| Old Smokie | 16 Nov 2009 3:39 p.m. PST |
any suggestions for a set of rules for Modern 6mm, using forces that are not to large to handle in a game |
| Grizwald | 16 Nov 2009 3:47 p.m. PST |
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| Only Warlock | 16 Nov 2009 3:52 p.m. PST |
I recommend "Cold War Commander" Fast playing, lots of fun. Dirtside II would work as well, but has more detail and less forces on table because of it (Still love DSII tho) |
| Ken Portner | 16 Nov 2009 4:04 p.m. PST |
Fistful of Tows is also very good.
Current edition is 2nd Edition, but 3rd Edition is scheduled to come out in 2010.
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| Martian Root Canal | 16 Nov 2009 4:07 p.m. PST |
2nd vote for Cold War Commander. |
| Arrigo | 16 Nov 2009 4:23 p.m. PST |
3rd vote for Cold War Commander |
| The Lost Soul | 16 Nov 2009 4:36 p.m. PST |
At the risk of jumping on the bandwagon, 4th vote for Cold War Commander. Fun, high manoeuvre games. |
| SgtPain | 16 Nov 2009 5:06 p.m. PST |
I would recommend ether modern spearhead or a Fistful of Tows. |
| HostileContact | 16 Nov 2009 6:28 p.m. PST |
I play both FFT2 and CWC. I really thinks it depends on what you want from your games. CWC is a bit more abstracted when it comes to units capabilities than FFT2 is. But I personally believe that CWC handles Infantry a little better than FFT2. Both are good, fun games that will give you relatively accurate results (well for a game). CWC abstracts the way units are knocked out a lot more then FFT2. This was (is) of the hardest things for me to accept about CWC (or any xWC title for that matter, as I play all three). If you know some one with a copy of any of the x-War Commander books, I'd suggest you borrow one and read up, or even better go watch/play in a game. As for FFT2 you can download a free (lite) version to get a better understanding of it. As a last note I'll say FFT2 (FFT3 is supposedly changing this) is really more of a Micro Armor games, where as CWC is a combined arms games. HostileContact |
| Old Smokie | 16 Nov 2009 7:31 p.m. PST |
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| Andrew Walters | 16 Nov 2009 10:15 p.m. PST |
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| bruntonboy | 17 Nov 2009 12:04 a.m. PST |
and another vote for Tankwreck. Graham |
| (Jake Collins of NZ 2) | 17 Nov 2009 12:25 a.m. PST |
You can also look at it in terms of price:
Cold War Commander = £17.50/US$48
FFT2 = US$30
Modern Spearhead = US24.50 |
| Martin Rapier | 17 Nov 2009 4:20 a.m. PST |
As with all rules queries, what level of game are you interested in and what period? Skirmish? tactical? operational? CWC, MSH and FFoT all cover similar ground – brigade(ish) actions with one base = 1 platoon, generally armour heavy actions (AiW, Cold War etc). This may be what you are after or it may not. Most modern warfare these days is company level counter insurgency ops, which 6mm also works well for. |
snapped some photos of games he didn't get a chance to play in at Council of Five Nations.