"Would you wargame humans vs Tripods?" Topic

Would you wargame using a historical earth army (any you want from late 1800's through to Modern armies) against traditional Martian "Tripod" style opponents?

Any scale you want if answering "yes".

Yes, I already sort of do with All Quiet on the Martian Front.

Yes, I have done in the past.

Yes, it has more than passing interest.

Game? Sure.
Would I spend money to purchase and prepare minis, terrain, etc.? Well, that hasn't happened so far…

Yes

Oh yes. I'm heavy into All Quiet. But before then we played 1880 British Desert force against Tripods in 10mm.

I'll see if I can find and post a few pics.

Not historical. These days I strictly do imagi-nations. Although I can envision a scenario where space aliens invade Francesia.

Played using 15mm stuff using my own rules based off Nuklear Winter '68.

Yep.

Yessir.

To answer my own question, I wouldn't spend money on it, but if someone else had 1914-1920s minis and some 'pods, i'd play it.

> To answer my own question, I wouldn't spend money on it, but if someone else had 1914-1920s minis and some 'pods, i'd play it.

That is my answer too. There is a lot I would play but not buy, not enough time, space, and dollars.

Lovely homebrew tripods in that picture!

Same with Parzival – happy to play but not prepare.

If I have the firepower to destroy the Tripods … then yes … They are just big targets …

Nope

I certainly think my Colonial British need another chance to field my semi-WWI tank again…

Nope.

Sure, I'd play.

What really interests me about the tripods, though, is the conditions under which they developed. Here on Earth, we find that ground vehicles get advantages from having a low center of gravity and from being short enough to take cover behind things. What conditions on Mars or among Martians make putting your crew and weapons on stilts a better option?

Ran a 50s version based on the movie using 3 Pegasus 1/48 scale tripods on green tinted clear rod to simulate the tripod beams from the movie. Was pretty popular as a participation game. Split the troops into 3 units with a Corgi Sherman, bazooka team, medium mg and 10 rifleman each for 3 players and built a town with Sarissa buildings and 3 Streets for the Martians to attack down. Simple home brew rules and a game lasting about an hour. Fancy doing the same with Victorian period figures some time.

no…

I'd do a WWII version in a heartbeat, if the All Quiet on the Martian front Martians were a bit cheaper.

What conditions on Mars or among Martians make putting your crew and weapons on stilts a better option?

Having energy weapons an kinetic attack immune armour when your enemies don't.

Basically a tripod is a cheaper, more robust low hover assault vehicle.

Right. The atmosphere of Mars is too thin for aerodynamic flight, so no helicopters or fixed-wing aircraft.

No