Commands and Colors Medieval

[BaronVonJ]

Hey fellas,
last night I ran a Late Medieval game using the Commands and Colors boardgame rules, but with miniatures on the tabletop.

See the short battlereport:
http://www.baronvonj.blogspot.com/
Worked great!
-J

[Aaron]

Very cool! Where did you get the hex mat? I'd love to try something similar with my Romans or the upcoming Napoleonic version.

[mikeygees]

 You have your battle groups based on one stand? How do you keeping track of casualties?

[Aaron]

He used little dice according to his blog entry. 

[BaronVonJ]

First question. My table has a top I made from this great heavy paper that has not really flock, but a fuzzy texture embedded in it. I got it at a model railroad place, and I can't seem to find it anymore. It has survived spills, stains and 10 years of abuse. I have since I created a another top for it using the reverse side of a vinyl tablecloth painted green. So, I decided to take the old top and make it useful.
I made a stencil for my 6" hexes. I had about 8 hexes on the stencil. I then proceeded to draw in the corners with a felt tip. The result was very subtle.

Second. Casualties. For this game, I used a small die behind the stand to keep track of hits. Long term, I would use a casualty base with numbers on the base to keep track of hits. Even better, if this is the route I take, I'll actually have 3-4 stands per unit and remove stands ala C&C. The hexes are big enough for my 60mm stands.

[Aaron]

Thanks Baron, very instructive.

[mikeygees]

Thanks guys....

[Furt]

Command and Colors is a great ruleset - wouldn't mind seeing your spin on the rules for medieval games.

I would have to agree that the right number of stands would improve the feel of the game, but it looks great still.

Seeing 3 stands of mounted knights in a hex would be a sight to behold!

[Sangennaru]

that is really nice! i love hex games!


where are the minis from?

[BaronVonJ]

The minis are from the much maligned Old Glory. The War of the Roses line is one of their better, and at the time the only kind I could get (No Perry Miniatures around in the mid 90s). OG is much cheaper, thus my ability to field 48 stands with 6-8 figs apiece. I don't think I could have afforded to do that with Foundry.
I've got some Medieval singles. I'm going to run a game as a skirmish with 3-4 figures per hex.
-J

[Geudens]

You might be interested in our variant...

http://www.tsoa.be/html/titelblad_uk_medieval.html

Rudi

[BaronVonJ]

Thanks,
I thought ours played out great as is with the 5th expansion "epic" rules.
-J