Saturday 2 January 2021

Back of a post it rules and the battle fought

 Here are the rules l used for my syw game, written on the back of a post it some years ago -

Brief but covers the essentials. Anything else was diced for if necessary. The game was a hard fought one with the Austrian Army retreating in the end . Here are the photos-










18 comments:

  1. Back of postcard rules are best - and the low light is very atmospheric ...

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    1. Quite agree re rules. The table is in a room with limited artificial light so the photos and their atmosphere rely upon the prevailing weather. It turned out fine after all.

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  2. Tradgardmastare,

    An excellent set of very brief rules (after all, what else does one really need?) and a wonderful set of photos. The battle looks as if it was being fought during the twilight of a winter’s day.

    All the best,

    Bob

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    1. Briefer the better indeed. The look of the thing has worked well .

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  3. The simpler the better! Any set of rules that allows the players to concentrate on battlefield tactics rather than calculating the maths of victory has to be a winner.

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  4. Alan;
    Wonderful looking game and I agree about the rules. I have a set of FIW/AWI/War of 1812 skirmish rules on a 4x6 Index Card.

    Great stuff, as always.
    Eric

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  5. Nice game, like the simple rules

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  6. Excellent pics! Looks nice and wintery, with changing light conditions even.

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  7. I am trying to get a wintery feel with all this.

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  8. Very nice, atmospheric pictures. I can almost feel the snow fall. Happy New Year! Karl

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