tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668577041425925534.post3692205927484186795..comments2023-12-13T10:49:00.529+00:00Comments on The Axis Of Naughtiness: As I went home on Tuesday night...Dr Vesuviushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255420207375021875noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668577041425925534.post-76024183921206236762012-02-15T00:10:00.100+00:002012-02-15T00:10:00.100+00:00Soldiers' Companion is a good game - at the en...Soldiers' Companion is a good game - at the end of the day Frank Chadwick was an old grognard so took pains to create a solid historical wargame before crafting on the rivets and steam. It was the set I started out with when I first started playing 15mm Colonials back in the day.<br /><br /><br />That lasted exactly until I was able to get my sweaty hands on a copy of the Sword And The Flame 20th Anniversary Edition, which is what all the cool kids (The Major General, The Red Shadow et al) were playing. That was my main game until I started hearing about this GASLIGHT thingie. I was just starting to try it out for quasi-historical games (no steampunk bits) when 9/11 happened and playing westeners vs islamic natives games suddenly left a bad taste in the mouth (an entirely personal reaction, which I wouldn't seek to impose on anyone else) I knocked up some steam contraptions from the bitz box and moved the action to the 188x Invasion of England. The rest, as they say, is history.<br /><br />So playing Soldiers' Companion and Sword And The Flame will be like revisiting old friends. I just hope the years have been kind to them.Dr Vesuviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05255420207375021875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668577041425925534.post-87440479036599675432012-02-14T20:43:44.198+00:002012-02-14T20:43:44.198+00:00So, so far the leader is MacDuff, eh? Ross writes...So, so far the leader is MacDuff, eh? Ross writes some good rules.<br /><br />I've never played Soldier's Companion, but The Sword and the Flame often makes for a good game.<br /><br /><br />-- JeffBluebear Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05171345165563779232noreply@blogger.com