"I have Hail Caesar & Pike & Shotte, do I need Black Powder?" Topic
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| Sapphon | 06 Apr 2014 9:56 a.m. PST |
I am looking to do some Colonial gaming in the Sudan, and want to know if I need Black Powder, or can I just use the rules I have. Is BP different enough to warrant purchasing? Thank you |
| MajorB | 06 Apr 2014 10:01 a.m. PST |
BP is quite different from HC. I can't comment on P&S as I do not have a copy. If you are going to do Colonial then you really need BP. |
| StCrispin | 06 Apr 2014 10:19 a.m. PST |
I play all three, and all are different enough. Pike and shotte is closer for the basic rules, but the move distances in BP are much longer. as the nature of all the sets are quite flexible, you could probably get by without it, but if your a fan of the series, it is different enough. |
| fred12df | 06 Apr 2014 11:21 a.m. PST |
To me BP is more stripped back than HC. There are some differences, and as said above you could get away with just HC, but BP is a very nice book, and I think worth getting for the differences in the rules. |
| 10mm Wargaming | 06 Apr 2014 1:55 p.m. PST |
I would definitely recommend that you invest in black powder im doing anglo zulu war at the moment and think its great Take care Andy |
| leidang | 06 Apr 2014 3:07 p.m. PST |
I have both HC and BP but out local group prefers HC's morale mechanism so we modify HC to play horse and musket rather than using BP. So I would say no, you don't really need BP… but obviously others will disagree. |
| Syrinx0 | 06 Apr 2014 4:01 p.m. PST |
I bought my BP copy just before the 1/2 price sale and I still like it.  Like Womble67, we are enjoying playing through the Zulu campaign book at the moment. |
| Pictors Studio | 06 Apr 2014 8:13 p.m. PST |
I like BP the best of all three. That being said I think you could get by using Pike and Shotte. The two rulesets are very similar. |
| Who asked this joker | 07 Apr 2014 5:12 a.m. PST |
Just buy it. You know you want it. If nothing else, there are several scenarios for various periods of this sort of warfare. |
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