Rather more people than I anticipated said they'd give it a go and you can find the list of names and blogs HERE. I have done my best to track the overall progress each person has made in that post, but I thought I'd do a post like this each month so you can follow people in bite-sized chunks, as it were.
So here is January's progress update.
So here is January's progress update.
I have mostly been playing Galleys and Galleons this month. I had a spare slot in my list, bought the game at the start of the year and realised it was one I was going to enjoy playing. So I added it into the list. It was a good choice; I played the committed six games, and more, in just over a couple of weeks. Saying that, it's all I did manage in the challenge this month.
I think the sixth game I played - The Flight of the Ophelia Victrix - was my favourite, partially because it was a delightfully bonkers setup, and partially because I enjoyed creating the backstory that went with it.
I think the sixth game I played - The Flight of the Ophelia Victrix - was my favourite, partially because it was a delightfully bonkers setup, and partially because I enjoyed creating the backstory that went with it.
And how have other people been doing? Here's the list of participants with the games they have chosen, and links to what they have played this month. I have marked games which have been completed in red:
Kaptain Kobold - The Stronghold Rebuilt
1 - HOTT
2 - Neil Thomas Pike and Shot
3 - Black Powder
4 - Machinas
5 - DBA 3.0
6 - Galleys & Galleons
Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3 - Game 4 - Game 5 - Game 6
Pat G - Irr Wb (F)
1 - Ace of Aces Handy Rotaries
2 - B17 - Queen of the Skies (Actually I think this game has been dropped)
3 - Chain of Command
4 - D&D OSR
5 - Gruntz
6 - Space 1889: Soldier's Companion
Shaun Travers - Shaun's Wargaming With Miniatures
1 - Ancient Battlelines Clash
2 - Advance to Cover
Game 1 - Game 2
3 - Field Commander: Alexander
4 - Full Thrust
5 - Fall of Rome
6 - TBA
Ski - Ski's Wargames
1 - X-Wing
2 - Dystopian Wars
3 - Rubber and Lead or other homegrown rules
Game 1
4 - Starfleet Battles
5 - Miscellaneous
6 - MLB Showdown
Game 1
Brian Hamilton - By Brush and Sword
1 - Blucher
2 - Saga
3 - Blood Bowl
Games 1, 2 and 3
4 - Arena Rex
5 - Strange Aeons
6 - Fistful of Lead
Sean Gewecke - Sean's Gaming and Shooting Blog
Game 1
2 - Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear
3 - The Walking Dead: All Out War
4 - Kings of War
5 - Imperial Skies
6 - Memoir '44
Game 1
Michael S - ChicagoWiz's Games
2 - Ral Partha's Chaos Wars
3 - HOTT
4 - Book of War (D&D Skirmish game)
5 - One Hour Wargames
6 - DBA or Neil Thomas's Ancients/Medieval Wargaming
Martin Sheppard - Sheppard's Crook
2 - Ancient / Medieval Warfare
6 - DBR
Natholeon - Natholeon's Empires
1 - DBA 3.0
Game 1
Game 1
2 - Honours of War
Game 1
Game 1
4 - Lord of the Rings for Star Wars
5 - Crimean War Rules
6 - Broken Legions
Kevin Kearney - Warwell's Wargames
2 - Zirconia and Beyond (WISER Sci-Fi Rules)
Game 1
Game 1
3 - Lumbago (WISER Horse and Musket)
5 - DC Rivals
Game 1
Game 1
6 - TBA
Phil Saunders - A Game of Bones
1 - Black Powder
2 - Team Yankee (6mm edition)
3 - Blood Bowl
4 - Deadzone
5 - Rogue Stars
6 - TBA
Peter - Grid-based Wargaming
1 - One Hour Wargames (OHW) SciFi Variant
Game 1 - Game 2
2 - Galleys and Galleons
3 - Hundred Years War - Lion Rampant
4 - Dark Ages with Dux Bellorum
Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3 - Games 4, 5 and 6
5 - WW2 Naval (Pz8 rules)
6 - WW1 OHW
Sun of York - One Sided Miniature Wargames Discourse
1 - Impetus
Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3
2 - Saga
3 - Napoleon's Battles
4 - DBA
5 - Wings of Glory
Game 1
6 - Songs of Drums and Shakos (will also count Songs of Blades and Heroes).
Ricardo Nakamura - Fantalonia
1 - And a Bottle of Rum
2 - Clash on the Fringe
3 - Mercenary Air Squadron
4 - Morale Napoleon
5 - MOTH - The Ion Age
6 - Star Trader
Kenneth van Pelt - The Penny Whistle
1 - DBA
2 - Blue Max
Game 1
Game 1
3 - The Great War
4 - 54mm Collection
5 - Carrera GO Formula 1
6 - Rogue Stars
Games 1 and 2
Dan Foley- Last Stand at Cairngorm
1 - Chain of Command.
Game 1 - Game 2
2 - A Gentleman's War
Games 1 and 2
Dan Foley- Last Stand at Cairngorm
1 - Chain of Command.
Game 1 - Game 2
2 - A Gentleman's War
Game 1 - Game 2
3 - Sharpe Practice 2
4 - Saga
5 - Mad Dogs with Guns
6 - Lion Rampant (and variants)
3 - Sharpe Practice 2
4 - Saga
5 - Mad Dogs with Guns
6 - Lion Rampant (and variants)
As you can see, some people have cracked on and played lots of games, whilst others haven't troubled the scorer at all. Anyone who has managed three games during the month is on target; more than that and you are ahead of the game. Three of us have completed the challenge for a single game: myself with Galleys and Galleons, Nate with Clobberin' Time and Peter with Dux Bellorum.
I shall pick a few personal highlights, but encourage you to go and browse the rest of the games yourself.
I love to see people playing and reporting their own rules, and Shaun does a great job, with very detailed write-ups which explain the mechanisms in play. Here's his WWII game, 'Advance to Cover' in action.
What I like to see more than other people designing and playing with their own rules is people using rules I have designed. And Nate has done just that this month, with six games of my superhero rules, Clobberin' Time. This one not only has superheroes and villains, but also animated snowmen and dinosaurs. Perfect.
Finally, for this month, paper figures. On a grid.
A big thank you to everyone who has taken part. I have read every report posted, and enjoyed each of them in their own way. I'm looking forward to seeing what February will bring.
I've got a blog post covering my January games:
ReplyDeletehttp://bybrushandsword.blogspot.com/2017/01/2017-6x6-challenge-january.html
Thanks! I've updated the post accordingly.
DeleteThanks for taking the time to keep all this organized. I'm not sure you know what you got into when you made the original post.
ReplyDeleteIt has been great to join in the fun and play some games as well as reading about all the games others are playing.
I found that by regularly checking each of the participating blogs I can usually find the games being played. Then it's just a case of updating the original Runners and Riders post, and entering some numbers in a spreadsheet I'm using to track the monthly activity.
DeleteBut, yes, slightly more work than I was anticipating. The payoff is worth it, though.
Great work on updating the challenge. I added a new post on how my January went. To save you some time here's my 6x6 results.
ReplyDelete1 - Chain of Command.
Game 1 and 2
2 - A Gentleman's War
Game 1, Game 2
http://laststandatcairngorm.blogspot.com/
Thanks
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ReplyDeleteRogue Stars games one and two are completed and posted.
Next week I've got a game of Team Yankee lined up.
As for my sixth game which is still TBA it will either be Gangs of Commorragh or Frostgrave.
Thanks - I have updated the ongoing stats accordingly.
DeleteThanks for the effort for the update. I will attempt to keep my page updated better with my games and also more in the format you have above. I did play three games in January but have not yet posted the third one (so it never happened until you read it :-) ) so am mostly on track!
ReplyDeleteJust catching up with your summary posting. I would just just like to echo everyone else's thanks for keeping tabs on this. I've managed a couple more games in February so I'm not too far behind the target.
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