urbinoprince2  | 20 Dec 2012 10:38 p.m. PST |
I am looking for discussion and a copy of his Napoleonic, WW2 and ACW tactical/operational and campaign rules and maps as advertised and featured in his Wargamer's Digest. forceof2@verizon.net |
John Leahy  | 20 Dec 2012 10:56 p.m. PST |
Have you tried the yahoo group?
link |
 BrianW  | 20 Dec 2012 10:57 p.m. PST |
I may have the maps, but not the rules. Contact me off-list at: brianw0405ATgmailDOTcom
and I will take a look.
BWW |
| Bunkermeister | 20 Dec 2012 11:00 p.m. PST |
wargamersdigest-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Join the Wargamers Digest Yahoo Group Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog |
| RudyNelson | 21 Dec 2012 5:33 a.m. PST |
As an old Wargamer, In WW2 I find his vehicle casting per unit very similar to what FoW uses based on my reading. |
| Formerly known as DEFENDER | 21 Dec 2012 9:17 a.m. PST |
The " McCoy standard unit". Those were the days. I may yet have the WWII rules buried in a box somewhere Urbino. I will have a look when I get home. |
| panzerCDR | 21 Dec 2012 9:37 a.m. PST |
I have a number of the old rules advertised in WD: Angriff, Pas deCharge, The Wargamer's Handbook, Wargamer's Guide to the American Revolution et. al. Are these the ones you are interested in? I don't think any of them were focused on using the McCoy standard unit. My email is : movingworld-at-aol.com. |
 aegiscg47 | 21 Dec 2012 9:48 a.m. PST |
Actually, I think his rules/scale/scenarios were all set at the same scale as Command Decision, namely each model represented a platoon. |
| Marc33594 | 22 Dec 2012 4:58 a.m. PST |
You are correct aegiscg47. Each vehicle, for example, represented 5 real ones. I was aa early subsciber to Wargamers Digest and have the complete run. I remember how, in the end, I became disappointed when to fill space they resorted to republishing articles from various military magazines and even repeating their battle problems. I believe, by then, Mr McCoy had health problems. Still, along with the book/rules Battle! by Charles Grant and Angriff probably the most influential in molding my early gaming outlook and experiences. |
| Canuckistan Commander | 22 Dec 2012 7:58 p.m. PST |
I would love to get the MMWA CAMPAIGN RULES. |
| greenknight4 | 10 Feb 2013 7:16 p.m. PST |
He never published the WWII rules. I recall paying in advance and never was refunded. |
| historygamer | 13 Feb 2013 10:35 a.m. PST |
I thought Gene's WWII scenarios were based around Angriff! I could be misremembering. :-) |
| Marc33594 | 14 Feb 2013 7:30 a.m. PST |
Good memory, Angriff was the usual suggested rules for his battle problems. |
| historygamer | 14 Feb 2013 10:49 a.m. PST |
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| Marc33594 | 15 Feb 2013 9:19 a.m. PST |
Have the original and several editions of Angriff, good memories of games with them, as well as a full run of Wargamers Digest. :) |
| vonLoudon | 11 Mar 2013 8:14 a.m. PST |
Never saw the rules, only the magazine. I understood they were to be the greatest rules since sliced bread and to this day I would like to at least read through them. Glad I didn't build those three tables they played on! |
| Mobius | 11 Mar 2013 9:42 p.m. PST |
"even repeating their battle problems." To this day I remember the solution to one battle problem was to move my units off table and re-enter it at the enemy's flank. Hey! Wait a minute. If I can do that for one problem I can do that for all of them. |
| Hornswoggler | 12 Mar 2013 6:29 a.m. PST |
Yes, I seem to recall a few of those WD battle problems had what you might call Bullwinkle solutions: "Hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat." |
| historygamer | 12 Mar 2013 5:53 p.m. PST |
The solution always seemed to be unexpectedly marching in from the edge of the table. :-) |
