{"id":1379,"date":"2012-08-27T00:21:12","date_gmt":"2012-08-27T00:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=1379"},"modified":"2012-08-27T00:21:12","modified_gmt":"2012-08-27T00:21:12","slug":"first-play-test-of-lsnc-fantasy-ancients-and-medieval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=1379","title":{"rendered":"First Play Test of LSNC: Fantasy, Ancients, and Medieval"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Dave<\/a>
Dave Wood and his futile evil attempt to defeat the forces of good<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yesterday, Chris, Dave, and I ran our first play test of Look, Sarge, No Charts: Fantasy, Ancients, and Medieval (LSNC: FAM) rules. \u00a0We were assisted by Tommy. \u00a0As this was our first test of the rules, we hadn’t even had time to affix the data labels to the bases.<\/p>\n

\"Tommy<\/a>
Tommy advancing his dwarves into the village<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I built a point system for the game. \u00a0We don’t intend these for tournament play; however, fantasy is so broad that we felt a point system was needed in order to give game masters a first-order approximation of the “value” of forces in order to help design interesting scenarios. \u00a0For this game, we basically just used the point system to total the points for the forces we have painted. \u00a0It turns out that a good player’s worth of figures was about 1000 points. \u00a0The play test helped us refine the point system a bit, but considering that this was our first game and the first use of the point system, the forces were surprisingly well balanced, and the scenario turned out to be very even.<\/p>\n

\"My<\/a>
My valiant eagles engaged in melee with Chris' skeleton lances and chariots<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Most of my forces are from two Games Workshop Battle of Five Armies sets. \u00a0Those two sets allow you to create a lot of units of Eagles. \u00a0I added a set of Eureka Miniatures elves riding on eagles. \u00a0It turned out to be a formidable force. \u00a0We are going to increase the point cost for flying units. \u00a0Despite their very light armor, and the fact that skeletons have better protection against edged weapons (like eagle talons), my eagles were able to defeat the skeletons after several turns of fighting.<\/p>\n

\"Discussing<\/a>
Discussing an important rules issue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For this first play test, we kept the group small. \u00a0This allowed us to stop and make changes along the way. \u00a0It worked well enough that we think our next game can be at a club meeting. \u00a0In early play tests in which you are making changes on the fly, it is counterproductive to have a large group. \u00a0Four players were the right amount.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>
A long shot of the table toward the beginning of the game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We were happy with the overall look of the battle. \u00a0This picture is from near the beginning of the game. \u00a0While most of my figures are Battle of Five Armies, you can see my “tree trolls” from Eureka Miniatures in the foreground of this picture. \u00a0Eureka has some nice 10mm fantasy figures.<\/p>\n

\"High<\/a>
High elf cavalry moving to fall on the rear of the forces of evil<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This picture is from late in the game when Tommy’s high elf cavalry had worked its way around the flank of the evil forces and were preparing to fall on their rear.<\/p>\n

I am still working on getting the Napoleonic rules written and off to the publisher. \u00a0I have to be careful not to get too distracted by this new project. \u00a0I hope to have the Napoleonic book written by the end of September so they can be released in time for the HMGS East Fall In convention. \u00a0That means we’ll probably be ready to start public play tests of LSNC: FAM by Cold Wars in March 2013. \u00a0Keep your eyes out for them!<\/p>\n

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