| Hayden | 28 Feb 2017 4:18 a.m. PST |
I recently decided to play again 15mm scale games, but since i play 40K after years i wanted something different and i own Tommorows war for quite few years (but played only handful games in it) i wanted to get some inspiration but not found many AARs here. I also own Strike legion:Platoon Leader and Stargrunt II. What are you people using for more military feel platoon +/- games? |
| John Treadaway | 28 Feb 2017 9:18 a.m. PST |
I'm going to say Hammer's Slammers: The Crucible. But I'm quite biased…. John Treadaway
hammers-slammers.com |
| Logain | 28 Feb 2017 9:31 a.m. PST |
Tomorrows War is great for that level. It really is a toolbox for war gaming, so it takes a little thought to create your forces, but we've found that it works for everything we've tried. It gives a fast game, where both players are engaged the whole time, but be careful small stay differences can have huge impacts on the battlefield. It took us a little to get the balance right. I also like Nordic Weasal's games. They are simpler, and have some innovative mechanics that focus on suppression and reaction fire. Mostly using these for small skirmish games, but he has platoon level rules too. That's what we're using. |
| Tgunner | 28 Feb 2017 9:56 a.m. PST |
Yeah, not too many sci-fi gamers out there posting AARs. I'm pretty busy so I don't get the gaming time in that I use to. Here's a game of Tomorrow's War that I played ages ago. It's a silly game in honor of Bongolesia on its (and mine) birthday. link Here is a more serious game that was hard fought link |
| CATenWolde | 28 Feb 2017 12:27 p.m. PST |
Look up Nordic Weasel's first game, FAD (Fast and Dirty skirmish). They are great platoon level rules. |
| ROUWetPatchBehindTheSofa | 28 Feb 2017 1:32 p.m. PST |
Its worth spending time on TW, its very crunchy, and defintely has a hard sci-fi edge (if thats your bag). |
| Weasel | 28 Feb 2017 4:26 p.m. PST |
I'm partial to my own No Stars in Sight rules ;) We've played Stargrunt II for a decade now, and never had a bad game of it. |
| wolvermonkey | 28 Feb 2017 5:09 p.m. PST |
Gruntz is a great game and USEME is fast ,simple, and cheap. |
| Hayden | 01 Mar 2017 6:17 a.m. PST |
John Treadaway – i would not play same game in different scale :D i play Crucible in 6mm :D |
| Armiesarmy | 01 Mar 2017 10:51 a.m. PST |
tomorrows War and No Stars in Sight for smaller platoon games bigger look at Hammers Slammers :) |
| Cpt Kowalski | 01 Mar 2017 2:22 p.m. PST |
Me and a friend play PMC 2640 by assault publishing. Handles platoon level gaming good, fast play but still retains tactical complexity.
We put the AARs (quite regularly) here playing-pmc2640.blogspot.se |
| Tiberius | 02 Mar 2017 5:19 a.m. PST |
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| John Treadaway | 03 Mar 2017 4:11 a.m. PST |
i would not play same game in different scale :D i play Crucible in 6mm :D Interesting point Hayden. I know I'm going to say this but, having tried Crucible in all three scales (a lot of the play testing was done in 6mm) and having recenty played some games in 6mm, including some with a local club and Tony Francis from Brigade Models where we played in 6mm using the 15mm play sheets, I'm convinced it works well in three scales but especially well in both 6mm and 15mm. But ya knew I was gonna say that  John T |
TheBeast  | 07 Mar 2017 11:43 a.m. PST |
Here's a recent thread where AronBC linked to some materials he and others have done to make TW more accessible. TMP link Haven't tried yet, but have hopes. Doug |
overcomes character flaws and fields a dozen starships.
