"Terrible Sharp Sword rules for Fenian raids?" Topic
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Glengarry5 | 15 Feb 2014 2:30 p.m. PST |
With the upcoming release of the 1860's British/Canadians I was thinking of picking up the Terrible Sharp Sword/Sharp Practice rules for the Fenian raids. I was wondering if anyone who's played the rules would think they would be a good fit? I was also hoping to adapt the rules to a slightly larger scale, 1 figure equals 10 men. Has anyone else done that? Thanks |
epturner | 15 Feb 2014 4:48 p.m. PST |
I would use Brother V Brother or The Gettysburg Area Gamers evil combination of BvB and TSATF that Bill uses for the FIW modified for Ridgeway and the other Fenian actions. Eric |
sjwalker38 | 16 Feb 2014 3:56 a.m. PST |
TSS would work very well for your needs, both in terms of the period in covers (troop classifications, tactics, weapons etc) and allows you to scale up very easily – in fact, there are "big battle" rules in TSS that allow precisely that – "Big Men" become Captains and Majors rather than Lieutenants and Sergeants – so the battle of Ridgeway would have about 80 figures per side. Have you played SP/TSS before? It takes a bit of preparation, making up the card decks that are the core of the game, but it's time well spent (plenty of versions to be downloaded via the TFL Yahoo Group) and half the fun is having a period-specific set of cards, with unique random events and character cards, such as O'Neill and Booker |
Glengarry5 | 16 Feb 2014 10:08 a.m. PST |
No, I haven't played any of the "Sharp" rules but I've read good things about them and saw the demo video. I've written a similar carded movement system for my Darkest Africa game. The rules looked intriguing, particularly the way they handle multiple sub units, platoons and squads. |
sjwalker38 | 16 Feb 2014 3:12 p.m. PST |
You'll find that TSS (which needs a copy of SP to play it, it is not a stand-alone ruleset) is much more clearly written in some parts than the original. The demo video is really helpful in understanding how the game mechanisms work, and it's worth signing up to both the TFL yahoo group and forum for good advice, downloads and lots of humour (don't be put off by the fact that 90% of the traffic there is currently about "Chain of Command"!) |
Buckeye AKA Darryl | 02 Sep 2015 10:55 a.m. PST |
And there is a place to chat about this in greater detail: link |
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