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Reply #180 on: May 20, 2021, 08:14:49 PM
I've yet to meet a Ben Madison game map that I didn't want to change.  ;D
Can't wait to get a copy of Gorbachev.

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Reply #181 on: May 20, 2021, 10:40:05 PM
I've yet to meet a Ben Madison game map that I didn't want to change.  ;D
Can't wait to get a copy of Gorbachev.

Brother you're gonna have fits when you see that map  ;D

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Reply #182 on: June 17, 2021, 03:19:56 PM

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Reply #183 on: June 17, 2021, 03:26:37 PM
Light Division - and unpunched, too! Nice. I have that one myself but bought it recently, though I almost did a few times back in the day.

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Reply #184 on: June 17, 2021, 03:28:50 PM
Argh! I'm too late!



I'm kidding. I'd probably find out that I don't have all the pieces and then I'd be sad.

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Reply #185 on: June 17, 2021, 03:29:28 PM
I think that one is best staying boxed.  ;D

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Reply #186 on: June 29, 2021, 05:29:32 AM
Not everyday I receive something directly from the US but after roughly a month it finally arrived.

Definitely NOT my everyday thing, this was totally an extravagance.




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Reply #187 on: June 29, 2021, 07:23:02 AM
uh... MORE INFO PLEASE!

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Reply #188 on: June 29, 2021, 10:59:55 AM
uh... MORE INFO PLEASE!

Okay.

Battles for Prydain is a "pet project" of Eleazar Lawson, using his own words as per the interview chat he gave to Pellam's Wasteland channel (
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If Prydain doesn't ring a bell then it is simply another name for Albion, or as to be most historically accurate, Wales or the last bastion of the Britons.

The entire game is set, not on a Monmouth's Arthurian high/late medieval imaginary ( which nonetheless produced one of my most beloved films John Boorman's Excalibur ) but on a post roman dark ages setting of the British isles, so in a sense it is more close to Bernard Cornwell novels, mainly the Warlord Trilogy ( if you haven't read them do yourself a favour and buy them and read them thrice ) which presents exactly that period while weaving all the legendary round table notables into the what-could-happen authentic history of Britain.
I am easily hyped when the subject matter is part of my imaginary - i'll be honest, i'm no historian nor even close to amateur historian, i''m just a very enthusiastic person about certain subject - and medieval legends are part of that imaginary. Be it fantasy, history or skimming the veil between both, same as the mists than cover Avalon.

The game itself is based on those troops, formations and heroic deeds. Haven't played the game I can only guess they may well be a staple of the ruleset. After all if one looks to the legends surrounding arthur and even a couple centuries later with the norsemen sagas, it is all about warbands led by warriors of name and fame.

But until I put it to the table I shall reserve my comments.

The game pieces are all counters and round markers but not in cardboard. They are MDF board 3mm and full colour print. They have no "nibs" whatsoever and are fully cut. The map, support charts and documentation are the classic gloss paper. The entire game comes in a bag, no box.

You can try to order it directly from the publisher/distributor  - San Joaquin Valley Press - I have no clue how many copies they have left.

The post cost to continental europe was high but is one of those game I just couldn't let go. I know I can do everything it does with miniatures and a ruleset but there was something about it that drawn me to it.

My games table is full at the moment, so i will wait a bit until I throw it to play but in the meanwhile I have the rules to go over.






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Reply #189 on: July 08, 2021, 10:55:27 AM
"Alexa, show me something BC would try to get away with...."

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Reply #190 on: July 08, 2021, 03:10:12 PM
 :2funny:


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Reply #191 on: July 09, 2021, 06:27:11 PM
So tempted to use it to spark a fire in some "unboxings only, no gaming also" pants...



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Reply #192 on: July 15, 2021, 08:15:52 AM

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Reply #193 on: July 15, 2021, 12:08:45 PM

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Reply #194 on: July 15, 2021, 01:32:20 PM
https://www.armchairdragoons.com/articles/reviews/unbox/unboxingday-where-it-all-started-tactics-ii-the-avalon-hill-game-co-1961-1973/

Wow! RockyMountainNavy's copy of Tactics II looks to be in amazingly good shape. I am curious, the instruction booklet has highlighter markings and the counters are unpunched? Are they from separate copies put together to make this complete set? I would have imagined the counters to be punched if the rules were highlighted.

I also like the "What is a wargame?" section of the rulebook. Reminds me of "What is a roleplaying game?" found at the start of all the rule books and articles about rpgs in the late 70s and early 80s.

Thanks for sharing!