In segment one of Episode 14, Bert talks about how he's playing wounded, and he handles some correspondence. Then in segment 2, Bert talks with Rich and his son Chris about a boardgame they played called Soldier Emperor. Segment 3 is a longer conversation with Ryan. We talk about how to fix some perceived problems with Toymallet 40 cent. We also ask about what you are doing in the hobby, so we can have an idea of a direction in which we should go. It is an hour and forty minutes of noisemaker goodness! Thanks for listening!

Well, it's episode 13 of the Noisemaker podcast... And I really don't remember exactly what we talked about. I know it was something about Toymallet 40 cent, and I know that Ryan and I talked about painting a bit. Also, I'm sure we talked about something called Geeky Gaming Guilt. But it's episode 13, so you can't really expect it to be awesome. I think there was a little bit of machine gun fire, and maybe an explosion or two, as I do a battlefield report of a solo Toymallet game I did... Also, I talked about another wonderful book from Osprey Publishing called British Napoleonic Infantry Tactics, 1792 -- 1815. Hmm... I wonder if I bought that one after reading the French one? Hey, it's episode 13. Anything goes. You should just glad you've got an episode 13, and so soon! Only a week! Wow!

Episode 14 is also in the hopper... But you're going to have to wait a week for that one too... So... Enjoy!

Ancient

Worlds

By Ryan Oakes
V.2 @ 2009

  

Turns:

1 Turn= 1 Week
4 Turns= 1 Month

Types of Cities:

Capitals
Cities
Small Cities
Towns

Economy:

All Civic Centers roll a D6
Tributes produced each Month (4 Turns)

Capitals: 10
Cities: 6
Small Cities: 4
Towns: 2

Roll of	1	2-3	4-5	6
Tributes produced	Zero	Halved	Normal	Doubled

 

Production of Units:

Only Capitals and Cities can produce units.  Only one type of unit can be produced per turn.  The unit being produced is a company (group of figures as we get into the skirmish rules).  Example: A city is producing one unit for a turn, the player decides to produce cavalry; they cannot produce any other types of units for that turn.

Experience of Produced Units:

The more turns a player chooses to take in training a unit will increase the unit’s experience and quality.

Turns	1	2	4
Quality/Experience	Untrained (x2)	Green	Regular

 

Movement:

An army (several groups of company’s) may move up to 4 spaces per turn if they are on the road.  An army may move up to 2 spaces per turn if they are off of the road.  Once an army moves off of the road their movement stops immediately.

If an army ends their turn 1 square away from any city, that city rolls an economy -1.  Example: Army A is 1 square from a city, that city would roll economy D6.  It rolls and gets a 3 roll.  Normally it would receive 6 tributes but with a 3 roll it will be halved (3) and since it has an Army within 1 square from city it will receive 2 tributes (-1).

 

Building Forts

An Army may choose to build a fort.  Building a fort near a city/town alleviates the -1 economy of that town.  It takes 4 turns to build a fort.  A fort is useful because it can support more troops and does not affect the city/town nearby.  A fort may support up to 3 troop units.

Noisemaker Episode 12

Finally, we are back with another Noisemaker. I'm terribly sorry about the wait, but there were a number of mitigating circumstances, which Ryan and Bert chat about just a bit.

But still, the podcast is back and we will try to release an hour's worth of stuff every week. That's the plan, starting today, May 13th 2009.

So, in our first segment, Ryan and Bert chat about what they've been doing recently. Ryan is writing a set of campeign rules for his friends in Colorodo, and Bert is just being Bert and painting up Napoleonic figures like a madman. Ryan has been doing some painting as well, as witnessed by the picture for this podcast. They talk about how to paint figures in their own unique styles. (For Bert, read "quick" for "unique.")

In segment two, Bert chats with Brian concerning the game they played recently. It was a good day spent playing a good game at Brian's house in rural Nebraska.

In segment three, Bert spends eight minutes talking about a wonderful book he just finished, "French Napoleonic Infantry Tactics, 1792 to 1815" from Osprey publishing. It's a good book.

Enjoy!