Empress Miniatures Danger Close: a review

[Pijlie]

Writing a wargaming ruleset is in itself not very difficult. Writing a good one is. Writing a compact good ruleset is downright hard. So when I came upon the 2nd version of Empress Miniatures' rules and found out they were all of 4 pages (vehicle stat charts excluded) my curiosity was peaked!



https://pijlieblog.blogspot.com/2020/11/danger-close-modern-skirmish-rules.html

[Easy E]

Good review. 

I would be interested to hear a bit more about how the one stat manages to do all the things you said it does!  Of course, it might be easier if I just bought the 2-pages of rules and found out for myself!    

[Sparrow]

That’s a really fair review! I’ve been using the rules for a while (unsurprising as my regular opponent is Paul from Empress  ) and I’ve come to really like them. The key, I find, is to regard them as a tool kit you can build upon as you want. For example, I’ve used them with up to 100 figures but initiating at “section” rather than individual figure level. If you want a faster game try adjusting the number required to hit downwards? It’s your game so adjust as suits you? They key thing is to enjoy what you’re doing!

There’s also a forum site set up for the rules if interested https://empress-miniatures.forumotion.com/

[tomrommel1]

Nice revue. I use the rules myself and really like them . You can get started with just a handful of miniatures and a bit of scenery.

[Pijlie]

That’s a really fair review! I’ve been using the rules for a while (unsurprising as my regular opponent is Paul from Empress  ) and I’ve come to really like them. The key, I find, is to regard them as a tool kit you can build upon as you want. For example, I’ve used them with up to 100 figures but initiating at “section” rather than individual figure level. If you want a faster game try adjusting the number required to hit downwards? It’s your game so adjust as suits you? They key thing is to enjoy what you’re doing!

There’s also a forum site set up for the rules if interested https://empress-miniatures.forumotion.com/

Thx for your reply. Can I quote you in my blog? That would be a useful addition to the review.

[Sparrow]

No worries, feel free!

[traveller]

Thanks for the review! Any suggestion on alternative ”fast” rulesets for Vietnam?

[Sparrow]

If it helps I’m currently using Danger Close as a “tool kit” for Vietnam and French Indochina War (platoon size actions) adding event cards etc. It won’t be everyone’s cup of tea but might be worth a try?

Failing that I’ve also enjoyed games with Force in Force, FNG and Bodycount (an old 1980’s Tabletop Games set that still turns up on EBay every so often).

In the end, experiment and settle on what you think works and is fun. 


 

[traveller]

If it helps I’m currently using Danger Close as a “tool kit” for Vietnam and French Indochina War (platoon size actions) adding event cards etc. It won’t be everyone’s cup of tea but might be worth a try?

Failing that I’ve also enjoyed games with Force in Force, FNG and Bodycount (and old 1980’s Tabletop Games set that still turns up on EBay every so often).

In the end, experiment and settle on what you think works and is fun.

Thanks! I just realize that I have an old copy of Bodycount that I never used since it was not really looking to be a ”fast”game  Have to dig a bit deeper into this