World War Zero: Development Update
March 27, 2019 by dignity
Cad from 4Ground chats to us about their upcoming 10mm film-sim game set during The Seven Year War, World War Zero, and how you can get involved with the beta.
This will be the second game from 4Ground. but unlike The Legends of Fabled Realms, the miniatures for World War Zero will be made in partnership with 10mm masters Pendraken.
The game doesn't require an in-depth knowledge of the period, it is designed to give people all the information they need, but for those who like to delve deeper Cad recommends Kronoskaf for a wealth of details about the armies and nations involved.
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My understanding is this is going to be based around 1770’s and the Seven Years war period. Is there going to be rules expansions to play things like the American Civil War or Napoleonic wars from 1812 to 1815?
I can see all the Napoleonic gamers loving this.
I would love to see this game having an extension to 1690 to cover the Jackaboite wars. Imagine the battle of Aughrim with force of 20K on each side and a butchers bill of 8K in one late afternoon. the biggest difficulty is simulating regiments of mixed (variable ratio) pike and musket. The number of different regiments each in different uniform colours.
Battalion Guns have always had a problematical implementation in most Wargame rules. Probably best described as the “Heavy Weapons” platoon of their time, they were integral to the Battalion/Regiment. On the battlefield they were hardly mobile (restricting their use), some countries tried lowering the calibre of the guns in an attempt to make them more mobile (for example the British 3Pdr “Grasshopper” guns). But they tended to be fielded in defensive formations at the start of the battle. If the parent unit them “moved”, the guns were simply left behind. If the Army was basically attacking, the battalions guns were… Read more »
Would like to see this have some adaptation to War of the Roses era – hard to find a decent set of rules for that period.
I think these two videos make an excellent primer for the 7YW period (or World War Zero as 4Ground put it)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3byEIg6WN0