Sticks and Stones: Platoon Level Combat in WWIV

[Whiterook]

This is a 2-player hex and counter war game designed by Mark H Walker, taking place in an alternate 1987. Players use a card-assisted system to control US and Soviet forces as they fight for control of parts of Eastern Europe. It is part of the Platoon Commander series of games and features a colour coded range system for the many mechanised units featured.

Go to this link for a more in-depth review of the game in The Bunker!

This video includes a playthrough of a few turns to give you a feel for how the game plays…




Scott expressed interest in playing a rematch of this game… we played it at the old forum! I’ll be GMing this one, and I’m pretty sure I have it on VASSAL, which will be easier for me to play out the orders and screen capture the actions.

I need to reread the rules first, though. It’s been a long time since I played it. 

It’s a gorgeous game, which is basically a more simplified version of Flying Pig Games, Platoon Commander wargame series; yeah, it’s a Tiny Battle Publishing game, but it’s a subsidiary or Marks’ Flying Pig Games. I like like a lot of the nuisances this title brings to the table, including the card play.

Here are some images of the game…






If this looks like something that will float your boat, post below for a chance to play… I’ll gladly GM these anytime!

Here’s a nice review, for added info…

[mikeh]

Beautiful looking game! Counters and maps have come so far since the old days of AH pink and blue counters.

[Whiterook]

I found the actual hardcopy rules and Player Aid Card (PAC’ yesterday! It was buried in some magazines in my game room. I’m refreshing myself on the rules and I did see I have it on VASSAL…which I was having trouble getting anything t’ load on it, but a really-install of the newest version of the VASSAL engine seems to have solved the issues I was having (my installed engine was several versions old!). I’ll try and get a scenario queued up this week and a game going shortly!

On a side note, I’ve a game called The Long Road due in within a week or two… turned out, reading some of the draft rules from the KickStarter campaign site, that TLR is a full-blown boxed game that takes S&S to the next level! No VASSAL module is available yet but hopefully there will be in the future! That would get more Platoon Commander action on the table, and the forum! I think I may have a few more of the series… will check to see if they’re available on VASSAL (…which allows me to GM games here in the forum).