modern warfare solo ruleset ?

[sundayhero]

Hi,

As some of you know, I'll soon play OPEX, a french modern combat skirmish game, oriented on french forces contemporary "assymetric" actions. I'll play it with my brother, I hope one day by months...

But in the mean time, do you know any game, including french modern list, allowing interesting and challenging (campaign and scenarion driven) solitaire game ?


thanks

[Diceplague]

I suggest you to take a look on www.twohourwargames.com and take a look. They have the best solo rules for almost any kind of solo wargames IMHO, and you can even play coop with your brother (or against each other it it suits you both). I think  i´ve read somewhere about NUTS been used to modern warfare.

[Arlequín]

FNG are Two Hour Wargames Vietnam rules, based on the Nuts! system. It's designed for asymmetric warfare... but obviously you will have to do some modification to make it fit modern French forces. Nevertheless the framework is there, the principles are the same and you can lead your platoon through a 'Tour of Duty' in whatever far-flung hell-hole the CFT has despatched them to.

Follow Diceplague's link and you can find a stripped-down free set of the core THW rule engine to try out. If you like how that works, you will love the rules themselves.     

[sundayhero]

I should have noticed "a ready to use ruleset"  

I already have bought plenty of THW games (ATZ, WHL, WHAA, RRTK, LTL, 5150NB...). They are great for each style they adress.

But I suck at creating custom rules, or adapting existing ones   And to be honest, it's one of the rare things in our hobby I hate :  creating or modifying rules  


I prefer to pay someone to do it  

[Arrigo]

Ambush alley/Force on force is eminently playable solo and solo rules have been posted in the appropriate website ( http://ambushalleygames.com/resources/downloads/31-extras here because linking it is easier done than said  )

Arrigo

[sundayhero]

Thank you, but it says that it's for an old version of Ambush Alley. But ambush alley is not available anymore, correct me if I'm wrong ?  I just found Force on Force rulebook on their store. 

[Arrigo]

the Solo rules are perfectly useable with the current Force on Force. Force on force (new edition) is more or less a repackaged Force on Force plus Ambush Alley (with some specific rules for solo and WW2 games omitted). Basically the addition has some guidelines for the non player forces to act. The core rules have already solo game incorporated.

Arrigo

[sundayhero]

The core rules have already solo game incorporated.

THanks !  You're speaking of the current FoF rules ?

[Arrigo]

yes/oui/si/da/ja/hai 

[sundayhero]

Thank you a lot for your help !

[sundayhero]

Last questions :

Are FoF scenarios compatible with any army, or do we have to play USMC for this, british SAS for that, etc... ?

As a french army player is there any advantage buying afghanistan FoF addon ? Same question for the scenarios about army choices.

I' m currently building a full french platoon + a dozen of special forces and vehicles, and about half hundred insurged (to be played both in Afghanistan and Mali, last contemporary french military actions).

[Arrigo]

well the scenarios in the basic books are sort of generic you can simply swap forces with too much troubles (except the one in Grozny I assume...). If you plan to go to A'stan (tabletop version of course), the Enduring Freedom suppelement is a must. While none of the scenarios has any french actions they are interesting on their own, you have a lot of special rules for Afghanistan, a quite well written comment on what was happening there (a tad too much Special Forces oriented IMHO but still valid and informative, the author is a journalist specialized on the subject, he is also appearing here at times). Beside that... the supplement includes also information on French squad and platoon organization and the description of some vehicles.

Arrigo

[sundayhero]

Thank you for your help. I'll probably add FoF and afghanistan addon on my christmas wishlist, then 


Today I ordered last vehicles and troops I need for my french forces. There will be some quite interesting conversion work on several french vehicles, especially

Pics soon. 

[sundayhero]

Another question (I'm currently basing my minis). What is the typical insurgents unit (if any) in FoF ?

In my insurgent force (planned for Mali and Afghanistan warfare) I've got leaders, RPGs, RPKs, and "regular" insurgent with ak47 minis. I was thinking of converting some of them as regular AK47 insurgents, because I thought I had too much RPKs and leaders for the french game I plan to play,...But maybe not for FoF.

So before converting any mini...I prefer to ask (since Christmas tree FoF book is still a bit far  ).

Last question, how much minis are typically needed for FoF game ?

I've got (or will receive soon) :

 the french version of a complete platoon (around 40 soldiers, including 3 APC + 2 light armored "small humvee like" with crews,  instead of the 4th apc...I was bored to paint 4 similar APCs so I'll wait for a new vehicle release to complete the platoon), and around 16 special forces operators including 2 long distance .50 sniper teams in ghillie (+ one 4X4 VLRA SAS truck and one light 4X4 P4 SAS vehicle with full crews).

And about 50 insurgents (with about 10rpg, 7 or 8 leaders, 10 RPK, 2 to 4 (2 dragunov and 2 akm with scope) snipers and 2 technicals with MG).

Is it enough for interesting games ?

thank you !

[von Lucky]

Check out:
http://smallscaleoperations.blogspot.com.au/2011/03/wargaming-moderns-guide-to-start-force.html

You have about enough.