What Ruleset Did You Use In Your Last Game 2016

[Bertalucci]

Duh Hullo

1) Sharp Practice II (with 15mm figures & bigger unit sizes)
2) AWI - British vs Duh Americans
3) Very, like an old air of jeans
4) Our very first game, and we got loads wrong, missed lots of the special abilities of individual units and got so caught up in the action we forgot the Force Moral almost completely
5) Two

But - boy are they good (I lost)

Playing again tomorrow afternoon at Washington Wargames Club, this time British Loyalists vs American Southern Militias.
These are the armies straight out of the film Patriot, and tomorrow I get Tarlton.
Scenario No 2 - Both sides are searching for the Major's wife, each for his own Honourable or Nefarious reasons

[Leman]

Patriot - there's me thinking you were playing historical and not fantasy. Don't forget to don the nazi uniforms, invade Russia and burn the peasantry in the local church.

[Hwiccee]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - From Sedgemoor to Staket
2) What armies were confronted? - Jacobite vs Williamite 1691
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes and no
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Yes and no - the game was a play test of an extension of ECW/TYW rules to cover this era
5) How many players were in the game? - Eight plus an umpire


The game was a large playtest of a development of the Warr Without an Enemie ECW rules to cover the period 1680-1720. The game featured 2 tables notionally some distance apart. On the largest table the Jacobite manned a defensive position and were being attacked by a larger Williamite force. This was a mixed engagement. The smaller table was a cavalry clash with a larger Jacobite force was trying to defeat a blocking Williamite force. If they could do this they could, after a suitable interval, join the main table.

As it turned out we were probably a bit over ambitious with the number of figures used. 6 of the players had not played the system before and so the game went relatively slowly. On the main table the Williamites made progress and probably had the upper hand but it was all still to play for. On the secondary table the Jacobites suffered from a run of poor dice but managed to defeat their opponents and as the game was ending were traveling to join the main battle when we ended the game. The Williamites successes had put them into a position where the victorious Jacobite cavalry would arrive on the main table behind the Williamite lines. So at this point with the main Jacobite force bloodied but undefeated it was decided the Williamites would pull back and we ended the game.

[d_Guy]

Patriot - there's me thinking you were playing historical and not fantasy. Don't forget to don the nazi uniforms, invade Russia and burn the peasantry in the local church.

Mel REALLY doesn't like you guys! 

[Matt J]

It's because he was brought up as an Aussie...

[Zippee]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - From Sedgemoor to Staket

Staket? Crikey but that's a pretty obscure battle reference to name a set of rules after!

[Leman]

1. FoG

2. Carthaginians v Gauls

3. Reasonably. The gamers who play these rules are very patient with me, and I get plenty of help. Consequently I am getting better at using a set that originally I found incomprehensible.

4. As a result I am getting more comfortable with these rules.

5. This was my 5th game. Should be ok by my 25th.

6. 3 - one Carthaginian, two Gauls, including me with a sub-command of three battle groups.

[Hwiccee]

Staket? Crikey but that's a pretty obscure battle reference to name a set of rules after!

It is only a working title but we are struggling to find a good one. This time has always had problems with names and doesn't even have an agreed 'period name'. The current name does at least more or less cover the time period and scope of the wars covered.

So if you have any good suggestions I am all ears

p.s. As a Brit I wonder how many non Brits know about Sedgemoor?

[Roy]

Some variation of a 1970s (?) rules set. Pony Wars, I think.

Far better than a lot of the 100+ page rules books you get today!

[Zippee]

It is only a working title but we are struggling to find a good one. This time has always had problems with names and doesn't even have an agreed 'period name'. The current name does at least more or less cover the time period and scope of the wars covered.

So if you have any good suggestions I am all ears

p.s. As a Brit I wonder how many non Brits know about Sedgemoor?

Fair enough but there are better known battles in the GNW 

Yeah there is no good period name - or possibly too many good names for much of the period but not all.


I doubt Sedgemoor is known by many Brits at all - it's wargamers you need to address and I dare say any of those with a passing interest in the period(s) would recognise it

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Most people will know the name if they travel down the M5 on holiday, as there is Sedgemoor services!

[paulr]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? – De Bellis Antiquitatis (DBA) 3.0
2) What armies were confronted? IV/6a Syrian 1092-1286AD v IV/2 Cilician Armenian 1071AD-1375AD
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? Yes
4) and... was the first time you used the ruleset? Second time for DBA 3.0 but played several games of earlier versions of DBA and also DBMM
5) How many players were in the game? Solo

I decided to give the newly painted Armenians a run against the Syrians that won the last test game.

The Armenians end up invading Syria, choosing to come on through the ploughed area to deny the Syrians terrain. Fortunately the first PIP roll was not a 1 so the ploughed areas counted as good going.

Poor PIPs left the Armenians stranded but limited PIPs meant the main Syrian line couldn't support their Ligh Horse



On the left the Syrian Light Horse managed to kill one of the Armenian Bow but were then overwhelmed by the Armenian Knights. On the right the Syrian Ligh Horse were tying down three Armenian Spear.



Finally the infantry came to grips and the Syrian Warband broke through the centre of the Armenian Spear, the 6-1 helped overcome the side support



Unfortunately the Warband pursued into the midst of the remaining Spear and was counter attacked by one of the Armenian Knights and despite rolling high was killed



The Syrians committed their Cavalry to support the remaining infantry and after some success one of them was caught unsupported by an Armenian Knight and 6-1'd



A 4-3 victory to the Armenians and another enjoyable game

[toxicpixie]

Looking really good!

DBA 3.0 is a major improvement then, not just in writing style and clarity but actual rules?

[paulr]

There are a number of changes in the rules and so far all of the interactions are improved

The writing style has not significantly improved but the diagrams definitely help

Figures 14c and 14d helped when the Syrian Light Horse caught the Armenian Spear in column

[toxicpixie]

Well, at least the diagrams are better then

Nice looking troops and matching looking board as well!