Given that Friday is the 93rd anniversary of the end of WWI, the offer of a WWI game for that night's Abingdon Wargames Club meeting seemed appropriate. It would also be a chance to try out a new ruleset for that period, A Bloody Picnic, using a meeting enagagement basic scenario included with the rules.
However, an understanding of these rules seems to be elusive at the moment. Hopefully, they will click into place once play commences on Friday night. If not, Squarebashing by Peter Pig may be employed (whilst a start has been made on forces for Through The Mud & Blood, they are nowhere near ready).
This does raise the question of how set some of us might be when it comes to trying out new/innovative/'different' rule sets. Even before playing, I've taken on board various Peter Pig rules like Patrols In The Sudan and Squarebashing, lapped up Too Fat Lardies rules aerial and terrestrial alike and had an inside-view of 7TV's development, so why hasn't A Bloody Picnic clicked?
Clearly a prescription of regular gaming with these rules is required, to be repeated as necessary.
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