tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319761734375963722.post2705562996317655662..comments2024-03-03T09:46:30.089-05:00Comments on ZeroTwentythree: BoardgamesZeroTwentythreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08447858247978320583noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319761734375963722.post-21307719125196085032010-10-03T12:50:56.074-04:002010-10-03T12:50:56.074-04:00Sounds a little similar. We were coming into it as...Sounds a little similar. We were coming into it as straight RPG players, but like you we had ideas of having characters from a long running campaign involved in larger battles. We did a few, as Battlesystem (as I remember it) accommodated using your RPG characters.<br /><br />As far as RPGs go, I liked WFRP better. But we never used it in conjunction with WFB.<br /><br />I think my evolution of wargaming was Battlesystem --> Chaos Wars (Ral Partha, a decent game as I remember it) --> WFB. From there I branched out into other games, and I think HotT and DBA (and then DBM) were among the next steps.ZeroTwentythreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00382747835221715170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319761734375963722.post-40450551321930727812010-10-01T10:53:11.685-04:002010-10-01T10:53:11.685-04:00That's funny, I totally picked up Battle Syste...That's funny, I totally picked up Battle System when it first came out. The whole reason I had gotten into D&D was the miniatures. So when battle system came out and promised mass battle (with you characters potentially leading them) I was totally stoked. I may have bought a two packs of samurai at the same time to start building my legions around the same time. <br /><br />It has always been a dream of mine to play a role-playing game where characters eventually rise tot he position where they are leading commanding armies and determining the outcome of battles between countries, etc. <br /><br />I never actually played it with miniatures, however. I know I played it a couple times, solo, with the card counters that came with the box. I don't think I was ever able to convince any of my D&D pals to give it a try. Was there a lot of record keeping? I can't remember... Gave up on it pretty quickly. <br /><br />A year or so later I met some new folks through the local game store who were getting into Warhammer and I got on board with that. Then There was WFRP and I thought THAT might be teh system that would allow me to run an RPG that led to characters leading armies, etc... <br /><br />Things went downhill with the addition of Warhammer Armies, and further with the first boxed set (4th edition?) - but by that time DBA was out and I was fully into historical miniature gaming... Later tried piles of different systems... But AD&D Battlesystem was the first miniature wargame I owned...timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09928949644765765070noreply@blogger.com