Fooling around with 6th Edition WRG

[fastolfrus]

I must admit I didnt try 4th. I was introduced to 6th in the early 80s and then went back to 5th later but not 4th!

I started on 3rd and went on to 4th

[aphillathehun]

I missed this thread originally.  I love 6th and still have it, but I have no one to play it with me.

[macsen wledig]

Its a lonely furrow and I only play solo these days

[Psychlic Bob]

Wasn't bought and re-packaged as "Warrior"?

[FreyaSophie]

Wasn't bought and re-packaged as "Warrior"?

That was WRG 7

[macsen wledig]

which had some interesting mechanisms in it

[anton ryzbak]

Well, we are in North Metro Detroit, if anybody is interested in playing and lives nearby I'm sure we could work something out.

I started with 4th but keeping up with the times was important back then so followed the crowd to 5th then 6th. 7th was a "bridge too far" so it was back to 6th. Then in the 80/90s we tried every new set that came out but nothing stuck (aside from DBA which is an interesting game but a different animal altogether), most were unsatisfying. Hail Caesar had a bit of a run but interest in Ancients waned and we played a host of other rules and periods. It is only recently that my friend and I have begun playing 6th again. I almost enjoy building armies almost as much as the playing. I know full well that this is really just a fancy version of chess (imagine if you would Hannibal calling up Rome and saying "Hey, I have 1500 points worth of troops, would you lie me to drop by, Thursday maybe, around noon?) but it IS fun.

[aphillathehun]

Nice.  I'm a little far but this is very tempting.  I don't suppose you guys ever come to the Chicago area gaming cons?

[aphillathehun]

Why do I find myself fiddling around with army lists?

[macsen wledig]

Because that was half the fun of 6th!!!!

[anton ryzbak]

I haven't been to a Chicago area con in ages, now that I am retired that might be a possibility

[aphillathehun]

Are your armies based correctly for 6th?  I have a lot of ancients armies with 60mm frontage bases but don't have the single figures.  And things like SHC are not fitting the scheme.  One is tempted to do an army correctly based for 6th....

[macsen wledig]

the issue with basing for WRG6th is that it is a little 'cramped' compared to later sets ie the DBx series

[anton ryzbak]

aphillathehun,  My armies were built ages ago at the end of 5th early 6th and follow the old basing criteria. SHC are impossible to base that tightly (even when using "true" 25mm like Hinchliffe or Minifigs). We went with a three figure base with the missing model being the first casualty. Modern "28mm" (it kills me how the metric system is abused in wargaming....for Heavens Sake! pick a SCALE please!) pose significant problems basing close-order infantry. I suppose that is one of the penalties for insisting on playing a game system that is many decades old.