Sunday, October 16, 2011

American Civil War by GASLIGHT - Solo ideas

I picked up a used copy of Charles Stewart Grant's Programmed Wargames Scenarios a few years ago and it's sat on my bookshelf unused, collecting dust for tooooo long. A used copy on Amazon.com goes for $120!! I honestly don't remember where I found my copy and what I paid for it, but it was significantly less than Amazon's current price. So my mission now is to put it to good use. Life (work and school) have really limited my hobby time lately, but I was able to get a quick game in over the Labor Day holiday weekend. It was a Victorian Science Fiction American Civil War game using my favorite rule-set GASLIGHT. In fact, I received a copy of the GASLIGHT Compendium (by John R. Surdu, Christopher Palmer, Robert Beattie, and Chris Johnston) for my birthday and really like it. What I'm looking to do now is to combine these two great resources- build the scenario and play out a solo VSF American Civil War battle using Programmed Wargame Scenarios with GASLIGHT serving as the rule set (or mechanics) for fighting the battle. While this could be played out by two players, I'd really like to put Grant's ideas for solo wargaming to the test. More to follow.

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