Sol Prime

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=185 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="04bb9c00dduajq.jpg"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="70" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 76 WIDTH="66"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="76" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="66" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="127a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Fire base from Ground Zero Games</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="12ba0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>1/300 Laser Cannon from Scotia</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="12da0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>1/300 Slammer Heavy Hover Tank from GZG</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="12fa0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>1/300 Jupiter IIA Medium Tank from GZG</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="131a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>1/300 Gladiator Mark II Light Tank from GZG</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Old Trousers: Rules for Warfare in the Horse & Musket Era</B></FONT>    |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Old Trousers: Rules for Warfare in the H"><U>home</U></A></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> Sol Prime</div> <div> Go back to Home page:   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Old Trousers: Rules for Warfare in the H"><U>Old Trousers: Rules for Warfare in the Horse & Musket Era</U></A></div> <bR> <div>      These rules grew out of an attempt to find something to play with my 10 year old. Every effort has been made to make these rules as fast & as painless as is possible. The game mechanics have been kept as simple as is consistent with producing a fun & reasonably accurate game, though I am not sure that the word accurate is appropriate for a sci-fi rule set. Lets say that the rules play in a manner that seems highly realistic. Very little bookkeeping is necessary for the typical game. These rules should serve well to introduce newcomers to the hobby. With a little adaptation they could easily be used as microarmor rules, though they have been designed as sci-fi microarmor rules.</div> <div>       Unlike some other popular rule sets, Sol Prime has a greater emphasis on force design than on the design of individual vehicles. The weapons ranges are about 1/2 to 1/3 of the range found in other sets. This allows for some maneuver on the tabletop before forces come into conflict.</div> <div>        Any scale of models can be used. I use microarmor & some 1/300 scale sci-fi miniatures. Infantry should be mounted with a few, say 4 figures per stand (try ¾” by ½” stands) if one is using microarmor (1/285 or 1/300 figures.) Two figures per stand should work for 15mm figures. For 25mm figures I would just use 1 figure per stand.</div> <div>        I have tried to keep the language simple so that newcomers will find the rules easy to understand. I would suggest that players first play out a game using only vehicles. Once this is mastered then add in aircraft, infantry, & artillery.</div> <div>        Version 2.0 has several typos fixed. It contains a more conventional sequence of play & several other small but significant changes. The kid is 11 years old now so we are progressing.</div> <bR> <div> To download the rules in Microsoft Word click below.</div> <bR> <div>  <a href="HTMLobj-379/solprime3.doc"><u>Download Sol Prime Version 3.0</u> </a>  </div> <bR> <div> To download the rules in PDF format click below.</div> <bR> <div>  <a href="HTMLobj-380/Solprime3.pdf"><u>Download Sol Prime Version 3.0</u> </a>  </div> </td> </tr></table></body>