What was the last rule set you played in 2023

[paulr]

Good looking troops Paul    

Perhaps some terrain would add more complexity/add options and help reduce boredom

A narrower table or some more troops might encourage/enable having some reserves

[pierre the shy]

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - If the Lord Spares Us
2) What armies were confronted? - ANZACs vs Ottomans
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes, although it was the first time we have played them in about 3 years, so a bit rusty but by turn 3 we had everything under control.
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - errr.....no
5) How many players were in the game? - 4
6) What went well? -  The scenario seems to work well so far. It postulates that the ANZACs landed in the flat plains of Sulva Bay rather than the steep ridges of ANZAC Cove and were logistically a bit better prepared to allow the use of horses by the ANZAC mounted rifle units to rapidly expand their bridgehead. The Royal Navy shore bombardment has been going pretty well for the ANZACs so far with two Ottoman infantry companies forced to abandon their entrenchments.
7) What could have been improved? We are playing this over a couple of sessions but so far one of the defending Ottoman battalions has been roughly handled by the Wellington and Otago battalions of the NZ Infantry Brigade. My lower morale Gendarmaire battalion is so far hunkered down behind its wired defences and has only been firing at extreme range.

Next week should be a bit more challenging for the ANZAC players with the arrival of the Turkish reserves and the scenario requirements to exit ANZAC units off the board if they are to be victorious.   

[paulr]

Turkish Mountain guns opening fire on the advancing Anzacs does seem a bit unsporting   
It's only going to get worse as we press forward  

[pierre the shy]

Turkish Mountain guns opening fire on the advancing Anzacs does seem a bit unsporting   
It's only going to get worse as we press forward  

I forgot to mention last night that the Yavuz Sultan Selim had recently sortied into the Sea of Marama.....    

[paulr]

Well that will give our pre-dreadnought battleships something to think about  

[Sean Clark]

1) Which ruleset did you us in your last game? - BKC4
2) What armies were confronted? - Late war British v Germans
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Eventually towards the end
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - Yes
5) How many players were in the game? - 2 plus me as an umpire
6) What went well? -  The game felt 'right'.. it was only a small game, but plenty for both players to do and it flowed nicely.
7) What could have been improved? We could have read the rules better! We got vast swathes of the rules long...only discovered on a subsequent reread. Entirely our fault and were looking to playing again with more insight into how the rules work.

[bobm]

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - MDCC.
2) What armies were confronted? - Grand Duchy of Battenberg vs Friestadt of Schwarzwald.  Imagi-nations.  Their first outing.  All Pendraken from their League of Augsburg and War of Spanish Succession ranges
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - I wrote them so had some insight into how they'd play!
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - Yes.  First playtest version using armies only just big enough to play.
5) How many players were in the game? - 2, myself giving explanations to a friend profoundly deaf in one ear and the other ear suffering an infection made for interesting progress.
6) What went well? - The game was entertaining with lots of decision making.  Managed to include enough nuance to avoid being generic and bland, which can easily happen with so few troop types available.  Also important to not resemble my ACW rules, another conflict with few troop types, therefore wherever possible they used deliberately different mechanisms to that game system.
7) What could have been improved? - A few gaps in rules where situations occurred that we had to quickly think of rules to cover.  Bigger armies would have increased steadiness of the troops.  I lost the game quite convincingly, but it was nice to play (I often umpire where I've produced the rules).

[Gwydion]

MDCC?

[bobm]

MDCC?

1700 in Roman numerals

[T13A]

Hi

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - For King and Parliament.
2) What armies were confronted? - The usual Royalists and Parliamentarians
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes, although first game for a while.
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? -  Just a very enjoyable time getting the figures on the table.
7) What could have been improved? Not a lot! Although a bit surprised how many times I had to refer to the rulebook - I am really getting old!

Cheers Paul

[Leman]

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - Krupp Bashing
2) What armies were confronted? - French v Prussian  mid-C19th Europe
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Very comfortable indeed.
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - No, second
5) How many players were in the game? - Solo.
6) What went well? - It was a tough game which could have gone either way until the Krupp batteries started having some dice rolling luck. Consequently the game played out as one would expect in the FPW, but the French were only narrowly beaten and were able to withdraw their army under cover of darkness.
7) What could have been improved? - The rules are an adaptation of the Peter Pig Square Bashing WWI rules, and one needs to be familiar with these rules to make full use of Krupp Bashing. This appeared in the in-house Peter Pig e-magazine, The Mill issue 16, as a playsheet and army lists - Early Prussian, Late Prussian and German states, Imperial French, Republican French. Unfortunately the playsheet appeared with sections out of sequence and so I printed, then cut and paste to make a two sided sequential playsheet. If anyone is interested in gridded games the original rule ideas are in the Mill 16 and free to download. My playsheet layout can be found in the RFCM forum on the Peter Pig website in the Square Bashing child board Walter Schnaffs (the original adaptation for the FPW).

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - Krupp Bashing
2) What armies were confronted? - French v Prussian  mid-C19th Europe
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Very comfortable indeed.
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - No, second
5) How many players were in the game? - Solo.
6) What went well? - It was a tough game which could have gone either way until the Krupp batteries started having some dice rolling luck. Consequently the game played out as one would expect in the FPW, but the French were only narrowly beaten and were able to withdraw their army under cover of darkness.
7) What could have been improved? - The rules are an adaptation of the Peter Pig Square Bashing WWI rules, and one needs to be familiar with these rules to make full use of Krupp Bashing. This appeared in the in-house Peter Pig e-magazine, The Mill issue 16, as a playsheet and army lists - Early Prussian, Late Prussian and German states, Imperial French, Republican French. Unfortunately the playsheet appeared with sections out of sequence and so I printed, then cut and paste to make a two sided sequential playsheet. If anyone is interested in gridded games the original rule ideas are in the Mill 16 and free to download. My playsheet layout can be found in the RFCM forum on the Peter Pig website in the Square Bashing child board Walter Schnaffs (the original adaptation for the FPW).

That sounds awesome

[T13A]

Hi

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - For King and Parliament.
2) What armies were confronted? -  Royalists and Parliamentarians
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? - Two.
6) What went well? -  Second game from one of the campaign books available. Very enjoyable as usual with these rules.
7) What could have been improved? Opponents dice throwing! 

Cheers Paul

[T13A]

Hi

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - Honours of War.
2) What armies were confronted? -  Austrians v Prussians
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? - Two.
6) What went well? -  The 'flow' of the game worked well and the outcomes seemed realistic..
7) What could have been improved? Playing more often so that we are more familiar with the rules. 

Cheers Paul

[Martin1914]

Hello All

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - Duel of Aces.
2) What armies were confronted? – RFC vs German Air Service. British photo-reconnaissance mission of the 'Jellyfish Redoubt'. - 1 x RE8 & 3 x Sopwith Camels versus 3 x Albatros.
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Not completely. Slight nuances between Regular and Green pilots.
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? – No, a bit rusty.
5) How many players were in the game? - 2
6) What went well? – Diced for timed arrival on table. New PVC mat and re-made flight stands meant aircraft didn't topple over!
7) What could have been improved? – RFC Camels could have made the RV on time, and the RE8 pilot shouldn't have put in a tight left-hand turn to line up his second photo run. He lost all his energy went into a spin and at low level crashed into the ground. Game over.

[Martin1914]

Couple more pics.

[Martin1914]

Last 2 pics.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Superb 

[sunjester]

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - Sellswords and Spellslingers - Close Quarter Battles Campaign
2) What armies were confronted? -  Our heroic trio vs evil cultists and rioting mobs
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? - Two.
6) What went well? -  We achieved our objective with all three characters still alive (just).
7) What could have been improved? - Better dice rolling!    We almost came very unstuck in the first three turns, too many failed activations, the character with the bow couldn't roll above 2 on a d20 and the magic-using character rolled a 1 and lost his magical power for the rest of the game!!!

[Last Hussar]

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