"Multiplayer WWII Campaign Weekend - Stag do" Topic
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MyTh3rdEye | 25 Jan 2017 6:06 a.m. PST |
Hi everyone, I recently had the honour of being asked to be best man at my friend's wedding. So I've been having a think about what to do for the stag do. As we're all in our thirties now and not so much into clubbing, I was thinking of getting together 8-9 of our mates, renting a house somewhere decent for few days and putting on some kind of a big wargames campaign over several days. My friend's favourite period is WW2, something I know very little about either gaming or history-wise. It's very early on in the planning and I know this is a very broad question but does anyone have any useful ideas as to how best to do this? I guess I'm after a fairly simple WW2 rule set with a campaign system that would work with multiple players and can be picked up fairly quickly by the unfamiliar. I'm planning to improvise miniatures with whatever cheap plastics I can rework or adapt from Ebay . These might just be cheap toy soldiers or board game pieces, whatever is cheap and will do as marker. Any ideas? Cheers, Tom |
Saber6 | 25 Jan 2017 6:55 a.m. PST |
What is the groom's favorite period? Are any of the rest miniatures gamers? Maybe a LAN party? |
zoneofcontrol | 25 Jan 2017 7:04 a.m. PST |
Here's a link to the "Free Wargames Rules" site. link I like skirmish gaming in WWII. My first ruleset was "Beer & Pretzels Skirmish" BAPS by Buck Surdu. (2 or 3 squads of individual figures and maybe a vehicle/support weapon or two for each side.) These rules pair up well with the books from Skirmish Campaigns. The books contain about 8 to 10 individual scenarios. They can be played separately or some can be linked into a campaign of several of the included scenarios. Also, the scenarios give you a base force to start with and before the game starts you dice roll for supplemental add-on troops. This gives you the option of replaying the scenario with a slightly altered order of battle. You could put each player in charge of a squad. If you want, you could shuffle your players around from scenario to scenario to keep things lively. Good luck. And may the Bestman, err, um, best man, win! |
MyTh3rdEye | 25 Jan 2017 8:26 a.m. PST |
Saber, his favourite period is WW2. Everyone is a gamer, but some won't have done historical before. ZOC, thanks for the suggestions. I will check those out. |
Saber6 | 25 Jan 2017 8:31 a.m. PST |
If you want to emphasise fun, get a bag of Army men for each player (the ones that have a tank and plane or heliocpter too). You can find some of these ate Party Supply or dollar stores (a lot are Airfix knockoffs). Have proper insults/comments add benifits to dierolls |
NKL AeroTom | 26 Jan 2017 11:14 a.m. PST |
Ostfront has a built in map campaign system, accommodates up to 5 players, but more could be added: link Fairly straightforward to pick up, and suits cheap 1/72 or 15mm miniatures |
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