The Rejects got together over the weekend for our first EVER game of Sharpe Practice.
As you may be aware, Lee and myself have been busy boys in painting up 2 huge armies for The Retreat from Moscow. Our plan is to put on a game of Sharpe Practice at the Broadside Wargames Show in June.
So a hell of a lot later than we wanted, we played our first game, it was rather delayed by the Battle Chronicles book taking all of our spare time. But a game was had.
It was a bigger game than what the rules usually cater for, but with a few amendments the game went ahead. What follows are just some of the photos I took of the action, as I kept forgetting to take pics while wiping the sweat off my top lip!!!
Boy those Rejects made me and Lee work!!!
The table top, from the French side
The French/Allied Army
The Russians
As we were testing the rules, we kept the game pretty simple.
The French deployment was 15 inches on the table while the Russians were 9 inches.
The French were defending the road in their centre, as the rest of their army were retreating through the woods and rough terrain.
We were running out of time and both me and Lee were flagging bigtime, at the start of the last turn, the French were on Force Morale 8 while the Russians on a very low 4. But some devilish shooting and melees they got the final score down to 2 each. So a draw was called, which tbh, I was a little gutted about.
We made loads of mistakes but learnt a lot. Another game is set for a few weeks time, with hopefully less mistakes and a drier top lip!
Great stuff, SP is a lot of fun! and you guys went big for your first time. :-) Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteWe did, perhaps a little too big for our first game?
DeleteGreat looking game Ray! I’ve only played a few games of SP but it always seems to take a lot of turns to get a result.
ReplyDeleteWe we're playing for around 6 hours, but stated perhaps a little too far away from each other?
DeleteSuperb looking game Ray, the table is lovely and good to see your troops on the table.
ReplyDeleteIt was great seeing some of the units on a big table, finally.
DeleteA great looking table Ray. We are currently half way through our first game of Sharp Practice and, for a seemingly simple set of rules, I have been surprised how many mistakes we have made along the way even though we have been extra careful. Most of them have been easily corrected though.
ReplyDeleteThere are lots of little bits and pieces to the rules, that you've gotta try and remember. I think if we played nothing but SP for the next few games, it'd all sink in. Trouble is all these little bits is what make the rules, so you need to try and keep them in tha game.
DeleteWell done, Ray. You finally got it on the table and it looked fantastic.
ReplyDeleteThat's looking amazing Ray!
ReplyDeleteLovely looking game Ray and Sharp Practice does have a learning curve in that it's easy to forget your options and when to apply them.
ReplyDeleteThat will be so cool when you do the show! Make sure there is an awesome group shot around the table. Well done, sir.
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