Had another pike and shot game at the club, we used one hour wargames scenario no 28 Botched relief.
The red army is defending the town with two units, the blue is attacking the town and aiming to take it with four units, red have four more units sitting on a hill but can only send one at a time to relive the town, to be replaced when each unit is destroyed, interesting asymmetrical scenario based on an action in the Mexican American war. I took blue, starting on the southern edge and with eight turns to take the town I got off to a lousy start as it was my turn to fail to activate for two turns! Fortunately I was out of range of any kind of shot but it kind of knackered the schedule! John moved the first unit off the hill , I declared a charge, he went into hedgehog and I pulled back, I managed to start getting my infantry moving but artillery fire kept slowing it down, as did fire from the two occupied buildings, eventually I got into charge range but had run out of time, we decided to carry on for a while anyway and I eventually took the town but ejecting infantry from buildings is super hard in pike and shot just like it is in Blackpowder. Good game in spite of the result, we will continue with the war of three Kingdoms in our next club game.
Next up? Terrain, book parade or Napoleonics, not sure which at the moment.
All the best
Iain, it is a pleasure seeing a continued ECW presence on your gaming table. Not sure if I remembered that OHW #28 was based upon a MAW action. The Battle of El Molino del Rey in 1847. Hmm!
ReplyDeleteYes happy to have them out on the table and top marks for spotting the battle!
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I didn’t spot the battle but I did enjoy the report. I’m going 2mm or even blocks for ECW so I can actually get some games on the table before I lose what’s left of my faculties. I’m holding you responsible Iain! Lol.
ReplyDeleteGlad you're going back into the ECW in whatever scale, glad to help in whatever way!
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Thanks Iain, I thought I had cycled through all the scenarios in OHW, but I can’t recall that ‘move one unit off the hill’ rule - superb bit of interplay going on there.
ReplyDeleteI just picked up the Pike & Shot rules at the partizan show, but the new edition is softcover, which is a shame.
I never play BP buildings at full effect … too tough!
Yes interesting scenario, pity pike and shot has gone softback , I'm inclined to agree with you on buildings! Glad you made it to Partizan .
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Sounds like an interesting game Iain, interesting scenario as well with the unbalanced forces, but by the sounds of it, you need the extra men to get them out of the buildings.
ReplyDeleteYes or possibly a little more time!
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Intriguing scenario, and sometimes the dice refuse to co-operate!
ReplyDeleteFun scenario to be sure, you can't win all the time!
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That's looking awesome sir!
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Michal!
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Sounds like a good scenario. I might have to get around to getting this book.
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Definitely worth getting the ruleset if only for the 30 scenarios in the back!
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Great to see the collection out for a game again Iain. It is nice if you can mask the built up area in a scenario and avoid it rather than having to assault it, but that was obviously not possible here.
ReplyDeleteGood to get the chaps out for a spin, definitely! Unfortunately compelled to frontal assault!
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Looks interesting. In which battle is it based? I'm intrigued about how you translated the Mexican American War into this setting, looks nice
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked it, Jonathan got it right in the comments section, see above!
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Lovely armies and terrain Iain!
ReplyDeleteThanks very much Cyrus!
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Good looking collection/battle……surely next must be Napoleonics ?
ReplyDeleteThanks Matt, there is someone who wants a go with Blackpowder at the club, so soon but I think we're having fun with pike and shot at the moment!
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Enjoyed the report Iain. Nice looking armies.
ReplyDeleteThanks Richard glad you liked it!
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Just love the pics and a nice, quick summary of the game. It certainly sounds like you had plenty of fun, Iain.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely had fun and good to get the figures on the table!
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Nice idea for a scenario and also a sensible solution to "running out of time" Iain - unless that has some actual link to the larger scale situation of a battle, I can't see any point in just stopping after 8 turns "for the sake of it"!
ReplyDeleteI suppose we had to set up a timescale to add a bit of pressure and it was in the scenario as written but after that it was also worth playing on as we had the time!
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Very cool! Did the game actually take an hour?
ReplyDeleteThanks SD, we only used the scenarios from one hour wargames, if you use the rules as well they are under an hour, my record was 15 minutes!
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Great looking game, Iain. Gives me some inspiration and ideas to play ECW again.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dean, be good to get your collection on the table again!
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Steve J. has left a new comment on your post 'AAR War of three Kingdoms/ ECW 26 ':
ReplyDeleteAnother great game there:).
Thanks Steve!
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