What Ruleset Did You Use In Your Last Game 2016

[Steve J]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Songs of Arthur and Merlin
2) What armies were confronted? - 'Fantasy' Arthurian so that I could get a few models on the table.
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Pretty much considering it was my first game and a solo one at that.
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Yes
5) How many players were in the game? - Just me.

I've had these rules for a while and dug them out after seeing a game being put on at the Hammerhead show. Very much a quick game to get a handle on the mechanics, which I picked up in about 5 minutes which was good. Plenty more to learn though but nice to have got a handle on things quickly. The aim is to get in some more games soonish so that I can consider some form of mini-campaign as and when time allows.

[Bodvoc]

I have 'ASong of Arthur and Merlin' too. It is an easy game to learn and I like how you can vary the Arthurian setting from historical, mythical or Mallory.

[toxicpixie]

More love for the "Song" series? I approve heartily

[Nosher]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Warband
2) What armies were confronted? - Goblins v Dwarves
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? - Solo

A quick game before heading off for work. Dwarves won comfortably - their artillery was devastating and more or less single handedly held up the main thrust of the Goblin attack. To be fair the Goblins were spread across to wide a frontage and their battle plan relied on lots of units having to move singly - far too complicated a plan for Goblins - clearly!

[Steve J]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Bloody Big Battles
2) What armies were confronted? - Germands vs French
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

A 'bathtubbed' version of Froeschwiller that worked very well on a 4'x4' table for our standard evenings game. AAR to follow in due course.

[Nosher]

1) Blucher
2) Napoleonic Peninsula French v Spanish
3) yes (although I got firing scores wrong and had to restart the game...... 
4) No  see 3...... 
5) Solo - although this was a virtual scharnhorst campaign played with T13a

Head over to http://nosherswargames.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/putting-down-andalusian-revolt-battle.html to see the result.

[Vanvlak]

Have not had a game in 2016 

[vonlacy]

) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Lion Rampart
2) What armies were confronted? - Late Medieval
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - OK, but the Bidowers are like the SAS!
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - 5

[Last Hussar]

1 What ruleset do you use in your last game? - I don't play by no rules
2) What armies were confronted? - LMe vs the World
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - I make it up as I go along
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - 4 decades and counting
5) How many players were in the game? - 7 billion

[toxicpixie]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Song of Blades & Heroes
2) What armies were confronted? - Labyrinth Dwellers versus Mycenean/Greek Heroes
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 - but played through four times!

Several cracking games at WMMS on Sunday, where the Minotaur and his Satyr allies and giant rat minions got a repeated whalloping from Theseus or Jason and their men. I don't think the monsters fared very well elsewhere either! We had a good selection of punters from kids to veterans play, probably a dozen games or so over the day? Show was good too, cheers to all who went along!

Back to running D&D at the club in Wednesday so no wargaming for a few weeks but I'm hoping club mate Alan will have finished his 6mm Napoleonics by then, and if not more Frostgrave.

[Steve J]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Bloody Big Battles
2) What armies were confronted? - Germans and French & Spicheren 1870
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Very
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - Two

Another great game with the terrain offering a very different set of challenges. AAR to follow.

[Chris Pringle]

Another great game with the terrain offering a very different set of challenges. AAR to follow.

Tantalising ... dare we hope the French might have recorded a win?

Chris
Bloody Big BATTLES!
https://uk.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/BBB_wargames/info
http://bloodybigbattles.blogspot.co.uk/

[Steve J]

No spoilers Chris but...

[JaymisHawk]

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - Mighty Armies
2) What armies were confronted? - Gnomes Vs Penguins 
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

For anyone whose never tried it, Mighty Armies it is very simplistic but is great for a good all round 30min - 45min game. The core rules are easy as pie but the strategy element is quite deep. You can build whatever army you like (using a point based army builder in the core book), using whatever figures you want so long as both sides are based the same. If you get the chance and have a spare half hour or so, try it out!

P.S Polar Bear Mounted Penguins are EVIL!!!! By far the nastiest Cavalry I've come up against in Mighty Armies, and I've come up against some really weird but fun concoctions.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Which figures do you use?