[COMMERCIAL] O GROUP WW2 RULES

[SHARPE52]

I am afraid that Modern warfare rules are often full of details and that is a must if you want to cover all the feature of this period.
I am a fan of TFL and the like rules but I have to admit that they require a certain fidelity in terms of time devoted to play.
They are not the kind of rules you can play once in a while in a spot evening at your club.
We tried some time ago IABSM and after played for one month or so we found them very fun but difficult to master.
Marco

[vodkafan]

No sign of my hard copy of the rules yet 

[vodkafan]

Got them today took them to work for a good read.
I am finding loads of things I am going to tweak already.

[Gunner Dunbar]

Any issues using singly based figures for these rules? would like to expand (already started) my CoC forces, I suppose I could make 3 man sabot bases.

[fred]

Sabot bases should work well - in the rules Rich uses 12mm figures on 25mm round bases, on a 3 hole sabot base - you could use something similar for larger figures. The key bit would be if you visually accept a figure is a section?

[Gunner Dunbar]

Yeah, wouldn’t use 1 fig as a section, but would there be issues having 3 loose figs as a section, 9 loose as a platoon? But Ide probably do the sabot thing anyway.

[fred]

I think just the practical problem of knowing these 3 models are a section, which is part of a platoon. Would be fine while units are fairly separate, could get annoying in terrain. Sabot bases sound a good idea.

[Chris Abbey]

I've just brought a copy of 'O' Group rules, I really like the look of them, I've been looking for a WW2 game at this level rather than the popular 'super skirmish' for quiet a while. Only problem is, my rule book is missing all the page numbers! Am I unlucky, or are all sets the same? Hoping that it's the former so I can swap them for a set with page numbers. Not sure if they've been missed out or if they were to near the bottom of the page and have been trimmed off in production process?

[FlyXwire]

Chris, all the initial printed rules are like this - the page numbers are there in the binding crease (barely visible if you spread the book open).

Apparently, the adding of the advert to the inside cover (post-proofing) caused all the page numbers to be on the "inside" of the pages, rather than on the outside - this the explanation posted on the TFL forum.

[Chris Abbey]

Ah, I see. I'd best get by trusty ballpoint out and write page numbers on some where a bit more visible.
Look's like a cracking system, and all my 20mm and 15mm figures are based this way so just need to read and absorb the rules.

[Soundchaser]

I might put my platoon commanders in the mix. I like them on the table. Anyone have a tweak to make such fit? It could just work for “show” anyhow.

[DCRBrown]

SC,

You could simply try having an extra section with each platoon, as most platoons had a small HQ? Looks good but no combat value.

Or if you are basing from scratch have a slightly bigger base for one section to include the command figure or as I saw one player do, add a rather neat extension to the back of one platoon base to which he added the Platoon Commander!

DB

[Soundchaser]

I base for Crossfire, so my PC’s are on ‘half’ bases. But I could easily keep them next to a section.