1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Sword & Spear from Great Escape Games
2) What armies were confronted? - Wars of Roses, ten units per side for a bigger test game, this time gave artillery to Yorkist and mounted MAA to Lancastrians
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Still on the learning curve, but much slicker this time around
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - No, but this is only by second test engagement.
5) How many players were in the game? - Solo
6) What went well? - I thought that since medieval warfare is often seen as simply line two sides up and bash away, that these rules gave a nuanced look at several parts of the line, so that even in a four foot space and a frontage of 6 units, that a lot of different things were going on that made each part of the line feel uniquely active.
7) What could have been improved? - The lack of an interpenetration rule to get the 'medium' archers out of the way, has been fixed by a house rule that is working rather well. There is errata in the charts as given, but downloads fix that.

I really like Sword and Spear. I've never had a bad game with them and on one occasion snatched victory from the jaws of defeat ( 2 points remaining before breaking) with a Medieval German army against the Swiss.

I prefer to forget the times I'm in the loser corner when it's happened the other way though

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Black Powder
2) What armies were confronted? - The Reds and the Browns
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - first time playing it but played similar sets before so reasonably
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - yep
5) How many players were in the game? - Solo
6) What went well? - The Reds took the initiative and seized the hill and the village, setting up a defensive position. The Browns attempted to shake them loose and while proving resilient, were eventually driven back giving the Reds a solid victory.
7) What could have been improved? The Browns had some pretty poor command rolls early on that lost them the key positions and the game. Their right flank cavalry didn't move all game and the left flank cavalry consistently got beaten back by infantry, even when hitting in the flank.

I've been painting up my 2mm Crimean War troops and some buildings and scenery for BBB and rather than finishing up the buildings tonight I took a notion to play a quick game of BP, using an individual base per unit. The playing square was fairly small, a little over 20cm a side, so only fitting in one division each. Wanted to test out how viable a mini game was, so two even forces using just the basic unit stats. It actually worked out quite well, better than I was expecting. Tempted to pick up BP2 at some point but seems a shame to have barely used the first edition when I've had it a while. Think I may experiment further with a slightly larger game in future, maybe A4 size or even A3! 


This was start of turn 2, the reds hold the village and repulsed a cavalry charge by the browns at the hill.


The battle for the village intensifies.


End of game, remaining Browns circled.

Lovely little game there MMCV. This small size board appeals to me no end, given I've played some fun games on a 2' x 2' table.

Looks great fun, Matthew ! 

Cheers - Phil

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Black Powder with Glory Hallelujah supplement
2) What armies were confronted? - ACW
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Very
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - Orcs and myself
6) What went well? - To everyone's surprise, I rolled a lot of successful saves. 
7) What could have been improved? - Orc's dice, especially for movement. His "surprise" flank attack took so long to get into place that I'd reinforced that flank and broken his centre before they fired a shot!

QuoteHis "surprise" flank attack took so long to get into place that I'd reinforced that flank and broken his centre before they fired a shot!

Ouch!

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Black Powder with Glory Hallelujah supplement
2) What armies were confronted? - ACW
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Fairly
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - Sunjester and myself
6) What went well? - In my case Nothing - Sunjesters dice were as usual exceptional - 3 hits out of 4 D6 when he needed a 5 or 6 to hit .  Similar luck with saves.
7) What could have been improved? - Orc's dice, especially for movement. Or the dice gods could have cursed Sunjesters dice for once


It was good to get a real game in after 4 months - thanks Sunjester for hosting

Quote from: Steve J on 24 July 2020, 02:57:06 PM
Ouch!

I think that is a gross understatement

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - BBDBA
2) What armies were confronted? - Siciliot, Syracuse in Sicily, Apulian v 2 Celtiberian, Gallic
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Very
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - Not by a long way
5) How many players were in the game? - 3
6) What went well? - the game flowed well and both sides were in with a chance
7) What could have been improved? - Syracuse needed to hold some spear or perhaps mercenary Gauls in reserve

The Siciliots (foreground) have held the initial assault by one of the Celtiberian armies with half their spear not engaged. The Apulian have pushed forward on the right and are about to pressure the Celtiberian caetrati who are attempting to cover the flank. Cavalry and light horse from both Celtiberian armies are moving up to support the caetrati



The end of the game, the Syracuse army had its line broken early and without reserves was unable to recover, it has fled the field leaving the left of the Siciliots exposed to the steadily advancing Gallic army. On the right the Apulian have destroyed the Celtiberian caetrati and demoralised one of the Celtiberian armies. The combined pressure on their front and open flank by the Celtiberian scutarii of both armies has overwhelmed the Siciliots giving victory to the Celtiberians and Gallic armies.



We deliberately to not include Roman or Carthaginian forces in this game meaning that all my Punic forces have now had a run on the table

Lovely looking game Paul .

Very nice, indeed, Paul.

Cheers - Phil

Glad to see all those units in action

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Firepower from the Perry Brothers
2) What armies were confronted? - ACW
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - yes, I have used it several times and they are set at the 'simple playable' level.
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - Solo
6) What went well? - The scenario had random arrivals and the system has random movement based on ?D6, so this brought interest to the scenario
7) What could have been improved? - cavalry stay mounted, even when in a position and firing. I will get some dismounted figures and put in a simple house rule for mount / dismount, more of an aesthetic thing really.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Liber Militum : Tercios
2) What armies were confronted? - German Protestant vs. Holy Roman Empire Catholics.
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - no. The rules are easy, but there a some fine choices to do and to use during the battle
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - Solo. I wanted to practice.
6) What went well? - I won !    ( vs. a kind of very simple AI I made )
7) What could have been improved? - My use of my officers.

As usual I wrote a (very short) AAR on my blog, here's one pic :