Little Battles 2024

[dwkay57]

In what is probably the nearest you will get to a historical match up by me  ...

...my Greeks from Thebes took on a mid-western Persian satrapy. Perhaps it wasn't that historically accurate after all, but a fun and close battle.

Short report below and longer report for those wanting the full excitement on my website.

[Keraunos]

Thank you for an enjoyable report.

[CarlL]

David
Another excellently illustrated AAR
CarlL

[dwkay57]

Wandering back out of the sunset, bigger but probably no better....

The first battle in the Principia was between my three Celtic British tribes and some Romans.

There are lots of advantages to having a bigger table, but one of the disadvantages is that it is difficult to get the whole table in shot at one go. As you will see from the attached report.

More detailed and longer report available on my website.

[CarlL]

David / dwkay57,

Wow! What a tabletop. Love your battle-report style. Excellent and great link we can all enjoy.

Was it just my eyesight or were some pages (3-5?) darker than others?

OK, I know these are tiny men, but a close up of a victor or two or of a combat would be good to insert (IMHO).

CarlL

[dwkay57]

If you've ever been to Maldon you will know that when the tide slurps (as opposed to rolls) in the on-shore breeze brings with it dark clouds, salty rain and squawking seagulls. As it ebbs, the sun tends to come out again along with the smell of fresh squelchy mud.

Alternatively, I could have forgotten to switch the lights on or stood in front of the window and blocked the light.

If you look at the detailed report on my website, there are some more detailed or close up photographs on the longer battle report.

[Imperial Dave]

And awesome it is as ever Dave

[dwkay57]

Two of my poorest performing armies were pitted against each other in a bit of a scenario encounter in my latest solo battle.

It turned out to be a bit of nail biting battle for the two commanders.

[Imperial Dave]

nice report David and the annotations to the diagrams very useful

[CarlL]

Great link (to battle 128)

EXCELLENT terrain.

Very well presented report too.

It all has the feel of a mini campaign or linked skirmish and battle engagements on a grand tactical frontage.
Is this just my imagination (led astray by the small scale troops) or a plausible reflection on what seems like a very grand tactical engagement?

Remind me, please, David, what rules are you using?

CarlL (king of memory loss!)

[dwkay57]

Thanks for the feedback Carl, glad you are enjoying the reports.

I think the best description is a "grand tactical engagement sometimes within a plausible scenario". Hopefully, over 2025 I'll re-investigate and undertake another campaign, probably using JGL' mechanisms as the basis in a similar way to the Greek campaign that featured in Slingshot way back in about 2018ish. In the short term now that I have a larger playing surface (with no real world time limits), I'm probably going to focus on recreating some of my earlier larger battles that were either too cramped or had to be abandoned early.

In terms of the rules, I have written my own ones. The link below provides some information on how they work. The pages probably need a bit of an update to reflect latest modifications but are still probably OK.
https://veryverylittlewars.wordpress.com/the-rules/

[Prufrock]

David, I enjoyed that game you ran for virtual participants a couple of years ago. If you ever felt like doing something similar again, I would be very keen to participate.

[dwkay57]

Now that the Principia is operational doing some more hosted battles is on the agenda for 2025. As I will be able to leave the battle in progress it should mean that participants won't be rushed into responding and lead to a more relaxed process. I'll be in contact when I'm ready to go!

[Imperial Dave]

That should be a great help David