The Solo Wargaming Guide: A Practical Application
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- Опубліковано 10 січ 2021
- Being the first part of a walk-through of William Silvestri's Solo Campaign Management Rules. Wherein we generate two nations eager to wage war over a disputed alliance gone terribly, terribly wrong.
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The Solo Wargaming Guide: www.amazon.com/gp/product/193... - Ігри
To reduce the odds of a completely one-sided situation, consider the following drop mechanic: The capital city is always class A. Then roll d10s for remaining cities. 1s are Class B. 2s & 3s are class C. 4s, 5s & 6s are class D, and 7s, 8s, 9s & 10s are class E.
Between the wars of Marlborough and Napoleon... the Seven Years War. 🎅
Just subscribed. Purchased the book, after watching several of your videos. Great content; excellent explanations and easy to follow. An old wargamer from the 80's - now reinvigorated . Thx
You're gonna have so much fun.
Keep us posted
I must confess I mostly start with existing maps, historical or fantasy maps. Something different to see the whole origin story from the beginning. 😀
Wow! Don Featherstone and Tony Bath mentioned in the same video. Cant believe it. I bought all their books in the 60's etc.. Still on my book shelves. Must follow this series!!!
Thanks for this. I have had this book for quite a while, however I did not find some of the material easy to grasp, so watching your series on this should help me out.
@tigershadow1 After watching his videos pertaining to the Guide, more of the book is making a lot more sense and I am now using it effectively. Hope you give it another go and find success!
Thanks for posting this video. I really needed to escape today. Now you have my wheels turning.
Just what I needed! Thank you!
Great video, I like how you are showing how to set up the campaign. I look forward to your next video!
You've definitely got an underdog situation there! Although who is the invader and who is the defender and the way mobilisation pans out, could be a leveller. This guide is very enjoyable and the advised approaches make for a great campaign experience. Look forward to a daring offensive gambit, deadly defensive strategy or crippling sneak attack?
I just bought the book because of your video. Thank you!
You won't regret it.
This is brilliant, can’t wait to finish work today and give it a try. Sub’d,thank you from uk...
Great video...Just for fun I think I would have placed the artillery in a city with 4C's for Dextramania, like the one beside the forest, and like wise one with 2C's for Sinistria; that way you did'nt have to take soldiers out of the militia pool. It would add a small layer to the game play as well, encouraging the player the mobilize their artillery before invading.
Picked this up the other day based upon what I saw in your videos. Thanks for the recommendation.
This was a great overview.. will definitely be using some of these ideas for my own solo campaigns
Thanx for this. I'm looking at a campaign to generate my miniature WWII tables.
Great video! I have the same book trying to incorporate these ideas to the Medieval Era. Subscribed.
👍👍👍👍getting caught up, 1 video at a time.
Very enjoyable, interesting vid. Subbed!
Awesome, thank you!
I have recently discovered your channel, and I have been binging so many of your videos. It is wonderful to watch, and I love your attitude. Do you have a Patreon or only fans that I can donate to?
That is so kind of you to ask. Maybe someday, but for now we're really more of a...you know, we're not really into labels. Let's just have some fun together and see where this relationship takes us.
Did you ever look at Donald Featherstone's Solo Wargaming book? I am thinking of picking up the book in the video here and the Featherstone book. I am trying to find ways to evaluate competent play at playing all sides in a game for more than one. I also want to do join in any time solitaire games that can scale up multiple players in same game so others can join in.
Yeah, it's a great look at a number of viable alternatives. As usual, 50 years old now, most of the ideas have been implemented in a number of games, but it's a fun read. Really get you motivated putting some of his tips into action.
Just curious, would a port city actually have a cavalry? They should trade that in for a navy
Where do you've found the ratio: 5 infantry, 1 horse, 1 gun?
And: why do you subtract 1 militia when add 1 artillery?
I got the ratio from my viewers.
For once that is a good thing.
For the artilllery, I just pulled some militia out of a town to keep the game balanaced.
I believe the "next step" is realizing that over a long enough timeline there won't be TWO countries on that map.
There will be only one.
Unless the western nation recruits an ally to the south or east...
@@TheJoyofWargaming maybe 😉
@@TheJoyofWargaming Lol. I can see that happening.
Doy you have a recommendation for a rule book that can complement this one? For a beginner :D
Lion Rampant.
It is more late medieval than black powder, but I think it's a great introduction, and this book would work just as well for that era.
@@TheJoyofWargaming thank you!!!
Can I use this as guide to play solo with my favorite Wargame?
Yes. The principles here are universal.