I was up the loft last night in search of the Xmas tree decorations, which is always a good excuse to have a rummage in the piles of wargames magazines, rules and models that I've banished to a higher plane. In one of the box files of rules I found my old copy of Imperial Commander, which is a platoon level skirmish set of sci-fi rules based on the Laserburn system and written way back in the early '80's by Bryan Ansell and Richard Halliwell no less.
I haven't played it for years and it's probably very, very clunky but, in a moment of nostalgia, I decided to bring it down from the loft for a read through. I was thinking that it could be another possible use for my desert terrain board and scenery, especially as I have lots of the old TTG 15mm figures and quite like the idea of some retro sci-fi gaming, even if I ditch the rules and use something else like Gruntz or Galactic Heroes, for example...
...and you've got to love the 1980's pen and ink cover art!
Love those old rules, still use them myself from time to time
ReplyDeleteLoved those old rules, very much like the early 40k Rouge Trader days(no surprise there) sort of seat of your pants gaming .
ReplyDeleteAh, Laserburn. I remember playing lots of games back in the early 80s with my friend David. We didn't have any terrain so used a large roll of wallpaper and sketched out buildings on it. When the game finished we'd tear that section off and move on to a new piece! I think I have my set still tucked away in the loft somewhere.
ReplyDeleteI used to play ten figure a side games, as that's all I had, with a squad of Redemptionists vs the Black Guard. Very low key but it was great fun!
ReplyDeleteI've been looking through the army lists and I think I can put something together with the figures I've already got, perhaps an Imperial platoon or Redemptionist raidinget force, sometime in the new year?
ReplyDeletethat would be cool, I think I've got a full company of each side on the shelves !
DeleteI might go a bit freestyle and just paint up some units using the figures I like the most. Why not?
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