Quote from: Leman on 29 January 2016, 08:24:33 AM
Welcome Alex. My favourite set for the mid-C18th is Honours of War, which give a really good game. Have a look at:

www.honoursofwar.com

So what is it about Honours of War that makes it a good game? I like my games to have a bit of uncertainty
in the command and control aspect. "Friction"

I have seen that these rules are getting popular. I want to know what the buzz is about. 

Quote from: fsn on 29 January 2016, 08:27:54 AM
... Paulr looks somewhat like Paula Abdul in "Opposites Attract"...

There you go then. I like Polemos ECW, but find the others very tedious.

Quote from: Leman on 29 January 2016, 06:56:09 PM
There you go then. I like Polemos ECW, but find the others very tedious.

I think Hwiccee is actually writing the Polemos SYW Rules! 

Mollinary

OOps! 

Alex,
It was Nobby at Fontenoy who famously said "Gentlemen of the French Guard, hold your fire while I lace up my boots!"
Having exhausted my knowledge of 1745 on the continent I bid you welcome to the forum 

I'm afraid I don't have the literary skills to explain why I like a particular set of rules, I just know I like them after I've played them. At the moment there are only two sets of rules that are making me want to go back to the table over and over. These are Honours of War and Bloody Big Battles. Both sets are not overly complex, don't make you feel like you've just done a particularly unpleasant session of maths homework, have plenty of uncertainty, are plausible and can be played to a proper conclusion. One thing I don't have to do is constantly refer back to the rulebook looking for obscure bits and pieces, which is what puts me off a lot of rules, not because I'm stupid (degree and three post-graduate qualifications) but because I want to get on and play.

Quote from: alexmac207 on 29 January 2016, 08:17:38 AM
So what is everybody's favourite rules for big battles? I was leaning towards doing this battle in Might&Reason because
it's specific for the period and brigade scale. I'm very new to historicals so please bear with me...

Hello and welcome.
I do like M&R !  ( not played Fontenoy )

Quote from: d_Guy on 30 January 2016, 02:58:03 AM
Alex,
It was Nobby at Fontenoy who famously said "Gentlemen of the French Guard, hold your fire while I lace up my boots!"
Having exhausted my knowledge of 1745 on the continent I bid you welcome to the forum 

Ooooh! So THAT'S why they're known as the Lace Wars?

Quote from: Ithoriel on 30 January 2016, 01:02:51 PM
Ooooh! So THAT'S why they're known as the Lace Wars?

That was double-plus good! 

Quote from: alexmac207 on 29 January 2016, 06:53:55 PM
So what is it about Honours of War that makes it a good game? I like my games to have a bit of uncertainty
in the command and control aspect. "Friction"

I have seen that these rules are getting popular. I want to know what the buzz is about. 

Have a look in on the Honours of War website and forum:

http://honoursofwar.com/

If you look through the topics you will find several batreps and reviews that give a flavour of the rules.

There is also the authors blog where you can get a feel for how the rules were developed and play tested, you will have to look under the 82 posts on Seven Years war to do so though.

http://keefsblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/honours-of-war.html

Quote from: Ithoriel on 30 January 2016, 01:02:51 PM
Ooooh! So THAT'S why they're known as the Lace Wars?

Why, oh why, do we not have a doghouse arrangement here?

So we could put the Kat in it?

No - I suspect the other way round - he wants to put all of us in it. After all he's always right ! 

IanS

Quote from: Leman on 29 January 2016, 06:56:09 PM
There you go then. I like Polemos ECW, but find the others very tedious.

Quote from: mollinary on 29 January 2016, 07:39:12 PM
I think Hwiccee is actually writing the Polemos SYW Rules! 

Mollinary

Quote from: Leman on 29 January 2016, 07:47:50 PM
OOps! 

Leman: Don't worry I don't think any rules writer expects everyone to like their rules. Plus the Polemos 'series' of rules are only very loosely a series and vary a lot in practice. I also like the ECW, with a lot of our own modifications, but I am not a fan of some of the other sets. So I would expect a 'typical' player to like some of them more/less than the others, depending on what takes their fancy.

Mollinary: The rules have been written for sometime, the hold up is due to technical stuff. In short Baccus are trying to produce tablet/smart phone/etc friendly sets of rules that will take advantage of this kind of technology.