Hi Pierre, welcome to the Forum!

Hi, welcome, look forward to hearing how your first game goes. norm.

Quote from: Norm on 24 May 2014, 03:17:47 PM
Hi, welcome, look forward to hearing how your first game goes. norm.

Peter will, I think, provide an after action report but here are my initial thoughts:
- Jolly good fun 
- definitely presents the players with interesting tactical challenges
- a very different style of game from you go - I go 

Lessons learnt:
- attack 2 companies up even if the field is only wide enough for one, the companies can be in two lines
- don't attach both machine gun sections to the lead company
- do not ignore that village on your flank, even if it is a "long way" away
- get the artillery into action early
- the quick reference sheet for ITLSU leaves a lot to be desired (Peter half expected me to turn up at the game with a better one, I will next Saturday)
- when designing an ITLSU scenario avoid having victory conditions that depend on numbers of turns

We have added one House rule already, if the Tea Break card turns up without ANY units getting to do anything someone else gets to shuffle the deck 

Good Evening again

Firstly thanks for the welcome from one and all.

As Paul has mentioned we played a test game of ITLSU on Saturday based around a fictional scenario "somewhere in France" set in August 1914....thanks to Roy for once again allowing us to put his table to good use....I can't show you pretty pics of PM figures as I don't have any (YET!!  but we used some counters that I put together with a certain amount of cutting and pastiing.

I played the British and wrote up a AAR based on my take of events.... I have posted it in the Batreps section of the forum.

My take on ITLSU etc:

Absolutely love the rules, exactly what I was after. Well done TFL.

As they use a card deck they are very different to other rules I have played such as V&B, Spearhead, DBM etc but very easy to get used to.

British lessions learnt:

- Rolling high numbers is good (I don't have a reputation for rolling well
- Don't let your artillery get too close to infantry
- MG's can be extemely nasty if well sighted
- Don't use number of turns when dreaming up scenarios, the Tea Break card can turn up at any time.

Cheers
Peter

Welcome to the madhouse Peter, hope you can add some  lunacy to it

Quote from: seano1815 on 31 May 2014, 11:41:19 AM
Welcome to the madhouse Peter, hope you can add some  lunacy to it

Thanks Sean.....I'm sure I can.....my wife and kids roll their eyes at me pushing lumps of lead round a table so I'm well used to it    

We played another ITLSU game last night.....I'll put another AAR in the batrep area, but it was a tough day in the office for the Wellington Mounted Rifles.

Cheers
PTS

Quote from: pierre the shy on 31 May 2014, 09:03:47 PM
.....my wife and kids roll their eyes at me pushing lumps of lead round a table so I'm well used to it    

Maybe you should buy some Pendraken miniatures? So much more satisfying than lumps of lead. 

Quote from: fsn on 31 May 2014, 09:41:03 PM
Maybe you should buy some Pendraken miniatures? So much more satisfying than lumps of lead. 

Begin Monty Python Life of Brian voiceover "oh nice one Centurion, like it...like it".

Rest assured, I was convinced from the moment I saw my mates 10mm AWI stuff 

Now we have found the right set of WW1 rules figures will be ordered (from PM of course).

Where in NZ are you?

In Wellington area......played DBM and Spearhead/Modern Spearhead at the Warlords for many years.