What ruleset did you use in your last game - 2015?

[Steve J]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Dux Bellorum
2) What armies were confronted? - Saxons vs Welsh
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yep
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Nope
5) How many players were in the game? - Solo and the 2nd game of my campaign.

[toxicpixie]

Mostly snap, SteveJ!

1/ Dux Bellorum
2/ Saxon versus Welsh (well, Rheged)
3-5/ yep, after a couple of turns (first time for three of five of us playing incl. me!)

Good fun, and I really like any Arthur-ish, fall of the west, lest darkness fall sort of thing. Did feel very swingy on the dice but both sides had terrible rolls and Great rolls on alternate turns so I guess that didn't help the perception of how they played even if "averaged out" overall...

[paulr]

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - Spearhead
2) What armies were confronted? - France v Germany - June 1940
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes, but rather rusty
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Not by a long way, but first time in a long time
5) How many players were in the game? - Three, two French and one German

Was very enjoyable playing an old familiar set of rules and getting some under used 6mm figures on the table.  Enjoyed it so much I'm working on another Spearhead scenario for next week, North Africa in early February 1941

The scenario was one of John Moyer's and was a challenge for the French attacking with 4DCR against well positioned Germans with artillery, flak and AT guns. Having neither of their infantry battalions turn up made it more challenging. This was compounded by some very hot German dice 

Once the French artillery and the Char Bs came into play the tide started to turn, but too little to late for the French

[jchaos79]

I've heard that spearhead is one of the best ruleset of WWII

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

I've heard that spearhead is one of the best ruleset of WWII

They told you wrong. Pro -US/German, scenarios riddled with historical errors (such as DD Churchills), look at Blitzkrieg Commander, or BGMR WWII.

IanS

[toxicpixie]

Spearhead - Scenario books are terrible (although the last one is better) but the scenerio generator as developed by Keith McNelly is very very good. Or play historical or your own The rules *are* biased towards the Germans as it's command & control that's important and there's is excellent. However it's nothing a good plan won't overcome.

The scenario system takes that into account very well, but it's very easy to tweak anyway - if you feel your particular favourite Russian/American/British formation should be better, kick them up a level. If you're fielding very bad Germans knock them to Western Allies or Russian level.

BKC is a good game, but Spearhead is actually simpler and a better simulation - but then They're modelling different things. Spearhead is one of the few games where infantry are actually vital beyond either cowering in trenches or being overrun by armour

[Ithoriel]

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - King of Kish (my own rules for 3rd Millennium BC Mesopotamian warfare)

2) What armies were confronted? - Umma vs Lagash (a historical match-up if not necessarily historical OOBs)

3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - First beta test of the rules and, as expected, playing another human rather than playing both sides threw up many things that need tweaked or rethought. Naval rules need much more thought expended on them so will be shelved meantime.

4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - First outing of this particular incarnation

5) How many players were in the game? - Two

Most of the units were just 60mm square bases with things like "Conscript Spear (erin.summa)" or "Skirmishers (nim)" written on them. Only four were actual figures ... must paint faster. Actually, "must BASE faster" - painting isn't taking that long as many units are basically flesh, sheepskin, hair and weapons. 

Each army consisted of 6 units of conscript spearmen, 4 units of skirmishers, 4 units of chariots, 2 units of professional spearmen, 2 units of conscript archers, 1 C-in-C with foot guard, 1 subordinate leader with chariot bodyguard. If they were proper units they would comprise roughly 575 infantry and 26 chariots. In real life the army of Shurrupak, a small city state, was apparently 700 foot and 60 chariots so games will potentially not be far off 1:1 scale. Though if I go for Sargon of Akkad's army of 54,000 I may need to up the ratio somewhat

[Leman]

1. Rules use did  in game you last?  Monopoly

2. Confrontation of armies was it?  Battleship v. Boot

3. Ruleset comfotableness with it was there? No, took bloody ages and I could never get Liverpool Street Station.

4. And.....was the first time do you use the ruleset? Ev evry flippin' Christmas.

5. Players how many number of in game was? Ship and Boot - go figure.

I HATE BLOODY QUESTION FOUR!!!!!!

[paulr]

Spearhead - Scenario books are terrible (although the last one is better) but the scenerio generator as developed by Keith McNelly is very very good. Or play historical or your own The rules *are* biased towards the Germans as it's command & control that's important and there's is excellent. However it's nothing a good plan won't overcome.

The scenario system takes that into account very well, but it's very easy to tweak anyway - if you feel your particular favourite Russian/American/British formation should be better, kick them up a level. If you're fielding very bad Germans knock them to Western Allies or Russian level.

BKC is a good game, but Spearhead is actually simpler and a better simulation - but then They're modelling different things. Spearhead is one of the few games where infantry are actually vital beyond either cowering in trenches or being overrun by armour

I've not played BKC so can't comment on it but I strongly recommend SH and Keith's scenario system.

[getagrip]

I've not played BKC so can't comment on it but I strongly recommend SH and Keith's scenario system.

Thanks Paul.  Anyone know where I can get a copy?  I like infantry battles; will be worth a look.  None of the suppliers listed on their site seem to have it.

[Fenton]

There is this one

http://spearhead.wargaming.info/

and this one

https://ww2spearhead.wordpress.com/scenario-generation-system/

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Four games of FOW, it were good!

[getagrip]

There is this one

http://spearhead.wargaming.info/

and this one

https://ww2spearhead.wordpress.com/scenario-generation-system/

Thanks Steve 

[Fenton]

You might find these useful as well

http://www.fireandfury.com/scenarios.shtml

[toxicpixie]

1/ Impetus Baroque in ECW

2/ early West Country  Royalist versus early parliamentarian

3/ first Baroque, many ordinary Inpetus

4/ very - special rules/period changes slotted in nicely giving a good period feel without requiring an entirely different rules set to learn

5/ technically four but I arrived so late I was basically spectating as the Cornish foot got to "get stuck in" range and crunched through what was left of Parliaments line!