RE: [NetEpic ML] Re: [OT] Warmaster

From: darius spano <dmanspano_at_...>
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2002 11:10:39 -0700 (PDT)

Peter,
I have none but there is a shop near me that has a few
of the back issues. I usually drop by the store and
read them.
Darius
--- Peter Ramos <primarch_at_...> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Darius do you have back issues of Warmaster
> magazine? I picked up quite
> a few and I wondered if you had any so we can fill
> each others gaps?
>
> Peter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: darius spano [mailto:dmanspano_at_...]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 11:44 PM
> To: netepic_at_yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [NetEpic ML] Re: [OT] Warmaster
>
> Tom,
> I like it too. I play it and love it but a 2000 pt
> game is all it can really handle. After that it can
> bog down. It is one of my favorite GW games next to
> Space Marine and of course the improved version Net
> Epic. I don't want to change Warmaster but see if we
> can come up with a Net Epic version more along the
> lines of the Net Epic template and using some of
> Warmaster. I really like their CC rules. I see no
> reason for fixing Warmaster either.
> Darius
> --- Tom Webb <tom.webb_at_...> wrote:
> > To be honest, I quite like Warmaster as it is. It
> is
> > one of the few GW
> > games which I see no problems that require fixing.
> >
> > Tom.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > darius spano <dmanspano_at_...> on 01/07/2002
> > 12:50:12
> >
> > Please respond to netepic_at_yahoogroups.com
> >
> > To: netepic_at_yahoogroups.com
> > cc: (bcc: Tom Webb/UK/INTEGRIS_EU)
> >
> > 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
>
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