Hello all.
We've been equally pleased with the rules, and I have been playing
with quite a young group, thirteen to seventeen generally. We found
we picked things up very quickly once we stopped comparing them to
other sets we have played and just got on with things. There were
some shocks at first, as the rules seem quite unique in the way they
handle things, but once you have accepted that this is something
different then they are very quick to learn.
We don't play World War Two every week, but it is one of our most
popular periods. As a teacher I have found this it illustrates the
difficulties of warfare very effectively, and this has been
recognised by some of the boys as well.
Apologies to Richard and the rest of the members. I have been guilty
of not using the group to post queries, and shall make sure I mend my
ways.
Ken
--- In Toofatlardies@..., "combatcolours"
<combatcolours@h...> wrote:
Hi Mike,
I've played quite a few WW2 rules and IABSM has yet to falter
as
we come across new table situations where we all look up and
say, "we'll be posting Richard on that one!
I'm envious of your upcomung trip to 'Gamesday', when we first
started playtesting we realised that alot of the questions we had
could easily be answered by watching Richard and his lads playing a
game. So take notes for the rest of us! :P
Also I'm interested in what scale and time period/theatre are
your WW2 games? Just curious to see what others are playing. I have
a
painting service and the Afrika Korps has been the rage in all
scales
this year. Happy gaming- Steve
- In Toofatlardies@..., "mikenorton1ny"
<mikenorton1ny@y...> wrote:
Hi
It is good to hear the views of other people who are using the
rules. We also found that the rules were very easy to pick up,
which
surprised me, as when I read them I thought they would be
complicated. I think that because some of the mechanics were new
to
me that I presumed they would be more difficult than they
actually
were.
We played with only one gamer per side, and me as umpire, so
keeping
people interested was not a problem, but Steves comments are
encouraging for future larger games.
Mike
