Great War 1914-18

Emperor_Taiki

very nice
now it looks very different from that stupid imp games map

Emperor_Taiki

might their be a lite version of this game, right now it seems it has a lot of rules and peics that would to expensive to buy. printing the map would alone cost too much for most people.

Imperious Leader

yes i have this… one sec.

http://www.mediafire.com/?mubjyzyo02j

This game is different that IMP. Tech is historical, but balanced after many playtests. Diplomacy is automated as well.

don’t play with the cards the first time out, just the normal 13 turn game. Make sure you got like 4 players.

Gas attacks will be really fun as you kill lots of units and the frenchies go: Oh sh** what just happened?" and then learn to adapt. The railguns are really nice as well.

Anybody who plays this comes out thinking “where have this game been all my life”

Shakespeare

is mediafire dead?

Imperious Leader

no. links work fine

Imperious Leader

http://www.mediafire.com/?w3qzzmiknz0

another file… made many aesthetic changes to improve the map

Emperor_Taiki

IL,

do have a recomended way to print this map, like how many peices it should be and at what percentage.

also what additional peices are needed most in order to turly capture the period. I dont want to have to buy all the historically accurate wolrd war 1 ships, but i also see the need for bi-planes and early tanks

in general what do you recamend for putting toghether a complete game.

Emperor_Taiki

also, what do you think about updating the rules so they are more in concert with AA50 in regards to the naval units and stratigic bombing and the like

Imperious Leader

OK ill get it done. A beer and pretzel version of these rules.

Imperious Leader

ok i recommend the following:

First goto www.toysoldierreview.com and look at all the WW1 stuff

Then goto www. MIchigan toy soldier and buy one set of each (total of say 5-6 sets)

Italy and USA can be repainted American or British

Ottomans are available or you can repaint German leftovers.

Then buy table tactics for the tanks: Central powers

for planes your only recourse is metal biplanes from vapor tails 1/700 scale ww1 ( www.brookhurst hobbies)
for zeppelins goto navwar and buy a few of them.

sea mines and blimps can be proxyed with tokens that i can make.

rail guns are available from peter pig 6 MM, but i prefer using those diplomacy metal pieces they use for artillery.

leaders are token based.

Emperor_Taiki

thx

Imperious Leader

http://www.mediafire.com/?y2fwktwmz3l

ok here is the adjusted map file using AA50 ideas, where applicable.

rules coming up

Emperor_Taiki

that was pretty quick, thanks alot

why does armor have 2 moves now though, i dont think of wolrd war 1 armor as moving very fast.
i dont think all the units should have the same values as in AA50 i like how artllery is different and infatry is cheaper.
I just thought the way concepets were represented in AA50 and your games should be the same.

for instance damage tokens should be used in both games, and subs should be weaker on defence than attack and trasnports dont particpate in combat.

anyways nice drop and i look forward to the rules

Imperious Leader

Well the rules are not finished. Tanks need to move 2 like Cavalry because the extra space is needed because of the many territories and ability to redeploy from different fronts is needed.

Tanks are tech units and they act to remove the entrenchment bonus for infantry, which makes offensive operations work much better.

Emperor_Taiki

@Imperious:

Well the rules are not finished. Tanks need to move 2 like Cavalry because the extra space is needed because of the many territories and ability to redeploy from different fronts is needed.

Tanks are tech units and they act to remove the entrenchment bonus for infantry, which makes offensive operations work much better.

well sure, but everythink is moved by rail so why do tanks get the bonus

second thought , since their were so few tanks it would problaby be hard for the enemy to know exactly where your tanks were so i guess it makes sence that you can move them quickly to different sectors of the front.

Imperious Leader

Rail is also simulated in the rules. Units may move from any space in home nation to another during NCM. Your allies using rail have to stop at border, then move across on turn and continue to rail.