What was the last ruleset you played 2017?

[vonlacy]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Blitzkrieg Commander 2
2) What armies were confronted? - Soviet v German
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - very
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - no played for years
5) How many players were in the game? - five

January 1945 East Prussia:
The Germans have a  battalion of VolksGrenadiers, Battalion of Panzer Grenadiers both with assets, supported by a nebelwerffer company, a reduced company of Tiger 1s and a company of  Panzer IVs and a platoon of Luftwaffe 88s. Germans are defending a series of large villages.
The soviets have two battalions of infantry with assets, a company of combat engineers, a tank battalion of a reduced heavy company of ISIIs, and 2 medium companies of T34/85 backed up with three reduced companies of cat killers SU152, SU120 and SU100s.

Last week the Germans managed to ambush the T34/85 destroying both companies, however the Soviets have over run a couple of infantry companies and the Germans have been forced to abandon one of the villages and fall back to defend two villages further back.

On Sunday night:

Soviet forces took a further village and were fighting it out for the remaining village.
The Soviet cat killers suffered 2 double 12s so played no part in the action.
The German armour took out the heavy company of ISIIs without loss to their own force.
The poor old VolksGrenadiers were virtually destroyed.
A very close run scenario, as the Germans were only 2 from their breaking point we awarded it as a Soviet winning draw.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Wow, sounds epic!

[sunjester]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - En Garde
2) What armies were confronted? - Border Reivers vs (surprisingly) Border Reivers
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - yes for the second game, the first was a bit of a learning curve
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - yes
5) How many players were in the game? - two

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Dux Bellorum
2) What armies were confronted? - Lidney (Anglian) vs Northumbrian (British)
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - not really, club umpire tweaks changed certain areas of the rules that made it difficult.
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - yes
5) How many players were in the game? - two and an umpire
Ouch!
Campaign game, thankfully not my force, given instructions to assault Lincoln, but no seize ladders or battering rams. Took massive losses, broke one out of three gates, but lost three units doing just that, two in combat in a turn once gates were breached. King captured after 9 turn slog against enemy cavalry outside the walls. Surprise attack shot away.
All a bit embarrassing really!

[Hwiccee]

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Twilight of the Sun King TYW variant
2) What armies were confronted? - Catholic vs Protestant circa 1632
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset - Yes
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - two

A test game of the upcoming ECW/TYW variant of the rules. The Protestants defended  and the Catholics set up to punch a hole through the middle while on either flank the Catholics aimed to pin their opponents. In the centre the Catholic early tercios lumbered forward and with their supporting cavalry made a lot of progress. But the Protestants attacked made good use of the flexibilty of using Dutch style regiments/cavalry to swap battered units to the rear. Meanwhile the two flanks pressed forward supported by the Protestant reserves. The Catholics came very close to destroying the centre but because of their large units the loss of 1 can make a big gap. They lost one and this eased the pressure in the centre. At more or less the same time the Protestant broke through on their left, followed shortly after by the same on the right. Game over.

[toxicpixie]

Sounds good Nick! Hopefully sort a game some time this year

[DFlynSqrl]

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game?  Warband
2) What armies were confronted?  Hill Dwarves vs. Undead
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset?  Yes, about 90%
4) Was this your first time using this ruleset?  No
5) How many players were in the game?  2

Hill Dwarves launched their attack against the Undead, who decided to stay mostly formed up in their deployment area.  Some forest in the middle of the battlefield slowed the Dwarven approach.  The Dwarven flanking force on the left was being destroyed by the Undead, but the push on the right and middle eventually destroyed some Undead units or forced them off the table.  The Undead eventually suffered enough loses to have to break.

[paulr]

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game?  Volley &a Bayonet - Wing scale
2) What armies were confronted?  British v Rebels Patriots
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset?  Yes, had to check a couple of things as we hadn't played them for a while
4) Was this your first time using this ruleset?  No
5) How many players were in the game?  3 British v 2 Americans

To belatedly mark the 4^thJuly we played a game based on British attack on the Birmingham Meeting House during the battle of Brandywine, September 1777. We substituted some of my southern forces for the historic units.

The British decided to screen on the left with one brigade while the large British brigade attempted an outflanking move on the left. The brigade of Guards would demonstrate on the right to pin the remainder of the rebels patriots. The Patriots defended the meeting house and the fields along the east west road.

The British brigades all rolled for arrival, the large and Guards were on time. The screening brigade was going to be three turns late 

The large brigade deployed the combined light companies as an improvised screen and aimed for the left of the rebel patriot line rather trying to fully outflank it. So began a really interesting game with several turns of fortune.

Eventually the meeting house was captured by the late arriving British brigade and with casualties mounting the rebels patriots were forced to withdraw

We had such a good time that we are playing again next week, the rebels patriots want to try a more forward defence defending edge of the hills rather than fighting on the plateau 

[d_Guy]

2) What armies were confronted?  British v Rebels Patriots

Gold Star!   

[Leman]

Or black mark from this side of the Atlantic. When you rise up against your sovereign you are a rebel, whether the reason be good or bad. In 1642 I would definitely have been a rebel. In 1776 I'd more likely have been a Canadian.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

In 1776 I'd more likely have been a Canadian.

Didn't think you were that polite or boring 

IanS

[Leman]

 

[paulr]

Or black mark from this side of the Atlantic. When you rise up against your sovereign you are a rebel, whether the reason be good or bad. In 1642 I would definitely have been a rebel. In 1776 I'd more likely have been a Canadian.

Your only a rebel if you lose

[Ithoriel]

Your only a rebel if you lose

Yes indeed!

"Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
  Why, if it prosper, none dare call it treason."

        John Harington, Epigrams, Book iv, Epistle 5.

[fsn]

'cor blimey, Guv'nor.

You don't 'alf talk proper posh, strike me pink if you don't. Right proper edhucated toff you is. Right proper!