Saturday, August 15, 2015

Black Powder: Seven Years War

Another run out for Black Powder rules using our Seven Years War stuff today.
I fielded Russians against Stephen's Prussians.
We have I think the Seven Years War modifications we use are pretty much honed to how we like things now thereby leaving us to simply fight the battle.
I just could not pass a Break Test today and Stephen was able to save the bulk of any hits I inflicted and I never managed to roll a single 6 in shooting to cause a Disorder (is that even possible !!??).
Still another excellent game with these fast play rules.
They may lack some of the 'nitty gritty' of other sets but they do give plausible outcomes with minimal tweaking and lower complexity rules overhead.
Maybe its a consequence of getting older but simpler seems more fun now than complex ?









Prussian centre























And their right wing














Prussian left wing occupies ploughed fields


























Russian centre and right































Russian left wing anchored in town














Russian initial set up






























Contest for central town ensues








Action on Russian left





2 comments:

  1. Hi, what sized bases do you use? Looks like a wonderful game

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    1. We use15mm figures and 30mm square bases for foot and cavalry with 4 Inf or 2 Mtd per base. Artillery is 30mm wide by whatever fits gun and crew.
      We use 3 or 4 bases per unit (1-2 for Arty)

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