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Post by Admin Pete on Feb 3, 2015 12:47:06 GMT -5
Have you ever used Chainmail? and if so how have you used Chainmail.
I have used it as part of my OD&D campaign, but I have never had the opportunity to play it just as a wargame.
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Feb 3, 2015 12:59:04 GMT -5
I believe it was the jousting matrix that we used in our old games.
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Post by tetramorph on Feb 3, 2015 15:13:24 GMT -5
I have never used it, although I have read and enjoyed reading it several times now.
As I was trying to "become OLD SCHOOL," I found a PDF of Chainmail online before I could get ahold of the LBBs. So it was kind of my first encounter with returning to OS. I read it and reread it waiting for some copies of the LBBs to come my way!
I think that has helped me, at least a little bit, in imagining what it was like to have started with chainmail and then added D&D to the campaign. I am thankful for that.
Planet Eris house rules includes the jousting matrix. But I have never seen us use it.
if there is jousting in Dun Kells, I will probably find a way to house rule up something from the CM jousting tables.
I must admit, I am not attracted to using CM to resolve combat at this time.
But I would love to get together with some war-gamers who know what they are doing and just play through one battle so that I can see how it is done!
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Post by finarvyn on Feb 3, 2015 17:49:37 GMT -5
Lots of uses.
(1) I played Chainmail as an actual miniatures rules set for battles (both mundane and fantastic) prior to OD&D.
(2) When OD&D came out I hopped back and forth between the two combat systems, sometimes using Chainmail for larger scale battles and often the Alternate system for regular roleplay.
(3) We ran some Camelot style games where jousting was a main part of tournament play. Lots of fun with that.
(4) More recently I've run some "old school OD&D" games for newer players, and sometimes I use the Chainmail system for that.
The interesting thing for me is that when I run Chainmail in OD&D combat, it's usually done with the large-scale battles table instead of the "man to man combat matrix." (I.e. I rate units by "light foot" or "heavy horse" or whatever and use that. Plays a lot like a minis game, only done through dungeon crawl.)
Probably other uses over the decades. I'll ponder this.
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Post by Necromancer on Feb 5, 2015 7:06:46 GMT -5
No, I've never used it, but I've never been much of a wargamer either. I remember being a bit curious about it when I was growing up, since I had read that D&D was developed from it.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2015 3:46:03 GMT -5
I am big on war games and their history, so CM as a game on its own holds lots of interest for me. I haven't played too many games, but I believe they've all been at the larger scale (not man-to-man).
I've played most of my OD&D games using CM man-to-man combat tables and turn orders, though, which is basically MtM with hit points. I eventually house ruled my own weapon tables based on the original CM tables, since after a while people felt there was little reason to equip anything other than a mace or 2-handed sword using the original tables. My new tables add cloth/padding as an armour class, and use abstract weapon types instead of specific weapons (a maul would be classified as a 2-handed, heavy blunt weapon).
What I like about the CM MtM tables is that it adds an extra level of uncertainty to your choice of armour. Wearing plate armour can actually put you at a penalty, depending on the type of weapon the opponent has. It keeps Fighting-Men on their toes, and makes the lightly armoured Fighting-Man a legitimate character option.
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Post by Bartholmew Quarrels on Apr 1, 2015 11:28:12 GMT -5
I use some things out of Chainmail, especially reversing/countering spells.
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Post by merctime on May 20, 2015 22:37:26 GMT -5
I am really bummed to have to say I've never used Chainmail. But, I'd really love to give it a whirl, especially inside/along with OD&D.
If my players live long enough, I might be able to give it a shot one day, haha... If they are into it (and I hope they will be!)
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Post by rob008 on Jun 13, 2015 17:32:37 GMT -5
I have plans to use Chainmail in my campaign for large battles. Right now I have plans for two battles, one normal and one using the fantasy rules. I don't have any plans to incorporating in the OD&D combat system. This will be my first time using Chainmail, so I'll let you know how it works out.
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Post by Admin Pete on Jun 13, 2015 20:32:14 GMT -5
I have plans to use Chainmail in my campaign for large battles. Right now I have plans for two battles, one normal and one using the fantasy rules. I don't have any plans to incorporating in the OD&D combat system. This will be my first time using Chainmail, so I'll let you know how it works out. Fantastic, I(we) look forward to your report on how it goes.
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Post by merctime on Jun 13, 2015 21:25:15 GMT -5
I sure do! Hope you have a blast, too
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Post by rob008 on Sept 17, 2015 21:26:32 GMT -5
We ran our first Chainmail battle today and it went pretty well. It was a test battle to go over the rules. There where two players each with three figures (60 men) one light footmen, one heavy footman and one armored footman each. One group was traveling down a road, the other in a field. The battle only lasted five turns, one group lost their light footmen and the other lost their armored footmen. The later missed the moral roll and escaped into the woods. All in all it was a fun little battle and the rules where simple enough. Next time we'll add some missiles and more men.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2015 9:43:49 GMT -5
derv over at odd74 posted some excellent integration guidelines that my group has used in a city over-run by the undead ...fantastic stuff ... Using D&D PC's with Mass Combat
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Post by Hexenritter Verlag on Feb 11, 2018 1:53:53 GMT -5
Nope, though I might consider it for mass combat.
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Feb 11, 2018 11:32:37 GMT -5
Chainmail chafes. I prefer cotton.
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Post by True Black Raven on Mar 13, 2018 22:48:22 GMT -5
Oddly enough I have never used Chainmail.
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Post by Robert the Black on Jun 21, 2018 11:03:17 GMT -5
I have never used Chainmail and have no plans to.
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Post by Yaleric on Jun 29, 2018 20:45:31 GMT -5
Have never used Chainmail IMC.
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Post by Warrior Twin One on Aug 20, 2018 23:15:34 GMT -5
Never used it, but would like to observe a mass combat with it sometime.
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Post by Hexenritter Verlag on Aug 20, 2018 23:18:36 GMT -5
I might use Justen Brown's The Big Brown Book as it incorporates Chainmail based rules eventually especially if I create a setting where mass combat rules might be needed.
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Post by Warrior Twin Two on Aug 22, 2018 10:49:58 GMT -5
Never used it, but would like to observe a mass combat with it sometime. Yeah, I don't really get into mini's at all, tedious to me, YMMV.
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Post by Q. F o s t e r on May 2, 2022 16:54:04 GMT -5
I have used it for mass battles during the campaign, not sure if we were doing it right, but we gave it a shot.
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Post by Snuffy Smith on May 3, 2022 12:39:36 GMT -5
I've used it for those rare cases of mass combat.
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Post by Ibizan Zamway on May 3, 2022 21:41:13 GMT -5
I own it, but I've never used it.
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Post by clooney on May 3, 2022 22:24:27 GMT -5
Some massed combat, but that is about all.
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Post by nobody on Jun 16, 2022 18:43:10 GMT -5
No, never used it.
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Post by Kujik on Aug 15, 2022 19:05:01 GMT -5
Option 3
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Post by The Man From Coventry on Aug 17, 2022 14:40:28 GMT -5
I have not really used it at all.
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Post by Morose on Sept 5, 2022 18:34:09 GMT -5
I use it a little now and then
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