6mm Sengoku Jidai

[Jemima Fawr]

Bloody brilliant, as always!  I particularly like Hashitagu-Sama at the front.

Don't suppose you fancy getting them out for a game next week...? 

[Osmoses]

Yeah, can do. Still got the units prepped from the last game.

[Jemima Fawr]

Yeah, can do. Still got the units prepped from the last game.

[Osmoses]

And here's some pics of that game with Jemima Fawr. A very close battle which, after gaining an initial advantage, I rather allowed to get away from me....

[syrinx0]

A very impressive & colorful battlefield.

[fred]

A very impressive & colorful battlefield.

It is indeed. Great stuff!

[Jemima Fawr]

Yes, a brilliant and properly nail-biting game with wonderful troops and scenery.  Thanks again, Osmoses! 

[Osmoses]

The collected bases so far. If I were a bit more careful in putting them away, I wouldn't have to sort them out before every game....

[wkeyser]

Love your rules and the amazing look of the units and armies. I would love to see some more information on "The Way of the Horse and Bow". It is fascinating I have down loaded the rules and am looking for Genpie era figures but am struggling with how many and what kind of figures i should get? I am hoping you have some thoughts on that.

Some specific questions how big are the hexes in your photos of a battle and how how big are your  bases?

ps still planning 10mm but like all wagamers i have been distracted by other projects.
William

[Osmoses]

Thanks. The WoHaB thing started out really as a thought experiment as much as anything else, arising from an observation by Karl Friday drawing parallels between WW1 dogfighting aviators and mounted archers. So the game really concentrates on those mounted archers and ‘abstracts’ (to use the standard wargames rules writer’s get-out phrase) everything else.

I used Westwind figures, mainly as the horses are a bit chunkier than the Assault Group ones, but other than those two, there isn’t much choice for the Genpei War. Those ranges also include a lot of mounted warriors with melee weapons, which you don’t really want for the Genpei War. I based mine on 30mm x 50mm bases with 40mm hexes. Because the figures can get very close to each other, I wanted a bit more space for the figures so they don’t overlap the hexes.

We’ve found that players can pretty easily handle 8-10 figures each, in 2 groups of 4 or 5. But I’ve used 16 in one game. Really depends on how many players you have, it’s a better game if the area is a bit crowded, but you can increase the ‘stray arrows’ zone to effectively make the area smaller. I think 8-10 figures a side is a decent starter game.

[syrinx0]

That is an impressive horde!

[wkeyser]

Thanks Osmoses
I also saw some cards on a site where I found more pictures of a game being played, if those cards are indeed yours could you put them on your site and explain what the symbols on the bottom mean and what do the smaller horse cards indicate.

This looks like a much less daunting project than your battle games!!!!

Thanks

[Osmoses]

Ah yes, those cards are character cards and horse cards that add some extra abilities. I have numbers on my figure bases, and then put a corresponding number chit on the relevant card by the side of the board to track who is who. A lot of the horses and characters are basic with no special abilities, as I was just shuffling them and randomly dealing them out to players for games. I made a separate pool with some of the characters with higher scores for players to draw from for their leaders.

Anyway, the cards are now uploaded to the download page, just as word docs. The character cards are designed to fit standard 'Magic the Gathering' size card sleeves, whereas the horses are 'US mini boardgame' size (I think). About 60mm x 40mm sleeves.

[wkeyser]

That is great thanks.

William

[wkeyser]

I think I found an alternative to 28mm!  Could you that are more informed about the armour of the Gempei war do this figures fit.

https://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/sam-cav-yor-tach-s.jpg

15mm might be a great way to this.