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Base Width measurements in One Hour Wargames WW2

8 Aug 202117 Apr 2021 by Steven Thomas

Following on from my Review of Martin Rapier’s One Hour WW2 (6 hit), I thought I’d take another look at using my Big Bases with One Hour Wargames (OHW). Specifically using Base Width as the measurement rather than inches. OHW Distances and 8cm wide bases I’m a fan of Big Bases, but as I mentioned … Read more

Review of Martin Rapier’s One Hour WW2 (6 hit)

16 Aug 202110 Apr 2021 by Steven Thomas

Martin Rapier's One Hour WW2 (6 hit) - Banner

I wasn’t too impressed when we tried WW2 using One Hour Wargames. But Martin Rapier has an interesting variant – One Hour WW2 (6 hit) – that looks worth a shot.

Peter’s English Civil War Campaign for One Hour Wargames

16 Aug 20219 May 2020 by Steven Thomas

You might remember that Peter of Grid based wargaming inspired my Terrain Cards. Terrain cards were actually part of Peter’s Campaign set in the English Civil War (see Grid Based Wargaming – ECW). There is quite a lot to this campaign – Peter wrote something like 45 posts on it and played 30 games. I love it. Tons of inspiration. And I appreciate the obsessive element that saw Peter completing this project – I think it took him 18 months.

WW2 using One Hour Wargames

4 Jan 20224 Mar 2017 by Steven Thomas

OHW 102 Soviets roar towards left hand bridge

The World War II version of Neil Thomas’s One Hour Wargames is slightly more complicated than the Dark Age version (see 448 AD Battle Report). So Chris Harrod and I gave it a go. We played two games in an evening. I’m not a fan, of the WW2 variant and OHW in general. I tried. I really tried. We played four games in total, but I think I’ll give up on OHW now.

454 AD Roman versus Suevi – A One Hour Wargames Battle Report

27 Aug 20224 Feb 2017 by Steven Thomas

The sixth game in our Fall of Hispania Campaign occurred in 454 AD, 6 game years after the last battle. In fact we played both games in one evening using the Dark Age variant of Neil Thomas’s One Hour Wargames. Chris Harrod rolled Roman and I got Suevi.

448 AD Roman versus Visigoth – A One Hour Wargames Battle Report

27 Aug 202228 Jan 2017 by Steven Thomas

Chris Harrod came over and we played two games of our Fall of Hispania Campaign. The first battle occurred in 448 AD, 2 game years after the last battle. Chris rolled Roman and I got Visigoth.

I had intended to use Basic Impetus, and even revised the army lists to do this, but we ended up using the Dark Age variant of Neil Thomas’s One Hour Wargames instead. Both armies had six units and we used first Pitched Battle scenario. And we played on a 2’x2′ table as per using my big bases with One Hour Wargames.

The summary is: Grindy rules that are very predictable. Might be accurate but not much fun. Chris won.

Using my Big Bases with Neil Thomas’s One-Hour Wargames

23 Apr 2016 by Steven Thomas

The One-Hour Wargames rules by Neil Thomas assume armies have 3-6 units each of which is 4-6 inches wide and fight it out on a 3′ x 3′ table. My Big Bases are 8cm, so roughly 3 inches wide. What to do?