| alexjones | 06 May 2010 12:43 p.m. PST |
Anyone know if these are available anywhere for purchase and if anyone remembers playing them please? I've heard they are a good set of rules. |
 Dan Cyr  | 06 May 2010 1:45 p.m. PST |
I have a set, but have not played them since the 70s when they came out. Played welled and enjoyed them. Also enjoyed his 1:1 ancient rules. Dan |
aecurtis  | 06 May 2010 3:18 p.m. PST |
They are a good set of rules. As far as I know, they are not available. There's a company working on tracking down the current copyright holder to his "Sword and Spear" (the 1:1 rules), which should also hold AW. It's… messy. Allen |
| Dan Cyr | 06 May 2010 6:58 p.m. PST |
The current copyright holder search, or the rules (smile)? I could go look, but did he write the "1944" rules also? Dan |
| aecurtis | 06 May 2010 7:32 p.m. PST |
The copyright holder is known (the corporate "heirs" of Milgamex); getting a response seems to be the issue. Yes, he did "1944", too; but--without going to check--I believe that was published by the NEWA, so who knows who has the rights? Allen |
| platypus01au | 06 May 2010 8:28 p.m. PST |
I played them in the 1970's. They were a great set, and (IMO) more inovative than the WRG versions around at the same time. They were also easier to play! They would be a bit dated now. However given a choice between 6th Ed WRG and Ancient Warfare, I'd still chose Ancient Warfare. But I'd probably prefer to play one of th e more modern sets, say the "Hack" sets of any of Terry Gore's sets which use similar mechanisms. John |
| Dan Cyr | 07 May 2010 6:17 a.m. PST |
Is he still around or has he passed on (its been nearly 40 years since I met him in the Boston area at a local game day)? Amazing how old some of us are (smile). Dan |
 Bobgnar | 07 May 2010 7:12 a.m. PST |
Besides "Sword and Spear" and "Ancient Warfare" and "1944," and "War in the Americas," he did a naval game. Arnold was a very creative gamer, and far sighted too ;) Consider his review of Dungeons and Dragons.
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| aecurtis | 07 May 2010 8:42 a.m. PST |
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| PaintsByNumbers | 07 May 2010 2:51 p.m. PST |
Somebody tell Bob that every link on his main page is dead: link |
| aecurtis | 07 May 2010 3:14 p.m. PST |
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| Bobgnar | 07 May 2010 7:31 p.m. PST |
PaintsByNumbers, thanks but
The link I posted works The Courtier Timeline works, Yes?
link DBA page works
link The main page is otherwise having a security fix. |
| batesmotel34 | 12 May 2010 11:58 a.m. PST |
The scary thing after his review of D&D so many years ago is that he seems to currently be mostly active in RPGs as far as I've seen on line! Chris |
| Florida Tory | 15 May 2010 3:35 a.m. PST |
Bob's 40th anniversary CLS game link from 2007 is still active also: link If you follow the sub-links, you can see the photos, which give a good indication why the CLS aficionados still love the game. Rick |
| JJartist | 19 May 2010 9:10 a.m. PST |
CLS was a good Napoleonics game… the first I tried. Some of these ancient rules of his I think were part of our bastardized ancient rules at SDSU in the 1970's.
We rolled buckets of dice back then, pre-WAB.
JJ |
