What ruleset did you use in your last game - 2015?

[toxicpixie]

For those interested my opponent has posted a report of the game on his blog here http://lukeuedasarson.blogspot.jp/2015/08/falais-gap-part-i.html

Cracking game! Good read

I do like the way Spearhead models actual appropriate level decisions for Brigade to Division command, and the abstractions in the platoon level stuff really work well (IMO).

Also read the bocage one, and I have to say that's an excellent example of British artillery in action

[paulr]

Cracking game! Good read

I do like the way Spearhead models actual appropriate level decisions for Brigade to Division command, and the abstractions in the platoon level stuff really work well (IMO).

Also read the bocage one, and I have to say that's an excellent example of British artillery in action

We feel the same about SH, the level of abstraction is just where we like it 

I've just had a read of the Bocage one as well. Luke manages his troops very well and is infamous for his off table artillery

[toxicpixie]

The only thing better than lots of arty support is more lots of arty support

[paulr]

The only thing better than lots of arty support is more lots of arty support

Air support can be useful as well

[toxicpixie]

Oo, someone's about to have a very bad day...

[Leman]

Nice terrain though.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Navel Thunder WW2 navel  rules
2) What armies were confronted? - Italian vs British
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Third game with the rules, but vs a new player who picked it up is seconds.
5) How many players were in the game? - two players.

We refought the Battle of Calabria 9 July 1940
British had Warspite and Malaya , plus four cruisers, the Italiand had two light battleships and fourteen other cruisers.
As night fell the British had sustained light damage to Warspite and had lost Orion, while Neptune was suffering with flooding.
The Italians had two light cruisers sunk, one of which was due to a magazine explosion, two were retreating, heavily damaged, and the Battleship Cavore was suffering severe damage and was limping due to engine room being constantly targeted by Warspite.

A win to the British! Pity I was Italian...
A few shots.
Initial deployments, British nearest. The Italians were mid manoeuvre when the game started, so problem one was to turn to face the British fleet.


The final moments of the battle


Dave took a few shots for reconnaissance (targeting with the battleships) iPhone black and whites are great!

The might Warspite

The Italian Battleships



If you look carefully at the Italian force you may notice a few German heavy cruisers on proxy duties!!



Some of the Italians doing a good job masking their own fleet!

Italian battleships firing broadside as the cruisers move forwards full speed.


Final moments of the battle:
Wars with a fire on board, being targeted by torpedoes from the Italian light cruisers, as Eugenio Di Savioa turns turtle

They missed!

[Maenoferren]

last game was Tusk
Combatants: neolithic hunters and mammoth
Comfortable with the rules ...yep
How many games... First time in about 20 years
Players:2

A brief description here:
http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,12596.0.html

[Leman]

Wow Lem, those b/w pictures look like aerial photography from the War.

[Nosher]

I do like to B&W photography of the game. Very nice touch.

I have a sepia thingy on the camera. Might try that for Napoleonics........

[Nosher]

Rare game at the club last night. Think its about six weeks before I can get there again

1. The Sword and the Flame - Sudan
2. British and Egyptians v Fuzzies et al
3. First time I have played the rules and they were a reall hoot!
4. 2 player game. I can imagine multi-player being loads of fun

I was playing British and had to advance down the length of the table to rescue a captured officer dispatching the hordes en-route.

Result was a draw. The natives were well and truly dispatched, quite a few of them at point of bayonet, but my progress down to the objective was painfully slow due to some poor dice rolling movement wise and some canny ambush placement by my opponent.

Great game can see me playing lots of this, but for now I will play with Nicks figures rather than investing in yet another period!

[Nosher]

1. Bolt Action
2. Spanish Civil War - Bando Nacionale v Workers Militia (with some EPR Support)
3. Yes. Like BA for solo play
4. Solo

Clear victory for the Bando Nacionale 7 points to 4. Playing envelopment scenario where one side has to reach the enemy deployment zone or exit the table. Two bridges were the only means of the Bando Nacionale reaching the deployment zone.

The republicans barricaded one bridge and barricaded the exit roads from the village. The Bando Nacionale's made good progress early on as the Republicans failed to bring on their off table reserves and quickly made it to the furthest away of the bridges whilst refusing the other flank. The EPR put up a stiff resistance beating off a close assault before succumbing to superior numbers and firepower. The Nacionale light mortar team destroyed the single anti-tank gun crew leaving the path clear for a marauding PzI to mop up some late arriving Republican Militia.

A late dash over the bridge saw the Nacionale's get two units into the deployment area to seal the victory.

The Facists killed the Comissar, one unit of Militia and the EPR Platoon and had two units in the Republican deployment area. The Republicans managed to destroy a squad of Bando Nacionale and a supporting HMG unit.

[Last Hussar]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? Black powder

2) What armies were confronted? ACW

3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes

4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Nope - we were incorporating our latest lot of sodding about into the rules

5) How many players were in the game? - Sunjester, Sunjester's demonic dice, me.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Three players then! 

[Last Hussar]

More like 8 or 9 - him and a handful of Six seeking dice vs little ol' me.

[Steve J]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Honours of War

2) What armies were confronted? Prussians vs Reichsarmee

3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes

4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No.

5) How many players were in the game? - Two.

I really, really like these rules and can't wait for them to be published in November...

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - X-Wing with BIG SHIPS
2) What armies were confronted? - Rebels : 2 Corellian Corvettes and assorted fighters vs Imperials 1 Imperial Raider and many many fighters
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Third game, I stuck to imperial fighters
5) How many players were in the game? - 6 players, but it effectively broke down into two fights. I lost all my fighters, but I did take out a corvette!

[Luddite]

Ooh! Nice one Lemmy. I love X-Wing.  Shame you didn't take pictures.

Last night for me:

1. L'Art de la Guerre
2.  Republican Rome v Pyrrhic
3.  No.  We're still working on them, and things were a little faltering.
4.  Second or third game.
5.  4 player.

They're an odd sort of 'post-DBM' ruleset, that for us last night seemed to be a 'line up and fight' sort of thing.   Combat factors were a bit fiddly.   But otherwise, fairly playable.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

There are some on face ache

[Flodin]

1) Battle cry bordgame rules
2) well we did play the senario for Little suger Creek, but instead of using Yankees and Rebs, we played the senario with Danes and Germans 1848 style 
3) Yes, we used the standard Battle cry rules without any modifications
4) First time with miniatures
5) 2 players

Some pics from the battle




Cheers