What was the last rules set you played 2020

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Duke Speedy of Leighton

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Naval Thunder
2) What armies were confronted? - Hipper and Lutzow vs Jamaica and Sheffield with respective escorts, Battle of Barent's Sea
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - yes
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - no
5) How many players were in the game? -2, one remotely
6) What went well? - Sheffield sunk, German destroyers got into the convoy
7) What could have been improved? - Lutzow not losing her main guns immediately.

Losing draw, massive destroyer losses (2 for the Germans, 3 and a corvette for the British), but losing a cruiser each was enough to drive off both Jamaica and Hipper, leaving the German pride dented, and the convoy savaged.
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Steve J

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Black Powder II
2) What armies were confronted? - 19thC European ImagiNations as part of a campaign
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Very
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - No, been playing them since January this year after a break from BP..
5) How many players were in the game? - Solo
6) What went well? - Very comfortable with the rules now and the scenario proved to be fun being it is part of a campaign. One side gained a decisive victory, but can't say yet until next game played.
7) What could have been improved? - Not a lot. Both side had their chances and similar good a bad die rolls.

AAR to follow when appropriate.

Steve J

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Black Powder II
2) What armies were confronted? - 19thC European ImagiNations as part of a campaign
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Very
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - No, been playing them since January this year after a break from BP..
5) How many players were in the game? - Solo
6) What went well? - A closely fought battle that could have gone either way.
7) What could have been improved? - Not a lot. Both side had their chances and similar good and bad die rolls. Small margins led to the victory for one side but at some cost.

AAR to follow when appropriate.

FierceKitty

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today.
2) What forces were confronted? - 1916 Brits and Germans; 7 or 8 capital ships a side, 6 or 4 cruisers, 2 destroyer squadrons each, a submarine, and a baby-killer.
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Not yet, but an improvement on last time.
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - vid. sup.
5) How many players were in the game? - Two.
6) What went well? - The gunnery is about right now. Easy to get mangled, hard to get sunk if you're a dreadnought.
7) What could have been improved? - Morale for destroyers. They always ran for Mummy when the first shell hit. Now the rule allows them a bit more determination. Hmmm, losing a dreadnought to a Zeppelin attack was painful (but odds-against).
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mmcv


1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - To the Strongest!
2) What forces were confronted? - Crusaders and Saracens (medieval, not tanks)
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Mostly, though a little rusty and had to double check a few things.
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - Nope
5) How many players were in the game? - One
6) What went well? - Was a real back and forth fight, one side looked to be in for an easy win but a reversal of fortunes saw things come down to the last few victory points. Was nice to have some real terrain in the table for once, simple as it was. Was also my first time using a chits and cards combo (chit for activations and cards for combat) which worked out quite well.
7) What could have been improved? - around turns 2-4 there was a string of bad activations leaving commands stagnant, but ended up balancing out on both sides. Had to interrupt the game a few times to look up rules and for various domestic chores but was straightforward to pick it up again.

Battle report to follow once I've a chance to go through the photos and write it up.

ronan

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Liber Militum : Tercios
2) What forces were confronted? - Spanish catholics vs. Protestants
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - It was our first game, but it went well
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - Yes. I did play once solo but it's definitively not the same game with another player :)
5) How many players were in the game? - Two
6) What went well? - the game ran for 3 hours, while drinking beer, playing at our pace. Manu made some tokens for the orders as we don't really like the large cards put next to the units.
7) What could have been improved? - My choices while commanding my army ! The budget : we used 1,000 points. It's ok for a first game but we could not have some options or units.. Next will be 1,200 or 1,500 points.

I wrote the  usual AAR here : http://2d6.fr/?p=5102

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Dave Fielder

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - "Give the PBEM Umpire a headache" Ruleset
2) What armies were confronted? - Red and Blue block 19th Century
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yeah, really comfortable. I made the rules up every turn.
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - I do this all the time
5) How many players were in the game? - Three
6) What went well? - The rhubarb got trampled and the AARs was great fun to see what happened in the games my forces took part in.
7) What could have been improved? - Bigger boots to trample the rhubarb.
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Duke Speedy of Leighton


1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Naval Thunder
2) What armies fleets were confronted? - Royal Navy and Italian , Battle of Cape Spada
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - indeed
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - no, forst time with Italians though
5) How many players were in the game? - 2 (one remotely)
6) What went well? - first Italian salvo took out HMS Ilex, last Italian shot sunk HMS Hyperion
7) What could have been improved? - my ability to hit HMS Sydney which ripped through my two Italian cruisers
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Norm

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Sword & Spear from Great Escape Games
2) What armies were confronted? - Two wars of Roses forces
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - no, the basic principles are quickly grasped, but there is a bit nuance tucked away, so I am still in the learning curve.
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - almost, I have tinkered a few times.
5) How many players were in the game?  - solo, this was a play test that just involved one wing of the battle
6) What went well? - for a late medieval game, play opened up nicely and there was plenty of play with some good story telling, quite interesting for what amounts to a face-off between very similar forces.
7) What could have been improved? - I need to construct a play aid that contains some reminders of those rules that are tucked away. i need to settle on a house rule that shows archer and billmen combiing a bit more, so that the archers can properly interpenetrate the friendly billmen, to get out of the way of assaulting melee troops.

I have some high hopes for these rules becoming my set of choice.

DaveH

I've seen Sword & Spear recommended and I am looking for a set of big battle ancient games so I'd be interested to hear opinions on them.

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Steve J

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Black Powder II
2) What armies were confronted? - 19thC European ImagiNations as part of a campaign
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Very
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - No, been playing them since January this year after a break from BP.
5) How many players were in the game? - Solo
6) What went well? - The Ruthenians, despite being outnumbered, put up a stirling defence, but in the end numbers told, especially a superiority in cavalry for the Prusskians. Again the BPII rules gave a good game despite keeping it very vanilla.
7) What could have been improved? - Not a lot. Both sides had their chances and fantastic morale saves.

That's the end of the campaign and an AAR report to follow later.