Hi,
I was curious if anyone has played Lasalle solo yet (aside from Terry1956 on TMP that is). I usually play card driven games rather than I go/You go games, but am quite keen to give Lasalle a go. If so how did it go, did you change anything, how did you control for bias.
Thanks,
John
Hi
Yes, I've played solo (I've also played card driven games). Like all solo gaming you have to just have a split personality and play both sides as well as you can. What does seem good (I've only played once so far) is that in Lasalle you're not having to make some decisions like opportunity firing/charges, issuing morale challenges etc.
I think the restricted number of turns and reserves having to dice to arrive could create some interesting situations that you won't have complete control over.
I became a little disillussioned with some card driven games because of the scale. At the same tactical level that Lasalle represents, I could see no realistic reason why individual batallions would do nothing even though they would be aware of most things that were happening in their sector of the battlefield. This sort of lack of control/confusion is best represented at the grand tactical level. Therefore, I don't think the greater control you have over your units in Lasalle is in any way unrealistic or unwelcome.
It seems to me that the secret of solo wargaming enjoyment is the unpredictable initial deployment and a scenario rather than just a "line'em up" game.
Kevin.
Hi Kevin,
Thanks for the reply, I also noticed that you have posted a small scenario AAR, I shall give it a go.
Many thanks,
John
ps. what card driven games have you played?
Wow!
I've just read Terry1956 on TMP. I'm speechless!
Also, as an experienced English teacher, I have some other serious concerns...
Kevin.
Yeah, that's a classic. I will never for the life of me understand the sort of stupid maliciousness that goes into things like that.
Brand new here. I will be picking up Lasalle shortly. I too am looking forward to gaming them solo. I am primarily looking to game the action at Plancenoit and Warve to begin with. Then maybe some large battles later on.
As for the TMP comments, they have some real "characters" there to be sure. I take them and their comments with a very small grain of salt.
Looking forward to reading the rules. Can't wait to hear more about Blucher as well. Congrats on the 2010 nomination Sam!
Hi I've posted a report here:
http://www.sammustafa.com/honour/forum/topic/solo-game-brits-versus-french
regards
Stephen
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