| Whirlwind | 09 Sep 2016 7:00 a.m. PST |
I just noticed that the free sets have been take down from the WRG website and a combined WW2 and Modern set (i.e. the two separate rules combined in one book) have been republished: link |
| Weasel | 09 Sep 2016 9:11 a.m. PST |
Any idea whether it's just a reorganization or if they've been polished up? I have the original books, but I wouldn't mind a newer version. |
dragon6  | 09 Sep 2016 1:13 p.m. PST |
I dunno. I liked the first two modern sets, and the ww2 set but understand the last versions at all. |
| VVV reply | 09 Sep 2016 2:24 p.m. PST |
It seems to be both books published as one. So if you already have the rules, you will not need this. |
| dragon6 | 09 Sep 2016 9:08 p.m. PST |
I dunno. I liked the first two modern sets, and the ww2 set but understand the last versions at all. I meant to write that I couldn't understand the last two versions, one each of modern and ww2 |
| Who asked this joker | 10 Sep 2016 6:06 a.m. PST |
They seem to republish the last set that was on the market all those years ago. So, there is probably nothing new with this publication other than that they are combined into one book. |
| Whirlwind | 10 Sep 2016 6:54 a.m. PST |
Were these last sets the ones which used combat "modes"? |
| Tgunner | 10 Sep 2016 6:57 a.m. PST |
Looks like the books were just put together in one volume. No mention of any updating or anything. $25 USD isn't a bad price, but it's a little steep to me because I know little about them. And if they are in Barkereese…. I'll stick with Fist Full of TOWs. |
| Weasel | 10 Sep 2016 1:17 p.m. PST |
They're much easier to read than DBA, but they do have some awkward phrasings and the typical 70's style lack of explanations. |
| Mobius | 11 Sep 2016 11:58 a.m. PST |
Just a reprint doesn't get you much. Everyone's that read them and wanted to make a set themselves already took the best parts and made them comprehensible. |
| Blutarski | 11 Sep 2016 2:56 p.m. PST |
Phil Barker's long and tumultuous history with multiple interlocking subordinate clauses is painfully well known. B |
| Bill McHarg | 18 Sep 2016 9:15 a.m. PST |
They ought to use Phil Barker's rules in technical writing classes as an exercise for the student to make them coherent. |
| zardoz1957 | 23 Oct 2020 8:47 p.m. PST |
They misspelled "battalion" on the cover. Kind of a big deal, no? |
examines another house in this series.
