tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570039711549278262.post7483230681018664973..comments2024-03-27T21:17:25.335+11:00Comments on The Stronghold Rebuilt: Dogfight Over The ChannelKaptain Koboldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17082772546044655044noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570039711549278262.post-36541420176467629332012-09-08T18:45:20.805+10:002012-09-08T18:45:20.805+10:00Land Ironclads - same rules. No issues.Land Ironclads - same rules. No issues.Phil Saundershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05557197059760097109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570039711549278262.post-30535685446731488392012-09-08T08:21:04.565+10:002012-09-08T08:21:04.565+10:00I don't know how Land Ironclads compares to Ae...I don't know how Land Ironclads compares to Aeronef in terms of rule compatibility, but I guess they're designed to work together. The Aeronef rules are very basic indeed. And they actually encourage you to chop and change them; indeed there's an almost official change which simplifies the turn sequence (making the rules even easier to play). It does revolve around rolling lots of sixes, though. The real charm of Aeronef is the setting and potential for scenarios.Kaptain Koboldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17082772546044655044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570039711549278262.post-88429361507990208902012-09-08T02:24:15.512+10:002012-09-08T02:24:15.512+10:00I've played a few games of Firestorm Armada, t...I've played a few games of Firestorm Armada, the spaceship game from Spartan Games. It's good fun but unless you have terrain it does feel a bit like an exercise in who can roll more sixes. Uncharted Seas, the Spartan Games fantasy naval game is much more fun. Wind, islands, monsters - who could ask for anything more?<br /><br />At the October Wargames club we've played a few games of Close Action (I think it's called), a really good Napoleonic naval game. It's hexbased and more complicated than Wooden Ships and Iron Men but less complicated than Harpoon.<br /><br />They've played Land Ironclads at the same club and I have the rules. I just don't want to get figures for another game just yet. I do like the rules though.Phil Saundershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05557197059760097109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570039711549278262.post-35132247182994115492012-09-07T18:21:49.517+10:002012-09-07T18:21:49.517+10:00Fleet games which strongly limit movement and allo...Fleet games which strongly limit movement and allow line of fire to be blocked are obviously more tactical even in a straight head-on fight. For all its faults 'Void and Stars' avoids the concentrated fire problem, firstly because not everything acts each turn (the aforementioned fault, it has to be said) and secondly because, for a spaceship game, it's strong on terrain which blocks movement or line of fire. One of the reasons I like age of sail games is the fact that you are not so much fighting the enemy sometimes as your ability to bring your ships into battle despite the wind. And it's much harder to concentrate multiple ships on one, unless the enemy hands it to you on a plate :)<br />Kaptain Koboldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17082772546044655044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570039711549278262.post-7663729969688453772012-09-07T12:32:16.071+10:002012-09-07T12:32:16.071+10:00Thanks Geoff and Alan for putting on a most enjoya...Thanks Geoff and Alan for putting on a most enjoyable game. Great models and such ingenuity and attention to detail in scratch-building. Nice and simple rules made picking it up in an evening easy and the alternative history created a terrific theme. My strategy was not terribly involved other than flying into contact and concentrating fire (a general personal gripe I have with most fleet style games), though I'm certain a scenario would give Aeronef plenty of tactical depth. I was in fact a British double agent, which explains why I did so atrociously commanding the French! My union jack parachute could be seen as I ejected from the burning French cruiser.Caesarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570039711549278262.post-77618003803709991992012-09-07T10:45:13.777+10:002012-09-07T10:45:13.777+10:00Your ships look good in the air!!Your ships look good in the air!!Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12601444762722458674noreply@blogger.com