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Re: A collaborative historical side-project: El Alamein in 6

Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2017 5:04 am
by Mike the Pike
Hmmm, I shall check it out too.
As an aside my 40K dark Eldar finally sold. After paying off some of my holiday debts I have a little left over, which night as well expedite the appearance ofa Maori company and dubious RAC friends. :twisted:

Re: A collaborative historical side-project: El Alamein in 6

Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2017 1:26 pm
by Simon W
Maybe we could make some in-house rules to mirror you the frosty relationship between the NZ division and the RAC. How's that for historical authenticity..?

Let's not be too harsh, though. I'm an ex-RAC man myself (3 years, many moons ago. Troop Leader's course at Bovington and all.)

Re: A collaborative historical side-project: El Alamein in 6

Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2017 4:35 am
by job
By any chance you guys would like a forth wheel? I'd like to do a company of the desert rats and a company of Germans, possibly 21 Panzer or 90th Light division. I can assemble and paint up the forces, but I do need some time (probably in the scale of 5-6 months).

Re: A collaborative historical side-project: El Alamein in 6

Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2017 8:27 am
by The Other Dave
job wrote:By any chance you guys would like a forth wheel? I'd like to do a company of the desert rats and a company of Germans, possibly 21 Panzer or 90th Light division. I can assemble and paint up the forces, but I do need some time (probably in the scale of 5-6 months).
The more the merrier - and we're in no particular hurry!

Re: A collaborative historical side-project: El Alamein in 6

Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 12:40 am
by Simon W
Good stuff. The more players we can get together, the better. No rush.

Re: A collaborative historical side-project: El Alamein in 6

Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 7:14 am
by Mike the Pike
Welcome aboard Job!
We won't be kicking off for a while so worries there.

Re: A collaborative historical side-project: El Alamein in 6

Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 7:22 am
by The Other Dave
Simon W wrote:Maybe we could make some in-house rules to mirror you the frosty relationship between the NZ division and the RAC. How's that for historical authenticity..?
Just to think about rules for a bit, it looks like I Ain't Been Shot Mum would deal with this really well - activation is with a set of cards you flip through, and putting in force- and theater-specific "event cards" is part of the RAW. Stuff like hesitant troops, fuel and ammo shortages, poor fire discipline, it's all in there. 'Course, it'd also work with just some slight reworking of BKC's command blunders too, assuming that's still in 3rd edition.

Re: A collaborative historical side-project: El Alamein in 6

Posted: Tue May 02, 2017 2:56 am
by Mike the Pike
I just downloaded "I ain't been shot Mum" last night and ordered Blitzkrieg Commander 3. Things are moving ahead kiddies. Of course, we won't settle on one just yet.

Re: A collaborative historical side-project: El Alamein in 6

Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 8:26 am
by Mike the Pike
My copy of BKC 3 arrived today. It seems based on one base = one platoon, not that that is an insurmountable obstacle.

By the way, Pendraken, sent out a e-mail to everyone who had ordered BKC 3. Apparently it is so riddled with errors they are pulling the whole lot and re-writing it! WTF!
Their mail offered me the choice of a refund or a copy of the 'bad' version to be replaced free of charge with an updated version in due course. Obviously, I chose the latter.

Re: A collaborative historical side-project: El Alamein in 6

Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 8:48 am
by Primarch
Mike the Pike wrote:My copy of BKC 3 arrived today. It seems based on one base = one platoon, not that that is an insurmountable obstacle.

By the way, Pendraken, sent out a e-mail to everyone who had ordered BKC 3. Apparently it is so riddled with eras they are pulling the whole lot and re-writing it! WTF!
Their mail offered me the choice of a refund or a copy of the 'bad' version to be replaced free of charge with an updated version in due course. Obviously, I chose the latter.
To many eras eh? :roll: