Well, I'm real late to this party.

Andy, i ran the heck out of ARES 'fast play' for Lord of the Rings. I used only one wound for most figs. I didn't allow any borrowing of actions except for Heroes. The games were actually quite large skirmishes. We had a couple of hundred figs on the tabletop. The games played quickly. We had a great time using the rules. I only stopped due to sliding into a set that handled even larger battles. One of our players got thumped pretty handily in an early game and thereafter had a reluctance to use the rules. Each troop type felt 'right' during play. Dwarves were nasty in combat. Uruk Hai were extremely tough but not very numerous. Elves were deadly with bow fire. Orcs and goblins were cheap and packed into large units and died in droves. Trolls were scary to face. My son ran Gimli a few times. He was not someone that Orcs wanted to mess with. I liked the fact that the game was focused on regular troops. However,  named characters could cause some real problems for an opponent. You just had to make sure they were supported.

I may actually need to pull the rules back out. i have been slowly picking up a load of figs for LOTR. May need to fight out some new battles. Ok, now I gotta go print off all those lists again.

:-D

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John

Does anyone have the links to this Classic B-Tech downloads?

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John

So, when will we see the scenarios for the Solomon's?

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John

I have run it before in 1/700. I added the Prinz Eugen. It's main contribution was to try and torpedo the POW.

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John

What scale are you running this in? I/2400 or maybe 1/3000?
Sounds interesting. Take a bunch of pics.

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John

Chiming in a tad late but I have run several GF WW2 games using 1/700 scale ships. The rules work fine and there are a LOAD of scenarios in all theaters where aircraft aren't a factor. The rules work well for WW2. Just don't expect to do Midway like Kevin said.

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John

Ok, how about now?  I just discovered these rules at TMP. I downloaded the PDF and am pretty geeked. I have loads of 1/700 scale aircraft and want to play. Gonna pick up the rules in the next few days.

Been looking for a larger scale aircraft game for several years now. Thought DB Air might come of something but never did.

Do you have a bundle price for buying the print copy and file together?

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John

I'm actually toying with picking up all the ships for Yellow Seas using the Houston's Ships 1:1000 scale ships. A friend of mine has the line. I currently have all the ships from Navwar.

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John

Hi. I use 1/700 scale ships and Grand fleets for much of my WW2 gaming. I have used the aircraft rules in my attack of the swordfish on the Bismarck. I have scenarios for the Atlantic and Guadalcanal and afterwards. I believe the rules work quite well. Kevin had developed some radar rules to use. I have probably run around a dozen WW2 games using the rules. I recently finished up my Yamato for its clash with my US BB's around Leyte. If using mass aircraft I would use the GQ2 rules. they should work fine.

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John

Hey Dan. I appreciate your comments. I have never seen Ares Sci0fi as a competitor to Defiance. The two games are quite different. I'm not looking for all the extra chrome that comes with Defiance. Ares Sci-fi (reduced wound fast play variant) allows for 50-100+ figs per side with no problems. Defiance iusn't really designed for that.

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John