Little Campaigns: Rules For The Conduct of War Games Campaigns In Miniature (Funny Little Wars) (Volume 2)

Over two years in design, play testing, and editing, Paul Wright's "Little Campaigns" (LC) is the perfect sequel to his original "Funny Little Wars" (FLW). "Little Campaigns" is a collection of rules for putting miniatures battles into a campaign context. Many of these rules may be used in games without an Umpire by as few as two players, and indeed, with different rules for other scales/subjects. More complex rules benefiting from an Umpire allow for hidden movement and surprise. Extensive rules for Logistics, Isolation, Troop Trains, Armoured Trains, Amphibious Landings, Espionage/Sabotage/Assassination, Pontoon Bridging, Barrages, Fieldworks, Forts, Super Heavy Artillery, Field Telephones, Prisoners of War, and Night Fighting are only some of the rules offered to enliven your games. Besides some 40 pages of campaign game systems, Little Campaigns contains 28 more of Rule Enhancements and adjustments to the basic combat rules for FLW. There is a special chapter on how to play video battles over the Internet, the essentials of which can apply to games with smaller scale figures, too. The book also includes a chapter detailing a fictional Campaign, complete with special maps, orders, OB's, and more. Seven new Army Lists (Turkish, Chinese, Boer, etc) are provided, as well as more pages of suggestions for representing terrain, sources for figures, gaming accessories, and miniatures. New Campaign Record Sheets are provided, as are templates for artillery fire on trains, and plotting sheets for aerial reconnaissance, etc. "Little Campaigns" is lavishly illustrated with color photos, period art work, maps, and more. An optional LC Graphic Supplement (maps, map counters, mock "Illustrated London New" issue covering the Campaign described in the text, etc) is also described in the book which can be ordered directly from the Publisher. There are rules on so many aspects of campaigns that it would be a bold band of players who would use them all at once, but any of these may be adopted and applied to other games not related to FLW at all and other periods as well. Even as a resource book, LC will be one taken down from the shelf for inspiration and reference for years to come!