As I began to read the book I was soon tempted to get some Horse and Musket figures on the tabletop. So my very generic Napoleonic Spencer Smith figures were lined up for a game using a One-Hour Wargaming variant I am currently playing around with. As I work my way through the Charge rules it will be interesting to see if some of the ideas work their way into the OHW variant I am using.
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Charge / OHW / Spencer Smith, what a great combo :-)
ReplyDeleteYes, I was certainly enjoying myself.
DeleteA classic, for sure!
ReplyDeleteSo true.
DeleteAn excellent choice of rules.
ReplyDeleteI have some Napoleonic amendments on my blog if you are interested.
https://ilkleyoldschool.blogspot.com/2019/08/charge-rules-napoleonic-amendments.html?m=1
Thank you and I will check out your amendments.
DeleteGreat buy, I hope you enjoy as much as I did/do. This was a seminal purchase for me from a secondhand bookshop in Salisbury more years ago than I care to remember. It is a treasured possession and I've since bought reprints to minimise the wear and tear of gaming usage. It was 'spirit' of the gaming that the book encapsulates so wonderfully that fired me up to go Old School and do my own Spencer Smith armies. Their first foray, a Blasthof refight, is posted on the Spencer Smith site. My armies are much larger now and I refought Blasthof again back in April this year and still enjoyed it immensely - I think it was the first time I've actually won that one! The SSM choice was also reinforced by all the pictures in Charles Grant's The Wargame which I borrowed almost permanently from the library in my schoolboy days.
ReplyDeleteThank you and I have read the Blasthof refight on the Spencer Smith site, most enjoyable.
DeleteThe latest refight appears on Hinton Spieler's blog.
DeleteGreat purchase Peter!
ReplyDeleteThank you an unexpected purchase, and I am very pleased to get an original version.
DeleteThat book's a really good read. Obviously you've got to have the Wargame as well.
ReplyDeleteI am certainly enjoying what I have read so far.
DeleteOne of my first wargame rule books and the only one I still use occasionally. The deign philosophy comments scattered through it have been even more influential that the actual rules, esp given the practical experience of the authors on top of their research.
ReplyDeleteAgree, those snippets of knowledge are a joy to read.
DeleteI agree, a classic and very inspirational, even though I tjhink I have only once played a game using these rules.
ReplyDeleteI am certainly enjoying reading the book and the elementary game looks interesting.
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