Chance Encounter - an Honours of War AAR

[Steve J]

An AAR of a game I played today using my wooden blocks:

http://wwiiwargaming.blogspot.com/2018/09/a-chance-encounter-honours-of-war-aar.html

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Absolutely love it Steve!

[Steve J]

Thanks Will

[Westmarcher]

Blocks? Sacrilege! Arrest the heretic!  

Actually, nice report and layout!     Still prefer miniatures of course, but it has to be said, the blocks are well done, having a certain "Kriegspiel" kind of attractiveness, and, as you alluded to, great for trying other rules and eras. I'm also a fan of green table cloths (I use one myself) - so much easier to clearly identify what's going on.

[Leman]

Just like troops in the past have always been able to do! 

[Steve J]

One of the big advantages of blocks is that, when you play an opponent, they cannot tell whether the unit are Guard Grenadiers or Freikorps, until you start shooting etc. IMHO it adds a nice level of fog of war to the game.

[Terry37]

Very interesting. I've used cardboard counters cut to element base sizes when I was first building my DBA/HOTT armies. Worked fine, but obviously I like it better with he figures. Your approach is much nicer than my cardboard cut-outs!!!

Terry

[Steve J]

I too have used cardboard cutouts to test rules etc, but the lack of height was an issue for me. IIRC my blocks are roughly the height of 10mm figures, with some large blocks that I use for pike.

[Techno]

Good stuff.

Cheers - Phil

[Orcs]

Excellent.  looks great

[Dave Fielder]

Are those 10mm MDF? Also I think you missed out the lace on the Grenadier cuffs ...

[paulr]

 

[Steve J]

Also I think you missed out the lace on the Grenadier cuffs ...

As you're well aware Dave, the Grenadiers didn't have lace cuffs after the 1703 campaign in Holland

[FierceKitty]

Except the third company of the First Household Regiment, before Captain Deveraux was involved in that unfortunate incident with the goat, which we do not speak of before strangers.