An excellent compilation-recommendation, tereydavi! I already have your ruleset and I am reading it. At the moment, easy to understand for a neophyte like me. Good luck and thanks for the work done! Una excelente recopilación-recomendación, David! Ya tengo tu reglamento y lo estoy leyendo. De momento, fácil de entender para un neófito como yo. Suerte y gracias por el trabajo hecho!
For me THW system is a great one that has worked for years without any change, but has a big flaw: it can be confusing.
Many people (I include myself) get lost easily when using the reaction system.
The idea is brilliant, you learn a set of rules and can play almost any setting as Ed Teixeira has made a book for every background (ww2, postapoc western, fantasy...), but in my opinion, the system is a bit abstract and sometimes is a bit confusing.
The thw's review in this article was made by a friend who has a blog about thw games:
Are you familiar with Martin England's "Threat Generation Active Opposition for Tabletop Wargaming" article? Its quite useful for solo play. I use it for WW2 small unit encounters.
There are a few systems that allow you to play solo and can be adapted to any game, but those systems tend to be quite abstract as they have to adapt to the differences that Rulesets have from each other.
I prefer a solid and reliable solo system designed for a ruleset in particular.
At the beginning my intention was to design a solo system that could be used with any ruleset, but the main problem was that rules couldnt be settled in a solid way.
I prefer to use a ruleset designed for solo play from its very beginning, as it is going to have a solid system.
Well done! Someone noted the link above, but I will chime in as well and note that the Solo Wargamers Association, and the PDF magazine, is worth the subscription price for the ideas and innovations. Even if a subscription is out, they have plenty free on their website, including free rules and sample articles (all in PDF): https://lonewarriorswa.com/
Imposter! You protest to playing solo - BUT - you have at least two cats. You can never play solo if you have cats. You only think they aren't influencing the dice rolls and other mechanisms. They are. ; )
Will have to read more closely later. But duty calls, of T"F"RL stuff.
Unfortunately, right now I only have one of them (the black one), and whenever I play I have to keep an eye on her bacause she loves to take some of my miniatures to play by herself...
Having read fully the post above, a comment on semantics: Childish is weighted with the freight of negativity. Might I suggest the goal is not to lose the wonder of being "child-like" - that freedom to abandon cares and just have fun. So, for myself, I seek not to be childish but to hold on to childlike wonder through my hobby of historical miniatures gaming which is slowly evolving into Historical Narrative Gaming along the lines of Major General Pettygree and War in 15 mm. Not quite solo gaming but both sites moving in the right direction. (Okay, an admission, sometimes I am more interested in Hysterical Historical Narrative Gaming - an element of humor always helps. The best gaming opponents are those who add that element, intentional or serendipitously. Might as well drag it into our solo games, right?) And there is a particular beauty in the childish/childlike comparison. When explaining to the lasses, they always just "get it". I am not being childish, I am enjoying child-like wonder. It just works. Now if they'd just stop calling my miniatures 'cute'! ; )
You don't stop playing because you grow old... You grow old because you stop playing.
Most people say that what I have are toys, not miniatures... I'm the freak that is 44 yo and expends a lot of money in toys, while they expend 100€ to see a football match.
An excellent compilation-recommendation, tereydavi!
ReplyDeleteI already have your ruleset and I am reading it.
At the moment, easy to understand for a neophyte like me.
Good luck and thanks for the work done!
Una excelente recopilación-recomendación, David!
Ya tengo tu reglamento y lo estoy leyendo.
De momento, fácil de entender para un neófito como yo.
Suerte y gracias por el trabajo hecho!
Thanks a lot for supporting this project, I hope you like the game!
DeleteAs always, don't hesitate to ask any doubt!
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Gracias por apoyar esre proyecto, y espero que te guste el juego!
Como siempre, no dudes en preguntar cualquier cosa!
Great write up im working through them as we speak
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot!
DeleteLonewarriorswa.com
ReplyDeleteThe Reaction system from the THW guys works great.....
For me THW system is a great one that has worked for years without any change, but has a big flaw: it can be confusing.
DeleteMany people (I include myself) get lost easily when using the reaction system.
The idea is brilliant, you learn a set of rules and can play almost any setting as Ed Teixeira has made a book for every background (ww2, postapoc western, fantasy...), but in my opinion, the system is a bit abstract and sometimes is a bit confusing.
The thw's review in this article was made by a friend who has a blog about thw games:
http://slormwargames.blogspot.com/?m=1
Thanks for the great write up, and the list of rules.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot!!
DeleteAre you familiar with Martin England's "Threat Generation Active Opposition for Tabletop Wargaming" article? Its quite useful for solo play. I use it for WW2 small unit encounters.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.scribd.com/document/387569852/Threat-Generation-by-Martin-England
There are a few systems that allow you to play solo and can be adapted to any game, but those systems tend to be quite abstract as they have to adapt to the differences that Rulesets have from each other.
DeleteI prefer a solid and reliable solo system designed for a ruleset in particular.
At the beginning my intention was to design a solo system that could be used with any ruleset, but the main problem was that rules couldnt be settled in a solid way.
I prefer to use a ruleset designed for solo play from its very beginning, as it is going to have a solid system.
Well done! Someone noted the link above, but I will chime in as well and note that the Solo Wargamers Association, and the PDF magazine, is worth the subscription price for the ideas and innovations. Even if a subscription is out, they have plenty free on their website, including free rules and sample articles (all in PDF): https://lonewarriorswa.com/
ReplyDeleteA really good website!
DeleteThere should always be kitties to jump on the table and disorder your lines. :)
ReplyDelete😂😂😂😂😂
DeleteExcellent summary, well put together.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot!
DeleteImposter! You protest to playing solo - BUT - you have at least two cats. You can never play solo if you have cats. You only think they aren't influencing the dice rolls and other mechanisms. They are. ; )
ReplyDeleteWill have to read more closely later. But duty calls, of T"F"RL stuff.
In fact I had three cats...
DeleteUnfortunately, right now I only have one of them (the black one), and whenever I play I have to keep an eye on her bacause she loves to take some of my miniatures to play by herself...
And she is fast...
Having read fully the post above, a comment on semantics: Childish is weighted with the freight of negativity. Might I suggest the goal is not to lose the wonder of being "child-like" - that freedom to abandon cares and just have fun. So, for myself, I seek not to be childish but to hold on to childlike wonder through my hobby of historical miniatures gaming which is slowly evolving into Historical Narrative Gaming along the lines of Major General Pettygree and War in 15 mm. Not quite solo gaming but both sites moving in the right direction. (Okay, an admission, sometimes I am more interested in Hysterical Historical Narrative Gaming - an element of humor always helps. The best gaming opponents are those who add that element, intentional or serendipitously. Might as well drag it into our solo games, right?) And there is a particular beauty in the childish/childlike comparison. When explaining to the lasses, they always just "get it". I am not being childish, I am enjoying child-like wonder. It just works. Now if they'd just stop calling my miniatures 'cute'! ; )
DeleteYou don't stop playing because you grow old... You grow old because you stop playing.
DeleteMost people say that what I have are toys, not miniatures... I'm the freak that is 44 yo and expends a lot of money in toys, while they expend 100€ to see a football match.