We have all just embarked on WOTR version 2.
As an interesting aside how long before the next PBI?
This is not totally serious, in that PBI will most likely NOT be the next set after WOTR. WOTR will fill up the rest of 2019.
More likely to be the solo/same side PBI project or Early man or SB or something not done by RFCM before; Napoleonics?
How about that collaborative mini-PBI you were discussing a while back, maybe as a lead-in to a full-blown PBI revamp later?
[and hopefully the Square Bashing refresh will be more of a light-touch revamp, as it's so good as it is already...?]
Yes same side PBI is still being worked upon slowly. I will get it out to folk who are interested in March.
18c linear warfare and grids ... sounds like they go hand in hand .
Just saying
Napoleonics???!!!!!
Wow....How would it look with the PP treatment? High level, low level, a particular campaign, theatre?
Enquiring minds need to know!
Seriously, I would be very interested in hearing everyone's views on this as I think the discussion would be worthwhile in itself.
Hmmm, there goes my quiet Saturday afternoon....
Best,
Stephen
Quote from: martin goddard on January 26, 2019, 02:52:42 PM
Yes same side PBI is still being worked upon slowly. I will get it out to folk who are interested in March.
I'm interested :)
Quote from: agamemnon on January 26, 2019, 03:04:33 PM
Napoleonics???!!!!!
Wow....How would it look with the PP treatment? High level, low level, a particular campaign, theatre?
Enquiring minds need to know!
Seriously, I would be very interested in hearing everyone's views on this as I think the discussion would be worthwhile in itself.
Hmmm, there goes my quiet Saturday afternoon....
Best,
Stephen
Napoleonics? Are you mad, man? If Napoleonics are next you'll never see a new figure in any range for... well forever (as Martin would be busy sculpting Grand Duchy of Wherever pre1803 dragoons). That's even before the button counters start moving in here too ;)
Quote from: martin goddard on January 26, 2019, 02:52:42 PM
Yes same side PBI is still being worked upon slowly. I will get it out to folk who are interested in March.
VERY interested!
The Bane
I still really like the idea of a Robin Hood game using the Vietnam mechanics....
To be honest PBI only needs a tidy up. Maybe and only maybe a simple (Quick) version supplement. PBI is the Best Platoon/Section game out that can also be played BIG as we proved with Ardennes last year. Compared with the other big WW2 game out there "Battlegroup" PBI plays a lot better and has I feel more going for it.
I know we have Sq Bashing, but a WW1 PBI would be good. Or a least a supplement for it ???
A PDF version is very easy to do ? Can be supplied to the individual nowadays.
Always very handy to have on your Tablet.
Messier Bane🙃, I am retired and moving to the Florida Panhandle and am very keen on getting to know PBI as well as I can. FOW just doesn't work for me and bolt action seems too random but BA is entertaining. If you ever find yourself on vacation in or around Panama City Beach by all means do consider giving me a call. That goes for anyone here. ANYONE! The missus is a stellar culinary host, and wine will be available. Wargaming in the area is a lonely affair.
Regarding PBI Great War, greedily thinking 💭 oh yes my goodness me. Would love some Austrian/Italian actions in the Salonica Front. Actually need US troops there too.
I have also heard PBI III is easier to digest, I had problems with PBI II. I want to get the "company commander" when the move is finalized.
Any more advice mates?
Enjoy the weekend- ( yay- Yankees ⚾️)
Would love to see Napoleonics given the Peter Pig treatment !! Bolivar ? Colourful and limited troop types , one can dream
Start with Marlburian you can use some of the pirate government troops and most nations wore similar uniforms.... plus Washington wars as a rule starter 👍
The next PBI will have the introduction of wobbly grids, wobbly roads, and wobbly houses, and no late war / post war tanks and there will be a new system for tracking the company logistics.
Quote from: Leslie BT on April 27, 2019, 03:49:58 PM
The next PBI will have the introduction of wobbly grids, wobbly roads, and wobbly houses, and no late war / post war tanks and there will be a new system for tracking the company logistics.
And a pre-game in which you gain advantages if you can guess the total number of rivets on the opponent's armour?
You spoilt the surprise Simon!
Don't forget that "same side PBI" is still on the horizon.
That's will be good, but you need to sell both sides to keep the ranges growing. Same side means only painting one side that good!! Just got to find someone who will go halves on the same side Romanians.
They will need to be good to cope with the wobbly roads and wobbly terrain, must look for those jelly moulds, I think we have a rabbit somewhere. Hum looks like a wobbly hill.
The players will have to buy the opposition too.
Roughly
The players will have a platoon per player.
1 plater = Veteran platoon
2 players = average platoons
3 players = raw platoons
Opposition will be fairly generic but maybe based upon a menu by D6 generation.
Still a 4x4 table with PBI normal scenery to help the game happen.
Martin,
I think this is a very worthy exercise. Not just in creating a new game in a popular era, but also as a way for folk to "grow into" PBI as they build up their forces. A little like DBA is a good game in its own right, but it then enabled players to expand into DBM / DBMM etc.