Just after Christmas I woke up and decided that this was the year to start to sort things out and understand where I want to go, going forward with Wargaming.
What do I mean by this?
I have realised very slowly that I do a lot more planning, buying and painting than playing. That said I mean quality playing. Over the recent years I have fallen in to playing 2 evenings a week but only for a couple of hours at a time and ranging in size of 2 or 4 players. Therefore, more pop up games, Boardgames have appeared. I finally realised that this is not what I want.
So in January I wrote down what are my passions and desires. Don’t worry I am not going through them all now !
I think I have mentioned before that I got into Wargame at school. First gamecwas Napoleonics with our teacher playing out Waterloo with about 60 Hinchliffe miniatures a side but I was hooked. Later that week I remember two films coming on TV.
So back to the post. I decided that Napoleonics is still my first love. And I love big battalions! Therefore I have been busy rebasing my units and this week tested the game using an old set of rules (Playable Napoleonic Rules) on an unsuspecting audience. Within a few minutes one player stated he had never played Napoleonics or really knew anything about how best to fight with unit. What a sad life this individual must have had, out with girls and discos rather than watching Waterloo or even Sharpe.
Here are a few photos from the evening.
All agreed they liked the playability of the rules but all agreed that the I Go You Go approach is dated and may detract from the objective.
Like Baldrick, I have a cunning plan for tomorrow when a different gamer is coming along to play. Having been in the RHA I hope he will have an appreciation of Napoleonics!
The Think Tank 