Re: Readymade Kriegsspiel "blocks"

[Martin]

Always nice to hear from you

Martin

[PhotonCutterTome]

These blocks look great, ideal for the more cack handed ! Do the blocks come with the unit numbers on ? I am keen to order some and would like an indication of price and for postage to the UK. Do you accept paypal payments ?
All the best
Mike

I am sorry it took me so long to get back to you. I am able to put any combination of numbers on the blocks that you could want. As James said, his blocks were broken out into battalions. Numbered I/1-6. The calvary and artillery are numbered 1 - ?. The pieces are then matched wiht a set for the Judge and blanks for the other color.

I do take paypal. Price is as Martin stated earlier. $.30 a block and $6-8 shipping.
You would have to e-mail me for my Pay-Pal info. Tome@photoncutterstudios.com.

If this is in-appropriate for me to state on the forums I do appologize to the board. As my site says, I like helping fellow gamers.

Tom

P.S. I now have another game to learn. My wife will kill me. From what I have seen so far, I am intrigued.

[Martin]

In my view, 'advertising' k/spiel stuff is quite appropriate Tom, so I don't think you should worry. After all we are all kriegsspielers, or would like to be. In my experience, producing attractive and functional troop blocks is the biggest practical obstical to getting into the game. And you have now solved it for us!

For the same reasons, I welcome TFL promoting their reprints of Bill Leeson's original k/spiel maps & rules here. That has been a real stimulus to take-up of the game, as folks now have everything they need for the first time.

If someone started to advertise non-k/spiel related stuff here OTOH, I would not be so comfortable (I think). But would be interested to know what others think.

Martin

[stoffelbier]

I agree: This is the right place to promote blocks and other stuff to play KS!

[mpegham]

Thanks Tom
I'll contact you off list with an order.
All the best
Mike

[stoffelbier]

i ordered a lot of kriegsspiel blocks (PhotonCutterStudios) and now they've arrived. they look superb!
recommended to everyone!

[Ike]

Is Tom still doing business and producing those wonderful K-S blocks? I'm new to the joys of Kriegsspiel and while I have a copy of the 1824 rules from TFL and have satisfactory maps working up via CC3 - tactical as well as a campaign map, I am lacking appropriate pieces.

[James Sterrett]

Is Tom still doing business and producing those wonderful K-S blocks? I'm new to the joys of Kriegsspiel and while I have a copy of the 1824 rules from TFL and have satisfactory maps working up via CC3 - tactical as well as a campaign map, I am lacking appropriate pieces.

He is, as far as I know, and at this email - tfe.evans@gmail.com

[Tom Evans]

Yes, I am still producing the k-s blocks. I am very glad you like them.
I have been producing and pricing whatever anybody needs via e-mail.
So far most have wanted different sets.

Jim in Milwaukee will actually be demoing to my LGS soon. I am dying to see the blocks in action.

a side note here. I love CC3. I actually demo it and sell it at GenCon here in the states. You can usually find me there.

Tom

[Ike]

Oh, excellent!! Soon as I have my army lists determined - it is one of my priorities to have no more than one brigade for each side in any given battle because this campaign will be solo! - you will receive my order, sir, via email. Thank you both for the quick and informative responses. I'm really looking forward to some K-S battles and campaigns.

[Ike]

I received my block shipment yesterday and spent the evening inventorying and gloating over them! They are every bit as good as the photos and everyone's reports! No, I take that back ... they're better than the photos and reports!! Thank you very much, Tom!

Now I'm looking forward to getting familiarized with the K-S rules, map useage, etc, so I can begin my campaign. I have CC3 now and am in the process of working through map basics, learning the UI, etc. It is quite a wonderful program, but a bit expensive. Not the program itself, but the add-ons and extras. The add-ons and extras contain so much interesting and good information and new styles and icons ... I just cannot resist ... Very well done and useful. I hope to have some tactical K-S maps done as well as a campaign map or two.

[Richard]

I have just seen this post and may well be interested in these blocks. Perhaps we KS folks in the UK (I believe that this is a US vendor) could place a bulk order?

Also what is CC3? "Combat Command"? Where do I find out about it?


Thanks ...

Richard

[Ike]

"CC3" = Campaign Cartographer 3 from Profantasy and it's a map-making program and a lot more. Here is their url : http://www.profantasy.com/default.asp. The programs, etc are available in download form and there are video tutorials on youTube and there's a link to them at the CC site. There is a learning curve but with the tutorials and the .pdf format manual it's not too difficult. You'll also want to get the Annual for 2008 - IIRC; it's the one with "Napoleonic Mapping" - as that annual has mapping stuff that will fit with KS battle maps.

[Druid_ian]

"CC3" = Campaign Cartographer 3 from Profantasy and it's a map-making program and a lot more. Here is their url : http://www.profantasy.com/default.asp. The programs, etc are available in download form and there are video tutorials on youTube and there's a link to them at the CC site. There is a learning curve but with the tutorials and the .pdf format manual it's not too difficult. You'll also want to get the Annual for 2008 - IIRC; it's the one with "Napoleonic Mapping" - as that annual has mapping stuff that will fit with KS battle maps.

Ike it was the 2009 annual that had the Napoleonic mapping http://sub.profantasy.com/2009/august09.html

[Ike]

My apologies. That's what happens when I don't look up the referenced items. Thank you for the correction, Ian.