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Comment on Miniatures Rules by shichitenhakki

shichitenhakki — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:14:49 +0000

Funny you should mention this. Greg and I were discussing, not that long ago, what a (sci-fi) fantasy based in the late Renaissance would look like. It’s a niche interest, even though WarHammer is a similar idea. Our period is later, set at the dawn of the Age of Reason, of course.

It is an age when faith still drives everything – there is no such thing as an atheist. The differentiator is the faith. The plague still stalks the land. Apocalyptic wars ravage the land. I’m seeing a strong emphasis on necromancy and magic based in spiritualism – say aerial chariots drawn by angels.

In Japan the civil wars are coming to an end and the Samurai as a noble warrior is hitting his most romantic. In China the Ming are consolidating. The New World is being exploited by the over-extended superpower of Spain. The heretic trouble-makers have been expelled from England and sent to colonise the Americas.

It’s a great period. Thanks for drawing it to the top of my mind again.

Comment on Miniatures Rules by Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:54:35 +0000

How about a “clockwork fantasy ” version based on And one for all and the forthcoming cimson cutlass ?
(or escarmouche )

Something in the vein of flying dutchman or the real science-fiction writtings of Cyrano de Bergerac … It could be fun having weird science and gizmo for the period just right out the box

Comment on White Mountain army generator by shichitenhakki

shichitenhakki — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:21:04 +0000

Kyle,
Your interpretation in entirely correct.
Andrew

Comment on White Mountain army generator by Kyle

Kyle — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:17:46 +0000

The card titled PUSH says “Units adjacent to enemy may melee with +1 dice bonus.”

Is this the correct interpretation of the card:
“All units in all zones that start the turn adjacent to enemy units may melee with +1 dice bonus.”?

Comment on The Thirty Years War project by Castlerock Museum, Gary Schlosstein

Castlerock Museum, Gary Schlosstein — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:09:54 +0000

We are designing an arms and armour exhibit and would like to use the picture of mounted 17th C Cavalry and pikeman as a background for our display. Can anyone inform us where we can get a good high pixel copy of this image. gschloss@nelson-tel.net

Comment on Kurassiers, Arkebusiers, Trotters, and Gallopers by Robert Brent

Robert Brent — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:00:12 +0000

You’ve got a lot of great resources here! I’ve just been working on a timeline of the Thirty Years’ War for a dynamic history website, timelines.com. Here’s a link to the Thirty Years’ War timeline: http://timelines.com/topics/thirty-years-war.

Anyone is welcome to contribute, and I’m spreading the word to people like you who could contribute great things!

Thanks for looking.

Comment on Kurassiers, Arkebusiers, Trotters, and Gallopers by joan

joan — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:47:17 +0000

Really interesting blog thanks!

Comment on The Thirty Years War project by Tom P

Tom P — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:04:41 +0000

This blog’s great!! Thanks . You can get 2 free games here: http://2freegames.netne.net?games=free

Comment on That Samurai Game–Play Test Summary by Glaeken

Glaeken — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 05:22:07 +0000

Most interesting set of rules. It starts with its physical resemblance to Kriegspiel, and carries through with a singular metaphysical conception about the nature of warfare – whereby there is no “luck”.
Most enlightening.
Please, developers, struggle on with these mechanisms to a resolution you find satisfying. I will await the intelligence of your solution.
I adore the open-endedness of time itself as represented in these rules.
After all, as space is neatly apportioned into squares, why should time not be registered as “solid” or, indeed, implacable?
And all that card-sharping…
Piquet, it seems, has reached its tentacles into this.
You have fought a good fight to re-create a period when honour often equalled stupidity, and when cunning had nothing to do with actions under arms, but was familial.
Except that honor was a code, not always a reality.
And the off-field activities mattered more than the battles.
An excellent set of rules, requiring further refinement, and much thought on the facets of that curious creature – Man.

Comment on That Samurai Wargame by Tom Long

Tom Long — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:14:01 +0000

Nevermind, I found them