Free WWII Microarmor Rules

Started by bayonetbrant, August 02, 2013, 05:22:45 AM

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bayonetbrant

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.
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ArizonaTank

Gotta love wargame vault.  I feel guilty that I haven't really ever bought much from them...  Just a great copy of micro-napoleonics
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Toonces

Wow, that's a lot of gaming for free.

I all the rules and TO&E's.  Nice find!   ;D
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GJK

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.
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bayonetbrant

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The key to surviving this site is to not say something which ends up as someone's tag line - Steelgrave

"their citizens (all of them counted as such) glorified their mythology of 'rights'...and lost track of their duties. No nation, so constituted, can endure." Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers

GJK

Clip your freaking corners!
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Toonces

If you click on the little GHQ logo, there are a bunch of TO&E's and rules and all kinds of free stuff!
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GJK

Cool thanks - downloading a bunch of very large pdf's now!
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GDS_Starfury

the rules are free.
the minis not so much.
but I do love my GHQ minis!
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Toonces

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.
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Michael Dorosh

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.

TheCommandTent

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.
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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.

bayonetbrant

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
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"their citizens (all of them counted as such) glorified their mythology of 'rights'...and lost track of their duties. No nation, so constituted, can endure." Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers

GJK

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? 
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