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Miniatures Adventure => Medieval Adventures => Topic started by: olicana on September 25, 2021, 03:42:52 PM

Title: TtS battle report with knobs on
Post by: olicana on September 25, 2021, 03:42:52 PM
I don't do this that often but, this is a battle report as I think most should be done. And I'm as guilty as the rest in not doing them this way almost all of the time, because frankly they take a lot of time to do.

Words, pictures, move by (half) move diagrams. Hope you enjoy the effort.

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ez9oNAlyz-0/YU2qFUIHKjI/AAAAAAAAPmU/-HYlQ5TLEiAx7PvCFzaUZfb-PJj1jHRjgCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/IMG_3994.JPG)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Au5BxZiVRMI/YU2x6C9MdQI/AAAAAAAAPmk/Yn7GtuqA5LQUh6x8UjC0X6jclmgM3WwxgCNcBGAsYHQ/w640-h368/Crusades%2Braid%2Bgame%2B2.png)

Link to rest: http://olicanalad.blogspot.com/2021/09/a-stream-runs-through-it-solo-game.html (http://olicanalad.blogspot.com/2021/09/a-stream-runs-through-it-solo-game.html)

James

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Post by: SJWi on September 25, 2021, 05:31:16 PM
Olicana, lovely looking game and super write-up of a game using my favourite ruleset. TTS has been a real life-saver for our gaming group as we managed to keep going during lockdown as it worked just great over Zoom. Our slightly less impressive results are recorded on the blog of Black Wolf Wargames in Hitchin, Hertfordshire.
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Post by: fred on September 25, 2021, 06:22:25 PM
Great write up of a great looking game!
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Post by: OB on September 26, 2021, 11:55:07 AM
A lively and very Crusadey game.  It looked great too.
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Post by: Marine0846 on September 26, 2021, 05:01:48 PM
Great looking game.
As I was reading and looking I said to myself,
"where did James purchase all the water terrain?"
Well I went back to a earlier post, it was made by him.
Well done.
The battle report was fun to read.
Thanks for posting.
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Post by: olicana on September 26, 2021, 06:21:05 PM
Thank you for your kind words.

I like to make as much of my own terrain as I can. Because I'm cheap and prefer to target my cash at things I can't make.   ;)

Link to making the stream, a step by step guide:

http://olicanalad.blogspot.com/2021/09/stoney-banked-stream-step-by-step.html (http://olicanalad.blogspot.com/2021/09/stoney-banked-stream-step-by-step.html)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vZjnfWF7MCI/YUdeBzvBPkI/AAAAAAAAPlM/QyflmIQysrQwmIvUBM3W0Rwg7l3fXfF9wCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_3982.JPG)
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Post by: LCpl McDoom on October 05, 2021, 12:04:47 AM
Amazing articles, really inspiring stuff, and many thanks for providing all of this and sharing it.

I'm very new to TtS, so a lot of of your writing has provided good instruction to me. Looking forward to trying out some solitaire games to get a grasp on the rules. 
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Post by: Harry Faversham on October 05, 2021, 08:15:25 AM
I don't do this that often but, this is a battle report as I think most should be done. And I'm as guilty as the rest in not doing them this way almost all of the time, because frankly they take a lot of time to do.
James

Nail on head there James, I love reading 'em, but never thought to contribute!
These days I do an AAR on all our games, more for myself than anything. I'm glad I did as my wargame opponent of over 40 years passed away recently. I can relive many a happy moment rereading our old battle reports. I've taken to putting the dafter ones on the relevant sub forums. It's got me a bit of bother now and then, but most seem to take 'em as the bit of fun they're meant to be.
The way you write your AARs is very inspirational, look forward to seeing more, when you get the time!

:)
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Post by: has.been on October 05, 2021, 08:33:18 AM
Thanks for posting & yes they are a lot of work.
I cheat & put up some pictures & some overview,
but not the whole story, mea culpa. :-I
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Post by: Frostie on October 07, 2021, 06:33:41 PM
Looking forward to reading this on your blog
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Post by: MGH on October 08, 2021, 02:21:43 PM
His blog, like his AARs, is fantastic.
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Post by: Eric the Shed on October 08, 2021, 04:27:34 PM
great report - thank you for sharing
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Post by: Tordenkuglen on October 11, 2021, 09:30:07 AM
Great report, Im curious to the graphics what did you use for that ??
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Post by: bigredbat on October 12, 2021, 08:00:38 AM
Yes I'm also impressed with the graphics.
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Post by: BZ on October 12, 2021, 08:25:39 AM
Awesome looking game!
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Post by: olicana on October 18, 2021, 10:52:04 PM
MS paint for the graphics. I spent a little time doing the squares and a few 'master terrain patterns' to go in them. Did a few 'master unit blocks', then just cut, moved, pasted, rotated as thing went on. Simple software, if a little time consuming.

The initial squares were done by drawing an X with line, then putting a box over it - the X tells you when it's square. Then remove the X. Then copy and paste a few boxes next to each other, then copy the strip and paste, copy the larger block of squares and paste, etc. until you have a block of squares the right size. Keep this saved as Table Blank (so that you can bring it up whenever you need it in future) then immediately save it again named as the battle - don't just use the original, you'll kick yourself. All plain sailing from there.
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Post by: bigredbat on October 19, 2021, 05:23:37 AM
Most impressive! Didn't expect that.
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Post by: Tordenkuglen on November 04, 2021, 01:15:51 PM
thankyou, I hoped for some recommendation of some software for doing Bat reps, something NOT time consuming, but still very impressive indeed