While doing my first play test of Rebels and Patriots last month, one of my buddies asked if the rules could be used for Seven Years War. He had painted a whole…
Category: Battle Report
Battle Reports on Games
D&B – Battle of Verrieres Ridge, July 1944.
Having a few generic playtest games under my belt, I thought it was time to start running historical scenarios to see how things flowed compared to the actual historic fights. Since I…
7TV Fantasy – Fight at the Great Temple.
Is was Pulp Tuesday, so time for a Pulp game. Since I had just play tested the new Fantasy Pulp rules from Crooked Dice a week earlier, I thought I would stick…
FOW – Battle of Singling, December 1944
We continued our “Tank Battles in Lorraine” theme with the battle of Singling. Our scenario was derived from a scenario on the “wargamerabbit” blog, which was sourced to the old “What Would…
BBB – Battle of La Rothiere, France 1814
The Battle of La Rothiere, fought on 1 February 1814, was the sequel to the Battle of Brienne, which was fought on 29 January (see our previous report). After the inconclusive battle…
FOW – “Child’s Play” Arracourt, September 1944
The title of this report could be referring to the ease of the historical victory of CCA, 4th Armored Division over 113 Panzer Brigade near the town of Arracourt on 19 September…
7TV Fantasy Fantasy Play Test
I have been running games of Crooked Dice 7TV Pulp rules for a while now. I like how they cover the various mechanics in a simple form. I had been interested in…
D&B – British Infantry Attack in Normandy.
I had been mostly running games using late war Soviet forces to get the mechanics of the rules locked down. I decided now that I was generally happy with the flow, I…
BBB – Battle of Brienne, January 1814
For games in the Napoleonic era, our group has been using two sets of rules — Et Sans Resultat (ESR) and Bloody Big Battles (BBB). Several of our most recent games had been run using the…
Rebels and Patriots Play Test.
I have been on the lookout for a new set of rules to use to run French and Indian War skirmish sized battles. I had not been happy with the rules on…