tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post9167186335659827426..comments2024-03-01T02:57:28.885-08:00Comments on Glorious Little Soldiers: RootsBig Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17235478427317774609noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post-85913761762028015792017-05-24T08:52:20.980-07:002017-05-24T08:52:20.980-07:00Or perhaps you opponent had too many- but its true...Or perhaps you opponent had too many- but its true Featherstone games can be very bloody - but that is easy to fix simply make the "volley groups" biggerBig Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17235478427317774609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post-43226644912640706672017-04-21T09:23:55.845-07:002017-04-21T09:23:55.845-07:00Made me think of some forty of years back when Don...Made me think of some forty of years back when Donald Featherstone's book was the basis of all my wargaming and I was introducing a friend to the hobby. We set up an ancients wargame with my Airfix barbarian (Ancient Britons and Robin Hood figures) against his Romans. I sent my troops forward against his expecting a melee type of game. Whereas he simply retreated his Romans and used his archers to exterminate my troops from afar. By the time I actually made contact I had so few troops left I was pretty rapidly defeated. I shouldn't really blame the rules but I did feel that archers were a bit overpowered in them. Keith Scholeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14312773274043171556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post-81120445348218047922016-12-17T07:12:41.237-08:002016-12-17T07:12:41.237-08:00Ion - WRG 5th and 6th move reasonably well- especi...Ion - WRG 5th and 6th move reasonably well- especially with an Umpire. 7th was Glacial but then perhaps I didn't play it enough. My opinion of the whole DB set up is both weel known and largely unprintable Big Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17235478427317774609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post-70039847535878983592016-12-17T03:29:14.067-08:002016-12-17T03:29:14.067-08:00Do you find WRG5 or 6 fast moving? I always found...Do you find WRG5 or 6 fast moving? I always found them so slow as to be unplayable. But then patience is not my long suit. WRG7 was an improvement, but not much of one. I found a nice simple rule set on someone else's blog that I tried out about a year ago. I quite like them. Fast and decisive, if a little chancy.<br />Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post-79348245062019210202016-12-17T02:40:03.799-08:002016-12-17T02:40:03.799-08:00Thanks lads- Of course the G.D.D.s would be well a...Thanks lads- Of course the G.D.D.s would be well agin this kind of stuff as it doesn't set them on a pedestal- (made of pound notes !!! ) and make out that "game design" is something special. Big Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17235478427317774609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post-63120456045277745112016-12-16T12:45:36.634-08:002016-12-16T12:45:36.634-08:00I was so pleased to read this post as it reminded ...I was so pleased to read this post as it reminded me of many ACW gmes I played, just a couple of armies, a scenario and a set of rules. No army points count or cneed to counting Victory points at the end of the game !Zabadakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05649765350412145174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post-86893720778349989522016-12-14T04:42:20.133-08:002016-12-14T04:42:20.133-08:00The only muttering about luck was "about bloo...The only muttering about luck was "about bloody time!". In all seriousness though, it was a good afternoon and a nice counterpoint (rules wise) to the rather expensive modern's game a few weeks back. Andrew the Tekkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01757282676248834026noreply@blogger.com