The everything miniatures wargaming thread

[Barrister]

Yup.

Tell me about it.

[grumbler]

Tell me about it.

They are the latest flash-in-the-pan simplistic WW2 rules set for n00bs.  They are not really intended to be "realistic" in any way, just fun.  They are fairly fun at the start, but too gamey to sustain a historian's interest.  Great for kids, so long as you make sure they know that the game isn't intended to be realistic.  OOBs are designed to conform to game requirements, not realism.

Good for starting the kids off and wetting their interest.  Expensive, though, and FoW units are useless outside those rules.  If you have been invited to play FoW with adults, be very, very suspicious.

[Barrister]

Tell me about it.

They are the latest flash-in-the-pan simplistic WW2 rules set for n00bs.  They are not really intended to be "realistic" in any way, just fun.  They are fairly fun at the start, but too gamey to sustain a historian's interest.  Great for kids, so long as you make sure they know that the game isn't intended to be realistic.  OOBs are designed to conform to game requirements, not realism.

Good for starting the kids off and wetting their interest.  Expensive, though, and FoW units are useless outside those rules.  If you have been invited to play FoW with adults, be very, very suspicious.

Yeah, adults.  Another prosecutor was telling me about his gaming group, and I think they're all in their 40s-50s.

I don't think they're interested in performing historic simulations, but rather just getting away from their wives once a week.  I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be suspicious of.

[grumbler]

Yeah, adults.  Another prosecutor was telling me about his gaming group, and I think they're all in their 40s-50s.

I don't think they're interested in performing historic simulations, but rather just getting away from their wives once a week.  I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be suspicious of.

I was going to say that you should be very suspicious that there is at least one lawyer involved, but that warning seems moot, given what you say here.   

I think you will find it fun, but I suspect that you would be wise not to get too enthusiastic about buying your own units until you see if the game has legs in your group.  If they are playing the game with non-FoW miniatures (i.e. regular 15mm figures) then you have no worries - those figures and vehicles can be used in lots of other games.

[The Brain]

Tell me about it.

They are the latest flash-in-the-pan simplistic WW2 rules set for n00bs.  They are not really intended to be "realistic" in any way, just fun.  They are fairly fun at the start, but too gamey to sustain a historian's interest.  Great for kids, so long as you make sure they know that the game isn't intended to be realistic.  OOBs are designed to conform to game requirements, not realism.

Good for starting the kids off and wetting their interest.  Expensive, though, and FoW units are useless outside those rules.  If you have been invited to play FoW with adults, be very, very suspicious.

Yeah, adults.  Another prosecutor was telling me about his gaming group, and I think they're all in their 40s-50s.

I don't think they're interested in performing historic simulations, but rather just getting away from their wives once a week.  I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be suspicious of.

No one is. The game is very popular so probably reasonably fun.

[The Brain]

Painted a guy for Warhammer 40k roleplay. I love the model and I'm pleased with the painting. As usual photo quality is not awesome.

[Sophie Scholl]

Nice work.  I like the scroll work you did.  My only concern is that he seems too... clean?

[Lettow77]

 Hey, I think it looks great.

[The Brain]

Nice work.  I like the scroll work you did.  My only concern is that he seems too... clean?

FUCK OFF

[Jacob]

Yeah, adults.  Another prosecutor was telling me about his gaming group, and I think they're all in their 40s-50s.

I don't think they're interested in performing historic simulations, but rather just getting away from their wives once a week.  I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be suspicious of.

If you think playing Warhammer and 40K is fun, then you'll probably enjoy FoW. I haven't played it, but from everything I've heard, it's on about that level of complexity. It's more about building a list for X points and facing your mate than it's about hard core historical sim, though it does obviously have the WWII flavour. I believe it's better balanced than the Warhammers, though.

My guess is that it's a great game for playing over a few beers with your mates every so often, and gives you a good chance of finding new opponents if that's ever a concern as it's fairly popular.

Let us know how it goes.

[The Brain]

Got my shipment of Perry miniatures mounted men at arms. As usual with the Perry twins the models are excellent.

http://www.perry-miniatures.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_62&products_id=2713

Hmm, I noticed that they have some new medieval models... Italians and shit. Interesting.

My painting is very slow these days. I did paint my castle model that I bought a few years ago though. I have some half-painted WotR archers on my desk right now...

[The Brain]

In other news Warhammer Historical has closed.

[Jacob]

That's shitty news. But not really unexpected.

I'm thinking of doing a WFB army with primarily Perry and Warlord figures. It's much much cheaper than Games Workshop.

[The Brain]

I finished 12 Yorkist longbowmen and I've started on 12 more. Not based the painted ones yet, I will probably base the entire army when it is done.

In other mini news the new edition (6th) of Warhammer 40k is released next week.

[CountDeMoney]

By the way Brain, kudos on the work on that WH40K Inquisitor figurine;  I like what you did with the base.