I'm beginning to wonder whether wargaming's for me. Lee's just taken my Roundheads to the cleaners in three moves, and the Canadian colleague's walloped me three times one after the other. :'(
Oh dear Alexander :(. What can one say? Maybe take up macrame instead :-.
Clazwitz is a good read. Sun Zu is also useful. And change your dice :-* :'(
Go solo. One side that you control always wins and you build your own history of a campaign.
Just keep plodding on your luck will change eventually and if it doesn't just think of it as a character building exercise
Always look on the bright side of life. ;)
Cheers - Phil
Maybe you need to start playing with a handicap? +1 to all dice rolls. Or a couple of extra units on the table. Or a free bonus turn at the start of the game.
I'll suggest these ideas to my regular opps.
Alexander the Terrible?
Mental discipline. You need to go through entire days never thinking of the number one (or what ever pip number is universally bad in your game system).
A diet of spinach and boiled mackerel seems to help with this mental exercise. Let us know of it works.
Or whether you end up with bad stomach ache.
:D
Actually boiled herring would have to taste ten times better than rollmop.
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: Techno II on 16 November 2020, 04:58:33 PM
Or whether you end up with bad stomach ache.
:D
Actually boiled herring would have to taste ten times better than rollmop.
Cheers - Phil
Whats wrong with rollmops? I like rollmops,
So do I, apart from the spikey bit in the middle.
Rollmops are yummy. It would be a shame to waste a mackerel by boiling it, when they're so good grilled or smoked, but I'm not meant to eat them anyway (gout, alas).
Quote from: FierceKitty on 16 November 2020, 08:19:33 AM
I'm beginning to wonder whether wargaming's for me. Lee's just taken my Roundheads to the cleaners in three moves, and the Canadian colleague's walloped me three times one after the other. :'(
Well, that is quite a correct historical outcome! :) But...the Round headed...persons... didn't give in when they should have done...(not being Gentlemen and supporters of 'Parliament', to boot!)..and things will probably change as 'experience' accumulates.
Pre-combat 'Feasting' and possibly 'Carousing' for the Royalist side could also help to tip the balance? But...would porridge, hard-tack and water be worth the 'win' for puritan cause? :(
And, for really 'Sneaky Parliament' forces...the lure of a 'hand-baggage' train in the near future 'could' distract attention...although, I rather think Your Lady is made from sterner stuff than to have such a Cavalier attitude...and might just wallop you harder next time! ;)
Seriously...or not...glad to hear you are enjojing things! :)
Quote from: Techno II on 16 November 2020, 04:58:33 PM
Or whether you end up with bad stomach ache.
:D
Actually boiled herring would have to taste ten times better than rollmop.
Cheers - Phil
'Boiled' Herring??? WHO ON EARTH WOULD EAT THAT? :o Now, Herring fried in crumbs with New Potato's...'Tatties 'n Herrin'...has become an aquired fancy in my later years! Like the taste but hate the bones! ;)
Rollmop looks like the jars of 'creatures' in a Sci-Fi film...ABSOLUTELY no way! ;D
I used a spell when I was in a similar situation. The spell was to give me 'knowledge of warfare', oddly after doing the spell I started to win battles.
Now this could have been something to do with the spell...OR...something just clicked, or I changed my dice, or I'd just learnt all the tricks my regular wargames partner used.
Quote from: Heedless Horseman on 17 November 2020, 03:54:06 AM
Rollmop looks like the jars of 'creatures' in a Sci-Fi film...ABSOLUTELY no way! ;D
They'd probably taste better. :-& :-&
It was at a birthday party in Eindhoven, when I got dragged over there by Target/Heartbreaker to some European Games Fair.
I think the chap whose birthday it was, was Swedish....And rollmop was his favourite.
Cheers - Phil X_X (Shudder)
Living a sheltered life I was forced to look up rollmop. Oh my! Still I have never let looks dissuade me from trying a new dish (although smell is another issue).
Sorry about the gout, Kitty. Despite the the cartoons of Gillray, et. al, a flare up is no laughing matter. My sympathies.
It's under control, thanks. But I need to watch my diet a bit; bacon's off, mussels, spinach, and mackerel a rare treat. Thank Heavens I'm not a drinker. But it's true, it's no joke at all when a slight twitch of movement leaves you feeling as if your foot were strapped in a brazier.
Sorry to hear about the gout, Alexander !
Von's Mum had an attack of that, in her finger joints, caused by drinking far too much orange juice. (Apparently)....Not nice !
Cheers - Phil
I always thought it was caused by an excess of stilton and port
Quote from: FierceKitty on 18 November 2020, 12:45:29 AM
It's under control, thanks. But I need to watch my diet a bit; bacon's off, mussels, spinach, and mackerel a rare treat. Thank Heavens I'm not a drinker. But it's true, it's no joke at all when a slight twitch of movement leaves you feeling as if your foot were strapped in a brazier.
It's horrible, nearest thing to childbirth for men, my doc told me. I haven't shared that piece of wisdom with the Management... commiserations.
Quote from: Ben Waterhouse on 18 November 2020, 09:39:58 AM
It's horrible, nearest thing to childbirth for men, my doc told me. I haven't shared that piece of wisdom with the Management... commiserations.
If you did share that with management I think it might hurt more than Gout. :)
There are effective meds, fortunately.
No side effects ?
Hmmm, I wonder if they make me roll a lot of bad dice?
Quote from: FierceKitty on 19 November 2020, 12:02:29 AM
Hmmm, I wonder if they make me roll a lot of bad dice?
I see that you are wise in the ways of science.