Getting started in VSF - skirmish rules?

[The_Beast]

The variants of FFol are hardly in conflict with each other.  It’s all basically the same game.

Given questions of my powers of observation and imagination, I should probably just hush, but I am curious as to where the FFoL VSF vehicle rules ended up. My vague recall of the playtest is of something not found elsewhere in the other rulesets.

Doug

[Commander Roj]

Wow. Thank you.

I got all my stuff from you a few years past and thought they were no longer available.

Me too, although now I come to think of it, perhaps I had just forgotten this. I must be getting old...

[Easy E]

I too am always amazed how much people want you to give an interpretation of the rules the "Official sanction" and that they are willing to spend good money to do it. 

[Pattus Magnus]

The “pay for official sanction” thing may be GW’s most influential contribution to wargaming, that expectation even shows up in historical gaming now. A pal who works in a game store and is kind of their historicals specialist told me that recently a young fellow wandered in, took a look around, and asked whether the Warlord boxes were the “official figures for Napoleonic games”.

Regarding the FFoL games, I have quite a few. I don’t buy them to get official sanction for games in different periods. It’s more that I enjoy the layouts and try to support an indie company that makes products that I have fun with. I expect that’s probably a fairly common perspective among FFoL’s repeat buyers!

[BaronVonJ]

Our whole premise is to provide rules for "whatever miniatures you have" to play in "whatever world you want". In a world of "you have to play with our miniatures to play a game with our rules" we are for the players who want to create their own aesthetic.

[Aethelflaeda was framed]

Our whole premise is to provide rules for "whatever miniatures you have" to play in "whatever world you want". In a world of "you have to play with our miniatures to play a game with our rules" we are for the players who want to create their own aesthetic.

And a most welcome approach it is.  I went out and bought a few of your rules as Pdf just to see how much might be different, and because i too can sometimes be lazy about scenarios. I knew full well that I could always just make up my own traits (I had played Ffol at cons and knew full well how easy it was to do,) but putting a dollar in your hands rather than Osprey/GW/Warlord struck me as money better spent. It certainly is the vehicle of choice for my Gothic Horror figs from Northstar, even though i bought the Silver Bayonet rules—-which i find just kind of meh.

[flatpack]

We love FFOL rules, mainly because they are fun, and that’s what we want from a game.
We’ve bought many versions of the rules.
We enjoy supporting Jaye and his endeavors.
We appreciate Jaye being open and responsive to our questions.
We’ve bought rule sets from other manufacturers in the past, and not had that openness from the rule writers.
We are also LAZY.
I know I can find most things and data from FFOL rule sets, but if I go for a set period, it’s great to have all the rules in one place, i.e one rule set.
So come on Jaye, help an old lazy wargamer out and release your FFOL VSF rules soon 

[has.been]

Wot Flatpack said. 

[BaronVonJ]

I'm done with Arena of Blood, so it's back to VSF. It'll be a large book.

[The_Beast]

I'm done with Arena of Blood, so it's back to VSF. It'll be a large book.

Sweet music to MY ears.

Doug

[Aethelflaeda was framed]

If you need a proof reader/play tester let me know.

[flatpack]

If you need a proof reader/play tester let me know.

Form an queue, FFOL VSF coming thro.

[has.been]

Wot Flatpack said.

Recruiting already started.

https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=119096.msg1852280#msg1852280

 

[CC2IC]

Seems to be a solid group of VSF players here.

[VonAkers]

Bounty Hunter
We use MWWBK.
With Mods to suit Mars
We count Martians  as Irregulars( Not Tribals !) . they can either be armed with hand weapons , or Muskets v some could have rifled muskets .
We dont play an officer per unit , one officer only.
Works great
Cheers
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