What Was the Last Ruleset You Played in 2024?

[kustenjaeger]

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - Sharp Practice v2
2) What armies were confronted? - French v Austrian in Italy 1796
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - yes by the end
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - Yes
5) How many players were in the game? - 4
6) What went well? - interesting engagement - we (Austrians) should have tried to move quicker/more forcefully.
7) What could have been improved? - our tactics!

This was the morning game I played at Winter Wonder Lard in Bristol last month.

[kustenjaeger]

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - With Flashing Blades
2) What armies were confronted? - French v Spanish 1620s/30s
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - yes by the end
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - Yes (still in play test)
5) How many players were in the game? - 4
6) What went well? - interesting mix of protagonists and support figures; only about three figures per player.
7) What could have been improved? - maybe a bit reliant on luck

This was the afternoon game I played at Winter Wonder Lard in Bristol last month.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - Star Wars:Imperial Assault
2) What armies were confronted? - Rebel vs Imperial
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - yes, sort of
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - Yes
5) How many players were in the game? - 4 & our antagonist
6) What went well? - managed to scrape a win.
7) What could have been improved? - being beaten up by Vader beofre running away, and having a sword weilding Mandalorian who couldn't hit a barn door!

[Keraunos]

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - Three Ages of Rome : Alexander & Successors supplement.
2) What armies were confronted? - Pyrrhus of Epirus (without elephants) vs Romans and allies
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - not really
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - 3
6) What went well? - movement is rapid and engagements are straightforward to play through.
7) What could have been improved? - skirmish units don't work like the skirmishers I'm used to and the rules need a better QRS

[paulr]

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - General Quarters I/II - Russo-Japanese variant
2) What armies were confronted? - Russian & Japanese navies off Port Arthur on the morning of 9 February 1904 (the morning after the torpedo attack)
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - No, only second time for this variant though
5) How many players were in the game? - 3
6) What went well? - The Russians managed to get under way and formed up quicker than expected, they have managed to cross the T of the Japanese battleships
7) What could have been improved? - running the Russian hospital ship aground was a little careless   Gunnery on both sides

We are halfway through the game and should finish it next Saturday. The Russian Cruisers are potentially isolated to the west and may struggle against the more numerous Japanese armoured cruisers

I was too heavily involved in the game to take any pictures, I'll try and take some before we start next week and hopefully during the game

[Scorpio_Rocks]

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - Pike and Shotte
2) What armies were confronted? - Williamite (English, Dutch, Danish, Irish) and Jacobite (English, Irish, Scots, French) - Ireland 1690
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes. Very this was a demonstration / Participation game
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - Not for us but for many of the punters, yes
5) How many players were in the game? - 6 plus a couple of helpers and over the course of the day 10-15 show-goers.
6) What went well? - Very friendly game and quite happily surprised by the good things said about the game and our figures - all Pendraken of course!
7) What could have been improved? The river separating the forces was an issue especially at the coast end of the table and bogged forces down a little

A genuinely good time was had by all at the excellent Hammerhead 2024 show - will add some photos in the week   

[pierre the shy]

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - Pike and Shotte
2) What armies were confronted? - Williamite (English, Dutch, Danish, Irish) and Jacobite (English, Irish, Scots, French) - Ireland 1690
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes. Very this was a demonstration / Participation game
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - Not for us but for many of the punters, yes
5) How many players were in the game? - 6 plus a couple of helpers and over the course of the day 10-15 show-goers.
6) What went well? - Very friendly game and quite happily surprised by the good things said about the game and our figures - all Pendraken of course!
7) What could have been improved? The river separating the forces was an issue especially at the coast end of the table and bogged forces down a little

A genuinely good time was had by all at the excellent Hammerhead 2024 show - will add some photos in the week 

Thanks to whoever already posted a report on Hammerhead on Youtube you can have a 2 minute "flyover" view of this game:

Its the first game on the report and got to say looks VERY impressive 

Good stuff 

[Gwydion]

Lovely looking game.
I couldn't take two minutes of that music though!
28 minutes would have me throttling someone.

[Scorpio_Rocks]

Thanks to whoever already posted a report on Hammerhead on Youtube you can have a 2 minute "flyover" view of this game:
Its the first game on the report and got to say looks VERY impressive 

Good stuff 

Thanks - nice find!

[paulr]

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - For King & Parliament with the Celtic Fringe extra rules
2) What armies were confronted? - Covenanters v Royalist (Kilsyth from the Montrose scenario book)
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - No, but it was the first time for 2 players 
5) How many players were in the game? - 7
6) What went well? - a very enjoyable day for all involved with the Covenanters managing a very narrow hard-fought win
7) What could have been improved? - based on the feedback from the other players not much, if anything

Last weekend Pierre the Shy and I were invited back for a repeat of the Kilsyth scenario from our Montrose scenario book.

Most of the players returned and swapped sides, a couple of new players joined us.

This game played out significantly differently from the first with both sides making some different tactical choices. The game was even more closely fought with either side able to win depending on the outcome of combats in the last few turns.

[MooseDontBounce]

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - Et sans résultat! (ESR) Series 3 from The Wargaming Company
2) What armies were confronted? - French v Austrian, 1809
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - yes
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - no, been using them for over 10 years
5) How many players were in the game? - 2
6) What went well? - Austrians had the upper hand but poor command/deployment rolls allowed the French to win. Probably very historical.
7) What could have been improved? - My dice rolls! LOL.

[Roy]

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - Flames of War 4th edition(?) and some homebrew bits
2) What armies were confronted? - Canadians & Heer at Juno Beach 6 June 1944
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Nope. But that's because I don't own them and have never read them.
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - 2nd.
5) How many players were in the game? - 3-ish. 2 vs. 1/umpire
6) What went well? - the homebrewed bits to simulate the tide and issues reaching and crossing the beach
7) What could have been improved? - since I was playing with other people's toys I've got no room for complaint, except to say that me knowing the rules would have helped. So the answer is me.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - Warband! First game since lockdown friendlies Vs my daughter!
2) What armies were confronted? - Barbarian's Evil Men (Dragon men) Vs Pendraken Goblins (Big Jason et al) using 'Ambush' scenario.
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - Not for me, but it was for my opponent and at Leighton Buzzard club
5) How many players were in the game? - 2
6) What went well? - Excellent game with these rules as usual, went down to a tight draw as Mort has an early start tomorrow due to moving house. Dragonmen had lost two units of knights to the ambush, gobbos had lost an archer and two wolf rider units.
Mort had the basics of the rules within minutes. Really flowed and we must have played two dozen turns!
7) What could have been improved? Remembering to take my phone so I could take photos of the game to raise awareness and write a battle report. Also my rules lost the front cover tonight too! 

Lots of interest from the club players and lots of compliments about my figures and the basing. Hopefully get some more games in soon.

[Martin1914]

1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - Duel of Aces
2) What armies were confronted? - RFC (6 Camels: 2 Aces, 3 Regular 1 Green pilot) vs German Imperial Air Service (3 Albatros: 2 Aces, 1 Green pilot)
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was this the first time you used this ruleset? - No, but it's been a while since we last played, and we introduced more aspects of the game.
5) How many players were in the game? - 2
6) What went well? - Enjoyable game for both players. For the Brits destroying the balloon on the very first pass! Then being able to gang up on the Germans
7) What could have been improved? - German tactics. They chose to go for the Brit top cover aces first and then ran out of ammo with only one kill. They had to get out of 'Dodge' protecting the newbie.

Result: RFC win. Brit losses: 1 Ace. German losses: Balloon and 1 Ace.

[Last Hussar]

Game of Chain of Command with Number One Son.
I've only played 2 or 3 times with Sunjester, before the Pandemic, so effectively new(ish). Not entirely comfortable - sure there are things I missed, and I kept forgetting that the attacker rolls only for prospective hits, and cover is on the defender's roll.

As it was a learning game we took a platoon (British - him v German - him) each and did a "meeting" scenario.

I did well in the pre-game manoeuvre, and had an entry point on his left flank. I was pleased when I used my CoC die to charge round his flank and catch a 'team' in the open, but less pleased when that meant he returned fire on my platoon that was in the open (because I had charged round his flank...)

On my left my half squad did well, catching a section from behind, effectively making them non-effective. However my centre section was shot to sh... pieces.

It was very static- two lines shooting at each other - but as a introduction to the game I'll let this go, I don't think we really set up properly. He's borrowed the rules as he is slowly getting his mates away from 40k

Me: "What's Bolt Action like."
Him: "WW2 40k."