"Rule specifically for the colonial wars" Topic
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Paskal  | 27 Jun 2022 2:30 a.m. PST |
Hello everyone, Please, I am looking for a rule for the colonial wars in general but dating from before 1976, do you know where to find it? Thanks! PasKal |
| ZULUPAUL | 27 Jun 2022 3:14 a.m. PST |
The Sword and the Flame is the go to game for many Colonial gamers. Cover Zulu wars to Sudan. |
| 4DJones | 27 Jun 2022 4:43 a.m. PST |
The Sword and the Flame was first published in 1979. But why the 1976 watershed? |
| advocate | 27 Jun 2022 8:03 a.m. PST |
Not sure about big battles, but I used The Colonial Skirmish Wargames Rules (1972). Still got my copy! link |
| Grand Dragon | 27 Jun 2022 3:22 p.m. PST |
You might be thinking of 'Rules for Wargames The Colonial Wars' by TJ Halsall. The first edition has an orange cover iirc and the second edition has a British soldier and a Zulu on the front. |
 Bobgnar | 27 Jun 2022 7:52 p.m. PST |
Don Featherstone published a number of mimeographed rule sets in the late 1960s available through Wargamers Newsletter. The Colonial version had on the cover a scene showing Stanley Baker from Zulu. I found an on line version
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| Paskal | 27 Jun 2022 10:57 p.m. PST |
Thank you all, I'm looking for a rules published before 1976, not after 1975 and for "25mm" miniatures. Please check the years of edition, thank you. @4DJones :
But why the 1976 watershed? Because after 1975, it's too recent. |
| 4DJones | 28 Jun 2022 12:06 a.m. PST |
You mean the last 50 years (or nigh on) of wargames rules is TOO recent? How long has this wargaming rule making been going on? |
| Paskal | 28 Jun 2022 10:19 p.m. PST |
The rule systems from before the appearance of the WRG in 1970 are more interesting, now it's the same for miniatures, the older it is, the better for me. |
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