Hmm, for ECW did you see last months Wargames Illustrated, they had a free ruleset Never mind the Matchlocks for armies around 100-150 models a side, it based off their War of the Roses Never Mind the Billhooks ruleset. It has an interesting way of tackling movement. - ThreadSky

lostone1980.bsky.social • 95 days ago

Hmm, for ECW did you see last months Wargames Illustrated, they had a free ruleset Never mind the Matchlocks for armies around 100-150 models a side, it based off their War of the Roses Never Mind the Billhooks ruleset.

It has an interesting way of tackling movement.

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biggles63.bsky.social•95 days ago

I’ve ordered Never mind the billhooks this afternoon to try it. Thank you

lostone1980.bsky.social•95 days ago

No problem 👍

pibasedlifeform.bsky.social•95 days ago

I have to put my oar in and wonder why you are so against not making a movement roll

It seems an essential part of any wargame that potentially a unit could fail to move because of failure to understand orders, not being ready etc etc etc

biggles63.bsky.social•95 days ago

It’s not the fact that a unit might fail, it’s the fact that it happens far too often (1in 9 on average and -in 36 for blunder) and when it does nothing else can then move. I find it very frustrating and it makes me angry. If it was 1 in a 100 I could live with it but the existing system is crap

pibasedlifeform.bsky.social•95 days ago

Fair enough!

lostone1980.bsky.social•95 days ago

Basically the Billhooks system players take turns moving one unit at a time, as many times as they want, but as soon as someone declares an attack or shooting the first phase of the game ends and then on it's more restricted with Commanders issuing units orders and card driven initiative.

lostone1980.bsky.social•95 days ago

It is always a case that whichever the model represented by the last undrawn card from the deck misses being used, so there's a slight chance of being frustrated in combat....

lostone1980.bsky.social•95 days ago

It's been a highly supported system in the magazine and by the publishers with a Hardback expanded rulebook built from the first free ruleset given away a couple of years ago with extra supplements, and variants published through the magazine, like Never Mind the Boathooks and Here's the Ruckus.

lostone1980.bsky.social•95 days ago

Here's the webpages for the current Never Mind The Billhooks.

https://www.nevermindthebillhooks.com/

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