Monday 19 April 2021

Culloden Using A Gentleman's War Rules

 I ran a Culloden game at my club (outdoors and all wearing masks) last Saturday. It was one day off from the 275th anniversary of battle. I was in a quandary as to which rules to use as, in the real battle, the odds were strongly stacked against the Jacobites. So I decided to try Howard Whitehouse's A Gentleman's War (AGW) because the card activation mechanic makes for greater uncertainty, which can be infuriating at times if one is used to more predictable game progression. As it turned out, between the card draws and very poor dice rolling by one of the Government players, the day was won by the Jacobites.

I wish to thank PMCD Mobilisatie, whose Culloden game video inspired me to paint 60 tartans and Dirk who sent me encouragement and spare parts.






















7 comments:

  1. It looks like it was a marvelous game! Your tartans are very well done!

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  2. Hi Nick. Marvelous to see this great end stage of your project. Nice to see the converted Caucasian warriors up front.
    For those who want to see the PMCD video : https://youtu.be/_CI9Ib4koVQ

    One remark: maybe find an alternative for the plastic ring on the figures.

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  3. Greetings all! This is an inspirational report in it’s own. My collection of Scottish badly needs more painting hours too. Your clans have convincing tartans and other highland gear. How did the Jacobites win this, what was their fact or luck that made it tip over to the favour or Prince ‘Bonny’.

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  4. Greetings all! This is an inspirational report in it’s own. My collection of Scottish badly needs more painting hours too. Your clans have convincing tartans and other highland gear. How did the Jacobites win this, what was their fact or luck that made it tip over to the favour or Prince ‘Bonny’.

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  5. Marcel, the Highlanders were very aggressive, as they should be, and had much better luck rolling their dice. For example, the rules include saving throws and when 4 Highlanders were hit by the Government artillery the Highland player was able to save all 4. The rules made the game very unpredictable. Normally, the Highlanders would have been blasted to pieces before they even reached the Government line.

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  6. A fine, fine looking game. Massively splendid as ever!
    Regards, James

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