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salcor · Novice Joined: 10 Jul 2011 Posts: 93

Does anyone here actually us SW as a miniatures wargame? Does it work well in that capacity?

Salcor

robert4818 · Heroic Joined: 25 Jan 2009 Posts: 1044

Count Zero · Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 6:47 am Post subject:

Yup. I do. SW began its life as a wargame (The Great Rail Wars), so it works perfectly. That's what the Showdown rules are for: http://www.peginc.com/shop/savage-worlds-showdown/
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sablemage · Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 1:20 pm Post subject:

I have, once or twice, and it worked just fine.

Boldfist · Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 2:13 pm Post subject:

We've played many games of Showdown and it works great as a wargame. However, it really depends on what wargames you have played and how you would compare it to them. There are not endless charts or lots of complicated rules with Showdown. Smile

What genre are you going to use it for? And what wargames have you played?
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salcor · Novice Joined: 10 Jul 2011 Posts: 93

Actually I am working on a fan conversion and was thinking about including some wargaming units in it.

Salcor

ogbendog · Heroic Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 1905

My first campaign of SW was a fantasy where the PCs were officers in the army. They had company of 30 spearman, 30 archers, and 5 wizards.

Combat was fun and went pretty fast.