Some rulesets have cards for activations or other uses - when these are specific to a system and not just using a standard deck of 52, does that you put you off a ruleset?

I was thinking particularly for rulesets that only have a limited print run and are no longer available.

A great set up!

Thank you, they are from Empress Miniatures and can be found here www.empressminiatures.com/empress-russ...

Yes tight turn is very handy. We’ve usually split RAF to half hurricanes half spitfires. I enjoy bomber missions more too because it forces the defender to focus the bombers but risk themselves to escort fighters

They do have a copy of each card at the back of compendium so can print your own off from there. I do know what you mean though, I’ve been put off of games where you need to make or buy extra cards. DMH have the best approach with a core deck and then 4 extra cards for each gang.

Have you played since the Wing Commander Compendium? That has a massive list of unit profiles, and I think some slight rebalancing.

Though on balance we only play historical match ups and don’t bother with points values, I know others like a more ‘matched play’ approach.

To carry on

I don’t see Cruel Seas and Blood Red Skies (neither of which have had many recent releases) to be dead/dropped, I think that it gets to a point where a game doesn’t need more development/scenarios by the rules designer?

Something I have a few thoughts on at least.

The timing was odd for certain, shoved in just before the Bolt Action V3 buildup. And does suffer a bit from needing a lot of gubbins.

I don’t think it’ll be dropped… just more that it’s done? I wouldn’t really expect them to keep releasing for it unless it’s a big hit.

I’ll disagree over AP there actually! With the new supplement so most tanks have a stat line I think there’s a small but solid community for AP.

I also think it’s an unusual situation where the Warlord set is less arcadey than the TFL one, so I can see the appeal for real tank vs tank combat fans

I think DMH is beating What A Cowboy. They are growing year to year with more plastic kits, and seem to have more success targeting the wider tabletop gaming crowd.

It’s not to say that one ruleset is better than another. And having a choice is never a bad thing.

For painted 40k collections I’ve seen a considerable amount sell on Facebook, and of that some have been collected which is handy for a whole army job lot.

Good timing this year, I’m sure my British platoon for Italy will welcome a Sherman!

Didn’t think of that. Certainly makes for an interesting decision on whether to adapt a set for the “Russian” Civil War or to write my own. There’s a lot more structure to a BEF platoon in August 1918 than a band of Ukrainian Nationalists!

Looks great! What rules will you use?

Thank you! Your article in WSS a few issues ago was instrumental in putting these together as well.