 Editor in Chief Bill   | 20 Jun 2011 12:54 p.m. PST |
Imagine that you want to take the scenarios from Mark H. Walker's World at War series and play them as miniatures games. The game is set during a 'what-if' Cold War invasion of Europe, set in 1983. Counters represent individual platoons of infantry or armor; a turn represents 5-15 minutes, and let's say the map is roughly 4,000 meters deep. Which miniatures ruleset would you use? |
 Extra Crispy  | 20 Jun 2011 1:02 p.m. PST |
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| Arrigo | 20 Jun 2011 1:03 p.m. PST |
World at War. There is a nice miniature conversion in the compendium. and it 1985 not 1983. |
 Saber6  | 20 Jun 2011 1:23 p.m. PST |
Combined Arms/Command Decision |
| Grizzlymc | 20 Jun 2011 1:48 p.m. PST |
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| CPBelt | 20 Jun 2011 3:00 p.m. PST |
Yep, World at War makes a great minis game. I have found Blood & Bridges an excellent entry point, followed by Eisenbach Gap. Be odd use something else. By the shrug, I assume you have never played the games, K? |
| darthfozzywig | 20 Jun 2011 3:28 p.m. PST |
He's just keeping his post count up but his character count down. |
| darthfozzywig | 20 Jun 2011 3:29 p.m. PST |
I would probably use Cold War Commander, but that's because I have it here. |
| Grizzlymc | 20 Jun 2011 4:15 p.m. PST |
He's good at that, but generally more agreeable. |
| SgtPain | 20 Jun 2011 5:08 p.m. PST |
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| darthfozzywig | 20 Jun 2011 6:31 p.m. PST |
What scale would you prefer, kyoteblue? I rather like 15mm myself for modern(ish) now. I blame Ambush Alley Games for that. |
| Editor in Chief Bill | 20 Jun 2011 7:37 p.m. PST |
Combined Arms/Command Decision Does the latest edition cover anything post WWII? I thought Frank considered the original Combined Arms to be fatally flawed in some way… |
| Editor in Chief Bill | 20 Jun 2011 7:38 p.m. PST |
I didn't know Cold War Commander is out of print… And the Lulu version is kind of lame (no pictures). No PDF available? |
| SECURITY MINISTER CRITTER | 20 Jun 2011 7:56 p.m. PST |
Fist Full of Tows just to be perverse. |
| Cpt Arexu | 20 Jun 2011 8:41 p.m. PST |
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| Sudwind | 20 Jun 2011 10:12 p.m. PST |
I would simply use the World at War boardgame rules as is…and play the game with micro armor on 4" GHQ Terrain Maker hexes. In fact, I already ran a game for my club using these rules. I created a scenario for the Iran-Iraq war and it played very well using the World at War rules. |
| GROSSMAN | 21 Jun 2011 5:27 p.m. PST |
I am building forces for the WAW rules. The article in the Compendium is a great intro to convert the game into miniatures. I think thye do it in 1/600 scale, but at 5o+ I am lucky to see micro armor. I will post soem pics when I am through. |
