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Testing New Rules; Rebels and Patriots

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 Having spent the day running two practice games of Rebels and Patriots I think it might do.  It does not have the same qualities of Sharpe Practice but it is a solid system.  Maybe even an improvement over Lion/Dragon Rampant. The test games were with basic units and no terrain. The units were; 2 units of Skirmishes 1 unit Light Cavalry 1 unit Light Infantry 1 unit of Shock Infantry(grenadiers) 1 unit of Line Infantry To my surprise the Light Infantry on both sides had the best results.  On both sides the Light Cavalry took a beating. Fire was effective and there was not much melee combat. Red force won by driving the Blue force back and finally off the table. More work needs to be done but this may become a standard like the rest of Daniel Mersay's rules in our club.
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Rebels & Patriots

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  Okay, I think I may have changed my mine. Last night I was considering Sharpe Practice but I did something dumb. Before I want to bed I want over to my rules library to see if there were other options I had not considered. It turns out there was another choice. We all like the Daniel Mersey rules system and I had picked up a copy of Rebels and Patriots a few years ago. The plan was to use it for another era but looking through it made me think that it would work for Napoleonic battles. So here I am going to try them out.
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Just Planning

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 In the planning stage for some Napoleonic battles using Sharpe Practice.    
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Friendly Table Game Club; Regular 2nd Tuesday of the month meeting 3/18/25

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 Dragon Rampant Scenario: A Gentle Stroll A command must force it's way across the board.  A smaller force has to stop them. The defending force was 3 war wagons, 2 units if Elite knights and a unit of heavy infantry Trying to get across the board is 3 unit of auxiliaries, 2 units of light shooters, 2 units of elite infantry and an elephant. Each unit off the board is awarded points.  3 points for the elite infantry, 5 points for the Elephant and 1 point for all others. The war wagons started on the board blocking passes through the hills.  All the other defenders started of the board.  The defenders had the problem that they did not have enough units to cover everything and so had to choose where to go.  The attackers needed to find the path of least resistance.  In the end the defenders sent a unit of knights to the left side of the board and the other to the right.  With the heavy infantry sent to defend the center. The attackers choose to forc...
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FAIRY WARS

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 FAIRY WARS Using Dragon Rampant rules 4 monster spiders 2 units of hungry alligators 2 units of Dwarven bore riders 1 unit of Berserkers 2 units of Handguns 2 units of heavy infantry Pawpaw was the spiders and Olivia was the Dwarven commander. It what can only be an expression of the greatest courage of this generation the two units of riders rode out to what they surely believed to be their end.  They faced off against the spiders and with their last breathe were killing the foul beast. The riders weakened the spiders so when the Berserkers and heavy infantry came forward the spiders were to weak to stand against the brutal force the Dwarves could had out. A clear victory for the Dwarves
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Train Time

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30 years ago my wife and I bought our 5 year old son a Lionel O gauge train.  When he got married it left or house for his.  When I started war-gaming with "Lego Style" building blocks I began to see trains and thought about getting one.  This last Christmas I was given some money and the day after Christmas I found a "Lego Style" train half off and so I bought it.   The moment it came I knew I was hooked.  But it did have a few problems.  It had a manual     on/off switch  and speed controller.  I had seen that there were remote controlled train so I set about learning how to make my new train that way.  It was easy all you needed was a receiver and a hand held remote.  It did take some remaking the cabin to fit the receiver but I have been dealing with rebuilds for some time.   Next I had to put a connector on the front of the engine so I could use it as a pusher.   Today I got my second engine.  This...
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