Mardigan over at Brush & Battle posted a 3 x 3 PW game featuring a skirmish type battle between some Medieval figures which caught my imagination. Another rapid lunchtime game was required (by the way, today's soup was Leek & Potato).
Back of an envelope rules were dreamt up.
Army Red, led by Sir Wilfrid of Bramble consisted of a Leader (Sir Wilfrid), 2 Men at Arms, a Master Archer and a Peasant (pressed into service at sword point).
Army Blue was led by Sir Richard D'Astard-Leigh, who was joined by a Sergant, a Man at Arms, an Archer and a Peasant.
The objective was to either kill the opponents leader (at which point his force would run away) or have a unit at the enemy's baseline for 2 turns (thus giving any units in the Reserve Area a chance to fight back).
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| Red's Master Archer lurks in the trees |
To explain the combat in the foreground, units have joined in the same square for close combat (see Bob's post of today HERE); Blue has rolled a 4 but gets a +1 for the Sergeant and a +1 for having support ie 6; Red has rolled a 2 and gets +1 for support ie 3. So Red take a hit.
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| At this point Sir Richard had almost lost the fight |
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| But he fought back, killing the enemy Man at Arms into the bargain |
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| And then slaying Sir Wilfrid! The Master Archer meanwhile had finally woken up and started shooting folk |
A fun-packed 30 minutes and thanks to Mardigan for the idea! This could easily be expanded to include mounted figures.
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| Red's General is a bad loser |
Wow! This a game on a VERY SMALL footprint.
ReplyDelete6 inch square! I haven't made a bigger board yet for the Fast play Game!
ReplyDeleteI think having units in close combat enter the same square solves a lot of the issues I had keeping track of combat in my game! It expands the board as well, and prevents archers from firing into melees without hitting their own troops. Genius! I may steal your unit list from the top, it is much more sophisticated than mine (and easier to read). Thanks for the shout-out!
ReplyDeletePlease do use it - it's a mix of your ideas and mine for the Fast Play PW after all!
DeleteAnother great addition to the fast-growing FP3x3PW concept!
ReplyDeleteI’ve wanted to see a skirmish version of the original PW game, and you’ve developed an excellent 3 x 3 version that could easily be used on a bigger board.
All the best,
Bob
I think the SP value works as well for a single man as it does for a unit in the PW so really you've written a Skirmish game already Bob!
DeleteI like this idea a lot and will be giving it a try.
ReplyDeleteCheers Mark. Perhaps we should have a whole Blog for the FP PW??
DeleteAnother inspiring game. I will definitely have to try this with my 2mm forces (a big little battle if you will). I feel if you do another luncheon game you may need to provide more info on the soup situation!.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mr Sprinks. A soup update may have to be added to the side-bar...
DeleteGreat fun game , l really ought to have a go at the three by three. I’m quite fancying a go at skirmish PW too
ReplyDeleteThanks Tradgardmastare. I think there's loads of scope for rules for Skirmish PW - Bob could probably produce another Book!
ReplyDelete"Little man, I am going to eat you!"
ReplyDeleteSounds like it worked.
The game worked right up to the point when the wee timorous beastie joined the fun; fortunately the battle was done.
DeleteThis system works really well for a skirmish game with many uses imho.
ReplyDeleteI agree Joe, especially for this sort of fight with little maneuvering
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