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Hi folks the traditional 4 control questions to take the temperature of the people games but this year I had include one more question

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Warmaster ancient
2) What armies were confronted? - Poseidon fishmen army (experimental fun army) vs Classic Greek
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes indeed
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Nop I've been playing for years
5) How many players were in the game? - Solo game, 1 player

1) Black Powder with Napoleonic Mods
2)Chilean Royalists v Army of the Andes
3)yep, made up anything i didn't like
4)off and on for a couple of years
5) solo, with "help" from a fascinated 4 year old (who seems to like moving trees rather than batallions  :-\)

1. Black Powder SYW

2. Austrians v Prussians

3. Not 100% comfortable with them as I think the Prussians have been made too strong. Frederick was reduced to a permanent 10 leadership. To be honest I think some of the Austrian troops could have more whistles and bells.

4. No not the first time. Have used them for SYW since the C18th supplement was published, but likely to give Field of Battle 2 a go with these armies.

5. The game was played with two players.

) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - WAB 2
2) What armies were confronted? - romans vs macedonians
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - mmmmm, not my choice ruleset for ancient wargaming: apart from manouvre complaints, i really miss command and fatigue aspects of ancient wargame. the romans seems overpowered too.
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - 4 players

Aye, WAB is...uh... @-)

Not to my taste really. 

*Rolls dice bucket*

OK, that unit's off the table, and so are those three.

I want my toys on the field for as long as possible!   ;D  They might be running away but they're still on the field looking pretty...  :D

Quote from: Luddite on 26 January 2015, 04:13:38 PM
I want my toys on the field for as long as possible!   ;D  They might be running away but they're still on the field looking pretty...  :D

Well said, it is one of the few times, when playing, that you get to see the front of them  ;) ;D ;D

1)  - Bajonett und Muskete (mine)
2)  - 1809 Austrian and French
3)  - Yes
4)  - No, been using them for a long time now
5)  - Two

1. FoW

2. German (Kampfgruppe Peiper to be exact) v. US Infantry at Bastogne.

3. As far as one can.

4. No, they're the de facto club house rules.

5. Five plus an umpire.

1) Hail Ceaser

2) WOTR

3) Yes - but a bit rusty

4) No - although I do mix up BP and P&S

5) 2

Quote from: jchaos79 on 24 January 2015, 08:13:25 PM
Hi folks the traditional 4 control questions to take the temperature of the people games but this year I had include one more question

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Warmaster ancient
2) What armies were confronted? - Poseidon fishmen army (experimental fun army) vs Classic Greek
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes indeed
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Nop I've been playing for years
5) How many players were in the game? - Solo game, 1 player

this Friday night will be my first game of the year.

1. Muskets and Tomahawks
2. British v French and/or Woodlands Indians
3. I have only looked at the rules and browsed - more info after Friday!
4. Yes!
5. Me and a friend

1. Commands and Colours Napoleonics

2. Austria v. France

3. Very quickly got into the way the rules work.

4. This was the first time I'd played this game - more like a wargame in a box. Only the third Napoleonic game I've played in my life, and the most enjoyable. Next time Wagram.

5. Two player game.

Here you go:

1) Warmaster fantasy
2) Vampire Counts (my all time favourite) VS Chaos
3) Totally
4) Played for years
5) 2 players

1 - Maurice
2 - SYW Prussians v Austrians (2mm)
3 - Yes (have fallen back in love with it)
4 - Nope
5 - Two, one observer & me 'helping'

1. Bolt Action
2. US v german
3. Yes
4. Played loads of games of Bolt Action. Perfect for solo play and hollywood-esque. The close combat rules are sh*te, but I've modified them to suit my own preferences
5. solo. If I were playing an opponent Bolt Action would be shelved for Chain of Command

Sword and Spear
Greeks v. Persians
A great set of rules, really makes you think.
This was our 3rd game and we only needed the rule book once.
4 players with me umpiring.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Dux Bellorum
2) What armies were confronted? - Picts vs Welsh
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yep
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Nope
5) How many players were in the game? - 2 players

A real mix so far:

x2
Black Powder

x1 each
Bolt Action
Commands and Colours Napoleonics
Dux Bellorum
Flames of War
Hail Caesar
Homebrew
Maurice
Muskets and Tomahawks
Sword and Spear
Warhammer Ancient Battles
Warhammer Fantasy
Warmaster Ancients

:)

Field of Battle 2

Seven Years War Austrian v. Prussian

The prep took longer than anticipated, but that included a dice generate battlefield from the old Age of Reason Campaign in Bohemia book. Once we had set up and got to turning cards the game began to flow smoothly, although my opponent kept forgetting to nsubtract lost Army Points.

I've used FOB2 before, although only a couple of times. Many years ago I used to play original Piquet, which often became a tedious grind. FOB2 is a massive improvement.

This was a two player game.

Quote from: Nosher on 27 January 2015, 01:44:54 PM
this Friday night will be my first game of the year.

1. Muskets and Tomahawks
2. British v French and/or Woodlands Indians
3. I have only looked at the rules and browsed - more info after Friday!
4. Yes!
5. Me and a friend

This is a really great game and would work well in 10mm with the Pendraken ranges.

Very intuitive game that keeps you thinking due to the card driven activation system. i can see this becoming a staple diet of games for a while. It would even work solo in my opinion.

I need to rebase some old 15mm AWI I have had kicking around for years. Once thats done I will post a batrep, either of a solo game or a game at the club whichever comes first. I will try to include an overview of the game

recommended!!

Quote from: Bodvoc on 28 January 2015, 06:07:38 PM
Sword and Spear
Greeks v. Persians
A great set of rules, really makes you think.
This was our 3rd game and we only needed the rule book once.
4 players with me umpiring.

Sword & Spear for me too
Early Successor vs Later Successor
Yep, the rules are excellent
being playing several Months now
2 & this has really taken off at our club.

Pictures, please.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Red Actions
2) What armies were confronted? - 1914 British and Germans
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Nope
5) How many players were in the game? - 4 players

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Ronin
2) What armies were confronted? - That is an adaptation fo GW world, kislev/villagers vs Chaos
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes they are ok
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Yep, a basic scenario, for moving shooting and figthing to see how is going
5) How many players were in the game? - Solo game, 1 player

Rules... Bolt action
British paras in Normandy June 1944. Versus Germans holding a town. Mission capture the bridges.... We didn't manage both... 25 foot long table by 6.
Comfy with the rules... Not really....chucking gazillions of dice and nothing much happening
Yep first time and probably the last... Well I won't be buying them.
Players 4 para and 3 German a couple of players couldn't make it due to the snow.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - One Hour Wargames
2) What armies were confronted? - Early Imperial Rome vs Celts
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yup
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Nope, played a best of 5 campaign. Rome wiped the board with the Celts
5) How many players were in the game? - Solo game, 1 player

Wonder who's going to be the first with Warband?

Quote from: getagrip on 02 February 2015, 08:41:01 AM
Wonder who's going to be the first with Warband?

Luddite  ;) ;D

Quote from: nikharwood on 02 February 2015, 01:41:09 PM
Luddite  ;) ;D

:)  Yeah, bit ahead of the curve isn't he  :D

1)   What ruleset do you use in your last game?  Maurice for Imagi-Nation (with full card deck).... bloody marvellous; almost feels like role playing as well as table top wargaming.

2) What armies were confronted? – Armokans, Wendigo, and Tankikans.

3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? – 90% yes... 10% wish they worked equally as well at skirmish level as well.

4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? – Yes.

5) How many players were in the game? - Solo game, just me.
   

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Charlie don't Surf
2) What armies were confronted? - PAVN v USA
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - 4 players

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Dux Bellorum
2) What armies were confronted? - Saxons vs Welsh
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yep
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Nope
5) How many players were in the game? - Solo and the 2nd game of my campaign.

Mostly snap, SteveJ!

1/ Dux Bellorum
2/ Saxon versus Welsh (well, Rheged)
3-5/ yep, after a couple of turns (first time for three of five of us playing incl. me!)

Good fun, and I really like any Arthur-ish, fall of the west, lest darkness fall sort of thing. Did feel very swingy on the dice but both sides had terrible rolls and Great rolls on alternate turns so I guess that didn't help the perception of how they played even if "averaged out" overall...

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - Spearhead
2) What armies were confronted? - France v Germany - June 1940
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes, but rather rusty
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Not by a long way, but first time in a long time
5) How many players were in the game? - Three, two French and one German

Was very enjoyable playing an old familiar set of rules and getting some under used 6mm figures on the table.  Enjoyed it so much I'm working on another Spearhead scenario for next week, North Africa in early February 1941 :)

The scenario was one of John Moyer's and was a challenge for the French attacking with 4DCR against well positioned Germans with artillery, flak and AT guns. Having neither of their infantry battalions turn up made it more challenging. This was compounded by some very hot German dice  :o

Once the French artillery and the Char Bs came into play the tide started to turn, but too little to late for the French

I've heard that spearhead is one of the best ruleset of WWII

Quote from: jchaos79 on 08 February 2015, 07:41:06 AM
I've heard that spearhead is one of the best ruleset of WWII

They told you wrong. Pro -US/German, scenarios riddled with historical errors (such as DD Churchills), look at Blitzkrieg Commander, or BGMR WWII.

IanS

Spearhead - Scenario books are terrible (although the last one is better) but the scenerio generator as developed by Keith McNelly is very very good. Or play historical or your own ;) The rules *are* biased towards the Germans as it's command & control that's important and there's is excellent. However it's nothing a good plan won't overcome.

The scenario system takes that into account very well, but it's very easy to tweak anyway - if you feel your particular favourite Russian/American/British formation should be better, kick them up a level. If you're fielding very bad Germans knock them to Western Allies or Russian level.

BKC is a good game, but Spearhead is actually simpler and a better simulation - but then They're modelling different things. Spearhead is one of the few games where infantry are actually vital beyond either cowering in trenches or being overrun by armour :)

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - King of Kish (my own rules for 3rd Millennium BC Mesopotamian warfare)

2) What armies were confronted? - Umma vs Lagash (a historical match-up if not necessarily historical OOBs)

3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - First beta test of the rules and, as expected, playing another human rather than playing both sides threw up many things that need tweaked or rethought. Naval rules need much more thought expended on them so will be shelved meantime.

4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - First outing of this particular incarnation

5) How many players were in the game? - Two

Most of the units were just 60mm square bases with things like "Conscript Spear (erin.summa)" or "Skirmishers (nim)" written on them. Only four were actual figures ... must paint faster. Actually, "must BASE faster" - painting isn't taking that long as many units are basically flesh, sheepskin, hair and weapons. 

Each army consisted of 6 units of conscript spearmen, 4 units of skirmishers, 4 units of chariots, 2 units of professional spearmen, 2 units of conscript archers, 1 C-in-C with foot guard, 1 subordinate leader with chariot bodyguard. If they were proper units they would comprise roughly 575 infantry and 26 chariots. In real life the army of Shurrupak, a small city state, was apparently 700 foot and 60 chariots so games will potentially not be far off 1:1 scale. Though if I go for Sargon of Akkad's army of 54,000 I may need to up the ratio somewhat :)

1. Rules use did  in game you last?  Monopoly

2. Confrontation of armies was it?  Battleship v. Boot

3. Ruleset comfotableness with it was there? No, took bloody ages and I could never get Liverpool Street Station.

4. And.....was the first time do you use the ruleset? Ev evry flippin' Christmas.

5. Players how many number of in game was? Ship and Boot - go figure.

I HATE BLOODY QUESTION FOUR!!!!!!

Quote from: toxicpixie on 08 February 2015, 09:08:40 AM
Spearhead - Scenario books are terrible (although the last one is better) but the scenerio generator as developed by Keith McNelly is very very good. Or play historical or your own ;) The rules *are* biased towards the Germans as it's command & control that's important and there's is excellent. However it's nothing a good plan won't overcome.

The scenario system takes that into account very well, but it's very easy to tweak anyway - if you feel your particular favourite Russian/American/British formation should be better, kick them up a level. If you're fielding very bad Germans knock them to Western Allies or Russian level.

BKC is a good game, but Spearhead is actually simpler and a better simulation - but then They're modelling different things. Spearhead is one of the few games where infantry are actually vital beyond either cowering in trenches or being overrun by armour :)

I've not played BKC so can't comment on it but I strongly recommend SH and Keith's scenario system.

Quote from: paulr on 08 February 2015, 07:19:49 PM
I've not played BKC so can't comment on it but I strongly recommend SH and Keith's scenario system.

Thanks Paul.  Anyone know where I can get a copy?  I like infantry battles; will be worth a look.  None of the suppliers listed on their site seem to have it. :(

There is this one

http://spearhead.wargaming.info/

and this one

https://ww2spearhead.wordpress.com/scenario-generation-system/

Four games of FOW, it were good!

Quote from: Fenton on 08 February 2015, 08:02:54 PM
There is this one

http://spearhead.wargaming.info/

and this one

https://ww2spearhead.wordpress.com/scenario-generation-system/

Thanks Steve  ;)

You might find these useful as well

http://www.fireandfury.com/scenarios.shtml

1/ Impetus Baroque in ECW

2/ early West Country  Royalist versus early parliamentarian

3/ first Baroque, many ordinary Inpetus

4/ very - special rules/period changes slotted in nicely giving a good period feel without requiring an entirely different rules set to learn :)

5/ technically four but I arrived so late I was basically spectating as the Cornish foot got to "get stuck in" range and crunched through what was left of Parliaments line!

Quote from: Fenton on 08 February 2015, 08:02:54 PM
There is this one

http://spearhead.wargaming.info/

and this one

https://ww2spearhead.wordpress.com/scenario-generation-system/

Looked at this Steve but there's nowhere to actually buy the rules :(

http://www.caliverbooks.com/bookview.php?8a23029180fa08eaed608d408834e7c5&id=11112 (http://www.caliverbooks.com/bookview.php?8a23029180fa08eaed608d408834e7c5&id=11112)

Should do it?

Quote from: toxicpixie on 09 February 2015, 08:31:27 AM
http://www.caliverbooks.com/bookview.php?8a23029180fa08eaed608d408834e7c5&id=11112 (http://www.caliverbooks.com/bookview.php?8a23029180fa08eaed608d408834e7c5&id=11112)

Should do it?

Thanks Pixie ;)

Pleasure!

Quote from: getagrip on 09 February 2015, 07:56:32 AM
Looked at this Steve but there's nowhere to actually buy the rules :(

Sorry didnt realizse you wanted to buy them, thought you just wanted scenarios to use with BKC

Not sure now to be honest. We  always preferred Command Decision

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Dux Bellorum
2) What armies were confronted? - Irish vs Welsh
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yep
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Nope
5) How many players were in the game? - Dave Fielder and myself.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - IACTA ALEA EST
2) What armies were involved?   - Neo-Assyrians vs NKE/Saitic Egyptians
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yep, increasingly so
4) and... was this the first time  you used the ruleset? - Nope
5) How many players were in the game? - Wife and myself
6) Do you agree there is a crying need for a 10mm Meso-American range? - Certainly.

Quote from: Fenton on 09 February 2015, 09:34:24 AM

Sorry didnt realizse you wanted to buy them, thought you just wanted scenarios to use with BKC

Not sure now to be honest. We  always preferred Command Decision

I got my copy al long long time ago ... ;D

They appear to have some copies on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/SPEARHEAD-Rules-Organizations-Division-Level-Wargaming/dp/B001PB1JFS (http://www.amazon.com/SPEARHEAD-Rules-Organizations-Division-Level-Wargaming/dp/B001PB1JFS)

The WWII part of Keith McNelly's blog https://ww2spearhead.wordpress.com/ (https://ww2spearhead.wordpress.com/) provides some after action reports and the scenario system is simply brilliant :D

Feel free to PM if you want any more info on Spearhead

I think I still have a copy of them somewhere. We only used them for our  very big battles we ran over two days

Quote from: Fenton on 12 February 2015, 09:57:45 AM
I think I still have a copy of them somewhere. We only used them for our  very big battles we ran over two days

Wanna sell?

I found mine in ebay.

Quote from: getagrip on 12 February 2015, 10:24:55 AM
Wanna sell?

I think I still have them...Havent looked for them in ages

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Muskets & Tomahawks variant for Napoleonics
2) What armies were confronted? - King's German Legion vs French
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yep
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Nope
5) How many players were in the game? - 3

http://twomarshals.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/la-haye-sainte-not-quite-muskets-and.html (http://twomarshals.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/la-haye-sainte-not-quite-muskets-and.html)

Quote from: Fenton on 12 February 2015, 03:16:55 PM
I think I still have them...Havent looked for them in ages

I could always post a credit with PD to avoid messing around with cheques etc...

Shiny shiny goodies for a sad, old and unused rulebook...sniff :D

Quote from: jchaos79 on 24 January 2015, 08:13:25 PM

1) What ruleset do you use in your last gam
2) What armies were confronted?
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset?
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset?
5) How many players were in the game?

1. Chain of Command
2. US Motor Rifle Platoon v Standard German Infantry Platoon
3. Absolutely. My staple for WW2 Skirmish with a live opponent
4. No.
5. Me and my regular gaming partner

How come question 4 is still being written out verbatim? Is everyone on this forum Hungarian apart from me? Now, let's go through it very slowly and loudly:

4) and... was this the first time you used this rules set?

See ..... easy isn't it!

Quote from: Leman on 14 February 2015, 08:50:40 PM
How come question 4 is still being written out verbatim? Is everyone on this forum Hungarian apart from me? Now, let's go through it very slowly and loudly:

4) and... was this the first time you used this rules set?

See ..... easy isn't it!

Igen

1. Hail Caesar

2. Imperial Roman v. Parthian/Sarmatian

3. Beginning to get the hang of them.

4. No, third or fourth.

5. Four.

1. Sword & Spear
2. Later Carthaginian v Gallic
3. Not bad, when i remember the special rules
4. First time
5. Two

Quote from: jchaos79 on 24 January 2015, 08:13:25 PM
1) What ruleset do you use in your last game?
2) What armies were confronted?
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset?
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset?
5) How many players were in the game?

1) FogR
2) Montrose Scots vs English ECW Parliamentarians
3) Yes and No! It was a learning game, we have both only played three times before and this was our first time solo, so trying to get into the rules without too much Umpire help. Umpire helped, a lot! 
4) third game but first solo.
5) two.

1/ Megablitz, in 20mm for the minis, with 1:25000 ground scale

2/ Operation Battle Axe in '41 so 7th Armoured versus 21st Panzer (we were only doing the desert side not the fighting on the escarpment and Hellfire Pass)

3/ Yes, in rules terms. No, in visuals. One model is a battalion, ground scale is such that you effectively on fight in contact. Half a dozen 20mm scale tanks and infantry stands in a rugby scrum does not look right... Plans for that shelved, possibly to be revisited in 3mm!

4/ Yes - we're getting stuff sorted for WMMS in March. Circumstances have fecked us practising before now and it's going to be a last minute change of game!

5/ three - two Brits, one German.

Mmmm,quite a few respectable battles listed there.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - DMH
2) What armies were confronted? - Outlaws / Lawmen
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - No at first, third game in was flowing nicely ;)
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - YES!!!
5) How many players were in the game? - 2

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Dux Bellorum
2) What armies were confronted? - Irish vs Welsh
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yep
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Nope
5) How many players were in the game? - 2 as part of a campaign

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - BKCII
2) What armies were confronted? - Loyal Army of the South vs British Union of Fascists (ABVCW)
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yep
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Nope I've been playing for years
5) How many players were in the game? - 2 players

1. Blucher
2. Austrians v. French
3. Had two games in one afternoon. In the first game I had little idea of what I was doing, but in the second it ran much more smoothly and was more enjoyable, even though I lost again.
4. This was my first go at the rules.
5. There were two players.

My regular fortnightly opponent had bought the rules plus card set and was eager to give them a try. First of all he decided that the cards, although nicely produced, did not feel right on the tabletop. Secondly he also realised that it would take him about ten years to prepare the armies he wanted to game. Consequently he produced his own playing pieces from topdowns from the web, mounted on MDF bases about 40x30mm in size. He adjusted the topdowns by adding a unit centre point, for pivoting, and also angles of fire (small yellow lines), plus the name of the unit and a national flag at the back of the unit. It actually looked very impressive, especially as units with skirmishers out could be depicted with a front rank of skirmishers. The other advantage was that, as a consequence, a roster of losses had to be kept, but this meant the opponent was in the dark as to how close the enemy was to breaking.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - BLUCHER
2) What armies were confronted? - Austrian v French
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Yes
5) How many players were in the game? - Solo - using a very neat Momentum Order Calculator

Superb Game using minis rather than cards.

The Solo play Momentum Calculator is invaluable!!

1) Kings of War
2) Goblin vs Dwarf
3) Yes
4) Yes - hadn't even read them before.
5) 2 - with an advisor.

Good simple game, although I think we got a bit wrong.

IanS

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Warmaster fantasy
2) What armies were confronted? - Chaos / Beastmen (own rules)  vs  Empire and Elves (6000 points in each combined army).
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Totally
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game?

Eh ?

Oh, I see what you've done.
Cheers - Phil

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Spearhead
2) What armies were confronted? - Italians v British - North Africa February 1941
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - Three

A refight of the second day at Beda Fomm. The victory conditions were a bit tough on the Italians so I will need to adjust them for when we use the scenario again  :-\

Quote from: Techno on 28 February 2015, 10:15:40 AM
Eh ?

Oh, I see what you've done.
Cheers - Phil

Oops! :-[ :-[ :-[

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - A Town Called Malice; Wild West participation shoot-em-up.

2) What armies were confronted? - Various criminal gangs, plus the Earp brothers and Doc Holiday.

4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No, in-house club rules.

5) How many players were in the game? - 6 to 8 plus umpire.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - In Her Majesty's Name
2) What armies were confronted? - British Colonial Troops of the Niagara Colony (1888) vs. Svetlana the Ice Witch, her summoned monsters, mountain men and outlaws.
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes.  Sort of.  Only played a few times.
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - Three

Quote from: paulr on 28 February 2015, 10:16:54 AM
1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Spearhead
2) What armies were confronted? - Italians v British - North Africa February 1941
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - Three

A refight of the second day at Beda Fomm. The victory conditions were a bit tough on the Italians so I will need to adjust them for when we use the scenario again  :-\

Always like to see a bit of Spearhead played - got a write up?

Quote from: toxicpixie on 28 February 2015, 09:27:09 PM
Always like to see a bit of Spearhead played - got a write up?

i took some pictures so I should do one, will see how I go as I have lots of painting on and hard deadlines for both projects :!! :!!

Impetus, Republician Romans v Gauls, 28mm.
Three players, all used to the rules although we hadnt used them for a while, so had to check a few things.
Scenario was victorious Roman General is ambushed on his way back to his fortress, he must try and get his wagons of loot safely across the table. Happily for me my Gauls raced across the table and routed the Roman Generals command at the end of turn 5. Not even a relief force of Romans could get to him in time to help. A rare victory for my Gauls!

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Dux bellorum
2) What armies were confronted? - Sea raiders vikings vs Arab people
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - AT the begining no, but once they combat start I enjoy the rulesets
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Yes
5) How many players were in the game? - solo player

1/ Battletech. Using minis on proper terrain instead of map sheets.
2/ Lyran Alliance militia versus Gleesons Stalwarts mercenary company under contract to the Free Worlds League. Lyrans were a mostly old tech mech company and a "combat support & HQ guard" of vehicles - hover tanks with great honking autocannon, ECM choppers, supply trucks and the really nasty surprise - two hover-arty pieces with MLRS equivalents. The mercs are upgraded Inner Sphere with some captured Clan mechs.
3/ yes but took a while to spin up to speed. And we had too many units on board, and with con distractions things get slow!
4/ some of us are over a quarter century in use with the rules :D
5/ four to six as people dropped in & out

1. BBB
2. Battle of Shiloh - chaps in blue v. chaps in grey
3. Settled to the rules very quickly and they gave an excellent game.
4. First time I'd played BBB - but had read them through about 5 times and I am also regularly on the BBB Yahoo site.
5. Two players.

Quote from: toxicpixie on 28 February 2015, 09:27:09 PM
Always like to see a bit of Spearhead played - got a write up?

Your wish is my command, well in this case anyway ;)

http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,11659.0.html (http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,11659.0.html)

Cheers Paul! Looks good :)

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Warmaster Ancent
2) What armies were confronted? - Sea raiders vikings vs Arab people
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - yes, I highly recommend them
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - NO
5) How many players were in the game? - solo player, in fact it was really tiny mini game, but was fun enough for me.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Roy's home brew set - have a very 70s feel and work really well
2) What armies were confronted? - Germans v British - France 1940
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - Two and Roy umpiring

Pierre the Shy was commanding the British who were withdrawing towards Dunkirk. They turned to delay the beastly Hun and promptly knocked the blighters for six ;)

Peter ambushed my advancing Germans and knocked out almost all my armour (5 tanks and 2 armoured cars) losing one armoured car, a cruiser and a company of infantry in exchange :-[

An enjoyable game none the less ;)

Sounds a corker!

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - BKC;
2) What armies were confronted? - Germans vs Germans (it's all I've got at the mo);
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - No but that's why I was testing them;
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Yes;
5) How many players were in the game? - Solo (first solo game ever, I'd never even considered solo until I joined this forum).

How was the BKC experience?

Quote from: jchaos79 on 15 March 2015, 09:31:23 AM
How was the BKC experience?

Love it. :-bd

Works for me as I play Warmaster so quite easy to pick up. ;)

Quote from: paulr on 15 March 2015, 02:24:30 AM


Pierre the Shy was commanding the British who were withdrawing towards Dunkirk. They turned to delay the beastly Hun and promptly knocked the blighters for six ;)

Peter ambushed my advancing Germans and knocked out almost all my armour (5 tanks and 2 armoured cars) losing one armoured car, a cruiser and a company of infantry in exchange :-[

An enjoyable game none the less ;)

Think the dice gods were on my side for this one :)

My infantry ambushes held up the Germans while two crusier
tanks and 25pdr did the damage. As Paul observed a good. set of rules
for that size game. Great game. :)

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Twilight of the Sun King
2) What armies were confronted? - Russians vs Ottomans, Pruth 1711
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - 4

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - 5Core Company Command
2) What armies were confronted? - Poles vs. Germans, Sept 1939
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Like an old set of gloves.
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No, just finished a 16 game campaign, looking to start another ASAP.
5) How many players were in the game? - Just me (as always).

These have become my favorite rules for WWII to present in company-level ground actions.

V/R,
Jack

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - Bloody Big Battles (BBB)
2) What armies were confronted? - Marathas vs British, battle of Punniar, Gwalior Campaign, India 1843 - a war I knew nothing about before the game.
http://bloodybigbattles.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/indian-colonial-bbb-game-punniar-1843.html (http://bloodybigbattles.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/indian-colonial-bbb-game-punniar-1843.html)
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes.
4) and ... was it the first time you've used the ruleset? - No, it's been our staple for 5 or 6 years.
5) How many players were in the game? - Two, with the scenario designer refereeing it.

Quote from: getagrip on 15 March 2015, 08:59:21 AM
2) What armies were confronted? - Germans vs Germans (it's all I've got at the mo);

Come on, Gareth......It's time you cleaned those brushes, and started going through your mountain of white metal !
Get back into it, Matey ! :)

Cheers - Phil

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game?

Warband

2) What armies were confronted?

Hill dwarves vs Goblins

3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset?

Yes.

4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset?

No.

5) How many players were in the game?

2


This week, we will mostly be playing L'Art de la Guerre.

Quote from: Techno on 24 March 2015, 04:38:58 PM
Come on, Gareth......It's time you cleaned those brushes, and started going through your mountain of white metal !
Get back into it, Matey ! :)

Cheers - Phil

On it  :)

OFSTED and a four year old have somewhat put me behind schedule  =)

I was behind schedule in making my schedule. :-[ :-[

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game?
Warband

2) What armies were confronted?
DragonMen v Orcs and Goblins

3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset?
Yes.

4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset?
No, this was our second game.

5) How many players were in the game?
4, two players a side, one in charge of the Commander and a few units, the other player in charge of the magic user and a few units.
We all had great fun.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? FoW 3rd Edition

2) What armies were confronted?
US Paratroopers v. German panzergrenadiers on D-Day + 1

3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset?
Yes. The infantry rules seem much better sorted. But bocage is very claustrophobic!

4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset?
Of this edition - yes.

5) How many players were in the game?
Two per side plus an umpire/moderator.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - FogR
2) What armies were confronted? - Me with club Parliamentary vs Pete Simpson's Royalist Scots
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Getting there...
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - 5th game, but getting a lot quicker!
5) How many players were in the game? - Two

Pete's army was stacked with warriors so had the potential to rip me to pieces. I tied up two pike blocks and four units of warriors with my Determined Horse, and killed one warrior unit and Pete's artillery on my right flank.

However, on the left, Pete's cavalry (absolutely average horse) managed I one turn to flank and kill my matching cavalry, kill a general, disrupting my superior pike and fragmented an average pike unit as a response to these events.
He then charged and destroyed both these units. My

Killing another general on the way, and knackering another three units! My average morale throw on that flank was 4 on2d6!
I lost half my army and broke. Pete had lost two BGs, had two fragmented units, and two other units one stand off auto breaking, so not quite a whitewash!
Great game, well deserved win for Pete!

Photos and unbiased comments on faceache!

OK, so, to recap where we are, Dux Bellorum's top dog.

x6
Dux Bellorum

x3
Flames of War
Sword and Spear

x2
Black Powder
Blitzkrieg Commander II
Bloody Big Battles
Blucher
Bolt Action
Field of Glory: Renaissance
Hail Caesar
Maurice
Muskets and Tomahawks
Spearhead
Warband
Warmaster Ancients

x1
5Core Company Command
A Town Called Malice
Battletech
Chain of Command
Charlie Don't Surf
Commands and Colours Napoleonics
DMH (Dead Man's Hand?)
Field of Battle 2
Homebrew
Iacta Alea Est
Impetus Baroque
Impetus
In Her Majesty's Name
King of Kish (homebrew)
Kings of War
Megablitz
Monopoly
One Hour Wargames
Red Actions
Ronin
Roy's Homebrew Set (homebrew)
Twilight of the Sun King
Warhammer Ancient Battles
Warhammer Fantasy
Warmaster Fantasy

1) Epic Armageddon
2) Space Marines vs Tyranids
3) Yes
4) Nope, been playing for many years now
5) Two

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - FogR
2) What armies were confronted? - Me with club Parliamentary vs Don 'The Don' Avis's shot heavy Royalist.
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Much more
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - 6Th game, this time against one of the best players around.
5) How many players were in the game? - Two point 1 (a friend was laughing at us).

Don is a real gent and gave me a great learning game last night.
I lost a general to the first turn of combat, but killed two of his superior Cavalier units. He then blew away my line, which was severely hampered by bad terrain right in my deployment area and hinterland!
My generals were hopeless! I think they passed one roll between them all night!
Otherwise, a cracking game, if my dice had stayed on board, it could have been much more profitable! ;)
I lost 14-4 in the end!

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Bolt Action WW2
2) What armies were confronted? - Winter '44 Yanks versus fairly generic late war Germans
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Mostly, it's been a while since I played and it was the first time for the German player so whilst it's simple and easily picked up we stumbled a few times!
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - See above!
5) How many players were in the game? - Two

The Yanks were four small-ish infantry squads, a platoon commander and FAC each with an extra bloke & SMGs and a medium mortar, the Germans were three eight man rifle squads, a Pak 50, light mortar, MG42 team and light mortar. Mission ended up with the Germans holding three objectives around a snowy cross roads and the Yanks trying to wrest it off them. Started well for the Yanks with their preparatory bombardment and FAC pinning several teams and wiping out the ATG, whilst the rifle squads closed on the right most objective in a small farm.

The Germans shook off their pins there though, and made it into the farm buildings and hunkered down, their reinforcements started moving towards it as well (coincidentally covering the middle objective on a hill overlooking the crossroads itself) and the USAAF showed its true colours by strafing one of my rifle squads into so many pins they just settled down to cower for the rest of the game!

I winkled the Germans out (helped by a blunder that sent their reinforcements scuttling back out of sight), then turned to move on the middle objective but between the USAAF and the remaining German rifle squad I was forced to launch my left flank at the third objective, which I was hoping just to screen off! The mortar did sterling work finishing off the MMG team, whilst the sole rifle squad on that flank closed up nicely to the objective accompanied by the now sans more call ins FAC, only to be nearly felled by the German light mortar who dropped a series of 50mm rounds right onto them, and the German platoon commander then raced up from the woods behind to contest it; there was a very nasty exchange of fire at close range that lost me my FAC & his radio op and half the rifle team but saw the German commander go down to a hail of Springfield rounds just at the close of play!

All in all, very enjoyable with lots of swings and roundabouts. I know Bolt Action isn't everyone's cup of tea but that actually felt quite nicely "in character" AND played quickly AND was fun. We use 15mm figures and normally play in inches, but as I was late and didn't bag a deep enough table we used cm's. Worked ok, but I reckon inches feel better!

Quote from: kyussinchains on 17 April 2015, 03:55:11 PM
1) Epic Armageddon
2) Space Marines vs Tyranids
3) Yes
4) Nope, been playing for many years now
5) Two

How did the marines fare?  Played Tyranids a few times and they were horrible.

1. Bloody Big Battles

2. Battle of Gettysburg - Union v. Confederate

3. Pretty easy to grasp.

4. Second time out.

5. Three each side.

Science Versus Pluck
Ansar v Anglo Egyptian
A little tricky to locate everything
First time out (hence the little tricky bit)
3 British v the umpire

Some Good roleplaying by the cavalry commander.. rash and tactically inept... he charged... enough said really  :o
The CinC was a little unsure as to what he was doing so he allowed the cavalry to work on their own and the other flank to over extend.....
They are definately worth another go

Quote from: Hertsblue on 20 April 2015, 09:39:41 AM
1. Bloody Big Battles

2. Battle of Gettysburg - Union v. Confederate

3. Pretty easy to grasp.

4. Second time out.

5. Three each side.

Was that the entire three day battle, and if so how long did it take, was it quick to play, and was it fun? And did it produce a result that felt right...

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Twilight of the Sun King Supplement
2) What armies were confronted? - refight of the battle of Narva 1700 - Swedes vs Russians
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset?  First game for the players and they picked it up no problem
5) How many players were in the game? - Two and umpire

A refight of the 1st big battle of the GNW with the Swedes outnumbered about 4 to 1. So I was a little worried about the game balance and especially with players who hadn't played before. But the system worked well and the game was fairly balanced. The situation of the battle probably favours the outnumbered Swedes and but it is still a good battle. The Swedes won but this was because of mistakes made by the Russian player and a bit of luck.

Quote from: Hwiccee on 20 April 2015, 11:26:19 AM
1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - Blood and Borscht and Ten More Sons.
2) What armies were involved? - campaign - Swedes vs Russians were the only actual battle forces in the first year: Battle of Novgorod; Russian imperial regulars badly mauled.
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) Was this  the first time you used the ruleset? No,the players have all used the battle rules before. First trial of the campaign rules, but consensus is they are very easy to follow.
5) How many players were in the game? - Five.
6) Do you think cats are the master-race of the vertebrates? - Yes, certainly.

Three cities changed hands in addition to the battle, but were rolled on results tables; sieges would add an impossible strain to gaming the war. Two of the cities were destroyed by the victorious armies (Cossacks and Swedes respectively).
Came home today to find Krisanan proudly putting finishing touches to a computer map-display of the first three seasons of campaigning, showing the depressing contraction of the Ottoman frontier.

Much the same as last week -

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Bolt Action WW2
2) What armies were confronted? - Winter '44 Yanks versus fairly generic late war Germans
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Mostly, it's been a while since I played and it was the first time for the German player so whilst it's simple and easily picked up we stumbled a few times! Mich less so this time round though - even at a rush and with only the one game recently we were much quicker and less faffy and forgetful.
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - See above!
5) How many players were in the game? - Two

I threw a squad forwards supported by more to the flanks, occupying some handy buildings and fence lines in the centre of the table, Platoon Commander and FAC and mortar spotter centrally located to support them all. Ant tried to envelop me with a squad either side (one supported by his Platoon Commander SMG group), using his MMG team, light mortar, Pak50 and third squad to provide a base of fire.

Unfortunately for him I'd got good positioning going on with excellent mutually supporting lines of fire and decent cover. My FAC crippled his MG42 team with his first strike, the left flank squad popped out the woods into a well placed ambush and got gunned down to a man, whilst the right hand squad plus PC got badly shot up and the PC team gunned down in a last minute charge by my own commander!

It wasn't all roses however - his light mortar spannered my lead squad, ranging straight in on the building they'd occupied and knocking a couple of men off at a time, the PC and right flank spread a few more casualties around, but my FAC was man of the match for the Germans (again, twice in a row!); his second call in brought some top quality fighter rocket jockeys right on his own head, and also suppressed pretty much my entire force for a turn.

We had to call time as I was massively late arriving (due to toddler suddenly needing a shower type incident post tea, along with a vets trip and boiler fixing - it was an expensive day, and a very long winded one yesterday!), ending up in a technical draw. I suspect the last bound wouldn't have seen the German PC finished off and right flank so hammered, as both of us took a few extra risks when it was clear we didn't have more time but I think the German casualties would have given me the game in couple of turns as the loss of his left flank and pinned down centre meant I could free up the two left-centre squads to crack him like a nut...

Again, a pretty good game - looks and plays much better in 15mm than 28mm, and whilst not exactly a rivet counting simulation it does feel like you're in a desperate Band of Brothers sort of situation where there's bullets everywhere and everyone's running around and you never quite manage to do what you wanted with everyone etc etc.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Twilight of the Sun King Supplement
2) What armies were confronted? - refight of the battle of Fraustadt (Swedes vs Saxons and Russians), 1706
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - Two


We ran the game at Salute and were concentrating on talking to visitors. So the game was fragmented but we did manage to talk to a lot of people and also finish the game.

Quote from: toxicpixie on 20 April 2015, 11:08:19 AM
Was that the entire three day battle, and if so how long did it take, was it quick to play, and was it fun? And did it produce a result that felt right...

Yes, all three days, played over two evenings. See "Gettysburg - the Final Day" thread.

Three games of FogR at the weekend: I even won one!
All in period ECW games.

Quote from: Hertsblue on 28 April 2015, 11:19:01 AM
Yes, all three days, played over two evenings. See "Gettysburg - the Final Day" thread.

Rocking, cheers!

Encouraging page; fantasy is not the only game in town.

If you listen to its detractors Bolt Action is totes fantasy ;)

To be fair, it may not be an entirely accurate rivet counting simulation, but it does give a cracking game, gives considerable command friction (as well as any other I've found, although the picking dice out the bag for which side activates does feel a bit wierd still!) and feels like your up against it all the time. Not sure about the scenarios they give - they feel more W40k than 1940ish, though, but that's easier enough to work round.

Agreed, Bolt Action is 1940k!   :D

But, it is an absolutely cracking fun game if you let go of the idea that its in any way simulationist. 

1) What rules set ? TZE Zombie Tropes Edition
http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/144122/TROPES-Zombie-Edition-PDF?filters=0_44489_0_0_0

2) What armies were used? The Army of the Living Dead vs. unsuspecting diner patrons. ( Diner of the Dead)

3) Were you comfortable with the rules? Yes, they are pretty easy to use.

4) Was this your first time? Yes.

5) How many players? Seven.

Oh....miniature wargames!

1) Warhammer

2) Dwarves vs High Elves

3)Yes, I played many times before.

4) No, Ive played before.

5) 2 players

After seeing the ridiculous prices for GW figures, 10 plastic men for $45+ USA, I sold my Warhammer & 40K and kicked the habit.  I can play several other games for half what Id spend on GW stuff.

Im hoping to bring back my mighty Dwarves in WARBAND form.  :D
Just waiting on my order. I hope Pendraken Warbands becomes easier to get in the USA.

Mail from Pendraken HQ to Calaifornia arrives very quick. My last order was sent from PHQ on 4/22 and arrived 4/27. Pretty good for both countries' mail.

Quote from: kipt on 01 May 2015, 05:15:08 PM
Mail from Pendraken HQ to Calaifornia arrives very quick. My last order was sent from PHQ on 4/22 and arrived 4/27. Pretty good for both countries' mail.

Mine was seriously delayed because of Salute. I'll get it soon.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Through the Md and the Blood
2) What armies were confronted? - British vs. Germans
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - 5 plus 2 running the game.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Impetus
2) What armies were confronted? - Normans v Anglo danes
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes as we have both played these rules a lot, only used the rulebook once..
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - 2 players with armies of 350 points and 3 commands.

A great game last night v. friend Steve. My skirmish troops did rather well on both flanks dis-organising the Norman Knights so they could not counter charge my Houscarles as they went charging in. First time I have seen Housecarles charge up hill and beat Norman Knights!

Let's put it like this:
Played 5, lost five this weekend.
Out of a possible 125 points, I scored...


8

Quote from: mad lemmey on 10 May 2015, 08:16:20 PM
Let's put it like this:
Played 5, lost five this weekend.
Out of a possible 125 points, I scored...


8

Did you do better than expected?

Quote from: mad lemmey on 10 May 2015, 08:16:20 PM
Let's put it like this:
Played 5, lost five this weekend.
Out of a possible 125 points, I scored...


8

Does that make you the Lib-Dems of the wargaming world?

Only if he was fighting his allies :D

Ouch, below the belt, ref!

In comes the second low blow...

The Lib Dem leadership election hots up.

(http://fakeferrarinews.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/names-in-a-hat-please.jpg)

Sorry.   :-[ X_X

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Spectre Alpha rules (Beta set in progress)
2) What armies were confronted? - SAS vs African Militia
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - No, they still need a lot of work to produce a good game :(
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - 2 players

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - If the Lord Spares Us
2) What armies were confronted? - Australians v Ottomans
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - 4-5 players overs the two evenings

We enjoyed the alternative ANZAC Day scenario that Peter came up with so much that we played it a second time over a couple of Saturday evenings

Another jolly good game, I won't say too much about the course of this game until I finish the AAR for the first game but a good time was had by all  :)

IABSM
Fallschimjaeger vs Dads Army & Churchill's bodyguard
Enough that we can make stuff up because we know that Richard would be happy with that. (eg Wilson can't give an order if Mainwaring has already had his card drawn this turn, rules for firing from the loopholes in Jones' van, and special rules for Churchill.)
Me vs Sunjester.

Quote from: Last Hussar on 14 May 2015, 10:32:28 PM
IABSM
Fallschimjaeger vs Dads Army & Churchill's bodyguard
Enough that we can make stuff up because we know that Richard would be happy with that. (eg Wilson can't give an order if Mainwaring has already had his card drawn this turn, rules for firing from the loopholes in Jones' van, and special rules for Churchill.)
Me vs Sunjester.

Sounds like great fun. Was thinking of doing something similar with Allo Allo with IABSM stealing recycling some of the ideas from the rules in the Yahoo group https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/AlloAlloMohawky/info (https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/AlloAlloMohawky/info).

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan
(Preview button still not working in Frefox then...)

Quote from: paulr on 12 May 2015, 06:02:18 AM
1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - If the Lord Spares Us
2) What armies were confronted? - Australians v Ottomans
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - 4-5 players overs the two evenings

We enjoyed the alternative ANZAC Day scenario that Peter came up with so much that we played it a second time over a couple of Saturday evenings

Another jolly good game, I won't say too much about the course of this game until I finish the AAR for the first game but a good time was had by all  :)

The AAR for the first game is now here http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,12132.0.html (http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,12132.0.html)

1. BBB
2. French v. Prussians
3. Yes, this was my fourth outing with the rules
4. See 3
5. 2 players. It was the Mars la Tour scenario in 15mm. This was my second go at Mars la Tour in a fortnight and my second defeat as the French. As with the Neil Thomas rules the mechanisms in BBB (passive troops and only one general represented) meant that the French moved very slowly. The French artillery had particularly poor move rolls on the dice, often scoring only half move or no move at all. Again tardiness made it very difficult to mount a co-ordinated attack against the villages, which were the objectives. The scenario also resulted in a fair number of French troops being held back as the French could only achieve a victory by securing Gravelotte, Rezonville, Vionville and Mars la Tour. Unfortunately no camera this time. 

Quote1. BBB
2. French v. Prussians
3. Yes, this was my fourth outing with the rules
4. See 3
5. 2 players. It was the Mars la Tour scenario in 15mm. This was my second go at Mars la Tour in a fortnight and my second defeat as the French. As with the Neil Thomas rules the mechanisms in BBB (passive troops and only one general represented) meant that the French moved very slowly. The French artillery had particularly poor move rolls on the dice, often scoring only half move or no move at all. Again tardiness made it very difficult to mount a co-ordinated attack against the villages, which were the objectives. The scenario also resulted in a fair number of French troops being held back as the French could only achieve a victory by securing Gravelotte, Rezonville, Vionville and Mars la Tour. Unfortunately no camera this time. 

Sounds suitably historical!

Chris
https://uk.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/BBB_wargames/info
http://bloodybigbattles.blogspot.co.uk/

Absolutely AGREE!  8)

Science versus Pluck
Sudan
Anglo Egyptian forces v Mahdists
3rd time played,
Solo ish game

A photo of the action after the cavalry screen find an awful lot of angry people with sharp pointy things. Luckily they cleared the line of fire  and volley fire commenced.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc31/Maenoferren/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20150606_213748_zpsejxmplsl.jpg

Nice! 8)

 :-bd =D> :-bd

I have thought about giving them (SVP) a go having downloaded a copy from Wargame Vault.

The rules work well when you get the hang of them (It took my quite a long time  :-[)
I have ended up doing 40 random events so far and want to get to at least 50 so that I can use percentage dice to randomise the random events.
this runs from Sandstorm, which happened in the game above to recalcitrant camels and or drivers. Loss of ammunition to increased accuracy of the Dervish fire.

1. Muskets and Tomahawks

2. Small Elite British Force v Large Continental/Militia American Force

3. Second time I have played the game (6 months between games) and this time solo. Easy to pick up and within a few turns I was back in the swing of things. Not as much fun as against a live opponent but the card driven system lends itself well to solo play

The British won (Hurrah!!) with their mission being a straight forward defeat your enemy. The Americans had to scout each area of the board and exit at least a 3rd of their force from their own table edge. They managed to scout the battlefield but took horrendous casualties attempting their withdrawal - not helped by having a very large militia unit rout after only taking a single casualty.

Its a good system, loads of scenarios, random events and sub-plots built into the scenario generator which makes for a good game.

I played a 400pt mid sized game in 15mm (purely because I have a large AWI collection) and used cms as opposed to inches on a 4ftx3ft table so I think it would equally suit 10mm. There were 33 figures on the British Side and double that on the American side. Going 10mm would be cheap as chips!

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Black Powder with LAoK supplement
2) What armies were confronted? - Prussian vs Austrian
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes, although we had to check and talk through a few issues that hadn't arisen before.
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - 2 players

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Village hall booking rules
2) What armies were confronted? - Wargamers vs 17th Century folk dancers. Quick and total defeat of the Wargamers, unfortunately.
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - No, and the umpire let us down.
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No.
5) How many players were in the game? - 2 of us, at least 6 of them. Not a fair scenario.

Today's blog post explains!
http://bloodybigbattles.blogspot.co.uk/

Chris

 ;D ;D ;D Somebody needs to tell them Cromwell banned this.

 ;D ;D ;D ;D

Chris.....You did that all wrong !
You should have feigned huge interest, and asked if you could join in with the folk dancing.
Then.......Completely and utterly, made a total hash of it.

They'd have probably never returned to the hall, in case you asked to join in again.

Cheers - General Lewis (Black Ops  ;))

Quote from: Leman on 12 June 2015, 02:56:15 PM
;D ;D ;D Somebody needs to tell them Cromwell banned this.

The thought did cross my mind, and I might have voiced it, except I just spent a week in Ireland biting my tongue to avoid saying his name or putting on an even sillier accent than usual.

Quote from: Techno on 12 June 2015, 03:05:58 PM
You should have feigned huge interest, and asked if you could join in with the folk dancing.

Actually Bruce did - but I dragged him away ...

That was never going to be an easy game!

The Irish are probably still whingeing about something that happened in 953BC.

Warband Empire(Dragon Men) v Undead, AAR to follow on forum.

Quote from: runelord on 12 June 2015, 10:39:12 PM
Warband Empire(Dragon Men) v Undead, AAR to follow on forum.

Looking forward to that, Runelord !  :)
Cheers - Phil

Sounds great!

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Black Powder
2) What armies were confronted? - Rebs vs Yankees
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - See below
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - 2.

Sunjester and I have been playing Black Powder since it came out with WSS mods.  Couple of weeks ago I suggested doing Gettysburg in campaign style - map maneouvers, then fight the battles as Divisions come into contact - some games would be 'simultaneous' with the next game, so if you used the reinforcements in one battle they are not available in the next battle, because they are effectively happening at the same time.

We usually play "They Couldn't Hit an Elephant" for ACW, but as this campaign could get big I suggested we try BP.

We went for the Large/Small unit options, plus commander personalities, neither of which we've used before.  With WSS mod we are strict about movement, ACW we were close to 'as written', and the terrain was less restrictive for our troops (woods we counted as Rough that blocked line of sight).  We played our normal house rule of units in Broken Brigades can be rallied if they didn't need to retreat during initiative (so it is possible to 'unbreak' a brigade), and kept my WSS Fire before move, but without the -1 command penalty we usually have.

It was a different game to WSS, and it did feel ACWish.  It wasn't 'Elephant', where it is fatal not to keep reserves, and hinges round morale, but it didn't feel too generic.  WSS you can only move straight ahead or wheel.  With ACW we allowed move how you like in the front quadrant, or half move in the flanks/rear - watching ACW reenactors it seems as though they jog to roughly where they're supposed to be, then dress the lines.

The thing is we had  to check the rules, not because we don't know them BUT we were getting situations that just don't happen in WSS-  Like brigades winning and going forward!

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Black Powder
2) What armies were confronted? - French vs Allies at Quatre Bras
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes, given it was my first outing with Napoleonics.
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - 2.

Cracking game and felt very different to the previous SYW games due to the differences in the froces ability to move around the battlefield. AAR to follow before the weekend hopefully.

1) Warlord's Pike and Shot.
2) ECW early Roundheads vsCaviliers.
3) Not hard to understand, but the old "buckets of dice" syndrome, together with the cavalry melee that leaves one side annihilated and the other one scratch away from the same condition - I am in no hurry to repeat the experiment, even though I won.
4) Yes. Old buddy grabbed me for an afternoon on holiday in Cape Town.
5) Two.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Mit Blut und Eisen (http://www.wfgamers.org.uk/FUFF.htm (http://www.wfgamers.org.uk/FUFF.htm))
2) What armies were confronted? - Test game for 1870's - Austrian intervention.
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - 6 each with 2 or so Corps

Two 1870's games run side by side to test the proposed rtings for 1870's Austrians. One was French vs Prussians, the other was Austrians vs Prussians. The idea was that the victor in one game could reinforce the other.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Black Powder
2) What armies were confronted? - French vs Dutch at Waterloo (Neys' cavalry charge)
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - 2.

1. BBB
2. French v. Prussians
3. Yes, once I remembered that a unit can only be targeted once so add together all available shooters
4. No
5. 2 - game was Spicheren took 3.5 hours to complete, in temperatures similar to the actual battle.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Star Wars Armarda
2) What armies were confronted? - rebels with 2 Neb-Band a pair of Corvettes vs 2 Victory Class Star Destroyers. Many fighters too!
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Yes but a good friend umpired.
5) How many players were in the game? - 5 including umpire.

Great game, poor navigation and tactics by Rebels let them gift us the win!

1) Bloody Big Battles: 2nd Pleven
2) Russians vs. Ottomans
3) Getting there. Like them a lot for army level games
4)No, 4 games
5) 4 players. Our first multi-player game. 2 had played before, 2 completely new. It played a bit slow because of that. We played 4 of 8 turns before having to stop due to the need to go home. Game played fast though and we are eager to play again the full scenario.

Two sets form me, this weekend being a meet up - first actual gaming in ages due to lack of opponents at the club even when I have made it my self!

1) Maurice. AWI.
2) Heroic & noble freedom loving colonists versus imperialist oligarchic British and mercenary turncoat scrmbags.
3) Yes - it's simple and quite elegant, but I do know the card driven command mechanic puts people off. Still, no worse than any other way to simulate friction and command problems!
4) Sort of - I've managed to play half a game twice, so this was my first full proper game
5) 4 players. We each had a 75pt sized army (on the small side) with us paired off.

My heroic freedom fighters got well stuck in, and it totally wasn't the French on my left who did all the running... actually, the Continentals under my command did well, pinning and breaking the British Grenadiers, ejecting some Tory turncoats from their boarded up town and sweeping over a mass of light infantry with the aid of my French troops, who did a lovely march column based flank movement and deployed out to force the British cavalry well back behind their own lines. My opponent didn't fancy attempting a sabre charge into a wall of bayonets, tried to get the cavalry out the way and re-organised to come bakc on my flank in turn but just succeeded in diverting his generals attention (and cards) away from where it was needed :D

Unfortunately my partner in revolution simply couldn't convert hits to kills (disruptions), and failed to break any enemy units before the last turn (we had the entire British centre with every unit on one hit to kill for several turns and he just couldn't quite do it), by which point our appalling losses (we rolled high for EVERY lost unit, they rolled low to average) saw us melt back off into the forests and disperse due to running out of army morale.

Really good game, very tense, and the final zero morale to twelve certainly didn't tell the story on the ground :D

1) Impetus. Late Medieval/Renaissance.
2) Dastardly Ottomans ejecting heroic freedom bringing merchants of Venice from the Balkans.
3) Yes - love it, really good set of mechanisms and brilliant interactions between all troops in period.
4) Not by a long shot, it's a favourite :)
5) 5 players. Ottomans had two with three commands between them, we had three with a command each.

I screened my colleagues condottari with my harquebusers to get them up to CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGE range and knock a few holes out of the Janissaries and Siphais opposite us, whilst our right flank wa sheld by a cloud of skirmishing horse and foot. Said cloud of stradiots and crossbowmen put up a surprisingly good fight but the Ottoman shooting light horse backed by siphais were just way too much for them to deal with and they folded just as the knights went in, my handgunners having done sterling work in shooting up the opposition. Unfortunately I'd had to use my commander to stop the horde of Azabs on the Ottoman flank from crunching into my gun line, and he and his fellow light infantry eventually got caught and swamped.

Due to a very poor decision on my part NOT to advance when I should have, we'd given the Ottomans a turns grace to dodge and evade our knightly charge, so our skirmishing flank folded, unleashing the intact Ottoman command into my bloody useless except for gifting the enemy enough points to break me artillery park. I'd shot enough Janissaries and stabbed enough Azabs that the knights broke that wing, but they couldn't catch enough Siphais to break the centre and we were forced to retire back to Venice pronto.

Still, at least the stradiots and mercenary crossbows don't need paying anymore...

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1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Bloody Big Battles
2) What armies were confronted? - Greeks vs. Ottomans Velestino 1897
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - 4 times.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Honours of War (to be published by Osprey in November)
2) What armies were confronted? - Prussians vs Austrians 1761
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No, but first solo game
5) How many players were in the game? - Just me.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Carcassione
2) What armies were confronted? No armies, but black and yellow 'meeples'.
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes very
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Been playing for years
5) How many players were in the game? - 2 players, my 10 year old daughter beat me by two points!
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Congratulations Miss Lemmey  =D> =D> =D>

Why is Chucky's little brother lying on the floor in that pathetic attitude?

What you missed was Tabs under the chair FK, waiting to pounce! ;)

Le chat du Chucky est sous la table de ma tante.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game?

Blitzkrieg Commander

2) What armies were confronted?

Late war British and German.

3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset?

Yes, although its been a while so we were a little rusty.

4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset?

No.

5) How many players were in the game?

Four.

The British had a tough task in capturing a crossroads from the dug-in Germans.  The plucky Brits made good progress, but were unable to achieve their objectives in the time allotted.  The Germans were able to hold up the advance for just long enough.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - HOTT (with a couple of house mods)
2) What armies were confronted? - Dwarfs v Undead
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yup
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Nah
5) How many players were in the game? - Solo game.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Skirmish Sangin
2) What armies were confronted? - SAS vs African Rebels
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Yes.
5) How many players were in the game? - 3

1. Impetus

2. Crusaders v Ayyubid

3/4. Yes - second game and over a year since I played my first game so very rusty on the rules.

5. Solo - my last wargaming fix before the family holiday where toys and hobby is a no-no.

Victory to the Crusaders in a very scrappy game with only 300 points aside. Battle was joined quickly but with only one commander per side and both having poor command structures, rallying was hard, nigh impossible.

I think Impetus plays better with multiple commands at 500 points but I was limited both by time frame and by available miniatures for the Arabs. I may have to invest in some more to give a better game.

QuoteBattle was joined quickly but with only one commander per side and both having poor command structures, rallying was hard, nigh impossible.

Crikey, that must have been hard work!

Probably quite realistic for pointy stick warfare but very hard to play...

We normally use two commanders at 300pts, I must admit, and I usually avoid anything with Poor command structure anyway.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Honours of War
2) What armies were confronted? - Russia vs Austria
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - no
5) How many players were in the game? - 2

Quote from: toxicpixie on 23 July 2015, 02:35:57 PM
Crikey, that must have been hard work!

Probably quite realistic for pointy stick warfare but very hard to play...

We normally use two commanders at 300pts, I must admit, and I usually avoid anything with Poor command structure anyway.

It was. Not the most enjoyable of games. Pretty much lined up opposite each other on a 120x90cm playing area just over the minimum starting distance apart (30cm).

Im not sure I was getting command activation right. Do you have to be within the command radius to be activated?

As in once you roll initiative, do units within the command activated get to act if outside command radius? The answer is yes, but if they're disordered they'll have a sod of a time righting themselves and no extra chances!

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - FoGR
2) What armies were confronted? - League of Augsberg Anglo-Dutch vs. Covenanting Rebels
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Increasingly yes.
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - 2 players

Took a maximum loss as my whole line was disrupted by Don's shooting and then his highlanders charged, I got speedbumped! Still a good game, I learned lots (my army was on a net -2 for being new to the table and better painted)! ;D

Quote from: toxicpixie on 23 July 2015, 04:04:32 PM
As in once you roll initiative, do units within the command activated get to act if outside command radius? The answer is yes, but if they're disordered they'll have a sod of a time righting themselves and no extra chances!

Good to have it confirmed.

The battle very quickly broke up into lots of individual one on one stand fights and became quite repetitive until the Ayyubids eventually broke

I can magi e - two feudal armies without any useful command and control, one her wrap each will dissolve into everyone just doing whatever's in front of them in a shambles :D I suspect you need to drop a unit per side and get a second general each just to keep a bit of movement & rally off some Disorder. Otherwise whilst the effect of two shambling uncontrolled masses of confusion incarnate bashing whatever is in front of them is possibly quite realistic it's not much actual fun...

Eh ?................ :-\
I understood that all the way, up until "I can"......  :-\ ;)  :D
Cheers - Phil

Phil - it's in ENGLISH (I think)  ;)

ianS

It's in autocorrect :D Should have been "I can imagine" ;)

1. No name yet but they are ACW
2. Union and Confederate - Eastern Theatre - 28mm Perrys
3. Yes - very straightforward
4. First time used. I am helping a friend to write a set for 28mm figures based as units on 120mm frontage bases. We had great fun deciding on things like ranges, how much a fence slowed a unit up, when to throw for morale and so on
5. 2 player game at this sitting. What a lark though!

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1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Chain of Command (Coc)
2) What armies were confronted? - German platoon with sniper vs Russian platoon with Churchill!
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - not really. The basic ideas were clear enough, and I like the random activation idea, it was the amount of rule diving going on for the experienced players slowed it right down.
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - yes, but the rest of the guys have played lots.
5) How many players were in the game? - 3 German vs 2 Russians.

I liked but was confused by the pregame sequence of scout moves. It did mean we pinned the Sovs into a corner and they hunkered down in two ruined buildings.
My rifle section got picked on by the tank :( not much of a game. My lmg sat behind a wall and plugged away at a Soviet held building all game.
Our sniper eliminated one soviet squad, and an LMG caught the Enemy command in the open (but kept light wounding him, crippling their morale) at which point we had 6 straight turns where the Sovs got no goes and we just shot them to pieces.
The game felt like it should be quick, but it was too slow and ponderous with five of us playing really. The experienced players were rule reading a lot, which slowed it right down and made for a fairly dull evening overall.
I can see this will be a set that works well though. Just needs less playing by committee! :)

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Honours of War
2) What armies were confronted? - Prussia vs Austria
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Very
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - 2

Another cracking game last night. Hope to get another game in soon and will post a proper AAR.

1) RF&F
2) Confederates v. Union
3) Sometime since I last played it. Some confusion around the table about when is a unit out of command vis-a-vis in command but not under their direct brigadier. Is that out of command, in command or in command but provisional? Having reread the rules (p.25) it would appear to be the latter. It seems that the guys down the club have been playing command all wrong by not using the provisional command rule, and shoving in higher commanders to simply sub for a missing brigadier without accounting for the fact that these troops are now under provisional command. It was even suggested that a poor brigadier be sent off to the rear and the divisional commander be used instead. My response was that that appeared to me to be cheating. Disappointing to come across the win at any cost approach down the club. Now I can kick that concept into touch,
4) No
5) 4

I enjoy RF&F. Sad that people are desperate to bend the rules as much as possible.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Spearhead
2) What armies were confronted? - Poles, Canadians & Americans vs Germans
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Very
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Not by a long way, but hadn't played them for far too long
5) How many players were in the game? - 5

Allies with limited fuel and orders trying to block German forces trying to escape the Falaise pocket while also holding off attempts to break into the pocket :-\

A lot of fun and great to catch up with some players I haven't seen in years :) :) :)

Bolt Action - Finns and Russians - Four players (there's a feed line for somebody) - First time I've met it - not hard to understand, but I shy away from rules where you can hit without wounding (with modern weapons at that!) and where there are more pages in the rule book than figures on the table. Half a game was overplenty.

Quote from: paulr on 23 August 2015, 12:54:50 AM
1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Spearhead
2) What armies were confronted? - Poles, Canadians & Americans vs Germans
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Very
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Not by a long way, but hadn't played them for far too long
5) How many players were in the game? - 5

Allies with limited fuel and orders trying to block German forces trying to escape the Falaise pocket while also holding off attempts to break into the pocket :-\

A lot of fun and great to catch up with some players I haven't seen in years :) :) :)

For those interested my opponent has posted a report of the game on his blog here http://lukeuedasarson.blogspot.jp/2015/08/falais-gap-part-i.html (http://lukeuedasarson.blogspot.jp/2015/08/falais-gap-part-i.html)

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - The Pikemen's Lament (a playtest Pike & Shotte variant of Lion Rampant due for publication late 2016/early 2017)
2) What armies were confronted? - Royalsist vs Parliamentarians
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yep
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - First time for this vairant, but have played Lion rampant before.
5) How many players were in the game? - Solo

The rules have a nice feel to them and I like being able to play some ECW skirmish games.

Morning Steve.

are these rules (Pikemans Lament) single figure based as I have no experience of Lion Rampant?

Hi Nosher,
you can base them singly, or in small groups or even on 'standard' 40mm x 20mm bases. See below for one of the joint authors AARs for his style of basing:

http://dalauppror.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/the-pikemans-lament-game-3-morning.html (http://dalauppror.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/the-pikemans-lament-game-3-morning.html)

I have played Lion Rampant with 40mm x 20mm bases which is great for 10mm as it speeds up movement and all you have to do is make a note of casualties. I think the small groups work better and is still relatively easy to move, plus it has the added bonus of making it easier to check on 'zones of control'. These are basically areas that limit how close you can get to a unit unless you are charging etc.

Hope this helps?

Quote from: Steve J on 24 August 2015, 06:17:10 AM
1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - The Pikemen's Lament (a playtest Pike & Shotte variant of Lion Rampant due for publication late 2016/early 2017)
2) What armies were confronted? - Royalsist vs Parliamentarians
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yep
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - First time for this vairant, but have played Lion rampant before.
5) How many players were in the game? - Solo

The rules have a nice feel to them and I like being able to play some ECW skirmish games.

1) Ball and Bayonette
2) SYW Austrians and Prussians
3) Yes, but rusty. Which was embarrassing, since I'd written 'em myself.
4) vide svpra
5) four

Quote from: Steve J on 24 August 2015, 09:03:12 AM
Hi Nosher,
you can base them singly, or in small groups or even on 'standard' 40mm x 20mm bases. See below for one of the joint authors AARs for his style of basing:

http://dalauppror.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/the-pikemans-lament-game-3-morning.html (http://dalauppror.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/the-pikemans-lament-game-3-morning.html)

I have played Lion Rampant with 40mm x 20mm bases which is great for 10mm as it speeds up movement and all you have to do is make a note of casualties. I think the small groups work better and is still relatively easy to move, plus it has the added bonus of making it easier to check on 'zones of control'. These are basically areas that limit how close you can get to a unit unless you are charging etc.

Hope this helps?

Nice one ;) Thanks dude :)

Quote from: paulr on 23 August 2015, 08:14:54 PM
For those interested my opponent has posted a report of the game on his blog here http://lukeuedasarson.blogspot.jp/2015/08/falais-gap-part-i.html (http://lukeuedasarson.blogspot.jp/2015/08/falais-gap-part-i.html)

Cracking game! Good read :)

I do like the way Spearhead models actual appropriate level decisions for Brigade to Division command, and the abstractions in the platoon level stuff really work well (IMO).

Also read the bocage one, and I have to say that's an excellent example of British artillery in action :D

Quote from: toxicpixie on 24 August 2015, 01:15:37 PM
Cracking game! Good read :)

I do like the way Spearhead models actual appropriate level decisions for Brigade to Division command, and the abstractions in the platoon level stuff really work well (IMO).

Also read the bocage one, and I have to say that's an excellent example of British artillery in action :D

We feel the same about SH, the level of abstraction is just where we like it  ;)

I've just had a read of the Bocage one as well. Luke manages his troops very well and is infamous for his off table artillery

The only thing better than lots of arty support is more lots of arty support :D

Quote from: toxicpixie on 24 August 2015, 09:41:42 PM
The only thing better than lots of arty support is more lots of arty support :D

Air support can be useful as well

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Oo, someone's about to have a very bad day...

Nice terrain though.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Navel Thunder WW2 navel  rules
2) What armies were confronted? - Italian vs British
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Third game with the rules, but vs a new player who picked it up is seconds.
5) How many players were in the game? - two players.

We refought the Battle of Calabria 9 July 1940
British had Warspite and Malaya , plus four cruisers, the Italiand had two light battleships and fourteen other cruisers.
As night fell the British had sustained light damage to Warspite and had lost Orion, while Neptune was suffering with flooding.
The Italians had two light cruisers sunk, one of which was due to a magazine explosion, two were retreating, heavily damaged, and the Battleship Cavore was suffering severe damage and was limping due to engine room being constantly targeted by Warspite.

A win to the British! Pity I was Italian...
A few shots.
Initial deployments, British nearest. The Italians were mid manoeuvre when the game started, so problem one was to turn to face the British fleet.
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The final moments of the battle
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Dave took a few shots for reconnaissance (targeting with the battleships) iPhone black and whites are great!
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The might Warspite
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The Italian Battleships
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If you look carefully at the Italian force you may notice a few German heavy cruisers on proxy duties!!
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Some of the Italians doing a good job masking their own fleet!
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Italian battleships firing broadside as the cruisers move forwards full speed.
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Final moments of the battle:
Wars with a fire on board, being targeted by torpedoes from the Italian light cruisers, as Eugenio Di Savioa turns turtle
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They missed!

last game was Tusk
Combatants: neolithic hunters and mammoth
Comfortable with the rules ...yep
How many games... First time in about 20 years
Players:2

A brief description here:
http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,12596.0.html

Wow Lem, those b/w pictures look like aerial photography from the War.

I do like to B&W photography of the game. Very nice touch.

I have a sepia thingy on the camera. Might try that for Napoleonics........

Rare game at the club last night. Think its about six weeks before I can get there again :o

1. The Sword and the Flame - Sudan
2. British and Egyptians v Fuzzies et al
3. First time I have played the rules and they were a reall hoot!
4. 2 player game. I can imagine multi-player being loads of fun

I was playing British and had to advance down the length of the table to rescue a captured officer dispatching the hordes en-route.

Result was a draw. The natives were well and truly dispatched, quite a few of them at point of bayonet, but my progress down to the objective was painfully slow due to some poor dice rolling movement wise and some canny ambush placement by my opponent.

Great game can see me playing lots of this, but for now I will play with Nicks figures rather than investing in yet another period!

1. Bolt Action
2. Spanish Civil War - Bando Nacionale v Workers Militia (with some EPR Support)
3. Yes. Like BA for solo play
4. Solo

Clear victory for the Bando Nacionale 7 points to 4. Playing envelopment scenario where one side has to reach the enemy deployment zone or exit the table. Two bridges were the only means of the Bando Nacionale reaching the deployment zone.

The republicans barricaded one bridge and barricaded the exit roads from the village. The Bando Nacionale's made good progress early on as the Republicans failed to bring on their off table reserves and quickly made it to the furthest away of the bridges whilst refusing the other flank. The EPR put up a stiff resistance beating off a close assault before succumbing to superior numbers and firepower. The Nacionale light mortar team destroyed the single anti-tank gun crew leaving the path clear for a marauding PzI to mop up some late arriving Republican Militia.

A late dash over the bridge saw the Nacionale's get two units into the deployment area to seal the victory.

The Facists killed the Comissar, one unit of Militia and the EPR Platoon and had two units in the Republican deployment area. The Republicans managed to destroy a squad of Bando Nacionale and a supporting HMG unit.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? Black powder

2) What armies were confronted? ACW

3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes

4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Nope - we were incorporating our latest lot of sodding about into the rules

5) How many players were in the game? - Sunjester, Sunjester's demonic dice, me.

Three players then!  ;D

More like 8 or 9 - him and a handful of Six seeking dice vs little ol' me.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Honours of War

2) What armies were confronted? Prussians vs Reichsarmee

3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes

4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No.

5) How many players were in the game? - Two.

I really, really like these rules and can't wait for them to be published in November... =P~

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - X-Wing with BIG SHIPS
2) What armies were confronted? - Rebels : 2 Corellian Corvettes and assorted fighters vs Imperials 1 Imperial Raider and many many fighters
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Third game, I stuck to imperial fighters
5) How many players were in the game? - 6 players, but it effectively broke down into two fights. I lost all my fighters, but I did take out a corvette! :D

Ooh! Nice one Lemmy. I love X-Wing.  Shame you didn't take pictures.

Last night for me:

1. L'Art de la Guerre
2.  Republican Rome v Pyrrhic
3.  No.  We're still working on them, and things were a little faltering.
4.  Second or third game.
5.  4 player.

They're an odd sort of 'post-DBM' ruleset, that for us last night seemed to be a 'line up and fight' sort of thing.   Combat factors were a bit fiddly.   But otherwise, fairly playable.

There are some on face ache

1) Battle cry bordgame rules
2) well we did play the senario for Little suger Creek, but instead of using Yankees and Rebs, we played the senario with Danes and Germans 1848 style  ;)
3) Yes, we used the standard Battle cry rules without any modifications
4) First time with miniatures
5) 2 players

Some pics from the battle
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Cheers

Looks much better than the board game  ;)

Quote from: mad lemmey on 03 September 2015, 11:08:17 PM
1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - X-Wing with BIG SHIPS
2) What armies were confronted? - Rebels : 2 Corellian Corvettes and assorted fighters vs Imperials 1 Imperial Raider and many many fighters
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Third game, I stuck to imperial fighters
5) How many players were in the game? - 6 players, but it effectively broke down into two fights. I lost all my fighters, but I did take out a corvette! :D

Such a great game,Shamewe don't play it that often (someone in the group doesn't like it)

I have the rebel transport but haven't had a chance to use it yet.

I stopped buying though, as my bank account couldn't take it anymore! (actually i only buy ships that were in the original trilogy, and never multiples of ships like slave 1,vaders tie and the falcon, but i still have to get me a corvette! Shame it's so expensive!)

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Skirmish Sangin

2) What armies were confronted? SAS vs African Militia

3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes, but still getting to grips with the nuances of the rules.

4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No.

5) How many players were in the game? - Two.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Warband
2) What armies were confronted? - Goblin vs Undead
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - By the end of the game, yes, but we made a lot of errors!
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Yes! Plus the rulr book has been out on loan to two friends since early August, so we had to remember/look up a lot!
5) How many players were in the game? - two

Insane game, full report later!

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Honours of War
2) What armies were confronted? Jacobites vs British
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes, even though we were tweaking it for the '45.
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No.
5) How many players were in the game? - Two.

A bit of an AAR to follow.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? Warband

2) What armies were confronted? An Undead Lord v an Undead Vampire

3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Lots of time spent flicking through pages but yes, ultimately after a few rounds things sped up dramatically

4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Yes. And i played with unpainted figures which is something that I really try to avoid!

5) How many players were in the game? - Solo

I went for a straight forward line em up game  which quickly broke down into little sub battles as the battle lines broke up due to some really poor motivation rolls, however it was still an enjoyable game.

Using a unit of Direwolves and a Bat Swarm to hassle the flanks worked well

Nice to fight a battle on a 4x3 table for a change and still have room to move.

I think the game will be more fun with a live opponent. Even though the rules are quite simple the mechanics give a good feel and there are clearly lots of tactical nuances and plays to get my head around.

Looking forward to trying this out again, and having had fun I hope to be playing next time with painted minis!

Superb Nosher! :D

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? Blucher.

2) What armies were confronted? French and Russians.

3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yeah, the rules are pretty easy to get to grips with.

4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Yes, First time I've played any tabletop wargame in about 6 years.

5) How many players were in the game? - 2.

My french were soundly beaten by an experienced Russian commander. Hopefully in future I'll acquit myself better!

Trying them tonight!  :D

Quote from: xccam on 17 September 2015, 09:15:58 AM
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Yes, First time I've played any tabletop wargame in about 6 years.

Welcome back to the fold. I'm worrying about withdrawal symptoms during my 4 week holiday in the Philipines, can't imagine not playing for years

We ended up playing FogR!

I lost!  ;D

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? a combined Warmaster variant/Black Powder mash up

2) What armies were confronted? Battle of Chacabuco - Army of the Andes vs Chilean Royalist

3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - yep, made up anything I couldn't remember

4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - first time for a few years

5) How many players were in the game? - Mainly solo with "help" from a curious 4 year old (I'll get her gaming yet!)

1. Neil Thomas' C19th with two One Hour Wargame scenarios.

2. Britannic Empire with Figgi Bichi allies v. Bishopric of Keller (mid-C19th British with Two units of Garibaldi allies v. Prussians with needle guns.).

3. Very straightforward rules - in fact we made a few rule changes to suit the campaign situation.

4. Used these before - they give a quick and exciting game.

5. Two players.

This formed part of an ongoing mid-C19th imaginations campaign. In this instance King Earnest of the Britannic Empire and Hanovia had despatched an expeditionary force to annexe the County of Koln. As a very weak mini-state the Count of Koln had called on the Bishopric of Keller to assist him. The Kellerites duly appeared with their newly acquired needle guns and King Earnest's men were given two sound thrashings. It is understood that the Britannic army has now entered into discussions with a certain Dr.Snyder.

Dang it, now I want biscuits! Easily influenced before breakfast, me...

Serial Loser - interested in the idea of a Warmaster/Blackpowder mash up given BP is based off WM anyway?!

Last few games -

Three Frostgrave fights, all quick and bloody. Single d20 gives a lot of "swing" but great fun and I knocked up some nice terrain for virtually nowt which is nice. Hope to get a campaign going :)

One AWI themed Maurice - four player, two card decks, good stuff. Our noble freedom fighters had a very narrow loss but left the lackeys of kings too hammered to do much. Really like the card driven command system, and used notables for the first time - they added a little spice but not too much so I'd recommend them heartily!

1. My own rules
2. Pacific island ww2. Japanese defending and U.S. Landing on the beach.
3. Just made them up, first time I've used them
4. Worked well. Surprise surprise..!!
5. Myself and a mate. Took about 4 hours to play on a table tennis board.

Serial Loser - interested in the idea of a Warmaster/Blackpowder mash up given BP is based off WM anyway?!

I don't like the way Black Powder handles morale or unit deteriation, so I use those bits from WM, the shooting and c/c from Blackpowder, the Orders part is the roughly the same anyway, and I make up anything else as I go along.........especially if i'm losing.

1/ My own rules
2/ Crimean war: 30000 Russians trying to destroy the camps of the 15000 Anglo-French.
3/ I felt reasonably comfortable, even f they're still pretty much wip
4/ It was the second time, but I had introduced a couple of changes.
5/ 3 players, 2 Russians, 1 Anglo-French.

I was surprised at how well they played. They felt right, even though I intend them to be fairly generic, the historical chrome was there: the furia Francese, the steadfast and deadly Guards, the Russian human wave ready to crush everything on its path, the stupidity of many commanders: one of the British brigade, while waiting in line to fire at the Russians, received the order to charge at the bayonet as fast as possible, with a predictable result when faced by 2 Russian regiments and a heavy battery...

I think I'm on the right track. For information, 1 base equals to 300 men, 150 horse, 6-8 guns.

I think the BP hits system is the better way, over the figure/base removal of other games.  Wargames are too bloody

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Warband
2) What armies were confronted? - Goblins vs Undead (different undead player than last time)
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - much more so.
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - 2nd game
5) How many players were in the game? - 2 but a great many Warhammer players and warmaster players chipped in that they thought it looked great and want to give it a try!:D

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The Sides deploy, Goblins to the left, undead to the right. All skeletons are now painted, just need basing.
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The Undead Lord repeatedly pushed back by a unit of trolls until they break squash the Vampire!
Meanwhile an undead chariot chews lumps out of my flank!
The final moments:

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Mark is, was, an avid Warhammer player, but really enjoyed it and said it was close enough to Warmaster to pick up... Lots of the other fantasy fans also came and watched.

They really liked the zombie sculpts Techno! :)

Pleased to hear that, Will !  :-[
Hope Leon will be hearing from them, soon !  ;)  ;D
Cheers - Phil

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? BBB - Bloody Big Battles

2) What armies were confronted? Waterloo - French vs British, Dutch, Belgians, Prussians, Hanoverians, Nassauers ...

3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? Yes (I wrote it) - very happy with how BBB works for Napoleonics.

4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? About the 150th time overall, probably, but the first time for a month. I was getting serious withdrawal symptoms.

5) How many players were in the game? Six - an ideal number for the scenario as it resolved nicely into three distinct fights.

This was a playtest of our display/participation game for the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum on 24 October:
http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,12718.msg177205.html#new (http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,12718.msg177205.html#new)
The French seized La Haye Sainte early on, while outflanking Hougoumont. They then took Hougoumont and pushed on round the Allied right flank towards Mont St Jean but stalled at the third line. Meanwhile on the French right, aggressive Allied command had actually driven D'Erlon back towards his start line, and then the arriving Prussians forced commitment of the Guard to shore things up. The game ended as a very honourable draw (in game terms).

All the players were really happy both with how the rules played and with how the scenario worked. It was particularly interesting how beforehand some of them were concerned that cavalry might be underpowered. Three hours later the same people were commenting on how the short ranges and reduced firepower (compared with rifled weapons later in the century) enabled cavalry to be very potent.

Chris
Bloody Big BATTLES!
http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,12718.msg177205.html#new
http://bloodybigbattles.blogspot.co.uk/

1/ Lion Rampant
2/ Fictional 12th century Britain, Welsh vs Scots.
3/ Very happy with the rules, hardly even needed to refer to the QR sheet.
4/ Played them many times before, this was a game to try out armies for the Lion Rampant League I'm running at the club.
5/ 2 players

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Honours of War
2) What armies were confronted? Jacobites vs British
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes, even though we were tweaking it for the '45.
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No.
5) How many players were in the game? - Two.

A re-run of our previous game as it was so one-sided first time around. AAR to follow...

Can I ask, when you say 'tweaked' for the 45, are the Jacobite rebellions fully covered with army lists in the Honours of War rule book or are you making up your own?

1. Warband
2. Undead Lord v Vampire Lord
3. yes
4. no
5. Solo

Good game - playing ambush scenario with Undead Lord ambushing.

First time I've used flyers and they are really good at harassing the flanks and rear but are very very fragile to firing...... The Vampire Lord Undead won but it was a close run thing. Both armies were down to bare bones (pun very much intended) before the Undead Lord's army broke.

Really enjoying the game which has surprised me as I have never really got the whole fantasy thing :-[

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Honours of War
2) What armies were confronted? Jacobites vs British
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes, even though we were tweaking it for the '45.
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No.
5) How many players were in the game? - Two.

An absolutely cracking game; one of the best I've played in for simply ages :). AAR to follow...

I am quite interested in these rules so can I ask again...

QuoteCan I ask, when you say 'tweaked' for the 45, are the Jacobite rebellions fully covered with army lists in the Honours of War rule book or are you making up your own?

cheers,
Bodvoc

Sorry Bodvoc, but missed this request before :-[. We are using our own lists, but still keeping all the core unit types, hence the tweaking. The author has given us some pointers which helped to start with. Some broad details can be found on my Blog:

http://wwiiwargaming.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/honours-of-war-45-rebellion.html (http://wwiiwargaming.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/honours-of-war-45-rebellion.html)

My opponent, Dave Fielder, has been using Stuart Reid's excellent guide to the '45 as a reference for how the troops might be represented, plus I've added in info from Cassell's Battlefields of Britain and Ireland.

Hope this helps?

Hi, and thanks for that. I will probably get a set of these rules as they are due out quite soon. I ha ve some 20+yr old 10mm Jacobite and Government troops that have not been out of their box for years. I will certainly jot down your suggestions,
Cheers,
Bodvoc
:)

Look forward to seeing them in action when you get the rules :).

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game?  Alamein to Zem Zem
2) What armies were confronted?  8th Army, Afrika Korps
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes, it's starting to make sense.
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No.
5) How many players were in the game? - Two.

Still nervous that there's no way to beat those Jerry 88s without giving the Commonwealth troops some ridiculously disproportionate numbers of AT guns or something.

The answer is 25pdrs
Now could you repeat the question a bit louder, I've gone a bit deaf ;)

Or Grants. The German gun crews were apparently very unpleasantly surprised to find the 75mm HE round on the Grant could engage them effectively at their normal battle range, in contrast to the dinky 2pdr gun tanks they'd been able to pick off at leisure before :D

1. Guns of Liberty
2. British v Americans AWI
3. Yes. Helpful yahoo group to deal with a few queries. Needed to make some house rules for some terrain effects and skirmishing.
4. Yes - First game
5. 2 players

Found the rules quick to use and gave a good game.

Chad

Anyone here played Honours of War yet?

Only us two it seems Dave :(. They will soon see the light when the rules are released.

Actually I've had the pleasure of one game of Honours of War. It was a fast fun game. Clever use of average dice to construct a nice simple combat table. I liked the feel of a battered first line falling back to reform behind the second. SYW not my thing but I'd be happy to play HoW again.

Chris

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Warr Without An Enemie (ECW)
2) What armies were confronted? Battle of Bolden Hill, 1644 - Scots vs Northern Royalists
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No.
5) How many players were in the game? - 4

A refight of a little known northern engagement using these rules - http://www.wfgamers.org.uk/WWAE.htm. We have played a few games with these rules recently as we play to extend them to cover the 1680's, 90's and possibly up to 1714.

I was kindly introduced to Chain of Command last night. All figures and terrain were 28mm and jolly special they were too.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Chain of Command
2) What armies were confronted? - 1940 French infantry V 1940 German infantry
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Yes
5) How many players were in the game? - 3; an umpire that knows the rules, a chap that nearly knows the rules and me

Impressions:
1. The game did go slower than I would have liked but that would be mainly down to the players being relatively and completely in my case new to the rules
2. I really liked the way I could beat down and suppress an enemy section through superior firepower.
3. The effects seemed very close to reality which means you can use real-life small unit tactics and they will work in CoC
4. A couple of things I didn't like so much were the effects of pistol ammunition from say an MP40 has the same effect on troops behind cover as does full power rounds from say an MG34 and you cannot use grazing fire with belt-fed machine guns

Overall though a great game and something I will happily play again  :) :)

Cheers, Rob

Rob - If you've got bullets pinging around you, you tend not to care what fired them or what calibre they are - you tend to react the same. 

Quote from: Last Hussar on 20 October 2015, 09:54:55 PM
Rob - If you've got bullets pinging around you, you tend not to care what fired them or what calibre they are - you tend to react the same.  

Mmmmm  :-\

The power of the round is more important than the calibre. 9mm parabellum rounds are not as powerful as NATO 7.62*51 rounds. You can see this simply in the size.
http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-62029165/stock-photo-nato-cartridge-ak-bullit-and-mm-round-isolated-against-background.html (http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-62029165/stock-photo-nato-cartridge-ak-bullit-and-mm-round-isolated-against-background.html)

A 9mm round will not stop every man especially if he's a bit excited. It has been known in desperate situations that people shot with pistols did not realise it until they calmed down. This is not to belittle 9mm pistol rounds which are deadly, but a full power round such as a 7.62 NATO, .30, .303, German 7.9 will knock you down however excited you get.

When behind cover with rounds hitting it the suppressing effect is in direct proportion to the power of the round that hits it. Full power rounds hitting the cover will sound and feel as if someone is hitting it with a sledge hammer. So you will not react the same, you are less likely to stick your head up and fire back because the full power rounds feel more dangerous although they will all potentially kill you. They will also go through single red brick walls and of course breeze/cinder block. You can put a hole into a red brick house wall that a man can enter through with 2-300 rounds using a GPMG. Some cover will protect you from pistol rounds, especially at longer ranges, but will not be any protection at all against full power rounds.

I'm not trying to be a smart arse, but anyone that has been in the army in the '80's or earlier will know what I mean. This is the sort of information that gets lost with time. Modern weapons do not use these full power rounds because you can fire the modern rounds such as 5.56mm quicker and more accurately. You can also carry a lot more ammunition than the old full power rounds.

Cheers Rob  :) :)

Not trying to troll or anything, (honest - I save that for Orcs and FSN), but you make it sound like "That's only 9mm, think its safe to move". 

I'm not denying that you can tell the difference, I just can't imagine making a decision based on that difference.

One thing reading accounts of chaps being shot at, if it;s big enough to notice it's big enough to count. Except in certain rare occasions where highly motivated troops are willing to chance it anyway.

I don't know CoC though - was it a suppressing fire, in which case as long as there's enough it's calibre is likely irrelevant, or "killing fire" where it's punching through the "safe" wall and causing casualties - in which case the bigger more powerful rounds are probably much more effective as that 9mm is likely just splattering off the front instead of punching through?

Quote from: toxicpixie on 22 October 2015, 08:41:06 AM
I don't know CoC though - was it a suppressing fire, in which case as long as there's enough it's calibre is likely irrelevant, or "killing fire" where it's punching through the "safe" wall and causing casualties - in which case the bigger more powerful rounds are probably much more effective as that 9mm is likely just splattering off the front instead of punching through?

The situation was a French section of 12(?) men taking cover in a mud built farm building. We allowed them to knock a whole through so they could shoot out and because of this declared it light cover. They came under fire from two German sections each including an MG34. This continued for a number of phases until the French were suppressed and nearly wiped out with the remnants retreating.

All well and good; I think in real life the effect of nearly 20 riflemen and two MG34s firing at a mud built building would be disintegration of the building. However the effect of using MP40 SMGs instead would not be so dramatic and I was slightly disappointed to find in the rules no difference in effect.

:)

TBH I can't see much problem with the result - if the MGs and SMGs are all firing then it's all extra suppression and the MGs will likely be the ones causing the "real" casualties, but everything is contributing. No one being shot at who notices the incoming seems inclined to differentiate by calibre - WW2 especially, every time anyone gets shot at by small arms the eye witness testimony is that everything was an MG34/42! Much the same as every German tank was a Tiger...

I've seen pictures of a mud-brick house that had been the target of an attack by the owner of the photos' unit somewhere in Kuwait/ Iraq. According to the guy showing me the pictures, the house was "hosed" by the 25mm cannon and machine-guns of four Bradleys as they approached then subjected to suppressing fire as a team approached and assaulted the building. The building was visibly knocked about but still very much standing and three of the occupants survived to leg it to a motorcycle and side-car and race over a nearby rise before anyone thought to shoot at them.

Doesn't sound much different to what you're describing, to me.  

Quote from: Last Hussar on 21 October 2015, 07:53:44 PM
Not trying to troll or anything, (honest - I save that for Orcs and FSN), but you make it sound like "That's only 9mm, think its safe to move". 

I'm not denying that you can tell the difference, I just can't imagine making a decision based on that difference.

It's really the other way around, in that for killing in the open full power rounds are too powerful, its overkill. This is why modern armies have moved away from these powerful rounds to smaller rounds that they can carry a lot more of. You do not get the same impact on the target but you can compensate theoretically with more rounds.

To illustrate from a different angle: I knew a corporal who was in patrol company (B company, 2 Para) at Goose Green. Troops on both sides were using similar weapons except the Argentineans had some Browning .50 calibre machine guns. Now 2 Par especially in this action are so gung-ho they possibly take casualties they don't need to if they were to act more cautiously, but they ended being pinned down for hours by the relatively slow fire of the .50. In pre Falklands British Army theory the .50 is far less efficient than a GPMG on a tri-pod. But the power of those .50 rounds had a pinning effect on the Paras out of proportion to the number of rounds actually fired.

2 Para were so impressed they kept the captured .50s and wouldn't turn them in after the war. Interestingly since the adoption of the new 5.56mm calibre the British Army has found that if its troops come under fire from more than 500 metres they have real difficulty in suppressing the fire with the 5.56 weapons. They have to rely on 7.62 GPMGs or the 50 calibre  Brownings all infantry battalions are now equipped with.

:) Rob

Oddly enough the .50 cal was supposed to give the Americans fire superiority over the Germans with MG34/42's - they found the opposite; one of the reasons behind switching to GPMG style weapons post war.

I know 2 Para "hoovered up" stuff from the Falklands, but didn't know they'd kept those .50 cals :D

The smaller calibre versus larger calibre argument is one that's likely to run and run. I think the lethality issue is settled (any modern bullet will do horrible things) but the range part is still up for grabs, although small arms fire over that distance is still rare in comparison to close in fire (in current experience in the field, anyway); probably enough to make sure there's something in a "real" rifle or heavier calibre available within the company area or even battalion?

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? WRG Armour and Infantry 1925-1950 (pub. 1973)
2) What armies were confronted? WW II Late War British and Late War Germans.
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No, although last used in the early 1980's.
5) How many players were in the game? 1

The rules worked quite well and speeded up as I a) remembered stuff and b) by repetition. It was much better when I noticed that 1cm = 100yds for 6mm. Before then everyone was getting Auto KO'd as I used 1mm = 1yd! Things were getting neutralised all over the place.

Link to a copy of the WRG set for this interested - http://www.wrg.me.uk/WRG.net/History/OLDWRG/WWII.pdf

Rob - not got the rules in front of me, but don't SMGs have shorter ranges?

Also A Kill isn;t a death or wound - its a bloke becoming combat ineffective, maybe hiding in a 'funk'.  He doesn't care about caliber, just that they are out there.  Also note more experienced troops are harder to get a kill/shock on - probably because they CAN differentiate!

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? FogR
2) What armies were confronted? Huegonot vs Mapuche
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? 3 Don Avis can Pete Simpson and I.

Don won 25-0, he had one charge that went spectacularly well, broke into our back field, and proceeded to much his way through anything that got in the way!!!
Still a great game. ;)

Quote from: Last Hussar on 22 October 2015, 10:19:22 PM
Rob - not got the rules in front of me, but don't SMGs have shorter ranges?

Also A Kill isn;t a death or wound - its a bloke becoming combat ineffective, maybe hiding in a 'funk'.  He doesn't care about caliber, just that they are out there.  Also note more experienced troops are harder to get a kill/shock on - probably because they CAN differentiate!

I do not have a set of the rules but I will get them, because they are so good. I didn't have any SMGs, the cover thing was a query. From memory I do beleive SMGs do have a shorter range but get more dice to throw than a rifle (1 ) but less than a belt fed LMG (8 ) and a magazine fed LMG (6 ). You get a bucket full of dice to role either for the whole section or a team within the section when firing. Hits were always 5,6 at 'effective' range. Kills for each hit ranged from 3-6 for no cover and 5-6 for light cover. My query was over the kills part. Every nation in WW2 used full power rounds in rifles and MG. They used pistol rounds in pistols, SMGs and U.S. carbines, these were much less powerful and would have trouble going through the cover I was firing at (mud built farm building) whereas a full power rouind wouldn't.  :)

1. Impetus Baroque

2. ECW Parliamentarian with Covenanter Allies v. Royalist

3. Yes as I have played Impetus since it first appeared

4. This was the first time I'd played, but not my opponent.

5. Two.

This was an extremely entertaining game. My opponent is an official playtester for the rules. Many of the mechanisms were very familiar, however opportunity is treated differently, and in my opinion much better, than in the original rules. It is possible to respond to an enemy unit doing something by taking a discipline test. If you pass you can countercharge or fire, but if you fail you do nothing, but do not become disordered. I found this made the game flow much more smoothly and made it more exciting. It still has the roll off to see who can activate a command, and that can make for some hard decisions. Would my opponent try to rescue his isolated militia, rapidly being closed on by the Scots, or would he go for my cuirassiers, who had dropped to a VBU of 3 and were disordered. Neither, as I won the roll and pulled my cuirassiers back out of trouble after rallying them. My guess is we might see the finished product at the end of 2016.

Rob - That's my take on 'kills' in wargames in general, rather than official policy in CoC.  Its the only thing that makes sense, give the horrendous kill rate in most wargames.  Thats part of the reason I like Black Powder, you effectively do hits against morale rather than actual kills/wounds.

Quote from: Last Hussar on 25 October 2015, 12:07:52 PM
Rob - That's my take on 'kills' in wargames in general, rather than official policy in CoC.  Its the only thing that makes sense, give the horrendous kill rate in most wargames.  Thats part of the reason I like Black Powder, you effectively do hits against morale rather than actual kills/wounds.

This is my whole point. A full power round that has just thumped into your cover, or gone through it, is more likely to suppress you than a low power round that you didn't know had hit the wall in front of you.

In a similar vein but fitting in with what you have said. I think even in today's warfare morale (or what you perceive is happening) is more important than the physical effects. 


:) Rob

Played four games of FOGR this weekend at the BHGS doubles this weekend, using a non-standard list (Mapuche), we came third out of 8, only one point behind second!  8)

Congrats Lemmy.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? Blitzkrieg Commander
2) What armies were confronted? Mid war Soviet v German
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? 6

On going battle at least another night in it, based upon the attack by the 11th Panzer Division on Sowchos 79 on December 8th 1942. The collective was
being defended by elements from the 1st Tank Corps.

Quote from: mad lemmey on 25 October 2015, 09:42:23 PM
Played four games of FOGR this weekend at the BHGS doubles this weekend, using a non-standard list (Mapuche), we came third out of 8, only one point behind second!  8)

Well done that man, and his double ;) =D>

1) Bloody Big Battles 2nd Battle of Pleven
2)Ottomans vs. Russians 1877
3) Yes
4) No
5) 2

Slowly starting to apply real world strategy and tactics to the game.

Black Powder, with our own tweaks
CSA vs USA
Yes
No
2

Part of an ongoing battle - we are playing a division at a time for a fictional Major Battle - 3 US Corps vs 2 CS, where units represent regiments.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? Gruntz
2) What armies were confronted? dunno, it was a 5 way free-for-all space marine type game  :)
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yesish
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Yes
5) How many players were in the game? 5

It was a bit of a laugh and I enjoyed it, but to be honest its not my favourite sort of game. Made a nice change though and the figures and scenary sere brilliant.

:) Rob

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? Honours of War
2) What armies were confronted? Jacobites vs Hanoverians
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Very
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? 3, including Keith Flint, the author

Great game as always and nice to see Keith again. He was able to clarify a few points for us, but nothing too major. AAR to follow.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Computer Strategies Gunpowder Revolution.
2) What armies were confronted? - Navy Royal v Grande Armada
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes. 
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Can't remember, I seem to have been using Computer Strategies rules for ever.
5) How many players were in the game? - Two

1. Lion Rampant
2. Vikings and Saxons
3. Yes
4. Yes
5. Solo

http://nosherswargames.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/landwasters-and-ravenfeeders-dark-ages.html

thoughts and a batrep with photos above

1. Maximilian v.2
2. French v. Venetians
3. Sort of, as share similarities with DBA/DBR
4. First time for about 5 years - unlikely to use again within 5 years. Think Warmaster Medieval will give a more enjoyable game
5. Two players, two games involving swapping sides - French won both games.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - X-Wing
2) What armies were confronted? - Empire
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yep!
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Far from it.....
5) How many players were in the game? - 2



Pretty much all I play at the minute. At least until I get my Bolt Action and Pendraken ECW stuff painted up......  :D

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Volley & Bayonet WWI adaption by Dave Fielder
2) What armies were confronted? - Germans vs Royal Naval Division and Belgians
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes, picked up the mechanics pretty quickly, but then Dave has played loads which helped.
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Yes.
5) How many players were in the game? - 2

Nice little game for Armistice Day. The Royal Naval Division held off the Boche until nightfall, and then had to retreat due to threatened flanks. Very similar historically to Mons, which it was lossely based upon.

1) What rule set do you use in your last game? Saga
2) What armies were confronted? 28mm Viking (me), Charlemagne French, Anglo-Saxon, and Irish
3) Did you feel comfortable with the rule set? - Easy to learn, but will take a long time to assimilate all of the nuances of each war-band's advantages and disadvantages which is why I was given Viking - a simple in yer face aggressive army (which suits my style of play anyway)
4) and... was the first time do you use the rule set? - Yes
5) How many players were in the game? 4

It was a very amusing with a great deal of leg pulling. I was opposite an old opponent who is a veteran of competition gaming so I knew he would know all of the tricky things in the rules and he had cavalry!  :o How tricky is that in a Dark-Age brawl! Any way I went straight for him and he tricked me! He rode around a flank and surrounded a heavy infantry unit and a warrior unit, which apart from a total of 3 men were destroyed. My ally the Irish moved over a heavy infantry unit and javelined his cavalry and then in my turn I used my other heavy infantry and leader to wipe them out!  ;D This was the end of the 4th turn which meant any alliances from the 5th turn onwards were permanent and of course myself and the French were now allied against the relatively untouched Irish and Saxons. The Irish went for me with javelins and destroyed half of my remaining heavy infantry. The following turn, because I was basically finished with only a single remaining full strength warrior unit remaining, I used the Viking Valhalla option which allowed me to sacrifice some of them for extra attack dice and I then threw them with the leader at the Irish heavy infantry. The dice were kind and I wiped half of them  ;D out while losing all but 2 of my warrior unit.  :(

Winning and losing is based on losses inflicted and as luck would have it that meant I won.  8) I am sure in the next game I won't receive all of the beginners advice I was given during this dust up.

A really great game and I will now buy a war-band. Not sure which one but possibly Norman, Viking,.... Anglo-Danish..... mmmm  :-\

:) Rob

A couple of photos of the Maximilian game mentioned above.

First, the Venetian pike move forward backed by some of their mounted troops.

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g440/dourpuritan/10mm%20Italian%20Condotta/IMG_1675_zpsmetxs1jy.jpg)

Second, the Swiss pike plough forward for the French - not painted by me or my opponent. I always paint flag edges.

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g440/dourpuritan/10mm%20Italian%20Condotta/IMG_1672_zpsnfqvru47.jpg)

Got those the wrong way round, whoops! Third, an overall shot of the battlefield.

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g440/dourpuritan/10mm%20Italian%20Condotta/IMG_1673_zpsthenf8tr.jpg)

In this battle, owing to the army lists in Maximilian, two Venetian pike blocks had to be fielded as spearmen. Tonight my Venetians will be out again down the club facing Papal troops and using Impetus rules.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - BKCII
2) What armies were confronted? - British Union of Fascists vs Prince Alebert's Somerset Light Infantry
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes, I've played them many, many times.
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No.
5) How many players were in the game? - 2

An introductory game for Neil, which seemed to work well.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Mit Blut und Eisen - ACW (http://www.wfgamers.org.uk/FUFF.htm)
2) What armies were confronted? - US vs. CS
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? No
5) How many players were in the game? Three, 1 vs 1 but with a newbie helper for the CS player


A refight of the 1st day of the battle of Chancellorsville. The CS player (players) managed to mangle 2 of the US corps quickly. This meant that by the time the last 2 of the 5 US corps arrived the battle was mainly already over & they took little part in it before the army morale went.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Regimental Fire and Fury
2) What armies were confronted? - US vs. CS
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? No
5) How many players were in the game? Seven

We are playing out The battle of Stones River 31st December 1862.

Alamein to Zem Zem, 8th Army and Afrika Korps, Yes, No, Two.

The opposition was playing moderns for the first time and did not anticipate what 88mm guns could do, nor how important radios were. His one success was that a tank-buster Hurricane shot up Rommel's half-track, following which the 25 pdr finished him off. But there wasn't much left of the Commonwealth forces by then.

I sneakily played Die Wacht am Rhein on the computer to inspire my Jerries. Dear God, for such a musical nation the Germans have the ability to write really dull martial music!

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Four games of FogR
2) What armies were confronted? - Mapuche vs Early Danish, Tartar, Early Imperial Spanish and Ming Chinese
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? No
5) How many players were in the game? Two per game.

Results is order:
11-9
1-19
14-6
12-8

Four great games, but can you spot where the dice gods deserted me? ;)

1. Bloody Big Battles at Warfare using Pendraken 10mm armies.

2. Poorish quality French Republican against veteran Prussians and Saxons.

3. Played a number of games now and very comfortable with the rules, especially since a friend of mine made me a slightly altered QRS which includes more information about silenced artillery.

4. No

5. The cast varied between two and three per side depending on people having to get off home or arriving later in the day (I was one of the latter having been involved in the Liverpool club game in the morning and on the Saturday.

Quote from: Steve J on 13 November 2015, 01:16:29 PM
1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - BKCII
2) What armies were confronted? - British Union of Fascists vs Prince Alebert's Somerset Light Infantry
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes, I've played them many, many times.
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No.
5) How many players were in the game? - 2

An introductory game for Neil, which seemed to work well.

Indeed it did. So my differing answers to above are:

3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes. Will definitely be using them again.
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Yes. Was a lot less daunting than expected.

- Neil.

Ask Sunjester about the last game.  Specifically the last 3-4 moves...  :d

Quote from: mad lemmey on 16 November 2015, 07:25:18 AM
1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Four games of FogR
2) What armies were confronted? - Mapuche vs Early Danish, Tartar, Early Imperial Spanish and Ming Chinese
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? No
5) How many players were in the game? Two per game.

Results is order:
11-9
1-19
14-6
12-8

Four great games, but can you spot where the dice gods deserted me? ;)

3 Wins, well done that man =D> :( =D> =D>

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - General of Brigade
2) What armies were confronted? - Swedes and French
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - 4

I play this mainly to be friendly, it feels very dated and the game proceeds quite slow. I am sure I noticed some tumble weed blow past as I waited for the some rules related discussion to complete.

:) Rob

Tusk - mezolythic Beastie hunting
Humans versus lots of beasties
Nice simple rule system
Used a fair few times
2-3 players versus me as the referee/beasty mover

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

1. War in the Colonies

2. A small British brigade of three battalions of line and one of Marines and one of Hessians v. a New Hampshire brigade of three Continental battalions, three militia battalions, a unit of militia rifles, a 3pdr battalion gun and a 6pdr gun.

3. Not really, they are a bit old school complex and will need to be played a few times to absorb the rhythms of the game.

4. Yes

5. Two players and an umpire. The game took about three hours as none of us had played before. However, the two Pendraken armies looked superb. As a retired person I have been invited to join the 'dayshift' at the club - an ad hoc group of shift workers who fit in gaming when they can, so no specific days and texting one another to set up games. Looks like FOGR is going to be a major theme so good job I hadn't yet based my shock cavalry to the short side.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Muskets and Tomahawks
2) What armies were confronted? - We tried a 3 sided game - British, French and Injuns (me)
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes, very easy to pick up
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Yes
5) How many players were in the game? - 3

The rules use a card system which randomises the move by nationality and type i.e. Brit + French regular and irregular and Injun. Very simple combat rules with additional random event cards.

The 3 way split was an experiment which worked very well. We had an objective in the middle of the table, and the side with most points/soldiers occupying it at game end would win. A victory for the Injuns after first defeating and hacking up the half the French a mass charge swept the British regulars off the objective in the last move of the game. What a good laugh.  ;D

:) Rob

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - FogR
2) What armies were confronted? My samurai vs Paul C's Elizabethan
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No for me, first time since the play testing for my opponent.
5) How many players were in the game? - 2

10-8 to the Samurai when time ran out. Of my 8 that I lost, four were pretty well self inflicted!

Quote from: mad lemmey on 20 November 2015, 07:02:57 AM

10-8 to the Samurai when time ran out. Of my 8 that I lost, four were pretty well self inflicted!

Seppuku??  ;D

I have heard on the QT that the Samurai army is very difficult to beat in FoGR, and that the rules struggle a bit with eastern light cavalry.

They are difficult, but the army does gave a soft underside.
Eastern light horse work really well (having a Mongol/Tibetan army)

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - BKC II
2) What armies were confronted? WW2 1943 Eastern Front German v Soviet
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - fairly - still not completely happy with artillery
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No - used quite a bit
5) How many players were in the game? - 2

Edward

Ten More Sons!, French and Imperialists (1520), yes, no, three. My Spaniards got thumped. Gensd'armes smacked right through the Imperial cavalry, and tercios got wrapped up like a parcel, with French on their flanks and Swiss to the front. Ouch.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Impetus in 6mm
2) What armies were confronted?  Persians v. Carthaginians
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - yes, although we still have to do a bit of rule searching.
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No, we use these rules a lot
5) How many players were in the game? - 4

The Persians used their light cavalry to great effect on both flanks. Half the Carthaginians got caught in a traffic jam of their own making as they tried to advance down a road, the Persians gratefully mopped up the centre whilst only half the Carthaginians were there.

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - Brigades & Batteries (heavily adapted/detailed)
2) What armies were confronted? - A Prussian division vs a Saxon division (1813)
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes, we played some new additions and changes this time though
4) Was it the first time you used the ruleser? - No, we play it quite regularly
5) How many players were in the game? - 6 players; two teams of three; each commanding a brigade

None, I just yelled, "Jack, Jack lookout!  ..... Bill, the Nazi swine got him. Launch that mortar now ..... Ha! take that Jerry!

2. Britains Africa Korps v Britains 8th Army

3. My game - dead comfy.

4. No, been using them since I was four.

5. Solo - reduces arguments and does away with tedious rules lawyers.

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - My own Nappy and 7YW rules
2) What armies were confronted? - An Austriab corps of 1 inf div, 1 light div, and 1 brigade of grenadiers against a French corps of 2 inf divs, 1 light cav div and a dragoon brigade
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - I did but more importantly my oppenent picked them up quickly and the game bowled along
4) Was it the first time you used the ruleser? - Not for me but it was the first time my opponent ahd used them
5) How many players were in the game? - 2

A win for the French who managed to concentrate one and a half divisions against a single Austrian brigade that eventually gave way and made a big hole in the centre. More important for me was the obvious enjoyment my opponent had ( the term jammy barstard did spring to mind a few times  :D )

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:) Rob

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - Hail Caesar
2) What armies were confronted? - Romans vs Ancient Britons
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Sort of...
4) Was it the first time you used the ruleser? - 2nd time of using them.
5) How many players were in the game? - 2

It took some time to get back into the swing of the rules. After using Honours of War so much lately, it was hard to find the relevant sections to check on a few things. Certainly much harder than Black Powder. Still it gave a good game, but we need to play a few more to get really comfortable with the rules.

The Romans (me) lost very quickly due to some shocking die rolling, with the Praetorian Guard and another unit of Legionaries disintegrating as a result of one charge. Add in two Divisions that barely made it towards the battle field, which added insult to injury!

1. Balance of Power

2. French v. Austrians (1859)

3. Yes, very straightforward and easy to pick up. Only 16 pages of rules, including a three page worked example, and a very clear QRS.

4. First time used.

5. Two players.

Iacta Alea Est, Scipionic Romans and Seleucid Macedonians, yes, no, four. The Romans made the mistake of allowing things to turn into a cavalry battle instead of holding back and letting the legions do the fighting on their own terms. Once their equites were out of it, the Seleucid horse punched a big hole through the Roman centre and the westerners' morale shattered.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Ronin published by Osprey
2) What armies were confronted? - Japanese and Koreans
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Yes
5) How many players were in the game? - 4

An absolute hoot. I do like these simple skirmish games where more than two are involved, it brings in an element of poker face diplomacy (lunacy) and is extremely amusing. These chaps keep inviting me to these games and I keep winning. During this game (it uses 12 sided dice) whenever I needed a good role I got a 12! Unbelievable!

:) Rob

My last three games

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Warmaster ancient
2) What armies were confronted? - Greek vs Romans
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Nop
5) How many players were in the game? - 2

A draw, a lot of movement and few combat. We were too ambitions about moving our armies


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

Lizardmen are though. Lizardmen victory


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

Nice game, undead do not move too much until last turn. Lizzards attack fast but undead counter attack. It was fun. Lizardmen victory.

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - Honours of War
2) What armies were confronted? - Prussians vs Austrians
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Very
4) Was it the first time you used the ruleser? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - 2

Marginal Austrian victory as they vacated the field at nightfall to protect their lines of communication.

1/ Song of Blades & Heroes
2/ A variety of Greek & Trojan heroes and their warbands
3/ very! Even the punters picked up nicely - we were a participation game
4/ No, but barring a couple of playtest games first time in major anger for ages
5/ overwhelming win for the Greeks. seven games, seven nil to Agamemnons boys. Although the virtually unlike able Achilles died three for three.

We put a table on for the club at Wargamer today in Halesowen, nice little show but I gather trade was quiet post lunch. Got seven games with the public in, a devestating seven wins for the Greeks! Not a lot of need for the horse ;) Although the greatest threat may have come from Ajax charging a colleagues coffee cup for a devastating kill...

Punters all had great fun (including the two sets of kids) and all picked up the rules and ran with them happily. Good stuff, migh take it to WMMS in Wolves come March.

Well done that Pixie =D>

Sounds like a good day was had by all.

- Neil.

Tonight's game was a refight of the Battle of Pubela 5th May 1862. We will finish it next Sunday. It is a disguised scenario being fought out as Chilean v Bolivian because I don't have a Mexican or French army of the period.


1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Die Fighting
2) What armies were confronted? - Chilean v Bolivian
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Nop
5) How many players were in the game? - 6

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Bloody Big Battles
2) What armies were confronted? - Prussians vs Hannoverians at Langensalza 1866
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes. Very quick to pick up the basic mechanics
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Yes
5) How many players were in the game? - 2

Very good rules, even from the first run through. Sort of AAR to follow...

1/ Rules set - Frostgrave
2/ Armies - my Necromantic Elves versus Iron Circle mercenaries lead by their Elementalist
3/ Comfort - yes, this about our sixth game overall. Bit awkward to start though as not played for a couple of months!
4/ First time? - Nope, about sixth ;)
5/ Players - two

Game went well, little rusty for a bit at the start but we got into the swing quite nicely. I suckered the enemy into a fire trap lined by my crossbows, bows and wizard & apprentice and held by my Knights to allow my Thieves to run in and grab treasure safely. The Iron Circle then blew my mage away in one shot of an Elemental Bolt, did the same to a Knight and was into my squishies and poised to cream me. I managed a credible pull back and fighting retreat whilst praying for the weather to close in, which fortunately it did for a draw in treasure seized - we each got two pieces, me aided by RUNNING AWAY and my opponent by good use of a summoned demon to grab one from under the noses of two wandering monsters! He came out well up on XP due to the casualties he'd caused though, and up on money as he rolled and sold a couple of Grimoires with spells that were of no use to him.

I'd recommend Frostgrave for anyone into a bit of Fantasy skirmish - flavour is good, rules play well and are without awkwardness or argument and it only takes twenty figures and a 2-3ft table :)

1. Balance of Power again.

2. A rather ho hum Austrian army v. an elite/veteran French army

3. Just could not get the hang of the manoeuvring rules - my mate reckons I am spatially dyslexic. I just found it all very depressing as my French crumbled into an unholy tangled mess. Meanwhile, as he is now going on about Aurelian, it's even more depressing as I hated Blucher - more manoeuvring I couldn't get my head round.

4. Second time played, Not too keen on a third outing.

5. Two players.

1) Sabre Squadron
2) British Royal Marines vs Argentine infantry.
3) Very comfortable game.
4) First Time with the rules, but playing the guy who wrote them and very easy to pick up (Hi Nick)
5) 2

Proper illustrated batrep over the weekend! :)

Good to hear it went well after so long in development  :)

1. Honours of War

2, Prussians v. Austrians

3, Introducing another club member to the rules - scenario one but this time Austrians attacking and Prussians defending. Once again the defenders were defeated,

4. Becoming very comfortable with the rules now.

5. Two players.

A quick iPhone shot of last night's game.
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Right hand end of the Argentine line comes under sustained fire from British Marines and a pair of Scorpions.
In the centre the Marine platoon took many casualties, but carried in fighting.
More later.

Looking good, Will !  8)
Cheers - Phil

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Bloody Big Battles
2) What armies were confronted? - Prussians vs Hannoverians at Langensalza 1866
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes. Even though 2nd game it all flowed very easily.
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - 2

Another re-run through Langensalza and a much closer game. AAR to follow.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Donned the smoking jackets and caps, passed round the hip flask and played British Grenadier Deluxe
2) What armies were confronted? - British and Tories v Rebels
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes.
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Yes to this edition
5) How many players were in the game? - 5

1) Bloody Picnic WW1, with local amendments.
2) Germans vs Belgians. 10 MM. Pendraken roughly a brigade of Belgians (attackinh) and a regiment plus Jäger of Germans
3) We've used them a few times before and feel fairly comfortable with them, though as we game early war we avoid a lot of the complex bits.. We do need a "sequence tracker" pinned up on wall though for next time.
4) Played before but we tend to add tweaks each time.
5) 2 players, me and Tony from Tiny Tin Troops.

We played the same scenario twice, swapping armies. Tony was badly handicapped by his reinforcement rolls, being unable to get his vitally needed Belgian guns on first time and then, as Germans second time, failing to get the infantry reinforcements he needed.

Doctor! Doctor! I need help!  :o

Last week continuing my reducation into games other than ancients, Napoleonics, 7YW and WW2 I was persuaded to take part in an X-Wing game.  :o

To my horror I really enjoyed it but was concerned during play that the Star Wars theme was playing in my head and when I moved my Tei Fighters I could hear that scream they make (or did I really make the sound out loud myself?).

Please help me as when I left, that Star Wars theme wouldn't leave my head and kept drumming away until I was asleep!!

Is this normal? Worried of Leicester.

It a great game, don't fight theDark Side (off to buy a Star Destroyer for Armada, it's bigger cousin)

Dunn-dunn-dunn dun-di-dun dun-di-dun !!!! No! I am your father.

:o Noooooooooo!!!!!!!

Three games today to finish off 2015! :D

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Flames of War, Star Wars Armada, FogR
2) What armies were confronted? - Something German vs  my US Kelly's Heroes force, Empire vs Rebellion, Early Hungarian vs Samuari
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes, by the end yes, Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Playing for years,  second game, many games this year.
5) How many players were in the game? - Two player, four players, two players.

Lost 14:7, won 400:75, lost 21:4, but three brilliant games, the former and latter could have gone either way! ;D

Quote from: mad lemmey on 27 December 2015, 08:57:51 PM
Three games today to finish off 2015! :D
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Lost 14:7, won 400:75, lost 21:4, but three brilliant games, the former and latter could have gone either way! ;D

Well done that man =D>

Yes the latter game looks particularly close ;D

Last game of the year!

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - British Grenadier Deluxe
2) What armies were confronted? - British and Tories v Rebels
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes.
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Second time out
5) How many players were in the game? - 3

Hail Caesar, 15mm Huns v Early Byzantine which the Huns lost badly. I like these rules as they give a fun quick game.

Cheers
Ian

Quote from: Sandinista on 28 December 2015, 01:37:24 AM
Hail Caesar, 15mm Huns v Early Byzantine which the Huns lost badly. I like these rules as they give a fun quick game.

Cheers
Ian

Was it a solo game or have you found some historic gamers in the Far North?

I have found a bunch of historical gamers up here  :) but this was a solo game to refresh my memory before teaching them this week

Cheers
Ian

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Basic Impetus
2) What armies were confronted? - Ottoman Turks vs Early Hapsburg Imperialists
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes, mostly, baring some confusion over disorder
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Yes.
5) How many players were in the game? - One!

Sort of a solo tester session that turned out to be a lot of fun. Things wot I learnt: gendarmes are 'effing dangerous even when under pressure; lots of shooty cavalry is great for pinning down the opposition and keeping the initiative.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - The Pikemen's Lament playtesting
2) What armies were confronted? - Royalist vs Parliamentarians
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes, all pretty much there. Mainly testing scenarios now.
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - One!

What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Iron Cross
2) What armies were confronted? - Germans vs. Americans
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes, they are easy to pick up.
4) and... was the first time for you to use the ruleset? - Yes
5) How many players were in the game? - Two

My Germans were soundly defeated by the Americans. It didn't help that my reserves were slow to come in while the American's pretty much had all their units on the board by the end of the fourth turn. I had to spend a lot of my activation points on Company Morale Tests instead of taking offensive actions against my opponent.

Since this was our first game, we did miss a rule or two but nothing too bad that affected the outcome of the game.
We liked the fact that the combat rules are easy to pick up and we were engaged with the game the entire time. Even when your opponent as the initiative, you still are reacting and thinking about how to spend your activation tokens.  Our next game should be in three weeks so I'm busy getting more troops painted.