Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Voice of the Guns European Land Warfare 1850 to 1914 Rules
Rules 19th C
Voice of the Guns is a set of free wargames rules for playing miniatures games set in Europe from 1850 to 1914. The authors write:
VOTG started out as a set of rules for the Franco-Austrian War of 1859 under the working title of the War of the Emperors. As with other sets, it quickly became apparent that the range could be extended to include all the later nineteenth century and the early twentieth, not excluding the first years of the First World War, provided that the gamer had no need of such esoterica as aircraft, tanks or armoured cars.
The rules are element-based, where one base represents 100 infantry, 50 cavalry or two rapid-fire weapons. Artillery is frontage-based according to the number of pieces in the battery. The rules cater for all figures sizes, from 5/6mm right up to 25/28 mm.
Ground scale is 1mm = 1 metre, although if you intend to game the later eras, when small-arms ranges increased dramatically, I would recommend going to 1mm = 2 metres, otherwise your infantry will be picking off the enemy before they even get on the table!
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