"new Alamo rules up" Topic

There will be a formal announcement from Splintered Light, but I just put up on Wargame Vault my new Alamo rules, BLOODY DAWN.

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These were written primarily for 15mm and the Old Glory/Blue Moon model and miniatures, but of course can be adapted to other scales. Texans can win the game based on how many casualties they inflict on Santa Anna, and can play with 186 or 250 men (with the larger garrison requiring more kills to win.) Players may keep track of casualties on paper, but the back cover has color casualty markers for both sides that can be copied and glued to metal disks.

Set up is double blind; the Mexicans leave the room and plan their attack while the Texans deploy.

There are two hypothetical scenarios. Fannin at the Alamo gives the Texans 500-600 men, but Santa Anna uses his artillery to breach the walls before attacking.

Cos at the Alamo 1835 moves the battle of Bexar to the Alamo, so the Mexicans are defending and the Texans attacking.

Color pdf is $9.99 USD and printed softcover (b&w except color covers) is $14.99 USD and includes the pdf.

I will be running demo games in the Host lobby at Cold Wars March 7-8.

This is the 2nd edition of these rules, which I have used in 28mm for a decade or more. There's lots of new stuff, particularly in reflecting the more accurate model of the Alamo and resulting changes in tactics.

Sounds very good. I will be getting the color pdf.

Looks good. Congratulations.

Great news. That is of huge interest to me.

I use the Boot Hill Miniatures 28mm figures, I just don't seem to ever have enough of them! Cheers.

Congratulations Doc. Not really a period of interest of mine but the rules do tick all the boxes. Fast play with volley's of D6s? I'm intrigued. I may stop by and see your demo game.

Boot Hill is awesome indeed. I did the Hudson and Allen Alamo in 28mm for many many years, but was bothered by inaccuracies, particularly after the Lemon book came out. The BM 15mm model is far more accurate, and it changes the play of the battle significantly. The south gate and lunette complex, the convent with its two stories, and the two north wall batteries can all function to a great extent as towers in a castle, capable of continuing resistance even after the perimeter is breached. The problem with the Alamo as a war-game investment is the limited replay value, but I find games seldom play the same way even when the Mexicans use the same attack plan, and when you give the Texans the choice of a smaller or greater garrison (with correspondingly lower or higher Mexican casualties required to win) it becomes even more problematical for the Mexicans and therefore an interesting/challenging replay. AND there's the hypothetical Fannin and Cos scenarios.

I use the 54mm Alamo by Conte and TSSD. Two of the most fun variants
are based on alternative history novels. In one book, a group of about 30 or so Vietnam-era veterans are sent back in time to prevent the Alamo's fall. The second book, published just last year, sends Gen. Custer with part of the 7th Cavalry back to 1836. It's a rousing good story with several good ideas for scenarios. Paragon's U.S. Cavalry troopers mix well with Conte and TSSD figures. It's a hoot to play something so off-the-wall.

I read the Custer book but missed the Vietnam one.

doc the wargame vault only has the pdf listed. Where can we get the printed soft cover?

Thanks
Jim

Doc, the Vietnam book is titled, 'Remember the Alamo,' by Kevin Randle and Robert Cornet. It was originally published in 1980 and can usually be found on eBay, Amazon, or Abebooks. It had two sequels: 'Remember Gettysburg' and 'Remember the Little Big Horn,' of which I've only read the former. There's also a very short alternative history story called, 'Remember the Alamo!' (what else?) written by T.R. Fehrenbach that appeared in Analog Science Fact and Fiction magazine in 1961. What did you think of the Custer book by Urbach?