Big Al

Hello,

It’s been a long time but I’m playing Black Powder again. This time with American Civil War miniatures. I got the supplement Glory Hallelujah (I’ll refer to it as “GH” here on out). It has left me with two questionable situations. Namely…

1. Is artillery canister range 6″ or 12″? There is a chart on page 55 of GH that shows canister at…[Read more]

Hello,

I got back into wargaming during the covid crisis in August 2020. I bought Black Powder rules and decided I would start with the first scenario in the back of the book on page 118. The Battle of Elixheim. It took me time to collect all the miniatures, paint them, make the battlefield, then find a space to play.

Last month the project…[Read more]

Here is a link to my blog where I have pics of my battlefield.

https://thetinsoldierguy.blogspot.com/2021/11/finally-elixheim-is-ready-for-battle.html

I wrote a post on my blog. Feel free to check it out and comment.

https://thetinsoldierguy.blogspot.com/2021/06/comparing-black-powder-to-field-of.html

In my latest blog post I put up a playsheet for 6mm miniatures using Black Powder/Last Argument of Kings rules and supplement for the War of Spanish Succession. Here is the link. I hope you’ll check it out.

https://thetinsoldierguy.blogspot.com/2021/06/black-powder-play-sheet-adjustments.html

Hello,

I see there are 2 kinds of heavy cavalry. There is one that gets a 1d3 modifier and another that gets just +1 modifier. Both these modifiers are applied the same way as I understand it, with the 1d3 modifier being better as it can become a +1, +2, or a +3. Yes?

The next question is where this modifier is applied. Is it to the “to hit”…[Read more]

Hello,

First time this happened to me today. I had a single infantry battalion in line formation charge and make contact with an enemy cannon and an infantry battalion. It is exactly like the example on page 63 of the BP2Ed rules.

So, here is the part I couldn’t figure out. I know that when attacked by two units a defender may divide up their…[Read more]

Hello,

I recently looked at another set of wargame rules that I’m comparing to Black Powder. What drew me to it was that it really creates the ambiguity of initiative in war that turn/phase based games don’t really capture. However, one of it’s drawbacks to me is its “pursuit” rules.

The game designer, a very nice man who always answers…[Read more]

Hello,

I designed my own markers for Black Powder rules. They are on 3/4″ round labels that you can print and put on a larger, 1″ plastic counter that I found online and at teacher supply stores. They normally come in 4 colors (red, blue, green, and yellow) but other colors are available.

You can find them on my blog post…[Read more]

Hello,

I played a 3rd solitaire battle. A leader was killed when the cavalry unit he joined was defeated in hand to hand combat. It took 4 casualties and had to retreat a move. The leader took 4 loss rolls and one of them was a 6. Therefore, the brigadier general is killed, wounded, or captured.

So, what I’m not finding in the rules is what now…[Read more]