Wednesday, 10 June 2015

Not Just a Brush War


I'm a big fan of AK47, the original version at least, so have two armies and plenty more kit in the leadpile for 'imaginations' style post-colonial Africa wargaming. The AK47 rules are great and I particularly enjoy all the politcal shenanigans that feature in the pre-game phase, together with the none too serious write ups that I do afterwards. As you can see from the blog, it's probably the project that I've spent more time and effort on than any other, only Bag the Hun coming anywhere close!

However, the rules as they stand aren't really designed for campaign play or for detailed linked games, which is where I'd like to take them further. I'm now thinking of switching over to the Five Core Company Command rules system, which is far more flexible in this respect but retains the 'imaginations' element and the opportunity for a political context to be embedded into the game. I'm  still going to play AK47 but an alternative might give me some new directions in which to go.
Although Company Command includes a working campaign system, I was really pleased to find this  supplement for the Five Core rules which allows you to set up a comprehensive and coherent fictional background for AK47 style settings. There's a lot more detail in this than in the core rules and plenty of options to add as much detail as you want to the campaign structure, from political alignment and motivation, all the way down to the colour of your army's uniform.

I'm also thinking of branching out into 10mm or 15mm with Company Command or No End in Sight, with a specific focus on the French Indochina War, so this supplement will be useful for more than one of my future projects. In the meantime, I'll need to get the bases done on the last of my Superpower Backed AK47 army, so that I can run a playtest of Company Command sometime in the not too distant future?

3 comments:

  1. I am a big fan of the No End In Sight rules, and went over to 15mm because of them. Like you, I am also toying with the idea of the French Indochina conflict using Eureka Miniatures excellent range of 15mm figures for the war.

    ReplyDelete
  2. I have a handful of the Eureka figures which I found on Ebay ages ago...they are really nice but I don't have many, perhaps a small platoon worth for both sides.

    What I do have are loads of pendraken 10mm French and Vietminh, together with vehicles and AFV's, which I originally got for use with Cold War Commander. I didn't like the rules though, so they've been sitting in a box for a feew years gathering dust!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Jim,

    I'm loving it! Can't wait to see where you're heading with Company Command.

    On a side note, I had loads of Pendraken French and Vietminh too, but sold them last year as they'd sat for so long, having never seen the table. Please don't inspire me to fight French Indochina... ;)

    V/R,
    Jack

    ReplyDelete

Labels

Bag The Hun (858) Books (503) AK47 (499) Ironclads (492) Wings at War (417) Pre-Dreadnoughts (244) Back of Beyond (242) Coastal Warfare (225) Napoleonic Naval (201) Britain's Small Wars (199) Bolt Action (175) Victory at Sea (172) What a Tanker (171) Knights of the Sky (166) Target Locked On (163) MiG Alley (160) Chain of Command (149) Old West (147) Find Fix and Strike (138) Bag The MiG (127) Naval Thunder (120) Sandbox Skirmish (119) Naval Command (118) Air War Over Khalkhin Gol (117) Pirates (117) Indo China / Vietnam (115) Fistful of Lead (109) 15mm Sci-Fi / Near Future (95) Darkest Africa (91) VBCW (89) Strength and Honour (87) Continuation War (84) Ancients (81) Shows (79) ACW (77) The Football War (76) Corsairs and Cavaliers (71) Boardgames (67) France's Small Wars (67) Shipwreck! (66) BKC (65) Rapid Fire (63) Saurian Safari (62) Air War C21 (60) Cruel Seas (60) Journals (60) Saga (60) The Men Who Would Be Kings (58) Nimitz (55) Flashpoint Alto Cenepa (53) IABSM (53) International Naval Wargaming Day (53) Gladiators (51) Flashpoint Taiwan (50) Finest Hour (49) Fortifications (47) Red Actions! (47) One Hour Wargames (46) Scramble for Britain (45) Flashpoint Baltic (42) Duel of Aces (41) Flames above the Falklands (40) War of the Pacific (40) Cold War (39) 2mm English Civil War (38) Thud Ridge (37) SCW (36) Desert Spitfires (35) Death in the Dark Continent (34) RCW (34) Algernon Pulls It Off (32) Atlantic Wall (31) English Civil War / Anglo Dutch War Naval (31) Lion Rampant (31) Post Apocalypse (31) Iron Cow (30) Bag the Springbok (29) Mexican Revolution (28) Normandy Firefight (28) Dreadnoughts (27) Full Thrust (27) It Rolls For Ivan (26) Bulldogs Away! (24) Samurai (24) Jet Knights of the Sky (23) 28mm English Civil War (22) Arctic Eagles (22) Imaginations (22) Achtung Kommando! (21) Flashpoint PVO (21) Ancient Naval (20) PITS (20) Galactic Heroes (19) Steamer Wars (19) Strontium Dog (19) Iron Cross (18) Winter War (18) Aeronef (15) Aircraft (15) Imperial Commander (15) Rate of Fire (15) Zulus! (15) Aliens (14) Dragon Rampant (14) Black Ops (13) CY6 Jet Age (13) Congo (13) Mad for War (13) Impetus (12) Wars of Insurgency (12) Flashpoint Fleet Air Arm (11) Gaslands (11) Sharp Practice (11) 633 Squadron (10) Bohica (10) Franco Thai Air War (10) Get the Goeben! (10) Jungle Green (10) 28mm Future Wars (9) Dux Britanniarum (9) Fire in the Sky (9) HYW (9) Merry Xmas Mr Sankara (9) Portable Pike and Shot (9) Adventures in Jimland (8) Bombers over Germany (8) Cry Havoc (8) French Indian Wars (8) Renaissance Naval (8) Star Wars Legion (8) Sword and Spear (8) Through The Mud and Blood (8) Air War Angola (7) Frostgrave (7) Lacquered Coffins (7) Target for Tonight (7) A Mighty Fortress (6) AirWar:1918 (6) Five Parsecs From Home (6) French Resistance (6) Check Your Six! (5) Five Men at Kursk (5) Fivecore Skirmish (5) Maurice (5) Seven Days to the River Rhine (5) Three Musketeers (5) What a Cowboy (5) Wings Over Suez (5) Arab Revolt (4) Corvette Command (4) In Her Majesty's Name (4) Infamy Infamy (4) Medieval Naval (4) Never Mind The Billhooks (4) Battletech (3) Blood Red Skies (3) Gangsters (3) HOTT (3) Hind Commander (3) Lord of the Sea (3) Luft 46 (3) Mourir Pour l'Indochine (3) Sturmovik Commander (3) Whispering Death (3) Chincha Islands War (2) Crom (2) Disposable Heroes (2) Fire and Steel (2) Fivecore Company Command (2) Iron Stars (2) Judge Dredd (2) Lethal Skies (2) NUTS! (2) No Go Zone (2) Pulp! (2) Starfighters! (2) War in El Dorado (2) A Billion Suns (1) Air War 1940 (1) Battlegroup (1) Black Powder (1) Convoy (1) Dropzone Commander (1) Falklands War (1) Harpoon (1) If The Lord Spares Us (1) Indo-Pakistan War (1) Load and Return (1) MiG Hunters (1) Missile Threat (1) Missiles at Sea (1) Nam '68 (1) Naval Wargames Society (1) Norway 1940 (1) Oi Navarcoi! (1) Sea Wars Fleet Actions (1) Si Vis Pacem (1) Spanish American War (1) Sunray is Down (1) Ultracombat Normandy (1) Wars of the Roses (1) Xenos Rampant (1)