Rules for ECW?

As some of you know, Simon Miller has been developing rules for the ECW using his To The Strongest rules format. He's going to be at the Partizan Show on 21st May, and he's putting on a demo game featuring the ECW, so if you're going to the show, come and take a look.

He's very kindly said I can join in, so please introduce yourselves if you come along. Also, Simon's games are participation games, so if you're looking for an ECW set of rules, come and have a look/go.

Best Wishes Dave

Hi,

Did have a large ECW project in 2013: Marston Moor:
marstonmoor54mm.blogspot.be/

Deived an ECW rule "About Cromwell" from previous developed rules. Converted a lot of figures, cerntainly to have Covenanters.

Dirk

Thanks Dave
Luckely for your wallet, there are only 8 figures in a unit ;-)
Now seriously, your kind words mean a lot to me, and it gives me pleasure I could make you enthousiastic about ECW. A conflict and period that has more dynamism and chalanges in it than a lot of wargamers think. For a 54mm wargamer, the biggest chalange is finding the right figures and a lot of converting.
If you would like to share battle reports ad pics, i’ll send you an authors invite.
Cheers
Dirk

Hi Anthony,

Impressed by your enthousiasm. Curious to know how your test will go. If you need advice, just give a sign. Also for you, if you would like to post battle reports in the Marston Moor blog, I'll send you an author invite.
Concerning dragoons: Most of the ones I made, are conversions with the torso of A Call to Arms musketeers with the lower part of Hät Napoleonic French dragoons.

The Convenanters: I made a conversion of metal figures and made models in silicone, and made the figures from two component resin. It was expensive and laborious. Wouldn't do it again.

I have taken a look on the web: there are soem alternatives: found a site making French WWI soldier heads with the Alpine barret, but they are epensive:
www.jonsmith-modellbau.com/products/132-54mm-single-heads/132-54mm-single-french-heads/

Also a site with metal heads:
www.langley-models.co.uk/acatalog/Toy_Soldier_Heads__54mm_.html

but here the casting isn't very good.

In a way I 'm surpised A Call To Amrs didn't make Scots, as they are such an import part in the War, and vital in the defeat of the king. You have also the campaigns of Montrose.
And with the latter, you can even use clansmen.

Cheers
Dirk

Hi Dirk,

I'm sure my trusty comrade Mike will take pictures of our game-we're playing on Monday evening at the Guildford club. My ECW figures are based differently from your rules (they are on individual 40mm square bases for foot and 40mm x 80mm for horse), but I actually prefer your basing system. if all goes well with the game I may well re-base my ECW and Napoleonics to your specifications.

I would love to have your opinion on different sizes of 54mm figures. I have an army of Hat Prussian line infantry and Landwehr. I recently purchased Call to Arms French line infantry as opponents but was dismayed to find that the CTA figures are much thinner and shorter than the Hat figures-so much so that I think they will look awful on the same table together. Does that sort of thing bother you or do you cheerfully mix and match?

Best wishes
Anthony

Hi Dirk,

Many thanks for your reply-using smaller figures as light infantry is pure genius!

Best wishes
Anthony

Hi. Just to let you know that I played the new To The Strongest ECW rules at Partizan last Sunday. Adapted by Andrew Brentnall, we used his fantastic collection of 10mm figures. It was a great game and Simon Miller is hoping to have them published later in the year.

They gave a great representation of ECW warfare. They obviously used the basic To The Strongest mechanisms, but with extras added on to give that ECW flavour. These included rules for using battalion guns and differences in the numbers of hits a unit could take depending on their training.

One really nice touch was the question mark counters placed by the units. As this was Edgehill, the first major encounter of the war, many units were untried in battle, so as this was their first encounter of battle, the markers were there to remind everyone that it was not clear how they would react to the battle.

So, when units came under fire or combat for the first time, they had to dice to see how they would react. If they picked a card (remember that TtS is card driven) that was equal to, or more than their saving role, they were deemed to be OK and fight the rest of the battle as normal.

If the unit drew a card that was less than their saving throw, they suffered from a bad reaction to the combat and were given a disruption counter.

A very nice touch I thought. As TtS uses a grid system, there is some scope for using these rules for 54mm gaming and they are well worth considering. They produced a great game and I would recommend them to any interested party.

The morning game was a marginal victory for the King (I played on Parliaments side!!!!!). The afternoon was a resounding success for Parliament (I played on the King's side!!!!!!)

Best Wishes Dave