| Dale Hurtt | 22 Nov 2016 11:34 a.m. PST |
I was just handed a complete collection of unpainted 20mm lead for the SCW? I also received a few SCW books like Uniforms, Organization and History of Legion Condor, Uniformes Militares de la Guerra Civil Española, and The Last Crusade to help me figure out things like organization and painting, so I have a few ideas on how to start. But… Starting a new army is a lot of effort and starting a new period even more so. Added to that I have no troops in any other period in 20mm, plus I have WW II collections in 15mm (Flames of War) and 28mm (singly based), so I am grasping for what I gain in terms of gaming or modeling experience that I don't already have. I have bought Peter Pig's Bayonet and Ideology Third and it seems very much like WW II with lots of infantry and a lot less artillery, armor, and aircraft. I do not have early WW II armies, so such lightweight armor would have a different feel, but it seems like just another theater of what I already have. Am I wrong? What makes the SCW distinct fro WW II in terms of game play? Thanks in advance. Dale |
| Tango01 | 22 Nov 2016 11:35 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 22 Nov 2016 11:36 a.m. PST |
Sorry my friend… seems the BUG began to work early today… (smile)
Amicalement
Armand
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| Weasel | 22 Nov 2016 11:45 a.m. PST |
A lot less tank-heavy.
If you stereotype a bit for gaming purposes, morale emphasized over training.
Armies that tend to be offensive oriented to a fault.
Infantry gets to shine.
You can talk in silly Spanish accents rather than silly German or Russian ones. |
| Lucius | 22 Nov 2016 1:10 p.m. PST |
They have the coolest interwar vehicles ever. Putting a Hispano Suiza MC-36, or a Bilbao AFV on the table is probably reason enough to paint the lead. |
| Weasel | 22 Nov 2016 2:05 p.m. PST |
Also, you can actually get the Kraut players to put a Panzer I on the gaming table for a change :-) |
| Winston Smith | 22 Nov 2016 4:15 p.m. PST |
It seems to me the reasoning behind the question is flawed.
You want to do the SCW because…because you want to do the SCW.
The tank density is irrelevant.
It's like asking why one would want to do the War of 1812 when there are no cuirassiers or hussars. You want to do it because you want to do it. |
| Green Tiger | 23 Nov 2016 3:13 a.m. PST |
With Winston here – it is a different war – if you want to game WW2 then… game WW2. If you want to game SCW then…
As to why you would want to – its very different tactically from WW2 – much less of of everything – largely infantry armed with rifles – odd MG, and sometimes tanks and planes. |
| Recovered 1AO | 23 Nov 2016 7:18 a.m. PST |
Hate to say Winston/John is right but this time… he is. |
 McLaddie  | 23 Nov 2016 10:21 a.m. PST |
Because it is interesting in ways that WWII isn't. It certainly is an investment in time and money to do a new period and scale. |
| Dale Hurtt | 23 Nov 2016 4:28 p.m. PST |
So THAT is where my message went! It disappeared, so I wrote a second one. And no, Winston is wrong. I was asking the readership why THEY play the SCW and not why I should. I was also trying to dispel (or validate) my notions on the SCW. |
goes back to the year 2000!
