tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post2655102315381627658..comments2024-03-01T02:57:28.885-08:00Comments on Glorious Little Soldiers: What- Exactly -am I disenchanted about ???Big Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17235478427317774609noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post-60522863104728643342015-09-25T01:36:49.513-07:002015-09-25T01:36:49.513-07:00But " the games players delight" seeming...But " the games players delight" seemingly, It is the narrow limited approach of the games player I scorn . What has happened to the open ended hobby I joined? Big Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17235478427317774609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post-7105183633416324662015-09-24T10:14:44.771-07:002015-09-24T10:14:44.771-07:00Couldn't agree more. I hate point based games!...Couldn't agree more. I hate point based games!Claybohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06200780127365602845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post-52879368272014019102015-09-24T10:06:41.186-07:002015-09-24T10:06:41.186-07:00Rules..... The war gamers curse.Rules..... The war gamers curse.Claybohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06200780127365602845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post-60950565371894307662015-09-19T01:35:18.411-07:002015-09-19T01:35:18.411-07:00Joe- can't actually disagree with any of that-... Joe- can't actually disagree with any of that- I used to write my own rules as well- sometimes still do - or at least amendments. For me - as someone who was a modeller before being a wargamer- though only just! Its the idea theat rules are MORE important than the models that I find especially repellant.<br /> I still like some of the older sets- Tactica for Ancients- being played later today at the pub Command Decision and Combined Arms for WW2 and Moderns.. I still have not found a better ECW set than Forlorn Hope Like you I'm niot convinced by the glossy sets- they seem to lack depth somehow. One wonders if that is one reason they are so popular BECAUSE they are shallow.Big Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17235478427317774609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post-16174346461312696462015-09-18T14:07:40.954-07:002015-09-18T14:07:40.954-07:00I blame the introduction of 'points' and v...I blame the introduction of 'points' and vague army lists, which even though they have been around from my experiences of wargaming in the 70's they were restricted to the few (2?) competitions and weren't the 'norm' that they are today.<br />I like rules, I like the ideas that I can glean from them to write my own version of whatever period I'm currently interested in. What I don't like is the glossy 64 page rulebook that contains a half a dozen A4 sides of actual rules and I do wonder what was actually wrong with any of the older sets; the WRG1685-1845 rules I've had experience of had very little "wrong" with them iirc. Sadly I think it's really down to commercialism, but that may be just my cynical view of the hobby atm.<br />Zabadakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05649765350412145174noreply@blogger.com