Northag Book Chat With Warwick Kinrade | PSC Games
May 3, 2020 by johnlyons
With the new release of Northag we've been joined by Warwick Kinrade to chat about what we can expect in the book.
John is in the studio to talk about a new entry into modern warfare on the tabletop has Northag takes a slightly different spin on a Cold War gone hot. Erupting in 1983 before a new era of tanks would change the balance in power, the book features the two main starting factions of the Soviets and a British army.
How quickly are you going to try and get the nukes off in a game of Northag?
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Really enjoyed the interview. I like the Battlegroup rules so very interested in seeing how these work. My hope is that we will be seeing some unboxings and Let’s Plays from the OTT Team
Looking forward to the Let’s Play once we return to normality, it would be great to Warwick involved to take us through a few rounds with John
It shall be done…
Brill, look forward to it ?
Can’t wait for my copy to arrive. Really hope the CENTAG American lists will include one for U.S. Marines, I already have a force built.:-)
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For the time period I am sure you can mirror a US Army OOB with appropriate equipment for the scenario your envisioning. If the rules include a OOB for a Soviet Naval Brigade I think you could have a very cool opportunity to play some sort of defense of Norway scenarios.
You are probably right. I suspect it will be like Battlegroup WW2 and like equipment will have similar stats. So shouldn’t be too hard to get close to reasonable stats for LAVs and LVTPs. It just would be nice to have official stats and points.
Can I suggest using the the British FV101 stats in leu of the LAV and the for the LAV use the M113 but increase the transport capacity to 20. The USMC didn’t take on the 40mm until early 90s so the M113 and the LAV were similarly armed with the M2, 50 cal. I am hoping someone is following this thread as I agree stats for the USMC OOB would allow incorporation of many of the what-if’s actions along the edges of NATO. Cheers.
I’ve been eager for this book since the SITREP team told me about it in their podcast.
I was first turned on to Battlegroup rules by @oriskany as a solid set of rules to look into when I was looking for something more than what I’d seen before.
Thanks for the mention, @templar007 . Indeed, we’ve had two really great conversations and sneak peeks of the NORTHAG rules on SITREP. Just enough of the old “Battlegroup DNA” in the system, while also expanding the system to a whole new era and (more importantly) command scale, with ranges, scales, OOBs and TO&Es that are even more tactically plausible.
I was particularly interested in what @piers was saying about some of the players hes seen already, retrofitting elements of the NORTHAG rules system back into Battlegroup games, and players asking for a “NORTHAG”-inspired update for WW2-era Battlegroup.
may be fun fighting WWII battles with modern vehicle’s.
These interviews are always insightful!
I am very pleased as to what I have seen of the models and the discussions on rules, etc. Thank you John, great job with the videos. Sadly I Plastic Soldier isn’t shipping rules to the US at present. As soon as the rule are available I will be ordering. What a great scale too, 10mm is close enough to 1/144 N Scale where there are many model railroad buildings available to reproduce easily a German village. As an old Cold Warrior (3 tours with 1ID (73-77), 11ACR (79-81) and 1AD (1985-1991) I can’t wait to get stuck in and… Read more »
Always interesting to hear from a veteran of the Cold War. What was the general feeling about the opposition?
Wow, tough question as I served nearly 30 years with 16 in Germany. In the early 70s I think we considered the possibility of a conflict low (or maybe just ignored it) and if something was to happen we were simply a speed bump to allow better defensed along the Rhine. By 1980 there was significant improvements in supply, equipment maintenance, training resources and professionalism where I think we felt we would at least kick butt, even if we were pushed back to the Rhine. By the mid-80s the question was whether we would be allowed to counterattack and enter… Read more »