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List of mini providers:
docs.google.com/document/d/1uGaaOSvSTqpwPGAvLPY3B5M2WYppDhzXdjwMpqRxo9M/edit

List of Historical Tactical, Strategic, and Military Drill treatises:
pastebin.com/BfMeGd6R

ZunTsu Gameboxes:
mediafire.com/folder/yaokao3h1o4og/ZunTsu_GameBoxes

/hwg/ Steam Group:
steamcommunity.com/groups/tghwg/

Games, Ospreys & References folders:
mediafire.com/folder/lu95l5mgg06d5/Ancient
mediafire.com/folder/81ck8x600cas4/Medieval
mediafire.com/folder/w6m41ma3co51e/Horse_and_Musket
mediafire.com/folder/vh1uqv8gipzo1/Napoleonic
mediafire.com/folder/bbpscr0dam7iy/ACW
mediafire.com/folder/bvdtt01gh105d/Victorian
mediafire.com/folder/b35x147vmc6sg/World_War_One
mediafire.com/folder/z8a13ampzzs88/World_War_Two
mediafire.com/folder/z8i8t83bysdwz/Vietnam_War
mediafire.com/folder/7n3mcn9hlgl1t/Modern

mediafire.com/folder/8tatre3vd10yv/Avalon_Hill
mediafire.com/folder/pq6ckzqo3g6e6/Field_Of_Glory
mediafire.com/folder/r2mff8tnl8bjy/GDW
mediafire.com/folder/whmbo8ii2evqh//SPI
mediafire.com/folder/ws6yi58d2oacc/Strategy_&_Tactics_Magazine
mediafire.com/folder/lx05hfgbic6b8/Naval_Wargaming
mediafire.com/folder/s1am77aldi1as/Wargames

Other urls found in this thread:

mediafire.com/download/cghxf3475qy46aq/Wargaming Compendium.pdf
mediafire.com/folder/alj31go19tmpm/SAGA
mediafire.com/download/o5x6blwoczojmfr/Black Powder.pdf
mediafire.com/folder/n7jmdnlv1n0ju/Bolt_Action
mega.nz/#F!s9xTTDpQ!CasEjRETeqZsJ5LOzYrJdg
mediafire.com/download/uttov32riixm9b0/Warhammer Ancient Battles 2E.pdf
mediafire.com/download/ta7aj1erh7sap1t/Warhammer Ancient Battles - Armies of Antiquity v2.pdf
mediafire.com/download/cifld8bl3uy2i5g/Warmaster Ancients.pdf
mediafire.com/download/3emyvka11bnna1b/Warmaster Ancient Armies.pdf
mediafire.com/folder/d9x0dbxrpjg48/Advanced_Squad_Leader
mediafire.com/folder/28i9gevqws518/Impetus
mediafire.com/download/m8xke04pc3hne2k/Ronin.pdf
mediafire.com/folder/cb83cg7ays4l1/Battleground_WWII
mega.co.nz/#!jxgCWTYD!FCp52DAqIUc-EM-TsRsWv7fB92nJ3kkzKsNcD_urI5Q
mediafire.com/folder/7b5027l7oaz05/Modelling_&_Painting_Guides
mega.co.nz/#F!C9sQhbwb!NVnD4jvUn5inOrPJIAkBhA
mega.co.nz/#F!b5tgXRwa!mzelRNrKPjiT8gP7VrS-Jw
mediafire.com/folder/eupungrg93xgb/Next_War
mega.nz/#F!SolyxarJ!GUg6zWBStfznr6BvYedghQ
mediafire.com/folder/h14yg76hee9z3/Napoleon's_Army_and_Allies
mediafire.com/download/93ddbt9d0uezdyv/Osprey - CAM 056 - Eggmuhl 1809.pdf
mediafire.com/download/mki5svyi11inwsh/Osprey - ELI 101 - Austrian Commanders of the Napoleonic Wars 1792-1815.pdf
mediafire.com/download/wwmyirmtgrk85k0/Osprey - MAA 176 - Austrian Army of the Napoleonic Wars (1) Infantry.pdf
mediafire.com/download/9gi1y3en11mq3w1/Osprey - MAA 181 - Austrian Army of the Napoleonic Wars (2) Cavalry.pdf
mediafire.com/download/kiacpbzz0i33h3i/Osprey - MAA 223 - Austrian Specialist Troops of the Napoleonic Wars.pdf
mediafire.com/download/jt8c77rddr24c7t/Osprey - MAA 299 - Austrian Auxiliary Troops 1792-1816.pdf
mediafire.com/download/8kbbvdb63tddbpz/Osprey - WAR 024 - Austrian Grenadiers and Infantry 1788-1816.pdf
mediafire.com/folder/vh1uqv8gipzo1/Napoleonic
mediafire.com/download/5qkfrmkww10zkxt/Osprey - CAM 025 - Leipzig 1813.pdf
kickstarter.com/projects/954318608/miniature-wargaming-the-movie
kickstarter.com/projects/firelockgames/blood-and-plunder
twitter.com/AnonBabble

>Wargaming Compendium
mediafire.com/download/cghxf3475qy46aq/Wargaming Compendium.pdf
>Saga
mediafire.com/folder/alj31go19tmpm/SAGA
>Black Powder
mediafire.com/download/o5x6blwoczojmfr/Black Powder.pdf
>Bolt Action
mediafire.com/folder/n7jmdnlv1n0ju/Bolt_Action
>Hail Caesar
mega.nz/#F!s9xTTDpQ!CasEjRETeqZsJ5LOzYrJdg
>Warhammer Ancient battles 2.0
mediafire.com/download/uttov32riixm9b0/Warhammer Ancient Battles 2E.pdf
mediafire.com/download/ta7aj1erh7sap1t/Warhammer Ancient Battles - Armies of Antiquity v2.pdf
>Warmaster Ancients
mediafire.com/download/cifld8bl3uy2i5g/Warmaster Ancients.pdf
mediafire.com/download/3emyvka11bnna1b/Warmaster Ancient Armies.pdf
>Advanced Squad Leader
mediafire.com/folder/d9x0dbxrpjg48/Advanced_Squad_Leader
>Impetus
mediafire.com/folder/28i9gevqws518/Impetus
>Ronin
mediafire.com/download/m8xke04pc3hne2k/Ronin.pdf
>Battleground WWII
mediafire.com/folder/cb83cg7ays4l1/Battleground_WWII
>By Fire And Sword
mega.co.nz/#!jxgCWTYD!FCp52DAqIUc-EM-TsRsWv7fB92nJ3kkzKsNcD_urI5Q
>Modelling & painting guides
mediafire.com/folder/7b5027l7oaz05/Modelling_&_Painting_Guides
>Twilight 2000/2013 RPG
mega.co.nz/#F!C9sQhbwb!NVnD4jvUn5inOrPJIAkBhA
>Phoenix Command RPG
mega.co.nz/#F!b5tgXRwa!mzelRNrKPjiT8gP7VrS-Jw
>Next War (GMT)
mediafire.com/folder/eupungrg93xgb/Next_War
>Battlegroup
mega.nz/#F!SolyxarJ!GUg6zWBStfznr6BvYedghQ

Desired scans :
Black Powder supplements
Rank and File supplements
Harpoon 3 & 4 supplements
Hail Caesar! Late Antiquity to Early Medieval Army List
Force on Force supplements
Hind Commander
At Close Quarters
War and Conquest
Germany Strikes!

TODAY IN MILITARY HISTORY April 22nd
238 The Senate declares Decimus Caelius Calvinus Balbinus Pius & Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus Roman Co-Emperors (Apr 22-July 29, 238)
1073 Election of Pope Gregory VIII - Hildebrand (1073-1085), later canonized
1164 Frederick Barbarossa makes Guido di Crema [Anti-]Pope as "Paschal III" (1164-1168)
1363 Battle of Canturino: The White Company defeats the Milanese
1370 Construction of the Bastille begins in Paris
1509 Henry VIII becomes King of England, d. 1547
1521 King Francis I of France declares war on Spain
1526 First known slave revolt in what is now the US, South Carolina
1529 Treaty of Zaragoza: Spain & Portugal divide the eastern hemisphere
1676 Naval Battle off Etna/Agosta/Catania: Dutch-Spanish vs. French
1769 Madame du Barry becomes King Louis XV's "official" mistress
1796 Battle of Mondovi: Napoleon defeats the Piedmontese
1809 Battle of Eggmuhl: The French defeat the Austrians
1898 President McKinley orders blockade of Cuba
1898 USS 'Nashville' captures Spanish ship 'Buena Ventura'
1913 Balkan Wars: Montenegrans capture Scutari, Albania, from the Turks
1914 Mexico severs diplomatic relations with the US
1915 Second Battle of Ypres: Germany introduces poison gas
1930 Signing of the The London Naval Arms Limitation Trety
1944 Hitler & Mussolini confer at Berchtesgarten
1944 New Guinea: U.S. Army troops land near Hollandia
1945 3rd Inf Div demonstrates American cultural insensitivity by blowing up the swastika atop the Nuremburg Stadium
1945 Soviet and Polish troops liberate the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, near Oranienburg in Brandenburg, which held many political leaders from Captive Nations and special military prisoners

On this day in 1945, Adolf Hitler, learning from one of his generals that no German defense was offered to the Russian assault at Eberswalde, admits to all in his underground bunker that the war is lost and that suicide is his only recourse. Almost as confirmation of Hitler’s assessment, a Soviet mechanized corps reaches Treuenbrietzen, 40 miles southwest of Berlin, liberates a POW camp and releases, among others, Norwegian Commander in Chief Otto Ruge.

Anybody can recommend a book with a good look at the Battle of Leipzig? Academic account preferably.

Thank you /hwg/

The Battle of Eckmühl fought on 21 April – 22 April 1809, was the turning point of the 1809 Campaign, also known as the War of the Fifth Coalition.

Napoleon I had been unprepared for the start of hostilities on 10 April 1809, by the Austrians under the Archduke Charles of Austria and for the first time since assuming the French Imperial Crown had been forced to cede the strategic initiative to an opponent.

Thanks to the dogged defense waged by the III Corps, commanded by Marshal Davout, and the Bavarian VII Corps, commanded by Marshal Lefebvre, Napoleon was able to defeat the principal Austrian army and wrest the strategic initiative for the remainder of the war.

Operating over a fifty-mile front, from Regensburg (Ratisbon to the French) to Pfaffenhofen (district), marked by stretches of rugged, wooded terrain, neither the French nor the Austrians had developed adequate intelligence about their opponent's strength, dispositions or intentions. Assuming that the bulk of the Austrian army was deployed so as to cover their bridgehead at Landshut and the main highway to Vienna, on 20 April 1809, Napoleon launched most of his army in an attack to the Southwest.

The resulting Battle of Abensberg was a clear, French victory, following which Napoleon ordered all but Davout's III Corps and Lefebvre’s (Bavarian) VII Corps to pursue and destroy what he thought was the remains of the Austrian Army.

The French attack, however, had only split the Austrian Army, separating its Left Wing, composed of the V Armee Korps, VI A.K. and II Reserve A.K., from the balance of the army.

Two corps, III A.K. and IV A.K., were withdrawn by Archduke Charles to the North, forming a nine-mile line from Abbach on the Danube to Eckmühl on the Grosse Laber. More importantly, unbeknownst to Napoleon, the Austrians gained a victory of their own on 20 April 1809, by surrounding and capturing the French garrison at Regensburg and its strategic bridge over the Danube.

With the seizure of the bridge at Regensburg, Archduke Charles no longer needed to defend the Landshut bridgehead and instead moved to concentrate his remaining forces so as to envelop and destroy Davout's corps. FML Prince Friedrich of Hohenzollern-Hechingen's III A.K. (15,700 men) and FML Prince Franz Seraph of Rosenberg-Orsini's IV A.K. (21,460 men), were ordered to hold the Austrian left, pinning in place Davout's corps, while FZM Johann Kollowrat's fresh II A.K. (28,168 men) and the elite grenadiers and cuirassiers of G.d.K. Prince Johann of Liechtenstein's I Reserve A.K. advanced south from Regensburg and deployed against Davout's exposed left flank. Inexplicably, no orders were issued to G.d.K. Count Heinrich von Bellegarde, so his powerful I A.K. (27,653 men) remained on the north bank of the Danube and played no role in the subsequent fighting.

For his part, Napoleon was intent on enveloping and destroying the Austrian forces retiring Southwest to Landshut and its bridge across the Isar. The II and IV Corps (App. 57,000 men under the overall command of Marshal Masséna) were directed to cross the Isar upstream from Landshut and block the Austrians from crossing to the South Bank. Meanwhile, under the overall command of Marshal Lannes, Lannes' Provisional Corps, the VII (Württemberg) Corps, a division from VII Corps and two cuirassier divisions (App. 51,000 men) were to closely pursue and destroy the defeated Austrians.

The mop-up of what Napoleon thought was a "curtain of three regiments" was left to Davout, even though more than half of the III Corps' original units had been detached to create Lannes' task force.[3] Despite Davout's reports to the contrary, Napoleon ordered him to attack the Austrians on his front in the morning, with the proviso that Lefebvre's equally depleted corps would support him if he needed help (A total of approximately 36,000 men for both corps).

The leading elements of the Austrian attack ran into Montbrun's determined cavalry, who managed to reduce the impetus of the charge thanks to hilly and wooded terrain. Austrian General Rosenberg displayed serious concern when he realized that Davout's troops were not moving to account for the ongoing battle, and rightly assumed that more French troops were on the way.

These troops had, in fact, arrived and brushed aside Rosenberg's flank guard. Napoleon had set the French army into motion around 2 a.m. on the 22nd and had his men march 18 miles north in just a few short hours, meaning reinforcements for Davout would be arriving faster than promised.

The vanguard of the assault were the German troops under General Vandamme; these soldiers stormed the bridge at Eckmühl and even captured the town's chateau after ferocious Austrian resistance. At this point, Davout launched his men against the Austrian center at the village of Unterlaichling and the woods to the north. The famous 10th Legere Regiment became involved in vicious fighting around the woods, but eventually was strengthened by Bavarians under Deroy and managed to capture the positions. North of Unterlaichling, Davout's troops under Louis Friant and St. Hilaire steadily pushed back the defenders of Oberlaichling and the surrounding woods, overran a redoubt held by Hungarian grenadiers, and prompted Charles to order a general retreat.

The struggle now devolved into a series of major cavalry clashes as the Austrians attempted to extricate their army without losing too many prisoners. Perhaps the best cavalry in the Habsburg army, the Vincent Chevaulegers and the Stipsic Hussars, occupied the Bettelberg ridgeline between Eckmühl and the woods above Unterlaiching. These elite units demolished some German light cavalry before being stopped by Bavarian infantry. Napoleon was insistent on the immediate capture of this position and ordered forward two heavy cavalry divisions under St. Sulpice and Nansouty. These horsemen were pummeled by Austrian artillery but came on nonetheless and managed to saber the gunners after having seen off the enemy cavalry.

The first phase of the retreat ended, but it was not over yet. The Austrians had found a chokepoint in the road and were instructed to stem the French tide. Three French cuirassier divisions supported by additional German light cavalry attacked and a swirling melee developed. The Austrians fought heroically but were heavily outnumbered and had to retreat. During this part of the conflict, more French cavalry struck in their flank and the remaining Austrian horse fled north to Ratisbon with great celerity.

The French had won the battle, but it was not a decisive engagement. Napoleon had hoped that he would be able to catch the Austrian army between Davout and the Danube, but he didn't know that Ratisbon had fallen and thus gave the Austrians a means of escape over the river.

Nevertheless, the French inflicted 12,000 casualties at the cost of just 6,000, and Napoleon's speedy arrival witnessed an entire axial realignment of his army (from a north-south axis to an east-west one) that permitted the defeat of the Austrians. Subsequent campaigning led to the French recapture of Ratisbon, Austrian eviction from Southern Germany, and the fall of Vienna.

Napoleon is alleged to have remarked of the series of manoeuvers that culminated at Eckmühl, it was "the finest" that he ever conducted.

Nicely done AnonOP. Here are the Ospreys I had collated for Eckmühl; the campaign, the French folder (with all the various allied German stuff) and the main Austrian titles.

mediafire.com/folder/h14yg76hee9z3/Napoleon's_Army_and_Allies
mediafire.com/download/93ddbt9d0uezdyv/Osprey - CAM 056 - Eggmuhl 1809.pdf
mediafire.com/download/mki5svyi11inwsh/Osprey - ELI 101 - Austrian Commanders of the Napoleonic Wars 1792-1815.pdf
mediafire.com/download/wwmyirmtgrk85k0/Osprey - MAA 176 - Austrian Army of the Napoleonic Wars (1) Infantry.pdf
mediafire.com/download/9gi1y3en11mq3w1/Osprey - MAA 181 - Austrian Army of the Napoleonic Wars (2) Cavalry.pdf
mediafire.com/download/kiacpbzz0i33h3i/Osprey - MAA 223 - Austrian Specialist Troops of the Napoleonic Wars.pdf
mediafire.com/download/jt8c77rddr24c7t/Osprey - MAA 299 - Austrian Auxiliary Troops 1792-1816.pdf
mediafire.com/download/8kbbvdb63tddbpz/Osprey - WAR 024 - Austrian Grenadiers and Infantry 1788-1816.pdf

Do you have any of the Napo CAM?

mediafire.com/folder/vh1uqv8gipzo1/Napoleonic

If there's one missing from there that you what, let me know

I'm looking for #25 Leipzig

Oh you're the user from upthread? I was just in the process of adding that. This one could probably do with an updated/revised release now.

mediafire.com/download/5qkfrmkww10zkxt/Osprey - CAM 025 - Leipzig 1813.pdf

>There are people on /hwg/ who haven't read all three volumes of Thunder on the Danube RIGHT NOW

For the chap that was thinking about Early Byzantines have a Look at Footsore (formerly Musketeer) they do the best I think.

You are a saint user, thank you so much.

No worries. I'm in .jp timezone so I caught this once at a good time. Hope it covers the basics (amused by the date thing, and tried not to go too /pol on it).

Off to paint some plastic Brits. Thinking about Japanese army, probably 6mm.

> Off to paint some plastic Brits.

What period?

>1945 3rd Inf Div demonstrates American cultural insensitivity by blowing up the swastika atop the Nuremburg Stadium

I'm triggered. And also believe I'm gamesmanship and winning at all costs. Because BA is a tournament game, games have winners and losers, and nothing in life is more important than victory points.

Late WW2 plastics. Not great. New skills to learn dealing with plastics and not metal.

>And also believe I'm gamesmanship
Hello gamesmanship, I'm dad.

Hi Dad, I'm 'Pingvinstoerpanzer'.

bmp für die Gesundheit

Anyone in here backed the Miniature Wargaming movie on KS? There was a new update video today and i admit i slowly get hyped for it.

link? Never heard of it.

Nope.

Can't think of a reason to be interested in it. I suspect I am not the target market.

kickstarter.com/projects/954318608/miniature-wargaming-the-movie

Some vehicle previews from Warlord: an A13 tanks and a Lasik Field Car (Which is impossible to Google thanks to laser eye surgery).

As someone who likes both interwar/early war tanks and Poland in WWII, this is relevant to my interests.

[1/3]

[2/3]

[3/3]

>Lasik
it's laZik

It's a Fiat 508 originally, if you search for that it makes things much easier.

Ah, Warlord must have spelt it wrong in their facebook post.

This is in no way my fault for not knowing enough about cars.

>polish lazik
>somebody stole the wheels

In a little bit of vidya news that is nonetheless pretty /hwg/ related, Panzer Corps is free on Steam this weekend.

This also means that it's pretty heavily discounted if you decide you like it enough to buy it

No bully kurwa!

Prolly germans, they were worse than gypsies when it comes to tanks and shit, stealing stuff wholesale.

Would you recommend it?

What are your experiences with it?

I've played it a bit and I like it well enough.

It shares the problem that many games of it's ilk have which is they feel a bit more like a puzzle than a strategy game.

By this I mean to complete a scenario with the best result there's usually only one or two 'correct' ways to do it, you spend your time trying to figure out these optimal ways rather than developing your own strategic approach.

Still, it's only about 5 ameribux/3.5 britpounds with the discount, so if you want a decent wargame with a reasonable amount of content you could definitely do worse.

>Would you recommend it?
If you don't likes wargames.

Not him, but for 4,99 (its 75% off) its well worth it.

I played it over the last few weeks (i have the eastern grand campaign dlcs for germany 39-45 as well) and finally reached the year 45. Took me almost 90 hours and i'm playing on medium difficulty. The game is great and offers tons of content.

From what i heard, the Afrika Corps and Soviet Corps campaigns are great too, but i haven't played them yet.

I recommend buying the DLC from key seller sites though, because there you can save a few more bucks. I payed like 1,50€ for each of the grand campaign modules.

>by this I mean to complete a scenario with the best result there's usually only one or two 'correct' ways to do it,

This is correct for the original campaign where you have turn limits for your objectives. Like capture XY in 30 turns for a minor victory. Capture it in 15 for a decisive victory (earns more presige (= currency to buy stuff) and might unlock optional missions).
The Grand Campaign however eliminates this "need to rush" by giving different goals for both kinds of victory like Capture 3 of the target cities for a minor victory and capture 3 enemy generals and conquer all 6 terget cities for decisive victory. (Did i already mention the GC dlc is awesome?)

...

Silly Finns and their perfectly ordinary islands.

>if ships can be standing near islands forever

bmp

>Don't fuck with angry Dutchmen. They'll ruin your day at the beach.

>Notice Polish Infantry are missing their standard
>the flagpole has broken off
>can't find it anywhere
How do you lose a pink standard?

Never mind, I found it lads

>Polish Infantry
>pink standard

A report has come in from the Soemba
That their salvoes go of like a Rhumba
Two guns, they sound fine,
But the third five point nine,
He am bust and refuse to go Boomba

Not that user but some duchy of warsaw flags were slightly pinkish

Plz dont hurt me

>he doesn't have pink flags


Reminder that the Vistula Legion standard literally has a chicken on it.

I want to get into a historical wargame, but have no idea what period or scale or any of that stuff. Where should I start figuring it out?

What do you find interesting, from a model or historical point of view?

How much money would you want to invest?

Depending on your answers, we could give you some more detailed advice.

> Period
Go with what you like best. You like knights and shit? Do medievals. You like fancy hats? Do Napoleonics. You like mud? Do WWI. etc. etc.

> Scale
28mm is the one most people are familiar with and you get nice multipart plastics for a lot of stuff. Great for skirmish and smaller battles but kinda gets clunky for larger scraps.

20mm is similar to 28mm but has the advantage of dirt cheap plastics, especially for WW2.

15mm is pretty good for both large battles and smaller affairs, the most versatile scale IMO.

10mm and smaller is best for big battles. An individual soldier model isn't much to look at but en masse they look great (see )

Read about different periods, see which one interests you

If he'd want to go for air combat or naval combat, scales are again different, though.

>Doesn't mention the best scale of them all 6mm

user plz

6mm is great, they are not that expensive, they are easy to paint, look great on the tabletop. They are there for most periods (I would like to advice baccus for a very large range).

Here are my 6mm Napoleonics. I also ordered some ww2 guys last week from baccus and they seem to look great.

I knew you mentioned it offhand by saying 10mm and smaller, but sometimes 6mm needs it's own very small spotlight

>tfw my 6mm French will never battle against DutchAnon's British
sad

> best scale of them all 6mm

Hey user, dunno if you noticed but I think you lost the other 4mm you meant to include in your post.

Obviously you're a smart guy so you know that 10mm stronk.

While I agree to dissagree with you, those chaps look awfully nice, who makes those?

The blog I found them on didn't specify, though if I had to guess I would say Pendraken.

I will fight you in the street

>10mm for combined arms games
>In a world where GHQ exist

M8...

GHQ is too pricey m8, 10mm is cheap as chips.

10mm is really not cheap by comparison to 6mm, even GHQ's overpriced nature. Cheap compared to 15mm maybe.

These are gorgeous

The things that interest me most:

>Golden Age of Pirates
>American War for Independence/Revolutionary War
>Spanish and Ukrainian Civil Wars
>alternate history

...there ain't much for any of that shit, sorry m8

I know there's a fair few rulesets that can work for the AWI, mostly the ones that also work for other conflicts of the era.

All in all, I'm not too knowledgable about those, though.
More of a WW2 guy, with the occasional foray into other 20th century stuff and passing knowledge of other eras.

There's probably a lot more than you suspect.

Except Ukrainian civil war.

There's enough RCW stuff around.

what are you talking about?

There's a lot for Pirates and AWI. Empress do a range of 28mm Interwar stuff, theres some 20mm things floating around.

If by Ukrainian Civil War you mean Donetsk and all that, just use any moderns ruleset.

Tangentially related, but there's a KS for a pirate game up right now

kickstarter.com/projects/firelockgames/blood-and-plunder

Not suggesting it as a first game because suggesting a KS for that would be dumb. I'm just pointing out its existence.

Please hold off commenting when you don't actually know what you're talking about, "m8".

Has anyone on here played By Fire and Sword? I have the rulebook and it looks like a solid enough system, and now that I've got a better paying job I'm debating grabbing two starters and trying to do demos. Just curious what ithers here think. Love the whole 17th centuey eastern Europe thing going on.

Also: is the BFaS zip in the download links just the main book, ir does it have more stuff? I would like to get my hands on The Deluge if possible.

Well choice of scale would affect a few things, but you have a number of options here

>Golden Age of Pirates
>American War for Independence/Revolutionary War

See the Horse & Musket folder; for the former there's Gloire, Flashing Steel and On The Seven Seas; for the later Muskets & Tomahawks, Long Rifle, British Grenadier, and from the Napoleonics folder Black Powder.

>Spanish and Ukrainian Civil Wars

With interwar stuff you can use pretty much and WW1/WW2 ruleset (refer those folders); but specifically here you could try Chain of Command with the No Pasaran expansion for SCW, and A World Aflame for the UCW.

>alternate history

Perhaps A Very British Civil War might be your thing there, seeing as you have a fancy for interwar conflict.

Posting the Chain of Command SCW supplement because I don't see it in the folders.

Bolt Action Primer - British Uniform does not match any uniform color I have found made by Vallejo (For example English Uniform 70921). IT DOES MATCH Panzer Aces 316 - Dark Mud.

Good job I have some dark mud.

>If by Ukrainian Civil War you mean Donetsk and all that, just use any moderns ruleset.
I mean Makhno and company vs. the Reds, mostly.

Uniforms are a tricky one.

Sometimes it feels almost comical to try and get the 'right' colour.

>tfw no WWII board to play on and no money to build it

Can I just slap some green felt on some plywood and have a board? Maybe put some foam under the felt for hills, some black sandpaper on the felt for roads, and cut up doormats for crops?

Will still cost heaps desu, ~$50 for the plywood and about the same for the felt.

I mean, you can do whatever you want. Just get a green piece of fabric and some fake hills and shit so you can play now, and save to make something fucking awesome later.

Does it have rules for when Leninist bastards who pretended to be your comrades line you up against a wall and kill you along with a bunch of athletes who came to participate in an alternative, anti-war Olympics, because you didn't want to suck USSR dick with them?

>anarchist detected

>doesn't run on Linux

Nice "program" you have there

Fugg dat beautiful board, pretty incredible

That's basically the plan.

On the subject of the Spanish Civil War, below a certain scale it won't be clear anyway, but at larger scales it will: In the SCW, among the socialists there were some mixed-gender armies and some all-female ones. Any female miniatures with appropriate weaponry for the time?

This might be more in line with a WiP thread. but, seeing as this is HWG related. I figured I'd ask here as well. I sort of went on a painting binge and finished up my 28mm WW2 German vehicles this last weekend.
And I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on an easy way to weather them. I'm leery about just experimenting and ruining them. But right now they need some mud and dust and such.

I'm a shit painter so I wouldn't listen to me at all, but I just drybrush my tanks with brown or white, or sometimes black if you're careful, taking care that its barely visible on most parts of the tank, but very visible on the tracks and gun barrel etc.

Has there ever been a historical miniatures game that represents like, the Mafia vs. the FBI in Prohibition-Era New York, or clashes between police and radicals in Greece? Stuff that's not actually military at all.

>Any female miniatures with appropriate weaponry for the time?
Lots

There are several gangster-themed wargames

Fuck yeah! I'm going to make a display representing a coalition of democratic socialist and anarchist forces, to occupy the top of my dresser.

One of the expansions for Legends if the Old West had alternate rules for doing 1920's games with mobsters and such.

>Fugg dat beautiful board, pretty incredible
It was stunning

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