tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558595533686058562.post5244901655722877052..comments2024-03-25T02:31:25.905-07:00Comments on The Independent Wargames Group: All that Glitters.Independentwargamesgrouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07019172667119107650noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558595533686058562.post-33158742020378607342017-10-04T13:08:26.598-07:002017-10-04T13:08:26.598-07:00Youre right Stokes,
I keep returning to simple wa...Youre right Stokes,<br /> I keep returning to simple wargaming mechanisms because they always give you a great entertaining game. Independentwargamesgrouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07019172667119107650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558595533686058562.post-81081249744055558742017-10-03T00:45:19.189-07:002017-10-03T00:45:19.189-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17059731378807010492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558595533686058562.post-71561589933594737662017-10-02T08:29:45.001-07:002017-10-02T08:29:45.001-07:00Mark,
As Neil stated elegant simplicity. A great ...Mark,<br /> As Neil stated elegant simplicity. A great set of timeless wargaming rules.Independentwargamesgrouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07019172667119107650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558595533686058562.post-42950456166219514502017-10-02T08:28:20.874-07:002017-10-02T08:28:20.874-07:00Neil,
Thats a great way to describe the Volley an...Neil,<br /> Thats a great way to describe the Volley and Bayonet rules.It is exactly why John and I played them for so many years and then were sidetracked by the likes of Blackpowder etc. <br />Independentwargamesgrouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07019172667119107650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558595533686058562.post-23408546866934399982017-09-29T15:39:38.099-07:002017-09-29T15:39:38.099-07:00Volley and Bayonet ... a pleasant nostalgic connec...Volley and Bayonet ... a pleasant nostalgic connection indeed.Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558595533686058562.post-75556092261081167582017-09-29T12:34:53.359-07:002017-09-29T12:34:53.359-07:00My favourite set of rules. Have been playing them ...My favourite set of rules. Have been playing them for twenty years, Marlborough, 7YW, Napoleonic, Crimea and ACW. Always fun and a good game.Prince Lupushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13205758324137548941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558595533686058562.post-42129390622234747092017-09-29T11:14:17.653-07:002017-09-29T11:14:17.653-07:00Any photographs from your game, Robbie? With rega...Any photographs from your game, Robbie? With regard to rules, I began to think a year or two ago that the search for (to say nothing of the continuous publishing of 'new') wargame rules is like searching for THE one magic bullet or pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Donald Featherstone had the right idea about keeping things fairly simple regardless of the era in question. A page or two of rules and a few D6's ought to do the trick in most instances. One simply has to accept that with toy soldiers, there is a certain level of abstraction that is difficult to avoid. If one is after more strictly realistic simulation, then a boardgame with cardboard counters (abstraction again) or a team-based kriegspiel with umpires and maps might be more the thing.<br /><br />Best Regards,<br /><br />StokesWSTKS-FM Worldwidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14173042438761572040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558595533686058562.post-20133348258101374392017-09-29T06:37:49.202-07:002017-09-29T06:37:49.202-07:00I have been reading my old battered copy thinking ...I have been reading my old battered copy thinking its time I had a game. <br /><br />The overall simplicity is an elegant design and we used them for many years to refight the big battles in history.<br /><br />I fondly remember playing a campaign , using the ACW supplement, that was not only playable but felt like you where fighting the ACW.Mark Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13331203191073034775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558595533686058562.post-90213573745623463212017-09-29T05:59:02.999-07:002017-09-29T05:59:02.999-07:00I think the original version of Volley & Bayon...I think the original version of Volley & Bayonet can best be summed up by "elegant simplicity"; It's worth reading the designer's notes for an example of a well thought out design brief. Add to that mechanisms that evoke the early Featherstone type rules (6 to hit and saving throws), and it manages to combine modern research with nostalgic fun while still being designed as a GAME.<br />Mr Chadwick is currently working on a set of WW2 Operational scale rules which hopefully will provide C20th gaming with something akin to VnB.Neil Pattersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13565511145163341782noreply@blogger.com