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@FinnMcRiangabra
@FinnMcRiangabra Ай бұрын
With so few rolls, using d6 makes this far too random and luck-heavy for me.
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany Ай бұрын
@@FinnMcRiangabra May I ask if you have used the rules? What suggestions do you have for improving the rules? Would you suggest using different dice (e.g. D10s or D12s) or a larger numbers of D6s (i.e. a ‘bucket of dice’ approach)?
@FinnMcRiangabra
@FinnMcRiangabra Ай бұрын
@@Wargaming_Miscellany I have not played the rules you show, but have done with similar rules I found in my college library years ago and some MWAN published games (midwestern war-games association newsletter). I've also played the "bucket of dice" approach (looking at you GW). It is fine for evening out the low-resolution probabilities of six-sided dice. I think that enough people have access to d10's (for a "natural" feel to probabilities for each roll lining up with percentiles and having finer resolution than d6) or D12's (for even slightly better resolution but they don't roll forever like d20's) for those higher-number sided dice to be better for use than d6. I've been noodling with a d12 hybrid version of target number, dice pool, and number of successes for RPG, but the statistics are not working out the way I'd like (1=auto fail, 12 = auto critical, and the remaining 10 results lining up with 10% success increments).
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany Ай бұрын
@ Thank you for your reply. I’m sorry that you haven’t tried the rules as I suspect that if you had, you might have come to somewhat different conclusions regarding the use of D6 dice in the rules. I chose to use the D6 because it is possible to generate a reasonable range of probabilities if one uses suitable bonus and penalty modifiers. In the rules, one of the mechanisms that seems to be most attractive to users is the simple table that determines the results of combat. If a unit is hit, a D6 dice is thrown. Depending upon the unit’s rating (Elite, Average, or Poor) it has a variable chance that it will see its combat ability reduced or have the option to fall back and not see its combat ability reduced. The decision regarding the latter lies with the player and the end result is not a random event generated by probability. The rules are the end result of many years of development and play-testing, and seem to appeal to quite a few wargamers (they have sold in thousands) and have been used at the University of the Sorbonne, the French Ecole de Guerre, and the British Defence University’s wargames group). Perhaps I can prevail upon you to give them a try; if you do, I might just change your mind.
@FinnMcRiangabra
@FinnMcRiangabra 27 күн бұрын
@@Wargaming_Miscellany My interpretation of your reply is that it started as genteel, then went passive-aggressive. Yes, old war-game rules that added random elements had some options for the randomization. D6 were popular probably because they were ubiquitous. Decks of playing cards were also used. Sets of "chits" or custom card decks also were used. But it seems that we are no longer in the very early 1970's. Role playing game designers found that there were science nerds making dice with more than 6 sides. And thus we now have a very handy system (rolling dice) with much finer resolution than simple d6 rolls in which the differences between outcomes cannot be better than +/- 0.167. Grow up and use dice with more sides - they produce better (finer resolution) results. For the small price of using d10s of different colors or percentile dice pairs you can even get your result resolutions down to 1%. Compared to adjusting your result resolutions by, at best, +/- 16% that is an easy decision. It also helps against game results in which a block of elite troops, in good order, with support somehow on the poor roll of 1d6 are broken by independent militia. I am not saying that that never has happened in battle, but giving that chance a minimum floor of 16% happening is not good game design.
@SoloBattles
@SoloBattles Ай бұрын
I am not familiar with your Portable Wargame, but I definitely give two thumbs up to your "Rules" in the opening chapters. My game of choice is Musket Battles (formerly Pub Battles), and as you went through your guidelines for game design, Musket Battles checks all the boxes. Over the years I have become friends with its designer, Marshall Barrington. His number one rule is it must be authentic and true to history. The player must feel like he is commanding an army, not playing a game. He also believes in "simplify and discard excess." His original goal was one page rules. Over the last ten years this has expanded to almost ten pages, but the core rules are the same, and the extra volume is merely clarifying language and adding illustrated examples. One of his Corps principles is to play by "Gentleman's rules," which I paraphrase as, "Don't be a dick!" He must be doing something right, because the military doesn't take any other commercial wargame seriously, but they actually use Musket Battles for officer training. Musket Battles uses blocks and minis style movement, and period maps with no game information on the map. When you set up a battle it looks like a military atlas. I won't include any links because this is your page and I respect that. I just wanted to give you an enthusiastic shout, because I can see that you know what makes a wargame good. I will definitely check out your Portable Wargame!
@SoloBattles
@SoloBattles Ай бұрын
As I watched the rest of the video I was surprised at the amount of similarity between Musket Battles and your Portable Wargame. Other than the use of a grid, and the YM/IM mechanic (Musket Battles uses a chit draw), both systems are very close in general, although combat is less complex in Musket Battles.
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany Ай бұрын
Thanks for your very interesting comments. I had heard of Pub Battles but had not realised that it had changed its name to Musket Battles. In some ways it isn’t surprising that the two systems have turned out to be similar as they are both trying to achieve similar goals. My design began life as an adaptation of Joseph Morschauser’s rules from the mid 1960s but then morphed into something different as I developed it. It was interesting to read that the military use Musket Battles as I know that the Portable Wargame has been used by the Sorbonne University, the French Ecole de Guerre, and by the wargame club at the UK’s Defense University.
@SoloBattles
@SoloBattles Ай бұрын
@@Wargaming_Miscellany Good company indeed!
@Skylab707
@Skylab707 Ай бұрын
Nice summary of the forces involved! Will there eventually be a naval component to some of the forces?
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany Ай бұрын
@@Skylab707 I’ve already built some model ships that I hope will be suitable.
@DrVesuvius70
@DrVesuvius70 Ай бұрын
No analogue of Old Albion, Bob?
@robertcordery3429
@robertcordery3429 Ай бұрын
They are currently on my work table awaiting a few minor touch ups before they are varnished and based. Hopefully they’ll be done by the end of the month, if not before.
@petermcdonald4740
@petermcdonald4740 Ай бұрын
Needs to be armoured and sent to Zubia
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany Ай бұрын
@@petermcdonald4740 Now there’s a great idea!
@legrambo
@legrambo 2 ай бұрын
Hello Bob. This one is an excellent video both in terms of presentation and information, I really enjoyed watching it. It's clear that these rules will work very well with my own AWI armies (single base units) and as such I'm going to put together a hexed board for it. You explain the mechanics of the PW rules very well here. Your channel is quickly growing and is doing very well which is much deserved given your contribution to the hobby over the years. Funny story from yesterday, I clicked on your latest 'short' video the full face 'hairy' shot :) I was sat down watching on the large screen TV and the KZbin application froze! I opened and closed KZbin a couple of times but still your full screen face Bob, I even turned off the sky box and back on again but you were still there in all your glory, a funny experience. I then tried a voice command which worked and finally removed you 🤣🤣. Keep up the good work and thank you for your email describing how you make your videos, again most helpful. Subscribed .... I thought I had already! Lee.
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 2 ай бұрын
For some reason I missed your comment when it was made, so sorry for not replying earlier. I’m pleased that you like my rules and I hope that you get lots of enjoyment from using them with your AWI armies. I am currently working on my next video, which will be about the Naval Museum in Cartagena, Spain. It’s going to be quite long but it’s the only way I can do it justice. I’m sorry that your TV ended up with my ugly mug stuck on its screen! Mind you, it probably scared the living daylights out of any small children and family pets who saw it! All the best, Bob
@lightofgodindarkness
@lightofgodindarkness 2 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing My friend, New friend here stay connected God bless you
@vincnetjones3037
@vincnetjones3037 3 ай бұрын
I used to visit Firepower in Woolwich quite a lot and all 6 of my nieces visited there with me - all really loved the place - before it closed . There was a very good interactive section and an excellent Battle of Waterloo diorama upstairs. I occasionally managed to enter Building 41 (this wasn't part of your ticket price) and it was absolutely packed with Cold War vehicles - packed to the rafters. Also diagonally opposite the entrance next to building 41 there was rooms with loads of Samurai, Mongol and late European Armour with weapons and muskets. Only managed entry here twice in 16 years. They even had a day with WW2 enactors.... some firing a 2pdr AT gun. Crying shame it was moved..... never ever advertised on any forum, so you can see why it was never properly used.
@robertcordery3429
@robertcordery3429 3 ай бұрын
In some ways, they might have been better off leaving the museum in the Rotunda. The move to the Arsenal site was premature in that there was little or no infrastructure to support it and the local council seemed embarrassed by its presence. Having a war museum didn’t fit in with their ‘vision’ for the future. This is born out by the sidelining of the former Heritage Centre (which was also relocated to the same site from its former location in Blackheath). It was closed soon after Firepower and the local archives were moved into storage which you can now only access by appointment with the part-time archivist. It makes local history research very difficult.
@demitrisioannou7730
@demitrisioannou7730 3 ай бұрын
This was good to see Bob, I enjoyed it. I liked how you used what you had. It shows you do not need a lot of stuff to have Great game !
@robertcordery3429
@robertcordery3429 3 ай бұрын
This was one of the wargames that indirectly led (via my Memoir of Battle/MOBAT rules) to the writing of the Portable Wargame rules.
@johnscarr70
@johnscarr70 3 ай бұрын
It was fast moving, but I thought it was just my slow brain - eye combination. Hope to see some more, perhaps some futuristic armour and air forces?
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 3 ай бұрын
@@johnscarr70 Sorry that it was bit too fast moving. I tried setting the time for each slide used to give viewers enough time to read the text but getting it right is a rather hit-and-miss process. I’ll try to overcome this next time.
@johnscarr70
@johnscarr70 3 ай бұрын
@@Wargaming_Miscellany and ill wear my glasses!
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 3 ай бұрын
@@johnscarr70 But then you’ll see how bad it is!
@johnscarr70
@johnscarr70 3 ай бұрын
@@Wargaming_Miscellany not at all. Too much polish and the results feel unattainable, a bit of effort and enthusiasm, and that's what inspires me.
@robertcordery3429
@robertcordery3429 3 ай бұрын
Cheers! I am planning to create more battle report videos in due course.
@Skylab707
@Skylab707 3 ай бұрын
Overall I like the story that the game tells. I did find some of the sections with written commentary went by faster than I was wanting time to ingest the information.
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 3 ай бұрын
@@Skylab707 Sorry for the problems you had reading some of the slides. Trying to get the timing right is something that I need to address in my future videos.
@Quantrilltoy
@Quantrilltoy 4 ай бұрын
I am intrigued as to what figures you will use.
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 4 ай бұрын
I used 20mm figures, mostly made by Britannia Miniatures.
@josephcurwen7032
@josephcurwen7032 4 ай бұрын
Great video, Bob.
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 4 ай бұрын
Cheers! I'm glad that you enjoyed it.
@jamesmaclennan4525
@jamesmaclennan4525 4 ай бұрын
I remember visiting the Rotunda as a kid with my Dad in the 1960's
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 4 ай бұрын
@@jamesmaclennan4525 I’m pleased that my video has sparked off some memories for you.
@johnscarr70
@johnscarr70 4 ай бұрын
I will have to familiarise myself with the film. The Boss put me in mind of the King of East Grinstead, if I remember correctly. Look forward to the battle.
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 4 ай бұрын
@@johnscarr70 Be warned … it is a bit ‘preachy’ in places. H G Wells was involved in the day-to-day production of the film and wanted to use it to proselytise on behalf of his Fabian/socialist/utopian political point of view. Poor old Raymond Massey - who plays two leading characters in the film - had to deliver several speeches that Wells insisted could not be cut or edited. Despite this, it was an amazing film for its time. At the time, it was the most expensive film made by the British film industry and used hundreds of unemployed people as extras as Wells thought that they looked more authentic when it came to portraying people living in the post-war, medieval-like Everytown.
@johnscarr70
@johnscarr70 4 ай бұрын
​@@Wargaming_Miscellanythanks for that. I hadn't appreciated it was based on the Shape of Things to Come, it's completely passed me by. You have to appreciate the efforts of pioneering film makers of the era.
@robertcordery3429
@robertcordery3429 4 ай бұрын
I gather that Wells had wanted to produce a film version of his original book but was told that it was impossible to make. He therefore came up with a script that covered similar themes but which was more suited to a visual medium.
@Vtarngpb
@Vtarngpb 4 ай бұрын
So I heard that Congreve rockets glow red when in flight?
@robertcordery3429
@robertcordery3429 4 ай бұрын
Well, according to the ‘Star Spangled Banner’ they do!
@paulbenson9015
@paulbenson9015 4 ай бұрын
Hi Bob, I went to Eaglesfield Comprehensive from 73 to 79. I think the first year of conversion from Shooters Hill Grammar School.
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 4 ай бұрын
When I joined Woolwich Poly in 1975, it had just take over the old Bloomfield School site in Sandy Hill Road. That became the Upper School and the original building in MacBean Street in Woolwich became the Lower School.
@paulbenson9015
@paulbenson9015 4 ай бұрын
Hi Bob, enjoyed watching both of your videos. I grew up near and went to school in Woolwich and visited the Rotunda on several occasions. Glad to hear it was still being used by the Kings Troop. I left the UK in 2003, so I have been out of touch. Many Thanks👍
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 4 ай бұрын
@@paulbenson9015 I was pleased to read that you enjoyed these videos. I used to teach in Woolwich from 1975 to 1985.
@jamesmcconnell4818
@jamesmcconnell4818 4 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for the framework of the PWG. And thank you for making videos to clear up any rules.
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 4 ай бұрын
@@jamesmcconnell4818 I am very pleased that you found this video useful and I hope that you enjoy the others that I have created.
@eurovnik
@eurovnik 4 ай бұрын
Great video. I occasionally looked at the rotunda through the fence when out on a run on the Common. It looks in a sorry state. Such a shame for such a historic building. Also the link to the second video doesn't work. Says it's private.
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 4 ай бұрын
At least it is being used these days, which will mean that it gest some maintenance. The link will work once the second video is released ... which should be on Sunday.
@NyPer920
@NyPer920 4 ай бұрын
Thank you, very interesting and informative. UBIQUE
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 4 ай бұрын
@@NyPer920, Thank you for your comment. I’m pleased to read that you found this video interesting … and I hope that you will also find the second in the series as informative.
@DBNwargaming
@DBNwargaming 4 ай бұрын
Thank you, very interesting.
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 4 ай бұрын
@@DBNwargaming I’m very pleased to read that you enjoyed this video.
@GrumblingGrognard
@GrumblingGrognard 4 ай бұрын
This is greatness
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 4 ай бұрын
Eric was ... and quite a few of us owe him a tremendous debt.
@davidcrook1367
@davidcrook1367 4 ай бұрын
Very enjoyable Bob - Eric was an original for sure and Madasahatta was a masterpiece that many gamers can be thankful for. I know I am!
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 4 ай бұрын
Those of us who knew Eric were blessed. He was a very special sort of person.
@iandury9603
@iandury9603 4 ай бұрын
Bob - finally got round to watching this, another great video. You may be interested to know that I am in the progress of repainting all of that Heroscape terrain you kindly sent me to create a modular campaign board for the North-West Frontier - I will send you some pictures when it is completed
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 4 ай бұрын
I am very pleased to read that you enjoyed this tribute to Eric Knowles. I am also very pleased to see that you are going to use that Heroscape terrain so creatively and I look forward to seeing what the end result looks like.
@iandury9603
@iandury9603 4 ай бұрын
Great video Bob - it is a pity that the technology we take for granted today that lets us video games on a mobile phone wasn't available back then - it would have been wonderful to actually see the campaign in progress!
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 4 ай бұрын
It would have been great to have had some photos of the battles we fought. Unfortunately I have had to reply on my memory and the few printed bits and pieces that I was able to obtain.
@martinradcliffe4798
@martinradcliffe4798 4 ай бұрын
Fascinating stuff.
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 4 ай бұрын
Cheers! I am very pleased to read that you enjoyed watching it.
@martinradcliffe4798
@martinradcliffe4798 4 ай бұрын
@@Wargaming_Miscellany I love that whole era of wargaming, which I just missed.
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 4 ай бұрын
@@martinradcliffe4798, The big thing that really strikes me looking back is how close a community wargaming was.
@timgow1699
@timgow1699 4 ай бұрын
Great film Bob.
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 4 ай бұрын
@@timgow1699 it was a pleasure and an honour to make this tribute to Eric.
@johnscarr70
@johnscarr70 4 ай бұрын
I may just have to pick up a copy. I love simplicity in my rules.
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 4 ай бұрын
You can buy a PDF copy from Wargame Vault if you don’t want a printed copy. Printed copies (in hardback, softback, and ebook) can be bought from Lulu.com and Amazon.
@johnscarr70
@johnscarr70 4 ай бұрын
@@Wargaming_Miscellany that's what I love about this hobby. Authors, designers, makers are all just so accessible and helpful. I appreciate your advice. I've spent years going down the pdf route but recently I'm turning to books. Have a great weekend.
@johnscarr70
@johnscarr70 4 ай бұрын
Stingy Yorkshireman tip of the day. I cannibalise unwanted flat pack furniture - wardrobes are ideal with oceans of hardbound, doors and MDF backs, tops and bases can be resized to create tables of all sizes. Terrific looking tables.
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 4 ай бұрын
@@johnscarr70 I subscribe to a KZbin channel entitled ‘Budget Model Railways’. Its creator regularly uses second-hand shelves and hollow doors (and even laminated corrugated cardboard and rigid cardboard boxes) as baseboards for his layouts. He buys them very cheaply from his local rubbish tip (civic recycling centre) shop. Stingy is the new creative recycling!
@johnscarr70
@johnscarr70 4 ай бұрын
That's very informative and interesting. Particularly, moving to what I think of as the "lead belt" - Lincoln / Nottingham, where there was immense gaming creativity in the 70s and 80s. Lovely piece of work. We all aspire to own more stuff than we can realistically store. Like women and shoes.
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 4 ай бұрын
@@johnscarr70 Cheers! Over recent years I’ve passed stuff that I’m never going to use again on to other wargamers … and it’s all enjoyed a new wargaming ‘life’ as a result. By the way, with my wife it’s handbags!
@eugenegubbard4017
@eugenegubbard4017 4 ай бұрын
Next stop, 100,000!!!
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 4 ай бұрын
@@eugenegubbard4017 I’d be happy to reach 500!
@vpraze
@vpraze 4 ай бұрын
Your best video yet Bob! I would love to see more like this.
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 4 ай бұрын
@@vpraze Many thanks for your kind comment. I am currently working on two videos about the history of the Royal Artillery’s museums that were located in Woolwich.
@vpraze
@vpraze 4 ай бұрын
@@Wargaming_Miscellany Very much looking forward to them!
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 4 ай бұрын
@@vpraze I hope that my efforts won't disappoint you!
@betterthancomputers
@betterthancomputers 4 ай бұрын
Charge & Featherstone good start for Grognard.
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 4 ай бұрын
I only wish that some of the wargamers who were around in the 1960s and 1970s could see how the hobby has developed since then ... and just how much we owed them.
@Alexander334BC
@Alexander334BC 4 ай бұрын
Hands down the best wargaming rules I've ever come across. Speed, simplicity and historical accuracy across every period. I had never been able to get into wargaming due to the complexity of every rule set I had encountered until your first Portable Wargame book, so thank you so much Bob for getting me into this hobby - although my bank balence may not agree!
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 4 ай бұрын
I am very pleased that I have helped to get you into historical wargaming.
@The-Amazing-Anthony
@The-Amazing-Anthony 4 ай бұрын
Well done Bob. 👏
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 4 ай бұрын
Cheers! All I've got to do now is to keep producing more videos.
@pigface999
@pigface999 4 ай бұрын
Congratulations mate on your 300 subs.
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 4 ай бұрын
Cheers! I hope that the number of subscribers will continue you grow. Next goal ... 500 subscribers!
@johnscarr70
@johnscarr70 4 ай бұрын
You're most welcome! Have a good one.
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 4 ай бұрын
Cheers! Thanks for your best wishes.
@wallisthescot6544
@wallisthescot6544 4 ай бұрын
Just a wee word to tell you that although I am a very old solo Wargamer who started as a child and watched Callan and read Featherstone for information and inspiration. Your continued determination to overcome your health issues and your wonderful passion and creativity for wargaming is an inspiration for me and my wargaming world. Many thanks bro. 😊
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 4 ай бұрын
You and I sound as if we are both from that generation that are sometimes referred to as the post-war baby boomers. I don't know about you, but the monthly visits to the local model shop, clutching my pocket money in my hand, always led to some new addition to my wargaming armies, navies, and air forces. Airfix kits and figures were two shillings each and if I was lucky (and had been careful with my cash), I might acquire a couple when I paid my visit to the model shop. My health was good until 2020, and since then I;ve had cancer twice (colorectal and prostate) and now I have neuropathy. Wargaming has help to keep me sane, and has made me determined to get well enough to get back upstairs to my toy/wargames room again. All the best ... and enjoy your wargaming!
@aramisortsbottcher8201
@aramisortsbottcher8201 5 ай бұрын
Really has inspired me and brought back memory of an forgotton project I had, maybe I'll look at it again. Thanks :)
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 5 ай бұрын
I will be very pleased if I have encouraged you to revisit a moribund project and get some enjoyment from it.
@rajvadivel8967
@rajvadivel8967 5 ай бұрын
What a beautiful British posh accent. I truly love it the way you speak.
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 5 ай бұрын
Cheers! 😀 I've never been told that before!
@geoffbarker3644
@geoffbarker3644 5 ай бұрын
Whatever happened (assuming the situation came to a head) was clearly destined to be a mammoth task requiring lots and lots of resources. And so it was.
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 5 ай бұрын
War Plan Orange (and its associated wargames and 'fleet problems') certainly prepared the United States Navy for the war in the Pacific.
@onoken4531
@onoken4531 5 ай бұрын
Quite an interesting video, considering the fact that you're using the standard mpp as your background
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 5 ай бұрын
Cheers! I decided to use a different background to this and my other naval videos (there is at least one more to come!) so that they were different from the rest of the Wargaming Miscellany ones.
@nukethenatelore
@nukethenatelore 5 ай бұрын
Hell yea A keynote history vid
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 5 ай бұрын
It seemed to go done quite well at COW as an introduction for a wargame about War Plan Orange. I understand that there was a major fleet action as a result of the plan, and that the United States won.
@philRminiatures
@philRminiatures 5 ай бұрын
A nice report and a great looking game!
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 5 ай бұрын
Cheers! I hope that you enjoy watching the other videos as well.
@Khornishman
@Khornishman 5 ай бұрын
Bob, I have four 2'x2' plywood boards that I am going to use for my own PWG campaign games. I am looking to mount them or frame them, as they have 3" squares laser etched into each. I was considering painting them, but now I think I will stain them and apply a varnish, to protect them from water and scuffing. I just recently purchased 3" square bases from Litko, some with 60mm square cut outs and some others with a 30mmx60mm cut out. This way, I can use these for various terrain that can be removed so that a figure base may be set in it. If I can ever manage to rearrange my house, in the near future, I'll work up what I am thinking of and send you some images. There's a wide variety of options and it only takes inspiration and imagination to strick for us gamers to take our creativity to the next level.
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 5 ай бұрын
Wow! That sounds like a very interesting project and I hope that you will soon be fighting battles over your new terrain boards. 3"/75mm squares are a nice size for terrain squares and are useable for most figures sizes. Staining your surfaces will allow the grain of the wood to show through and will mean that you will end up with an effect that is similar to that on Archduke Piccolo's hexed terrain board (see archdukepiccolo.blogspot.com/2024/06/the-portable-white-mountain-30yw-battle.html). I look forward to seeing how your terrain looks when it is finished.
@ArthurHarman-b4k
@ArthurHarman-b4k 5 ай бұрын
Another very informative video, Bob. Seeing your Hexon II on the whiteboard will, I'm sure, inspire many viewers to make something similar for themselves. Arthur
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 5 ай бұрын
Cheers! Making this video has made me realise just how useful the mini-campaign board is ... and regretting that I put it and all my Hexon II in storage before I broke my leg! If I hadn't, I might be able to use both whilst I remain immobile.
@mikkoleinonen9846
@mikkoleinonen9846 5 ай бұрын
The 60cm x 90cm notice board is my go to board nowdays. I bought one with cork layer on both sides, and I also just glued green felt on other side, and plain burlap canvas on the other side for desert scenarios. I don't like having fixed grid on my boards, but now I can just use thumb tacks to mark out the grids if needed. Great video!
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 5 ай бұрын
Cheers! I looked at buying a cork-covered board but all the ones I saw only had cardboard backing. As I wanted something more substantial, I opted for the magnetic whiteboard. Covering your board with green felt and burlap makes a lot of sense, as does using thumbtacks to show the corners of grid areas.
@kevinsenglishschools3405
@kevinsenglishschools3405 5 ай бұрын
It's THE BOB CORDERY, looking at your book now. Thanks for all your hard work for the hobby!
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 5 ай бұрын
Cheers! Welcome to my KZbin channel ... and thanks for your very kind comment.
@kevinsenglishschools3405
@kevinsenglishschools3405 5 ай бұрын
@@Wargaming_Miscellany I enjoyed your book as well.
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 5 ай бұрын
@@kevinsenglishschools3405 I hope that you using the PW rules in all their various versions.
@shawnhutson6853
@shawnhutson6853 5 ай бұрын
Excellent report. Ive got a number of your titles. Its great to see you play through Portable Wargames. Thanks.
@Wargaming_Miscellany
@Wargaming_Miscellany 5 ай бұрын
I hope that you enjoy using the rules. I really should have made a video like this years ago but never seemed to have the time get around to it until now.