Please Help with Rules

[TJSKI]

Okay,

I am asking the group here for some help. Does anyone know if there was ever rules written for WW2 that were like the Legends of the Old West style of games that focused on individual advancement of squad members? I am trying to rack my brain and I can not think of any, but that may be me just getting old.

Thanks...

Tim K

[Lowtardog]

Now then, Phil yate wrote a set free many moons ago based on 40k

Guy Bowers and others did a good few years ago have a yahoo group where they were developing just what you are talking about. I know I used them for VBCW games

[TJSKI]

I remember the WW2 40K that Phil did, turned into Flames of War.

I know there were a few spinoffs that folks like Guy did, but looking for anything that made it to print thought. I may need to re-visit the idea of writing something like this since I am pretty familiar with the rules (LotHS).

Just curious if anyone ever got anything off the ground, would hate to re-write the wheel.

Tim K

[NTM]

Behind Enemy Lines?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behind_Enemy_Lines_(role-playing_game)

I've got them somewhere but it's been donkeys years since I last even looked at them.

[Vagabond]

Hi Tim

You could look at 2 Hour Wargames Rules for WW2 "Nuts" these are based on their free set Chain Reaction 3 so you could download CR3 1st and see if they are going to give you what you want.

I don't have Nuts but do have CR3 and a couple of their other sets for Western and Zombie gaming.

They are designed to be played solo and because of the way the game is reaction driven you get exciting and unpredictable games. I don't think they would work so well for competitive games against an opponent without adjusting the reaction side of the rules. The reaction system takes a bit of time to get your head around it but works well in my opinion.

Nuts and CR3  are for a small squad - 10ish men, they each have a reputation value usually between 2 and 6 and all dice rolls relate to that value, eg shooting, morale etc. After a game, if they have fulfilled certain criteria then roll 1d6 and if it's greater than current Rep they advance 1level. Very simplistic but it works easily.

Using CR3 I am part way through their scenario book for Nuts - The Big Hurt and my BAR man Big Ken McKlusky has just been killed, he had worked his way up from Rep 3 to 6 and was deadly, we are going to miss him.

Their other rules give figures more attributes, and I have extended it so that my pulp and survivor figures have about 6 eg brains guts brawl shoot perception etc but this slows down the game.

With the single Rep value I blu tac a card disc to the bottom of the figures base and write the Rep on it so that I can read it without having to keep picking the figure up to see what it is or looking up on a chart.

Food for thought.

[Lowtardog]

I remember the WW2 40K that Phil did, turned into Flames of War.

I know there were a few spinoffs that folks like Guy did, but looking for anything that made it to print thought. I may need to re-visit the idea of writing something like this since I am pretty familiar with the rules (LotHS).

Just curious if anyone ever got anything off the ground, would hate to re-write the wheel.

Tim K

I am almost sure it died a death when rob broom left, along with WAB etc there were a few supplements ready to go for that and Guy was also developing a modern war version with some interesting mechanisms as we demonstrated it at a show.

The 40k was around late 90s but wasnt flames of war as that was warmaster epic hybrid. It had codeces for all major participants and I think used 5th edition as the rules set

[Lowtardog]

Found them Tim, here you go
http://wpbww2.tripod.com/files.html

[NurgleHH]

I hope the link ist right: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/LOTRvariants/conversations/messages

Here you find alternative Legend of the Old West-List for several periods. i think here is also something for WW2 (Pacific) easy to convert for you.