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Title: Land of the Free review
Post by: alastair on 08 October 2014, 11:24:53 PM

Hi all,

I was lucky enough to be sent a copy of the forthcoming Osprey rule set for battles in North America in the mid to late 18th century, ranging from the French-Indian War through to the War of 1812.

There's a review on my blog here.....

http://wargaminggallimaufry.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/land-of-free.html (http://wargaminggallimaufry.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/land-of-free.html)

Cheers

Alastair

Title: Re: Land of the Free review
Post by: Argonor on 08 October 2014, 11:41:29 PM

Too many rulesets out there....  o_o

Nice write-up, I would also expect more chocolate, and less vanilla - after all, when you spend time painting up those British grenadiers, you'd like them to be... special in some way.

My 2 next projects after completing some armies for God of Battles will be SAGA: Crescent and Cross, then some Song of Drums and Shakos nappie skirmish, so let's see if I get drawn more into the 28mm horse-and-musket stuff...

Title: Re: Land of the Free review
Post by: Melnibonean on 09 October 2014, 06:54:14 AM

Thanks for the review.  I've been (slowly) painting up regiments for War of 1812 and looking for a suitable set of rules. I don't know if these are the right set but they're something to keep in mind.

Cheers.

Title: Re: Land of the Free review
Post by: fastolfrus on 09 October 2014, 10:05:01 PM

Sounds interesting.

Nice review.

Title: Re: Land of the Free review
Post by: Lowtardog on 10 October 2014, 10:15:19 AM

Nice review, it does seem a rather saturated market though as already said ;D

Title: Re: Land of the Free review
Post by: Colonel Tubby on 12 October 2014, 12:28:12 PM

Thanks for the review as I have had an eye on these since they were announced.

The number of War of 1812 scenario's make this interesting as it is a future (very distant future) project!

Title: Re: Land of the Free review
Post by: Juan on 12 October 2014, 09:05:18 PM

Rules, a lot of them. I´m also looking for a good ruleset to play the War of 1812; perhaps this one is the Chosen one! :)

Title: Re: Land of the Free review
Post by: Sterling Moose on 13 October 2014, 01:14:19 PM

I may invest in a copy - I like eye candy.

Title: Re: Land of the Free review
Post by: Emir of Askaristan on 13 October 2014, 03:46:20 PM

I have these on my wish list so may get a kindle copy when they come out. I'm already put off by the tokens though. I hate clutter and would rather use casualty, rout, rally figures than plastic chits or decks of cards.

I'm also starting to wonder what I gain from playing with a different set for every period and sub period, when I think I can probably mod up some bits to a set of core mechanisms to add the flavour I need for a given period.

Good review though, that's the level of detail I need to find out - looking forward to reading your AAR.