Not sure how long the link will be good, but here it is
http://www.wargamevault.com/shopping_cart.php?products_id=114889&src=sub
http://www.wargamevault.com/product/114876/Micro-Armour-The-Game-WWII-2nd-Edition-%28Full-Color%29
the official Micro-armor WWII rules. All of them, too, not just some 'quick start' or something.
Gotta love wargame vault. I feel guilty that I haven't really ever bought much from them... Just a great copy of micro-napoleonics
Wow, that's a lot of gaming for free.
I all the rules and TO&E's. Nice find! ;D
All that I get is an empty shopping cart if I click that link however if I search for "micro" on their site, I see a lot of free micro-armor rules downloads for free.
try this link instead
http://www.wargamevault.com/product/114876/Micro-Armour-The-Game-WWII-2nd-Edition-%28Full-Color%29
^^^ full-colour version!
Much better - thanks!
If you click on the little GHQ logo, there are a bunch of TO&E's and rules and all kinds of free stuff!
Cool thanks - downloading a bunch of very large pdf's now!
the rules are free.
the minis not so much.
but I do love my GHQ minis!
Yeah, I was reading the rules a bit and they seem to be geared specifically towards the 1:285 scale or whatever that GHQ scale is.
Any preferred place to buy this stuff online? I'm guessing my LFGS probably has assorted minis, I know he has a ton of FoW but I think that's a different scale. I don't want to break the bank kitting myself out until I find out if my son has any interest in playing something like this with me.
Quote from: Toonces on August 04, 2013, 03:20:04 PM
Yeah, I was reading the rules a bit and they seem to be geared specifically towards the 1:285 scale
That's exactly what "micro-armor" refers to.
Quote from: Toonces on August 04, 2013, 03:20:04 PM
Yeah, I was reading the rules a bit and they seem to be geared specifically towards the 1:285 scale or whatever that GHQ scale is.
Any preferred place to buy this stuff online? I'm guessing my LFGS probably has assorted minis, I know he has a ton of FoW but I think that's a different scale. I don't want to break the bank kitting myself out until I find out if my son has any interest in playing something like this with me.
GHQ has a wide range on their website. Let me know if you and your son decide to get into this. I have some GHQ stuff that is lying around that I don't really plan on using.
Quote from: TheCommandTent on August 07, 2013, 07:24:08 AM
Quote from: Toonces on August 04, 2013, 03:20:04 PM
Yeah, I was reading the rules a bit and they seem to be geared specifically towards the 1:285 scale or whatever that GHQ scale is.
Any preferred place to buy this stuff online? I'm guessing my LFGS probably has assorted minis, I know he has a ton of FoW but I think that's a different scale. I don't want to break the bank kitting myself out until I find out if my son has any interest in playing something like this with me.
GHQ has a wide range on their website. Let me know if you and your son decide to get into this. I have some GHQ stuff that is lying around that I don't really plan on using.
Some more research over at BGG shows that this is a new version of the rules, and they are distributing them for free? I wonder if this isn't an attempt to clear out all that old 1:285 stock off of hobby store shelves? I know that the Sentry Box in Calgary has had some of the same dusty GHQ kits sitting around for at least 25 years.
I think they're trying to get more players in the door. The 'freebie' is through Wargame Vault, so it's not like they aren't still trying to sell books or anything
Only speculation but I believe that many/most miniature manufacturers have or are moving towards the cheaper plastic/resin models. Perhaps GHQ has something in the works for a new product line.
The other obvious guess is that just as you said Mike; there's a bunch of old stock lying around so maybe they're hoping for a revival of some sorts by publishing "new and free" rules.
I haven't even looked at them yet - how recent are those rules?
Quote from: GJK on August 07, 2013, 07:42:30 AM
Only speculation but I believe that many/most miniature manufacturers have or are moving towards the cheaper plastic/resin models. Perhaps GHQ has something in the works for a new product line.
The other obvious guess is that just as you said Mike; there's a bunch of old stock lying around so maybe they're hoping for a revival of some sorts by publishing "new and free" rules.
I haven't even looked at them yet - how recent are those rules?
Good questions to all. I have the original GHQ rules somewhere on my shelf, but haven't looked at those, either. I had some of the original micro tanks when Deluxe ASL came out - a donation from a friend who bought some and never used them. I think there are a lot of people - they seem to be coming out of the woodwork as news of these new rules come out - who are in the same boat. They bought the cool little 1:285 tanks but never actually did anything with them. I at least painted a few Tigers and Shermans. I wonder if there is anyone who actually played the rules out there - or what the ratio of hoarders to players is?
I have a handful of modern ones that we used to use for officer professional development when I was in the army. I even ginned up some Q&D rules for my guys that based their hit rolls on their gunnery scores & fire commands. Still have them but haven't used them in years
I didn't realize "micro-armor" was a name for a specific brand/scale...I figured it was for a range of scales.
I don't know how much money I want to throw at miniatures, but there is merit to giving the rules away for free if the idea is to sell minis...I'm a perfect example of that marketing at work!
Micro-Armor is a GHQ brand name, but there have been occasional other manufacturers that made compatible minis. The nice thing about them, to me, was that you could fight a BIG game on a dining room table, and store it all in a shoebox.
Somebody posted this...
QuotePicoArmor.com mini
Hi
What do you think about this mini : PicoArmor.com vs GHQ ? http://www.picoarmor.com/pages/home.php
Thanks
Philippe
... in the
CSW "Panzer" folder just over night. The mini's look fine to me but I didn't compare prices, shipping nor availability. There's probably no competing with GHQ however as it seems *every* FLGS has some old stock of GHQ micro-armor laying around. Speaking of
Panzer though (the point of my post), that might be a great system to look at using with GHQ micro-armor: http://www.gmtgames.com/c-34-panzer-series.aspx
I still have my copy of the latest GMT version in shrink and hope to get to it some day (I better hurry....).
picoarmor is tiny. What is cool about it is that you can glue a tank platoon to an existing PanzerBlitz counter and use it on the hex maps :)
Oh crap, they're that small? Let's just set up some division level conflicts then!
Quote from: GJK on August 08, 2013, 07:25:41 AMOh crap, they're that small? Let's just set up some division level conflicts then!
from the manufacturer
Quote from: PicoArmor WebsitePicoArmor is a website dedicated to war gaming at the 1/600 scale.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on August 08, 2013, 07:55:05 AM
Quote from: GJK on August 08, 2013, 07:25:41 AMOh crap, they're that small? Let's just set up some division level conflicts then!
from the manufacturer
Quote from: PicoArmor WebsitePicoArmor is a website dedicated to war gaming at the 1/600 scale.
I don't actually
read the pages that I link to Brant...come on!
see, you can get away with that at CSW, but 'round here we demand excellence!
Quote from: bayonetbrant on August 08, 2013, 09:16:37 AM'round here we demand excellence!
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I can't believe I said that, either...
I got a couple of boxes of pico-armor when I bought Hind Commander a few months ago. They're pretty small. I was thinking I'd somehow use the pico armor with the micro armor rules, but the way the micro armor are written they don't look like they scale to a different size.
I only browsed them, though.
I might head down to the FLGS tomorrow or this weekend and ask around. This guy has rooms full of all sorts of minis, so he probably has some GHQ stuff I can look at.
as a modeler I prefer the casting detail on GHQ stuff. theyve got to have some seriously near sighted sculptors over there.