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WRG rules 1685 - 1845

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 1:28 pm
by Jeremy
I’m looking for a copy of these, more out of nostalgia than anything else. They were the first set of rules I played when I started wargaming.

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If anyone has a set they’re not using and willing to let go for a reasonable price, let me know

Re: WRG rules 1685 - 1845

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 1:33 pm
by goat major
I'll let you have mine at ayton gratis . I've never used them !

Re: WRG rules 1685 - 1845

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 1:36 pm
by Jeremy
Cheers Simon! I’m slowly collecting all the rules of my youth for nostalgia purposes.

Re: WRG rules 1685 - 1845

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 2:06 pm
by goat major
np - i'll retrieve it from the loft this weekend

Re: WRG rules 1685 - 1845

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 2:07 pm
by Jeremy
Thanks, I owe you a beer or two in return!

Re: WRG rules 1685 - 1845

Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 8:16 am
by BaronVonWreckedoften
If anyone else is looking for a copy of these, I have one going spare, too. Bought them because I thought they'd be on a par with the Gush/Renaissance set, but they weren't.

Re: WRG rules 1685 - 1845

Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 9:04 am
by Jeremy
Yeah, maybe it’s the rose tinted spectacles of memory, but I seem to remember having cracking games using them and my 1/72nd Airfix and Esci Brits, most of which were converted. They probably don’t hold up well to current sets, but I find as I get older, I derive great enjoyment from paging through the rules of my youth on a quiet evening, whilst the missus is watching whatever tripe is currently the fad on telly, and reminiscing about the good old days

Re: WRG rules 1685 - 1845

Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 10:24 am
by Essex Boy
In my yoof I used the earlier WRG 'Flinch Point' horse and musket rules. Marvellous, but so dated now.

Re: WRG rules 1685 - 1845

Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 11:26 am
by BaronVonWreckedoften
Jeremy - I don't know that there's anything wrong with them; I've met lots of people who swear by them - and even a few who still use them. I think I was always a "Charge!" or "Sharp Practice" kind of guy at heart and this set just didn't give me the "look" of game I was....well, looking for - a big skirmish with a handful of large units per side.

Re: WRG rules 1685 - 1845

Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 12:11 pm
by grizzlymc
Essex Boy wrote: Tue Apr 10, 2018 10:24 am In my yoof I used the earlier WRG 'Flinch Point' horse and musket rules. Marvellous, but so dated now.
They were awful! Absolutely awful!