"Comparing Skirmish Rules for the Boshin War" Topic

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Tango01	18 Jan 2026 12:45 p.m. PST
"Being a bit of a prolific collector of rules, I thought I'd procrastinate a bit on finishing off various other projects in order to go over the ones I've used for the Boshin War over the last few years. To just lay things out in advance, I think all of these rules work both about equally well as games in their own right and for the Boshin War in particular, even if there are a couple I gravitate more towards than others. What I will do in this post is run very quickly through each set of rules on its own (on the off-chance that any given reader is unfamiliar, but I suspect that's only likely to be true of one of these rule sets), then cover how they, or supplemental material, cover the Boshin War, or can be made to. At present this post only covers four sets of rules, but that could go up over time as I try adapting other sets for use with the period (I'm already eyeing Test of Honour and Bushidan, for instance)…" link Armand
Robert Burke	18 Jan 2026 3:06 p.m. PST
It would be great if you could also give us a list of those companies that actually make figures for this period.
glengarry6	18 Jan 2026 3:52 p.m. PST
Robert Burke There's one… Bac Ninh Miniatures in Spain bacninhminiatures.blogspot.com
Tango01	18 Jan 2026 3:54 p.m. PST
I would tried… bacninhminiatures.blogspot.com link link link PDF link link TMP link link link link link Hope it helps… Armand
Tango01	18 Jan 2026 4:58 p.m. PST
Nice Blog about it… link Armand

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