Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Getting A Round Tuit

Not much hobby time recently but I decided that I needed a quick game today. A War of 1812 Square Brigadier game seemed about right.

About 2 years ago I decided that having done 1812 for 20 years in 54mm and 40mm at various level from skirmish games to refighting historical battles, I didn't want to continue as I had been doing but neither did I want to drop it. A few test games showed that a Square Brigadier version was just right for short, easy to set up and play, One Hour style games. More experiments showed that 2 stand, 12 figure infantry units on the 6" grid worked well for me. They could also supply 1 stand units for use on the 3" grid portable board.  All I had to do was rearrange my existing units and  rebase, touch up or add a few figures to fill out my existing 40mm British and American armies.

So there I was, starting to consider scenarios,  then I looked at the cluster of figures in three different basing systems with various organizations and a few figures needing repair.....oh......I had made the decision about what I needed to do to make my 1812 armies game ready at a minutes notice again, but..... I hadn't gotten around to it.

1 infantry, 2 light infantry, and 1 artillery unit waiting for the glue to dry.
Since basing doesn't matter in Square Brigadier I could have  played with the figures as was, but I decided to finally get a start on executing my decision. Tomorrow though, I plan to play a game  regardless.

A Square Brigadier game from Dec 2016 (click here for the battle report)


12 comments:

  1. I need to get me one of those round tuits!

    Happy gaming!

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  2. There is something about December - the busiest month in the calendar. The wargamer always gets the creative itch to do a new thing and time compression moves from Sci-fi to real world. It's sort of the opposite to hibernation!

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    1. For me my calendar of "Must Do"s and outside obligations suddenly clears, beyond close support for my wife's home business so suddenly I find myself with sometimes hours of free time. I consider December to be the start of the winter campaign season.

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  3. As someone who is a master at project planning and then getting distracted, I know this scenario all too well (I like to claim I'm an "ideas man"). The figures look splendid - looking forward to seeing them in a game.

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  4. Haven't done much this month myself - and as soon as the Chrissy tree goes up that's my painting stopped for a couple of weeks (it goes up in front of my painting desk).

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    1. That is a problem though there is the option of a evergreen forest skirmish game...

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  5. The figures look splendid - enjoy your game

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  6. Ross,
    In your quick play pike and shot rules how do you know if a unit is broken or not? I may have missed it but can’t figure it out.
    Thanks
    Alan

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    1. Alan its in Para 6 at the very end. Essentially when a unit takes its maximum hits based on troop type it is removed.
      Here's a link to the rules
      Quick Pike & Shot

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