tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690131777600341387.post6419492007564857901..comments2024-02-26T02:53:48.184+00:00Comments on Winter of '79: A&A Miniatures Playtest: Schwerpunkt AFRIKAMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13835446049246785287noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690131777600341387.post-81006843341032526012012-01-29T16:49:32.042+00:002012-01-29T16:49:32.042+00:00To put it in context, the armies in the game had a...To put it in context, the armies in the game had a very rapid genesis. I was in my FLGS when I thought that the 8th Army & DAK command packs would each produce enough bases of 3 figures for two smallish A&A style armies). because the DAK included the AT guns and had less figures as a result, i was wrong but the 8th did the job. I then scraped together a bren carrier, rolls royce a/c, 2pdr portee (pig gun cut to size and glued onto a pig truck) and a vickers light tank; the DAK motorcycle, PzII, 222 a/c were also spares. each side had 4 bases of infantry. I only bought a PzIII and a crusader. you dont worry about artillery as its in a wadi a few miles away; if you want to do a jock column then a 25pdr is de riguer. I have a few bases of Italian Folgore ready to be painted. Frankly, with most Coy Hq packs you get a eneough fighty figs to make 3 or so bases along with a "weapons" base of some form; given that I once had a nail biting A&A game with 3 brit rifles, a PIAT and a vickers vs a hanomag, a 222, a m/c and 2 wehrmacht rifles, you dont need big armies. Yes, that was loosely based on Frost at Arnhem. Sadly the yanks (half track, sherman and 4 infantry) failed to get past the PAK40, MG42, hauptman and 1 MP40 that was the blocking force. In fact, once they'd sorted the not quite Grabner force, the Brits headed over to help the yanks. <br /><br />Small, fast, fun and relatively cheap. Keep the table small and focus on the main event. In that context the FIB PzBde150 is all you need....<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />MaffMaffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690131777600341387.post-37025665288269454802012-01-29T11:46:16.902+00:002012-01-29T11:46:16.902+00:00Plus, it does keep my tabletop megolmania in check...Plus, it does keep my tabletop megolmania in check!<br /><br />Cheers<br />MarkMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13835446049246785287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690131777600341387.post-21054453841251371212012-01-29T11:40:43.771+00:002012-01-29T11:40:43.771+00:00Well done Dr V, got in their before I posted my re...Well done Dr V, got in their before I posted my reply below. My have been WD, we came up with it ourselves, but its not new, just a bringing tigether of ideas in the wargaming ether.<br /><br />Cheers<br />MarkMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13835446049246785287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690131777600341387.post-68149313051648276762012-01-29T11:38:37.900+00:002012-01-29T11:38:37.900+00:00I suppose it's just a mentality. Think "b...I suppose it's just a mentality. Think "beer and pretzels" approach to gaming whilst confining the playing area to the size of a "pizzabase".<br /><br />In this case, a 2 foot diameter round 'pizzabase' playing surface. The game is geared to this, rules systems, 'armies', terrain.<br /><br />It makes gaming much more achievable and focuses on the fun not the dicking about. Plus, no sweating over how you are going to fill a 5x8 or even a 3x2 table with trees or ruined buildings. You don't break the bank with FoW tank Schwarms or succumb to boredom painting the same figures over and over. Plus like a pizza, we can now have a wider variety of 'toppings' on the menu. For WW2, Bulge, N. Africa, Berlin, then Arnhem, Blitzkrieg etc. A single platoon box of FoW infantry can be shared between the two of us! AK47 can be played like this too.<br /><br />Most of our gaming is done via Skype. So the pizzabase fits the camera view and can be turned as necessary to provide better inspection of the table - though we generally don't bother and treat it as fog of war. <br /><br />Cheers<br />MarkMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13835446049246785287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690131777600341387.post-51641133249776406742012-01-29T11:28:18.814+00:002012-01-29T11:28:18.814+00:00I'm sure I've heard the name before, possi...I'm sure I've heard the name before, possibly from Wargames Developments. I think it refers to the idea that the game is designed to be played in a very small tabletop area, the size of the eponymous pizza base. Instead of trying to represent a significant portion of the battle, you're just focusing tightly on key points at the heart of the action.<br /><br />I think.Dr Vesuviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05255420207375021875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690131777600341387.post-55445330785969177242012-01-29T11:18:14.533+00:002012-01-29T11:18:14.533+00:00What exactly is the pizza base idea?What exactly is the pizza base idea?Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.com