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Miniatures Adventure => Medieval Adventures => Topic started by: scrivs on June 27, 2014, 01:06:44 PM
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After the England vs Costa Rica game on Tuesday evening Nick and I pitched the Almoravids against the Christian Spanish using War and Conquest.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0Q6CXFTE9jU/U61Y7FbbpHI/AAAAAAAAIs0/Uidk-Xf9zvI/s1600/IMG_1243.JPG)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tp0w-hNC4KE/U61Y0NmbEsI/AAAAAAAAIsQ/fs2B27Gc8W4/s1600/IMG_1238.JPG)
A battle report with orders of battle, more commentary and a bunch of photos are on the Scrivsland blog (http://scrivsland.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/war-and-conquest-round-two.html)
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Nice!
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Good one Scrivs.... 8).
I haven't even had had the opportunity to play one single game, I don't even own a copy!
Rob would not be happy :)
Darrell.
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I like to look of your armies.
Very nice.
May I ask about your basing of figures.
The units sitting on movement stands,
are their bases magnetic?
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Thanks chaps.
Darrell, I don't own a copy either, I rely on Nick reading them.
are their bases magnetic?
Yes, I use magnetic sheets on the bases and flex-o-metal on the movement tray.
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Thanks chaps.
Darrell, I don't own a copy either, I rely on Nick reading them.
lol Ah...... worth buying do you think matey?
Yes, I use magnetic sheets on the bases and flex-o-metal on the movement tray.
It's a really great idea! 8)
Darrell.
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Much more colourful game than the England game and looked mor fun
8)
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Just did some googling; War and Conquest seem like the greatest rules that no one plays. What's up with that?
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Advertising.
They sort of came out without the fanfare of other pretenders to the throne of WAB. Bloody good ruleset though. :D
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How close are the rules to WAB? In fact, how do they compare to WAB and HC, Scrivs? Doesn't seem to say on your blog. ;)
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They are quite WAB like but with a few subtleties. I finally purchased a set today so will not have to rely so much on Nick in our next game.
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Here is a link to a review on my blog that a lot of people apparently enjoyed reading so far.
http://pijlieblog.blogspot.nl/2013/12/why-we-all-should-know-about-war-and.html (http://pijlieblog.blogspot.nl/2013/12/why-we-all-should-know-about-war-and.html)
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Here is a link to a review on my blog that a lot of people apparently enjoyed reading so far.
http://pijlieblog.blogspot.nl/2013/12/why-we-all-should-know-about-war-and.html (http://pijlieblog.blogspot.nl/2013/12/why-we-all-should-know-about-war-and.html)
It's a great review!
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Here is a link to a review on my blog that a lot of people apparently enjoyed reading so far.
Like WAB, WAC builds up an army in units made up from individual figures that fight and die individually. This does not make it a skirmish game...
Well, it could, because grandaddy Warhammer FB was/is a skirmish game that piled up minis into units. :P One of the things that put me off it, and WAB.
I did hear about WaC and CoE when they were released, but wanted to get as far away from Warhammer as I could. I can't be having with individual casualty removal in a battle game, anymore...
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I did hear about WaC and CoE when they were released, but wanted to get as far away from Warhammer as I could. I can't be having with individual casualty removal in a battle game, anymore...
So what rules do you use? ???
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Well, it could, because grandaddy Warhammer FB was/is a skirmish game that piled up minis into units. :P One of the things that put me off it, and WAB.
I did hear about WaC and CoE when they were released, but wanted to get as far away from Warhammer as I could. I can't be having with individual casualty removal in a battle game, anymore...
Well, there is no arguing taste, of course. One guy hates casualty removal, the other one hates counters...
BTW I tend to define skirmish as games in a 1:1 ratio (one figure, one man) where the smallest playing currency is a figure which accounts for me not seeing WAC as a skirmish game. If the smallest playing currency is a unit, like in WAB/WAC where single figures usually have no significance, it's not a skirmish game in my book.
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Well, it could, because grandaddy Warhammer FB was/is a skirmish game that piled up minis into units. :P One of the things that put me off it, and WAB.
I did hear about WaC and CoE when they were released, but wanted to get as far away from Warhammer as I could. I can't be having with individual casualty removal in a battle game, anymore...
BTW I tend to define skirmish as games in a 1:1 ratio (one figure, one man) where the smallest playing currency is a figure which accounts for me not seeing WAC as a skirmish game. If the smallest playing currency is a unit, like in WAB/WAC where single figures usually have no significance, it's not a skirmish game in my book.
I always just saw it as a large skirmish game and ignored its pretensions. Having a unit of 20 archer figures representing 20 real archers made a lot more sense. Even in skirmishes people group together.
I do agree though that pretending you're re-fighting a major battle, rather than some insignificant scuffle, does not really work when a model representing 50+ men gets a saving throw. ::)
:)
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I did hear about WaC and CoE when they were released, but wanted to get as far away from Warhammer as I could. I can't be having with individual casualty removal in a battle game, anymore...
I suggest "Impetus" if your not already playing it. :D
Christopher
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I suggest "Impetus" if your not already playing it. :D
Christopher
Seconded 8)
For the uninitiated, there's a downloadable Basic Impetus version if you want to try it out on the Dadi & Piombo site:
http://www.dadiepiombo.com/basic2.html
Darrell.
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For the uninitiated, there's a downloadable Basic Impetus version if you want to try it out on the Dadi & Piombo site:
True and that's a very nice bonus, however I highly recommend the full version which IMHO gives a better game, but their are others who do prefer the basic version.
Christopher