Solo Wargaming Show
The Solowargaming Show is a podcast devoted to exploring the hobby of miniature wargaming from a solo wargaming perspective.
Sunday, Mar 18, 2007
SWS Episode 4 - Starting A Solo Campaign
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This episode discusses the initial set up and considerations for starting your own solo wargaming campaign. Campaign sections from Donald Featherstone's, Stuart Asquith's, Bruce Quarrie's and Martin Hackett's miniature wargaming books are analyzed and explored from a solo perspective!
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Deano,
Excellent show.
Campaigns are definately more fulfilling than one-off battles.
Two books that I found to be very valuable are Featherstone's "Wargame Campaigns" and "Advanced Wargames".
Also, Tony Bath's book, "Setting up a Wargames Campaign" should be a must-read for any gamer looking for ideas.
Keep up the good work.
Bob
Good show! I enjoyed it along with episode 2. I look forward to hearing the next installment.
Chris
I am looking for those two as we speak...
Deano - the sound bite from the film was dead easy - i had it in seconds :-)
Helps having the film in my collection.
- Ian
I finally got my I-pod working, so downloaded all your shows and listened to them back to back at work a few days ago. I've been immensely impressed with the ideas and with your enthusiasm. I especially liked the reworking of Excalibur on the last show!
My own personal request for a future show would be your "Great Solo Wargaming Combinations or Games That Play Great Together Solo". I'm always looking at boardgames I can combine with my wargaming rules to create the full package. To me I suppose that means to have the economic phase, political phase, etc., run by a boardgame which would then generate the tabletop battles. I would then take the force dispositions and the location of the battle from the boardgame to the tabletop, using whichever rules seemed suitable for the scale of the engagement and of course the period in question.
Although not a solo project, as an example, we're currently using Empires in Arms to manage our 7 Years War campaign, with the tabletop battles being fought with the excellent Age of Reason rules. This would be my own recommendation for a fantastic wargaming combination. Empires in Arms is a Monster of a game and hard to find at a decent price.
Anyways, keep up the good work and I'm looking forward to #5
Barnaby.
Deano, FYI to all those listening to Episode 4. Amazon.com has 13 copies of Fantasy Wargaming (Hardcover) by Martin Hackett left new and used. Get cracking on Episode 5.
-Robert Vancouver,WA
I liked this show the best so far. Not that the others were bad, just I felt this helped me the most.
Thank You
Daniel
Hey, I completely LOVE your show. I like the content and the way you carry it on. You´re a smart guy and do justice to the great sub-hobby that solo wargaming is.
Just a suggestion. The left menu on the site is a little messy. Could you please make it clearer? The shows mix with links and other sections (forum, blog)
Keep it up. This is about the only podcast I listen to :)
Hey, I completely LOVE your show. I like the content and the way you carry it on. You´re a smart guy and do justice to the great sub-hobby that solo wargaming is.
Just a suggestion. The left menu on the site is a little messy. Could you please make it clearer? The shows mix with links and other sections (forum, blog)
Keep it up. This is about the only podcast I listen to :)
Solo gamer at
http://www.leondus.com/gaming/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
is working on a free solo wargaming guide.
Worth a look at
Mark