Clarence...
good ideas... pocket them for further discussion!
A few points coming up here..
I hear the message about points systems
As everyone knows(I think) I am no great fan but it has now been floated to me by at least a dozen people on different occasions. So I felt I had to consider it. The members of this forum are I am glad to say, Gentlemen of a certain wargaming outlook
whom I belieive enjoy their table top experiences for the history, the company, the chat and the spectacle. Winning is a bonus not frequently sought.
Competition gaming could be using anything I suppose... hunks of mouldy cheese, bottle tops, biscuits,hordes of unpainted lead.. it's the competitive environment and the winning that is important.
I personally have always enjoyed scenarios more and I know that creating a points system would be the road to hell paved with whingeing wargamers who disagreed with everything..
Another bit of feedback I got about R2E was that it seems to immediately appeal to the 28mm gamer and not the 15/10mm gamer. Understandable as there is a dearth of those scales photographed in the book (some nice 15s I thought!).
I have the same gut reaction to rules when I buy them.. I flick through and kind of make a snap judgement on whether I can be bothered reading them or not! OK if you are buying not so good as the seller!
I do intend to get the WARCHEST stocked up with good free supportive material for R2E. The gallery is the first step, the published scenarios will follow.. by the way Stuart.. watch out for an 1806 R2E scenario appearing in the trade press over the next couple of months!