Our second ITLSU test game took us to the Middle East, the designated theatre for these rules.
I reworked the Judean Hills scenario which takes place in late 1917 that can be found in the TFL Yahoo Group file folder to use the NZ Mounted Rifle Brigade rather than 7th Mounted Brigade of the Yeomanry Division. As the spunk factor of the ANZAC's is considerably better than the Yeomanry I made it harder for the British reinforcements to arrive but kept the Turk units the same.
I ended up playing the NZMR with Rob, while Paul and Roy took the Turks.
There is a song written by a local musician that has been sort of adopted by the local representive rugby sides here in Wellington which goes something like "Can't beat Wellington on a good day". Well when the good days happen its usually very good, but in the last few years the good days have been few and far between. So it proved in reality over the weekend with the Wellington Hurricanes well beaten by their old rivals from up the road, the Auckland Blues.
Emulating that feat on Roy's table on Saturday night were the Wellington Mounted Rifles, who received a bit of a mauling from the attacking Turks with two squadrons badly cut up and the rest forced to withdraw. 
The victory conditions for the scenario call for the Turks to advance across the table and exit as many battalions as possible off the southern edge of the board. The NZMR have to try and prevent this. The Turks, somewhat to our surprise, elected to fight rather than just make for the closest part of the southern edge. They made a very good job of it.
Living in Wellington is about the only similarity that I have with the Duke, our martial skills are worlds apart. My own being more like the Wellington rugby team i.e. somewhat patchy. 
That, combined with the Tea Break card being turned before the Wellington and Auckland Mounted Rifles own action cards for several turns, limited our response to the Turkish attacks. Although none of the Turkish units actually got off the table they would have been able to do so had we continued.
So, another good game that confirmed that we have found our choice of WW1 rules.
Why did I choose to game WW1? Both my grandfathers served in WW 1 and one also went right through WW 2, reaching a reasonably high rank. Playing games hopefully gives a little insight into what those serving at the sharp end really went through.
Also in a couple of months it will be 100 years since the start of that conflict.
Every year around dawn on April 25th in this fair county the "last post" is sounded and the Ode of Rememberance is read, ending with "At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them".  Think what you like of my reasons, but this is my small way of remembering those who made today possible.   

I have now ordered my first lot of WW1 stuff from PM 

Good report! 

Quote from: pierre the shy on 02 June 2014, 09:31:56 AM
Why did I choose to game WW1? Both my grandfathers served in WW 1 and one also went right through WW 2, reaching a reasonably high rank. Playing games hopefully gives a little insight into what those serving at the sharp end really went through.
Also in a couple of months it will be 100 years since the start of that conflict.
Every year around dawn on April 25th in this fair county the "last post" is sounded and the Ode of Rememberance is read, ending with "At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them".  Think what you like of my reasons, but this is my small way of remembering those who made today possible.   

Seem to be damn good reasons to me, we will remember them

Quote from: pierre the shy on 02 June 2014, 09:31:56 AM
I have now ordered my first lot of WW1 stuff from PM 

My painting table will be clear by next weekend for their arrival,  we plan to use them at the Call to Arms convention in August to mark the centennial

No pressue Leon 

Look forward to seeing this

I bought ITLSU about 7-8 years ago and was stuck on a broken down harddrive

Thankfully TFL have good records and sent me the attachment again

If you need any help with units I have the Allenby EEF book plus some other Australian Middle East books

Quote from: pierre the shy on 02 June 2014, 09:31:56 AM
I reworked the Judean Hills scenario which takes place in late 1917 that can be found in the TFL Yahoo Group file folder to use the NZ Mounted Rifle Brigade rather than 7th Mounted Brigade of the Yeomanry Division. As the spunk factor of the ANZAC's is considerably better than the Yeomanry I made it harder for the British reinforcements to arrive but kept the Turk units the same.
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The victory conditions for the scenario call for the Turks to advance across the table and exit as many battalions as possible off the southern edge of the board. The NZMR have to try and prevent this. The Turks, somewhat to our surprise, elected to fight rather than just make for the closest part of the southern edge. They made a very good job of it.

We are still learning the rules and I think Peter over compensated for the better Spunk of the ANZACs, none of the British reinforcement s made it onto the table. This was very helpful for the Turks who were rushing towards their entry point 

The scenario had two ANZACs dismounted regiments deployed centrally and another squadron on the Turkish left deployed in a village on a hill. The Turks had one regiment on the left facing the hill, another regiment on the right facing the British reinforcement entry point and two sections of artillery that could deploy anywhere on their edge.

We didn't want to get bogged down around the village so decided to pin the central ANZACs with a holding attack with the right regiment and artillery (placed centrally) while the left regiment moved across to the right and then forward off table.

The plan worked well aided by the Auckland Mounted Rifles card not coming up very often. This left the Wellingtonians to take on a Turkish regiment on their own.