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The most difficult part of solo gaming is working out what your opponent's decisions are/ should be. Maybe as AI improves it will be able to help.

I want your map.

When I first saw this map in the thumbnail I thought this was a game about Mongolia.

I actually built a red army with 1/72 Libyans and then we split the army (so we could try the rules out on the dining room table) and used the two groups to do a capture the flag (a statue) land battle with some terrain (trees & rocks) and one wild beast (a dinosaur I sculpted extra legs on) for extra difficulty. We had fun but I had to delve into Chainmail and other combat games from that time to get a better idea of how to play it. I plan to revisit playing the game with friends. I will be using different minis for the army next time we take the game for a spin and with more people playing.

Most excellent!!!

What an amazing channel - great work. Just subbed.

Veeeery interesting and enjoyble, thank you for sharing this. I have been using these Arthur Taylor rules since they came out in 1971, and have added many homebrew bits and pieces to it all over the years. Its a delightful system from a gentler pioneering age in the hobby..when wargamers had to think a lot more, and not expect to be spoon fed by overbloated rules running into far too many pages lol. They work surprisingly well for solo, especially if you do what I do, and add couple of average dice to the firing and melee charts to create a little randomness (I doubt most people nowadays remember average dice). The knack of using these rules well (for solo play) is to create a good narrative and have firm set of objectives to follow, and to use the terrain on the table to gain maximum advantage :-)

Do you factor in the time it takes for couriers to ride the distance back from the front to the respective capitols? In other words, if the courier arrives is there any delay to troops in the capitol being able to march to any orders being issued?

Woo!

Agree 100%. I got into D&D at a boy scout camp about 1980 after having some limited wargaming experiences (got D-Day for Christmas when I turned 11). I can still remember the feeling of how D&D opened up so many gaming possibilities. With 5e everything is overpowered and under-thought out thanks to constant "perception checks". Now WotC has made to political and condemned the original concept. Screw them.

That was unexpected...

Turn 4 got cut off. What happened to the hero vs hero fight?

How will you class the leveled characters given the first part of the Men section indicates leveled fighters of all men types wear plate and ride medium horses?

algorithm sent me here in your solo rules video. Solid channel! Thank you for the content.

Can this work with 1 cube = 10 bandits? Stack the heroes?

What size blocks are you using?

Why when measuring the armored foot charge did you measure from the corner rather than the middle like with the two heavy foot units?Why did you take the superhero out? When the green units with heroes surrendered the heroes fought on alone.

hi. great video. you and joy of wargaming got me into the hobby, but there is one thing I am confused about in chainmails rules. Can u explain how the 1 figure equals 20 men rule affects gameplay, because in rules for morale for example it only cares about how many figures survived. Not how many men survived

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Have you discussed how close you have to be to issue a challenge? Is the loss of abilities for refusing a challenge permanant for the combat, or just for that turn? Does that include rolling 4 or 8 dice to attack? I don't think a unit can turn and charge. The move distance is listed as different from the charge distance, so I think it's a choice, not mix and match. Also, while the 45 degree limit part of the charge rule specifically mentions cavalry, I don't think infantry would be more agile than cavalry during a charge. If I were the green player I would start paying more attention to that heavy horse unit, because the morale roll when charged is at -2 when charged from the rear, meaning the armored foot would have to have to roll a 8 or 9 (depending on if ya'll adjudicate the superhero effect as +1 or +2 based on the "about twice as powerful as a hero" phrase). As for the yellow, it looks like they are trying to lutre the green heavy foot into a 3 way ambush. And trying to plink away at the armored foot before the heavy horse charges. That's a good plan.

The hero forcing those morale checks was huge.

Thanks for the shout out! Question: if the northmost group of skirmishers were already in charge range of the superhero last turn, should they have to check again when they never moved out of range? I also find the wording of that rule interesting "When a superhero *approaches* within his charge movement". Does that mean the superhero must be advancing to be considered a threat and trigger the check? Thanks for pointing out the rule.

Half timber. :)

So do you only add/keep fatigue markers if they move during the movement phase? How do you adjudicate forced movement (retreat/rout)? Did I miss something, were the composite bows and crossbows too close to friendlies to fire?I keep losing track, how did the yellow A foot acquire the second fatigue after only 2 rounds of melee?

Super cool! I love Mordheim.

Really cool terrain, are you going to use weathering powders ( Pastel dust ) ?

Always interesting. "They're not meant to measure range." ...I may have missed something, do you mind elaborating on the standard procedure for archer units? 🤔

Ah the contrary convenience and inconvenience of unit trays. 😄 I smell charges coming!!!! Some of that green side arrow fire would have been indirect (over friendly or enemy troops). Armored troops are arrowproof from indirect fire. Will the retreated unit figures count as 'scattered' or will they still be considered a coherent unit?

Just an idle opinion, but I think the single combat would be his 'action' for this turn and a rally attempt would have to wait one turn. Interested to se what the players decide.

Interesting, I've always considered any result that ends with "back to the enemy" to be a rout, because in the post melee morale section it is written as "Retreat or rout, with backs to the enemy," considering the part between the commas as the definition of a rout. Where did you find that definition of oblique (moving at an angle)? I've only ever seen it portrayed as a turning about the center of the formation. Should the extra medium horse have been able to wrap around to the flank on the third melee round? Should the rally roll have been before the melee, since the medium horse were already retreating from the initial charge? The heavy horse should have gotten 3 dice each vs the heavy foot. Sorry for all the questions; you got my brain burning!

This Match takes some wild swings. It was a ton of fun.😊

I'm really curious to see the endgame of this skirmisher "V" formation.

It’s really good seeing it played out, kudos for having the brain power to remember what’s what! There’s a lot to it!

I'm not 100% but I think that move by the charging cavalry was the movement part of an oblique order. It's never been clear to me if it's just the center pivot or the concentration of mass is also needed. Since the skirmishers rolled as separate units to see if they could shoot, shouldn't they also have rolled as separate units when they fired? Green really took a chance letting their forces get separated.

I’m enjoying this series - makes me want to do simultaneous movements, I’ve always gone with rolling for initiative, but this seems to add a bit of chaos I would enjoy.

Should the light infantry at the bottom have gotten a shot since thebvheavy cav moved closer when it finished it's move? I like how you're using the wheel as deducting movement.

Seems like its going to be a fierce struggle for survival. :)

Did you check it out? Thoughts?

I believe right face is a 1/2 move. Oblique is 1/4 move. Are the skirmishers regular archers/light foot or longbowmen/light crossbow? Because the former only move 9" not 12" like the latter.

Oh man this looks interesting

I do definitely want to try using FFoL Bigger Battles for some rank & flank, but I want to do ancient warfare. I'll likely convert inch ranges to centimeters to slow things down, and maybe allow for a more compact board. As for counters and tracking, I want to be minimalist: A red die for wounds, a yellow die for shock, and max 2 traits for normal units to keep cognitive load down.

Played this fun game so much in my youth!

Our medium horse morale you did not count our Superhero. But as with everything, I can live with it.

Have this game its great

wow! last thing I expected to find; these rules were a big thing back in the day, most people then added there own die rolls to generate the missing (missed) random event! The main thing was missing troop scales so 1:33 was our organisation, and after a third (33%) a dice was thrown to see if the unit still hung around. Played my first live opponant with these rules in 75....

The Algorithm led me here. Looks really interesting! Can't wait to see how it all gels together!

Fantastic game, my all time favorite. Endless hours of gameplay and enjoyment.