One Hour Wargames - English Civil War by Wargaming World

[ruthgeorgeholt]

A lovely table covered with nice looking units. I always thought that 1-hour wargames were a little too simple based solely on reading the rules, but seeing them in play reveals the depth. Also, I will point out that the Blue regiment on the Parliamentarian side is carrying a flag from Prince Rupert's regiment. One can only assume it was captured in an earlier battle and is being used as a trophy...

[andymoore]

Watching the video for a second time the most interesting moment for me is at 19:50. Up until then it seems to be all a bit of a dice rolling 'slugathon' but a this point these delightfully simple rules redeem themselves by enabling thinking beyond just destruction of the enemy regardless of cost to oneself.
The withdrawal of the cavalry is a great example of 'campaign thinking' (seeing the wider picture) more recently advocated by this channel and the associated Facebook page.

[MegaSnegovichok]

It's interesting to see how this set of extremely simple rules simulates the ugly reality of ancient, medieval and even pike & shot period battles much better that any more detailed and "sophisticated" rules. Manoeuvres are difficult and only really possible before the first clash, units and divisions become virtually unmanageable when engaged, when a part of your line "cracks" and disappears, it usually spells a total disaster, cavalry is useless for attacking formed infantry, but is very good at finishing it off and attacking unprotected flanks. The downside, of course, that it makes all these battles a bit "boring" as a game... But so is real, not Hollywood-style, military history, in a way ;-)

[bradleydunlap]

Just found the channel and facebook group. I have had the rules and thought they might be too simple, but watching this has me excited to give them a go. There is a lot more too the rules than I had thought. Great videos keep up the good work.

[Vandelberger]

I’ve been fascinated with these older tabletop games, but there is really not a community in most of the US.

[raycarpenter]

I enjoy watching Your Ecw engagements..
Good looking figures, can I ask what manufacturer they are from ?

[Jezza_One]

I assume you can use these rules with multiple scales I have a lot of 15mm ECW troops.