TVG is focussed on playing U.S. soldiers immersed in the heart of the Vietnamese infantry struggle, threatened by Viet Cong soldiers, an unfamiliar and often hostile environment, the psychological pressure of war, and supernatural horrors hunting them. The default assumption is that you will begin play as a squad of new recruits, young men just out of boot camp. As this is the default assumption, you will find that the character creation system is geared towards creating characters who are not well-suited to the tasks they will be asked to perform. They have a minimum of training and competence. This system is not appropriate for creating highly-trained special ops troops, or even six to eightteen month combat veterans. If your gaming group wants to begin play with more capable, experienced characters, we suggest giving out significantly more “military” skills (possibly more than twice as many as are currently offered), significantly more violence hardening (+4 or +6 hardening is not inappropriate for experienced veterans), and possibly some pain hardening or higher attribute scores.
Miniature Wargaming is part of the "adventure games" hobby, which includes r ole p laying and board games. Wargamers recreate battles on the tabletop with toy soldiers, like a more complicated game of chess. Models range in height from 6mm to 28mm tall, with 15mm and 25mm being the most popular. There also is a growing interest in toy soldiers and military models, such as the 1/32 and 1/35 scale plastic soldiers from Conte, and Marx.
The most popular miniature wargames are fantasy and science fiction based, such as Warhammer, Warhammer 40K, Warmachine and The Lord of the Rings. World War II games such as Flames of War and Axis and Allies are new favorites. Other favorite historical periods include Napoleonics, the American Civil War, and ancients, such as Romans or Greeks. Other gamers enjoy miniature naval wargames, recreating battles like Trafalgar, Jutland and the Coral Sea.
Hobbyists research historical periods and paint their tiny soldiers in accurate uniforms. Others develop "historically realistic" rules sets or build scale battlefield terrain using model railroad techniques.
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Some of the bigger hobby companies are Games Workshop, which produces Warhammer, Wargames Foundry and Old Glory Miniatures. Wizards of the Coast produces several lines of pre-painted miniatures games, such as the Star Wars and Dungeons and Dragons miniatures games, and a historical game with pre-painted miniatures: The new Axis and Allies game. Wizkids produces a fantasy collectable miniatures game, such as the Mage Knight and Heroclick fantasy games, the science fiction games MechWarrior and Rocketmen, as well as the quasi-historical Pirates of the Spanish Main.
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