"Skytrex world war one rules" Topic
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| OSL2000 | 18 Apr 2017 6:47 p.m. PST |
Does anyone know if these rules written, By Roger Edward Bigg and published by skytrex are a skirmish level, brigade level, division level or Corp level rule set? They are a very old rule set I th ink from the 1980s. |
| John Armatys | 19 Apr 2017 1:52 a.m. PST |
The level isn't specified. 1mm – 1 yard, 1 move = 1 minute, 1 5mm figure = 1 man, 1 15mm figure = 10 men, 1 25mm figure = 25 men, a 76mm x 13mm base of infantry is assumed to be 100 men. A base seems to be a "unit", the army record chart has space for 35 units. Looking at the address I've written in my copy they were around by 1981. |
| OSL2000 | 19 Apr 2017 6:47 a.m. PST |
Have you ever played them, and if so are they worth the time? |
| John Armatys | 19 Apr 2017 9:09 a.m. PST |
No. I used to buy a lot of rule sets, but am put off games which need a lot of record keeping. I can't think of any rules from the late 70s and early 80s that I'd want to try now… |
| OSL2000 | 19 Apr 2017 12:48 p.m. PST |
what rules would you recommend for WW1 then? I'm not that interested in skirmish level. |
| John Armatys | 19 Apr 2017 4:38 p.m. PST |
It is a very long time since I used them, but I did a variant of Peter Pig's original AK47 Republic rules called "Great War" which work OK for up to a division – they can be found in the files area of the RFCM Yahoo Group:
link For higher level games Martin Rapier did a variant of Tim Gow's Megablitz called "Kaiserblitz" – it is here:
link The most recent WW1 games I've played were run by Martin using Neil Thomas' One Hour Wargames. |
| OSL2000 | 19 Apr 2017 5:19 p.m. PST |
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