What was the last rule set you played in 2023

[Leman]

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - Krupp Bashing
2) What armies were confronted? - French v Prussian  mid-C19th Europe
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Very comfortable indeed.
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - No, second
5) How many players were in the game? - Solo.
6) What went well? - It was a tough game which could have gone either way until the Krupp batteries started having some dice rolling luck. Consequently the game played out as one would expect in the FPW, but the French were only narrowly beaten and were able to withdraw their army under cover of darkness.
7) What could have been improved? - The rules are an adaptation of the Peter Pig Square Bashing WWI rules, and one needs to be familiar with these rules to make full use of Krupp Bashing. This appeared in the in-house Peter Pig e-magazine, The Mill issue 16, as a playsheet and army lists - Early Prussian, Late Prussian and German states, Imperial French, Republican French. Unfortunately the playsheet appeared with sections out of sequence and so I printed, then cut and paste to make a two sided sequential playsheet. If anyone is interested in gridded games the original rule ideas are in the Mill 16 and free to download. My playsheet layout can be found in the RFCM forum on the Peter Pig website in the Square Bashing child board Walter Schnaffs (the original adaptation for the FPW).

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - Krupp Bashing
2) What armies were confronted? - French v Prussian  mid-C19th Europe
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Very comfortable indeed.
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - No, second
5) How many players were in the game? - Solo.
6) What went well? - It was a tough game which could have gone either way until the Krupp batteries started having some dice rolling luck. Consequently the game played out as one would expect in the FPW, but the French were only narrowly beaten and were able to withdraw their army under cover of darkness.
7) What could have been improved? - The rules are an adaptation of the Peter Pig Square Bashing WWI rules, and one needs to be familiar with these rules to make full use of Krupp Bashing. This appeared in the in-house Peter Pig e-magazine, The Mill issue 16, as a playsheet and army lists - Early Prussian, Late Prussian and German states, Imperial French, Republican French. Unfortunately the playsheet appeared with sections out of sequence and so I printed, then cut and paste to make a two sided sequential playsheet. If anyone is interested in gridded games the original rule ideas are in the Mill 16 and free to download. My playsheet layout can be found in the RFCM forum on the Peter Pig website in the Square Bashing child board Walter Schnaffs (the original adaptation for the FPW).

That sounds awesome

[T13A]

Hi

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - For King and Parliament.
2) What armies were confronted? -  Royalists and Parliamentarians
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.
6) What went well? -  Second game from one of the campaign books available. Very enjoyable as usual with these rules.
7) What could have been improved? Opponents dice throwing! 

Cheers Paul

[T13A]

Hi

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - Honours of War.
2) What armies were confronted? -  Austrians v Prussians
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.
6) What went well? -  The 'flow' of the game worked well and the outcomes seemed realistic..
7) What could have been improved? Playing more often so that we are more familiar with the rules. 

Cheers Paul

[Martin1914]

Hello All

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - Duel of Aces.
2) What armies were confronted? – RFC vs German Air Service. British photo-reconnaissance mission of the 'Jellyfish Redoubt'. - 1 x RE8 & 3 x Sopwith Camels versus 3 x Albatros.
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Not completely. Slight nuances between Regular and Green pilots.
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? – No, a bit rusty.
5) How many players were in the game? - 2
6) What went well? – Diced for timed arrival on table. New PVC mat and re-made flight stands meant aircraft didn't topple over!
7) What could have been improved? – RFC Camels could have made the RV on time, and the RE8 pilot shouldn't have put in a tight left-hand turn to line up his second photo run. He lost all his energy went into a spin and at low level crashed into the ground. Game over.

[Martin1914]

Couple more pics.

[Martin1914]

Last 2 pics.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Superb 

[sunjester]

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - Sellswords and Spellslingers - Close Quarter Battles Campaign
2) What armies were confronted? -  Our heroic trio vs evil cultists and rioting mobs
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.
6) What went well? -  We achieved our objective with all three characters still alive (just).
7) What could have been improved? - Better dice rolling!    We almost came very unstuck in the first three turns, too many failed activations, the character with the bow couldn't roll above 2 on a d20 and the magic-using character rolled a 1 and lost his magical power for the rest of the game!!!

[Last Hussar]

There's a picture missing...

[sunjester]

There's a picture missing...

No there isn't, we did not have a "before shot"!

[Last Hussar]

Just jealous! 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Great blog report Graham

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - Soldiers of Naploleon
2) What armies were confronted? - 1815 Angli-Allied Vs 1814 Prussian
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Definitely
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - Two
6) What went well? - Everything my British did worked amazingly well
7) What could have been improved? - Everything David's Prussians attempted

Quite a massive win for the allies, all started brilliantly when the Prussian division commander unceremoniously fell off his horse and an exposed unit of Hussars were actually hit by a Congreve rocket launcher and legged it!
By the time massive Prussian cavalry reinforcements arrived, they were too late to swing the game as the loss of four Prussian foot units had cost the Germans dearly. The Allies held their ground, and watched as the Prussian corps commander arrived, took one look at the situation, deemed it unsalvageable and rode off to have lunch!

[sunjester]

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - Fear and Faith by Ganesha Games
2) What armies were confronted? - Undead Pirates vs His Royal Britannic Majesty's Navy
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Mostly, we had not played for a little while, but soon picked it up again.
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - 2
6) What went well? - My dice rolls (RN) , seriously it was a great opportunity to play on Kirstie's newly painted 3d printed swamp terrain.
7) What could have been improved? - Kirstie's dice rolls (Undead Pirates)