Commissar Kip posted:

Now I need tissues again , I miss that guy.

Grey Hunter posted:

The age old problem of moderns....

DiHK posted:

I have ospreys gempei war, shogun armies and ashigaru books, all good though the art is not as polished as that. Great resources for figuring out how to shoehorn them into an existing ruleset, I just gotta try out some different rulesets.

muggins posted:

Can you imagine playing benghazi at an historical con with grogs

Yvonmukluk posted:

Yeah, I'm kind of trying to figure out how to emulate the Joshigun. I think you could do it easily in Ronin, just have them as unarmoured Samurai, and I guess the same for Sharpe Practice. Yaeko is kind of trickier, partially because from accounts she actually lead raiding forces, which is difficult for Ronin since the only rifle-armed mini is the generic Soldier. I guess she'd be some kind of Leader for SP? Do leaders have their own shooting profile? I only have Chain of Command, so I'm fumbling blindly at grasping the system.

Springfield Fatts posted:

Chain of Command question: Can a leader use two of his initiative points to have a team fire twice consecutively int he same phase?

I guess more in general I feel I don't have a solid grasp on the activation/command parts. For example if a U.S. rifle section is on the table and I roll a 3 that means I would need to use two points of initiative to have both the rifle team and the BAR team to fire? One point for both and I could do the above two-fire option? Or one to fire, one to do something else (grenade, etc.)?

Yvonmukluk posted:

Yeah, I'm kind of trying to figure out how to emulate the Joshigun. I think you could do it easily in Ronin, just have them as unarmoured Samurai, and I guess the same for Sharpe Practice. Yaeko is kind of trickier, partially because from accounts she actually lead raiding forces, which is difficult for Ronin since the only rifle-armed mini is the generic Soldier. I guess she'd be some kind of Leader for SP? Do leaders have their own shooting profile? I only have Chain of Command, so I'm fumbling blindly at grasping the system.

lilljonas posted:

In SP there's a rule for "tomahawks" in the FIW lists, which is used for shinsengumi and other close combat troops in the Boshin War lists. Basically it means that they are scary in close combat. I'd basically use the already existing Boshin War lists for SP, and make my own stats for the Joshigun. Making your own stats is super easy in SP, and I basically made my own French 1812 invasion of Russia list, as I didn't like the lists that got closest to the period (Peninsular 1812, which was AFAIK quite different from the Grand Armée in autumn 1812).

Springfield Fatts posted:

Chain of Command question: Can a leader use two of his initiative points to have a team fire twice consecutively int he same phase?

I guess more in general I feel I don't have a solid grasp on the activation/command parts. For example if a U.S. rifle section is on the table and I roll a 3 that means I would need to use two points of initiative to have both the rifle team and the BAR team to fire? One point for both and I could do the above two-fire option? Or one to fire, one to do something else (grenade, etc.)?

moths posted:

I'd allow an historically accurate game that explains how literally nothing could have changed Benghazi's outcome.

"I'll deploy my special forces guys from Italy."
"They won't arrive for eight turns."
"But there's only six turns in this scenario!"

Introduce variant rules / scenarios where the US could "win," but to only dive home and document the fact that these favorable conditions are purely theoretical and absolutely did not exist.

Use box art of a high speed bearded operator hero and a distressed HRC to ensure it gets into the right hands. Maybe feature a "Based on countless hours of investigation!" blurb.

JcDent posted:

Well, you can also feel bad about playing Darkest Africa games or any other colonial wars games.

The Benghazi miniatures don't look too different from any other operator miniatures, unless they're meant to be specific guys who were there.

...Little Green Men miniatures came out even faster.

Captain Rufus posted:

That's always one thing that gives me pause in historical games of any kind. The fact I am playing a thing for FUN that caused actual death and suffering. But on the other hand it is teaching you history to some degree. I now know more about WW2 tanks than ever before. (And I have Squad Leader plus Cross of Iron to sperg out the Eastern Front. And very close to a full ASL Starter Kit collection if I want to sperg hard but not go full hyper grog.)

An actual military vet/retired journalist/cancer survivor also made the good point it lets you see a conflict from both sides. Which is a very good point. Not every German WW2 soldier was a Jew killing monster. Not every North Korean soldier was aware he was helping to create decades of suffering for his people. Not every 19th Century British soldier was out there enforcing an empire of suffering.

Playing historical games can at least help us understand or empathize with a poor GI who committed evil upon a random Vietnamese village, or revolutionaries holding people hostage in Iran. (There is a Steve Jackson game based on the Iranian Hostage Crisis in 79-80. I own it. I need to play that poo poo badly.)

It should never forgive the evils done in war but it helps us to remember and maybe understand why. So we can make sure it never happens again.

I am still gonna paint my Flames of War Germans like the guys from Wolfenstein 3d though. I'll feel a bit better about it. Now where to find a 15mm scale BJ Blascowitz and Mecha Hitler so I can do FLAMES OF WAR CASTLE WOLFENSTEIN.

Captain Rufus posted:

I am still gonna paint my Flames of War Germans like the guys from Wolfenstein 3d though. I'll feel a bit better about it. Now where to find a 15mm scale BJ Blascowitz and Mecha Hitler so I can do FLAMES OF WAR CASTLE WOLFENSTEIN.

spectralent posted:

I know there's someone who sells 15mm power armour figures, but I can't for the life of me remember who.

muggins posted:

Can you imagine playing benghazi at an historical con with grogs

Fellis posted:

Arquinsiel posted:

A recent Miniature Wargames with Battlegames had a thing on pre-Konflict 47 release miniature hoarding to plug gaps in the line that mentioned stuff like that. I'm prety shure Khurasan had decently thematic power armour for the various nations in 15mm.

Arquinsiel posted:

I was mistaken! It was Wargames Illustrated and they were
Clockwork Goblin miniatures. They're pretty sweet looking.

goodness posted:

Konflikt looks cool.

So with that, I could take a regular Bolt Action unit, throw some weird stuff in and use them to play K47?

goodness posted:

"Will anyone attempt a rescue"

Heh.. Heh

JcDent posted:

spectralent posted:

I know I need a mask and ventilation for sanding resin, but is one of those plain white dust masks okay or do I need one of those complicated gas mask things with filters?

Kommando posted:

how much are you going to do and how much do you value your lungs?
A mask with removable filter is a good investment overall and not that expensive. But if you're willing to go cheap on your lungs get a box of ten white dust masks and risk it.

Are your lungs worth $40 of preventative?

ExtraNoise posted:

Thing makin' question: I'd like to do tarps/canvas/flags for a vehicle. What is the best way to go about this? Google seems to suggest using PVA+water on tissue paper, using painted foil, or using thin Miliput/Sclupey. Would that be the general consensus from you guys too?