Over the last few years I have been quietly selling off my less used collections , mainly for the money which has been reinvested in my gaming hobby (usually Wofun 2D ) . One of the main prompts for selling a collection was the rules used for it and their playability/ complexity , I have come back to the simpler Old School types .
The copy of the above rules where kindly gifted to me by Ross of Battle Game of the Month a couple of years ago . My thoughts have turned to a new project to use them , the figures would have to be simple O.S type , cheapish , probably 25mm and easy to paint in an high gloss Old School manner.
I did something similar about ten years ago using Spencer Smith FPW , sadly I sold them on (for a good price) and perhaps I have always regretted it - but I needed the money at the time (for a new computer I think ?) , so what I'm going to try and reproduce is something similar . Using Featherstone's Horse & Musket rules , 25/28mm figures , singularly based (busy collecting pennies) Old Schoolish paint job with a Toy Soldier high gloss finish . I will be investigating possibilities and reporting back .....
PS the above Spencer Smith range are no longer available in the UK and have to be bought from the USA which I expect will be VERY expensive !
War Games has been my go to or go back to wargames book ever since I found this book in the local Branch Library late 1970s / early 1980s.
ReplyDeleteI wish you joy of your Featherstone rules Horse and Musket project and that you find some suitable affordable FPW figures to replace the SSM ones now made in the USA.
It's the lure of painting shiny toy soldiers that draws me back - and the simple rules!
DeleteGood luck in finding the best figures to suit your needs Tony! I look forward to reports on your progress.
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DeleteGood luck with your old school project. My copy of War Games looks as battered and used as your copy.
ReplyDeleteYes this book has seen a lot of action .
DeleteI'm looking forward to seeing this develop. Any idea what theatre of war you are going for?.
ReplyDeleteProbably European
DeleteAre you going FPW again? If not have you considered Copplestone's toy soldier range?
ReplyDeleteI have Copplestone for my 'Nacho Wars' , looking at Irregular at moment.
DeletePerhaps Deutsche Homage for the Boxer Rebellion?
DeleteThet are nice figures.
DeleteA well-thumbed copy of War Games and some nice old looking figures - what could be better? Can't wait to see where you're going with this project Tony!
ReplyDeleteBeen rereading the rules again and wallowing in nostalgia.
DeleteGreat idea for a project, really looking forward to what figure you choose for it.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to getting it going.
DeleteGoing through a similar balancing act: recognizing what I actually play and am actively interested in vs the collections I haven't touched for years (literally)--and the aesthetics are part of that (hope you can round up the figs you're targeting).
ReplyDeleteYes. I find myself playing with a select few collections (this being down to easy to remember rulesytems) while others sit gathering dust .
DeleteGood luck with your project; I look forward to reading about its progress. I am going down a similar, but smaller 20mm route, to create Red and Blue armies for both wargames with simple rules and Little Wars style games using Britains 4.7 inch guns to conduct the shooting, but 20mm models to mark the positions of the guns. I'm using Dutch infantry of 1815 for both sides, red coats for one army; blue for the other, and side, a mixture of cavalry from other Napoleonic armies, similarly painted.
ReplyDeleteI'm currently rereading Don's Battles With Model Soldiers which has some good ideas for a simple campaign game.
Oh ! I like the sound of that idea , a true Red/Blue Army system.
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