I bought these rules off Wargames Vault the other day and had a bash at them tonight.
As with all new rules, it was a bit clunky to begin with but as the game progressed we got a bit faster.
We ran it with the figures as they are based and it worked.
I am rather pleased and for $7.70 not too pricey.
The interesting twist is that it can be used with a Victorian Science Fiction with the initial HG Wells invasion being thwarted the colonial powers have  begun to use the ALien technology for their own....

THe scenarios in the rules are:

1) First Battle of El Obeid - Dec 1881 Egyptian vs. Ansar

2) Second Battle of El Obeid (or Hick's Folly) - Nov 1883 - British lead Egyptians vs. Ansar

3) First Battle of El Teb (or Baker's Teb) - Feb 4, 1884 - British lead Egyptians vs. Beja

4) Second Battle of El Teb - Feb 29, 1884 - British vs. Beja

5) Battle of Tamai - March 13, 1884 - British vs. Beja

6) Siege of Khartoum - ~May 1884 - Ansar sieging British lead Egyptians

7) The Battle of Abu Klea - Jan 17, 1885 - British vs. Ansar

The Battle of Kirbekan - Feb 10, 1885 - British vs. Ansar

9) The Battle of Tofrek - March 22, 1885 - British vs. Beja/Ansar


on the whole I am really pleased with them... I might tweak them a bit but on the whole they worked well.

Just don't ask me about the Egyptians fighting off the Hadendowah charges twice

Surely the Ansar and Brits are just as lead as the Egyptians??

Quote from: FierceKitty on 21 November 2014, 04:01:39 AM
Surely the Ansar and Brits are just as lead as the Egyptians??

Is that a leading question? Incidentally this fundamental mistake crops up over and over again in wargames literature. Wargaming - the home for the grammatically challenged?

Teach me to cut and paste whilst tired
I like the rules though

In fairness, English spelling is so silly that one should really save one's scorn for those who disregard grammar, lexis, punctuation, and Aztecs, ohwhatagiveaway!

Yet again the "A" word....

Got this in my wish list on Wargames Vault.

IanS

You can not disregard my Gramma cos she's dead.

Anyway, alittle bit of Jules Verne, H G Wells, dastardly Prussian rocket scientists etc, sounds a bit of a laugh.

Steve I thought they seemed familiar and have realised that they are very similar to Martian Empires. In fact they are practically the same rules.

Could there be a twin Earth?

Is that an electrical term twin and earth?

Quote from: mikeyboy on 10 December 2014, 02:39:54 PM
Steve I thought they seemed familiar and have realised that they are very similar to Martian Empires. In fact they are practically the same rules.

I have never played them so wouldn't know ... checking spelling, punctuation and Grammer to ensue that I got it write 

Steve going to combine the best bits from both rules. Will give Martiam empires a go tonight.

Let me know how you get on. As you no doubt realise by now.... I didnt make it

We had a quick pick up game of martian empires. prussians  vs Martians. The game flowed quite well and combat is practically the same as Q&P. The only differences really is unit activation and movement. ME uses a blackpowder style brigade order approach rather than the random card deck off Q&P.

Hello

I saw that these rules cover up to 1930. Do they cover stuff like armoured cars, tanks, aircraft for colonial actions as well as the VSF? How do they look for this? Complex or simple?

I saw that you said that it runs on a random card deck, is this a Lardies style custom card deck or a ordinary pack of playing cards? It's annoying that there's no review or explanation on the mechanics anywhere.

Being a rule addict, always looking for alternative rules  

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

To be honest I would say not, at least not the ones I have,  (unless I totally ignored them as I didn't need them???) however, there is a new supplement that has just come out. The rules cover war machines and fliers but nothing specific...
I am now worried I missed a whole section out when I read the rules.
Card deck standard deck with Jokers
each unit has a card.... these are shuffled and drawn one at a time...
as it is drawn the unit can move, fire or change formation (we are tinkering with the move/fire bit)
if a joker is drawn then a number of actions are open to the commanders - a Dervish unit within 8 inches must charge.
If an ace is drawn then a unit can make a second move

fighting factor and firing factors ar eworked on a basic number with additions and subtractions... you need to get under the factor to achieve hits... the more points under then the the more damage you inflict. Basically you want to roll low

I will have a skim through tomorrow and sort out a more substantial review

Hello Maenoferren

Good lot of information there. Much more than I've been able to find anywhere else that wasn't a rewrite of the publisher's blurb  .

I hope it doesn't turn into one of those series of rules that need umpteen supplements to be able to play properly  .

Have you had a look at Fistful of Tripods http://freewargamesrules.wikia.com/wiki/A_Fistful_of_Tripods and Tripods and Hussars http://freewargamesrules.wikia.com/wiki/Tripods_and_Hussars, these are other VSF type rules. I was playing around with adding a Lardies type card deck activation to them but I thought if FQAP was ready made for Interwar SF then I'd not bother.

Looking forward to any other information you can provide. Thanks.

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

I have a copy of these rules from Wargames Vault. Unfortunately there does not seem to be a QRS.