Saturday, December 17, 2022

The Battle of Nolac Hill: Day 2

 It was delightfully cold, wet and windy this morning so I was able to throw together a new version of the draft of my gridded medieval/fantasy rules (All of the backup copies seeming to have gone astray.) followed by a test game of the same scenario.

Turn 2 and the opposing Generals seem to have made better plans and discovered different mistakes to make.


Turn 4 and the hill is being contested.


Turn 5 and the Red General has again learned to beware of fickle dice.


Turn 7 and the Red Duke has been gravely wounded and escorted off the battlefield  while his remaining units are starting to crumble. The battle is lost again!


This game was much more engaging and this One Hour Wargame scenario took a full hour to resolve. A few more turns were played, roughly 1/2 the alloted turns, ut more imoortantly, the advantage flipped back and forth and this time, my decisions had as much influence as chance did.

When I get the rules done and proofread, I'll post a link but now, its time for another, bigger, game.

7 comments:

  1. I’ll be most interested to see your rules…
    Alan Tradgardland

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  2. It really looks like it was a fun game, I must admit I like the whole set up you have there, it works really well.

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    1. Thanks. The possibilities are somewhat limited but it does work and takes up very little space when stored or in play.

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  3. A lovely looking game Ross…
    Your rules seem to have worked well…

    All the best. Aly

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