Koenig Krieg

People outside the hobby often ask when I come back from a game if I won or not.  I always say yes as it is a win to actually have a game to play, better still if you get some of your figures on the table that you have invested time, love and money in, and yes, if lady luck has been kind with the dice, that is a win too.

This week at the club was something different.  Using Simon's lovely 28mm SYW (or so imagined) figures in a game of Koenig Krieg using the original 1985 ruleset.  They seemed strangely familiar to me, but I can't see how, except that maybe it was just the style of 1980's rules.  Some things reminded me of Napoleon's Battles, again, not sure why (although looking at the rules, the basing is similar), and comparisons with Bruce Quarrie's rules were also made by some on the team, again not sure as the rules for KK were quiet different (as far as I can remember Quarrie's Napoleonic rules which I used a lot back in the day).

Apart from the beauty of the figures, the game was mainly a battle to learn the rules.  All four of us looking up and discussing what was meant etc.  Not that they were overly complex, just new, or at least new to us.  We also had the joy of using rules made for 15mm with 28mm figures and had to adjust things on the fly to stop retreating troops fleeing off the table (having just doubled distances and not realising the impact this would have).

It will be interesting to see what the new 4th Edition is like.  There is also a version of Napoleon's Battles for the SYW that can be found in this group: https://groups.io/g/napsbattles).

Here are some pics form last night's play through.

The artillery in Simon's collection has both limbered and umlimber options.

Some imagined French lancers,

lovely flag.

The Prussians.

I was trying to angle this to remove the nontable background 

Obviously failed, but needed to keep it in to show the flags flying proud.

Trying out the cavalry combat.

We had a big discussion on what constituted a charge.

Decided counter-charge is not a charge

and felt this was confirmed in the rules. 

View from the other end of the table.

Hard to spot, but there are no bayonets.

Apparently they had been removed and replaced by pins.

Ouch (in many ways)

Pins had to go in order to save fingers.