Typical wargamers… project nearing completion, and distracted by new shiny project…
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Sent: 06 August 2020 17:45
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Subject: Re: [TooFatLardies] Whither the PTO?
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Rich had said that the Far East Supplement was at the layout stage back in January.
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On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 9:38 AM Robert Sprague <rob12763@...> wrote:
Shouldn’t that be Far East as my Russians are from the East.?
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Easter, I'm sure he said Easter.
I think there's a real challenge in being a 1.5 man band when expectations are high and you want to maintain quality control.
Me? I'm just wondering how L. Carthaginian is going to look in Infamy, so I can figure out what I need to add to my existing figures
before there's a run on the market!
Wargame companies offering help and advice on managing education at home during the covid-19 crisis?
That wouldn't be the strangest thing to happen this year! ;^D
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On Wed, 5 Aug 2020 19:00 BYRON CHAMPLIN, <chamby@...> wrote:
PTO?? Parent Teacher Organization??
Battlegroup has a new PTO book coming out.
Bolt Action has a new PTO book coming out.
Last I heard, Richard promised to get up at 5:00 in the morning every day to finish up formatting for CoC's PTO book until it was done.? That was last Christmas.
Some of us still look to the East.
Tom Huntington
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Did Rich actually provide a year PTO will be done? Slopy, if he did. Always have a way to retreat.
Mike Reese
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Rich had said that the Far East Supplement was at the layout stage back in January.
jdg
On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 9:38 AM Robert Sprague < rob12763@...> wrote: Shouldn’t that be Far East as my Russians are from the East.? ?
Easter, I'm sure he said Easter.
I think there's a real challenge in being a 1.5 man band when expectations are high and you want to maintain quality control.
Me? I'm just wondering how L. Carthaginian is going to look in Infamy, so I can figure out what I need to add to my existing figures before there's a run on the market!
Cheers
Doug
Wargame companies offering help and advice on managing education at home during the covid-19 crisis?
That wouldn't be the strangest thing to happen this year! ;^D
On Wed, 5 Aug 2020 19:00 BYRON CHAMPLIN, < chamby@...> wrote:
PTO?? Parent Teacher Organization??
Battlegroup has a new PTO book coming out.
Bolt Action has a new PTO book coming out.
Last I heard, Richard promised to get up at 5:00 in the morning every day to finish up formatting for CoC's PTO book until it was done.? That was last Christmas.
Some of us still look to the East.
Tom Huntington
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Shouldn’t that be Far East as my Russians are from the East.?
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On Aug 5, 2020, at 11:04 PM, Doug Melville <dougmelville@...> wrote:
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Easter, I'm sure he said Easter.
I think there's a real challenge in being a 1.5 man band when expectations are high and you want to maintain quality control.
Me? I'm just wondering how L. Carthaginian is going to look in Infamy, so I can figure out what I need to add to my existing figures before there's a run on the market!
Cheers
Doug
Wargame companies offering help and advice on managing education at home during the covid-19 crisis?
That wouldn't be the strangest thing to happen this year! ;^D
On Wed, 5 Aug 2020 19:00 BYRON CHAMPLIN, < chamby@...> wrote:
PTO?? Parent Teacher Organization??
Battlegroup has a new PTO book coming out.
Bolt Action has a new PTO book coming out.
Last I heard, Richard promised to get up at 5:00 in the morning every day to finish up formatting for CoC's PTO book until it was done.? That was last Christmas.
Some of us still look to the East.
Tom Huntington
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What to Norfolk?
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They have the EDP there not the PTO.
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Grahame
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Whither the PTO?
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Tom Huntington
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2020 10:11:35 PDT
Battlegroup has a new PTO book coming out.
Bolt Action has a new PTO book coming out.
Last I heard, Richard promised to get up at 5:00 in the morning every day to finish up formatting for CoC's PTO book until it was done.?
That was last Christmas.
Some of us still look to the East.
Tom Huntington
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Easter, I'm sure he said Easter.
I think there's a real challenge in being a 1.5 man band when expectations are high and you want to maintain quality control.
Me? I'm just wondering how L. Carthaginian is going to look in Infamy, so I can figure out what I need to add to my existing figures before there's a run on the market!
Cheers
Doug
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Wargame companies offering help and advice on managing education at home during the covid-19 crisis?
That wouldn't be the strangest thing to happen this year! ;^D
On Wed, 5 Aug 2020 19:00 BYRON CHAMPLIN, < chamby@...> wrote:
PTO?? Parent Teacher Organization??
Battlegroup has a new PTO book coming out.
Bolt Action has a new PTO book coming out.
Last I heard, Richard promised to get up at 5:00 in the morning every day to finish up formatting for CoC's PTO book until it was done.? That was last Christmas.
Some of us still look to the East.
Tom Huntington
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Wargame companies offering help and advice on managing education at home during the covid-19 crisis?
That wouldn't be the strangest thing to happen this year! ;^D
On Wed, 5 Aug 2020 19:00 BYRON CHAMPLIN, < chamby@...> wrote:
PTO?? Parent Teacher Organization??
Battlegroup has a new PTO book coming out.
Bolt Action has a new PTO book coming out.
Last I heard, Richard promised to get up at 5:00 in the morning every day to finish up formatting for CoC's PTO book until it was done.? That was last Christmas.
Some of us still look to the East.
Tom Huntington
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PTO?? Parent Teacher Organization??
On 08/05/2020 1:11 PM Tom Huntington via groups.io <badsockpuppet@...> wrote:
Battlegroup has a new PTO book coming out.
Bolt Action has a new PTO book coming out.
Last I heard, Richard promised to get up at 5:00 in the morning every day to finish up formatting for CoC's PTO book until it was done.? That was last Christmas.
Some of us still look to the East.
Tom Huntington
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Battlegroup has a new PTO book coming out.
Bolt Action has a new PTO book coming out.
Last I heard, Richard promised to get up at 5:00 in the morning every day to finish up formatting for CoC's PTO book until it was done.? That was last Christmas.
Some of us still look to the East.
Tom Huntington
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Re: Canadian VC 6mm Normandy IABSM AAR
Beautiful terrain, great pictures.
I can hardly wait to see reports of "O" Group on terrain like this.
Regards
Andrew HOLMES
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On Monday, 3 August 2020, 18:06:24 BST, Mark Luther via groups.io <mluthermanda@...> wrote:
The latest remote viewing and text game was from the IABSM rule book.? Scenario 4, A Canadian VC. This game is based on the August 19, 1944 Canadian advance into St Lambert where the Allies are trying to plug the Falaise Gap.? Normandy games look nice but with terrain like this you really have to send a lot of pics to convey the tight confines of views available.? I did adjust the basic map a bit to add more buildings and some walls.? Really one of the best scenarios I've played/run.? We had 4 players scattered around Atlanta area and in Florida.
?Germans had to hold off the Allies and prevent them from capturing the main crossroads.? Grenadiers (Martin) had 2- 2 section platoons, 1 with a pzshrk and 1 with a pzfst/sect.? The 3rd zug had a section and a MMG team and 2 pzfst.? The armor under William was a zug of 2 PzIVHs and a zug of a Tiger and a Panther.? ?
Canadian infantry has 2 platoons of 3 sect and a Company HQ of Maj Ivan Martin (Level III).? Lt Gil Armour (III) has the 1st pla and CSM G Mitchell (II) the 2nd.? Jess was the infantry CO and Sheridan the armor.? There were 2 troops of Shermans in support.? Maj Dave Currie (III) and Capt John Redden (II) were the leaders.
Link to the fickr AAR:
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Re: Canadian VC 6mm Normandy IABSM AAR
Looks a great game. Amazing table as usual!
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Canadian VC 6mm Normandy IABSM AAR
The latest remote viewing and text game was from the IABSM rule book.? Scenario 4, A Canadian VC. This game is based on the August 19, 1944 Canadian advance into St Lambert where the Allies are trying to plug the Falaise Gap.? Normandy games look nice but with terrain like this you really have to send a lot of pics to convey the tight confines of views available.? I did adjust the basic map a bit to add more buildings and some walls.? Really one of the best scenarios I've played/run.? We had 4 players scattered around Atlanta area and in Florida.
?Germans had to hold off the Allies and prevent them from capturing the main crossroads.? Grenadiers (Martin) had 2- 2 section platoons, 1 with a pzshrk and 1 with a pzfst/sect.? The 3rd zug had a section and a MMG team and 2 pzfst.? The armor under William was a zug of 2 PzIVHs and a zug of a Tiger and a Panther.? ?
Canadian infantry has 2 platoons of 3 sect and a Company HQ of Maj Ivan Martin (Level III).? Lt Gil Armour (III) has the 1st pla and CSM G Mitchell (II) the 2nd.? Jess was the infantry CO and Sheridan the armor.? There were 2 troops of Shermans in support.? Maj Dave Currie (III) and Capt John Redden (II) were the leaders.
Link to the fickr AAR:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/6mmgaming/albums/72157715137698018
Mark
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Re: Virtual Hereward 2020
6th Sept - I realised that just after I’d sent it - see next mail :D
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And what date would this be?
Hi All!
\Hereward Wargames Show is going virtual this year due to the pandemic.?
Our plan is to run a YouTube live stream for the length of the show (10am to 4pm) with a combination of chat, prerecorded videos of various sorts, dipping in on live Zoom calls of games put on for the show, plus adverts/informercials from our traders. This
will be free to watch.
If you are interested in contributing to the show, please do get in touch ASAP. Some possible options you might want to consider:
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record us a 30 sec – 2 min video advert for your products we can show one or more times
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record an infomercial (for what of a better word) – 10-30 mins in depth look at a ruleset or product, or an edited gameplay session, or some wargames-related history: your choice.
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Zoom a live game (with remote players), and the ‘show’ will come drop in on you and find out how it’s going from time to time (we have the tech for this). What we plan to do is also get people putting on games to stream their game to YouTube as well (if they
have a Pro account this is trivial – we can show you how if needed), so that we can have a page of ‘show games’ for people to go watch in addition to the main feed.
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join in with a live or prerecorded chat or panel on some topic in wargaming plus perhaps live Q&A via Zoom afterwards – if you have any thoughts on such a panel or chat, or would be interested in participating, please let us know!
If you’re interested, or have any other suggestions to offer, please drop us a line at?virtual@....
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And what date would this be?
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Hi All!
\Hereward Wargames Show is going virtual this year due to the pandemic.?
Our plan is to run a YouTube live stream for the length of the show (10am to 4pm) with a combination of chat, prerecorded videos of various sorts, dipping in on live Zoom calls of games put on for the show, plus adverts/informercials from our traders. This
will be free to watch.
If you are interested in contributing to the show, please do get in touch ASAP. Some possible options you might want to consider:
-
record us a 30 sec – 2 min video advert for your products we can show one or more times
-
record an infomercial (for what of a better word) – 10-30 mins in depth look at a ruleset or product, or an edited gameplay session, or some wargames-related history: your choice.
-
Zoom a live game (with remote players), and the ‘show’ will come drop in on you and find out how it’s going from time to time (we have the tech for this). What we plan to do is also get people putting on games to stream their game to YouTube as well (if they
have a Pro account this is trivial – we can show you how if needed), so that we can have a page of ‘show games’ for people to go watch in addition to the main feed.
-
join in with a live or prerecorded chat or panel on some topic in wargaming plus perhaps live Q&A via Zoom afterwards – if you have any thoughts on such a panel or chat, or would be interested in participating, please let us know!
If you’re interested, or have any other suggestions to offer, please drop us a line at?virtual@....
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Re: Virtual Hereward 2020
And yes, it’s hot, I haven’t had enough tea and I forgo to mention the date - September 6th 2020.
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On 2 Aug 2020, at 14:05, Mike Whitaker < mike@...> wrote:
Hi All! \Hereward Wargames Show is going virtual this year due to the pandemic.? Our plan is to run a YouTube live stream for the length of the show (10am to 4pm) with a combination of chat, prerecorded videos of various sorts, dipping in on live Zoom calls of games put on for the show, plus adverts/informercials from our traders. This will be free to watch. If you are interested in contributing to the show, please do get in touch ASAP. Some possible options you might want to consider: - record us a 30 sec – 2 min video advert for your products we can show one or more times
- record an infomercial (for what of a better word) – 10-30 mins in depth look at a ruleset or product, or an edited gameplay session, or some wargames-related history: your choice.
- Zoom a live game (with remote players), and the ‘show’ will come drop in on you and find out how it’s going from time to time (we have the tech for this). What we plan to do is also get people putting on games to stream their game to YouTube as well (if they have a Pro account this is trivial – we can show you how if needed), so that we can have a page of ‘show games’ for people to go watch in addition to the main feed.
- join in with a live or prerecorded chat or panel on some topic in wargaming plus perhaps live Q&A via Zoom afterwards – if you have any thoughts on such a panel or chat, or would be interested in participating, please let us know!
If you’re interested, or have any other suggestions to offer, please drop us a line at?virtual@....
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Hi All! \Hereward Wargames Show is going virtual this year due to the pandemic.? Our plan is to run a YouTube live stream for the length of the show (10am to 4pm) with a combination of chat, prerecorded videos of various sorts, dipping in on live Zoom calls of games put on for the show, plus adverts/informercials from our traders. This will be free to watch. If you are interested in contributing to the show, please do get in touch ASAP. Some possible options you might want to consider: - record us a 30 sec – 2 min video advert for your products we can show one or more times
- record an infomercial (for what of a better word) – 10-30 mins in depth look at a ruleset or product, or an edited gameplay session, or some wargames-related history: your choice.
- Zoom a live game (with remote players), and the ‘show’ will come drop in on you and find out how it’s going from time to time (we have the tech for this). What we plan to do is also get people putting on games to stream their game to YouTube as well (if they have a Pro account this is trivial – we can show you how if needed), so that we can have a page of ‘show games’ for people to go watch in addition to the main feed.
- join in with a live or prerecorded chat or panel on some topic in wargaming plus perhaps live Q&A via Zoom afterwards – if you have any thoughts on such a panel or chat, or would be interested in participating, please let us know!
If you’re interested, or have any other suggestions to offer, please drop us a line at?virtual@....
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Dear IABSM experts, I'm getting ready to host Anzio scenario #14 game here in Vermont (COVID-safe!!, outdoor gaming on the patio)..... Anyway, I need clarification on Night Fighting. Scenario (page 14) says the following:
This scenario takes place at night. The following rules apply:
? All spotting rolls are at –3 unless the target is illuminated (i.e. either has a light shining upon it, or is shining a light itself) in which case the roll is as daylight.
? All fire outside short range is shifted one column to the right.
? Note the changes to the deviation of the off-table artillery, below.
? Distances for visibility are halved at night. Illuminated targets, however, should be visible from distances longer than the wargaming table, although terrain features will obscure vision as normal.
So, my questions are, if visibility is halved, does this mean that,
THE FIRE TABLE
Close Range is now 0-4.5 inches
Effective Range is now 4.5 inches to 9 inches
Long Range is now 9 inches and over
SPOTTING
Does this mean the the Spotting Table is adjusted to read from left to right, 0-2 inches, 2-4.5 inches, 4.5-12 inches and 12 inches and up?
Does this mean the Automatic Spotting Table is adjusted to read from left to right, 0-2 inches, 2-4.5 inches and 4.5-12 inches
DIRECT FIRE vs. VEHICLES
0-9 inches and 9 inches and over
DIRECT FIRE H.E. vs. INFANTRY
I'm thinking it might be kind of hard for a tank to shoot an H.E. shell accurately at a group of men dug-in at night. So, maybe (a) if they roll double 6s, make them reroll a 4-6 on 1D6 to get the critical hit and (b) rolling a 1 stays as a miss but if they roll a 2 then re-roll 1D6 and if it is a 4-6 then that is a miss as well.
Thoughts, answers, rule proclamations.... Thanks!
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Re: Piats and Panzerfausts and Bazookas
Sounds like it was written by someone who thinks the spring pushed the round at the target and not just acts as the spickets recoil device and firing pin spring.?
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Re: Piats and Panzerfausts and Bazookas
I believe so, a level up from IABSM. There was a blog post by Richard about it. Kind regards
Andrew Holmes
On Mon, 27 Jul 2020 at 19:31, Mike Leese <mike.leese@...> wrote:
Speaking of 'O' Group is it Batalion level.?
Best Regards
Mike Leese
(N. Wales)
On 27 Jul 2020, at 15:02, Andrew Holmes via groups.io <nitpickergeneral@...> wrote:
?Ah, okay. Haven't played IABSM in a while. Hanging on for In The Buff.
I mean "O" Group.?
I'll get my coat.
Kind regards
Andrew Holmes
On Mon, 27 Jul 2020 at 14:42, Dan
<dan.albrecht.vt@...> wrote:
Thanks, Andrew.? Makes sense
I'm referring to IABSM, not CofC.
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Re: Piats and Panzerfausts and Bazookas
Speaking of 'O' Group is it Batalion level.?
Best Regards
Mike Leese
(N. Wales)
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On 27 Jul 2020, at 15:02, Andrew Holmes via groups.io <nitpickergeneral@...> wrote:
?Ah, okay. Haven't played IABSM in a while. Hanging on for In The Buff.
I mean "O" Group.?
I'll get my coat.
Kind regards
Andrew Holmes
On Mon, 27 Jul 2020 at 14:42, Dan
<dan.albrecht.vt@...> wrote:
Thanks, Andrew.? Makes sense
I'm referring to IABSM, not CofC.
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