Friday, 21 May 2021

Trying out One Hour Wargames WW2 rules

 I set up a trial game using what I had available. I used the rules as in the book except for changing all inches into centimetres including base size suggestions. Perhaps next time I will stick to inches?                  





12 comments:

  1. Hurrah! Version 1 Airfix Germans!

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    1. Somehow inches still feel right, from Little Wars onwards ...

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    2. I know what you mean, cm didn’t really work.

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  2. Yes I don't like metric in wargaming either .

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    1. Absolutely. Your Rule(r)s Your Move.

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    2. I should have halved the inches not gone metric. Will remember next time.

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  3. Wot! First generation Germans but no Infantry Combat Group!
    Ronnie

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    1. There are some buried in the shed somewhere!

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  4. I use metric for all my bases and model making, its more accurate. But when it comes to playing wargames, and anything requiring approximates Imperial is a lot more user friendly. Nice to see a very traditional Airfix layout.
    Michael

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  5. And did you play it out? How did it go?

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    1. It was ok , not too exciting. The cm decision made ranges too short for my taste compared to the size of the table. I didn’t like the look of it at all. It does deserve another go on a bigger table and with a grid this time. There is a chap doing the rules with his own tweaks in 10mm and I like what I have seen. More detail but not too much at all. Some neat ideas re recording casualties too.
      https://m.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR211wOtzsiZmxYWO94cy16Ql9zPstRmsI5IxVH5_-v5FS20RQ_12hfJRG8&v=Txs_C-_g5MU&feature=youtu.be

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