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Sunday, 21 February 2021

Other people's Portable Wargame battle reports

Recently, there have been a flurry of interesting PORTABLE WARGAME battle reports published on the Portable Wargame Facebook page.

Ion Dowman's Sengoku-period Portable Pike & Shot Wargame

This featured some innovative use of figures etc., that Ion had to hand. These included:

  • The terrain board from MEMOIR '44, with additional terrain pieces (e.g. woods, walls and castle).
  • Figures from the SHOGUN board game.
  • Mounted Samurai figures manufactured by 'Zvezda' that had been given a black undercoat, white drybrush and red details.
  • Souvenir cannons from the Tower of London.

Martin Smith's modern African imagi-nation conflict between the Zuid Veldt Republik (ZVR) and the People’s Liberation Army of Nambola (PLAN)

The battle features the use of bases from PRODUCTS FOR WARGAMERS, which allows the players to remove SPs as they are lost.

Gary Sheffield's Corps-level Napoleonic Portable Wargame

This battle was fought out on a 24 x 14 squared grid, which Gary states 'allowed some manoeuvre, and to some extent did away with ’edge of the world’ syndrome'.

Please note that the photographs featured above are © Ion Dowman, Martin Smith, and Gary Sheffield.

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6 comments:

  1. Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comSunday, February 21, 2021 11:32:00 am

    Always good to see people grabbing a good idea and running with it.

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    1. Robert (Bob) CorderySunday, February 21, 2021 12:23:00 pm

      Ross Mac,

      The levels of ingenuity being demonstrated by PW users is phenomenal ... and continues to amaze me!

      All the best,

      Bob

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  2. Mr. PavoneSunday, February 21, 2021 3:38:00 pm

    "Edge of the world" and "invisible walls", the band of every game world.
    In the case of tabletop games I've felt there must be some good way of allowing units to return, or maneuver off board while being allowed to return.
    It's a tricky thing to balance and some ungentlemanly gamers always seem to find an exploit.

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    1. Robert (Bob) CorderySunday, February 21, 2021 9:09:00 pm

      Mr. Pavone,

      Making sure that there is sufficient space on the tabletop can - to an extent - help avoid the problem ... but if you can find a better solution, then that would be a great boon to the hobby!

      All the best,

      Bob

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  3. Archduke PiccoloSunday, February 21, 2021 11:12:00 pm

    Hi Bob - The Facebook page you began is certainly bringing to light some entertaining action! Meanwhile, I really ought perhaps to write up my own Sengoku battles!
    Cheers,
    Ion

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    1. Robert (Bob) CorderySunday, February 21, 2021 11:25:00 pm

      Archduke Piccolo (Ion),

      I hoped that it would provide a means for players to exchange ideas and battle reports ... and it seems to have worked!

      I look forward to seeing your Sengoku battle reports.

      All the best,

      Bob

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