1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - To the Strongest
2) What armies were confronted? - 15mm Carthaginians v Spartans
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - no
5) How many players were in the game? - 2

The first outing for my 15mm Carthaginians (so I was expecting to lose) against mate Steve's wonderfully painted Spartans. I managed to get my cavalry division around his flank and caused him all sorts of problems there, including capturing his baggage/camp. my elephants were very disappointing, failing to cause any damage apart from when they rampaged back through my own skirmish line. In the centre his deep units of hoplites ground it out with my deep units of spear and warband. We called it a day just after 10pm with me slightly ahead on victory medals.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - BKCII
2) What armies were confronted? - British vs Germans
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - very
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - 2

Our first game in a few years, but great fun none-the-less.

Two games of FogR at Reading today. Using my 10mm LOA in a 15mm comp! 😈
Game 1 vs Veitnames I won 16:9
Game 2 vs Savoyard I lost 6:19

Really enjoyed both games.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - General Quarters 1
2) What armies navies were confronted? - Ottoman vs Russian - Black Sea December 1915
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - no
5) How many players were in the game? - 6

This was one of my what-if scenarios. The Russian Fleet sortied to support their British and French allies desparately fighting on Gallipoli by raiding the northern entrance to the Bosphorus. A group of 3 Russian Pre-dreadnoughts successfully bombarded the Ottoman shore defences but were caught and sunk by the Ottoman intervention force of the ex-German Battlecruiser Geoben and ex RN battleship Erin (assumed to have been delivered to the Ottomans in 1914).

The two Russian dreadnoughts covering the bombardment force arrived too late to intervene and were frustrated by the Ottoman destroyers laying copious amounts of smoke.      

A good game but the Russian commanders were, according to the GQ victory conditions, courtmartialed   Hmm...I've always wanted a Siberian winter holiday  

Paul OTOH had a great time - wonder what side he was on  

1) What rule set did you use in your last game? Hail Caesar

2) What armies were confronted? Huns v Byzantines

3) Did you feel comfortable with the rule set? Yes

4) and... was the first time do you use the rule set? No, it was my opponents first game though. He was the Huns ambushing an infantry column.

5) How many players were in the game? 2.

The ambushing Huns had 4 brigades each of 6 small units of light cavalry. They had to inflict enough damage on the heavy infantry to leave all in 1 brigade shaken to win. The Byzantine player just had to leave the board from the opposite edge in reasonable order. It was the 1st game I've played where a horse archer army felt like a horse archer army. It was quite a headache to deal with, especially as my messenger to the nearby garrison town got killed, so no cavalry rescue for me   A very battered Byzantine force made it off the table. The Huns did not meet the victory conditions we set, but the Byzantines would not be in a good state for a future battle.

Was a fun game, a refreshing change to the line them up and attack style games.

Cheers
Ian

1. BBB played at Warfare with Pendraken figures - game was Loigny-Poupry and run by Chris Pringle.

2. Prussian/Bavarian v French Republic

3. Very comfortable. It is one of my favourite sets, in one of my favourite periods (1850 - 1915).

4. Fair number of games under my belt now.

5. In the afternoon game in which I participated  there were up to 6 players, but it varied as the game progressed. Even I had to dive out during move nine, returning in move ten to watch the final triumph of the Prussians. I may have been a little reckless with some of my enthusiastic but relatively raw French troops.

Quote from: pierre the shy on 20 November 2016, 01:36:28 AM
1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - General Quarters 1
2) What armies navies were confronted? - Ottoman vs Russian - Black Sea December 1915
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - no
5) How many players were in the game? - 6

This was one of my what-if scenarios. The Russian Fleet sortied to support their British and French allies desparately fighting on Gallipoli by raiding the northern entrance to the Bosphorus. A group of 3 Russian Pre-dreadnoughts successfully bombarded the Ottoman shore defences but were caught and sunk by the Ottoman intervention force of the ex-German Battlecruiser Geoben and ex RN battleship Erin (assumed to have been delivered to the Ottomans in 1914).

The two Russian dreadnoughts covering the bombardment force arrived too late to intervene and were frustrated by the Ottoman destroyers laying copious amounts of smoke.      

A good game but the Russian commanders were, according to the GQ victory conditions, courtmartialed   Hmm...I've always wanted a Siberian winter holiday  

Paul OTOH had a great time - wonder what side he was on  

I definitely had a good time, did it show

Partly it was seeing a plan come together over a couple of gaming session, we deliberately crippled the Russian destroyers with their pre-dreadnoughts so they would be in no state to lay smoke when the Ottoman dreadnoughts arrived

Partly it was repeatedly crippling a pre-dreadnought with one salvo then sinking her with the second
I think one of the three actually took three salvos

The commander of the Russian pre-dreadnoughts, a recent addition to our group, took it in very good heart
He had enjoyed giving the Ottoman pre-dreadnoughts a hard time then was interested in how much of a step change the dreadnoughts were

Sounds (reads?) like great fun, Paul. 

Used to have home-made dreadnought and pre-dreadnought battleships made from strips of balsa wood cut and shaped and built up in 'sandwich' type layers as per Donald Featherstone's Naval War-games book.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Honours of War
2) What armies were confronted? - Austrians vs. Prussians (Pendraken's SYW range)
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - reasonably so
4) Was this the first time you've used the ruleset? - yes
5) How many players were in the game? - solo

I've had the rules since February but never had a chance to try them out so this was my first go at them on the table. I used the St. Ulrich scenario from the book. Its not a big scenario but useful for trying out the rules for real. In this the Red Force has 2 (in my game, Hungarian) infantry battalions, 1 cavalry regiment (Dragoons) and one artillery battery defending a bridge against a Blue Force consisting of 3 Infantry battalions, 1 cavalry regt. and one artillery battery. This time I did not read the rules immediately before the game so naturally, the game was rather slow to begin with as I picked my way through the book (I'd read the rules on a number of occasions beforehand but was always thwarted by something, usually family related, when it came to finding time for a game so this was a window of opportunity I had to grasp).
However, once I got going, as it were, the rules were not too bad and I will definitely have another go. Who won? The Austrians. They won the cavalry battle - but at such a cost that they played no further part - and the Prussian infantry attack being poorly co-ordinated (plus poor dice rolling!) was efficiently repulsed by the waiting Hungarian battalions.

P.S.: My only reservation so far is that, somewhat disconcertingly, in the cavalry melee, the Prussians were routed with the Austrian regt. so badly mauled it had to retreat - if the Prussians had inflicted one more hit (one more on the dice score), the Austrians would also have routed which, somehow, would have resulted in both being "Done For' and routing off the table - doesn't seem right to me. Did I do something wrong?

No, you didn't. This is one way in which the rules deal with blown horses after a charge and a hard fight. I've played St.Ulrich four times now, including a Jacobite scenario, plus Prussians and Austrians swapping around and with different levels of training and types. The only difficulty I had with it at first is that there are no brigade commanders with variable levels of skill. After a couple of goes of St.Ulrich give Clash at Kutzdorf a couple of goes. It is a very typical HOW game and very satisfying. I would also recommend the website for scenarios and rules discussions.

Quote from: Leman on 20 November 2016, 06:42:30 PM
1. BBB played at Warfare with Pendraken figures - game was Loigny-Poupry and run by Chris Pringle.

2. Prussian/Bavarian v French Republic

3. Very comfortable. It is one of my favourite sets, in one of my favourite periods (1850 - 1915).

4. Fair number of games under my belt now.

5. In the afternoon game in which I participated  there were up to 6 players, but it varied as the game progressed. Even I had to dive out during move nine, returning in move ten to watch the final triumph of the Prussians. I may have been a little reckless with some of my enthusiastic but relatively raw French troops.

Cheers, Andy. Great to see you again. Thanks very much for joining our Loigny game.

I just want to steer the credit where it's due: Crispin Matson organized the game and created the evocative autumnal terrain, and Dave Whaley provided the excellent Pendraken armies. All I did was turn up, meet some old friends and make some new ones!

Chris

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Quote from: Leman on 21 November 2016, 10:11:17 AM
No, you didn't. This is one way in which the rules deal with blown horses after a charge and a hard fight. I've played St.Ulrich four times now, including a Jacobite scenario, plus Prussians and Austrians swapping around and with different levels of training and types. The only difficulty I had with it at first is that there are no brigade commanders with variable levels of skill. After a couple of goes of St.Ulrich give Clash at Kutzdorf a couple of goes. It is a very typical HOW game and very satisfying. I would also recommend the website for scenarios and rules discussions.

Thanks for that, Andy (I was hoping you'd wade in). Its not too bad a way of rationalizing such a situation, I suppose. I was quite happy with the result (one side routed, the other exercising a 'tactically withdrawal') - its just that if both had run away from each other in a panic off the table (rout), well, it would have been a lot harder to suspend belief. In that sense, if it ever happens, I suppose the best way of looking at it is to focus on the rules own terminology, i.e., "Done For," and not on the mandatory "rout" move associated with that condition. Thanks also for the heads up on the website/forum - I had already dipped into this and (like yourself, I believe) decided that the 15mm QRS would the most suitable for using with the basing of my 10mm units. I will definitely play the scenario again and then Kutzdorf next - I'm one regular battalion short of making Spittelwitz do-able so I'll have to tweek that one somehow (may substitute with a light battalion). I've also got some Charles Grant scenarios to re-try using these rules. Cheers.

1) Honours of War
2) British and Hanoverians v French 15 mm, Minifigs or old Freikorps
3 Reasonably comfortable with them and with period.
4) Used them a few times before and this was my first try at writing a scenario for them.
5) 4 players plus me as umpire. There was a "twist" in the scenario, involving a Freikorps, which meant it would be difficult for me to play, particularly as I knew all the strengths and qualities.

I made deployment too difficult and it ended in a draw. The French commander did take a risk that initially paid off and might well have led to a victory with more time.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Baroque
2) What armies were confronted? - Royalist v Parliament (1642)
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Not for me, yes for my opponent (lots of Impetus experience though)
5) How many players were in the game? - 2


I got stuck with the unloved Parliamentarians

1000 point afternoon game - Royalists retained initiative throughout, their GA stormed forward and by turn 2 had exhausted both the left flank Parliamentarian RE and killed their left flank general. The attack on the right flank was less fast but overran the Parliamentarian artillery with ease. Both flanks ground forward and got hung up on the lone Ironside TR on each flank, then the right flank general died. Unable to rally or withdraw exhausted units both Parliamentarian flanks were dead by turn 4 but not before they killed both HRH GA elites with C class RE reserves... The Parliamentarian centre ground forward (it should have attacked much more vigorously in hindsight) and punched a hole, killing the Royalist Foot Guard but it was too little too late as the rear rank of foot was peeled away to form a box against the marauding cavaliers returning form looting the baggage. Eventually one of these EP&M units died to a flank charge by Royalist GA, shot in by artillery and supporting infantry and the game was up.

Great game - 3 hours to a conclusion and another fan created, even if ECW is not his thing. The difference between the Royalist and Parliament horse was marked in style but losing 2 generals in 2 turns was disastrous. And the various Hardened, Motivated Fighters, Iron Officers and Feared units, as usual added bucket loads of character.

Great game to round off my leave, even if I lost - back to the grind tomorrow (but with a Walking Dead Game for tomorrow evening)


Parliamentarian Centre & Right Flank


Parlamentarian Left Flank

Good report. Continue to like how smoothly Baroque plays. I'm curious, did your friend end up expressing interest in Impetus 2.0 incorporating some of the Baroque mechanisms?