BKC for WW1?

[Shelldrake]

Has anyone used BKC to play WW1 games? 

Any suggestions for using the rules for 1914 - 1918 battles?

[Leon]

I think there was a supplement/document on the old BKC archive but I can't seem to find it now. I'll keep looking.

[Big Insect]

I'd look at the BKC Spanish Civil War supplement as some of the mechanism, such as the 'Line Commander' rule should work pretty well for WWI.
Of course it also all depends which front and when you are looking to apply the rules to?
Early War Western Front should be very much like BKC - little or no armour of course. Palestine and Middle East would probably work just as well.
Eastern Front was also, on the most part a much more fluid war - but a lot of artillery - so again core BKC (with the Line Commander rule) should work ok.

Western Front - trench warfare is another matter altogether - in theory BKC should work OK but you'd need a lot of artillery and defenses. You could also adapt the static Smoke dispenser rule from the Korean War (Forgotten War) supplement, and use it for both Smoke and Poison Gas (if you so desire!!!).
Late War Western Front is another challenging game - possibly better played as a skirmish game (?) to represent the trench raiding aspect of things, or a large board game to represent the replacement of exhausted or depleted formations (almost like a game of battleships on land) - just a mad thought 

But if Leon can find that old conversion supplement, that would be helpful.

Cheers
Mark

[slugbalancer]

There's this...
http://canuckcommander.pbworks.com/w/page/14311310/WW1%20Wargaming

[Shelldrake]

I think there was a supplement/document on the old BKC archive but I can't seem to find it now. I'll keep looking.

Thank you    I appreciate you taking the time to look.

[Shelldrake]

There's this...
http://canuckcommander.pbworks.com/w/page/14311310/WW1%20Wargaming

Thank you! very helpful

[Shelldrake]

I'd look at the BKC Spanish Civil War supplement as some of the mechanism, such as the 'Line Commander' rule should work pretty well for WWI.
Of course it also all depends which front and when you are looking to apply the rules to?
Early War Western Front should be very much like BKC - little or no armour of course. Palestine and Middle East would probably work just as well.
Eastern Front was also, on the most part a much more fluid war - but a lot of artillery - so again core BKC (with the Line Commander rule) should work ok.

Western Front - trench warfare is another matter altogether - in theory BKC should work OK but you'd need a lot of artillery and defenses. You could also adapt the static Smoke dispenser rule from the Korean War (Forgotten War) supplement, and use it for both Smoke and Poison Gas (if you so desire!!!).
Late War Western Front is another challenging game - possibly better played as a skirmish game (?) to represent the trench raiding aspect of things, or a large board game to represent the replacement of exhausted or depleted formations (almost like a game of battleships on land) - just a mad thought 

But if Leon can find that old conversion supplement, that would be helpful.

Cheers
Mark

All very good point to ponder over, thank you.

[Leon]

There's this...
http://canuckcommander.pbworks.com/w/page/14311310/WW1%20Wargaming

Excellent, that's the one I was looking for!

[Shedman]

Many years ago we used BKC2 to fight a Russo-Japanese War battle.

We found that when you have just infantry, HMGs and artillery it doesn't make for a particularly exciting game.

Here's the AAR on my blog