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Desert Island Wargames
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 8:17 am
by Ilkley Old School
You are stuck alone on a Desert Island and you are allowed to take one book, one set of rules and figures for one period.
Mine choices are:-
Book: Charge or how to play Wargames
Rules: Piquet - as they are great for solo play
Period: My 20mm classic Napoleonics
I would also need unlimited stocks Whittakers Gin, Tonic Water and Ice.
Re: Desert Island Wargames
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 8:58 am
by grizzlymc
Book The ascent of man by Jacob Bronowski
Rules: my Wellingtonics rules
Period OTS Wellingtonics.
Re: Desert Island Wargames
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 10:59 am
by Wg Cdr Luddite
Book: The world's biggest porn compendium.
Rules : I will write my own.
Period : WW2 air, sea and land, all theatres. The toys will fill a shipping container.
Re: Desert Island Wargames
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 11:11 am
by grizzlymc
I am talking about the entire 20 years of Wellingtonic wars from Russia to the Great lakes and down to North Africa at 1:10.
Re: Desert Island Wargames
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 11:42 am
by FreddBloggs
Book. chandlers campaigns of napoleon, or if allowed series, jonathan sumptions 100 years war 5 volume set (close run thing with shelby footes acw trilogy.)
Rules. Dunno, not found the set I want yet, so probably pad and paper.
Figures. Complete range for the European wars of 1700 to 1725.
Re: Desert Island Wargames
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 12:37 pm
by Paul
Book: A hardback copy of an oversized book on Venetian Art, mainly for it's use to swat seabirds and squish scorpions etc...
Rules: Any solo boardgame
Figures: The biggest MDF boat model I can find, 1:1 ?
Re: Desert Island Wargames
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 12:50 pm
by FreddBloggs
Ark?
Re: Desert Island Wargames
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 2:02 pm
by Essex Boy
Book: Charge
Rules: Rank and File
Figures: My 20mm LoA/WSS stuff
Re: Desert Island Wargames
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 2:38 pm
by BaronVonWreckedoften
Book: the first four volumes of Scenarios for British Grenadier
Rules: British Grenadier
Figures: unlimited Perry AWI, painted by Steve May.
Re: Desert Island Wargames
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 2:51 pm
by levied troop
Books: Sumption's 5 vol work on the 100 Years War (after Fred's finished with them)
Rules: Lion Rampant
Figures: all my medievals.
That's quite a big box and I'm not taking the bible or Shakespeare so underneath it I'll smuggle:
Books: Christopher Duffy - The '45
Rules: CoC
Figures: all my 1940 forces in 20mm so they'll fit unobtrusively under the medievals
And because I refuse to be ruled by arbitrary boundaries and because the BBC know what's good for them:
Books: Livingstone and Witzel - The Road to Crecy
Rules: Fire and Fury
Figures: all Neanderthal's ACW 15mm (I don't have enough).
And my luxury will be a 12x6 table. And a comfortable king-sized bed. And a pipeline to the Isle of Islay.