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Post by tetramorph on Jun 23, 2018 17:18:31 GMT -6
Hey, @gronanofsimmerya, have you war-gamed much with any of Donald Featherstone's rules?
I just ordered a copy of his Wargaming Campaigns and I'm looking forward to it.
I noticed he also published a set of rules for Skirmish Wargaming. Have you ever played those rules?
Got me wondering how they could be used for D&D as an alternative to the alternative combat system.
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Post by derv on Jun 23, 2018 18:49:34 GMT -6
Maybe of interest, Featherstone and Bath were gaming buddies. Featherstone tended to stick with the historical though.
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Post by chicagowiz on Jun 25, 2018 8:11:39 GMT -6
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Post by tetramorph on Jun 25, 2018 11:34:51 GMT -6
Yes, I own, have read and love Bath's Wargames Campaigns. Awesome. Helped change my whole approach to D&D -- not so much technically but in terms of ethos. Featherstone's book is on the way. So now I will check out Grant as well. Thanks, chicagowiz!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2018 12:08:48 GMT -6
Never played any of Featherstone's rules, but I've read some of his books and articles.
There used to be a plethora of wargaming systems out there in the 60s and 70s, too much for anybody but a dedicated hobbyist to read them all, even for a given period.
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Post by chicagowiz on Jun 25, 2018 12:20:12 GMT -6
Yes, I own, have read and love Bath's Wargames Campaigns. Awesome. Helped change my whole approach to D&D -- not so much technically but in terms of ethos. Now I'm curious... how did they change your approach to D&D?
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Post by tetramorph on Jun 26, 2018 12:06:58 GMT -6
chicagowiz , I was never a wargamer, so my introduction to role-play was such that I could only feel the vibe that was different between old school and the newer story-based approaches. I feel like Tony Bath's book helped me understand the subtitle of D&D and thus play it "better." Sunday night our campaign continued. Quark the fighting-dwarf had just cleared the land for his barony. It was time to gather some information they had heard about a giant purple worm god. So I pulled out the OS board and they stared moving from Quark's barony down to Beric's barony. (Scale, 1hex = 5 miles.) Before they even got there they encountered a couple of pirate barrages (200 pirates in toto) heading downstream. Being lawful, they attacked. So we moved aside the OS board and got out the dry-erase hex board together with a bunch of dry-erasable plastic counters. (Scale, 1hex = 10 yards.)Then the wargame began! So now we have a series of interconnected wargames. We are playing a wargames campaign. We are having a lot of fun. Fight on!
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Post by chicagowiz on Jun 26, 2018 13:45:36 GMT -6
tetramorphThat's awesomesauce! Enjoy! Fight on, indeed!
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Post by tetramorph on Aug 6, 2018 19:19:58 GMT -6
chicagowiz, I just read through the C S Grant Wargames Campaigns book. It was really good. I see what you mean about ranking them the way you do. I agree. Bath's is amazing. Grant less so, but extremely useful. Thanks for the tip!
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