Yesterday was a very busy day for me. I spent time during the morning waiting indoors for someone to arrive ... and the afternoon and evening was spent in London at a meeting and dinner.
It was whilst on the train home that I was suddenly struck by a thought ... and that thought was in response to a chance remark Tim Gow made in a recent comment about his MEGABLITZ rules. He made the point that had he been writing MEGABLITZ now, he would have probably used a hexed grid rather than making players measure move distances and weapon ranges. I was thinking that this made a lot of sense, and fitted in with one or two ideas I had been tossing around with David Crook ... and then I remembered that I had done something like that some years ago. A quick search through the archive of wargames rules that I have on my computer revealed that I had actually written a set of rules entitled HEXBLITZ back in 2007 (before I began blogging) ... and even play-tested them.
Reading through the rules this morning I realised that they were actually not too bad, and that the battle report of the play-test was actually quite interesting. As far as I know I have not published either on my blog before, and therefore – with a bit of luck – I hope to do so later today or at some point tomorrow.
It was whilst on the train home that I was suddenly struck by a thought ... and that thought was in response to a chance remark Tim Gow made in a recent comment about his MEGABLITZ rules. He made the point that had he been writing MEGABLITZ now, he would have probably used a hexed grid rather than making players measure move distances and weapon ranges. I was thinking that this made a lot of sense, and fitted in with one or two ideas I had been tossing around with David Crook ... and then I remembered that I had done something like that some years ago. A quick search through the archive of wargames rules that I have on my computer revealed that I had actually written a set of rules entitled HEXBLITZ back in 2007 (before I began blogging) ... and even play-tested them.
Reading through the rules this morning I realised that they were actually not too bad, and that the battle report of the play-test was actually quite interesting. As far as I know I have not published either on my blog before, and therefore – with a bit of luck – I hope to do so later today or at some point tomorrow.
I'm not convinced I would use a grid for Megablitz - given that the last (not untypical) game was played over four 6x8 foot tables that's a lit of Hexon....
ReplyDeleteTim Gow,
ReplyDeleteA grid might not be an option for really large battles, but for the sort of action that will fit onto a 6' x 4' (or even a 4' x 3') tabletop, it makes sense.
All the best,
Bob
Bob, my 4x8 table is waiting.....
ReplyDelete-Steve, former "Command Decision" fanatic.
Steven Page,
ReplyDeleteI hope to be able to make my HEXBLITZ rules available later today ... and then you can try them out.
All the best,
Bob