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BOW, A new brick wargame
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Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:24:05 GMT
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Hi everybody,

Sorry if you already read this message in the gaming forum of the classic-castle site where I already post it. For the other, I want to introduce the brick wargame system I made.

The rules and some other goodies can be found here : http://bow.lswproject.com/

The name of my wargame is and it stands for “Bricks Only Wargame”.

Some key points of BOW are:
  • You only need Bricks to play, even the dices are replaced with bricks.
  • I try to keep the rules simple with as less as possible of exceptions.
  • No statistics tables are needed during the play (only a description sheet per type of unit).
  • A quick play (I made some statistics that show an average of 45 seconds of play per unit).
The website I made to present my wargame is full of PHP and javascript (best view with Mozilla BTW).

The key feature of the website are:
  • A SQL database to store the statistics of the troopers/characters/heroes, weapons, vehicules, etc... So the content can be quickly expanded.
  • 4 Style sheets to view the site in your favorite theme (Default, Medieval, WWII, Starwars), you can choose in the bottom left corner.
  • A dynamic page to create your own custom character sheet.
If you want to try BOW, I will appreciate a lot your comments, they will help me to improve the game system.

Enjoy!



Message has 3 Replies:
  Re: BOW, A new brick wargame
 
(...) I just took a quick read through your instructions, and this looks really cool! Although it probably won't satisfy an avid BrikWars player with a long weekend ahead, I bet it would still make for an enjoyable evening (or lunch hour) diversion (...) (18 years ago, 21-Nov-06, to lugnet.gaming)
  Re: BOW, A new brick wargame
 
(...) I think this is an absolutely fantastic idea! I love the concept, plus the idea that it's more statistically balanced. For instance, a normal 1d20 will do something "somewhere" between 1 and 20, but the odds of a 1 are just as likely as a 14 (...) (18 years ago, 21-Nov-06, to lugnet.gaming, FTX)
  Re: BOW, A new brick wargame
 
Hi, I've just uploaded the version 1.2 of the rules. In this new version, nothing changed about the rules, but I rewrote some sentence and clarified some paragraph. I also added more pictures. The PDF of this new version contains 6 more pages but (...) (15 years ago, 28-Mar-10, to lugnet.gaming, FTX)

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