Post by zuludon on Oct 20, 2022 4:05:31 GMT
I played my first game of Little Wars today. I invited three long time gaming buddies over to take part. Each player had two Britains 4.7 inch Naval Guns, sixty infantry and twenty mounted miniatures. I took Spencer CF's advice and put a lot of terrain and buildings out to interrupt the fields of fire. As per the rules, each side had five minutes to move or shoot their guns and move their troops and, in general, this seemed like more than enough time. I forgot to lessen the time as both sides lost figures. I missed the distinctions of having different historic regiments, but I was able to come up with my own narrative moments, for example: the Chasseurs Alpins capturing the Army Red battery or the Highland Light Infantry decimated trying to take the gazebo. We played to a conclusion in under two hours and then had bangers and mash for lunch. I wonder what H.G. had his cook serve his guests. Over all it was an interesting experiment, but I doubt I'll play it again, at least not before June 2023, the actual 110th anniversary of the book being published.
Oh, Army Blue won.
