Tuesday, 19 February 2019

WATERLOO POSTPONED

Due to Thomas' broken printer, I regret to inform you that our miniature Waterloo must be postponed to later this year. We regret any inconvenience this may have caused.
-Jakob

Monday, 18 February 2019

American Civil War Naval Battles

Recently I have been experimenting with naval wargames of the American Civil War. Although I am still perfecting the rules they will be on this blog by April.
Here are some links to paper ironclads you can use with your own rules until mine are perfected:


Happy wargaming everyone!
-Jakob

Cavalry Units and their Rules

In the games I play the average cavalry unit consists of 4-8 cavalrymen.

MOVEMENT BY TYPE:
Knights - 20-25cm
Curassiers - 25cm
Carabiners - 25cm
Dragoons - 30cm
Lancers - 30-35cm
Hussars - 30-35cm
Chasseurs a Cheval - 30-35cm
Mounted officers/scouts/messengers - 35cm

MOVEMENT DISTANCES:
Trot - 10cm
Canter - 15-20cm
Gallop - 25cm
Charge - 30cm
Gallop(Messengers, mounted officers etc...) - 35cm
Movement up hills is halved. If a unit wishes swish to slow down or stop they must reduce their speed each turn by 5cm until they reach the desired speed. If cavalry are going at any speed higher than 10cm and wish to make an emergency stop they must first roll a dice for each horse. If a 1 or 2 is rolled the horse will either break its legs or buck the rider off, thus being removed from play.
Going into a melee reduces speed by 5cm for each turn that the cavalry are involved in combat. Cavalry may also increase their move distance 5cm per turn as long as they are not in combat or surpassing the maximum move speed for their type.
If mounted on camels camels may move a quick burst of 30cm before having to move at 20.
ATTACKING:
A unit has the ability to attack or be attack when it comes within attacking range of an enemy unit. Attacking ranges are listed below:
Sword - Bases or weapons must be touching
Lance - Will vary depending on length of lance
Carbine - 15cm
Pistol - 15cm
Spear - 5cm
Bow - 15cm
When attacking infantry in skirmishing order, cavalry get an extra 2 dice to roll with in attack.


An Introduction

Recently I realised, that despite the years that I have contributed to Miniature Wars, I have never properly introduced myself. In this post I hope to remedy that.
My name is Jakob Morris and I too am a modeller and wargamer based in the Hawkes Bay region of New Zealand. I made my first model in mid 2016 - A 1:72 Airfix Spitfire MK I and immediately became hooked. I have been good friends with Thomas since 2017 and halfway through that year he introduced me to miniature wargaming, and we've fought probably thousands of tiny battles since.
I hope this (late) introduction explains some matters!
-Jakob Morris