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Wargaming

Wargaming and Military History are the interests I pour most of my spare time into. This section concentrates on the wargaming rules I’m interested in. I’ve got quite a lot on running wargaming campaigns. I’ve also got sub-categories on: Crossfire, DBx (including DBA and HOTT), Twilight of the Sun King, Engle Matrix Games, Megablitz, Liberators QPR, Field of Glory. All other rules are lumped together.

Rules of New World DBA

10 Oct 202024 Oct 2002 by Steven Thomas

These are the rules for New World DBA. It is a variation on DBA so you’ll need those rules for it to make sense.

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Mexican Army Lists for New World DBA

31 Dec 201724 Oct 2002 by Steven Thomas

These are Army Lists for my revised New World DBA.

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Reconquista Wargaming Project

23 Jun 201822 Oct 2002 by Steven Thomas

I’m rather fond of the Reconquista so have a bunch of armies. I don’t play so much now, mostly for the lack of a large scale set of rules that I like.

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Shako Orders of Battle for the First Carlist War (Boina)

6 Aug 201313 Oct 2002 by Steven Thomas

Boina is the name I’ve given my Shako variant for the First Carlist War.

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Shako House Rules for the First Carlist War (Boina)

6 Aug 201313 Oct 2002 by Steven Thomas

Boina is the name I’ve given my Shako variant for the First Carlist War.

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Boina: A Shako Variant for the First Carlist War

6 Aug 201313 Oct 2002 by Steven Thomas

I like Shako so I set myself the challenge of adapting it for use in the First Carlist War. I called this variant “Boina” in honour of the berets worn by the Carlist troops.

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Basing in Shako for the First Carlist War (Boina)

6 Aug 201313 Oct 2002 by Steven Thomas

For Boina I based my armies pretty much as standard Shako but with some minor tweaks. There is little that is specific to the First Carlist War.

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Political Cooperation Special Rules for Crossfire

18 Aug 201321 Sep 2002 by Steven Thomas

Some musing on impact of political cooperation, or more specifically of lack of cooperation, in Crossfire. Standard Crossfire doesn’t cover this.

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No Fire: What it represents in Crossfire

18 Aug 201320 Sep 2002 by Steven Thomas

Some musing on what ‘No Fire’ represents in Crossfire. I asked the Crossfire discussion forum …

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Gun versus Arm Matrix in Crossfire

3 Nov 202218 Sep 2002 by Steven Thomas

Some musing on Gun versus Arm Matrix for anti-tank fire in Crossfire. This idea was tossed around by a few people on the Crossfire-WWII discussion forum. I first noted if when Robert Tesfro mentioned it. Others have given variations. Essentially anti-tank fire is handled with the same rule as infantry fire. No PEN and ARM.

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Open Ground Terrain Feature in Crossfire

8 Dec 201817 Sep 2002 by Steven Thomas

Some musing on an ‘Open Ground’ terrain feature to break movement in Crossfire. Standard Crossfire doesn’t cover this.

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A Few Suggestions for Crossfire House Rules

4 Nov 20133 Sep 2002 by Steven Thomas

A member of the Crossfire-WWII discussion forum shared his house rules for Crossfire.

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Modified ACC for Crossfire

3 Nov 20222 Sep 2002 by Steven Thomas

Some musing a modified accuracy (ACC) in Crossfire. See my House Rules for the ACC rules I actually use.

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Hidden Movement Cards for Shako

6 Aug 201325 Jul 2002 by Steven Thomas

I’m toying with the idea of Principles of War style Hidden Movement Cards for Shako.

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Scenario Ideas for the 1948 Arab-Israeli War

19 Sep 20186 Jul 2002 by Steven Thomas

Scenario ideas for my Arab-Israeli Crossfire set in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. At some point I might turn them into proper scenarios. For the moment they are literally just ideas.

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