Recent content by duskdealer

Agree with keeping small command ranges as were relying on shouting orders/hand signals. Suggest we look at a squad as a whole, as looking at one item at once is detailled, but we need to know if they will all fit together when it comes to putting the unit on the table

islands are basically a hill with sea around it, and the same modelling pricipals apply. Make sticky up bit, paint, (apply sea.) I use 2.5"polystyrene (as used in loft insulation.) Managed to get some from a building site. i asked. honest...

couple of things. 1/ EVERYONE CALM DOWN we have started bickering about little rules issues. Disagreements with rules is how we make the best rules. TOS has a different take on SMGs to me, but the final idea he put fowards with removing caualties before suppresion works, so use it and move on...

very intersting. Although you would need to add the trait 'cheepest bidder' to the euro fighter :D

On the note of units with SMGs, there were very few by comparrison with the standard infantry section. (Probably why we called them a RIFLE section) Agree with tanks being slow and cumbersome by comparrison, but also think that as WW2 tanks arn't likely to be fighting against an Challenger 2...

don't want to sound like a namby pacafist, but why are we arguing about which ships we get to use to blow each other out of the water in a part of our global conquest to quote Dr Strangeglove 'you can't fight in here, this is a war room!' (or something like that.) Every gaming group is...

Agree on the very short SMG ranges but think that suppression might be an idea for them, as large units of SMG equiped soldiers would have a suppressive factor, so.. what about one dice of suppression per 3 or 4 SMGs used. represents the effectiveness of multiple automatic weapons fire.

Been attacked by an all sub fleet was painful, but don't underestimate MTBs. Vosper 72' had depth charges. two points of damage and your on the surface and facing 15" guns. there are some 'iffy' things in the rules, but mongoose will iron them out. if they dont, we just make house rules. Simple.

good to see that even if we agree on one set of rules we don't on the mins and scale!! 1/3000 by choice as they are easy to paint, and bounce if dropped. not worried about strangers trashing them, i'll do that myself :(

agreed, need to pick a theatre, or two. Think D-day would be a good starting point as it involves UK USA and Germany, the three most played armies. Perhaps stat up a US army section, a british rifle section and a wermarcht infantry section as test units for play testing, and then look as...

yes there is, the russians are inan article called heoes of rodina pts 1 & 2. Think these are in 38 and 39 (or 39 and 40) German Z-plan ships are covered in 3 articles and so are some other ships used in the battle for the atlantic, as well as MTBs and MGBs Look up issues 39-44 for most of the...

agreed to working on infantry first as these are the core of any army. Could you give bolt action the 3+ suppression as they are slower firing, but in keeping with your idea for ghost recon give them AP due to the more accurate fire that they can deliver, this would see them balanced out in the...

i agree with what's being said, but when looking at setting up MGs, German Falschrimjager (paratroops) used to brace MGs on the loader's shoulder to quicken the process. Simple solution to SMGs would be to give them two profiles. Long range profile being mostly ineffectual to represent short...

anyone out there know if NavWar and Davco minis look okay in the same fleet?

you talk about differences in semi automatic rifles and bolt action as if it is a big thing. Most reports from combat zones indicate that if you give soldiers rapid firing rifles they tend to waste ammo whilst paniked by enemy fire. e.g. the US M16 was modified to fit a 3 round burst setting...