Southern League 'Way of The Warriors' June 5th
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Re: Southern League 'Way of The Warriors' June 5th
No wonder that elephant looks scared!
Is that a hornet?
Is that a hornet?
Re: Southern League 'Way of The Warriors' June 5th
Yes - the grid is centimetersmadlemmey wrote:No wonder that elephant looks scared!
Is that a hornet?
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Re: Southern League 'Way of The Warriors' June 5th
Excellent days gaming - well done, Will (and to the top 3 and other prize winners). A big thank you to my opponents - David, Geoff, and Raymondo - for three excellent games.
My vote goes for keeping the date/venue, and also the theme. Also, given that they are overwhelmingly infantry armies (other than the Japanese, did I have the only cavalry?), perhaps allow folks to deploy further in - say 13" and 18"?
My vote goes for keeping the date/venue, and also the theme. Also, given that they are overwhelmingly infantry armies (other than the Japanese, did I have the only cavalry?), perhaps allow folks to deploy further in - say 13" and 18"?
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Re: Southern League 'Way of The Warriors' June 5th
Indeed - thanks Will and my opponents. And congrats to the top three and the other prize winners.
Dene's Mughals had some and my Koreans had 12 bases.RonanTheLibrarian wrote: other than the Japanese, did I have the only cavalry?
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Thanks everyone for making yesterday a fun day to run. Hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did (although it did feel like I was an emperor demanding you fight for my amusement at times).
Taking Feedback on board, next time I would agree to have forwards deployment, as big units of warriors take time to grind down, and pirates and Injuns need their shooty time before contact!
Also, I will make sure I know when people need to get going by so we can finish on time rather than squashing game 3 (sorry Steve).
Yes, I will definitely run it again.
Will
Thanks everyone for making yesterday a fun day to run. Hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did (although it did feel like I was an emperor demanding you fight for my amusement at times).
Taking Feedback on board, next time I would agree to have forwards deployment, as big units of warriors take time to grind down, and pirates and Injuns need their shooty time before contact!
Also, I will make sure I know when people need to get going by so we can finish on time rather than squashing game 3 (sorry Steve).
Yes, I will definitely run it again.
Will
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Re: Southern League 'Way of The Warriors' June 5th
Excellent
One other thought I had, after both this event and also Oxford (when I took an enormous Scots Royalist army which managed not to get beaten in any of the 3 games through sheer size alone) might be to give each army a maximum break point for these 1-day events, in much the same way as was done in FoGAM 2.0... probably around 13-14?
Having lots of units is still good for maneuver, and bringing more fire to bear on one enemy unit from multiple units etc, but in time-limited games having a lower break point might be as handy as (potentially) starting closer?
One other thought I had, after both this event and also Oxford (when I took an enormous Scots Royalist army which managed not to get beaten in any of the 3 games through sheer size alone) might be to give each army a maximum break point for these 1-day events, in much the same way as was done in FoGAM 2.0... probably around 13-14?
Having lots of units is still good for maneuver, and bringing more fire to bear on one enemy unit from multiple units etc, but in time-limited games having a lower break point might be as handy as (potentially) starting closer?
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Will, thanks for doing a great job ensuring a good day for all. Your efforts introducing a fun element were appreciated.
Other than the two suggestions proffered I don't think that much else needs to be changed. I would endorse both the deeper set-in (you) and BG/ break point restriction (Tim) ideas for similar events in the future.
Thanks to all my opponents ( Geoff, David & Brendon) for fun games in good spirit. Ray
Other than the two suggestions proffered I don't think that much else needs to be changed. I would endorse both the deeper set-in (you) and BG/ break point restriction (Tim) ideas for similar events in the future.
Thanks to all my opponents ( Geoff, David & Brendon) for fun games in good spirit. Ray
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List with cavalry were:RonanTheLibrarian wrote: (other than the Japanese, did I have the only cavalry?)?
Both Mughal
Samuari
Benin
Koreans
Sudanese ( 3 and 2LH BG)
And a couple of Bucanneer's on Donkeys!
So about half the players brought some...
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A very enjoyable day. Will did a fantastic job of organising and touring around making fun of people... sorry offering insightful commentary.
I only played one army with cavalry and so did not feel that they were a big problem. Allowing more than 12 base would be a problem; there were no elephants but an army with 12 elephants would have been very difficult so I would suggest that elephant bases count as 2 "mounted" bases for this restriction.
I like Tim's idea of restricting the army break point.
I look forward to next year.
I only played one army with cavalry and so did not feel that they were a big problem. Allowing more than 12 base would be a problem; there were no elephants but an army with 12 elephants would have been very difficult so I would suggest that elephant bases count as 2 "mounted" bases for this restriction.
I like Tim's idea of restricting the army break point.
I look forward to next year.
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Following on from (Steve's?) suggestion on mounted - perhaps if you just stated no more than 2 BG of mounted that would be simplest?
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Re: Southern League 'Way of The Warriors' June 5th
Wow - even the Beninians had gee-gees? To be fair, I only played against pirate armies - and one of them didn't even have a ship!madlemmey wrote:List with cavalry were:
Both Mughal
Samuari
Benin
Koreans
Sudanese ( 3 and 2LH BG)
And a couple of Bucanneer's on Donkeys!
So about half the players brought some...
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"There is something wrong with our bloody dice today!"
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I sit corrected, the Benin didn't, but they COULD!RonanTheLibrarian wrote:Wow - even the Beninians had gee-gees? To be fair, I only played against pirate armies - and one of them didn't even have a ship!madlemmey wrote:List with cavalry were:
Both Mughal
Samuari
Benin
Koreans
Sudanese ( 3 and 2LH BG)
And a couple of Bucanneer's on Donkeys!
So about half the players brought some...
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Like that trunkie idea Steve (there was one list with combat nellies, not just generals).steads wrote:there were no elephants but an army with 12 elephants would have been very difficult so I would suggest that elephant bases count as 2 "mounted" bases for this restriction.
I look forward to next year.
Thanks for the support and feedback.