Frank Feldmann
United States
Dayton
Ohio
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With so many rule sets, I am trying to find the most realistic without upsetting the scenario designs. Help!
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My son is starting to take an interest in Battle Cry. I am trying to figure out what rules to use. What rules come closest to what you use? Please give reasons and/or additional house rules below. Thanks!
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brian
United States
Cedar Lake
Indiana
Mourning the end of the Manning era.
Welcome baby brother Toby James, 03/24, 8 lb. 15 oz.
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If you are playing the original game with original scenarios, why not just use the original rules?
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Jason
United States
Arnold
Missouri
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Not to sound snarky, but if he wants to play Battle Cry...use the Battle Cry rules.
If you want something more "realistic", go for a different game. The argument of how the "Command and Colors" series is not realistic gets thrown up quite often. I love the game and systems the way they are, personally (with a very small exception  ).
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Frank Feldmann
United States
Dayton
Ohio
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One reason would be that I want a more realistic game that still plays in under an hour. But realism may not really what I was looking for. You guys play with absolutely no mods?
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Jim O'Neill (Established 1949)
Scotland
Motherwell
I aten't dead yet...
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feldmafx wrote: ...You guys play with absolutely no mods?
Correct (speaking for myself).
Jim
Est. 1949
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brian
United States
Cedar Lake
Indiana
Mourning the end of the Manning era.
Welcome baby brother Toby James, 03/24, 8 lb. 15 oz.
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feldmafx wrote: You guys play with absolutely no mods?
Nope. I play the original game with the original rules and the revised game with the revised rules. I am very anti-house rules, no offense to those that make them.
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StevenE Smooth Sailing...
United States
Irvine
California
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By the book...
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Tanks Alot
United States
Fort Mill
South Carolina
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By the book too. Sure saves a lot of fuss when you play other people who play by the book also
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Frank Feldmann
United States
Dayton
Ohio
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Actually, this makes me feel better. I tend to dislike house rules too with few exceptions. It is absolutely true that it makes out hard to play others. About the only exception I make is for drawing a tile at the end of a turn in Carc.
We will play by the book.
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If we play the orginal Battle Cry game we use the orginal rules.
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Rolling bad dice in wargames since 1977
United States
Austin
Texas
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feldmafx wrote: One reason would be that I want a more realistic game that still plays in under an hour. But realism may not really what I was looking for. You guys play with absolutely no mods?
I play the original BC and BC:150 with one house rule that some call 'The Saber Rule.' Which is that Sabers rolled in battle only hit at a range of 1 hex. This is a staple rule in C&C:Napoleonics.
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René Christensen
Denmark
Solroed Strand
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Plain standard original rules works for me!
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J. S.
United States
Manhattan Beach
California
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The fact that the original rules are still used is great! After reading about how the game is unrealistic I got interested in more complex variants which extended game duration and hence my desire to play the game at all!!! Thus this post makes me want to rediscover the game in its original form.
Thanks for this post
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René Christensen
Denmark
Solroed Strand
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You can always start with the original rules and when your son gets the hang of it, suggest to add some house rules.
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Frank Feldmann
United States
Dayton
Ohio
Now contributing to Father Geek!
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Slotracer wrote: You can always start with the original rules and when your son gets the hang of it, suggest to add some house rules.
This is probably a good idea. It seems strange to me that the difference between infantry fire and artillery is only one hex, and that's probably my biggest issue. However, that certainly isn't a reason to just abandon the original rules.
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Chris Roper
South Africa
Hout Bay
Western Cape
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Thought I do like to tinker, I fall back to the Original rules of whichever game I have on the table, when playing face to face games.
In both cases I use the same house rule as BradyS.
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George Husted
United States
Connecticut
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I haven't done it yet, but if I were to play with any house rule for this game, it would be the Saber Rule.
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