Quote from: mad lemmey on 26 August 2016, 04:05:32 PM
Try again (bloodyphone) Maybe time to rephrase or combine q2 & 3?

Or maybe q3 & 4?

Where would the fun be in that? 

Maybe in future I'll just randomise my answers and you lot can work what goes with what 

1) What rules did you use in your last game? - La Flota. Beta test of my home grown Armada period naval rules.
2) What forces were involved? - Spanish vs English. Spanish had 2 small, 2 medium, 2 large galleons and an Atlantic galleass guarding 1 large and 3 medium merchant ships from an English force of 2 small, 2 medium and 2 large galleons and 2 pairs of Cromsters
3) How many players were involved? - 2
4) How many times have you used these rules? - Only this once with this iteration of the rules
5) What do you think of the rules? - Have some promise but need more work.

Despite savaging the Spanish warships the English failed to stop the Treasure fleet reaching their destination intact. The Spanish Admiral, was gobsmacked to find that despite having lost his flagship and his freedom he'd won the game. Other than the merchants and one small galleon (that was only one hit from sinking) the Spanish fleet was either sunk or captured at game end.

I really like my pair of Cromsters. They keep my feet lovely and warm in winter.

Quote from: JeffNNN on 26 August 2016, 02:52:32 PM
Overall great fun and I'm looking forward to getting my En Garde "Red Guard" on the table. They look suspiciously like the "Cardinal's Guard in a certain tv series so I hope they don't die as easily. I've given mine a different uniform to encourage them to live longer.

Have you never watched Star Trek, the red shirts always die first

It's why I used to go to fancy dress parties in the light blue top.

Hail Caesar.

Did I know what I was doing: No.

Did I understand the rules:No, as I've never looked at the book never mind read it.

Did I somehow succeed and break the back of the enemy army: Yes. [it being a multi-player, 3-a-side game and I controlled the Yorkist Centre. I got rid of my crap dice rolls early on and rolled great ones when it came to the clash of melee, after that I was back to rolling poorly]

Was it more luck than good generalship: Obviously! 

Like the new questions Roy!

Can we just answer the last question with FK's sig?! Also, always a good idea to get rid of your duff rolls on the non-essential dice

Quote from: paulr on 26 August 2016, 07:13:53 PM
Have you never watched Star Trek, the red shirts always die first

Hence the

"What happens when a (Star Wars) storm trooper shoots at a (Star Trek) Red Shirt. The storm trooper misses but the red shirt dies anyway."

Quote from: JeffNNN on 27 August 2016, 05:21:39 PM
Hence the

"What happens when a (Star Wars) storm trooper shoots at a (Star Trek) Red Shirt. The storm trooper misses but the red shirt dies anyway."

But, but surely they'd both be on the same side being both neo-fascist states. . . The rebels would be aligned with Jedi Klingons and in the end Romulans would win anyway.

The Feds are not bro-fascist, they're a post scarcity  do gooder mob. Like the Culture but with bad jump suits or shorter skirts!

Quote from: Zippee on 27 August 2016, 05:36:33 PM
But, but surely they'd both be on the same side being both neo-fascist states. . . The rebels would be aligned with Jedi Klingons and in the end Romulans would win anyway.

The Federaion a new-fascist state - with the prime directive?  I think not.  The Federation was the obvious forerunner of the Rebel Alliance, if not the system actually replaced by the Empire itself!  What am I talking about, I know nothing about this at all! 

Mollinary

Quote from: toxicpixie on 27 August 2016, 05:45:42 PM
The Feds are not bro-fascist, they're a post scarcity  do gooder mob. Like the Culture but with bad jump suits or shorter skirts!

A do-gooder mob that insists on it being 'their way or no-way', those that disagree are chemically brain washed into alternate life structures, there's no dissent allowed.

They may not have the evil mass-murder intent of other fascist states from history but they are totalitarian: alternate views are not acceptable, variance is not acceptable - the Prime Directive is sacrosanct right up to the point the viewpoint being protected ceases to agree with Star Fleet's ideals.

Hell even the crews of flagship starships have 'counsellors' on board to ensure compliance and the correct mental attitude is adhered to - previous cultures would have called them commissars.

We may not see them deploy a death star but they absolutely would do whatever was necessary to meet their ends - no matter the good intention, a policy of 'the ends justifying the means because we know best' is fundamentally no different from the Sith's, only the motive and what is considered 'best' is.

From all I can see the future earth of Star Fleet is utopian fascism. . .

I have now probably invested far more thought into this than the subject warrants and it is a derail, so apologies for that 

Quote from: Zippee on 27 August 2016, 08:05:12 PM
A do-gooder mob that insists on it being 'their way or no-way', those that disagree are chemically brain washed into alternate life structures, there's no dissent allowed.

They may not have the evil mass-murder intent of other fascist states from history but they are totalitarian: alternate views are not acceptable, variance is not acceptable - the Prime Directive is sacrosanct right up to the point the viewpoint being protected ceases to agree with Star Fleet's ideals.

Hell even the crews of flagship starships have 'counsellors' on board to ensure compliance and the correct mental attitude is adhered to - previous cultures would have called them commissars.

We may not see them deploy a death star but they absolutely would do whatever was necessary to meet their ends - no matter the good intention, a policy of 'the ends justifying the means because we know best' is fundamentally no different from the Sith's, only the motive and what is considered 'best' is.

From all I can see the future earth of Star Fleet is utopian fascism. . .

I have now probably invested far more thought into this than the subject warrants and it is a derail, so apologies for that 

WOW!   SCARY!!!!!!!     

"A deep unwavering belief is a sure sign you're missing something..." - Anon

1) What rules did you use in your last game? - General Quarters 2 with various pre-dreadnaught period add-ons.
2) What forces were involved? - Ottomans vs Greeks - a refight of the Battle of Elli December 16 1912 off the entrance to the Dardenelles.
3) How many players were involved? - 5
4) How many times have you used these rules? - Many times, but first time we have used the pre-dreadnaught add-ons
5) What do you think of the rules? - I LOVE GQ 1/2 rules and the add-ons we used really gave a good feel for the period.

Despite sinking two Ottoman TBD's without losing any ships themselves the Greeks lost the action by 5VP to 2.5VP as the Greek flagship, the new armoured cruisier "Georgis Averof" took significant damage while the old coast defence "battleship" Spetsai was also damaged by an Ottoman torpedo.

The Ottomans were slightly gobsmacked to find that they won the game 

Paul ran the Ottoman shore batteries but the Greeks wisely never came into range of them, so he was gainfully employed in calculating "to hit" rolls instead...Thanks Paul   

It was a jolly good game even though the Greeks never came close enough for me to fire at them

The pre-dreadnought mods, including halving the ground scale, gave a significantly different game and I think had the right feel

Both 'battle' lines got to within 5,000 yards and were still struggling to score straddles and then do damage. The new fangled turbine driven Greek destroyers ran rings around the much slower Ottoman ships

It was amusing to see both sides more than happy to break off because of the heavy damage they had suffered and find that under the GQ victory conditions only three ships were sufficiently damaged to count towards victory

We jump forward 30 years and half way round the world to Iron Bottom Sound next week

MeG, Imperial Rimams vs Alans

Did I know what I was doing: Kind of.

Did I understand the rules: Yes.

Did I somehow succeed and break the back of the enemy army: No, I was one hit from breaking him, when he broke me!

Was it more luck than good generalship: For Mark, yes, for me, no, my generalship was appalling, but luck was good, his was great!