"Battle of Rolica 1808 - Carnage & Glory" Topic

Hi all
I've posted a report of a game we played today using a scenario created to capture the events at Rolica in 1808.

This is the first time we have used Carnage and Glory and they played very well. We really enjoyed them.

I have posted a copy of the scenario with the game report

jjwargames.blogspot.co.uk

Jonathan

Looks good! I'm interested in your thoughts regarding the rules as I've thought about them but am unsure whether they would slow things. Did you need a dedicated umpire to do the PC or did one of you do it?

Cheers
Jon

Hi Jon,
I must admit I had similar concerns as yourself, and as you will see on my blog I have modelled this scenario around Napoleon at War so I can play a paper based rule set with those players who want to roll dice.

We started the game yesterday at 1030, stopped for lunch at 1300, started playing at 1400 and finished 1630 completing 11 moves. As a player all you need concentrate on is moving and fighting your troops. As the umpire and computer operater, I had the fun of observing the game, knowing what damage was being done and occasionally surprising people with information. One of the guys stepped in to run things as I went off to prepare lunch.

So my advice would be to have a go, I think you'll be pleasently surprised. I am now planning to run a demo game at a local show next month using these rules now I have confidence in their playability.

The computer is able to run a far more in depth simulation than any paper based rule set could hope to match, simply because it can manage more informnation than most players are prepared to crunch through. These rules do that in a very player friendly manner and don't slow the game in any way. If anything I would say they speed up the whole affair.

Thanks mate; how did it compare for playability with your previous run through of Rolica? We usually have an umpire so it sounds lime it would work.

I agree the only way to do it is to have a go…..:)

Cheers
Jon

Napoleon at War is a very playable set of rules and we got through 11 moves at a club game in a similar amount of time. I umpired both games and comparing the two, I would say that Carnage & Glory was the easier playing game in that the brain cells required less effort in making sure we were playing the system the right way.

Both games were close run and good fun and I would be happy playing either rule set.

Jonathan