Stow on the Wold 1646

[petercooman]

Very nice Paul!

[Leman]

Very well put together armies and game.

[Westmarcher]

Certainly a good looking game. 

By many accounts, TtS and it's ECW variant are very enjoyable games. Although I'm still not ready for squares (still reminiscent of the gridded board of chess .... getting away from which, and on to an 'open table,' was one of the attractions of wargaming for me) .... I'm slowly being seduced .... and at this rate will probably end up owning a copy of FKaP by this time next year! 

[paulr]

Our group had very similar reservations about squares but the rules work so well that they don't impinge on the game

FKaP definitely give enjoyable games with great period feel

As I said on my report on Montgomery you know the rules work if you enjoy a game while getting a damn good thrashing. Both sets of Royalist commanders enjoyed the game, if not the results

You know you want to...

[lowlylowlycook]

This is almost the Platonic ideal of wargaming.

Very nice.

[fred.]

Another great looking game Paul, good stuff.

By many accounts, TtS and it's ECW variant are very enjoyable games. Although I'm still not ready for squares (still reminiscent of the gridded board of chess .... getting away from which, and on to an 'open table,' was one of the attractions of wargaming for me) .... I'm slowly being seduced .... and at this rate will probably end up owning a copy of FKaP by this time next year! 

Our group really enjoys FKaP it cracks along as a game you get through plenty of turns, there is enough Command friction without it dominating, the grid just speeds things up, its not restrictive.

We've liked the grid and command system that much we have applied it to Sci fi as well.

Just noticed the suit markers on your chits - what a great idea!

I noticed this, at the second time of looking, I did wonder what the extra graphics where at first. Is this for a reason? We have been using mini playing cards (6 packs for under £2) and I have split them to be red for one side and black for the other. I don't think suits matter in FKaP, unless I have missed something.

[d_Guy]

Hi Fred,

No, the suits are not at all required. They do give another data stream that could be used in scenarios and special rules (if one had a mind to tinker  )

[paulr]

Suits are used in the terrain placement system in the rules, page 27

We will mainly be playing scenarios but it seemed sensible to include them on the chits in case we wanted to try the terrain placement system
Your mini playing cards have them built in

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Our group really enjoys FKaP it cracks along as a game you get through plenty of turns, there is enough Command friction without it dominating, the grid just speeds things up, its not restrictive.
...

Seconded

[d_Guy]

For me random placement of terrain would fall under tinkering. 
Completely forgot about that section as I don't play with other humans. 

[fred.]

I'd totally missed the random terrain rules. One of our group has the whole set of partisan press ECW scenario books, so we have been using those.

The mini cards do indeed have suits built in, but as I have split them into two decks based on colour, this isn't so useful!

Some games do use matching cards to trigger special events. In Dracula's America (where cards are used for iniatitve and player order) a pair of cards triggers a special event. Not sure that this can apply to FKaP as players don't play cards at the same time, but it is a useful way of triggering rare events.

[paulr]

... One of our group has the whole set of partisan press ECW scenario books, so we have been using those...

You're definitely fortunate

Is it just me or is there no way to order the books from their website

[pierre the shy]

Sent you an email....

You can order them via the Caliver Books website:
https://www.caliverbooks.com/catviewer.php?87rdaklup4a2p56347d5tc7cj2&cat=ECW&subcat=21&subcode=C&page=2

[fred.]

You're definitely fortunate

Yes! But the sheer choice can be quite overwhelming. What has surprised me is the number of cavalry centric battles in them.