Re: [GZG] FoW, Shows and Aimless Gamers

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Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Michael R. Blair
<pellinoire@yahoo.com>wrote:

> FoW is tempting, the rulebook is beautiful and the miniatures are very
nice
> but 15mm is a new scale to me, I would be starting from scratch and
the
> miniatures do seem very expensive compared with, say, Peter Pig or
GZG. I
> would be tempted to use the rules with my existing 20mm Great
Patriotic War
> forces though. One of my local model shops (Netmerchants) talked about
> getting it in but beyond a sample copy and a few miniatures nothing
> happened, had they done so I would probably have been hooked and
reeled in.

I didn't find the prices of FoW minis to be that much more than GZG figs
-
in fact, for the longest time, they were a bit cheaper (esp given how
the
dollar has been going compared to the pound :-/  ; heck, they may still
be
:-/  ).

Again, you're not limited to BF minis. I've got a few Command Decision
vehicles (and a couple other manufacturers) mixed in with my forces.

As far as scale, do it in a different scale. :-)  I'm going to start
exploring 6mm in the near(ish) future.

>
>
> The latest set of rules I have is the few fantasy system from Two-Hour
> Wargames, I have just printed out a copy and look forward to reading
it
> tonight. A friend is banging on about Warhammer but we just cannot
summon up
> any interest in any flavour of it so it looks as if this set might
scratch
> that fantasy itch for us and best of all whatever miniatures we have
will be
> peachy with it. We must get back to SF though, now everyone can have
their
> own rulebook and we must have enough ships between us to make it work.
> I feel a bit like Mr. Morden at the moment asking our group "What do
you
> want?" but no one has any useful answers leaving me with a slew of
half
> finished projects (what would the proper collective noun for that be)
and no
> idea what to work on. I am just puddling, finishing up several just to
tidy
> the place up. SF skirmish looks like the best bet so I should maybe
run off
> some copies of Stargrunt or actually read 5150!
>

<grin>
Well, if they can't make up their minds, you might need to make an
executive
decision.  ;-)

Mk