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
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
- 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
- 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
- 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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Bill Owen
- Mar 17, 2021
- 3 min
Why Tractics?
Tractics: Is a Reference work: hundreds of AFVs, guns, mortars and small arms. Is a marvel! Consider the excellence of the game's breadth...
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Bill Owen
- Feb 14, 2021
- 3 min
Valentines Day: Tractics Testimonials
Tractics is that you really felt like you were commanding individual tanks. All the details in the rules gave you a feeling of each type...
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Bill Owen
- Feb 11, 2021
- 2 min
Do we live simultaneously?
The 5000’ General is waxing philosophical while peering at the battlefield from his light plane. What is time? Noted British wargame...
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Bill Owen
- Feb 8, 2021
- 2 min
Style of Play can make a big difference
In working with Mike Reese for nearly a year on the second edition of Tractics, I have learned about the difference in how he played the...
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Bill Owen
- Jan 24, 2021
- 3 min
Searching for Tractics in those bushes
One thing that made Tractics games so exciting was the hidden set-up. As the player moving on the board (or after setting up hidden...
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Bill Owen
- Jan 20, 2021
- 1 min
You are a plankowner!
By reading this, you have boarded SS Combat Rules, the vessel carrying us to new realms and memorable stories. Plankowners are the...
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