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Bill Owen
- Jul 26
- 2 min
Buying 3D Miniatures
As part of my gamer Getting Started section, I have been collecting options of companies that 3D print miniatures and posting about them...
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Bill Owen
- Jun 13
- 4 min
More than just the armies
Often the first thing that a gamer does is buy some miniature figures. I suggest thinking about a few other things first. The ruleset is...
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Bill Owen
- Jun 13
- 3 min
What are combat rules?
CombatRules.com publishes game instructions, a ruleset for playing wargames. It’s not about how to have real combat with real people! And...
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Bill Owen
- Jun 13
- 3 min
Starter Army
Gamers often buy figures and vehicles and then wonder what ruleset to use with them. This could get the cart before the horse since the...
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Bill Owen
- Jun 9
- 2 min
Terrain: Easiest & Best
My not-so-humble opinion is that the linked blog post describes the easiest & best way to make wargame terrain. Wargame terrain is a...
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Bill Owen
- May 23
- 3 min
Working on a new ruleset
I am working on getting a new ruleset ready to publish. I won't say now which one but ask you what do you want to see? If it's different...
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Bill Owen
- Apr 15
- 1 min
Duckbills' Tractics Extenders
We chose the name Duckbills because that's what GIs nicknamed tank track extensions in World War II. So, the free newsletter contains...
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Bill Owen
- Aug 10, 2022
- 6 min
More About Tractics
Tractics gamers are supported by a free newsletter called Duckbills that helps fans try out new ideas like Team Fire. Team Fire allows...
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Bill Owen
- Mar 6, 2022
- 3 min
Why Tractics now?
Most of the buyers of one of the nearly identical print versions of Tractics came from the Facebook fan group for Tractics. Most were...
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Bill Owen
- Feb 4, 2022
- 1 min
Duckbills: Tractics variants & errata
Mike and I will produce an irregular newsletter for Tractics that you can download for free. Click here for its webpage (that included...
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Bill Owen
- Feb 4, 2022
- 1 min
Tractics Features
Because there are 8 different versions of the second edition of Tractics, I added a webpage that explains the features. Since the...
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Bill Owen
- Feb 2, 2022
- 2 min
"E Gary Gygax would be proud"
Another guest post after receiving the new edition. This one is from Terry Terry: "Tractics Review The updated edition of Tractics has...
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Bill Owen
- Jan 25, 2022
- 2 min
Panzermaster
Here I pass on what one of the Quick Reaction Force let me know, Pete Mousseaux. The QRF were volunteers who agreed to receive initial...
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Bill Owen
- Dec 17, 2021
- 1 min
Tractics Now Available & Facebook Fan Group's QR Code
After 26 months, 1811 emails and phone calls with Mike Reese, TRACTICS is NOW AVAILABLE. Yes, all caps. I'm shouting WHOOPIE! For those...
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Bill Owen
- Nov 29, 2021
- 1 min
Tractics' IFM, Indirect Fire Mode
As we put the final touches on Tractics for release asap, I wrote a blog post on Wargame Campaign: https://wargamecampaign.wordpress.com/...
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Bill Owen
- Nov 14, 2021
- 1 min
Tractics About To Be Detected
We have been busy with correcting the final typos and adding new material. So even though I should know better, I am confident that we...
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Bill Owen
- Sep 11, 2021
- 5 min
Tractics: What's New
This second edition for Tractics still includes all the Classic Rules as in the first edition. The big difference is that the graphic...
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Bill Owen
- Apr 13, 2021
- 2 min
Fast Rules
My desire to see a new edition of Fast Rules came out of my disenchantment with many contemporary rulesets. I remembered fondly of Fast...
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Bill Owen
- Mar 31, 2021
- 2 min
MGs
While working on Tractics for over a year now, I have 890 emails on corrections, changes, and updates. From those and several phone...
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