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

[Steve J]

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - Hail Caesar
2) What armies were confronted? - Romans vs Ancient Britons
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Sort of...
4) Was it the first time you used the ruleser? - 2nd time of using them.
5) How many players were in the game? - 2

It took some time to get back into the swing of the rules. After using Honours of War so much lately, it was hard to find the relevant sections to check on a few things. Certainly much harder than Black Powder. Still it gave a good game, but we need to play a few more to get really comfortable with the rules.

The Romans (me) lost very quickly due to some shocking die rolling, with the Praetorian Guard and another unit of Legionaries disintegrating as a result of one charge. Add in two Divisions that barely made it towards the battle field, which added insult to injury!

[Leman]

1. Balance of Power

2. French v. Austrians (1859)

3. Yes, very straightforward and easy to pick up. Only 16 pages of rules, including a three page worked example, and a very clear QRS.

4. First time used.

5. Two players.

[FierceKitty]

Iacta Alea Est, Scipionic Romans and Seleucid Macedonians, yes, no, four. The Romans made the mistake of allowing things to turn into a cavalry battle instead of holding back and letting the legions do the fighting on their own terms. Once their equites were out of it, the Seleucid horse punched a big hole through the Roman centre and the westerners' morale shattered.

[Rob]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Ronin published by Osprey
2) What armies were confronted? - Japanese and Koreans
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Yes
5) How many players were in the game? - 4

An absolute hoot. I do like these simple skirmish games where more than two are involved, it brings in an element of poker face diplomacy (lunacy) and is extremely amusing. These chaps keep inviting me to these games and I keep winning. During this game (it uses 12 sided dice) whenever I needed a good role I got a 12! Unbelievable!

Rob

[jchaos79]

My last three games

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Warmaster ancient
2) What armies were confronted? - Greek vs Romans
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Nop
5) How many players were in the game? - 2

A draw, a lot of movement and few combat. We were too ambitions about moving our armies


1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Warmaster
2) What armies were confronted? - High elves vs lizardmen
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? - 2

Lizardmen are though. Lizardmen victory


1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Warmaster
2) What armies were confronted? - Lizardmen vs Undeads
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? - 4

Nice game, undead do not move too much until last turn. Lizzards attack fast but undead counter attack. It was fun. Lizardmen victory.

[Steve J]

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - Honours of War
2) What armies were confronted? - Prussians vs Austrians
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Very
4) Was it the first time you used the ruleser? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - 2

Marginal Austrian victory as they vacated the field at nightfall to protect their lines of communication.

[toxicpixie]

1/ Song of Blades & Heroes
2/ A variety of Greek & Trojan heroes and their warbands
3/ very! Even the punters picked up nicely - we were a participation game
4/ No, but barring a couple of playtest games first time in major anger for ages
5/ overwhelming win for the Greeks. seven games, seven nil to Agamemnons boys. Although the virtually unlike able Achilles died three for three.

We put a table on for the club at Wargamer today in Halesowen, nice little show but I gather trade was quiet post lunch. Got seven games with the public in, a devestating seven wins for the Greeks! Not a lot of need for the horse Although the greatest threat may have come from Ajax charging a colleagues coffee cup for a devastating kill...

Punters all had great fun (including the two sets of kids) and all picked up the rules and ran with them happily. Good stuff, migh take it to WMMS in Wolves come March.

[paulr]

Well done that Pixie

[NeilCFord]

Sounds like a good day was had by all.

- Neil.

[vonlacy]

Tonight's game was a refight of the Battle of Pubela 5th May 1862. We will finish it next Sunday. It is a disguised scenario being fought out as Chilean v Bolivian because I don't have a Mexican or French army of the period.


1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Die Fighting
2) What armies were confronted? - Chilean v Bolivian
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Nop
5) How many players were in the game? - 6

[Steve J]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Bloody Big Battles
2) What armies were confronted? - Prussians vs Hannoverians at Langensalza 1866
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes. Very quick to pick up the basic mechanics
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Yes
5) How many players were in the game? - 2

Very good rules, even from the first run through. Sort of AAR to follow...

[toxicpixie]

1/ Rules set - Frostgrave
2/ Armies - my Necromantic Elves versus Iron Circle mercenaries lead by their Elementalist
3/ Comfort - yes, this about our sixth game overall. Bit awkward to start though as not played for a couple of months!
4/ First time? - Nope, about sixth
5/ Players - two

Game went well, little rusty for a bit at the start but we got into the swing quite nicely. I suckered the enemy into a fire trap lined by my crossbows, bows and wizard & apprentice and held by my Knights to allow my Thieves to run in and grab treasure safely. The Iron Circle then blew my mage away in one shot of an Elemental Bolt, did the same to a Knight and was into my squishies and poised to cream me. I managed a credible pull back and fighting retreat whilst praying for the weather to close in, which fortunately it did for a draw in treasure seized - we each got two pieces, me aided by RUNNING AWAY and my opponent by good use of a summoned demon to grab one from under the noses of two wandering monsters! He came out well up on XP due to the casualties he'd caused though, and up on money as he rolled and sold a couple of Grimoires with spells that were of no use to him.

I'd recommend Frostgrave for anyone into a bit of Fantasy skirmish - flavour is good, rules play well and are without awkwardness or argument and it only takes twenty figures and a 2-3ft table

[Leman]

1. Balance of Power again.

2. A rather ho hum Austrian army v. an elite/veteran French army

3. Just could not get the hang of the manoeuvring rules - my mate reckons I am spatially dyslexic. I just found it all very depressing as my French crumbled into an unholy tangled mess. Meanwhile, as he is now going on about Aurelian, it's even more depressing as I hated Blucher - more manoeuvring I couldn't get my head round.

4. Second time played, Not too keen on a third outing.

5. Two players.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

1) Sabre Squadron
2) British Royal Marines vs Argentine infantry.
3) Very comfortable game.
4) First Time with the rules, but playing the guy who wrote them and very easy to pick up (Hi Nick)
5) 2

Proper illustrated batrep over the weekend!

[paulr]

Good to hear it went well after so long in development