| Trevsky | 20 Oct 2009 4:14 p.m. PST |
Hi all, I've kicked off my blog with a few pics and lines about our 1984 game at SELWG last weekend. Here's the link. thebitsbox.blogspot.com Trev |
| Lowtardog | 20 Oct 2009 4:57 p.m. PST |
A fantastic looking game thanks for the report |
Chortle  | 20 Oct 2009 10:01 p.m. PST |
Nice looking game. I played a cold war game at SELWG around 1984. Ultra moderns was very big at SELWG at that time and we took a 1/300th game to the show. Are those 20mm? |
| Doug em4miniatures | 21 Oct 2009 1:50 a.m. PST |
That looks great. Where were you in the hall? I was too busy to look round; which is good but also a shame because it meant missing seeing games like yours. It seems quaint to think we used to call contemporary games "Ultra Modern" back in seventies and eighties. We used this name because WW2 was called "Modern". 1/300 was the scale back then but the bigger scale does look fantastic. Doug |
| EssexWargamer | 21 Oct 2009 2:24 a.m. PST |
Chortle – those are 28mm figures and tanks. Doug, we were in the main hall next to the Zulu game by the Salute boys. Simon @ SSWG. |
| Chieftain | 21 Oct 2009 5:37 a.m. PST |
Chortle – they're a mix of Sloppy Jalopy and Chieftain vehicles (now with Sloppy Jalopy) and Mongrel Miniatures |
| von Paulus | 21 Oct 2009 10:34 a.m. PST |
Saw this at Salute a year or so ago. Fantastic set up. Really inspirational. If it wasn't for the fact that I'm already painting the Mongrel 9th Company stuff and muj for a game in December – I'd get the BAOR and Soviets out. Thanks for posting. |
| Fall Rot | 21 Oct 2009 10:44 a.m. PST |
Gorgeous terrain and models! Thanks for posting. -CH |
| Platybeladon | 21 Oct 2009 12:04 p.m. PST |
Great photos and report. Particularly liked the KO'd burning T62 |
| templar72 | 21 Oct 2009 12:18 p.m. PST |
I'm jealous….beautiful stuff. I have a ton of it in a box but having a hard time getting around to it. I especially like your game boards. Ed G. |
| Chortle | 22 Oct 2009 2:48 a.m. PST |
How do the Chieftan's perform under the rules you were using. From what I've read (limited I admit) the Chieftan had poor performance. Considering how long we relied on it as the backbone of our armoured force I'm glad the baloon never went up. |
 Bobgnar  | 22 Oct 2009 1:41 p.m. PST |
I was hoping for a real "1984" game, not a historical game set in 1984. |
| Trevsky | 22 Oct 2009 4:11 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the comments folks and I'm glad you liked our demo. The figures, as Chieftain, not surprisingly, noted, were from Chieftain models (the tanks – some painted by Ian Crouch's own fair hand even), Sloppy Jalopy (The APCs) and Mongrel (the infantry and support weapons). They are all excellent models from some very talented sculptors and well worth a look. Chortle: The Chieftains did okay under the Force-on-Force rules we were using, although we did change the vehicle rules slightly, as I mentioned. In FoF the Chieftain gets a lower base dice type for their defense rolls than the T-72 but gets one more dice to roll, so there isn't much of a difference. In our game most of the T-72s were taken out by the Milan teams though. As to real relative merits of the tanks, I'd have to leave that to those more educated on such things. However, as a certain Mr A.E.Curtis, of these parts, is probably about as good an authority as you're likely to get on such matters, you shouldn't have too far to go for your answer. Alternatively, there is an interesting discussion on the development of Soviet AFVs over at the Tanknet forum. Bob: Sorry to disappoint you with our lack of Orwellian credentials. The 1984 title was deliberately ambiguous but we also felt it was ironically appropriate given we were presenting a game based on a war that never happened. Also, feel free to see our British as English Socialists and our Russians as Eurasians if you prefer. regards, Trev |
