Peter,
Sorry for the redundancy but I use Yahoo mail and
sometimes it doesn't send correctly. So I wrote this
email twice, second time a little windy. There are 7
basic races from Kallistra. Talk to you soon and have
a happy holiday.
Darius
--- Peter Ramos <primarch_at_...> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'll comment more fully directly to you in a couple
> of days. My "busy"
> binge is about to end.
>
> Peter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: darius spano [mailto:dmanspano_at_...]
> Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 7:50 AM
> To: netepic_at_yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [NetEpic ML] Re: [OT] Warmaster
>
> Peter,
> Warmaster is a good game but I would like to see a
> 10mm Net Epic Fantasy. I have pictures in my mind
> based on the 10mm Kallistra line. Nice figs and same
> basing as Warmaster. There are 6 races, which
> include
> Barbarians, dwarve, high eleves, dark elves, undead
> and skaven. Priced aalmost as cheaply as Pendraken.
> Better yet most of their strip stands are Pendraken
> resculpts. I will take a some pics of my barbarian
> army, not yet finished.
> I was thinking of a d10 system. Regular infantry
> would
> not receive wounds/hits but their armor
> save/toughness
> would factor in, whereas in Warmaster everything has
> hits. I would reserve this for calvary, monsters,
> war
> machines and special units. I would also resolve
> combat differently than Net Epic 4.1. Units that
> lose
> CC would have to make their armor save to remain in
> the game and be pushed. When pushed back they must
> make a morale/command test to see if they break and
> route or just be pushed back and regroup. The
> pursurers would also make a morale/command test to
> pursue. Pursurers would get a bonus on the follow-up
> attack. LOS would be important as some weapons
> couldn't be fired through troops but over them.
> There
> would be formations, skirmishers and bonuses for
> side
> and rear attacks.
> Kallistra is a good start because the basic armies
> would contain roughly 10 different units each based
> on
> their exisiting line. This could be added further
> with
> the use of Pendraken and of course GW minis which
> are
> the best of all the 10mm even if they are priced
> high.
> But you can find them cheaply if you shop around.
> I really like Warmaster but it lacks the grandness
> of
> our Net Epic and other mass combat games. In a
> battle
> of a 1000 pts you have roughly 25-30 stands per side
> on the table in a larger game double that. In a
> typical Net Epic SM game you would have many more
> units on the table. Warmaster has a good ruleset but
> it is more of WHFB but smaller. In a typical WHFB
> game
> you have many minis on the table. I like to build
> large armies, 100 stands per side and fight over
> objectives.
> So if you or anyone else for that matter want to
> take
> up this project let me know and I will gladly help
> out
> with it. I have a lot of ideas in my head.
> Darius
> --- Peter Ramos <primarch_at_...> wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > Well, Darius and you are certainly warming me up
> to
> > it. The added bonus
> > is that I can use warmaster figs for playing FR!
> As
> > well as they use
> > similar frontage.
> >
> > Time to count my pennies and see what I'll get.
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: antichrist666it
> > [mailto:seimejote_at_...]
> > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 11:46 AM
> > To: netepic_at_yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [NetEpic ML] Re: [OT] Warmaster
> >
> > Quick. Easy. Looks great on the battlefield. Game
> > mechanics Ok and
> > loopholes practically absent. Various armies
> > flavoured without
> > excessive details.
> >
> > ...or it's just I _love_ this game... :P
> >
> > --- In netepic_at_y..., "Peter Ramos" <primarch_at_c...>
> > wrote:
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > Okay, I'll bite. WHY is warmaster so great for
> > you. I want details!
> > >
> > > Peter
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: antichrist666it [mailto:seimejote_at_t...]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 2:01 PM
> > > To: netepic_at_y...
> > > Subject: [NetEpic ML] Re: [OT] Warmaster
> > >
> > > --- In netepic_at_y..., "Peter Ramos"
> <primarch_at_c...>
> > wrote:
> > > > Hi!
> > > >
> > > > You live and learn. I have been scoping out
> 10mm
> > miniatures for
> > > playing
> > > > a fantasy mass combat game at this scale and
> of
> > course Pendraken
> > is
> > > > great for those minis. Inevitably you look at
> > warmaster figs
> > which
> > > are
> > > > great if expensive.
> > > >
> > > > My questions are:
> > > >
> > > > 1. How do Pendraken's figs compare to
> > Warmaster's? For that
> > matter
> > > how
> > > > do Warmaster figs compare in size with any
> other
> > 10mm
> > manufacturer?
> > > >
> > > > 2. I played Warmaster when it came out and
> > didn't find it all that
> > > > great, but I may get it again and play and
> thus
> > re-evaluate. What
> > > are
> > > > people's opinions on warmaster?
> > >
> > > One of the best games I've ever seen.
> > >
> > > "De gustibus non dispudandum est" :P
> > >
> > > > Thanks for the help.
> > > >
> > > > Peter
> > >
> > >
> > >
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