Reply To: Centennial Gaming in the Great War – Returns!

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Those French look great, @elessar2590 – I love the old-school, long bayonets … and of course the blue hue to their uniforms.  That’s just something you didn’t see much of in the 20th Century.

I noticed quite a few “evolutionary looks” for the Germans through WW1 when I was looking to make my Valor & Victory counters, I always knew there were some changes from the “All Quiet on the Western Front” uniforms you see to the full “Freikorps” steel helmet look at the end.  But turns out there are quite a few more on top of that.  I think if you can stick with an early WW2 look you should be fine for 20mm.  Some small adjustments to the painting might conceal t he few differences.  The helmets in 1918 were a little bigger, but in 20mm I doubt it will be an issue.

I have’t set up many WW1 tables, but the one or two times I had, I used my 1944 “late war” British infantry first as 1940 Seeloewe and Case Yellow-era infantry, and no one noticed.  Then I thought, they worked for 1940, will they work in 1918?  Again, no one noticed (just left out the PIAT teams, obviously).  😀  Also, this was in 15mm.

@rasmus – I’ll see what I can do re:  that game.  We were playing Darkstar this weekend –

Darkstar – Tactical Starship Combat in the 26th Century

– but haven’t heard from my group so I’ve cancelled, and also getting stuck into the next article series … so again, no promises.  But given the renewed interest in this thread, I’m tempted to generate some new “content” for it.

And yes!  The FT-17.  SOME people call it the world’s first true tank, disqualifying others like the Mark IV, A7V, and St. Chaumond as what would today be called assault guns (i.e., no revolving turret).  Definitely an extremely influential vehicle that stressed mobility and flexibility over weight and firepower.  Some FT-17s even saw combat in WW2 in sideshow theaters like Syria, etc.