I'm beginning to wonder whether wargaming's for me. Lee's just taken my Roundheads to the cleaners in three moves, and the Canadian colleague's walloped me three times one after the other.  

Oh dear Alexander . What can one say? Maybe take up macrame instead :-.

Clazwitz is a good read. Sun Zu is also useful. And change your dice 

Go solo. One side that you control always wins and you build your own history of a campaign.

Just keep plodding on your luck will change eventually and if it doesn't just think of it as a character building exercise

Always look on the bright side of life.

Cheers - Phil

Maybe you need to start playing with a handicap? +1 to all dice rolls. Or a couple of extra units on the table. Or a free bonus turn at the start of the game.

I'll suggest these ideas to my regular opps.

Alexander the Terrible?

Mental discipline. You need to go through entire days never thinking of the number one (or what ever pip number is universally bad in your game system).
A diet of spinach and boiled mackerel seems to help with this mental exercise. Let us know of it works.

Or whether you end up with bad stomach ache.



Actually boiled herring would have to taste ten times better than rollmop.

Cheers - Phil

Quote from: Techno II on 16 November 2020, 04:58:33 PM
Or whether you end up with bad stomach ache.



Actually boiled herring would have to taste ten times better than rollmop.

Cheers - Phil

Whats wrong with rollmops?  I like rollmops,

So do I, apart from the spikey bit in the middle.

Rollmops are yummy. It would be a shame to waste a mackerel by boiling it, when they're so good grilled or smoked, but I'm not meant to eat them anyway (gout, alas).

Quote from: FierceKitty on 16 November 2020, 08:19:33 AM
I'm beginning to wonder whether wargaming's for me. Lee's just taken my Roundheads to the cleaners in three moves, and the Canadian colleague's walloped me three times one after the other.  

Well, that is quite a correct historical outcome!    But...the Round headed...persons... didn't give in when they should have done...(not being Gentlemen and supporters of 'Parliament', to boot!)..and things will probably change as 'experience' accumulates.

Pre-combat 'Feasting' and possibly 'Carousing' for the Royalist side could also help to tip the balance? But...would porridge, hard-tack and water be worth the 'win' for puritan cause? 

And, for really 'Sneaky Parliament' forces...the lure of a 'hand-baggage' train in the near future 'could' distract attention...although, I rather think Your Lady is made from sterner stuff than to have such a Cavalier attitude...and might just wallop you harder next time!   

Seriously...or not...glad to hear you are enjojing things!