Hi,

I hope everyone on this list is in good health and, those that can, are profiting from this unusual situation.

I have brushed off the dust from a set of WWII naval rules that I started to write a couple of years ago.?

What I need is some volunteers to play test the game. I just need to write them up a bit,

Also I need a name for it. I plan to use the same system for the First World War. If I do I was going to call them 'There is something wrong with my bloody dice today'

Chris

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All sound ideas above. Since you’re planning a very small engagement you may want to consider buying the twenty or so figures you need. There was a scenario in one of the older?specials about a rescue of a female captive but I can’t recall the exact details. You may be able to scale it down for your needs. Have fun.?

I was having a think about something similar to this since listening to the Oddcast the other day covering solo games.

I had an idea that there were a range of reasons why a small detachment might want to enter a church.? The brass bells might be needed for recasting into cannon. A valuable artefact is hidden there, hostages may need to be rescued, a spy with vital information took refuge hidden among the deserters. One of the deserters is married to a woman with influence at court, and she has persuaded the Duke that he was innocent of wrongdoing and needs rescuing (as a twist, you could make him a prominent leader among the deserters).

Or one side in British uniforms may not actually be British...? ?and if they were, then deserters must be rounded up for punishment. One option might be for example to have a third force of British military intent on killing the deserters, but another British force needs them alive as one holds a valuable secret. A lot would depend on just what figures you have available (priests, friars, civilians, guerrillas, etc.)

Put together some characters that make sense from the character generation tables, assign them a side, and a motivation, generate some random objectives and draw them at trigger points in the game. Don't be scared to jury-rig it for the sake of the narrative before the game starts.

I'd be interested to know how you go. And I'm reminded of why these days, I like to build both sides.

Doug

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Subject: [TooFatLardies] Solo Sharp Practice

Hi all,

I've been having the conundrum of only really owning one army for each game I play, making solo games impossible (I can't do paper stand-ins, I'm allergic.) I did just have a brainwave about my Sharp Practice British though, why not play a mission with deserters vs regulars in the peninsula.

I have enough to do a small game maybe a skirmish in a village or something similar. For example rescuing a captured officer from the deserter's camp in an abandoned village, working with maybe a couple of groups per side or very small forces. What's the best way of injecting a bit of narrative into the game?

I'll use the minor character and sentry rules for the initial set up so I suppose I really need to figure out who has what in terms of figures and give it a bash. The only thing I'm missing is an Elizabeth Hurley miniature, but we can't win them all.

Does anyone have any ideas or tips on making a good scenario around very small / TV drama style actions? Might as well chuck in a bit of dueling of course ;)

Cheers,
Pete

This was my first attempt at doing a Sharp Practice game via texting.? The scenario was set on Martinique and part of our Sugar Islands campaign.? It would be the 3rd game on that island and I was using the recently posted Encounter with Maroons by Stuart Insch as its basis ?
For a full AAR and loads of pictures go to my flickr site:

15mm minis and Sharp Practice 2 rules.

Mark