June - ACW - Brigade Fire and Fury 6mm small action to start learning the rules.  Just getting back into the hobby.

Two recent game of SYW using Honours of War rules.

BKCIV game 2, an hour and a half
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Yes, you may laugh.

ACW First Bull Run.
Introducing new player Mark to BBB. He said he enjoyed it.
Maybe he was being polite or maybe it was because he utterly whupped me - my Union boys didn't take a single objective.
Not because I wasn't trying or had cursed dice, but because he had a good plan and it worked.

Running it again for more new players on Sunday. I shall try to manufacture a Union victory!

What a Cowboy last night - no dead although lots of pins. Bit slow due to not fully knowing the rules to well. Turned up an Indian group, but couldn't find any details in the rule book. Any ideas?

Quote from: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 18 July 2025, 07:32:57 AMWhat a Cowboy last night - no dead although lots of pins. Bit slow due to not fully knowing the rules to well. Turned up an Indian group, but couldn't find any details in the rule book. Any ideas?

To clarify: "What a Cowboy" is a wargames rules set, and not a life style?

Quote from: fsn on 18 July 2025, 09:12:07 AMTo clarify: "What a Cowboy" is a wargames rules set, and not a life style?

No conmment on your lifestyle Nobby, yes its a rule set, from the Lardies, very similar to What a Tanker. No dead due to the need to roll 7 on a D6, so need to use a die to aim, move and other actions all decided by die roll, 1 move, 2 spot, 3 aim , 4-5 shoot or reload, 6 is wild. Have a pool of 6 action dice which is reduced by hostile action. Any figure or group reduced to 0 AD is eliminated.

ACW First Bull Run (reprise).
Three new players. I was nominally helping the Reb player as Stonewall Jackson, but really umpire and technical advisor to all.
The Union side had a better plan than mine was last week, but were stymied by dreadful dice on their side and deadly ones from the oppo. Did well to take two of the three objectives they needed for a win.
Anyway, good fun.

Two games of Mortal Gods, about 3hr 26 minutes of playing time

One game of Sellswords and another of Midgard.

BBDBA First Crusade 4 players 2 hours, Allahu Akbar

IV/6a Syrian, III/66 Fatimid Egyptian, III/74b Other Seljuq Turkish

IV/7 Early Crusader, IV/1a Komnenan Byzantine, IV/2 Cilician Armenian

A very close game in the end with both sides having their right wings broken (III/74b Other Seljuq Turkish, IV/1a Komnenan Byzantine). The IV/2 Cilician Armenian were then disheartened just before the IV/6a Syrian who were only one element off.

Quoteabout 3hr 26 minutes

Not being a complete nerd about timing then?

We finished at 10:36, the club starts at 7, and I was late after closing the shop.

Geek, not nerd!

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As I said, I was late