What was the last ruleset you played 2017?

[Leman]

Didn't have As and Bs when I did my exams. It was what has just been introduced but back to front, i.e. top grade was 1, bottom grade was 9 and a pass was 6, so there are now people out there looking for jobs where at one time or another the top grade was 1, 9, A or A*. 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - MeG
2) What armies were confronted? - Mycenae vs Mongol
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - absolutely
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - why do we still have this question?
5) How many players were in the game? - 2
15-6 to the chaps with long spears and big shields!
Unfortunately I was the Mongols, my shooting was neutralised, my combat dice were naff, and I got out manouvered!

[paulr]

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Mycenae vs Mongol
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Unfortunately I was the Mongols, ..., and I got out manouvered!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Report on my Blog...

[Womble67]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Rapid Fire
2) What armies were confronted? - Russian v Germans
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? - 4

Pictures


1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Black Powder
2) What armies were confronted? - British v Rebels
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? - 4

Pictures

Take care

Andy

[Norm]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Eagles of France (boardgame series)
2) What armies were confronted? - French v Coalition in the Soult's great breakthrough and the battle of the Guards scenario
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - feeling our way through it
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - no, the second playing of a starter scenario
5) How many players were in the game? - 2

There are two games in the series so far, Austerlitz and Waterloo. Some nice nuances coming through that meet with my perception of what should be happening in a Napoleonic game. WE just need to do a few more of the smaller scenarios before putting the big boy on the table.

[petercooman]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Rapid Fire
2) What armies were confronted? - Russian v Germans
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? - 4

Pictures


1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Black Powder
2) What armies were confronted? - British v Rebels
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? - 4

Pictures

Take care

Andy

nice pictures Andy! Some great buildings in those battles!

[Leman]

1. Neil Thomas' Wargaming C19th Europe

2. The army of Trumpton v The Chigley Confederation and the Separatist Camberwick Greeners

3. Yes, played many games with these rules

5. Two players

The battle was diplomatically fraught as the City of Camberwick Green is regarded as their capital by the Camberwick Greeners and as one of their provincial capitals by the Trumptoners. Consequently it had to be treated with kid gloves. As a result the Confederation army approached quite gingerly, giving Trumpton the opportunity to call up both an army and navy relief force. The city had a small Trumpton garrison, and the castle, on its own island, was also garrisoned by Trumpton. The city and castle could be approached by a narrow causeway flanked by marsh, and then the sea. to attack this way was to prove very risky, but the Confederation needed to take the castle. Camberwick Green could also be approached by a more round about overland route, with another road.
The bulk of the Confederation army opted for the latter route, but three battalions, a unit of jaeger and an artillery battery made a direct assault on the castle, taking it but suffering horrendous casualties from the navy, city defenders and castle garrison.
Unfortunately the Confederation commander had misunderstood his orders and attempted to take an important crossroads, destroying most of the relief force in the process (the 2nd Trumpton Dragoons - Duke Windy's Own - made a spirited, but ultimately fruitless and fatal charge), but failed to reach the city itself before nightfall, thus the gallant and steadfast soldiers of Trumpton carried the day.

The castle of Camberwick Green (more like a stately home in reality)



The city defenders and Trumpton naval ship, HMS Miller



The Chigley attack goes in on the castle



The gallant Trumpton Royal Guards and Duke Windy's Dragoons



The city of Camberwick Green




If you know anything about the First Schleswig War then you can see where this scenario came from.

[d_Guy]

Your pics are completely charming, Leman. Well done.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

How many casualties were inflicted on Pugh, Pugh, Barney, McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble and Grub?
Great report

[toxicpixie]

Fantastic

[Womble67]

nice pictures Andy! Some great buildings in those battles!

Thanks for the nice comments

Take care

Andy

[Leman]

Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble and Grubb, being in essential occupations, are unlikely to see action unless the Confederation break through to Trumpton city itself. At that point Colonel Wood, Trumpton Home Defence Force, may well have to call the fire brigade.

[fred.]

Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble and Grubb, being in essential occupations, are unlikely to see action unless the Confederation break through to Trumpton city itself. At that point Colonel Wood, Trumpton Home Defence Force, may well have to call the fire brigade.

Your Camberwick green game is genius. Bonkers, but genius.

[fred.]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? -  Rommel
2) What armies were confronted? - DAK vs 8th Army
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? -   Yes
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - Yes
5) How many players were in the game? - 4 (2 vs 2)



Rommel is an operational level WWII game, with each base being a company, its played on a gridded game surface, so no tape measures. It gives a good game, but in someways didn't feel very WWII - I think partly due to a lot of the special WWII bits either being too low level so are abstracted out, or are tactics on the Command Post, which end up just being combat modifiers, so loose some of their feel.

Full AAR over on the Honor forum http://www.sammustafa.com/honour-forums/general-discussion-and-announcements-46/operation-brevity/msg27154/#msg27154

[petercooman]

Great way of making a gridded surface 

[fred.]

Great way of making a gridded surface 

Ta - at first I just marked the corners with chalk - but it was too hard to see. So I put tiny piles of grit on each corner, and that worked well. As you can see in this photo they get a bit disrupted after a few hours of play, but it still works.

[Ithoriel]

Good looking game. Thanks for this.

Your comments reinforce my prepublication view of "Rommel" so maybe I'll hold off on getting the rulebook a while yet. I'm sure I can find other uses for thirty quid.

[fred.]

I got the PDF for expediency, planning to get the book when it was available in the UK, and the PDF is only £15.

I'm not sure I'm going to get the book - not least because the rules are well written and easy to pick up even from reading on screen. I'll see how much we play it before deciding on the rule book - once we get into the advance rules the book might be useful for reference.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Interesting. Thank you