| Snowydog | 19 Mar 2015 6:02 a.m. PST |
In the UK there is a classic radio programme, Desert Island Discs, which casts guests to a desert island and allows only 8 pieces of music to take with them. A wargame version of this programme may be of interest. So, if you were shipwrecked on a desert island and only allowed to take 3 paired armies and one set of rules to use with each pair, what would you take? Remember you will be alone with no opponent.
My choices would be:
1: Napoleonic French and Austrians. The choice of Austrians purely due to my affection for the white-coated losers! My armies are ‘true' 25mm, old school Minifigs and have seen over 30 years of tabletop service. The rules I would take would be Piquet. Not my favourite Napoleonic rules but very good for solo play and always thought provoking.
2: ACW armies in 15mm by Peter Pig. The rules would be Fire and Fury, which have provided me with many years of enjoyable gaming.
3: Finally a selection of 28mm Renaissance figures and units for the Great Italian Wars. These mercenary and landsknecht units could easily be morphed into any of the main protagonists involved. I would take Impetus as my rule set. |
| Veteran Cosmic Rocker | 19 Mar 2015 6:38 a.m. PST |
1. Crusader and Arab army – THW Rally Round the King – absolutely superb solo rules 2. French and Austrian Napoleonic – Blucher rules – I am playing these solo – Sam Mustafa produces yet another set of excellent rules 3. British and German WW1 – Through the Mud and the Blood – TFL…TFL produce brilliant rules Good question |
| Mooseworks8 | 19 Mar 2015 6:38 a.m. PST |
Modern NATO 1/600 vs. Modern Former Warsaw Pact. Rules my own. Memoir 44 USA and Germans Fantasy 15mm Imperial Humans vs. Dark Tower Evil Forces. Rules my own. |
| Razor78 | 19 Mar 2015 6:39 a.m. PST |
I would take my Napoleonic Austrians and French and for a ruleset Empire V I probably wouldn't have time to play anything else ;-) |
| f u u f n f | 19 Mar 2015 6:57 a.m. PST |
1:72 Punic Wars Romans & Carthaginians. As for rules probably A Fistfull of Miniatures. I don't mind playing both sides. After reading about Neil Thomas's One Hour Wargames book I went ahead and ordered a copy. Considering it allows 9 periods in simple play format I would probably go with that. Then use up both my last two choices on generic colored blocks to be used as anything needed for the armies rolled. Oh and a notebook for any "house mods" I make and need to remember. |
| M C MonkeyDew | 19 Mar 2015 6:58 a.m. PST |
Flintloque Orcs and Elves: 95th by me for THW
US Cavalry and Plains Indians: Piquet: Din of Battle by Piquet
Flintloque Ostarian Dogs and Krautian Dwarves and Charge! by Young and Lawford! EDIT: Good Lord. How could I have forgotten. Replaced the third with the one true rule set. Bob |
| raylev3 | 19 Mar 2015 7:01 a.m. PST |
Black Powder: French and Austrian
The Sword and the Flame: Imperial and Afghan
Flames of War: American and German Gives a variety of my favorite games and their armies. |
| legatushedlius | 19 Mar 2015 8:02 a.m. PST |
British vs Sudanese – The Sword and the Flame
Crusaders vs Arabs – Lion Rampant
Romans vs Carthaginians – WAB The advantage of these is that you can use the beach as ready made scenery. |
| Zargon | 19 Mar 2015 8:56 a.m. PST |
1. 2 imagi-nation 18th century armies and their Piquet rules for them (as I am led to believe theirs are the premier solo rules) or a derivative of
Shako or those 'American Scramble' rules
2. TYW French/Spanish and 'To the Banners' (dark horse set of rules perfect for solo IMO)
3. A bunch of Pulp figures ( mixed assortment assuming I can) and the Pulp Alley rule system. I reckon that should see me happy for my 'Crusoe holiday :D' as it is right now don't think I know of a game nearer than 100 Km away :(.
BTW nice thread :)
Cheers happy gaming all. |
| leidang | 19 Mar 2015 9:27 a.m. PST |
Carthage vs Republican Rome
Greeks vs Persians
Alexandrian vs Classical Indian Hail Ceasar for rules Lots and lots of matchups with those 6 armies and they can even be merged for successor battles. |
DisasterWargamer  | 19 Mar 2015 12:38 p.m. PST |
Franco/Prussian – Died For Glory
ACW – Fire and Fury
AWI-with Fire and Fury's QRS for the period Then again if I reverted more to childhood – would have to bring along a lot of world war II plastic army men (1/32) – a lot of fond memories in a few backyards and the beach |
| Sharanac | 20 Mar 2015 5:00 a.m. PST |
Napoleonic Polish/French vs British/Spanish/Portuguese – Song of Drums and Shakos with my own solo supplement (sorry Bob, M&S are my number 2 rules for the period) Good orcs vs evil humans fantasy armies – Ancient Battlelines Clash (free rules based partially on RRtK, DBA and other rulesets, only better!) Space soldiers vs bugs – THW 5150 Battalion commander, until I find the rules that really suit me. @Brigadier General – I know your WWII rules, but that is far from my favorite period…. I would really like to see your fantasy rules. Any news when will you have them available? |
| Shaun Travers | 20 Mar 2015 5:42 a.m. PST |
Russian and German WW2 – I would use Take Cover!! although I am in a state of flux when it comes to a go-to ruleset for WW2 so more likely to take my own based on it.
Late Roman Vs Sassanian Persian – Ancient Battlelines Clash
Alexandrian Macedonian Vs Indian – Ancient Battlelines Clash |
| M C MonkeyDew | 20 Mar 2015 8:52 a.m. PST |
@Sharanac No worries. Horses for courses. Have you tried 95th? That is a more direct comparison to Song of Drums and Shakos as it is based on man to man skirmishing. Bob |
| Lions Den | 20 Mar 2015 6:36 p.m. PST |
54mm American Civil War North/South 9 regiments each and Joseph Morschauser's Rule book. 54mm WWII US/German
My Home brew rules. 54mm Western Gunfight
Bleeding Kansas Rules. |
