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Post by plasticsoldiers on May 6, 2022 16:46:08 GMT
Hello LWR,
I would very much appreciate guidance (being a complete novice) regarding which wargaming rules I should buy for 54mm plastic soldiers ?
We have 30 British soldiers / 30 German soldiers in the pack bought from a local toy shop.
Is 54mm actually 1/32 scale ? if so does 1 soldier actually represent 1 soldier at this scale ?
How much table top space would we need ?
Sorry for all these questions !
Thanks
Paul
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Post by macscrooge on May 6, 2022 16:59:41 GMT
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Post by zuludon on May 6, 2022 18:33:31 GMT
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Post by plasticsoldiers on May 6, 2022 19:27:54 GMT
Thank you all : )
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Post by tradgardmastre on May 6, 2022 20:18:27 GMT
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Post by tradgardmastre on May 6, 2022 20:45:46 GMT
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Post by JohnY on May 7, 2022 0:02:26 GMT
There have been some great suggestions already and I hate to muddy the water, but these are among the very first rules I ever found and played (I started wargaming in the early 2000s because I was looking for some way to use the bucket of "army men" I had on my desk at work): alliancemartialarts.com/1BCToySoldiers.pdfThey are free and they work well with WWII (I'm assuming the British and Germans you have are WWII, but it will work for WWI just as well). They are fairly well explained which helps to lower the bar of entry. They also have the benefit of including concepts in the "Advanced" section that turn up in many 1 figure = 1 person WWII rulesets. They make no claims about the playing area size, but you can easily fit two-three squads of 5-10 figures each per side on a kitchen table-sized space (particularly if you have a fair number of "buildings" - small boxes of all kinds work well for this, you don't need anything fancy). If you're playing area is smaller (I often game on a 38" square card table) you might want to reduce the number of figures per squad, rather than the number of squads (with these rules, two or three squads is more interesting than a single squad). I would be remiss if I didn't suggest reading H.G. Wells's Little Wars if you haven't yet (not to use as rules, although it's possible, but for inspiration!): www.gutenberg.org/files/3691/3691-h/3691-h.htm |
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Post by Brian Cameron on May 9, 2022 12:30:07 GMT
I'd suggest reading Bob Cordery's book 'The Portable Wargame' which uses a grid and are very easy to use rules. They also include rules for vehichles which you might wish to add. Neil Thomas's Book 'One Hour Wargames' also covers WWII and again are easy to use and include lots of scenarios. Both provide soime useful background about wargaming, are short works, very reasonably priced and will be found by a quick web search (the latter is available as a PDF).
Brian
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Post by aducknamedjoe on May 13, 2022 21:39:26 GMT
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Post by Brian Cameron on May 17, 2022 9:20:45 GMT
Small wonder that I often think "where has the day gone?" The answer is that I stop by a forum or blog and find loads of links, even in a thread as short as this one, to explore. So I'm now reading various army men rules, man of tin and tragadmastre's close wars / skirmishes, etc. Great inspiration once I stop reading. Perhaps just one more link and then I'll get started...
Thanks to all,
Brian
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