Excellent game! Interesting scenario! Enjoyed the game of two cold-blooded commanders. And inspired a bit of pleasant nostalgia. Many years ago, with a friend, we played Waterloo. But something went wrong. They captured the Iron Duke!🤪
Another excellent Report, very enjoyable watching you guys get to grip with the game. Good to see a Nappie game where Cavalry are effective. I think it would have been a different result if Martin's Withering Vollies had not petered out!
Thanks mate, thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. I'm hoping next game we'll essentially be up to speed with all the ins and outs, I'll be bringing Rockets for sure 😁 the withering volleys could have swung it in my favour, just one more disruption on the Lancers would have seen them break and there was potentially 6vp's up for grabs - bloody wet powder 😅
Thanks Warwick 👍 getting there. Next game I think we're going bigger, more board, more brigades - the rockets will be getting an outing 😁 Merry Christmas to you as well
Haven't yet been able to put the time aside and watch this, but that will happen very soon. Just wanted to thank you Martin for another fantastic year. Merry Christmas to You and Hayley and the family and to Robin for his important assistance and input. As always looking forward to next year, Cheers from Down under🎄🎅🍺👍
You're very welcome mate, thanks for all the support these last few years, really pleased you enjoy the content and I hope you have a great festive break 👍😁
Great game enjoyed it it's a good job I can catch up to watch the game and it's was brilliant I thought you just got it. Hope you and your family have a great Christmas 🎅🎅🎅🎅
Great video. I have the rules and while I've only read them, not played, I have been on the fence about them somewhat as I've never been THAT keen on card driven games. The cards here though don't look to be too disruptive / intrusive (e.g no Tiffin or Tea Break stuff!) or stupid, it's just another way of determining what gets to do what and when, rather than everything does exactly what you want all of the time (which I find even more unrealistic). I'll likely give them a go along with my preferred rules, GDA 2, once I get back to Napoleonics. I'll be using Warlord Epic though as I like the massed look and having the space for movement (I use half size stands on a 6x4). Extremely busy preparing figures and terrain to paint up for The Barons' War using rules of the same name along with Midgard and even Lion Rampant. Loads of stuff arrived from Footsore, Wargames Atlantic and Victrix. Busy times! Out of interest, what camera do you use when filming, is it a Go Pro type or some other kind of body mounted cam? The results are excellent. I have neither the time nor patience to do a Channel (I'll leave that to folks like you who are actually good at it!) but I fancy getting something to film either complete games or clips of games when needing to review how it went, juggling a phone or a hand held video cam is a real PITA!
The cards were my initial concern but they really work well especially at building friction in the command and control on the battlefield. It's the point where you have to sacrifice a card with a large number of orders on it or a great event for the greater need of rallying that I in particular enjoy. Soni manly use the camera in the Pixel7 Pro but I do occasionally use a separate DSLR if needed 👍
I am on card 3 and I'm enjoying this, and it looks great. But Guys, you are missing an opportunity to use the Inspire rule. When you move your Brigade Commander he can attach to a unit and remove a Disruption.
Mate, Happy Christmas to you and your family. Can you briefly explain your table terrain setup. Is the base of the table surface a large canvas cloth (I assume larger than 6 x 4) with a permanent road surface (glued down?) and suitably painted. I assume the rest of the terrain (teddy bear fur etc) placed around the table surface is to create a playable textured gaming surface. Again, I assume you have hills under the table mat to create hills / elevations etc. Question - Are they simply books under the tablecloth or do you have polystyrene hills to create the hill / elevation effects. Please take care over the holidays. I always enjoy your videos of all your gaming systems. You have a dedicated following here in Australia and we are all inspired by your gaming. Cheers in advance
Hi there, so it's a mat from Geek Villain which sits just a bit bigger than 6 x 4 to allow for terrain. The road is made from a earth mix I make up so I can change the road each time, when some I just sweep it away and back in the jar it goes. The hills and other lumps and bumps are made from Towels mainly as they look more natural than the polystyrene ones, the added bonus is you can squidge them to look how you want. I hope that helps. Thanks so much for watching 👍
@@7thson726 Great idea with the hills. Been meaning to ask what you used for ages. I have / like the Kallistra ones but its always difficult to get exactly the type of feature you want and stuff is forever sliding off them! A good use to put our ever growing collection of tea towels too, they seem to come free with everything here! 🤣
Having played SoN recently. I really enjoyed this rule system. Far superiour compared to Black Powder imho. The only thing that annoyed me are those many typos in the rulebook. As you have encountered yourselves (Commander loss VPs are wrong in the Quick Reference Sheet). Furthermore its La Grande Armée, not Le. Freikorps, not Friekorps. Leib Hussars, not Lieb Hussars etc.
@@7thson726 obviously you can play it however you like and we are a little "loose" of our interpretation of a few rules, but the actual rules say "During its charge move, a unit may wheel up to 45 degrees. It costs half the units total movement distance to wheel". Pretty clear you lose a whole half a move if you wheel.
@ it was a very enjoyable watch, I got the rules much better this time around. The cavalry charge did seem a bit too powerful for light cavalry, but I would be curious to see how they fare against a square next time!
@TheAVeidt I think alot of that power came from a combination of not being in square, the bonus from the card and truly terrible dice rolling 😅 narratively I suppose it speaks of those rare moments where the opportunity presents itself to truly make mincemeat of an unprepared or overconfident enemy 👍
Really dont like the rules system. I am old school and find games driven by cards and battle boards ahistorical as this game was. May as well play Risk.
That's fine, not everything is going to be for everyone. Dunno about Risk though jyou could say that about any game that offers an ahistorical result? I play plenty of games which are traditional wargames and they are just as abstract. Thanks for watching though and taking the time to comment 👍
"I have a suitable cavalry figure!" might be the most endearing line I've ever heard on this channel
😅 I've been waiting for years 😁 thanks for watching
Excellent game! Interesting scenario! Enjoyed the game of two cold-blooded commanders. And inspired a bit of pleasant nostalgia. Many years ago, with a friend, we played Waterloo. But something went wrong. They captured the Iron Duke!🤪
Haha that's awesome, glad you enjoyed it my friend, happy Christmas 👍
I forgot tomention that your figures are beautifully painted. That really adds a lot to the enjoyment of the game.
Really appreciate that, thank you very much 👍
Very interesting system, funny battle report...it seems to tick some boxes! Love the table and the miniatures!
Thanks KS buddy, I hope you are keeping well 👍
Another excellent Report, very enjoyable watching you guys get to grip with the game. Good to see a Nappie game where Cavalry are effective. I think it would have been a different result if Martin's Withering Vollies had not petered out!
Thanks mate, thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. I'm hoping next game we'll essentially be up to speed with all the ins and outs, I'll be bringing Rockets for sure 😁 the withering volleys could have swung it in my favour, just one more disruption on the Lancers would have seen them break and there was potentially 6vp's up for grabs - bloody wet powder 😅
You got to love that it builds it's own narrative, I am definitely putting this one to the table in the New Year @@7thson726
Another great battle report.
Well done and thanks to both of you.
You're welcome, glad you enjoyed it 👍
Very cool watch, Merry Christmas. Getting to grips with the game now.
Thanks Warwick 👍 getting there. Next game I think we're going bigger, more board, more brigades - the rockets will be getting an outing 😁 Merry Christmas to you as well
Haven't yet been able to put the time aside and watch this, but that will happen very soon. Just wanted to thank you Martin for another fantastic year. Merry Christmas to
You and Hayley and the family and to Robin for his important assistance and input. As always looking forward to next year, Cheers from Down under🎄🎅🍺👍
You're very welcome mate, thanks for all the support these last few years, really pleased you enjoy the content and I hope you have a great festive break 👍😁
Great game.
Well done and thanks both.
Thanks very much 👍
Nicely detailed terrain + very tidy figures + good-sporting banter =a very enjoyable batrep (👍)
Safely merry yaksmas from across the oceans.
Thanks very much for watching, merry Christmas 😁👍
Thanks for the game I really enjoyed it.
Thanks for watching 👍
Beautiful table and excellent game!
Thanks 👍 we had a great time so glad you enjoyed it
@7thson726 it's an incredibly fun system. Looking forward to you guys picking up the different deployment zones, postures or a campaign.
Love this game
Me to 😁
Excellent game! I should play the rules myself!
Another ruleset on the shelf is never a bad thing 👍 thanks for watching
Great game enjoyed it it's a good job I can catch up to watch the game and it's was brilliant I thought you just got it. Hope you and your family have a great Christmas 🎅🎅🎅🎅
Thanks for watching, hope you have a great Christmas as well 👍😁🎄
Great video. I have the rules and while I've only read them, not played, I have been on the fence about them somewhat as I've never been THAT keen on card driven games. The cards here though don't look to be too disruptive / intrusive (e.g no Tiffin or Tea Break stuff!) or stupid, it's just another way of determining what gets to do what and when, rather than everything does exactly what you want all of the time (which I find even more unrealistic). I'll likely give them a go along with my preferred rules, GDA 2, once I get back to Napoleonics. I'll be using Warlord Epic though as I like the massed look and having the space for movement (I use half size stands on a 6x4). Extremely busy preparing figures and terrain to paint up for The Barons' War using rules of the same name along with Midgard and even Lion Rampant. Loads of stuff arrived from Footsore, Wargames Atlantic and Victrix. Busy times!
Out of interest, what camera do you use when filming, is it a Go Pro type or some other kind of body mounted cam? The results are excellent. I have neither the time nor patience to do a Channel (I'll leave that to folks like you who are actually good at it!) but I fancy getting something to film either complete games or clips of games when needing to review how it went, juggling a phone or a hand held video cam is a real PITA!
The cards were my initial concern but they really work well especially at building friction in the command and control on the battlefield. It's the point where you have to sacrifice a card with a large number of orders on it or a great event for the greater need of rallying that I in particular enjoy.
Soni manly use the camera in the Pixel7 Pro but I do occasionally use a separate DSLR if needed 👍
I am on card 3 and I'm enjoying this, and it looks great. But Guys, you are missing an opportunity to use the Inspire rule. When you move your Brigade Commander he can attach to a unit and remove a Disruption.
He can? I've totally missed that then 😅
Mate, Happy Christmas to you and your family. Can you briefly explain your table terrain setup. Is the base of the table surface a large canvas cloth (I assume larger than 6 x 4) with a permanent road surface (glued down?) and suitably painted. I assume the rest of the terrain (teddy bear fur etc) placed around the table surface is to create a playable textured gaming surface. Again, I assume you have hills under the table mat to create hills / elevations etc. Question - Are they simply books under the tablecloth or do you have polystyrene hills to create the hill / elevation effects. Please take care over the holidays. I always enjoy your videos of all your gaming systems. You have a dedicated following here in Australia and we are all inspired by your gaming. Cheers in advance
Hi there, so it's a mat from Geek Villain which sits just a bit bigger than 6 x 4 to allow for terrain. The road is made from a earth mix I make up so I can change the road each time, when some I just sweep it away and back in the jar it goes. The hills and other lumps and bumps are made from Towels mainly as they look more natural than the polystyrene ones, the added bonus is you can squidge them to look how you want.
I hope that helps. Thanks so much for watching 👍
@@7thson726 Great idea with the hills. Been meaning to ask what you used for ages. I have / like the Kallistra ones but its always difficult to get exactly the type of feature you want and stuff is forever sliding off them! A good use to put our ever growing collection of tea towels too, they seem to come free with everything here! 🤣
any chance of a blackpowder battle report martin ? i'm set up for christmas day blackpowder acw game .,
Maybe, it has been a while 👍🤔
Having played SoN recently. I really enjoyed this rule system. Far superiour compared to Black Powder imho. The only thing that annoyed me are those many typos in the rulebook. As you have encountered yourselves (Commander loss VPs are wrong in the Quick Reference Sheet). Furthermore its La Grande Armée, not Le. Freikorps, not Friekorps. Leib Hussars, not Lieb Hussars etc.
I really enjoy this as well, I'm still enjoying VP but this scratches a completely different itch for me 👍
45 minutes into it you use an event to charge 18 inches but do a 45 degree wheel, don't you lose half your move if you wheel?
Good question, I'll check 😁
58 minutes in you take disorder off but you have 2 disruption and 2 bases so can't remove disorder.
@@cptkremmen we read it as you can use up to half your movement to do a 45 degree wheel
@@7thson726 obviously you can play it however you like and we are a little "loose" of our interpretation of a few rules, but the actual rules say "During its charge move, a unit may wheel up to 45 degrees. It costs half the units total movement distance to wheel". Pretty clear you lose a whole half a move if you wheel.
@cptkremmen ah well, it's our 2nd game, we'll amend the next time 👍 thanks for the heads up
I really thought you were winning this one Martin!
Yeah, I thought I had it in the final turn, especially with the volleys but some terrible rolling put that straight to bed 😅 thanks for watching 👍
@ it was a very enjoyable watch, I got the rules much better this time around. The cavalry charge did seem a bit too powerful for light cavalry, but I would be curious to see how they fare against a square next time!
@TheAVeidt I think alot of that power came from a combination of not being in square, the bonus from the card and truly terrible dice rolling 😅 narratively I suppose it speaks of those rare moments where the opportunity presents itself to truly make mincemeat of an unprepared or overconfident enemy 👍
@@TheAVeidtagainst a square I probably wouldn't even try the charge. They would not fair well.
@@7thson726 yeah to be fair, it did happen historically often enough
+1 for being British".. you sure this isnt Black Powder lol?
Haha well.... 😅
Really dont like the rules system. I am old school and find games driven by cards and battle boards ahistorical as this game was. May as well play Risk.
What rules do you like?
That's fine, not everything is going to be for everyone. Dunno about Risk though jyou could say that about any game that offers an ahistorical result? I play plenty of games which are traditional wargames and they are just as abstract. Thanks for watching though and taking the time to comment 👍