| Grignotage | 10 Apr 2016 12:05 p.m. PST |
We played a fun Vietnam War game on Saturday, using the WWII rules "Battleground WWII," with a few modifications. The game was fun and I was reminded of how much fun I had with BGWWII back when it came out in the late 90s. Some pics of the game below. Lots more pictures and a full AAR on my blog, as well as some ruminations on those classic gaming rules. Thanks for looking! [note: crossposted to WWII rules because hey, don't we need extra uses for all our many WWII rules?] link
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| evbates | 10 Apr 2016 2:30 p.m. PST |
PM me with your email address and I will email you the Path Finder Rules for Vietnam that they were working on.
Ed |
| Bismarck | 10 Apr 2016 2:40 p.m. PST |
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| Landorl | 10 Apr 2016 3:27 p.m. PST |
Great battle. Battleground remains one of my favorite games. I am now starting to branch out into Battleground Weird War II |
 Extra Crispy  | 10 Apr 2016 4:06 p.m. PST |
@EV Bates: I would love a copy of those…. mark@scalecreep.com |
Just Jack  | 10 Apr 2016 5:08 p.m. PST |
Beautiful table man, and a helluva fight. Are you sure the hero bought it? Maybe just a flesh wound? ;) V/R,
Jack |
| Irish Marine | 10 Apr 2016 6:16 p.m. PST |
I was on Pre-order for the Battleground rules for Vietnam when the company fell apart, it sucked because I really love those rules. |
| Grignotage | 11 Apr 2016 1:44 p.m. PST |
Thanks all! @evbates, please email me that document. thedogsbrush(at)gmail(dot)com. JustJack---sadly no, he was down for the count. The result was an "HW" (Heavy Wound). Hopefully it was of the million dollar variety and he can ship back home and recover. @IrishMarine---Probably the only gaming company melt down that has affected my gaming directly. :( They were cool guys too, very personable and ran great convention games. I didn't care for the minis (28 was never my scale) but they did great books. |
| Mako11 | 12 Apr 2016 3:02 a.m. PST |
Looks like a fun game. Thanks for sharing your pics and battle report. |
| ScottS | 18 Apr 2016 9:18 a.m. PST |
That looks excellent; very evocative table and figures. Well done! |
| artbraune | 19 Apr 2016 7:37 a.m. PST |
@Ed – evbates May I get a copy as well? artbraune@gmail.com |
| Part time gamer | 22 Apr 2016 12:02 a.m. PST |
Still reading the AAR(and cking out the great pics) wanted to say this looks like it was a really fun game.
These were 28mm right? What company did you get your troops from? I would love to do some 15mm light AFV, Vietnam action, (Im dying to do something with Gun Trucks!) |
| artbraune | 22 Apr 2016 12:12 p.m. PST |
By chance – does anyone else have a print copy of the Battleground Vietnam rules? Seems that everything available is missing page 4 and would love to get a copy of that page… Thanks again Ed for the rules as well!!! 8^) |
| uglyfatbloke | 07 Jun 2016 7:47 a.m. PST |
EVBates, We just started on Vietnam games…in fact we've got lots of kit and we're getrtijg more, but have n't actually had a game yet. Any chance you could mail me the rules too? We'll mostly play rather larger games, but it'd be nice to have something for that 'one or two squads' level of things.
thathistorybloke@outlook.com |
| Dobber | 04 Oct 2016 8:20 a.m. PST |
Sorry for the thread necromancy, I was wondering Mr. EVBates, If I could get a copy as well please? joedirtlawn@yahoo.com |
| andresf | 04 Oct 2016 4:52 p.m. PST |
The game looks great! The VC miniatures are from this 1:72 kit by ESCI (later reissued by Italeri), right? |
| Part time gamer | 04 Oct 2016 11:03 p.m. PST |
andresf
The VC miniatures are from this 1:72 kit by ESCI (later reissued by Italeri), right? 1/72 well I'll be. I was certain they were 1/56 – 28mm. 1/72 oh the Airfix flashback memories. I had so many troops and AFVs, some good days. Now that Im thinking of it, I even had some of the 'Nam period as well. |
| Nottingham Wargames | 21 Oct 2016 3:38 p.m. PST |
Love it looks fantastic! Would have hated to have been in 'the Nam' (but secretly would have LOVED to have been in the Nam)…..who wouldn't? |
