tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7386336651732048473.post6310141300870864201..comments2024-03-18T10:30:45.109+09:00Comments on Here's no great matter: 1st St. AlbansPrufrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17659918463589870423noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7386336651732048473.post-32249857947912326722017-03-25T15:39:25.536+09:002017-03-25T15:39:25.536+09:00No time like the present, Ray!No time like the present, Ray!Prufrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659918463589870423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7386336651732048473.post-6143642470743364482017-03-21T16:48:28.603+09:002017-03-21T16:48:28.603+09:00Cool looking game, this is something that the Reje...Cool looking game, this is something that the Rejects have never done, perhaps its time we did?Ray Rousellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352596392520905197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7386336651732048473.post-25366427572101452212017-03-21T10:44:06.375+09:002017-03-21T10:44:06.375+09:00Thanks for the info. I find it a little frustratin...Thanks for the info. I find it a little frustrating not having access to primary sources. I'm so used to checking Livy, Polybius, Caesar et al. that I don't quite know what to do for other periods where the sources are not so readily available online or so concentrated. Oh well, just have to get used to it, I suppose!Prufrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659918463589870423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7386336651732048473.post-27916305033394452112017-03-21T10:40:24.707+09:002017-03-21T10:40:24.707+09:00Thanks, David. Have you tried the Arsuf scenario f...Thanks, David. Have you tried the Arsuf scenario from Infidel by any chance?Prufrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659918463589870423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7386336651732048473.post-4321132537355338352017-03-21T10:23:49.899+09:002017-03-21T10:23:49.899+09:00I've played the Tewksbury scenario as the York...I've played the Tewksbury scenario as the Yorkists and lost badly. The men of iron series is pretty interesting. I have, and have played, all three of the current batch. I'm looking forward to the next game, Arquebus, getting published whenever.David Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06229259148925201182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7386336651732048473.post-1590334374533566732017-03-20T20:01:33.730+09:002017-03-20T20:01:33.730+09:00It's a street fight (described by one speaker ...It's a street fight (described by one speaker on the subject as "an overgrown pub brawl"). The defenders are concealed within the town as well as being along the ditch so the Yorkists couldn't really do anything clever as they didn't know where they were. I think fighting the way into the town and killing them where they could was the only option.Trebianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02221916804339000102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7386336651732048473.post-74580548726593311472017-03-20T19:45:49.281+09:002017-03-20T19:45:49.281+09:00Yes, I think there may be a few problems with the ...Yes, I think there may be a few problems with the scenario, not least being that in the online sources I've seen the bulk of the Lancastrians seem to be in the town, not defending forward at the ditch as they are here. I hesitate to claim anything too definitively, however; I don't have the books here to check.Prufrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659918463589870423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7386336651732048473.post-32570111386624168892017-03-20T18:26:50.211+09:002017-03-20T18:26:50.211+09:00Interesting that the game play and mechanisms don&...Interesting that the game play and mechanisms don't give you a battle much like what happened. The Yorkists didn't bother with any outflanking but went straight over the ditch in a head on assault. That tells us something about WotR generalship as well as the difficulties in manoeuvring large bodies of infantry once deployed. Most WotR battles are not very subtle. It was an issue when we were designing the "Northampton 1460" game, which didn't really lend itself to a convetional board or figure wargame. Trebianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02221916804339000102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7386336651732048473.post-35233652675040507082017-03-20T17:45:21.394+09:002017-03-20T17:45:21.394+09:00Cheers, Kevin. I was considering looking for Infid...Cheers, Kevin. I was considering looking for Infidel, but may reconsider based on your advice.<br /><br />Prufrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659918463589870423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7386336651732048473.post-40638370888931331942017-03-20T17:44:00.260+09:002017-03-20T17:44:00.260+09:00Thanks for dropping by, Norm.
Yes, Richard Berg ...Thanks for dropping by, Norm. <br /><br />Yes, Richard Berg is not big on balancing mechanisms, so there are quite a few one-sided affairs in his games, I've found.<br /><br />Regarding the account of St Albans you mention, it was reading novels as a kid that got me interested in the Wars of the Roses, with the death of Warwick being particularly affecting. <br /><br />It's certainly a period replete with drama, plot, and interesting characters!Prufrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659918463589870423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7386336651732048473.post-35851870316433365882017-03-20T17:37:42.719+09:002017-03-20T17:37:42.719+09:00It's not our dad's pink and blue counters ...It's not our dad's pink and blue counters on a white map these days, is it?!Prufrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659918463589870423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7386336651732048473.post-21407007117750165772017-03-20T13:25:01.261+09:002017-03-20T13:25:01.261+09:00This game (Blood & Roses) is the best of the M...This game (Blood & Roses) is the best of the Men in Iron series. The rules work best with this subject, the other games not so much. <br /><br />Go to BGG, Ralph (developer) supports this game really well, and if you can't find a question already answered, he gets back to you quick when you do ask.<br /><br />Cheers<br />KevinKevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07496898036305134720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7386336651732048473.post-17223658015269475182017-03-20T02:55:00.261+09:002017-03-20T02:55:00.261+09:00A nice set of battles. From memory I think these g...A nice set of battles. From memory I think these games have always included one or two battles that through being accurate ... are not balanced from a play point of view, but very handy to learn the system, enjoy the history and in a solo game it matters little anyway.<br /><br />I read an account of 2nd Albans once, which had troops fighting in the town square, with archers firing into widows etc - it was very well written and has stayed with me as a graphic image. ... The sort of thing that should have been a Ladybird book :-)<br />Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7386336651732048473.post-69586749182471354522017-03-20T02:00:48.943+09:002017-03-20T02:00:48.943+09:00Handsome looking game, Aaron both in map and count...Handsome looking game, Aaron both in map and counters. Quite pleasing to the eye even if it is not in our preferred 3D!Jonathan Freitaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862373894196924886noreply@blogger.com