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Who would be Interested in a New Very British Civil War Skirmish Rules?

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February 12, 2019 at 9:47 pm #1347854

panzerkaput
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Who would be interested in a new Very British Civil War skirmish level wargame, supported by one best companies out there, with a figure range from one of the best sculptors in the market, artwork from VBCW own artist? Interested want to know more?

February 12, 2019 at 10:11 pm #1347859

torros
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what do you or they define as skirmish?

February 12, 2019 at 11:06 pm #1347861

panzerkaput
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@torros its a low figure count, between 5 and 30 per side, character led, themed and scenario drive game

February 13, 2019 at 2:39 am #1347934

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As long as the concept isn’t copyrighted, fine. If I remember correctly the whole thing was thought up by a few gamers, and developed by members of the forum and Solway Crafts.

Always thought of it as an “open source” game, so would like to see anything (other than the sculpts and rule mechanics) locked down by anyone person/company. The background/fluff is semi historical and fictional, so the fictional part was what was thought up by the community members.

February 22, 2019 at 11:51 am #1352565

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The idea for the new set of VBCW rules involves a low figure count, between 10 to 50 figures per side, character/leader led, themed forces in a scenario drive game. This is to sit alongside the range of books and rules out there at the moment and not replace them in anyway. We is not looking at changing the background and hopefully will increase the appeal of VBCW and add it to a larger platform.

The rules or not like Went the Day well or Brigade 38 or in fact any skirmish out there but rather based on more abstracted. The rule mechanics are based of grouped units rather than individuals but the Characters/Heroes/Leader buff and influence the units, think of is like a movie or comic strip with main and minor characters.

I hope you like the idea and are as excited by it as I am but please let me know what you think.

February 22, 2019 at 5:01 pm #1352747

somegeezer
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I seem to be accumulating vbcw minus at quite a rate. It’d be nice to play with them now and then. Yes I’d be interested ??

February 23, 2019 at 8:41 am #1352875

soulman
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Are we talking history or post brexit warfare ?

February 23, 2019 at 8:47 am #1352886

panzerkaput
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Thankfully its history, 1938, Edward VIII and the Abdication Crisis 1936. Basically what if King Edward VIII didnt abdicate and the civil war that followed.

February 23, 2019 at 9:18 am #1352887

phaidknott
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The interwar period was very interesting with it politics, after WW1 there was a lot of “organisations” that sprung up dissatisfied with the status quo. For an idea of the “official” factions….

https://solwaycraftsandminiatures.webs.com/vbcwpage.htm

Of course half the charm of playing in this period is your own imagination. I think I was the one that came up with the idea of “Ironclad Narrowboats” as a thing. Others came up with a militant Women’s Institute (fighting for equal rights), Cricket Teams annoyed at the war interrupting play etc (ie it’s all a bit tongue in cheek).

February 23, 2019 at 12:20 pm #1352982

huscarle
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I’d be very interested in a skirmish game for this period especially if it can expand into something bigger. I find it far easier to get friends to buy into a new era when its at that level. If they like it things soon escalate as the collector gene kicks in.

February 25, 2019 at 6:59 pm #1353875

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Love the stuff and books on the Solway website and the “history” and fluff is believable but fun which is why I love it so much.

Maybe @phaidknott we might like this.

February 25, 2019 at 7:00 pm #1353876

panzerkaput
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Love the stuff and books on the Solway website and the “history” and fluff is believable but fun which is why I love it so much.

Maybe @phaidknott we might like this.

February 25, 2019 at 7:13 pm #1353878

panzerkaput
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And He who is the the root of the problem

February 25, 2019 at 7:36 pm #1353879

torros
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So we’ve having a bit of a discussion about VBCW on the Pendraken forum and getting interested. Are these new rules to replace Went the Day well?

February 25, 2019 at 11:04 pm #1353952

panzerkaput
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Far from it @torros as I love Went the Day well and have a ton of addition rules and scenarios for them that I must get sorted and published. Got some interesting rules about sub plots and characters. The last i want to do is change or replace the settings and books out there but rather support them with this product.

These rules are a stand alone set that rather than recreate the wheel and publish yet another set of platoon level rules is rather a more abstracted set that is designed around a low figure count and a small table.
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