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Title: Happy 10th Birthday to Ronin!
Post by: Tas on August 20, 2023, 07:57:16 AM
Published 10 years ago today, it was the 4th on the (then) new Osprey 'blue book' range.
Thanks indeed Craig-san and Osprey for a decade of Japanese skirmish gaming fun!

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Title: Re: Happy 10th Birthday to Ronin!
Post by: Mr. White on August 20, 2023, 02:56:20 PM
Great shoutout!

I played Ronin for the first time this summer. It’s a great little system. In celebration of a decades worth of good gaming, I’ll buy the bushi and koryu buntais today. I was wanting them anyway.

Here’s my bandits.

Title: Re: Happy 10th Birthday to Ronin!
Post by: EnclavedMicrostate on August 20, 2023, 03:55:37 PM
For some reason I thought it was a year older than that. I must get another game going soon...
Title: Re: Happy 10th Birthday to Ronin!
Post by: Metternich on August 20, 2023, 04:37:42 PM
A really good system, it has brought Charlemagne, his sister and I a lot of fun playing it.
Title: Re: Happy 10th Birthday to Ronin!
Post by: Mr. White on August 20, 2023, 04:46:41 PM
I’d love if Osprey would combine Ronin and En Garde into a second edition hardback. You could have the core concepts, relevant to both, cleaned up and presented in the first part of the book, then the second latter part of the book could split up the two setting specific rules and units.
Title: Re: Happy 10th Birthday to Ronin!
Post by: Vagabond on August 20, 2023, 07:08:51 PM
Great shoutout!

I played Ronin for the first time this summer. It’s a great little system. In celebration of a decades worth of good gaming, I’ll buy the bushi and koryu buntais today. I was wanting them anyway.

Here’s my bandits.

Your buildings are good, are they resin?
Title: Re: Happy 10th Birthday to Ronin!
Post by: Mr. White on August 20, 2023, 09:09:33 PM
Your buildings are good, are they resin?

Thanks! They're from Oshiro's Mountain Village line: https://www.oshiromodels.co.uk/28mountainvillage
Title: Re: Happy 10th Birthday to Ronin!
Post by: General Lee on August 25, 2023, 09:29:49 AM
Man 10 years, I have it on my book shelf but still need to play it  lol
Title: Re: Happy 10th Birthday to Ronin!
Post by: Mr. White on August 25, 2023, 04:13:23 PM
Man 10 years, I have it on my book shelf but still need to play it  lol

It's a fantastic ruleset for small model skirmishing! The combat pool gives it a bit more turn-to-turn interest than most games of this scale.
I'm currently in the process of expanding my range so I can dive into it some more. I have a feeling this one's gonna be a keeper at my place.
Title: Re: Happy 10th Birthday to Ronin!
Post by: SJWi on August 26, 2023, 01:24:14 PM
I must dust-off my Eureka Samurai rabbits.
Title: Re: Happy 10th Birthday to Ronin!
Post by: rokurota on September 03, 2023, 09:06:00 AM
Love this rules!  :-*
Title: Re: Happy 10th Birthday to Ronin!
Post by: Muzfish4 on October 06, 2023, 12:43:14 PM
I'll see the author tomorrow and remind him of the anniversary.
Title: Re: Happy 10th Birthday to Ronin!
Post by: Mr. White on February 05, 2024, 02:56:09 PM
Ronin get's a _great_ shout out in this video on the "Best" Osprey titles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeagCEmcEYA

I'll say it again, I _love_ this system. In a perfect world, Osprey would release a hardback combining Ronin/En Garde and all the online PDFs. Even better, maybe the first half of the book is system rules only, then the second half has sample chapters on tweaks to the system for different settings. The options and specifics from Ronin is one section. The options and specifics from En Garde in another. Maybe a third setting to make the book appealing to new buyers.

I dunno... I have Ronin and En Garde and would buy a hardback as is.
Title: Re: Happy 10th Birthday to Ronin!
Post by: pws on February 06, 2024, 08:35:17 AM
Love that ruels, my "excuse" to start paint japanese figures in 28mm (after an army for DBA).
Than I add Daisho and I just started growing the collection to large skirmish for "Clash of Katanas".

10years ago: http://pippoweb.blogspot.com/2014/11/bandi-buntai-ronin.html  lol
Title: Re: Happy 10th Birthday to Ronin!
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on February 11, 2024, 09:45:41 AM
Okay, it is going on my next order...
Along with some Bad Squiddo Feudal Japanese.

I have assembled a warband from the Fireforge plastics,
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=143255.msg1838159#msg1838159 (https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=143255.msg1838159#msg1838159)