Taking a breather from some very intense games of "ASL" I got out some of my oldest toys and have been playing some "One Hour Skirmish Wargames".
The soldiers are my Airfix and Britains Deetail 1/32nd which I have had since I was about eight years old. Veterans for sure!.
I have put labels under their stands with names on, I mainly used names from "Combat Commander" leaders. The narrative of the game means more somehow when the wee men have names.
I am having a lot of fun with these rules, I kept all the distances the same but I use a bigger 5 inch grenade template for the larger figures.
I staged a few photos for this post, this isn't actual gameplay.
I have a bunch of Russians to play with as well, I made the signage on the buildings detachable so I can go from the Western Front to the Eastern Front in a jiffy.
I'm planning another game tonight in which a cut off US officer needs rescuing from a village swarming with Germans. It should be fun!.A nice change of pace, "One Hour Skirmish Wargames" gets a recommendation from me!.
One of my favorite sets of rules and your table and figures look great! I like the idea you had of using a 5" blast template for the bigger figs. I always felt the rules-as-written blast area was bit small for 1/32.
ReplyDeleteThanks John, I used an old Warhammer template. I had a 3" and a 5" and plumped for the 5 incher.
DeleteThree Germans hiding in a small ruined building had a grenade lobbed in then had an appalling run of cards which downed all three. The Americans then ran in and finished them all off.
Very cinematic!.