Does anyone do wargaming with these figures?

spook · Post by **spook** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 7:45 pm

Do you guys wargame with the figures or just collect?

I've always had some interest in military figures, GI Joe as a kid, and the new stuff now, but 1:18 seems to be a scale to have some good wargames.

I have too many hobbies (model railroading, airsoft, military books) to dive in whole hog or none, but I like wargaming and diorama building too.

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Morian Miner · Post by **Morian Miner** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 8:19 pm

I've never done the wargaming, but just found instructions for an Operation Sandtrap. Its intended for little green army men, so I tweaked it a little to use for my 1/18 figures. I've tried it a few times and its pretty fun. If I ever get my outdoor railway cleaned up

, I hope to do some outside.

spook · Post by **spook** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 8:31 pm

Which scale garden railway do you have? Aristo-craft is 1:29 scale, close enough for government work to 1:32.

You could conceiveably use some of the finer scale track in 1:24 scale to use as narrow gauge in 1:18.

jeffrowse · Post by **jeffrowse** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 7:23 am

I've used them to represent characters in role-playing games but mostly they just sit around making my room look untidy

Light.Inf.Scout · Post by **Light.Inf.Scout** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 7:31 am

I used to wargame, but now pretty much just collect.

Morian Miner · Post by **Morian Miner** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 8:39 am

spook wrote:Which scale garden railway do you have? Aristo-craft is 1:29 scale, close enough for government work to 1:32.

You could conceiveably use some of the finer scale track in 1:24 scale to use as narrow gauge in 1:18.

The "scale" for it is 1:20.3. I use 1:20.3 for the trains, and then mix/match 1/18 and 1/20 for buildings and vehicles. I just ignore the ~10% difference in size. In looking at trains in war zones around the world, I have found some unusual gages that would allow you to use the G-scale track as 1/18 - just can't remember which ones and which era off the top of my head. If I can even find more affordable track, I plan to make a section of track to 1/20 standard gage (affordable because I need 200-300 feet just for the initial right-of-way)

Here are some photos.
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Back to the wargaming, I have a ton of old Decipher CCG from SW that my wife had suggested might work well with the figures. Something like the SHS game. Just to find the time for more playing.

spook · Post by **spook** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 8:52 am

Ah yes. Bachman's F scale. (That is the new letter tag for it from model rails). That would undoubtedly look pretty good. And the 10% is not readily observable. (Model railroader's 2 ft rule: if it looks right from 2 feet out, don't sweat it.)

75th Ranger · Post by **75th Ranger** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 11:24 am

I love to roleplay and wargame with my figures but it is hard to find people to play with....

normandy · Post by **normandy** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 1:50 pm

An outside dio set-up and some bottle rockets from time to time but I don't think thats wargaming. Just fun! Oh and never hit aircraft or armor unless you've got 4 or 5 extra.

V2 MAN · Post by **V2 MAN** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:23 pm

Man can't wait for 4th of july thats when i use bottle rockets with my artillery

Man never tried wargaming though

red69charger · Post by **red69charger** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 7:10 pm

I wargame with the 1/18 stuff. If I can't play with it, I don't really want to own it. I play it with my high school students a couple of times a year. Been using my own home rules for several years now.

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Does anyone do wargaming with these figures?

Does anyone do wargaming with these figures?

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