What was the last rules set you played 2020

[ronan]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Liber Militum : Tercios
2) What forces were confronted? - Spanish catholics vs. Protestants
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - It was our first game, but it went well
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - Yes. I did play once solo but it's definitively not the same game with another player
5) How many players were in the game? - Two
6) What went well? - the game ran for 3 hours, while drinking beer, playing at our pace. Manu made some tokens for the orders as we don't really like the large cards put next to the units.
7) What could have been improved? - My choices while commanding my army ! The budget : we used 1,000 points. It's ok for a first game but we could not have some options or units.. Next will be 1,200 or 1,500 points.

I wrote the  usual AAR here : http://2d6.fr/?p=5102

[mmcv]

Good looking game ronan!

[Steve J]

Very nice

[Dave Fielder]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - "Give the PBEM Umpire a headache" Ruleset
2) What armies were confronted? - Red and Blue block 19th Century
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yeah, really comfortable. I made the rules up every turn.
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - I do this all the time
5) How many players were in the game? - Three
6) What went well? - The rhubarb got trampled and the AARs was great fun to see what happened in the games my forces took part in.
7) What could have been improved? - Bigger boots to trample the rhubarb.
https://wwiiwargaming.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-war-of-rhabarberian-succession.html

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Naval Thunder
2) What armies fleets were confronted? - Royal Navy and Italian , Battle of Cape Spada
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - indeed
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - no, forst time with Italians though
5) How many players were in the game? - 2 (one remotely)
6) What went well? - first Italian salvo took out HMS Ilex, last Italian shot sunk HMS Hyperion
7) What could have been improved? - my ability to hit HMS Sydney which ripped through my two Italian cruisers

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

https://youtu.be/wADRRYNHhOA

Just listened. Of course have heard before 

[Norm]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Sword & Spear from Great Escape Games
2) What armies were confronted? - Two wars of Roses forces
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - no, the basic principles are quickly grasped, but there is a bit nuance tucked away, so I am still in the learning curve.
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - almost, I have tinkered a few times.
5) How many players were in the game?  - solo, this was a play test that just involved one wing of the battle
6) What went well? - for a late medieval game, play opened up nicely and there was plenty of play with some good story telling, quite interesting for what amounts to a face-off between very similar forces.
7) What could have been improved? - I need to construct a play aid that contains some reminders of those rules that are tucked away. i need to settle on a house rule that shows archer and billmen combiing a bit more, so that the archers can properly interpenetrate the friendly billmen, to get out of the way of assaulting melee troops.

I have some high hopes for these rules becoming my set of choice.

[DaveH]

I've seen Sword & Spear recommended and I am looking for a set of big battle ancient games so I'd be interested to hear opinions on them.

[Last Hussar]

Blucher.
#&*£&£&#*  *#&£&#*-#  *#&%-£#-# Sunjester.
4d6. Four sixes. Won him the game.

[Steve J]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Black Powder II
2) What armies were confronted? - 19thC European ImagiNations as part of a campaign
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Very
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - No, been playing them since January this year after a break from BP.
5) How many players were in the game? - Solo
6) What went well? - The Ruthenians, despite being outnumbered, put up a stirling defence, but in the end numbers told, especially a superiority in cavalry for the Prusskians. Again the BPII rules gave a good game despite keeping it very vanilla.
7) What could have been improved? - Not a lot. Both sides had their chances and fantastic morale saves.

That's the end of the campaign and an AAR report to follow later.

[Norm]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Sword & Spear from Great Escape Games
2) What armies were confronted? - Wars of Roses, ten units per side for a bigger test game, this time gave artillery to Yorkist and mounted MAA to Lancastrians
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Still on the learning curve, but much slicker this time around
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - No, but this is only by second test engagement.
5) How many players were in the game? - Solo
6) What went well? - I thought that since medieval warfare is often seen as simply line two sides up and bash away, that these rules gave a nuanced look at several parts of the line, so that even in a four foot space and a frontage of 6 units, that a lot of different things were going on that made each part of the line feel uniquely active.
7) What could have been improved? - The lack of an interpenetration rule to get the 'medium' archers out of the way, has been fixed by a house rule that is working rather well. There is errata in the charts as given, but downloads fix that.

[Redstef]

I really like Sword and Spear. I've never had a bad game with them and on one occasion snatched victory from the jaws of defeat ( 2 points remaining before breaking) with a Medieval German army against the Swiss.

I prefer to forget the times I'm in the loser corner when it's happened the other way though

[mmcv]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Black Powder
2) What armies were confronted? - The Reds and the Browns
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - first time playing it but played similar sets before so reasonably
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - yep
5) How many players were in the game? - Solo
6) What went well? - The Reds took the initiative and seized the hill and the village, setting up a defensive position. The Browns attempted to shake them loose and while proving resilient, were eventually driven back giving the Reds a solid victory.
7) What could have been improved? The Browns had some pretty poor command rolls early on that lost them the key positions and the game. Their right flank cavalry didn't move all game and the left flank cavalry consistently got beaten back by infantry, even when hitting in the flank.

I've been painting up my 2mm Crimean War troops and some buildings and scenery for BBB and rather than finishing up the buildings tonight I took a notion to play a quick game of BP, using an individual base per unit. The playing square was fairly small, a little over 20cm a side, so only fitting in one division each. Wanted to test out how viable a mini game was, so two even forces using just the basic unit stats. It actually worked out quite well, better than I was expecting. Tempted to pick up BP2 at some point but seems a shame to have barely used the first edition when I've had it a while. Think I may experiment further with a slightly larger game in future, maybe A4 size or even A3! 


This was start of turn 2, the reds hold the village and repulsed a cavalry charge by the browns at the hill.


The battle for the village intensifies.


End of game, remaining Browns circled.

[Steve J]

Lovely little game there MMCV. This small size board appeals to me no end, given I've played some fun games on a 2' x 2' table.

[Techno]

Looks great fun, Matthew ! 

Cheers - Phil

[sunjester]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Black Powder with Glory Hallelujah supplement
2) What armies were confronted? - ACW
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? - Orcs and myself
6) What went well? - To everyone's surprise, I rolled a lot of successful saves. 
7) What could have been improved? - Orc's dice, especially for movement. His "surprise" flank attack took so long to get into place that I'd reinforced that flank and broken his centre before they fired a shot!

[Steve J]

His "surprise" flank attack took so long to get into place that I'd reinforced that flank and broken his centre before they fired a shot!

Ouch!

[Orcs]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Black Powder with Glory Hallelujah supplement
2) What armies were confronted? - ACW
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Fairly
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - Sunjester and myself
6) What went well? - In my case Nothing - Sunjesters dice were as usual exceptional - 3 hits out of 4 D6 when he needed a 5 or 6 to hit .  Similar luck with saves.
7) What could have been improved? - Orc's dice, especially for movement. Or the dice gods could have cursed Sunjesters dice for once


It was good to get a real game in after 4 months - thanks Sunjester for hosting

[Orcs]

Ouch!

I think that is a gross understatement

[paulr]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - BBDBA
2) What armies were confronted? - Siciliot, Syracuse in Sicily, Apulian v 2 Celtiberian, Gallic
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Very
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - Not by a long way
5) How many players were in the game? - 3
6) What went well? - the game flowed well and both sides were in with a chance
7) What could have been improved? - Syracuse needed to hold some spear or perhaps mercenary Gauls in reserve

The Siciliots (foreground) have held the initial assault by one of the Celtiberian armies with half their spear not engaged. The Apulian have pushed forward on the right and are about to pressure the Celtiberian caetrati who are attempting to cover the flank. Cavalry and light horse from both Celtiberian armies are moving up to support the caetrati



The end of the game, the Syracuse army had its line broken early and without reserves was unable to recover, it has fled the field leaving the left of the Siciliots exposed to the steadily advancing Gallic army. On the right the Apulian have destroyed the Celtiberian caetrati and demoralised one of the Celtiberian armies. The combined pressure on their front and open flank by the Celtiberian scutarii of both armies has overwhelmed the Siciliots giving victory to the Celtiberians and Gallic armies.



We deliberately to not include Roman or Carthaginian forces in this game meaning that all my Punic forces have now had a run on the table