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by Cugel the Clever
Thu May 06, 2010 6:38 am
Forum: Other Games
Topic: Civil War Miniatures rules recommendations?
Replies: 7
Views: 1615

Lurker wrote: I'll admit it is chaotic especially compared to other mini games. However after living through combat, I'd say chaos is the one thing that is certain. Because of that I like Piquet. I never like the person x moves they person y moves then x fires they y fires then ... then ... then st...
by Cugel the Clever
Wed May 05, 2010 8:09 am
Forum: Other Games
Topic: Civil War Miniatures rules recommendations?
Replies: 7
Views: 1615

<t>Volley & Bayonet, Road to Glory covers ACW, and is fairly abstract. It's the updated version of V&B, recently released. If your last experience is Johnny Reb then V&BRtG is worth a look.<br/> <br/> I've tried Piquet, but it's a little too chaotic/gamey for me.<br/> <br/> You can lose ...
by Cugel the Clever
Sun Dec 27, 2009 1:06 pm
Forum: Castles & Crusades Open Discussion: General, The Rules, The Law & the Chaos
Topic: New to C&C, curious about others ideas
Replies: 12
Views: 1700

DocEldritch wrote: Wow, fast replies! Thanks! Definitely gives me something to look at and think about. Not planning to make any changes until I can actually read the rules, and am leaning towards most things just being very simple, like writing down my own notes of difficulties for things like com...
by Cugel the Clever
Wed Oct 14, 2009 8:04 am
Forum: Open Discussion
Topic: The age-old question - homebrew or published world?
Replies: 34
Views: 3587

<t>LD, I went through a similar reflection recently, oddly enough inspired by someone else's homebrew stuff (picked up for free, along with stacks of OD&D books...I owe my wife big time for joining Freecycle ). Looking through someone else's campaign notes, drawings, maps & characters remind...
by Cugel the Clever
Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:23 pm
Forum: Open Discussion
Topic: Introduction Thread -- Say Hi!
Replies: 927
Views: 54414

Crusading

<t>Well, I've been a long-time lurker, and only run C&C for a session a couple of years ago (translated some 3.x characters to C&C to show the group how much faster & funner it is ), but recently used DM fiat to reboot a nascent Pathfinder Haunted Highlands campaign to C&C. We'll see...