tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174146262920547660.post276848856768591291..comments2024-03-26T07:37:26.452+11:00Comments on Grid based wargaming - but not always: Deciding tabletop terrain layouts for AWIPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02918057670249529750noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174146262920547660.post-31695661052010001152016-07-04T19:21:14.921+10:002016-07-04T19:21:14.921+10:00Hi Ross - Your observation is very timely. I am ma...Hi Ross - Your observation is very timely. I am making up some boarders for the fields, the hedges pictured were from my 20mm NW Europe terrain and looked huge against my 15mm Peter Laing figures. No re-use there. I will be using your suggestions in the construction of the AWI terrain. Many thanks. PeterPeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02918057670249529750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174146262920547660.post-50626689110764006572016-07-04T01:37:04.720+10:002016-07-04T01:37:04.720+10:00OK that's about what I thought. This is just a...OK that's about what I thought. This is just an observation, I'm not expert on AWI terrain and I'm sure things have changed a lot in 240 years, but from what I've seen over the years the small hedged European style fields would be fairly unusual, especially on their own. There were villages but most farmers tended to live in the middle of the fields and the fields seem to be fairly large at least 2 battalions wide if not wider. A farmhouse & barn would be not be too small to be worth showing as feature so your separate town area is good. An orchard or similar might be a good feature next to a town or a farm.<br /><br />A 4 square field might be good surrounded by a fence (or hedge in a pinch) to keep the cows out. Apart from rail and stone fences depending on the location (the stones coming from the fields in many areas) there is often a narrow strip of uncut brush, often with a small ditch or stream in between fields. (A bit like your hedges but not as solid, orderly or continuous,) A few blobs of lichen and the occasional small tree along the internal grid divisions of a bigger field would look just the thing. <br /><br />Small bits of woods (orchards, woodlots) in between some of the groups of fields would also be common and help get that 'broken' North American look.<br /><br />Your over all system seems sound though and I'm looking forward to seeing it in action. Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174146262920547660.post-46333011654305932812016-07-02T08:37:12.748+10:002016-07-02T08:37:12.748+10:00Hi KEV, I found OHW to be a really enjoyable book ...Hi KEV, I found OHW to be a really enjoyable book and the rules a really good starting point to modify and generate your own variant of the rules. There are a few versions available on various blogs. PeterPeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02918057670249529750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174146262920547660.post-55643939776302195452016-07-01T16:54:45.797+10:002016-07-01T16:54:45.797+10:00Peter- I've also Ordered a copy of Neil Thomas...Peter- I've also Ordered a copy of Neil Thomas'-One Hour Wargame- as you had mentioned it- hopefully I can glean some ideas from the Book for my own WW1 Home-grown Solo Rules. KEV.KEV. Robertson.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03057624752614080866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174146262920547660.post-50932239426709775262016-07-01T07:14:27.356+10:002016-07-01T07:14:27.356+10:00Hi KEV,
I hope you have as much fun as I did. Good...Hi KEV,<br />I hope you have as much fun as I did. Good luck building up your WW1 armies and rules writing.<br />Regards, PeterPeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02918057670249529750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174146262920547660.post-10158066814902412222016-06-30T21:34:26.788+10:002016-06-30T21:34:26.788+10:00Hi Peter- I have been so inspired by your postings...Hi Peter- I have been so inspired by your postings on AWI and WW1 and WW2 - so much so that this evening I placed an Order for a swag of 15mm WW1 - British and German troops...I plan to write my own rules- though plan Solo games in simular terrain as you have done for Europe on your 6' x 4' table. I have a bit more space with a table of 5'6" x 13' -I'm excited!<br />Mulled over doing the 15mm WW1 for some days- deciding at last that it is best for me and what I can indeed afford. Regards. KEV.KEV. Robertson.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03057624752614080866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174146262920547660.post-54091621861295427522016-06-29T21:32:11.053+10:002016-06-29T21:32:11.053+10:00I generally play with one unit of 18 figures on a ...I generally play with one unit of 18 figures on a 4 inch by 2 inch base representing a battalion. However, in some games where I am playing battles from Wargamers Handbook of the AWI by D.Featherstone I have had a base representing as few as 150 man and as many as 1000 men. The games so far have been from the Northern theatre (e.g. Monmouth and Freeman's Farm). For randomly generated terrain I would be playing one base represents on battalion using house rules based on OHW on a gridded table.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02918057670249529750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174146262920547660.post-72832068572692410332016-06-29T11:54:24.199+10:002016-06-29T11:54:24.199+10:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174146262920547660.post-90809439188452796342016-06-29T11:51:38.066+10:002016-06-29T11:51:38.066+10:00What sort of scale will the games be aimed at? (as...What sort of scale will the games be aimed at? (as in battalions as units? or possibly smaller?) and which theatre of war? Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.com