tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556126903764105050.post7850391946202008840..comments2024-03-02T15:12:47.341+00:00Comments on Colgar6 and the Infinite Legion of Toy Soldiers: Black Powder: The Road to Bad WörglColgar6http://www.blogger.com/profile/07636662295301222390noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556126903764105050.post-17211913503235923672013-07-06T17:31:34.197+01:002013-07-06T17:31:34.197+01:00Black Powder has a lot of abstractions and simplif...Black Powder has a lot of abstractions and simplifications and in many ways is quite different from many earlier rulesets.<br /><br />As a very simple example, we spent a long time looking for the extra movement distance when on a road - there isn't one. Instead, you get a bonus to your chance of giving a march order on a road, thus achieving much the same effect.<br /><br />Once you've acclimatised to such nuances, Black Powder seems to give both a realistic result and a fun game, which is quite a feat!<br /><br />While I love 28mm for many things, it just doesn't represent large-scale horse and musket battles for me. I've never seen a unit of 20 figures as a "regiment", though of course, you could argue that 120 figures in a 6mm unit aren't representative of a regiment either. 6mm certainly looks the part (and I don't have to worry about the trivia of uniform details!)Colgar6https://www.blogger.com/profile/07636662295301222390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556126903764105050.post-58907498000850132672013-07-06T12:42:25.581+01:002013-07-06T12:42:25.581+01:00Nice game set-up and by game end I think both side...Nice game set-up and by game end I think both sides could claim some form of victory.<br />This aar seems far more lively than others I've read using the Black Powder rules and you seem very taken with them.<br /><br />Your 6mm armies forces look excellent.Zabadakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05649765350412145174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556126903764105050.post-44666876312487158952013-07-05T07:14:35.717+01:002013-07-05T07:14:35.717+01:00Well, the French may have retreated - but they ach...Well, the French may have retreated - but they achieved their objective of halting the Austrians. I'd say that they won the game!Colgar6https://www.blogger.com/profile/07636662295301222390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556126903764105050.post-50956113864373928602013-07-05T02:20:29.740+01:002013-07-05T02:20:29.740+01:00very good report. a miss for France, I am sure it ...very good report. a miss for France, I am sure it is all due to the lack of proper "petit dejeuner" (breakfast)cedrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09567465798644856588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556126903764105050.post-51036355738066288992013-07-04T23:13:16.068+01:002013-07-04T23:13:16.068+01:00LeBeaux here.
I've tried a few rules - most w...LeBeaux here.<br /><br />I've tried a few rules - most with far more detailed rules (Intended to increase realism) than Black Powder.<br />My (subjective) opinion is that Black powder is the only one where my battalions have behaved like historic accounts of battalions in brigades and divisions.<br /><br />Our battles with 10 or 12 units per side have an ebb and flow, reserves actually get into the action, and a commander often get an opportunity to reinforce a successful attack, or exchange worn units for fresh reserves.<br /><br />The simple rules permit a sophisticated interaction between units. In my opinion this is the source of their "realism" (The term still makes me cringe a little), and it trumps all manner of petty complaints about command roles, move distances or weapon ranges.<br /><br />Valeur et Discipline!SteveHolmes11https://www.blogger.com/profile/17392212343858957364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556126903764105050.post-82415086153094534992013-07-04T19:02:50.858+01:002013-07-04T19:02:50.858+01:00We played a bit of DBN a while ago, but it never r...We played a bit of DBN a while ago, but it never really seemed very exciting. It would work well if you only had a small board, I think.<br /><br />Yes, most of the houses are card, though there are one or two resin ones at the ends of the table as well. The card models come from a long defunct manufacturer whose name I cannot recall. I've still got an unopened "chateau and farmhouse" set somewhere; if I can find it then that would have the name on it.<br /><br />Mind you, I've seen these same models available for download more recently. I don't know whether this was with the author's permission or not...Colgar6https://www.blogger.com/profile/07636662295301222390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556126903764105050.post-33994801324980207952013-07-04T07:00:47.530+01:002013-07-04T07:00:47.530+01:00Ve shall be vaiting!
(Wulfe)Ve shall be vaiting!<br /><br />(Wulfe)Colgar6https://www.blogger.com/profile/07636662295301222390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556126903764105050.post-86507307156847280672013-07-04T00:09:05.889+01:002013-07-04T00:09:05.889+01:00It looked like another good one. Have you played o...It looked like another good one. Have you played other Napoleonic rulsets? I also like the little buildings, they look like card. Somewhere in the back of my mind I feel like I've seen or downloaded something like this, but it's lost in the morass of my hard drives at this point.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428727065347379281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556126903764105050.post-42128801619804702882013-07-03T21:53:30.803+01:002013-07-03T21:53:30.803+01:00Zut alors!
I shall return with more leetle lead m...Zut alors! <br />I shall return with more leetle lead men.<br /><br />(LeBeaux)SteveHolmes11https://www.blogger.com/profile/17392212343858957364noreply@blogger.com