What was the last ruleset you played 2018?

[paulr]

) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Target for Tonight
2) What forces were confronted? - RAF vs Luftwaffe
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Sounds interesting, count me in

[Maenoferren]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? Hordes of the Things
2) What armies were confronted? Dwarves and Early fantasyesque Germans against Martians and Fantasy Summarians
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes, certainly
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - four
6) What went well? - Initial dice rolls went in my favour
7) What could have been improved? My team mate over extended their flank meaning 70% of their troops didn't get into action. It didn't help that the majority of their dice rolls were ones or twos. It was a refresher game for a tournament on 10th November. I need to reread the rules again as They are close to DBA but not exactly and I got confused  ... it doesn't take much these days.

[paulr]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - For King and Parliament
2) What armies were confronted? - Royalist v Parliament 1646
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? - Four
6) What went well? - The rules gave a good period feel
7) What could have been improved? - The execution of the Royalists bold plan in game two

A battle report of both games can be found here http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,17883.0.html

[Steve J]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - BKCII
2) What armies were confronted? - Fallschirmjager vs Polish, Normandy 1944
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Very
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - Solo
6) What went well? - The Polish coomand rolls at various points in the game, as well as the artillery and airstrikes.
7) What could have been improved? - The Fallschirmjager armoured support shooting.

[Leman]

1. Square Bashing
2. 1915 Russians v. Turks
3. Very comfortable with them. A very straightforward set of rules to grasp and organised in such a way that no two games are alike.
4. No
5. Three players - two attacking Turks v. one defending Russian.
6. We chose to play the short version of the game which takes out the pre-game campaign and instead pre-determines attacker and defender. Unfortunately the defender can still lose bases before the game starts (we put this down to a patchy Turkish bombardment to soften up the position). Also taken out of the game are all the assets, but not the higher command orders. Despite this it still gave a very good, exciting game. Though there were  overwhelming odds in the Turks favour, the Russians gave a good account of themselves and the victory calculation at the end showed that the Turks had not done quite as well as they thought they had, allowing the Russian survivors to withdraw at nightfall. The game ran for about 2 1/2 hours, despite the two Turks never having played before.
7. No real scopr for improvement. An excellent game enjoyed by all three participants.

[Norm]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? Bitter Woods, a boardgame by Compass Games covering the Battle of the Bulge
2) What armies were confronted? 1944 German v American ground forces
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - No, first playing using the short tournament scenario (6 turns)
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - Yes
5) How many players were in the game? - two
6) What went well? - The opening orders of battle are imbalanced (historical reality), so the Germans have a powerful attack capability, while the Americans desperately plug gaps, block advances and survive, this was replicated in the game and it keeps both player immersed and the American player interested.
7) What could have been improved? just a better handle on the rules and knowledge of the tempo of the German advance, but this is the sort of game that you have to play a scenario to get that. There are plenty of special turn 1 rules, I think the game should list these rather than the players having to search rules, remember or make their own 'reminder' sheet.

Anyway, very good and I am re-setting it for another game.

[FierceKitty]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? Ten More Sons!
2) What armies were confronted? - Mexicans vs Spaniards and Tlaxcalans
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes, certainly
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - two
6) What went well? - Heavy cavalry charged and broke two units within minutes, lights took enemy in flank as they charged matchlockmen, shooting was deadly.
7) What could have been improved? Too one-sided for a real game. My foeman observed that rules which governed pike and shot and pistoleers and lancers in Europe don't always give American troops much chance; I think he had a fair point. Rules have already been tweaked a bit.

[Steve J]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - BKCII
2) What armies were confronted? - British BEF vs German Landwehr in a 'what if?' 1939 Saar Offensive.
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Very
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - Solo
6) What went well? - Pretty much 'even Stevens' for both sides, although the British FAO didn't do much...
7) What could have been improved? - The position of the Landwehr minefield to help funnel the British attack into a better killing zone.

[Leman]

1. FOGR
2. Later Poles v Later Ottomans
3. I am finding these rules a lot more manageable that FOG
4. No
5. Two players
6. The game in general went well and the rules are beginning to make sense. The armies were 10mm Pendraken and the Polish hussars looked magnificent (everything painted by my opponent).
7. I was doing really well and then made the classic mistake of blocking my hussars, assuming that they could charge through the screening light cavalry. Alas no, so they were caught by Ottoman cavalry and suffered badly. Still, a useful lesson well learned.

[paulr]

1. FOGR
2. Later Poles v Later Ottomans
3. I am finding these rules a lot more manageable that FOG
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This seems to be a reasonably widespread view

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Absolutely agree

[Maenoferren]

HOTT, it was the tournament this morning.

[Norm]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Eagles of France, boardgame from Hexasim
2) What armies were confronted? - napoleonic French v Prussian, an action at St. Amand from the Ligny game
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - mostly
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - Two
6) What went well? - A good feel for the subject, enlarged hexes gave room to manage the forces quite nicely.
7) What could have been improved? - I allowed the Prussians to hold places for too long, so they got outmanoeuvred and destroyed. They should have though more about giving ground and simply frustrating the French time-table, rather than trying to deny certain VP hexes.

[Womble67]

Hi All

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

5 Nov 2018, Russians vs Germans, Club

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

29 Oct 2018, Russians vs Germans, Club

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Black Powder
2) What armies were confronted? - Prussian vs British
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? - 5

22 Oct 2018, SYW, Club

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Cold War Commander
2) What armies were confronted? - Russian vs NATO
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? - 12 approximately

13 to 14 Oct 2018, Big Cold War Commander, Club

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Black Powder
2) What armies were confronted? - Confederates vs Union
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? - 6

8 Oct 2018, ACW Game, Club

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Cold War Commander
2) What armies were confronted? - Russian vs British
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

29 Sep 2018, Cold War Commander, Club

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Rapid Fire
2) What armies were confronted? - Russian vs German
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? - 5

27 Sep 2018, Fun Game at Collins

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

10 Sep 2018, Russian v Germans, Club

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

20 Aug 2018, Russian v Germans, Club

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

13 Aug 2018, Russian v Germans, Club

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Firepower
2) What armies were confronted? - Confederates vs Union
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - No
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - Yes
5) How many players were in the game? - 5

28 Jul 2018, A day at Collins

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Rapid Fire
2) What armies were confronted? - Russian vs German
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? - 5

28 Jul 2018, A day at Collins

Take care

Andy

[Westmarcher]

A lot of great eye-candy there, Andy!  

At the risk of upsetting some other readers with their 'button counter' sensitivities, I didn't see any British in the "Prussians v. British" SYW game - could only make out Austrians v. Prussians in the link. Only saying this in the hope there is an actual "British v. Prussians" game and you'll post more eye-candy(!).  

[d_Guy]

Thanks for all the pics. Andy!

[paulr]

You have been busy
Great looking games

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Nice to see you are busy Andy

[Leman]

1. Square Bashing
2. Russians v Turks 1915
3. Very
4. No
5. Three - one Russian, one Turk plus advisor to this novice player
6. Novice picked it up after about two turns. Game played well and very smoothly to give a definite result after about 2 1/2 hours.
7. Russian outnumbered defenders defeated, but after completion of the victory table it transpired that this was only a minor victory for the Turks.

[Womble67]

A lot of great eye-candy there, Andy!  

At the risk of upsetting some other readers with their 'button counter' sensitivities, I didn't see any British in the "Prussians v. British" SYW game - could only make out Austrians v. Prussians in the link. Only saying this in the hope there is an actual "British v. Prussians" game and you'll post more eye-candy(!).  

I'm afraid you was right there was no British

Thanks for all the pics. Andy!

You are welcome

You have been busy
Great looking games

I'm very lucky as we've got a local club and play every week

Nice to see you are busy Andy

Its keeps me out of mischief Will

Take care

Andy