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Yu Jing Martial Arts Ninja




Just a quick one guys, finally found a bag of brittania 20mm Vietnam figs that were packed away last year and need a set of skirmish rules.

Already have fow and fof but need something that's a bit more pick up and play, has anybody played Charlie don't surf also saw a blog where a guy used the new black ops book so that might be an option. But want it to feel like nam.
   
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Kildare, Ireland

Ambush Valley for Force-on-Force...

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Yep already have that one and while it's a great book that I know you produced,, lol . Was wondering if there was a points based system that would let you just do pick up games.
   
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Kildare, Ireland

There was one on the old Ambush Alley forum, not sure if they still have it.

If you want, I can scan you the scenarios from the 1st edition of Ambush Valley as some of them are very well balanced from playtesting and differ from the Osprey edition scenarios.


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Ah that would be very good if you could .
   
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Iron Ivan does a skirmish set called The Long Road South that is good.

There is Too Fat Lardies rule set Charlie don't surf!

Both army very good.

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Am thinking of taking a look at Charlie don't surf , have heard good things about that rule set.
   
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Charlie Company is a great rule set. I played a couple campaigns with friends years back and was so impressed, I bought a ton of minis and the rules. It's meant for 20mm (1/72), so your Platoon20 figs will be perfect.

I's a tabletop minis wargame/RPG. Each player plays an NCO, represented by an actual miniature on the table. That guy with the AR-15? He is YOU. You've just started your 1 year tour and need to survive twelve missions (abstract time for months) and get home. You have a "Game Master" that designs each mission and plays the NVA and VC troops, which are hidden on the board. You aren't allowed to speak to each other unless you have radios, send runners, or you're standing next to each other. There's a 'radio' phase where you're allowed, like, 1 minute to discuss plans, assuming you have a radio.

The game scales nicely from a skirmish to an actual battle. My first campaign, there were 4 of us playing as Squad Leaders, each with 9 other men. The 2nd campaign, though, that was the best. There were 6 of us and we all played members of one squad. That was so badass... 'till I stepped on a mine... We used the other 4 squad members as runners, etc. Some missions, we were ambushed in the jungle and had to fight our way through. One mission, we just went to a small village to search for VC caches of weapons and rice. Never saw a single enemy. Just trekked through some super tense turns in the jungle, expecting an ambush, then confiscated weapons and rice.

One of the most notable moments was when we radioed for dust off for a couple guys wounded pretty badly. When giving our location, our radio guy said something like, "Look for the yellow smoke" as he popped a canister to alert the helis. Next thing you know, we started seeing 2, then 3, then 4 columns of yellow smoke rising up from different areas of the table. Our dust off heli went to the wrong column and was shot down by NVA. Our GM was a tricky bastard and, since our radio guy just said it plain as hell over an open channel, the NVA heard it, too, and acted accordingly.

So much fun, that game. It's only $12 on RAFM's website.


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That's sounds pretty cool if I'm honest may have a look at that set. Am working on 20mm modern ish us for the Iraq war after watching a bit of generation kill so flitting in and out of projects. Too many ideas and minis, not enough to time or energy lol
   
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 xKillGorex wrote:
That's sounds pretty cool if I'm honest may have a look at that set. Am working on 20mm modern ish us for the Iraq war after watching a bit of generation kill so flitting in and out of projects. Too many ideas and minis, not enough to time or energy lol

I may have a second set of the rules laying around somewhere. I know I acquired a second copy as part of an ebay auction for Vietnam minis some time ago, but I don't know off-hand where it might be. I'll look and, if I locate them, I'll pm you and mail them to you, if you'd like.


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That's very kind but are you sure it's a long way across the pond lol
   
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