Hello There! I recently attended a club night at the New Buckenham Historical Wargamers Club. It was a busy night with a good turn out. Two games were on and a third was being prepared for the following day.

The game I was involved in was these rules. I was a bit apprehensive at first as they were entirely card driven, (a situation that usually make me go cold), no dice throws and no measuring.

Here is a view of the overall table. The table is divided up into grid squares. Here all the terrain is 600mm x 600mm squares so this is easier to imagine. Four squares to each tile. Units occupy a square. In some situations more than one unit can occupy the same square. Units draw a card to decide if they can move. Initially a card is drawn to see if the unit, (or the brigade on the first move), and the size of the number on the card gives an idea of the chances of subsequent moves. If the next card is less than the previous card, then that brigade can no longer move until the next move.

The pack of cards are two sets of normal playing cards with the picture cards removed.

This was the battle for today. Part of the seconds Barons War and not readily known.

The Scots side was particularly well painted. There was also no need to put the units into smaller base sizes and so each unit was on a single base. This would probably prevent damage to the pikes.

At the same time a table was being prepared for the tournament game which would be held on the Saturday.

This included many bystanders who would also be present on the day.

Lastly a Spanish Civil War game in 20mm.

The first game went really well. While I cannot attest to the historical accuracy of the game, because I have little knowledge of the period, the game had a smooth flow and the rules were easy to pick up with guidance of Nick, who was familiar with the rules.