So very thrilled to see you guys starting to make the most of the channel. You're hands down the best recurring guests at Beasts of War, so this is very exciting. A Dux Brittanarium Campaign would be christmas come early for me... as mildly sad as that sounds...
Great video, plus my favorite period for Sharp Practice. Excellent commentary and a great refresher of the rules. Looking forward to the next installment of Lard TV.
This is the best wargaming play-through I've seen on TH-cam. Good to see the authors are as inept at remembering rules as I am! Thank you for uploading this. I'm now going straight to the Toofatlardies site to order a copy of the rules.
I love Lard TV. Nice to see the game / rules explanation demos back again. Perhaps this will be the driver to complete part 2 of the Dux Britanniarum videos ! 😉 One on the Raiders supplement would be useful, perhaps explaining useful game tactics / background mechanisms for each faction. It might also be a good marketing tool for the forthcoming(?) rules compendium.
lovely video. Thanks for the Lard TV. Look forward to watching many more. A long game and i watched it in a few sessions. Good to see Sharp Practice in use. Not my period but interesting to see how a battle may have happened in those days. Good to see you enjoying yourselves and showing that we are all human and forget rules some times. Love the 'caption guy' comments post recording. Hope you can do some Chain of Command, I Aint Been Shot Mum, and Bag the Hun sometime. Keep it up guys. I wish i had a lifestyle like yours, playing games and writing rules for a living!
Great game. That is one of my favorite scenarios from the Swamp Fox as well. I thought Nick was going to win it. Great surprise ending. Love these and hope you do many more.
Great game! Looking forward to the next one. Love the banter and commentary. My favorite quote “...random events...are...never awful, well, unless you get shot in the ass.”
Ioannis Pavlidis, agreed. Of all the Lardy stable of games I find Sharp Practice 2 the most fun. I’ve yet to try a few of the less known Lardy games but I believe there are several other pearls waiting to be made more popular - which, of course - is where Lard TV comes in!
I really enjoy watching you guys play. I can't wait for the rules to get here. I'll have to use figures out of a couple of my board games until I can get the bases and troops ordered and painted. These rules would be great fun if you had to use bottle caps and sugar cubes for "troops"! You did an awesome job in the development of this game system. Every "story" will be different!!!! thanks so much, Chuck Baker Tucson, AZ USA
That was great guys! Really enjoyed the onscreen commentary and the blooper at the end. Rich, would love to know more about those books on your self - maybe a Lard TV episode covering that sometime in the future?
That's just part of the Lard Island library. It's the 20th Century section from 1914 onwards. Earlier stuff (and 21st C) is in another area. The other larger area is where we go to on the Oddcast.
@@toofatlardies CoC or What a Tanker up next? Looking forward to seeing all the back catalogue! Smashing watch! Editors comments a great addition for clarity and giggles
Great report. Didn't even know that there was a new version of Sharp Practice out. To be honest I don't know if you can improve on the first version but I have just ordered to try out Craig
Now that's a good looking game! Quick tip: if Wemyss was born in Edinburgh, Scotland I think it's likely that his name would be pronounced "weems" in line with the pronunciation of various Scottish settlements that share his name.
Great game. Enjoyable to watch and liked the commentary. I have the figures for the American Revolution but they still in waiting for the paint brush. I hope to get to them soon after the ACW troops (and Napoleonics) ...sigh!
I have figures now and I'm getting ready to assemble and paint them I have troop trays. Somewhere I saw a base for a single officer with a set of rank markers 1-4 that went in the base behind the figure, any idea who makes these? thanks Chuck in Tucson, AZ USA
Excellent, more please, and some close-up cameras on the units. How about a campaign for extra narrative? I have already bought the rules and am half way through my first batch of 28mm, Napoleonics. I might have to switch now to AWI.....I like the rabble.
What was also very exciting was the opportunity to see the newly minted Lardy Red Dice in action. Honestly, let's get a production company and get you guys a Netflix series. (Undoing the harm that the very slow 'The Wargame' program did decades ago.) Thanks Rich and Nick!
Not sure if this is right place to put this comment, but just wanted to thank you for sending out the Sharp Practice rules so quickly. I ordered them less than 24 hours ago!
The Perry miniatures are brilliant aren’t they? And I see some very nice Foundry miniatures sculpted also by the Perrys also I believe. Top Shelf chaps!
A very enjoyable watch. The forces are a lot smaller than I'd imagined for this game. Much more doable for me. Also, you might need to tighten up the bolts in that table, it's getting a lot of pushin'.
Fear not Spike. More is coming. And it'll be better . Some of the battlefield stuff we have planned as part of Sidney's Battlefield Challenged will be the most exciting stuff I've ever done.
Fantastic battle - who was the narrator? He was another character in the story! I love that Rich makes the same mistakes I do -- gets carried away with the narrative and skips steps. Hopefully the mistakes always balance out in the end.
Reflecting on this game, despite the occasional rules “blooper” (and reflecting on my own experience I don’t think I’ve ever played a game where I haven’t made a few “bloopers”), the real acid test is “was it a good game and was it enjoyed by all?” By these measures this was a great game and everyone, including us viewers, enjoyed playing or watching which is why we all love this fantastic hobby of ours! Thank you Rich and Nick
@@toofatlardies LOL sorry I was actually asking about the Arnhem scenario from your Sid's Battle Field Challenge vid. Failed to notice that You Tube had rolled on to this vid (which is also excellent by the way). I need to be a bit quicker off the mark at the end of a vid.
I like these guys better than others. They have a lot less private joking and stick to what they are doing, rather than spending half or more of their video on background/personal chaffing. TEWT's are interesting enough without personalities. These guys are very good
I know how much effort these videos must be for the team, but please keep them up, at least in a semi-regular capacity. I have always enjoyed your video content and watched them multiple times each (both on your channel and on Beasts of War). I had one question, do you guys get in many games (in general) any more or are you too busy with other things?
Nope. The guy who owns the terrain is the one rolling the dice on the terrain. The surface of the table is like concrete. You'd need a bomb to damage it
@@toofatlardies Whoops. I was wrong. I didn't see any scratches. Great quality work, love the color of the water. I use a mouse pad gaming mat and enjoy the sound of soft tumbling dice.
The beginning of the video suffered from poor editing on the sound. Rich was offering Nick advice which seems not to have benefited him. Especially the advice to attack the regulars on the right wing. But tit was a good game to view.
That's interesting. Thanks for the feedback. Can you identify the bit with poor editing . We can then try to avoid whatever the issue was in future. I am sure that Rich only gave advice that he thought was correct at the time, The game was entirely unscripted; I know, I made the coffee that day and watched them at it.
Fourth time I’ve watched this. I learn something each time. Well done you two.
So very thrilled to see you guys starting to make the most of the channel. You're hands down the best recurring guests at Beasts of War, so this is very exciting. A Dux Brittanarium Campaign would be christmas come early for me... as mildly sad as that sounds...
Thanks Samuel. We have Dux lined up for future shows.
@@toofatlardies Excellent, we've just finished year 2 of our campaign. Taking a break, so watching you guys play Dux would be an education.
Nick’s ability to draw defeat from the jaws of victory is now legendary (as is Rich’s “flexibility”with the rules and tape measure!). Nice one lads!
Brilliant. The videos get better and better. So glad the sound is better than the first couple of videos you made. You are worth hearing!
Great video, plus my favorite period for Sharp Practice. Excellent commentary and a great refresher of the rules. Looking forward to the next installment of Lard TV.
Amazing video! Looks like a really fun game the way it swang.
Lard tv fantastic looking forward to next episode
This is the best wargaming play-through I've seen on TH-cam. Good to see the authors are as inept at remembering rules as I am! Thank you for uploading this. I'm now going straight to the Toofatlardies site to order a copy of the rules.
Barry. I am inept at life generally.
I love Lard TV. Nice to see the game / rules explanation demos back again. Perhaps this will be the driver to complete part 2 of the Dux Britanniarum videos ! 😉 One on the Raiders supplement would be useful, perhaps explaining useful game tactics / background mechanisms for each faction. It might also be a good marketing tool for the forthcoming(?) rules compendium.
It is forthcoming, I promise.
lovely video. Thanks for the Lard TV. Look forward to watching many more. A long game and i watched it in a few sessions. Good to see Sharp Practice in use. Not my period but interesting to see how a battle may have happened in those days. Good to see you enjoying yourselves and showing that we are all human and forget rules some times. Love the 'caption guy' comments post recording. Hope you can do some Chain of Command, I Aint Been Shot Mum, and Bag the Hun sometime. Keep it up guys. I wish i had a lifestyle like yours, playing games and writing rules for a living!
Don't forget the champagne and the dancing girls!
Please get back to recording these. I have missed them so much!!
I am rather enjoying the editors comments. I really must get another game in soon, this is one of my favourite games.
Great game. That is one of my favorite scenarios from the Swamp Fox as well. I thought Nick was going to win it. Great surprise ending. Love these and hope you do many more.
Great game! Looking forward to the next one. Love the banter and commentary. My favorite quote “...random events...are...never awful, well, unless you get shot in the ass.”
We only recently discovered this game but we love it, it is our favourite. Thank you for the videos.
Ioannis Pavlidis, agreed. Of all the Lardy stable of games I find Sharp Practice 2 the most fun.
I’ve yet to try a few of the less known Lardy games but I believe there are several other pearls waiting to be made more popular - which, of course - is where Lard TV comes in!
I really enjoy watching you guys play. I can't wait for the rules to get here. I'll have to use figures out of a couple of my board games until I can get the bases and troops ordered and painted. These rules would be great fun if you had to use bottle caps and sugar cubes for "troops"! You did an awesome job in the development of this game system. Every "story" will be different!!!! thanks so much, Chuck Baker Tucson, AZ USA
That was great guys! Really enjoyed the onscreen commentary and the blooper at the end. Rich, would love to know more about those books on your self - maybe a Lard TV episode covering that sometime in the future?
That's just part of the Lard Island library. It's the 20th Century section from 1914 onwards. Earlier stuff (and 21st C) is in another area. The other larger area is where we go to on the Oddcast.
Catching up with your vids, very enjoyable 👍👍
I Ain’t Been Shot, Mum please! And also a full battle, from start to finish, of General d’Armee!
We are filming the General d'Armee one in about two weeks. Already booked in.
@@toofatlardies CoC or What a Tanker up next? Looking forward to seeing all the back catalogue! Smashing watch! Editors comments a great addition for clarity and giggles
Received my ruleset yesterday, very helpful vid!👍👍
Really great videos: entertaining and and fun. Furthermore, itconvinced me to purchase the Sharp practice bundle. Keep it up!
Steve M
Cracking game, I love Sharp Practice and AWI especially ! Thanks Lardies, more please!!
Bloody Great Game lads! Thoroughly enjoyed the program. Looking forward to the next thrilling instalment.
Great report. Didn't even know that there was a new version of Sharp Practice out. To be honest I don't know if you can improve on the first version but I have just ordered to try out
Craig
Now that's a good looking game! Quick tip: if Wemyss was born in Edinburgh, Scotland I think it's likely that his name would be pronounced "weems" in line with the pronunciation of various Scottish settlements that share his name.
Please replay this with the cavalry component.
The intro alone put a huge smile on my face, now I have this huge smile I had to take off my face and no place to put it. Bad intro jingle !!!
Great game. Enjoyable to watch and liked the commentary. I have the figures for the American Revolution but they still in waiting for the paint brush. I hope to get to them soon after the ACW troops (and Napoleonics) ...sigh!
Great video guys! Please keep them coming
Great Video. Which manufacturer make these trees? They Look beautiful.
I have figures now and I'm getting ready to assemble and paint them I have troop trays. Somewhere I saw a base for a single officer with a set of rank markers 1-4 that went in the base behind the figure, any idea who makes these? thanks Chuck in Tucson, AZ USA
That is a really nice gaming table, with fantastic terrain tiles!
Excellent stuff chaps, reminded me of Gilder's Battleground except with less of the padded armchairs, dry ice and more laughs. Well done. JJ
Great video! Can you do one on Bag The Hun? Skål!
Great new format, definitely inspired to try this out (once my current CoC focus fades)
Excellent, more please, and some close-up cameras on the units. How about a campaign for extra narrative? I have already bought the rules and am half way through my first batch of 28mm, Napoleonics. I might have to switch now to AWI.....I like the rabble.
What was also very exciting was the opportunity to see the newly minted Lardy Red Dice in action. Honestly, let's get a production company and get you guys a Netflix series. (Undoing the harm that the very slow 'The Wargame' program did decades ago.) Thanks Rich and Nick!
"Game of Lard" maybe?
Great Video, I find this a little more difficult to play than other TFL rules, this video is really helpful.
Not sure if this is right place to put this comment, but just wanted to thank you for sending out the Sharp Practice rules so quickly. I ordered them less than 24 hours ago!
Glad it got to you in time for a weekend read through.
they sent mine the next day too
The Perry miniatures are brilliant aren’t they? And I see some very nice Foundry miniatures sculpted also by the Perrys also I believe. Top Shelf chaps!
Yes mate. It's all a mix of Perries and their sculpts from Foundry. They are the dogs bits.
toofatlardies
Indeed. My AWI is a mix of Perry, Foundry and Eureka (which are also rather tasty). Check out their ‘Ragged Rebels’.
@@trailape1 Eureka are fantastic. I am just working out an order from them as it happens. Their ragged Continentals are really nicely posed.
toofatlardies Nic is a fantastic chap!
Outstanding service and awesome products,... a lot like you chaps 😝
@@trailape1 He is a good lad. I had a few pints with him at Historicon a few years ago. A solid Yorkshire lad, like our Sidney.
I’ve always played hex movement type games. This looks extremely interesting.
That was quick abit of night watching after the pub!
Nice callback with the song at the beginning
Sound wise on the PC it's OK but on my IPad it is a bit quiet. Great move for the channel chaps.
Enjoyed that, more please!
great job gentlemen!
Great video
Lard TV!! Better watching than all the crap on regular TV!! Thanks for sharing that - what a great game (even with the cock ups!!)
Interesting vid to paint to , more please! 👍👍
A very enjoyable watch.
The forces are a lot smaller than I'd imagined for this game. Much more doable for me.
Also, you might need to tighten up the bolts in that table, it's getting a lot of pushin'.
LOVE the intro music!!! Is that the old Thames TV music?
Yep. I loved that bit- got me laughing right from the off.
Living in Cyprus and as yet no local/island Wargamers or D&D players I have only TH-cam....thoroughly enjoyable 2 hours....MORE please.
Fear not Spike. More is coming. And it'll be better . Some of the battlefield stuff we have planned as part of Sidney's Battlefield Challenged will be the most exciting stuff I've ever done.
@@toofatlardies ....Brill...been in the hobby since i was 8 and in a few months will be 60...and as said relying on TH-cam for my dice noise fetish.
Hey there Spike. My blog is literally "A Wargamer in Cyprus," and I'm in Pathos.
Fantastic battle - who was the narrator? He was another character in the story! I love that Rich makes the same mistakes I do -- gets carried away with the narrative and skips steps. Hopefully the mistakes always balance out in the end.
I've been trying to resist gaming the American Wars of Ingratitude with Sharp Practice for ages. Thanks so much for helping to weaken my resolve...
The scale?
28mm
Reflecting on this game, despite the occasional rules “blooper” (and reflecting on my own experience I don’t think I’ve ever played a game where I haven’t made a few “bloopers”), the real acid test is “was it a good game and was it enjoyed by all?”
By these measures this was a great game and everyone, including us viewers, enjoyed playing or watching which is why we all love this fantastic hobby of ours!
Thank you Rich and Nick
Great vid, thanks guys. When and where will the senario be published?
It's already published in The Swamp Fox scenario pack for Sharp Practice. It's a cracking piece, although the bad guys do win in the end...
@@toofatlardies LOL sorry I was actually asking about the Arnhem scenario from your Sid's Battle Field Challenge vid. Failed to notice that You Tube had rolled on to this vid (which is also excellent by the way). I need to be a bit quicker off the mark at the end of a vid.
@@iblack585 Lol. No worries. We start playtesting tomorrow. Once we are happy we will release it as a free to download scenario on lard Island News.
Nice to see, and inspiration for my Friday game
‘Colouring at home” LOL,.. I’ll dig out my crayons,... well the ones I’ve not eaten.
does anyone know what miniatures they are using?
Look like Foundry and Perry Miniatures
What scale miniatures are you all using for this battle? And which company are these from? This style is what I am looking for to get started.
These are 28mm miniatures from two ranges (sculpted by the same people). Wargames Foundry and Perry Miniatures.
@@toofatlardies thank you very much sir
i would like the game but cannot find anyplace to but the coins to play the game with I have cards
We are waiting for a restock of cards. They should be with us in April.
I like these guys better than others. They have a lot less private joking and stick to what they are doing, rather than spending half or more of their video on background/personal chaffing. TEWT's are interesting enough without personalities. These guys are very good
I know how much effort these videos must be for the team, but please keep them up, at least in a semi-regular capacity. I have always enjoyed your video content and watched them multiple times each (both on your channel and on Beasts of War). I had one question, do you guys get in many games (in general) any more or are you too busy with other things?
My guess is the guy that owns the terrain is the guy rolling in the cloth tray. It pains me to hear the dice striking the MDF terrain.
Nope. The guy who owns the terrain is the one rolling the dice on the terrain. The surface of the table is like concrete. You'd need a bomb to damage it
@@toofatlardies Whoops. I was wrong. I didn't see any scratches. Great quality work, love the color of the water. I use a mouse pad gaming mat and enjoy the sound of soft tumbling dice.
@@nowthisnamestaken Nice. I've seen them but never actually played on one.
Well done fine sirs! Subbed....
Incidentally, is that a 4' square table, or a 6'x4'? I can't tell.
6' x 4' Barry.
pure entertainment ! ill subscribe to this ! Always like anything Richard anyways :)
what scale pls
This game is 28mm, but the rules work equally well with 15mm
Also work perfectly with 1/72 aka 20mm/23mm/25mm.
You really need to teach Charlton Heston the rules.
The closing music was a bit loud, I turned the volume down and nearly missed the outtake.
I feel a lot better about not knowing the rules for the only Sharp Practice game that I've had with best frenemyTim.
Cracking good game except for Rich's cheating. I can't get enough of this game. Hope you do more videos. Good job by the guy doing the text comments.
Superb
What's with Thames opening? Hahahahahahahaha
Used to be a local TV company in UK called Thames TV
The beginning of the video suffered from poor editing on the sound.
Rich was offering Nick advice which seems not to have benefited him. Especially the advice to attack the regulars on the right wing.
But tit was a good game to view.
That's interesting. Thanks for the feedback. Can you identify the bit with poor editing . We can then try to avoid whatever the issue was in future. I am sure that Rich only gave advice that he thought was correct at the time, The game was entirely unscripted; I know, I made the coffee that day and watched them at it.
Methinks the editor should save his criticisms of Rich until he’s learned to spell “occasionally”.
Richard Crawley I agree heartily. He's a very naughty cove.
I love your games, but the audio on all of your videos is so poor. Surely you could afford a small mic to clip onto your shirt. Yes?
Bent muskets on the table! Unsatisfactory.😡
Really. in what way?
For shooting around corners
Tsk Tsk Richard... but then, Nick shouldn't let you get away with it..