Sharp Practice 2 Playthrough

[Lardy Rich]

Afternoon all.

We've been busy bunnies on Lard Island over the past nine months, working on the second edition of Sharp Practice.  We are now getting this ready for the printers so we thought you might be interested in a bit of a breakdown of play so you can see the rules for the first time, or see the differences if you are familiar with the first edition. 

You'll find the playthrough on Lard Island News, here:  http://toofatlardies.co.uk/blog/?p=5479


And here are some snaps of the game in play as we all like pretty pictures...







Cheers

Rich

[Gibby]

Fantastic! Very much looking forward to this!

[OSHIROmodels]

as we all like pretty pictures...

We do and they are 

Will be getting a copy at Salute. Who will be stocking it, do you know?

cheers

James

[Derek H]

Will be getting a copy at Salute. Who will be stocking it, do you know?

Richard has announced a release date of St George's Day (April 23rd) so it might not be available at Salute.  

[OSHIROmodels]

Fair enough 

cheers

James

[Lardy Rich]

No.  it won't be available at Salute as they wont be ready. 

Rich

[olyreed]

Just had a read through, very much looking forward to this. I will need to work on a Boshin war force lists though

[Malamute]

Looks interesting , I will definitely pick it up.
 It look s like  it's moving away from the character driven narrative of the original game?

[Captain Blood]

Looks interesting , I will definitely pick it up.

As long as it's still got the Tiffin card, that'll be fine and dandy...       

(Six fecking rounds standing there in the open getting shot to pieces and unable to move - not that I'm bitter... )

[OSHIROmodels]

As long as it's still got the Tiffin card, that'll be fine and dandy...       

(Six fecking rounds standing there in the open getting shot to pieces and unable to move - not that I'm bitter... )

That was such a long time ago I'm surprised that you remember...

 

[Malamute]

That was such a long time ago I'm surprised that you remember...

 

It clearly has had a lasting effect on him. 

Bad generals always blame the rules/dice/cards etc 

[AWu]

Very nice and very interesting. I like how flag mechanic works.
Pity mule train support was useless in this game as i wonder how it would work in practice.

[Derek H]

Pity mule train support was useless in this game as i wonder how it would work in practice.

There are random events that leave units short of ammunition or in need of water to clean out their muskets/rifles.  They operate at reduced effectiveness until they get their hands on some ammo or some water.  The mule train carries one dose of each.  

[Gibby]

As long as it's still got the Tiffin card, that'll be fine and dandy...       

(Six fecking rounds standing there in the open getting shot to pieces and unable to move - not that I'm bitter... )

That's why, by the looks of it, the new command flag cards/chips are so good - save up enough of them and when the Tiffin is drawn you can activate those units who have been unable to move thus far that turn. Great stuff. I love Sharp Practice but I too have felt the sting of a game where my cards just don't come up, and my men are a bumbling mess!

[shandy]

I love Sharp Practice but I too have felt the sting of a game where my cards just don't come up, and my men are a bumbling mess!

Haven't we all? Sometimes I feared I might be a secret masochist for liking Sharp Practice so much… 

I'm very much looking forward to this, the improvements sound really cool!