft limit on the game, only slightly harder than the force morale limit. I don't expect someone that discards a system after trying it once to be that well informed though...

Carthage

>the EU is introducing yet another regulation that will exclusively harm small traders and businesses for the sake for "environmental sustainability"
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH I FUCKING HATE BRUSSELS AND THE TRAITORS IN THE EU SO MUCH

>>98477909
sounds like brexit propaganda

>>98477029
gonna get some 1809 Pendraken napoleonics. 10mm is comfy

>>98477029
Have been looking into getting a Napoleonic skirmish game for a while, think I'm going to go with Sharp Practice and start picking up some minis soon. French Dragoons are just so sexy looking.

>>98477861
Final Countdown was the thing, yeah. Overall, while I really liked some stuff like controlling individual crewman positions in tanks, the game was just a bit too in love with randomness for me to want to stick with it. I had hoped to convince my locals to play it instead of Bolt Action, but when CoC didn't live up to my expectations I just gave up on 28mm WW2 for the immediate future.

Working on rules for storming defenses in a medieval-inspired game and wondering if I'm missing anything. Here's what I've got so far. Anything glaringly missing that you'd want to see in a siege type scenario?

>Defensive
Ditches, Ramparts, Palisades, Walls, Towers, Gates
>Offensive
Ladders, Fascines, Siege Mantlets, Siege Towers, Battering Rams
>Both sides
Ballistae, Catapults, Trebuchets, Cannons

>>98478558
There are many tools to help mitigate the randomness and make movement safer. Keep plugging away at it, and try some of the campaigns. I like Bloody Bucket and the Early war ones (Caesar's camp is a good starter, Gembloux gap is a good challenger for the attacker).

>>98477909
what's going to happen now
Remember when before 2019 you didn't pay VAT on small orders
Remember when you didn't pay additional taxation and custom fees just because
Remember when ordering from the US wasn't 80+ eurobucks before fees

>>98479244
Sooner rather than later I'm going to buy a resin printer.

>>98479272
In 4 thirty posts about fume safety

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Best modern/WW2 naval warfare game? Victory at Sea seems...fine but overall "meh."
Small ships, big ships, fast ships, slow ships, big guns, small guns, all bashing the shit outta each other on the open sea. I want it.

>>98477219
Valour and Fortitude is you want simple and straightforward
LaSalle 2 if you want big battles
Sharp Practice if you want big skirmish
Silver Bayonet if you want a Frost grave in 1812

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>>98478446
Love Dragoons, but I love Hussars even more. Just the idea of painting them is causing me to hold off on buying them though

>>98478943
What about being able to dump boiling oil or water on the enemy?

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>Focus on small craft
>Narrative scenario focused
>Air support
>Historical and not cringe sci-fi or fantasy
HOW THE FUCK HAVE I NEVER HEARD OF THIS?! IT LOOKS FUCKIGN KINO!!!

>>98479437
It's Warlord. I don't even need to explain to you anything because "it's Warlord" already covers it.
There's a reason why you have never heard of it.

>>98479495
>t.vagueposting

>>98479437
It's a little simple, but fairly fun.

I literally don't know how to get through a big army project

maybe should just stick to skirmishes

>>98479943
Batch paint nigga

>>98479377
I'll throw that in, yeah.

>>98479437
those models look characteristically bad

What will happen to 15mm metal miniature manufacturers when all the boomers die? Is it inevitable that these miniature lines will go extinct, and all that we will be left with his heroic scale plastic sprues? Am I retarded for worrying about this?

>>98481802
15mm is kind of an awkward size because it's not as big as the 25-32 range so you don't get as dramatic painting results, but it also doesn't get you the spectacle of real mass battle you get with 6mm or so.

>>98481802
This has actually been something on my mind as well, and it really bothers me. If I was more moneyed I would actually think of setting up some sort of preservation project, buy up the moulds, probably scan everything into .stls for better availability, but alas...

>>98479943
Just keep painting lmao.

The way I did it was to post updates here to get like 2 replies saying "nice" for that dopamine dump.

>>98481802
3d scanning miniatures is already a thing in the Oldhammer scene. These boomers only have to hang on for 5-8 years for this practice to democratize and then it's archived.

>>98481802
I have accepted that miniature wargaming/figures wont exist in the future, even warhammerslop
>>98482597
there needs to be a project to save the moulds for when everything collapses, but knowing boomers they wouldn't want to give them away for free when they die

>>98483798
>I have accepted that miniature wargaming/figures wont exist in the future

this is the historiboomer club mentality

>kids don't want to play DBA with us
>therefore kids don't want to play historicals at all

>>98483798
>I have accepted that miniature wargaming/figures wont exist in the future, even warhammerslop
Companies cannot take away your plastic miniatures from your house. They will be able to do so for your digital games. Tabletop gaming will be fine.

Hell, at some point 3d printers will become as common as microwaves. Give it some decades.

>>98483798
Remember how back in the late 90s FASA decided that video games were the future and sold off their tabletop stuff to the people who became Catalyst Games?

Notice how FASA is dead after Mechwarrior fell apart and Catalyst is still going strong?

>>98479364
>reusing the same photo several times
Paint your minis you fucking hack.

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>>98428316
I definitely agree,

As someone with a panic disorder and a highly judgemental mentality towards myself I feel alot more at ease painting historicals.

>>98411170
Is Hail Caesar really bad or something? I've never played it but the rules look fine to me.

>>98484000
>>98484040
>>98484219
when white people are a small minority do you think they will still play tabletop games?

>>98484338
>anon aska for dragoons
>I post dragoon
>you have tantrum
Lol

>>98486227
Hail Caesar isn't a terrible game, it's fun to play, but it's not very historical and is very "gamey" similar to Bolt Action. HCs biggest problem is that it's written by Rick Priestly, the worlds premier yapper

>>98486227
Basically this>>98486671

Great historical games are created by two different types of people: history professors like Sam Mustafa, or grogs who have autistic obsession with one specific period. These two types of person are excellent at capturing the flavor and feel of the warfare of that era.

Rick Priestly is neither. His claim to fame is that he's an ex-Games Workshop employee, and his rules reflect it. Hail Caesar is essentially Warmaster with a generalized and overly board historical skin slapped over it.