The Pointy Stick thread

[Jeremy]

BP has solved a lot of the irregular movement by being able to use your senior commander to re-roll

[levied troop]

That does suggest BP has some underlying problem. I can see senior commander’s being used to urge men to move on the pointy stick era, but by the time of bang sticks weren’t there junior commanders there to do that sort of thing, intrinsic to the unit, and the SC was used rather more exceptionally? Broad generalisation I know.

[Purple]

I think the movement friction is the best thing about the game.

[goat major]

I'm not a great fan. It's Warmaster basically and although it creates unpredictability it doesn't feel like it's grounded in any sort of reality.

[Jeremy]

That does suggest BP has some underlying problem. I can see senior commander’s being used to urge men to move on the pointy stick era, but by the time of bang sticks weren’t there junior commanders there to do that sort of thing, intrinsic to the unit, and the SC was used rather more exceptionally? Broad generalisation I know.

The junior commander has a go, and if he duffs it, daddy steps in. Temper, in BP, daddy is a division commander

[Jeremy]

I'm not a great fan. It's Warmaster basically and although it creates unpredictability it doesn't feel like it's grounded in any sort of reality.

Definitely. I only play it because it’s what the club plays. I want to have a go at either General D’armee or Over the Hills

[goat major]

I think I quite like the GDA staff Officer mechanism. Would be interesting to see how it plays in reality

[grizzlymc]

I describe black powder as Warhammer 1.8k

[tim.w]

although it creates unpredictability it doesn't feel like it's grounded in any sort of reality.

Like EB's SatNav.

[Essex Boy]

See what I mean?

Minding me own business and then BOOM. 'How d'yer like those apples, EB'.