"Blackpowder?" Topic
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| craycaptain560 | 29 Jan 2012 9:20 p.m. PST |
Can these rules be used for World War 1 gaming? I don't own the rules, but glancing through them I noticed stats for bolt actions rifles. Thanks,
Evan |
| skinkmasterreturns | 29 Jan 2012 9:57 p.m. PST |
I think you could for the very early actions,when everything was more mobile and not in trenches. |
| DeanMoto | 29 Jan 2012 11:13 p.m. PST |
I suppose so, especially for early war – as skinkmaster mentions. Black Powder even has rules for machine guns; albeit the earliest types. Nothing about tanks though, artillery barrages and aeroplanes!  Personally, I use The Great War for anything from Russo-Japanese War onward (until WW2 of course). Best, Dean |
| Shedman | 30 Jan 2012 5:57 a.m. PST |
Personally I think it is too easy to charge home with Black Powder so in my opinion no |
| MajorB | 30 Jan 2012 6:06 a.m. PST |
Personally I think it is too easy to charge home with Black Powder You can always add a special rule to overcome that difficulty. |
| Sysiphus | 30 Jan 2012 9:42 a.m. PST |
You could have the opponent roll a "barrage command" roll and subtract it from the active players command roll. Any negative result would cancel gross movements. |
| craycaptain560 | 30 Jan 2012 6:23 p.m. PST |
Hmmm good to know! Thanks guys |
| Cheriton | 31 Jan 2012 12:18 p.m. PST |
craycaptain560: Hmmm good to know! Thanks guys I have an extra copy of "Black Powder" if you are interested in the rules system. I ordered my copy last month from the UK and when it arrived it was a brand new copy…but…the cover had been attached upside-down to the block of 184 pages. I can let you have it very reasonably (cost of postage). I was going to keep it and make the most of it myself. But I thought the publisher should know about it in case 100s had been bound that way. It was very kind of him to immediately send me a replacement copy. This is a perfectly useable (and mint) copy for gaming and reference you simply have to turn it upside-down when you want to read through it.  If you are interested email me at snyxx2000 at yahoo dot com Michael |
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