| Who asked this joker | 30 Mar 2017 9:38 a.m. PST |
A little review of The Portable Wargame including a battle report and a few ideas on what you can do with this fine set of rules. link Enjoy! |
| Bob the Temple Builder | 30 Mar 2017 10:20 a.m. PST |
Thanks for the excellent review! |
| JimDuncanUK | 30 Mar 2017 11:33 a.m. PST |
Nice review. I did a little review of the Portable Wargame too. link I followed it up with a simple guide to raising forces (aimed at the beginner and also the 'older' gamer looking for an easier life).
link My last post detailed a little quandary that I experienced. link I have more posts in the pipeline. |
| Who asked this joker | 30 Mar 2017 12:12 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the extra posts Jim. You said 15 cavalry in the Pendrakken bag. Is that really 15 cavalry or are some of those mounted fellas Generals and Colonels? |
| JimDuncanUK | 30 Mar 2017 12:19 p.m. PST |
15 rank and file cavalry in the British and French Marlburian Army Packs and in both these packs they are tricorne wearing cavalry. I think this holds fairly true for most of their army packs. You can specify particular pack contents if you contact Pendraken directly. They have done that for me in the past. They do have a pack of Mounted Command in their list. pendraken.co.uk/MAL13-p3138 |
| Who asked this joker | 30 Mar 2017 12:48 p.m. PST |
Good to know you can still get an army together for a few dollars/pounds. |
| JimDuncanUK | 30 Mar 2017 2:28 p.m. PST |
The two Pendraken Army Packs cost me £60.00 GBP but they will each give me 8 infantry bases, 5 cavalry bases and 2 artillery bases and I have enough infantry left for at least another dozen or more infantry bases. I would hope to scale up the armies from a standard of about 8 units up to 20 or 30 units. I would still use the 'simple' rules with a few adjustments but be able to play a bigger and longer game. |
| Weasel | 31 Mar 2017 9:42 a.m. PST |
Always interested in micro gaming, or whatever we'll end up calling it. How does this compare to something like One Hour Wargames? |
| JimDuncanUK | 31 Mar 2017 11:27 a.m. PST |
I haven't played OHW but I have the book. I imagine they will be similar but different. I expect games to be relatively short and sweet although you could make a few tweaks here and there to stretch them out a bit. If you do try them out for yourself please blog your updated opinions. |
| Who asked this joker | 31 Mar 2017 2:15 p.m. PST |
How does this compare to something like One Hour Wargames? I was not fond of the rules in OHW. Perhaps it goes just a little too far in simplicity.  Units in Portable Wargames take 2-4 hits depending on type. You roll to hit and then a morale roll determines if that hit causes a retreat or damage. Movement is by grid. OHW each unit takes 15 hits and all damage is done by a simple D6 roll, sometimes modified. Move by inches. I plan on using TPW rules with OHW scenarios. |
| battleeditor | 31 Mar 2017 5:41 p.m. PST |
Congratulations, Bob. Ebook boight and downloaded, looks good. Henry |
| Bob the Temple Builder | 01 Apr 2017 11:52 a.m. PST |
Henry, I thought that I had sent you a printed review copy. I assume that it has not arrived, and will try to find a spare copy to send you. Bob |
| Weasel | 01 Apr 2017 11:56 a.m. PST |
well, ended up ordering a copy off Lulu so we'll see when it shows up :) |
| daler240D | 01 Apr 2017 4:24 p.m. PST |
The Portable Wargame has a quite a bit more character and color to me than OHW. I also appreciate the solo play ideas which are well thought out. The sample scenarios are also excellent to get you up and running fast, Ones is a Mahdist late 19th Century game and then an Eastern Front WW2 game. Both set up and played through for you with terrain maps and table top pics. Highly recommended. |
| battleeditor | 02 Apr 2017 5:44 a.m. PST |
Bob – don't worry, obviously I'm not running MW any longer, so did it go to John Treadaway's address? |
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