tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post3056185123998426879..comments2024-03-28T01:22:13.683-03:00Comments on Battle Game of the Month: While I'm At Loose Ends .....Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-57413275374235402732022-12-03T10:40:11.669-04:002022-12-03T10:40:11.669-04:00Classics really.Classics really.Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-76418525646545771692022-12-03T10:39:33.443-04:002022-12-03T10:39:33.443-04:00Yup. "Playing pieces" seems to be an eas...Yup. "Playing pieces" seems to be an easy conceptRoss Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-36458503309549711022022-12-03T10:37:23.350-04:002022-12-03T10:37:23.350-04:00I was using the grid but with some homegrown set o...I was using the grid but with some homegrown set of rules iir not DBA.Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-24974784432427035532022-12-02T02:31:26.730-04:002022-12-02T02:31:26.730-04:00Love the old Airfix Britons set. Picked up a coupl...Love the old Airfix Britons set. Picked up a couple more off of ebay a few years ago when prices were still reasonable.Peter Francisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-53654996624732241252022-11-30T21:44:49.263-04:002022-11-30T21:44:49.263-04:00I still have my Feudal set. I was looking into ma...I still have my Feudal set. I was looking into making up more pieces and using them to create a fighting force similar to the one you have assembled here.<br /><br />Having some of the Warmaster minis I have been assembling them into War of the Roses and Burgundian forces, for similar reasons - intro to the games that has a number of pieces like a chess game and less 'volume' of input for some folks.MurdocKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08693711825249632305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-13254827970157897872022-11-30T14:01:18.755-04:002022-11-30T14:01:18.755-04:00Gamers, that is, not "games".Gamers, that is, not "games".<br />Rob Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01705547374834785174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-72242120578666559082022-11-30T14:00:49.015-04:002022-11-30T14:00:49.015-04:00I've been listening to the back catalog of int...I've been listening to the back catalog of interviews on Ken Reilly's "Yarkshire Gamer's Reet Big Wargames Podcast"; they generally refer to games of a certain age (ours, that is...) as "the Airfix generation".Rob Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01705547374834785174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-241961497946222362022-11-30T13:59:05.668-04:002022-11-30T13:59:05.668-04:00If I brought three, one of them was a generic medi...If I brought three, one of them was a generic medieval force, one a Viking-type force, and the third was a mostly (if not entirely) Airfix Robin Hood force.<br />Rob Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01705547374834785174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-80116007821665430442022-11-30T13:56:38.136-04:002022-11-30T13:56:38.136-04:00So, for a realistic game in a box, we've done ...So, for a realistic game in a box, we've done some research...the 12-liter Really Useful Box (which has to be special ordered) is the largest single RUB that fits in the "under the seat" space on a passenger jet, and the 17-liter is the largest single box hat fits in the overhead compartment, If you need the game in a box to fl with you, that might help.Rob Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01705547374834785174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-31735291009551336642022-11-30T09:50:58.687-04:002022-11-30T09:50:58.687-04:00Yes, you're right, I was trying to remember th...Yes, you're right, I was trying to remember the other armies without success. iir we were short on players and you and I both played to help make up numbers.Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-20440134456264906962022-11-30T09:49:48.025-04:002022-11-30T09:49:48.025-04:00Bless Airfix. Bless Airfix. Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-15367332190310608402022-11-30T09:48:39.739-04:002022-11-30T09:48:39.739-04:00I'm surprised that I held on to them for so lo...I'm surprised that I held on to them for so long. The infantry fit in with other figures but the cavalry are a bit undersized so it took a few decades and some new ideas to find a way to 'wargame' with them. (<i>Not that Feudal wasn't a form of wargame. )Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-50065530259459689212022-11-30T08:46:43.834-04:002022-11-30T08:46:43.834-04:00I recall that Huzzah - I believe my Byzantines als...I recall that Huzzah - I believe my Byzantines also came to take part. Always good to see these on the table again!Norman Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07618060402986281074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-34989997003758720102022-11-30T07:10:29.302-04:002022-11-30T07:10:29.302-04:00My first ever Plastic Figures were the ACW Union T...My first ever Plastic Figures were the ACW Union Troops in blue by AIRFIX followed by the ACW Artillery and Confederates in gray plastic....it was the 1960s. My First 'Wargame' was with 25mm Minifig Vikings- Britons at my Friends Home- Bob Shore introduced me to Donald Featherstone's Skirmish Rules with the 25mm Vikings - that was in 1983...I've been gaming on and off ever since. A Game In A Box sounds a good idea.KEV. Robertson.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03057624752614080866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-26875822824963190392022-11-29T23:04:03.174-04:002022-11-29T23:04:03.174-04:00Feudal was my first "wargame": I wound u...Feudal was my first "wargame": I wound up re-acquiring a set via ebay out of nostalgia. Quite a rush to see those figs in your picture: I recognized them immediately!Ed Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-75245808175897202412022-11-29T21:04:29.575-04:002022-11-29T21:04:29.575-04:00Change is as good as a rest, as the old saying goe...Change is as good as a rest, as the old saying goes.Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-57576399798491895502022-11-29T21:03:23.603-04:002022-11-29T21:03:23.603-04:00Thanks. It surprises me how well the Airfix figure...Thanks. It surprises me how well the Airfix figures look painted up in a game. But then they were designed to be played with. <br /><br />,I was using some house rules with the grid. Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-26030098735811120292022-11-29T15:07:58.653-04:002022-11-29T15:07:58.653-04:00You've got me nostalgic for my 1/72 figures an...You've got me nostalgic for my 1/72 figures and once again, I love the game in a box idea. Maybe it's time to paint up the heavy weapons for my USMC after 10 years - none of my current projects are calling to me either, as far as painting goes.John Yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16465161620134394060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-10531158908843435102022-11-29T14:39:53.456-04:002022-11-29T14:39:53.456-04:00Those 1/72 look really good, with some very appeal...Those 1/72 look really good, with some very appealing paint schemes…and the Airfix Britons certainly bring back a few memories. Were you playing DBA on a grid in that set up, or was the grid coincidental, Ross?Martin S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14024522364068862164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-56702481314501781652022-11-29T11:44:46.321-04:002022-11-29T11:44:46.321-04:00Yup, many more is the instinct,......how big a box...Yup, many more is the instinct,......how big a box are you thinking of? :)Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-230499441329967672022-11-29T10:04:09.934-04:002022-11-29T10:04:09.934-04:00A Game-in-a-Box sounds like kind a solid idea. Yo...A Game-in-a-Box sounds like kind a solid idea. You have me thinking about employing my recently painted 1/72 plastic WSS dragoons similarly. Perhaps you offer up a bit of inspiration? Of course, I need many more figures.Jonathan Freitaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862373894196924886noreply@blogger.com