one hour wargames by neil thomas; different cover question

[petercooman]

How is hand to hand in all books? I read somewhere that in the One hour wargames book,for horse and musket, only cavalry can charge into hand to hand. Is this correct?

And how is this in the other books?

[fred.]

The one hour Wargames book is worth it for the scenarios.

I put books like this on my Amazon wish list then at Xmas and birthdays my family will tend to buy them as a gift for me!

[petercooman]

The one hour Wargames book is worth it for the scenarios.

I put books like this on my Amazon wish list then at Xmas and birthdays my family will tend to buy them as a gift for me!

Yes, but i'm looking at buying the lot, but just the one that i will use as paper copy, and the rest to skim through as e books. I just like to have the one i will use most as a physical copy. Easier to flick through when playing.

[Leman]

Depends on what period you want them for. Don't have the Napoleonic, but have the other two. The one hour generally gives a game of about 40 minutes if used as is, but the scenarios can be developed for use with other rules. The C19th gives some very good games based on bathtubbed historical scenarios. I have played The Alma, Nachod, Kissingen and Mars la Tours from the book, and they were all very enjoyable. I did change the formation of moving infantry from a one base wide column to a 2x2 base formation, simply because it was more aesthetically pleasing. Of the two, the C19th is the one I would go for in hard copy. Incidentally, although very pretty, none of the photographs in the book are based and formed for his rules.

[petercooman]

Well, i am interested in 3  periods.

-I game the ACW with severed union, and have played a couple of games with my group, but we never get to finish the game because we don't have enough time. So i would want to try these out. I based them 8 men per 40X20 base, so three bases would give a 12 cm frontage, wich fits in his suggested base front (In OHW) of 4-6 inches.

-Would also try some napoleonic battles, but that's not a must. I painted the last pieces of my 2mm napoleon forces last night, and will try the 2by2 rules this evening. If i like them, the napoleonic itch will be duly scratched, and bigger scale napoleonics will go on the back burner.

-The ECW looks interesting, but not something i want to do BIG. So the small forces look like they would be what i want.



I am still going back and forth on what i want. I like basic impetus, so there is the option of doing these in one of the impetus variants. The one thing that holds me back is the one base=one unit style of impetus. I like having multiple bases per unit, and depicting the formations.

I have seen a preview of the OHW book and there was an optional rule for forming square. That's the sort of thing i like. Sadly that is not to be found in impetus.

[petercooman]

Come to think of it, AWI seems a likely candidate too....

And maybe anglo zulu war. Does that work with these rules?


I guess what i'm actually looking for is an excuse to buy small armies of 28mm perry sculpts

[Steve J]

Well I've just ordered the book as the scenarios and campaign system sound interesting, plus they might make ideal rules for quick pick up games when time is limited. I can see my Red & Blue coloured blocks getting an outing soon...

[petercooman]

Well I've just ordered the book as the scenarios and campaign system sound interesting, plus they might make ideal rules for quick pick up games when time is limited. I can see my Red & Blue coloured blocks getting an outing soon...

Well, my 2 mm napoleonic armies are essentialy red and blue blocks too 

And they are getting an outing tonight 

[Leman]

For the ECW why not go Lorenzo Satori's Basic Baroque. It certainly was a free download with army lists as well.

[petercooman]

For the ECW why not go Lorenzo Satori's Basic Baroque. It certainly was a free download with army lists as well.

See my above comment:

I am still going back and forth on what i want. I like basic impetus, so there is the option of doing these in one of the impetus variants. The one thing that holds me back is the one base=one unit style of impetus. I like having multiple bases per unit, and depicting the formations.

I have seen a preview of the OHW book and there was an optional rule for forming square. That's the sort of thing i like. Sadly that is not to be found in impetus.

Since basic baroque is an impetus variant i think the same things are true? Or are they different?

[Leman]

Basic Baroque and Baroque have three bases to a unit. The standard ECW infantry unit is two bases of musketeers to one base of pike. See Fat Wally's site for what these look like in 15mm:

www.fat-wally.com

[petercooman]

Basic Baroque and Baroque have three bases to a unit. The standard ECW infantry unit is two bases of musketeers to one base of pike. See Fat Wally's site for what these look like in 15mm:

www.fat-wally.com

Interesting, i thought they were also a one base per unit affair 


Well, i haven't played 2by2 after all today, been reading reviews of the different Neil Thomas books. Curse you internet!!