Across 5 Aprils

Does anyone know of a vassal module for Across 5 Aprils? I downloaded the Cyberboard version and the graphics are awful making it nearly unplayable. I have the original game but unfortunately nearly all my boardgames are in storage (except for some recent Strategy and Tactics magazine games). Also does anyone know where I could find a copy of the rules to Across 5 Aprils? Thanks

Took my game out of storage and am currently making a module for Across 5 Aprils. All the counters for Shiloh are complete and have scanned the map and put it into the vassal. Adding counters now. Felt the original counters were poor by todays standards so did some of my own. New to module design - did for my own personal use S&T 264 Shiloh Bloody April so using some of names etc from that vassal mod for the A5Aprils version - figured it would be best to upload seperately each game of the pentagame instead of putting all five in one module. Have found studying other people module designs (hit the “edit module” for any module you have downloaded) to see how they did something.
Will upload Shiloh soon.

On Sep 22, 2010, at 1:14 PM, iam2509 wrote:

Took my game out of storage and am currently making a module for
Across
5 Aprils. All the counters for Shiloh are complete and have scanned
the
map and put it into the vassal. Adding counters now. Felt the original
counters were poor by todays standards so did some of my own. New to
module design - did for my own personal use S&T 264 Shiloh Bloody
April
so using some of names etc from that vassal mod for the A5Aprils
version

  • figured it would be best to upload seperately each game of the
    pentagame instead of putting all five in one module.

This is one thing that module extensions are there for. You can have
a main game with common items and then put the items for the five
specific battles into extensions.

Have found studying
other people module designs (hit the “edit module” for any module you
have downloaded) to see how they did something.
Will upload Shiloh soon.

The S&T game may run into the general ban on SPI modules.
I don’t see Decision Games listed, but since they own the SPI rights,
that seems odd.
Please see vassalengine.org/wiki/Category:Modules

Thanks for the tip about extensions. I know nothing about them. Any links or any games that use them would be helpful in trying to figure them out. Yes the S&T game module is for my own personal use - I showed a series replay on Consimworld but have no intention of uploading it. The module was fun making - and with my limited room (plus 4 cats and a wife!) for setting up a game, playing on the computer is whole lot easy.

On Sep 22, 2010, at 5:22 PM, iam2509 wrote:

Thanks for the tip about extensions. I know nothing about them. Any
links or any games that use them would be helpful in trying to figure
them out.

Well, let’s see. I know the Fighting Wings module has them. It isn’t
on the Vassal site, but instead can be found at

redtwo.plus.com/FW

Across 5 Aprils Shiloh vassal is completed:
vassalengine.org/wiki/Module:Across_5_Aprils

I LOVE this game… would love to get back into it if anyone is still playing it.