A quick AAR and some thoughts of using 'Honours of War' for the Jacobite '45 Rebellion.

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

A good read and a nice introduction for me on the rules.

Interesting read - thanks!

Good to read this report.

I'm slowly putting together some forces for this period - (and I'm painting tartan, or at least an approximation of it  ). You also made me take down BP Last Argument of Kings and have another look at at - and realise how much stuff is in - I'd rather ignored it after a couple of rather disappointing BP games.

How did Honours of War work for the irregular nature of the Highlanders? Do you think the way you defined them using the rules worked?

I'm toying with using Victorian Steel as rules for this period - mainly as it is designed for asymmetric forces, though from a 100 years later.

Nice report chap.

Good stuff ! 
Cheers - Phil

QuoteHow did Honours of War work for the irregular nature of the Highlanders? Do you think the way you defined them using the rules worked?

Hi Fred,
I've just been reading up on the '45 in Cassell's Battlefields of Britan and Ireland and I think the way we defined them broadly works. From the info contained therein, they could be tweaked slightly for each battle, going from pretty good and well motivated to pretty damned poor at the end.

Personally I would go with a 'what if' type campaign (as Dave and I are playing) using the LAoKs as a good starting point. Fingers crossed the campaign should then drive itself. So for ours the 'Hanoverians' with their suprising victory can now persue the Jacobites, but the details yet to be resolved.

Hope this helps?

Glad the rest of you chaps enjoyed the AAR .

Quote from: Steve J on 13 September 2015, 07:57:43 PM
I've just been reading up on the '45 in Cassell's Battlefields of Britan and Ireland and I think the way we defined them broadly works. From the info contained therein, they could be tweaked slightly for each battle, going from pretty good and well motivated to pretty damned poor at the end.

Ta, I'd been eyeing up these rules - so this will be a good reason to get them. Its pretty hard to resist the Osprey format for wargames rules - a nice looking book, for around £10 - its nearly always worth a look.

Love your games.

Quote from: fred    12df on 13 September 2015, 06:10:48 PM
Good to read this report.

I'm slowly putting together some forces for this period - (and I'm painting tartan, or at least an approximation of it   ). You also made me take down BP Last Argument of Kings and have another look at at - and realise how much stuff is in - I'd rather ignored it after a couple of rather disappointing BP games.

How did Honours of War work for the irregular nature of the Highlanders? Do you think the way you defined them using the rules worked?

I'm toying with using Victorian Steel as rules for this period - mainly as it is designed for asymmetric forces, though from a 100 years later.

Do try indelible ink pens, such as one uses for marking CDs. On lighter base colours, they make kilts and plaids pretty easy.

Glad you like the games Norm and thanks Kitty for the tip re: tartan and plaid.

I found the maker pens quite hard to use, with the textured nature of the figures, and the hard nib, the pen tended to bounce a lot. Worth s try, but I found a small brush easier.