Whoa, am I first? Yes, intricate rules are where it is at … at least IMHO. 😀

Happy Sunday everyone!

Happy SUnday,
may your day be filled with the greatest movie ever made and may you enjoy nuggets

What did poor Shay do to get preached at for an hour by Warren…. lol

Realism isn’t always fun, mind you. Suppose you’re playing a historically accurate wargame where your troops are poorly trained, or your superiors give you goals that are politically motivated, rather than strategic. And many conflicts hinge on logistics and attrition, which I’d presume are pretty boring for a gamer.

It is pointless to resist Cerveza Cristal.

An easy way to make random effects like your musket barrel stuff is to add the turn number to the test. It is easier than counting we exactly how many times each unit fores a shot.

Hobgoblin would be perfect for Warren.

@warzan Most black powdergames usually givea plus to the first volley a unit fires in the game to simulate cold barrels. Probably easier than keeping track of reducing the quality of the firearms. I woukd say its the same with smoke from weapons fire in that it woukd the same for both sides usually

I think what is missing is hidden movement and spotting from pre 20th century games as is scouting before battle . There are some games that do it and to my mind are all the better for it

Happy (Mothers Day) Sunday for any mothers watching to day. Brilliant show lads, so good i have watched it again. Love warrens wee chat about rules in fantasy battles, i am looking into a solo massed Fantasy battle rule set called “CHRONICLES OF BLOOD”.It is miniature agnostic just basically frontage size, i am thinking of introducing arrow count so what the model has on it that is the amount of arrows it can only fire until resupplied if it uses them all up also thinking about introducing chance cards that can change the battle conditions say with weather, say it… Read more »

Hi XLBSers & COGz

Yes a beer before battle just like this Galaxy then.

2p’s or not 2p’s that is the question???

Warren’s based are sponsored by PLAYSCHOOL ?

Windage & elevation @avernos ?

Sharpe can do four but ?

Points for the editor

Great show guy’s I take it Gerry picked the sponsor of this show ?

Very happy to hear Ganesha Games mentioned in dispatches. I’ve had many a fun demo of their various games. Absolutely lovely system, nice and simple but dashed good fun. I’m eyeing up a solo campaign of Song of Blades and Heroes. I’m definitely on the side of simpler games. These days I play too rarely, and I’ve not enough brain left after a week’s coding to cope with the likes of Infinity or Warmachine. I’ve not played in a while but I think that Malifaux hit the spot perfectly for me, simple enough core system but lots of flavour added… Read more »

Happy Sunday! 00:00 I have a bad feeling about this! 00:30 I knew the ads where creeping up on Gerry via possible 9gag XD 01:00 Shay…. XD 02:35 Well we’re still CoGs in the inner circle. But we all are OTTers 03:20 Hah, this is know *g* 04:13 Har har har 19:13 Focus Tim, focus! *doozes off again* I hate being sick 23:00 Kristallbier! 28:00 Sidenote: is it just me or is @avernos soundling like he’s on the wrong mic? 43:00 I have a hard enough time remembering the basic rule of any game I play. Adding that level of… Read more »

@warzan I would be interested in a lets play or article on gameplay for Mayhem.

Now for the flippancy ?:
An introduction to fantasy gaming (parental advisory): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWbRsMVQxwM

@avernos you may need this when you play @warzan https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke-cs4-6e-belt–disc-sander/

@warzan, has Gerry shown Fantastic Battles to you? Although in theory it was designed as a 10mm game, it’s base agnostic and does show games with wrong sized minis (ie big’uns!) only 7 units in the game but the flavour comes from different characteristics that add points cost (or deduct). Cap on number per unit to 1 racial and max 3 unit specific

Ben’s face when Warren is talking about the joys of the puzzles and codes… experiences may have differed.

I am so confused by the beer/Star Wars crossing of streams right now that I’ll just take a sit down and paint.

Interesting thoughts on base agnostic systems and the poly system of Mayhem. It might open up other gaming as I manage to turn some friends to SAGA (for example).

First of all, a big shoutout to @brennon for the MERCS reference, Err on the side of carnage! Good times. In general, I don’t like rank and flank games. That being said, Runewars with its hidden orders and X-Wing style movement and order of activations really intrigued me and it remains a favorite game. Too bad it’s virtually disappeared. I’ve got virtually no interest in mass battle games simply because of time. I hate it when people want to inflate a game and put even more stuff on the table. I want to play the same game multiple times so… Read more »

Interesting XLBS, few things to ponder. 1/ I believe the Cthulhu Campaigns of Ancient Rome was done by Mark Latham who also did some rules expansions or his Rome vs Fantasy Monsters game Broken Legions from Osprey. https://mark-latham.com/products/broken-legions/ was also covered in Wargames Illustrated 358. 2/ The degrading gunpowder loaded firearms tends to get represented by a bonus on first fire, then after that fires as normal in the rules, or you could try it other way, fire normal first shot some minus after that. So only need a first fire token to take away. Same with Cavalry they get… Read more »