Readymade Kriegsspiel "blocks"

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.

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

"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 wrote:"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

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

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

LOL i just had the annual thats all

I received my KS blocks from Tom, they are absolutely great!! I will definitely be ordering more once I work out what I need.
Don

dmclean1313 wrote:I received my KS blocks from Tom, they are absolutely great!! I will definitely be ordering more once I work out what I need.
Don

Some time ago I ordered some blocks from Tom. But now his website has disapeared. Is he still in business? Or has he got an new website? I hope so, because I would like to place an order!
Regards
Harald

Hessian wrote:
Some time ago I ordered some blocks from Tom. But now his website has disapeared. Is he still in business? Or has he got an new website? I hope so, because I would like to place an order!
Regards
Harald

Hello Harald,  I am still in business.  I am just revamping my web site.  It will be temporarily at http://photoncutter.weebly.com/.

I am glad to hear all the great comments about the blocks.  I really am glad to hear that they are being used.

Regards,
Tom
Photon Cutter Studios

These look nice - can you tell me the difference between the Starter Set, and the Deluxe Starter Set (apart from +$10)?

Cheers,

Ollie

Blackstreet wrote:These look nice - can you tell me the difference between the Starter Set, and the Deluxe Starter Set (apart from +$10)?

Cheers,

Ollie

Hello Ollie,

The only difference is the unit numbers (the text on the block, not numbers of blocks) Doh!  Just reread my post..  It is the same set other than that.  I have had some that wanted the numbers and others that did not.

thank you,
Tom

Hello all I have my web site back up. It is again at photoncutterstudios.com. It should also be easier to use.  

PhotonCutterTome wrote:Hello all I have my web site back up.  It is again at photoncutterstudios.com.  It should also be easier to use.   

Good news indeed. I was worried that you were no longer around until James Sterrett explained the issues you were having. Glad your back up as I'll be sending an order your way later this week.

Mike Dunn

Is it possible to buy a ready-made set of KS blocks?

I am planning to play an actual game with a friend here in town and was wondering if I could escape actually making them.

FG

I found this resource.

http://www.irregularminiatures.co.uk/indexes/miscindex.htm

Anything else like it? I'm in the USA. I don't mind buying from the UK, but I understand the post is a bit sluggish?

And this

http://www.photoncutterstudios.com/kriegsspiel.html

Father General wrote:I found this resource.

http://www.irregularminiatures.co.uk/indexes/miscindex.htm

Anything else like it? I'm in the USA. I don't mind buying from the UK, but I understand the post is a bit sluggish?

And this

http://www.photoncutterstudios.com/kriegsspiel.html

To be honest I think the photoncutterstudios ones look the best of anything I've ever seen.

After asking for a picture from Irregular miniatures I recieved this as a sample of their product.  LINK

Just received my Deluxe KS set from Tom at Photon Cutter Studios.

They took a little while to come across the pond, and seem to have been delayed somewhat by my friends in the British Customs & Excise, judging by the number of official stamps and labels plastered over the envelope. No accompanying demands for VAT or excise duty, however, so obviously the EU and US bureaucrats have agreed in civilised manner to have free trade in Kriegsspiel blocks  .

The blocks look great, and I will be taking some photos and posting them here with a proper review shortly.

Getting ready for our game. These are a sample of the pieces from http://www.photoncutterstudios.com/kriegsspiel.html and very nice hey look too.

Yes, they really do look good. You seem to have enough pieces for quite large forces. How much did the set cost?

Martin (J)

I too have a set of Photon Cutter Studios blocks, and can testify not only to their fine quality, but also to the excellent personal customer service extended by the proprietor, for which many thanks!

Hello,

You all are too kind.  On the news side, I have finally finished my move.  I will be offering more versions of hte blocks and complete new color choices and force sizes.  I could not produce these blocks and their variants with out the users.  Use all the blocks in good health.  photoncutterstudios.com

Regards,
Tom

Hello,

the link to Photon Cutter Studios doesn´t work.
Does anybody know if this company still exist?

Thank you very much!
Regards
Harald