[Baron von Wreckedoften]

Nice to see the original “Men In Black” getting a decent run-out.  I’ve always felt that they got a raw deal image-wise, due to Mercer’s rather one-dimensional descriptions of them at Waterloo.  Their casualties across the three days of serious fighting – especially among the senior officers – reflect a serious determination to prove themselves worthy of their Duke and their nation.

I’m currently looking at an historically-based “Quatre Bras” Sharp Practice force which held the Anglo-Allied right flank for much of the 16th.  It will be composed of the half-battalion of  Avante-Garde light infantry in both formed and skirmish groups, backed up by small groups of attached lancers and hussars, and led by the Duke in person (the two companies of rifle-armed Scharfschutzen were detached into the Bois du Bossu from the start of the day, and so have been left out).

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[Baron von Wreckedoften]

Apologies – late to the party on this one, and most likely NOT what the original poster was looking for, but keen to put the word out for what I think is a fun ruleset.

As very much an “amateur” (and definitely not a talented one) in the field of naval wargaming – and then strictly limited to coastal warfare – I was reluctant to reply to this, until I noticed that the inestimable David Manley had chipped in on that front.  Now compared to him, I am seriously out of my depth (see what I did there?), but wanted to put in a vote for the Coastal Patrol rules from the Too Fat Lardies stables*.  They are very much a “beer-and-pretzels” rule set – if you want full-blown accuracy, the Manley sets are definitely the ones to choose, for this genre of game – but for a fun evening with a plausible result, CP does it for me.  I use the Cruel Seas 1:300 range of vessels from Skytrex (previously Warlord) and, apart from a Hunt Class destroyer, I try not to go bigger than R-boats and the like, in order to avoid the “punch-up in a crowded marina” look.  Incidentally, everyone I know who has tried Coastal Patrol and Cruel Seas prefers the former, as easier to play and generally “more fun”.

[* Published in the Too Fat Lardies 2011 Summer Special available from the shop on their website; there are also supporting “data” web pages for all sorts of vessels etc.]

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[Baron von Wreckedoften]

Napoleonic police series?  About time – there’s one for virtually every other era!

 

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[Baron von Wreckedoften]

Bain-marie, Rodders, bain-marie!!!

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