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Offline flags_of_war

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Getting Ready for Sharp Practice
« on: February 26, 2016, 02:45:12 PM »
Rich has posted details on how to get started with a force for the new Sharp Practice rules. Fingers crossed that the 23rd April (St Georges Day) goes ahead.

http://toofatlardies.co.uk/blog/?p=5457


Offline shandy

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Re: Getting Ready for Sharp Practice
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2016, 06:09:34 PM »
Sounds great! I like the idea of support options, especially the carts. I might have to paint up some more figures, up until now we've played SP with only 4-5 units a side. But who am I to complain about a reason to get more figures and stuff?  ;)

Anyway, I'm really looking forward to getting a hand at the new version. Who else is planning to get SP2, and do you have already plans or projects to go with it?

Offline flags_of_war

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Re: Getting Ready for Sharp Practice
« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2016, 06:56:52 PM »
Im starting off with French and Indian war. I then move onto War of 1812 and Napoleonic Pennisular war. AWI and ACW are another two interests for the rules.

Offline Elk101

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Re: Getting Ready for Sharp Practice
« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2016, 07:14:23 PM »
This sounds like it could be good for Napoleonics in 1812/13 Russia too?

Offline tomek917

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Re: Getting Ready for Sharp Practice
« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2016, 11:31:26 PM »
Oh, and I was excited before  :o

Time to rebase all those Waterloo french then...

Offline Malamute

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Re: Getting Ready for Sharp Practice
« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2016, 07:42:56 AM »
We used to play SP a lot usung it for the Alamo and Texas War of Independence. Am interested to see what changes are in the revised edition.
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Offline Sir_Theo

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Re: Getting Ready for Sharp Practice
« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2016, 08:15:44 AM »
I've got SP but I've never actually played it. The new edition sounds really good, time to resurrect my Napoleon project- looking forward to it 

Offline flags_of_war

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Re: Getting Ready for Sharp Practice
« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2016, 09:46:13 AM »
We used to play SP a lot usung it for the Alamo and Texas War of Independence. Am interested to see what changes are in the revised edition.

I don't have a list of the changes but from ive been told by the guys testing that the changes are really good. It takes the game up a level.

Offline NTM

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Re: Getting Ready for Sharp Practice
« Reply #8 on: February 27, 2016, 01:34:53 PM »
I have the original version and never played it as although good something didn't seem quite right. Hopefully the new addition will add that je ne sais quoi. ACW, Napoleonic and AWI for me.

Offline AWu

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Re: Getting Ready for Sharp Practice
« Reply #9 on: February 27, 2016, 10:18:24 PM »
I am currently on 2 units of ligne Infantry and one grenadier, I just have to find a way to combine spare pairs (each was 10 man strong in my 1st ed games) into new units.
I guess second grenadier and 3rd ligne unit will have an easier start.

I wonder how light infantry will work in Napoleonic period.

Offline Derek H

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Re: Getting Ready for Sharp Practice
« Reply #10 on: February 28, 2016, 09:48:13 AM »
There's an article about what's been changed for Sharp Practice version 2 at http://toofatlardies.co.uk/blog/?p=5382

Having played a few games as part of the playtesting I can say that it's all looking very good.  The rules streamlining has worked and you now have a set of rules which are really quite simple, but fun games which have lots of command decisions to be made.  


« Last Edit: February 28, 2016, 09:51:05 AM by Derek H »

Offline SteveBurt

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Re: Getting Ready for Sharp Practice
« Reply #11 on: February 29, 2016, 10:47:35 AM »
The original set is excellent - we've been playing through all the scenarios in the 'Compleat Fondler', a wonderful set of scenarios starting in India then mostly in Spain and finally ending at Waterloo (Fondler is a gentleman whose career is strangely similar to that fellow Sharpe). Great fun

Offline Aaron

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Re: Getting Ready for Sharp Practice
« Reply #12 on: February 29, 2016, 12:10:43 PM »
I have enough painted to play F&I and "pre-Napoleonics" (French and Austrians in Italy circa 1796). I'm looking at my unpainted piles of AWI and ACW to contemplate force lists now.

Offline gustav

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Re: Getting Ready for Sharp Practice
« Reply #13 on: March 01, 2016, 04:03:38 AM »
Bought the original, had trouble sorting the cards - went on shelf.  Looking forward to this revised edition with cards.
 

Offline Derek H

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Re: Getting Ready for Sharp Practice
« Reply #14 on: March 01, 2016, 10:19:35 AM »
Bought the original, had trouble sorting the cards - went on shelf.  Looking forward to this revised edition with cards.

New version will be playable with chips or cards and both will be available to buy when the rules are launched.  The cards will probably be limited to a single print run. 

 

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