The Loose Association of Wargamers

goat major wrote: ↑Sun Jan 27, 2019 7:43 pm

Essex Boy wrote: ↑Sun Jan 27, 2019 7:40 pm All I can think of is Age of Sale.

Is that the new game from DFS ?

No its after the zombie apocalpse when Greater Manchester comes into the ascendency.

Oops.....Sail, not sale. Sorry.

goat major wrote: ↑Sun Jan 27, 2019 7:55 pm My grand plan allows for interchangeability between Rampant, WAB, WFB, Frostgrave and RPGs so definitely on similar lines ,

Very similar- although I’m working on Chain Reaction - Rampant/DBA/M - Frostgrave - F&F with multiple Lardies variations

I think Imaginations is the best bet and allows for pretty much whatever we want to do. Even EB’s Morris dancing skirmishing pikes.

I’m not a renaissance expert by any means. Would an imaginations game easily fit across the whole renaissance period or is it more sensible to pick - say - 17th C ?

I think it would work. You’d see changes in ratios of pike to shot and troops becoming less armoured. I think if you went from late medieval to the invention of the plug bayonet, with the right rules, we could make it work.

The changes in effectiveness and mobility of firearms and artillery between 1500 and the plug bayonet in 1678 were huge. It's largely that which caused the reduction of armour and the increased use of man portable firearms.

It wasn't really until the C17th that artillery became more portable and useful on the battlefield, up until then it was extremely vulnerable to massed shot as effectiveness of that increased. So, personally i'd look at 1600-1689 as the most sensible time 'conflation' whilst still keeping lots of variety.

Most mainstream renaissance rules cover the whole period. Should be fine?

I agree with Simon and Paul.

I asked a question how can you agree with me ?