Monday, 31 January 2022

Seven Days to the River Rhine

I persuaded myself to buy a copy of these popular, fast play Cold War rules last week, having joined the FB group and enjoyed reading some AAR's, despite my best intentions to scale back on my wargaming. The rules are very well presented and clear, with lots of illustrations and examples to help explain the mechanisms. I think they look pretty good and, as I used to dabble in 1/300th scale moderns back in the day with the WRG rules, I will probably go ahead and get some 6mm AFV's from Scotia or Heroics and Ros. 

I'd like to go 10mm but the cost is way more than the 6mm option, so it will have to be the smaller scale for this if I do bite the bullet and go ahead with it. I also thought about 3mm, as that would be really cheap and I could afford two decent sized battlegroups for the price of one, but that's probably a bit too small for what's essentially a company level set of rules. Whatever, I'm trying to stick to my plans for the year, so something else would have to be shoved aside if I did blow it all and start a Seven Days the River Rhine project. 

10 comments:

  1. I@ve seen these rules about- never played them- I'll be interested to see what you make of them.

    Is it 1 model represents 1 actual vehicle then?

    Cheers,

    Pete.

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    1. Yes that's the idea. It's a fairly low level game.

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  2. Must admit I fancy this a bit. Never been grabbed by other systems. If I did I think I would go 3mm, but looking forward to see how it works for you.

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    1. 3mm is much cheaper and you can definitely get the range effect on a 6' x 4' table!

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    2. That’s my hope. No crowded tables this time...

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  3. Have you considered Plastic Soldier Company 10mm plastics? They've got Soviets & Brits at the moment

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    1. Yes I looked at those but they're not cheap. I'd like to do French or possibly Chinese vs Soviets.

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  4. 6mm is lovely, although I am sorely tempted by some of the recent 10mm releases. The Red3 range is particularly nice, especially if you're interested in Arab Israeli conflicts.
    While I'm a bit of a GHQ purist with my 6mm collection, Heroics & Ros offer a fantastic range for those on a budget. They're not as detailed as GHQ or C-in-C, but each model is still a good representation of the actual vehicle (in most cases). The new H&R infantry are lovely too!

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  5. Hi Jim, this is an interesting "new direction". But, from one Nordic Weasel"Five Core" fan to another, I'm wondering what you think this ruleset would have that would make you prefer it over Five Core Company Command? Regards, Chris

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    1. It's just for the Cold War 'What If' thing, as it handles armour in more depth, with FCCC for my Indochina project in 10mm

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