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arthur1815 writes:

Looking at the Preview on Wargame Vault it is not clear how ranged weapons are portrayed. Shooting cannons would hardly be appropriate for fantasy armies with medieval weapons! I suppose one could use the toy catapults and ballista that Britains used to make, but I doubt they are still in production. How about using tiddlywinks? If the counter hits a figure it is 'killed'. One could use different sized counters for the effects of thrown spears/javelins, archers and catapults/ballistae.
At over fifty pages, the rules seem unlikely to have the same simplicity as Little Wars, but that must be the result of having so many kinds of different fantasy or magical creatures for which rules have had to be created, unlike the infantry, cavalry and artillery of the original game.
Since I already have a copy of Little Wars, I'm not inclined to buy this bundle, but I might try writing my own fantasy version…


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Wargame Vault announces the availability of:

From Skirmisher Publishing

Bundle – $6.00 USD

Bundle

H.G. Wells' Little Orc Wars is a fun, simple, fast-paced system that is designed to be quick-to-learn and easy-to-play, so that players can focus on concerns like strategy and having fun, rather than on mechanics. It includes both basic rules that can be used alone, plus a variety of optional rules that players can add as they see fit to take their games to the next level.

This very special 70%-off bundle contains three Gold-bestselling titles, H.G. Wells' Little Orc Wars miniatures game and the two books by the famous author, Little Wars and Floor Games, that influenced its development! We have also thrown in as bonus items a set of maps and three sets of cardstock miniatures (two of which just happen to have text in Spanish or German).

H.G. Wells' Little Orc Wars
H.G. Wells' Little Wars
H.G. Wells' Floor Games
Maps for an Egyptian Tomb (36 x 24)
Morlocks (Cardstock Characters) (Revised, Updated & Expanded)
Ork-Plünderer: Druckbare Figuren für Rollenspiele & Kriegsspiele (Cardstock Characters)
Hombres Serpiente Wan-Ti: Personajes de Cartulina para Juegos de Rol y Juegos de Guerra (Cardstock Characters)

Total value: $25.93 USD
Special bundle price: $4.99 USD
Savings of: $20.94 USD (81%)

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