Cosmic Reset | 07 Jun 2015 6:55 a.m. PST |
Modern gaming can span a lot of time and conflicts, depending on how the individual defines it. I am curious how gamers use their modern miniatures. What wars, battles, and projects do you use them for? My modern gaming, which I loosely define as everything since 1946, spans a variety of conflicts including historical, hypothetical, and completely fictional. I game Cold War battles spanning the 1950s-1980s, Vietnam, the Arab-Israeli conflicts, Soviet-Afghan War, African imagi-nations (set in the 1980s), and ultramodern (by TMP definition)fictional/hypotheticals. I also have use a number of WWII models in my Cold War and imagi-nation games, and in those historical periods where they were actually employed. These have all been with either 1/285 or 15mm miniatures, except for Vietnam, which I chose to do in 20mm. I have not yet included my modern miniatures in sci-fi games, though plan to pick up some more 1970s 28mm US figs to do some very "B" movie type alien invasion games, and am considering picking up some modern vehicles for use in some near future and post-apoc gaming. I've considered doing modern alien invasions in 15mm given all of the outstanding miniatures that are available, but haven't made the plunge yet. All of my 15mm and larger scale games are skirmish style with individually mounted infantry. Micro-scale sees individual vehicles represented, and infantry mounted as fire teams, sections or squads. I've not yet used modern miniatures as a starting point for sci-fi conversions, though may do this if I continue to pursue my Texas-Israeli War project. Additionally, I may do minor conversions to modern vehicles for use with near-future and other PA projects. So, how do you use your moderns? |
Paint it Pink | 07 Jun 2015 7:20 a.m. PST |
For me, mostly as old tech gear fielded in desperation against advanced technology, but I'm a hardcore SF wargamer. |
Redroom | 07 Jun 2015 7:24 a.m. PST |
I many just paint them instead of gaming with them |
PatrickWR | 07 Jun 2015 7:26 a.m. PST |
Pretty much every modern figure I can get my hands on (and it's not a genre I seek out when browsing flea markets and bargain basements) goes into my zombie apocalypse and/or STALKER post-apoc collection. Both can make use of virtually any modern figure armed with any and all weapons under the sun. |
Stosstruppen | 07 Jun 2015 7:42 a.m. PST |
I have plans and some stuff for Cold War Europe, Bush Wars, and I would like to do Yom Kippur. That's really the extent of my interest. Possibly Korean air war. |
HammerHead | 07 Jun 2015 7:51 a.m. PST |
I have 28mm figures for Vietnam which i will use for skirmish, also zombicide great game, and star ship troopers. |
David in Coffs | 07 Jun 2015 7:59 a.m. PST |
20mm – historical and what if – 1946 to 2015, but with focus on the 70's and 80's |
Yesthatphil | 07 Jun 2015 8:03 a.m. PST |
Not sure what Modern means … I take it as post WWII (between then and 'contemporary'). It is the only wargame era where, because of political sensitivities, I prefer semi-historical (or not at all) … so mostly AK47 and derivatives .. Africa, or I did a popular game based on Coldfeet/Ice Station Zebra
That's as close to fantasy and as close to 'modern' as I get using figures. Phil |
David in Coffs | 07 Jun 2015 8:08 a.m. PST |
I also do naval in 1/700 and would like to do a bit of air in 1/144 & 1/350 – again mainly 70-80's |
Dynaman8789 | 07 Jun 2015 8:12 a.m. PST |
Post WWII I do the following. Arab Israeli wars. Usually taking scenarios from the Board games Arab Israeli Wars, Sands of War, and Test of Arms. Cold War in roughly 1980s. IABNM and Fistful of Tows for that. Vietnam with Charlie Don't Surf. Modern Insurgency gaming with Force on Force and Fighting Season when it releases. I have a bunch of 1/6000 modern ships too but I've not gotten round to painting them yet. |
David in Coffs | 07 Jun 2015 8:19 a.m. PST |
Sands of war has some great scenerios and are the size (bn to bdg) that interests me with Command Decision – test of battle modern as my rules of choose. |
Zargon | 07 Jun 2015 8:47 a.m. PST |
28mm Afrika imajinations with a few Western troops to 'poke' hornets nests type scenarios, I do use modern American types to take on the Aliens(Battle for Los Angelos) type games too, mostly medium skirmish type games in general, I use Cross Fire, Ambush Alley, TW and the like to play. At the moment mostly solo so have a lot of cards moving until revealed. Cheers |
skippy0001 | 07 Jun 2015 9:04 a.m. PST |
WWIII, post-apocalyptic 'Frozen Chosen', Crossworlding(like Stargate), ImagiNations, anti-Super Troops, civil war-just about anything I fancy at the moment. |
cwlinsj | 07 Jun 2015 9:10 a.m. PST |
I got back into wargaming after a 20 year hiatus after seeing PicoArmor's offering of O8 moderns in 1/600. I now have several divisions of North Korean armor & troops plus a Chinese mechanized division to face ROK and US mechanized brigades. I have also added a Stryker brigade and Marine MEU and full air assets, all in 1:1 figure scale. For playing surface, I use Google Earth satellite images of South Korea hotpoints printed onto commercial sign banners at roughly 1"= 50 meters scale. Picked-up a bunch of 15mm moderns but havent done anything with them. |
Just Jack | 07 Jun 2015 9:13 a.m. PST |
I think you know ;) Mostly in 10mm using 5Core Company Command, but I've also got some 20mm for 5 Men in Normandy, and 6mm for 5Core Brigade Command. Also do some 1/600 air gaming with another 5Core product, and I'm looking into some Naval action with Shipwreck. Edit: Cwlinsj, that sounds great. Do you have a blog, I'd love to take a look. V/R, Jack |
Weasel | 07 Jun 2015 9:50 a.m. PST |
"WW3", fictional countries and low-tech scifi troopers. |
swammeyjoe | 07 Jun 2015 10:03 a.m. PST |
I have 6mm WW3 stuff, Soviet and NATO (some of which also works for AIW) and 20mm US infantry and "terrorists" |
The Gray Ghost | 07 Jun 2015 10:41 a.m. PST |
Post colonial skirmish games in 28mm |
Ron W DuBray | 07 Jun 2015 5:08 p.m. PST |
mostly fighting zombies aliens and monsters |
Lion in the Stars | 07 Jun 2015 6:39 p.m. PST |
I have one project on the back burner right now that will use modern vehicles for the most part. Only a couple blatantly scifi models in the Gasaraki setting (combat walkers), after all. I'm contemplating using moderns as Ariadnan troopers for my Infinity 15mm gaming (going up a step or two from squad-per-side to platoon or company per side). |
RKE Steve | 07 Jun 2015 7:02 p.m. PST |
Mostly Iraq modern games. Though I did do a crossover of Iraq meets Marines meets aliens. I do plan on so.e modern what if games in the USA. |
Rod I Robertson | 07 Jun 2015 8:23 p.m. PST |
15mm Ultra-modern forces in skirmish games between reinforced platoons for the West and something comparable to company strength for the baddies. Using Force on Force rules. Theaters of operation are Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and soon the Horn of Africa and Central Africa. 15mm Cold War which is still a WIP, forces in Skirmish-plus scale with one or two NATO platoons and Soviet Motor Rifle Companies or Tank Companies. 6mm Micro-Armour Forces in tactical or operational scale with Regiments/Brigades vs. Battalions/Battle Groups. Cheers and good gaming. Rod Robertson. |
UshCha | 07 Jun 2015 11:13 p.m. PST |
Must admit I fight nowdays mainly campaigns involving lots of linked games using 12mm figures. Never yet felt the need for lots of army's, real battlfields and situations mean that every games, kit is diferent. For a bit of light relief we may play the occational 12mm WWII and a bit of 24mm modern (plastics) with some friends who are more model oriented. |
bishnak | 08 Jun 2015 2:44 a.m. PST |
I use mine like this: link |
Scary Robots ate my Puppy | 08 Jun 2015 4:39 a.m. PST |
I have some modern miniatures and use them in zombie games or as human resistance to robotic or alien overlords. |
Mick in Switzerland | 08 Jun 2015 4:44 a.m. PST |
I play Force on Force with 28mm figures from Empress, Spectre and Mongrel. Mostly I do scenarios from one of the books (Enduring Freedom, Bush Wars, Classified). Sometimes I use figures from the present day to replay scenarios from the past – e.g 1972 Battle of Mirbat with Empress British Army and Spectre African Militia. |
capt jimmi | 08 Jun 2015 6:14 a.m. PST |
I use 15mm figures based mostly in fireteams/weapon crews for Vietnam wargaming at Company-plus level, but also for AK47 which allows pretty well anything from Ultramodern to 'Retro'-modern force deployments. I base some (not many) figures individually so if I want to Play Force-On-Force or play 'Hollywood Pulp'-ish rules in a modern setting (…so the fireteam-based figures now become minions/cannon-fodder whilst a handful of near indestructable character figures run amok). Every now and then a figure comes by that begs for this. Am looking to do some 'Cold-War gone hot' with an Asian/ African/ third-world theme (I have heaps of scenery for 15mm),…think Vietnamese invasion of Khmer-Rouge Cambodia, or hypothetical ChiCom invasion of SE Asia/Australia. …would like to do more AK47/Imaginations -inspired armies. My Sci-fi is all 6mm so not really compatible with my 'modern' collection. |
Visceral Impact Studios | 08 Jun 2015 6:55 a.m. PST |
For our 15mm collection we mostly play current "imagination" games and near future games so that we can mix current gear with sci-fi gear such as mechs and hovercraft (obviously we use "Warfare in the Age of Madness"). In fact, we wrote WAM the way we did so we could have maximum flexibility as to opponents and specific time period. Using WAM's army design system each player gets to field what he enjoys most (think "AK-47 for modern/near future"). For scope and scale we play at both platoon level (each infantry stand is 1 fire team) and company level (each infantry stand is 2-3 fire teams). The practical result is the presence and ratio of heavier company-level assets such as mortars to the platoon-level assets. But our rules are written and collection organized so we can slide easily between these two approaches. |
Mako11 | 08 Jun 2015 7:02 a.m. PST |
15mm, primarily historically, though I did purchase some QRF West Germans to use for both the Cold War and to serve as a Planetary Defense Force against better armed/equipped SciFi opponents, with Grav Armor and body armor for their troops. |
Patrick Sexton | 08 Jun 2015 10:43 a.m. PST |
28mm, either Somalia (the great majority) or science fiction/zombie gaming. |
etotheipi | 08 Jun 2015 3:32 p.m. PST |
Loose games to SWMBO near every time … |
catavar | 08 Jun 2015 4:33 p.m. PST |
15mm French Indochina (US Marines/vehicles, Gurkhas & camoed Japanese included) using CD3; a bit streamlined for ease of play. Same size terrain for 1980's-present zombie games. Men 'n Black and late 70's British for Dr Who too. |
Amalric | 08 Jun 2015 6:37 p.m. PST |
20mm for Ambush Alley 28mm for ATZ & near future scifi |
Blake Walker | 09 Jun 2015 2:22 a.m. PST |
28mm Modern Afghanistan for Ambush Alley. I've put on a lot of Ambush Alley games with my painted 28mm TAG figures. 28mm Vietnam for Ambush Valley/FOF. I've got an entire company of VC, a platoon of US Marines, and a platoon of ARVN waiting to be painted (along with palm trees). One day soon, hopefully, lol. |