tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558350314928035506.post6554178730977959727..comments2024-03-28T22:04:34.102+00:00Comments on Heretical Gaming: Simple '45 Rules - PrestonpansUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558350314928035506.post-80501691606963021382019-09-24T14:02:20.536+01:002019-09-24T14:02:20.536+01:00Yes, very much so. The quicker game probably work...Yes, very much so. The quicker game probably works just as well if one wants to examine the outcome of the tactics and deployments and so forth. But the longer game works better if you want a more satisfying game experience (doing more stuff, more chances for chance to play its part) or study the intricacies of the tactics. JWHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01637785437909299947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558350314928035506.post-47040758587552023802019-09-24T08:21:39.507+01:002019-09-24T08:21:39.507+01:00Nice to contrast the two rulesets and complexity d...Nice to contrast the two rulesets and complexity doesn't necessarily make for a more 'realistic' outcome. Steve J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12143308117853983963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558350314928035506.post-57898152103928092782019-09-23T13:35:14.633+01:002019-09-23T13:35:14.633+01:00I would have thought they preceded them, although ...I would have thought they preceded them, although I guess it would be hard to tell. Simpson's '45 rules are an adaptation of his set which was first published in Wargames Illustrated 75 (December 1993). JWHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01637785437909299947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558350314928035506.post-53499656427616553262019-09-23T13:28:27.423+01:002019-09-23T13:28:27.423+01:00Thanks - you are much too kind!Thanks - you are much too kind!JWHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01637785437909299947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558350314928035506.post-30758377598696339612019-09-23T11:33:10.061+01:002019-09-23T11:33:10.061+01:00I wonder if WI set preceded them? I've got the...I wonder if WI set preceded them? I've got the original Pike & Shot society version as well as the more recent one (which manages to massively overcomplicate them) but I can't recall the authors name.Martin Rapierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16788664847205341619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558350314928035506.post-85042491781204132052019-09-23T11:25:03.711+01:002019-09-23T11:25:03.711+01:00Looks a great game.Looks a great game.Ray Rousellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352596392520905197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558350314928035506.post-43060978709894744612019-09-23T07:17:08.364+01:002019-09-23T07:17:08.364+01:00Good point. I hadn't thought of it, but you a...Good point. I hadn't thought of it, but you are quite right (I have Twilight of Divine Right which I assume is at least somewhat similar TotSK, and there is that basic similarity). These rules are simpler than that series but those basic elements are there.JWHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01637785437909299947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558350314928035506.post-49139770321001472352019-09-23T07:00:34.310+01:002019-09-23T07:00:34.310+01:00Those rules sound very similar to Twilight of the ...Those rules sound very similar to Twilight of the Sun King, which uses almost identical mechanisms. Martin Rapierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16788664847205341619noreply@blogger.com