What was the last rules set you played 2020

[mollinary]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - My playtest 18th century version of FK&P, Pro Gloria
2) What armies were confronted? - Prussians v Saxons Kesselsdorv 1745 2nd Silesian War
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - yes
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - no, the second with the variant, but a couple of new ideas
5) How many players were in the game? - 6, plus 1 umpire
6) What went well? - Players picked up things very quickly, and required very little umpiring. Good natured and great fun
7) What could have been improved? - My umpiring, as I kept forgetting the basic FK&P rules!  Prussians won 60 medals to 39, which made it hard fought.  Heresy alert, the armies used were my old 15mm figures. My new Pendraken 10mm armies await the first playtest of the regimental version of the rules, Leuthen.

[paulr]

I do not need another period, I do not need another period, I do not need another period, I do not need another period...

[paulr]

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - Big Battle DBA
2) What armies were confronted? - Fatamid Egyptian, Seljuq Turkish, Syrian v Komnenan Byzantine, Cilician Armenian, Early Crusader
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, the other members of our usual group were distracted by unimportant things like birthdays or sons going to university
6) What went well? - The charges by the Crusader Knights and survival of the out numbered Byzantine Light Horse
7) What could have been improved? - The Christian deployment, the Cilician Armenians never got into combat, they did provide an overlap in that last combat of the game - shooting by the Crusader & Byzantine Bow and Crossbows, 3 elements died in shoot outs

[Ace of Spades]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game?             What a Tanker
2) What armies were confronted?                               1944 US Tanks and TD's vs German Tanks and TD's
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset?               Yep!
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset?   Nope!
5) How many players were in the game?                      8
6) What went well?                                                    The new ones quickly got the hang of it and in the end the US tankers found out how to defeat the heavier German tanks.
7) What could have been improved?                            With more experience the game will speed up. We need that!

Cheers,
Rob

[FierceKitty]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Rum, Buggery, and the Lash
2) What armies were confronted? - British vs Allies
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - No. Unfamiliar, and problems emerged at every turn.
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - Yes.
5) How many players were in the game? - Four
6) What went well? Nuttin'; saving rolls for ships under the right circumstances are a good feature to retain.
7) What could have been improved? -Gales shouldn't blow up easily; the outscouted fleet shouldn't be in an upwind position; fleets should begin on the table; faster movement and longer ranges (a bit) should be possible. Above all, the rules must not allow endless jockeying for position (captains might try that, but these rules are aiming at having the players take admirals' decisions).

[paulr]

aiming at having the players take admirals' decisions

I'm interested in seeing how these rules evolve

[steve_holmes_11]

What happened between Feb 1st and today?
Stuff's missing...

[steve_holmes_11]

What happened between Feb 1st and today?
Stuff's missing...

My mistake entirely - some chump has been posting in "What was the last ... 2019".     

[Last Hussar]

7) What could have been improved? - Everything - Last Hussar won ........WITH AUSTRIANS ........AGAINST THE FRENCH!!!   

I still think this thread should have been locked after this.  Nothing else matters.

[Steve J]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Black Powder II with the Glory Hallelujah supplement.
2) What armies were confronted? - Union v Confederate ACW.
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Pretty much
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? - Shirley Wayne and his cavalry played a starring roll as always. The scenario was the best so far, but still a tough one for the Rebs. The 'Whipped' rule worked well.
7) What could have been improved? - Gump's Brigade rolling two Blunders, one of which took them off the table. Shooting wise it was lots of Disorder and not many hits until towards the end.

[FierceKitty]

I'm interested in seeing how these rules evolve

Kind of you to say how, not if.

[Scorpio_Rocks]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game?             Men Who Would be Kings
2) What armies were confronted?                              British Vs Sudanese
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset?               Very
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset?   Nope!
5) How many players were in the game?                     2
6) What went well?                                                 Lots of fun
7) What could have been improved?                          as always... My dice rolling!

[FierceKitty]

Fleets bashing each other again; rules much improved, though I suspect not at their final stage yet. No sinkings yet, but damage is mounting faster than it can be repaired.

[FierceKitty]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game?             Rum, Buggery, and the Lash
2) What forces were confronted?                                British vs Allies
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset?               Far more than previously; we've ironed out 80% + of the bugs.
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset?   Nope!
5) How many players were in the game?                     2
6) What went well?                                                   We captured five French ships of the line and Fort S. Genevieve; no ships sunk on either side, though the Colossus was in a right
                                                                             mess by the end of the day.
7) What could have been improved?                           A cheat sheet will speed play a lot.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Not many ships were sunk by gunfire, as they are wooden.

[steve_holmes_11]

Not many ships were sunk by gunfire, as they are wooden.

I'd often wondered about this, since it's an areas where rules differ a great deal.
Some have the victims sink fairly fast and occasionally explode
Others make a point of having wreckage lingering about causing a bit of a navigation hazard.

I even recall one book of "Rules for all eras" whose age of sail rules made no provision for sinking.
I suspect that was an oversight.
While understanding that most wood is floaty stuff, I suspect the presence of 72 - 104 cannon would  have quite an impact on net buoyancy.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

You are right, particularly in heavy weather, but a very high proportion were due to explosions, naked flames and gun powder don't mix well !

[steve_holmes_11]

You are right, particularly in heavy weather, but a very high proportion were due to explosions, naked flames and gun powder don't mix well !

That makes a lot of sense, even the smaller sort of explosion  may blow a big hole beneath the waterline.

Do you (or any others here) have an idea of the relative changce of sinking between big ships of the line and the smaller boats encountered in pirate engagements.
Simple "common sense" suggests to me that pirate boats with fewer guns and a bit more tendency for boarding action, might be less prone to sinking from battle damage.

(Far be it for me to impune their chosen alternative lifestyle, but a contrasting view might imply that the piratey types were prone to a bit less iron discipline when it came to powder handling).

[Ithoriel]

I'm not aware of too many explosions afloat in the Age of Sail but lots of ships seem to have foundered in bad weather - especially in the aftermath of battle where already damaged ships, especially prizes, often seem to founder.

L'Orient at the Nile is probably the most famous example of a ship going bang! It's fame is down to the unusual nature of the event, I'd suggest.

I imagine smaller ships were even more likely to succumb to storms and bad navigation being less able to withstand the elements.

A quick look at some of the largest losses of life afloat in at 18th century also suggests that bad weather was more likely to sink ships than explosions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_maritime_disasters_in_the_18th_century

[Steve J]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Black Powder II with the Glory Hallelujah supplement.
2) What armies were confronted? - Union v Confederate ACW.
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Pretty much
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? - The Confederate shooting was pretty good and the scenario from the GH! book gave a nice game, even with our tweaks for a mid-week game.
7) What could have been improved? - The Union shooting and some of the Brigades didn't move that much.