Thread 96530643

>Previous thread:
>>96486075

>What is /awg/?
A thread to talk about minis and games which fall between the cracks, or peoples' homebrew wargames.
The >>>/tg/hwg thread doesn't entertain fantasy (for good reason) and the other threads are locked to more specific games.
This thread isn't tied to a game, a publisher, or a genre, let's just talk about fun wargames. Any scale, any company, any miniatures.

>Examples of games that qualify.
A Song of Ice and Fire, Argatoria, Batman Miniature Game, Carnevale, Conquest: The Last Argument of Kings,
Deadzone, Dropfleet and Dropzone Commander, Freebooter's Fate, Frostgrave, Gaslands, Judge Dredd, HeroClix,
Kings of War, Maelstrom's Edge, Malifaux, Marvel Crisis Protocol, Masters of the Universe: Battleground, Moonstone,
Oathmark, OnePageRules, RelicBlade, Rumbleslam, Stargrave, Sludge, Urban War, Void, Warcaster, Warmachine, Xenotactics...
...and anything else that doesn't necessarily have a dedicated thread.

>Examples of companies providing rules and/or miniatures for alternative wargames.
Archon Studio, Atomic Mass Games, Black Site Studios, CMON, Mantic, North Star Military Figures,
OnePageRules, Osprey, Para Bellum, Seb Games, Spellcrow, TTCombat, Victrix, Wargames Atlantic, Warlord Games...
...and many other publishers.

>Places to get minis; Updates to the minis list are welcome.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D2DbNJ2mYAUxh5P9Pq9NZqS5tXHGn0i2JhZchEwbA2I/edit
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/373197.page

>Novice Troves, meant to serve as a sampler of available systems. Check out the Share Thread for up-to-date troves.
https://pastebin.com/MjtsC8AX
https://mega.nz/#F!zSYW0I4a!vXh8-UPi_tWXpJES_-p4zg

>TQ
No question this time. Simply post a pic of a mini that you like the most and tell us briefly why.

>tq
I don't really have one, but WGF Amazons have a spot in my heart for being a hard plastic kit of women in bare midriffs and exposed cheeks.

>>96530643 (OP)
Heh, look at those 'lil dudes on their ponies!

Does anyone know of a game that's similar to Broken Legions, but better? I love Broken Legions, it's pure soul and the game itself is fun. But it's clunky and feels overly heavy.
If someone knows of a game that let's you pit Fantasy Romans vs Mummies, Minotaurs, Barbarians, Dacians, the Argonauts, Parthians etc please let me know.

>>96530766
I can't speak for [pic], but TFL does good work, and this sounds like exactly what you're looking for. Could be worth checking out.

>>96530799
While this does look excellent, and I shall be looking into it, it's not quite what I've been looking for, and it's perhaps on me for not fleshing out what Broken Legions is in my initial post.

Broken Legions is a decidedly small scale skirmish game that typically has less than 15 miniatures on the table at any given time in my experience. It's very narrative driven and designed for people with some imagination to lend the events a more serious tone.

But again, thank you for the Midgard suggestion, Rank and Flank isn't really my thing but this looks fascinating.

>>96530799
While this does look excellent, and I shall be looking into it, it's not quite what I've been looking for, and it's perhaps on me for not fleshing out what Broken Legions is in my initial post.

Broken Legions is a decidedly small scale skirmish game that typically has less than 15 miniatures on the table at any given time in my experience. It's very narrative driven and designed for people with some imagination to lend the events a more serious tone.

But again, thank you for the Midgard suggestion, Rank and Flank isn't really my thing but this looks fascinating.

>>96530766
if you like the game and want something for the particular setting, why not just modify the game with your own homebrew rules? It's unlikely you're going to find a better fit for that niche setting than that very niche set of rules.

>>96530911
Try Heroic!(actual name of the system). It's essentially d10 based mesbg but the author forgot to add cavalry.

>>96530766
>>96530911
>If someone knows of a game that let's you pit Fantasy Romans vs Mummies, Minotaurs, Barbarians, Dacians, the Argonauts, Parthians etc please let me know.
Brutality Skirmish and En Garde both work if you're into 5-10 models per side or a couple larger monsters. En Garde doesn't handle anything bigger than an ogre well, Brutality has a "beastiary" supplement that lets you go into mid-sized dragon territory.
>other considerations
Brutality's big gimmick is letting you play pretty much any time period. You can mix them up or take it straight. That said it puts hard limits on your character archetypes. So you'd only have a couple hard melee hitters (Legionaries) before you need to add in stuff like a support spellcaster, fast skirmishers, tanky dudes (maybe cavalry?) etc. It's still doable. Has an excellent one-player mode as well as two-player with neutral enemies. Combat system is pretty normal diceoffs with no frills. Has an okay campaign system with sanity rules and an overall theme of keeping the gods happy that could all work nicely with Romans in a horror setting.
En Garde is more of a swashbuckler, theoretically Early Modern/Renaissance but quite functional as far back as Bronze Age with a little list-building. It works very well for asymmetric combat, you need to use coordinated attacks from several weaker fighters to pull down stronger enemies. Supports cavalry, missile troops, etc.. Campaign mode is very rudimentary and it doesn't work well for solo. The combat system has a unique bluffing/resource mechanic that looks complicated but isn't. As someone who's done a lot of HEMA it flows very quickly and a lot like a sword fight - you choose how defensive or offensive you're going to be at the start of a fight, then have to predict your opponent's choices and react appropriately
Both games have very similar scales, rule density (light, <50ppg), number/quality of published scenarios, and price, so those are a wash on all accounts.

Does anyone know of any games that are as simple as Mini Gangs ? Looking for something that I could play with a little nephew and teach him how to count.

>>96530939
I fucking despise those generic names, it becomes very difficult to search for stuff on the game with how dumbed down search engines are nowadays.

>>96531743
I personally love them.

tiefling concubine

So, Conquest. What should my first purchases be after the Yoroni Cohort starter box?

>>96532333
Spider waifu.

Remember Rogue Stars

Cool miniature range that slots nicely into the Stargrave one

>>96531423
Unironically OPR but only with core rules. Pick unit that have next to no special rules or simply alter profiles by removing some and call it a day. OPR is extremely modular, even the core rules can have some layers stripped off still to make it even more simple.

>>96530939
>>96531228
Thank you for these suggestions, you've given me plenty to look into! I wasn't expecting to get three suggestions so soon! So thanks again.

>>96530921
My creative brain has been robbed from me by my medication, so I try and just find works that already exist and enjoy what there is.

What do you need to get started with frostgrave other than a warband or two (1/2 mages plus couple dudes and some companion animals) and terrain? As in what NPCs and how many of them?

>>96532945
One thing that's personally annoying is you could get the single sculpts of only the Mark Copplestone ones, and now they're in mixed two packs. So unless I beg North Star I'll have to buy a load of doubles

I'm poorly please post little warbands that are cute

Sci-fi preferably but also fantasy if you think

>>96533379
Nice! I love the Troopers sprue. Working on some more right now. I love that commander

So...WGA is doing Trench Crusade... with MWG Dave...in 32mm...

Heh. Not really my thing but that is such a combo...maybe if I become a big YouTube guy I can convince them to release some figures for the Russo Japanese war.

>>96533185
Bro read the book

>>96533388
Those are great. I wish they weren't so expensive

>>96533411
Yeah I kind of know Curtis at Ramshackle, but I'm not brave enough to mention "bro £8-10 a single resin miniature is a bit much"

Even his own range is £6 each for 28mm scale stuff on the smaller side, I know he has a bundle deal but still

>>96533421
it is what it is

Magpie and Old Lead is the boss. I love his stuff

>>96533464
I want to emulate him and make a photo backdrop. I want my own little "setting"

>>96533379
My dudes from a few weeks ago.

Oh wow these were genuinely brand new stock.
I feel like on a non lip base I could use them to proxy generic paladins but it would feel wrong without the lips

>>96533574
Very nice my friend, great sculpts aren't they

How strict is the warmachine community on proxying official models. I think it uses unit sizes not true LOS so if I used sword knights instead of the new storm models, would anybody mind?

>>96533778
You're a bigger faggot than they are.

>>96533783
As long as you are reasonable with proxying everything should be fine. The community is so small that we are in no position for sucking the corporate dick and acting as jannies. I use random LoE bitches converted with whips as Beast handlers in my Skorne army because I'm a coomer.

>>96533793
I respect the consistency

>>96533793
What's his endgame?

>>96533793
Imagine being James Morris, and having no idea that somewhere in the bowels of the internet is some sperg and you live rent free in his head

Are all three Mk4 players in this thread happy with the PDF rulebook release? My only complaint is there is no printer-friendly version as well but that's a start.

>>96533965
Why isnt it printer friendly?? I havent looked at the pdf but im hella happy to have a static complete rule set because I hate constantly changing things. How many pages are the core rules because I have a printer but it does a page at a time one sided

>>96533970
86 pages. There is a lot of background art, all pages have the background texture etc. I wish more companies would release text-only versions of their rulesets with necessary graphs and figures only like OPR.

>>96533982
I shall have to download it and go and find what pages are needed and also remove some of the over the top art.
I love art in books, but im with you on a plain black and white version with just rules

>>96533925
He's desperately trying to hide his own homosexual by pointing at others.

>>96533830
Ah, my brother in coom, let me post my doom reavers for the hundredth time

>>96534046
>jewish psychoanalyzing
I just cringed

>>96533793
What's funny about this is that James Morris isn't even gay and that pic is just him playing a demo game with his mate. The guy's name isn't even Nigel

I can't force myself to buy into Warmachine because of the ridiculous inconsistency of materials used for manufacturing and how releases are planned.
I find Orgoth Graveborn simply amazing in terms of design and sculpts but I won't ever be able to expand them into a proper army since all the other kits are 3D printed slop and there is no way in the world I will put my trust in SFG printing quality. If I could buy STLs and ask one of the local proonters to print them for me that would be somewhat fine but of course it's not possible. Dark Operations are 100% STLs but they are an army of legend so that's a no as well.
I wish SFG committed to Warmachine and release hard plastic expansions for the hard plastic starter boxes at least.

>>96524121
>>96522576
>>96516410
Epic Warpath nameless anon, if you're still around do you mind posting some scale comparisons? I'm pretty interested in the minis myself but I'm not sure how well they'd match up to something like 12 or 15mm minis.
I wanted to use them as more generic aliens alongside Heavy Gear and/or Flames of War minis.

Oathmark Surma

apparently releasing same time as Human Heavy Infantry and new Ogres this autumn, according to Northstar.

I know OPR's regiments is kinda an afterthought to their round base games but is it fun?

>>96534502
I've played it a few times, it's perfectly serviceable, nothing special but definitely fun if you've got a likeminded buddy

>>96534462
You should be able to use bigger models alongside HG, but infantry is too small. They need to be something like half a time again as tall to work. Unless you count them as hobbits.

>>96533403
>I can convince them

You dont need to convince them, you just give them (enough) money, and they make any set you want. And you'd even get a percentage of every sold box, which is why those commissioned sets are always a bit more expensive than their inhouse sets. (see Spacenam, Quar etc).

>>96534706
>infantry is too small. They need to be something like half a time again as tall to work.
You mean the HG infantry are too small or the EW infantry are too small? I've heard the EW minis are tall but thin while the HG infantry are short but chunky.
15mm minis are probably right out though, unless you want tiny aliens.

>>96533185
>What do you need to get started with frostgrave other than a warband or two
It depends. You can get by with a pretty small collection. My recommendations (this will get you a reasonably complete setup for <$100)-
>Frostgrave Undead packs from Mantic
These are just a couple sprues of skeletons, and one each of Ghouls and Zombies. Very, very cheap for what you get. Next cheapest is buying a sprue each of Zeds and Skellies from a Wargames Atlantic reseller like Recreational Conflict
>Reaper Animal Companions 5, wolf pack, and Giant Rats
Gets you a bear, a leopard, multiple wolves, and a wolverine you can use as a Frost Toad plus six cheap rats for ~$25
>Your choice of two trolls/ogres from Ral Partha Europe or Reaper
Can substitute for any of the Big Guys
>Wargames Atlantic Dark Age Irish (1 sprue)
Gets you a small pack of wild or tame dogs and Barbarians (you can also use the Barbarians as Beastmen/Gnolls, Rangifer, etc. as you move through modules). North Star Tribals are another good choice here. They just don't have the extra dogs
>Any manufacturer (Nolzurs will be cheapest)
A Vampire, Mummy, or similarly powerful Undead model, a large Genie/demon, some man-sized demons, a werewolf, and a couple of Imps or cherubs.
For one of the scenarios you need six Constructs; the easiest way is painting up minis you don't want as statues. All of mine came out of the broken/missing parts bin at my LGS for $1.

That gets you a nice spread of Animals, Constructs, Humanoids, Demons, Undead, and all the Companion models the average warband will want to summon if they get the relevant spells. There's more stuff on the list, theoretically, but it doesn't really matter.

>>96534462
Fuck, these look good. Shame they won't see general release for a few months, at least.

>>96534888
>You mean the HG infantry are too small or the EW infantry are too small?
EW are too small. For HG you need infantry models in around 14-17 mm range for infantry and power armor.
EW infantry is around 10-11 mm. Those that are taller and heavier units can work, but straight infantry is too small.

The simplest rule - infantry should be around half the height of the small gear.

>>96534465

Would those ogres be metal or plastic?

>>96535672
I'm gonna assume metal, but they could be resin. less than 1% chance they're plastic imo

>>96535696

Checked the Facebook post, it didn't specify which material unfortunately. Most likely metal then. I hope they'll be in this style.

>>96533778
Is there some context here I'm supposd to understand?

>>96535705
I think they'll be a stylistic match for the existing Ogre in the range.

Your post prompted me to check the range, though, cause I swore they already released a bunch of Ogres so was left wondering why they're doing more. Turns out the ones I was thinking of are part of the Rangers of Shadow Deep range, although to me they look exactly how I'd imagine Ogre Linebreakers to be desu

>>96535705
Those are make for Gripping Beast, not Frostgrave

>>96533965
Kinda waiting for the print book anyway, nothing in the pdf that wasn't in the app

Does anyone here have experience with wargamesfoundry Imperial Roman Legionaries? They look pretty dope but I can't find anything about them anywhere.

How is Conquest? Looking to buy into it for my shop, got a few starters coming to build/paint/play. The roll low seems a bit weird, but w/e.

What wargame is out there where I can field pic related?

>>96535851
might want to ask in /hwg/? but also, what information do you want to know? pretty sure foundry are pretty bog standard metal sculpts, nothing surprising.

>>96536159
>what information do you want to know?
Material, which you covered, general level of quality on the sculpts because the advertising images are tiny and their scale in comparison to other mini ranges.
I hadn;t thought of asking /hwg/ though, I'll do that now, thanks anon.

>>96536144
Steel Rift

I might be crazy but theres something special about warmachine metal models especially ones for menoth. They actually feel like a religious item. Particularly the shields. They have a lovely colour to them.

Speaking of Warmachine the local scene is kinda getting back into it but none of the MKIV stuff is to my taste. Any idea where one could find recasts or decent prints of old stuff? Legion and Ret mostly. Have a bunch but I never got some of the later additions and it’s near impossible to find used as people weren’t buying it.

>>96536375
Warmachine was always supposed to be a small-scale, all-metal game. Plastic was a mistake, Hordes was a mistake, embiggening the game was a mistake.

>>96534455
They are moving to more HIPS kits. The last AMA, Mat mentioned they were planning more for next year. It just takes them 18 months from conception to production, so its not an easy pivot for them.

>>96536118
>38mm
Any game with its own proprietary scale can go fuck itself

The lads

>>96536588
>implying most miniatures makes care about scale at all
"28," "32," "38," or whatever else is dumb. Choose an actual scale (ex: 1/56) and stick to it. Scale creep to be punishable by public execution.

>>96536659
You just ordered these, didn't you? Neat- wait, is that a woman?

>>96536588
They are dudes on bases in movement trays, why does it matter if they are slightly larger than some other game?

>>96536292
Thanks! I’ll look into it!

>>96533703
bit late but Skeaze
hopefully anon will read this

>>96536724
>slightly larger
Nigger they are like twice as tall as a space marine

>>96536144
This is Not a Test - a Preservers Reclaimer or Lord Reclaimer, and/or a mercenary Tech Knight with the Up-Armed skill, powered armor, and either a Gatling Laser or an LMG. You can also field it in Reality's Edge or using the 1e TNT Robot warband and mercs with minimal tweaks
Any given 40k knockoff - as a Marine with Heavy Bolter proxy
As a combat mech in most 15mm games
Stargrave - combat 'borg, although the gun will be disappointing
Brutality or WarEngine - much less disappointing combat 'borg/bot but you'll have to stat it yourself.

And so on and so forth.

>>96536194
Almost certain those are metal. (the only real gaming material).

So does anyone have an opinion on Dracula's america/Dead Man's Hand/Fistfull of lead reloaded?
I'm thinking of getting the Dead Man's Hand starter, but I sorta like the idea of doing a weird west thing with zombies, as a co-operative experience/campaign. Dracula's America's factions all look really cool so I like that angle, but the starter for DMH is too good to pass up in terms of the terrain and minis you get. So worst case I but that one month and get the Dracula's America gangs after.
Basically my buddy I play with wants to do a more campagin focused thing, in carnevale, but we have other games that do campaigns better, fallout factions. But I want something that is more flexable, I only have 100 ducat gangs for carnevale so a campaign would cost me money as it is so doing something weird/wild west isn't too much of a concern.
Also Blaster #5 is an option for the game mechanics as well.

The starter box for DMH for those that aren't aware. It's only 90 bucks. I figure with some minor printing/purchases of zombies and townsfolk, could easily do multi part campaign with that much terrain and some other stuff for like in a mine shaft.

>>96534465
>and new Ogres this autumn
Where's you learn about this little morsel of information?

>>96533403
You can just make a number of big posts in their Facebook group and they'll at least make STL files of what you want. Look at both Mali cataphracts and the Egyptian themed lizardmen

>>96537969
That is a nice big chunk of terrain for a starter set.

>>96531423
Been Playing Space Battles by Priestly, its dirt simple but decent fun.

>>96538593
they post a lot of updates on Facebook

>>96536677
I think theres 2/10 models in the unit that are women. I don't think any warjack really suits the unit unless im wrong. Should I get an avatar instead?

>>96538715
The buildings are fully modeled inside as well. Also 90 Quid, not bucks, my bad.

>>96537969
From what people are posting on FB, the DMH minis are compatible with the new WGA modern survivors, so one box, or even one sprue of modern dudes will probably allow to expand this starter set (+ some zombies) into modern zombie western too.

>>96538627
Well the only reason I bring it up is I have the Boxers, and the WW1 Russians, Japanese circa 1900 could fight both...and a plastic kit was mentioned.

do you think the stargrave scavengers could be passed off as stalkers for zona alfa? or are they too sci-fi?

>>96539261
Yeah they look fine. You get plenty of non-alien/fully hooded heads, and all the weapons are a mishmash of vaguely-Soviet ballistic weapons - perfectly fine for Stalkers. You also get 2 sets of zombie arms and heads per sprue so you can turn leftovers into zombified stalkers too, which is neat. You could pick up a sprue of mercenaries or crew for some extra human heads if you need, mercs for helmeted and crew for uncovered, but the box itself is fine as is if you're okay with mostly hooded heads.

Anyone play bolt action? I fell in love with this Armadillo at the store today but wondering if the scale would look right with my old metal warzone minis. Want to put Mishima ashigaru in it specifically.

Isn't she a cutie

>>96539460
>>96539467
I haven't played it but the vehicles made for Bolt Action are noticeably smaller than they should be at that scale, and I've heard from people who do play it that it's not a trick of the light or something, they really are undersized.

>>96539486
>are noticeably smaller than they should be at that scale

How so? They are 1/56.

>>96539486
Goddamit. That cab does look small.

>>96539239
That's good to know, thanks a bunch.

Played a game of Xenos rampant with my 5 year old. Apologies for the crude terrain, but I don't really have any proper scenery at my home. Required quite a bit of handholding, but I think he got the gist of it. Also used the 12/6 attack dice split, which made the game a lot deadlier.

>>96539523

Thallaxii are in big trouble.

>>96539505
They are tiny. I don't know what else to tell you. Most people I've spoken to tend to go for 1/48 scale equivalents because they just look better and more to scale.

>>96536811
Ironically they are about the same size as the new cathay models being released. Saw some yesterday at Portcullis, we thought they where Conquest minis at first.

Anybody here played Xenos Rampant?
I want to have a backup in case the Wargames Atlantic official Death Fields rules turn out to be bad.

>>96539551

It's a decent light skirmish game with a lot of customisability. I reckon it'll fit well to the death fields model range.

>>96539486
>>96539505
>>96539532
Most people moving into bolt action are used to gw tanks, which are oversized behemoths that would tower 2 or 3 stories tall in real life.
The Warlords vehicles are the correct size for the scale, but to the 40k poisoned mind they look tiny.

>>96539563
I've spoken to plenty of historical gamers who haven't played 40k think the same thing.

>>96539559
Thanks anon!

Oddly enough I now need to know: are the official Death Fields by Wargames Atlantic rules good?

>>96539573

I've no idea, never played them myself.

>>96539523
>>96539525
Very nice battle for the Christmas tins. Which side claimed the biscuits?

>>96539567
Well, the dimensions do seem fine to me, and I've visited Bovington a few times so I've a good idea of how they should size up. I'll do precise measurements later but I'm confident they'll prove true.
On a side note, Rubicon kits are far superior to Warlords, if your buying 1/56 vehicles.

>>96539583

My sons marines wiped the floor with the regular humans and their cyborg allies. I gave him a significant points advantage, but we only had 4 units per side. I don't think I even brought any anti-tank weapons for my lads. More important to teach him the rules of the game.

>>96534465
I fuck with this mini.
Hopefully the ogres will be in plastic. There are not enough good ogre minis available.

>>96539532
How can you say they are to small for their scale, when they are pretty much exactly 1/56 scale, as indicated on their box? Same as rubicon, and countless other companies that sell 1/56 vehicles for wargaming.

Now if you would say, 1/56 is too small in itself, thats an entirely different statement, and up for debate, but Warlords vehicles are 1/56, and you might think that the wrong scale, but they are not "noticeably smaller than they should be at that scale".

>>96539589
I use 1/48 scale for Bolt Action myself, for two reasons:
Tamiya kits are nicer than both, Warlord and Rubicon, and i enjoy the modelling aspect too. i also dont like to bring big tanks to an infantry focused game anyway. And for smaller vehicles, like a Jeep or Kübelwagen, 1/48 just looks better. Small to mid-sized tanks too. (T-34/Pz 4 etc), but anything bigger than that looks completely oversized, if you have the slightest idea of how big these vehicles were in RL.
Pic related Elefant, or any other Tiger/Panther based vehicle is just too tall 1/48 compared to your average (even if they are chunky) 28mm soldiers. KV-2 too.
The reason for this is the miniatures gain more width, but not enough height by their heroic proportions, while vehicle scale increases evenly in all directions.

1/50 plastic kits would be ideal, but since they dont exist, 1/48 remains a compromise that looks wrong, but for the smaller trucks and light tanks of the early war era it just looks a little bit better.

>>96539702
Did you ever try play it at 15mm or a smaller scale? I have a shit load of 15mm kits and PP figures left over from FoW v3 and a friend who could be tempted into playing it

>>96539722
*20 mm / 1/72 and 1/100
Thats what you want for historicals since you get a metric fuckton of cheap vehicles

>>96539722
No, i'm personally not interested in anything smaller than 28mm. But it will work just the same, and i would not even reduce ranges (they are too low anyway).

>you get a metric fuckton of cheap vehicles

I rather build a nice, bigger kit. Having to do 2 or 3 times the work (assuming i actually build and paint 2-3 tanks) for the price of one is not a benefit to me, but a drawback.

>>96533403
https://www.empressminiatures.com/russo-japanese-war-60-c.asp

Empress already has a Russi Japanese range and they're much better than anything WGA Would ever produce

>>96539954
>bendy metal rifle barrels

Nope

>>96539970
Don't bend your barrels then, retard.

>>96539563
100% false, 1/56 Warlord vehicles are entirely too small, and every single historical player knows this. Look at any picture of a bolt action vehicle next to a soldier, and then look up a real picture of that vehicle next to a real person. You will see that the Bolt Action vehicle is comically undersized.
One of the main problems is that 28mm troops are NOT actually 1/56. Maybe 25mm troops were back in the day, but 28mm troops are not. Look at this pic of the 28mm Warlord infantry compared to the 1/56 Warlord tank crewman made by Rubicon.

>>96539970
>plastic kiddie filtered
Kek

>>96539978
And 1/48 is comically oversized next to 28mm miniatures. So what is your point?

>>96540000
It's not, it's slightly oversized, where 1/56 is undersized. 1/50 being near perfect

>>96535851
Dude, they're Perry sculpts from the 90's. Wargames Foundry wad created by ex-GW grogs. They're going to be 25mm tho and tiny compared to the modern 28-32mm giants.

>>96539954
Bit expensive considering I just want a platoon of infantry. I don't really rate their sculpts after buying some Marians anyway

>>96539954
These would be sick for some Vostroyans

How come no one on /awg/ ever posts GAMES?
We have to beat the allegations that this is a general for nogames. Post your most recent GAME you played!!!

>>96540166
Too busy crying over 1mm difference between manufacturers.

>>96539201
I just assumed dead man's hand was american.
I didn't expect Brits to be into cowboys.

>>96540166
Only /awg/ I can have is over tabletop simulator because nobody at the LGS wants to play any /awg/. I'm sorry that I've failed you.

>>96540283
Brits are obsessed with Americans. Why is gaming the AWI more common in the UK than America? What are the most common armies for British bolt action players? USA and Germany.

>>96540166
>we
>have to
>allegations

There is no we, and there are no allegations besides the ones in your head.

>>96540304
Just say you don't play games or move on. No need to post this weird cope

>>96540370
Believe it or not, it never even occurred to me to take a picture of an ongoing game.

>>96540166
Soon as new Konflikt 47 hits I'll be posting games.

>let's go boys

>>96540707
SAAARRR YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE REDEEMED SAAARRRR

>>96540804
Please explain

>>96540707
I like the shit streak diarrhea camo on the robots, it's cool you kept a consistent theme for the army

Does Frostgrave 2nd edition have solo rules or anything like that? Looking for a casual solo game.

>>96541104
>casual solo game
Just jack off, tabletop wargaming is a social hobby

>>96541104
It has a solo supplement. Same with Stargrave. Just google for it. The same author has a dedicated solo game with "Rangers of the Shadowdeep", and there is always the "Five...." games.

>>96541128
Meds = can't cum. No fun to be had.

>>96541193
Is there anything in particular you would recommend? If so, why that game? I mostly play scifi for what it's worth, but I enjoy games like MESBG, Fallout Wasteland Warfare (The best solo game that exists imo) and the like.

>>96541104
I play Havok by blue bird with myself rules are lightning fast, world is fun.

>>96541251
I'm aware of Havok, but it has never appealed to me. Might be something to do with the models being pretty old and ugly. But I'm glad you have fun with it anon

>>96539145
If you can find it, Gallant is a Precursor Knight themed jack.

Anybody have a PDF of the Hobgoblin wargame to share? I want to read it and if it looks promising I might buy the book.
Someone is selling me on it being better than Kings of War, and while I am mostly convinced, I want confirmation.

>>96541621
Homie has a book on his noggin, what gives?

>>96541734

Sadly I don't have the pdf, but here are the quick start rules, army builder and the fortune cards.

https://hobgoblin.indietabletop.club/quick-start

>>96534462
Measuring the STLs for the GCPS (Regular humans) they are 11mm tall to the top of their heads. I wish I could find my Team Yankee dudes to put them next to. The vehicles are a smaller scale than the infantry though.

>>96541229
>Is there anything in particular you would recommend? If so, why that game?

I played two campaigns of Five Parsecs so far, and i like the light ruleset a lot, because when playing by myself, i dont need a sweaty or deep ruleset, the immersion comes from my imagination. But i could do with less bookkeeping. On the other hand, making up little stories for all the results from rolls on the after battle/in between mission tables is great.

I want to play Five Leagues from the Borderlands next, because i've read its campaigns play a bit differently from the "Space"-Version, with way more narrative elements and the game apparently encourages you to draw a map while playing and exploring. It sounds like something i would enjoy to do, and currently i'm building a variety of fantasy minis so i can play a few missions without having to fight my Oathmark Goblins every time.

>>96536118
I've been having a lot of fun with it so far. I mostly play Spires and have opponents who do all the other armies except City States. I came from Kings of War which kind of died near me, and am happy how elegant Conquest is. The game not having deployment zones or a deployment phase is great. You just put your models down the first time they activate and still get the experience of trying to maneuver your dudes over to your opponents. I'd say it's intuitive, I didn't find that any rules threw me off. It's expensive though.

>>96541898
Skip the Leagues. It is a ramdomness shit. On BBG one guy wrote why it is nothing like Parsecs and I agree https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2927889/early-impressions-and-comparison-with-five-parsecs
Also combat in Leagues with its 3 stances is absolutely boring and ''innovative'' for the sake of it.

>>96541898
Can you run me down on your experience with Parsecs?
I've heard of Borderlands before, but I've been told to avoid it.

>>96540533
Half the trancord servers I'm on have a batrep channel, and every time I look at one I think "shit, I totally forgot to take any photos because I was playing the game." Because I am concentrating on and enjoying the game and the social time.

>>96541749
Backpack's full of burning coal, can't put it there can he?
Think it through lad.

>>96539145
Avatar of Menoth? That's pretty much opposite of a Morrowan unit.

Morrowans are the protestants of the setting and Menites are the Catholics.

>>96542152
>can't put it there can he?
Wisdom..

>>96539145
>Should I get an avatar instead?
Depends what your purpose is, if your trying to build a fieldable WMH force starting with the precum knights is a bad idea. If you want something Paladin-looking maybe a Menoth Jack.
>>96542318
Maybe they meant Archon?

>>96539523
I like Xenos rampant, but so far i think the elite infantry seems to be a bit overpowered, what's your expereince?

>>96540868
Indian scammer meme. Unfortunately there is at least one 'jeet on the janny board, and he gets absurdly butthurt over any jokes.
Thanks for the warning 'jeetus janny. Women are still repulsed by you.

Damn, this is one fine little game.
Maker's a super left leaning loser, but the game, damn fine.

>>96542718
Sell me on this game.
Don't care for the creator's politics. Could be an actual Nazi and not the social media definition, but an actual one and I still wouldn't care.

>>96542738
What would you like to know homie?

>>96542748
Is the game worth learning?
Is it fun?
Is it easy to learn and teach curious players?
What sets it apart from other skirmish games?
Is acquiring a physical copy a difficult task?

>>96542377
I meant archon yes

>>96542473

Based on my experience they absolutely massacre light infantry without much fuss and can take on heavy infantry without much hassle. However, I think heavy infantry might be able to whittle them down in a firefight, especially if they have heavy weapons or AP. I don't think they were overpowered.

>>96541621
Ooo that would go so hard. I love how niche warmachines world gets, its so expanded

>>96542780
>Is the game worth learning?
Absolutely. It's very easy to learn and it's hard to forget because it's pretty damn simple, so coming back to it after some time away is simple.
>Is it fun?
Personally I find it to be a tremendous amount of fun. It's pulpy and oldschool, by design, and really straightforward.
>Is it easy to learn and teach curious players?
Very. It's a D10 roll under system. If you roll equal to or over, the test is a failure. Skills are separated into five categories: Agility, Fighting, Shooting, Awareness and Psyche. It's alternating activation, based on Agility rankings.
"In a turn each character may make 2 actions. Rather than one player acting with all their characters first, both players activate characters according to their Agility score. Starting with the highest (A) and working down, players perform actions with their characters until all characters have had a chance to act."
>What sets it apart from other skirmish games?
The use of polyhedral dice and the overt focus on making your own custom units using the games myriad character creation tables and vehicle creation tables. There is campaign play if that appeals to you, and there are "off table" games where you heal characters, buy new equipment and inject narrative into your ongoing games.
>Is acquiring a physical copy a difficult task?
A digital copy can be obtained for free from WargameVault for the grand price of free, thanks to the "pay what you want" option. A physical copy can be obtained from the makers store page, https://www.mammothminiatures.com/product/planet-28-second-edition, but some people have said they had problems getting their order. The only problem I had was that they forgot to ship it, so I went to their facebook group and left them a message, my copy was in the mail the next day.
Let me know if you wanna know anything else.

>>96542871
Glad to know that it is free. Thank you anon. I'll download and read it and if I have fun with it and friends I'll buy the copy.

>>96542881
Wicked. I hope you have a good time anon. Make sure you grab second edition, as it has a variety of first edition expansion content baked into it by default.

>>96541875
>Measuring the STLs for the GCPS (Regular humans) they are 11mm tall to the top of their heads.
Converting to standard since I'm a burgerfat, that's .433". Are you measuring from their feet or the bottom of the base (if the STLs have them)?
Taking my calipers to my HG minis, I'm getting:
AST Infantry:
>.515" from the top of the helmet to the bottom base,
>.045" thick base
>.47" tall from head to toe.
Norf Infantry:
>.505" overall
>.038" base
>.467" head to toe
Achillus Power Armor:
>.545" overall
>.030" base
>.515" head to toe.
Flail (Metal):
>.71" top of main body to bottom of foot

Overall I think they're close enough to work together. I don't think it'll be all that noticeable from a few feet away on the tabletop.

>>96542881
Forgot to mention, it's also solo play capable.

>>96542894
Bottom of their feet

>>96543013
Pic related

>>96542830
Yeah, it's one of my favorite setting as well. Guess it helps that it's a game with some age to it and started off on pen and paper rather than wargaming.

That, and I love how most troops look equipped for long campaign with their backpacks full of daily necessities, the little details on their clothing, etc.

>>96543047
>>96543013
Shit, then they're basically gonna be perfect for my needs. Thanks man.
Fuck, this is gonna get expensive.

watching a konflikt 47 batrep and this new version looks like it was barely playtested

>more effective to shoot werewolves with AP vs HE
>zombies act exactly like normal infantry, can be snapped to, can go down, can act however they want at all times

what's the betting they're putting out armies as a living online rulebook because they know it would kill the game to physically print untested profiles

>>96534455
What's wrong with Dark Operations being Legends? They even recently got a uniquely new unit in the Iconoclast Drudges.

>>96543840
Also the Dominated Stormblades.

>>96541929
Looks like a 2k army runs $500-$700? That's not horrible, in line with ToW and the sculpts aren't nearing 20 years old. It's definitely more expensive than KoW though.
Have you tried the skirmish version?

>>96544452
I haven't played the skirmish version, it's probably too late for me as I've glued most of my current guys to their square bases. Skirmish doesn't look bad. Models have different profiles and sometimes different roles than their mass battle equivalents from what I've gleaned of the rules.

You might be able to get a cheaper army via Yoroni. They are the equivalent of ogres sort of with how all of their models are high points cost and on big bases. I definitely think that the line overall is higher quality and much more modern than the competitors as you've mentioned. It's all hard plastics from Archon Studios with a few resin characters and monsters which is nice.

They talked about Kings of War 4th edition at Clash of Kings UK. End of November. I'm glad that all the armies are still around, I will genuinely paint Ratkin Slaves if they are telling the truth.

>>96547258
This is unrelated to Kings of War, but one day I want there to be a hollywood biopic about Ronnie in a similar style to Wolf of Wall Street

>>96547310
Whod play him

Cultists 3 sprue, I really like the 2-handed weapons and polearms on this sprue. Not so sure about the heads, but those are always the easiest to change. I hope the human heavy infantry will be previewed soon.

>>96530643 (OP)
I found a load of 1/72 figures in a biscuit tin that I owned as a kid, so now I am painting them up to use for WW2 wargames. I have almost finished off the british troops, next to do are the germans, yanks and soviets.

I quit like the 1/72 scale, the stuff is cheap as dirt and using larger scale wargame rules, the weapon ranges seem more realistic than the usual 1/48 that games like Bolt Action uses.

>>96542828
I might try that, thanks.

Does anyone know anything of Warmachine MK4? I'm curious if I can run mono fire tongue warriors (including mercs I guess). Trollbloods look terrible to me

I need you to suggest solo games to me. I've tried Parsecs, I've tried Stargrave and Frosgrave, tried Rangers of Shadowdeep I've tried all the typically recommended titles and NONE of them engage me. Give me requests that don't typically come up or try and sell me on a regular game where I can play both sides. The last game I solo played that was GOOD was Renegade Scout 2.

>>96540283
You can't over estimate the cultural impact of the western, the first western film was made in 1899 (by the Brits!) and genre dominated cinema until the 1970s. Boomers love it.

>>96542718
Most ttrpg players and designers would be? You're the odd one out

>>96549026
He is saying most nerds would be. Us right wing fascist nerds are rare

>>96548927
Sector AL-IX is alright if you have access to a 3d printer

>>96549290
>if you have access to a 3d printer
I do not.

>>96549343
Ah gotcha. It's still a decent game but the type and scale (10mm airships) is probably too niche for most people to have ready models on hand.

>>96540166
recently finished terrain and played space weirdos with my buddy
think I am either gonna make a few more pieces and warbands for sci-fi skirmish games or start working on my Quar

>>96549360
Gave it a look. It looks pretty neat, but not something I would pursue (finding ships and printers and terrain etc) I do however appreciate the suggestion.

>maelstrom's edge V2 release
Neat. I picked up the old starter and a decent amount of the broken infantry a while ago but hadn't really intended to use them for the in-house-rules.
New faction looks like it could have some fun parts.

>>96548370
Sure, you could. It'd be limited to the cadre box, but it covers every unit type you need for scenarios and can hold its own.
Though you're the first person I've seen not like the pirate trollbloods.

>>96547258
>4 years of 4th
This is shit
>characters now on 40s
This is good, enables them to be neat little command dioramas.

>>96549429
What battle mat is that?

>>96549476
That's the mat that comes with the Combat Patrol 40K Magazine if I'm not mistaken.

>>96549476
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266978174454
some cheap paper thing that came with the combat patrol magazine sub

>>96549360
The biggest problem Sector AL-IX has, other than being a niche 3d print-only game, is that it is scaled at 12mm. It combine the worst of 10mm and 15mm and the benefits of neither. That's why I upscale to 15mm and it works great. Gun game, fun concept, works fairly well, even as a solo game.

>>96548370
You end up pretty light on points if the goal is to play 100 points (standard game size).

Max allowance of the warbeasts, the units, and the character solo, 2/3 of the non character solo and 4 of the totems (basically just buying the cadre box twice) is only 64 points. 70 if you buy an extra fugue walker and the last 2 totems.

>>96549555
>>96549562
Keen thanks.