One Hour Skirmish Wargames by Richard Lambshead

Let's take a modern look at 2018's figure-neutral throwback book about miniature wargames. What it is, what it does, and whether or not it's right for you!
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[@bartyzelm1]

"words in this are arranged in the sentences and paragraphs" I fell of my chair laughing :D

[@dartmart9263]

Why? It sounded like most book and rule reviews we see on KZbin these days. :)

[@andymoore9977]

Looking forward to seeing you do a demo battle. So pleased the words are put in sentences, makes it so much easier to understand. But you forgot to mention how much the book weighs....

[@minitzonthesun]

You can think of me in your prayers! I'll do the same. I just found out my wife is pregnant with our 3rd baby! Prayers answered! I found your channel recently and love your content. I wish we were neighbors.

[@TheJoyofWargaming]

That's awesome! The best adventure of them all - the fun of kids grows exponentially. Congratulations, my man!

[@dartmart9263]

@@TheJoyofWargaming You guys are braver than me, by a mile.

[@deepred6041]

You had me at "nailing his feaces to the cathedral door"

[@dartmart9263]

Lol. That’s thesis.

[@dartmart9263]

@tigershadow1 Yep. One to remember. Lol

[@dartmart9263]

@tigershadow1 Jon is awesome. I really don’t know how he has the energy to put out a video every other day. As for the rest of us, we can get silly at times, and we never miss a chance to poke fun at each other. If you like that sort of stuff, then you’re definitely in the right place.

[@lucysblade]

If you are in England or Oz Lambs-head. In Canada, Lawm-sheed. 😀 The family come from Dartmoor, name from one of the Lost Villages. I was born in Newquay, North Cornwall.

[@TheJoyofWargaming]

Say, that's fantastic! Thank you for swinging by the channel and clearing up the mystery. I hope my upcoming battle reports do your rules justice.

[@SiliconSicilian]

Never been here before but I’m glad I stopped by. I did pick up on the initial sarcasm and appreciated it. Will definitely be watching more. Review didn’t disappoint and I also look forward to picking up both books mentioned.

[@manjr]

The card draw to "roll" reminds me of an all-time great board wargame, Combat Commander. Looking forward to batreps!

[@johnscarr70]

With a Barnsley - based publisher I'd suggest "Lamsed", but I believe the author is from the West Country. Look forward to seeing this play. Especially the actual timing.

[@lucysblade]

Loved the review!

[@j453]

I've considered getting that book before. Glad to see your thoughts on it.

[@ctorus]

Brilliant

[@markjessop6629]

I'm really looking forward to seeing what you think of these rules after playing them. Pre-Covid we played them a a lot. Always gave a good game, worked well for our participation Home Guard game as well.

[@TheJoyofWargaming]

Have you played with more than two players? How smooth did that go, and how many decks did you use?

[@davemitchison6798]

@@TheJoyofWargaming at our club we have played with 3 players per side with no issues, all we did was to choose a commander for each side and they were the only ones who had jokers in their deck to reduce turns.

[@death2all79zx]

Odd question, but do you know where the stats for a main battle tank are? I can find the stats for an enhanced main battle tank but not for an MBT.

[@markjessop6629]

Yes, we had one deck per player. To determine turn order we had a separate deck of four cards to determine player order.

[@MarioGarcia-pq9pr]

Hello, do you think I could use this for 10mm French and Indian war figures?

[@TheJoyofWargaming]

Absolutely. You could easily scale it to a squad based game as well. If you have five man stands or whatever, it should scale pretty easily.

[@willcorlett7630]

As usual a very nice review and look at the rules. Not too sure about them myself, they are certainly quick playing, easy to teach and ideal for beginners but at least for me something is missing. First up the elephant in the room, the lack of scenarios included with the book, given that even the author says this is the core of a good skirmish game. It is not as if there was no extra space, I mean there is a fair number of blank pages in this slim volume - something of a pet hate I admit - and if you consider this is touted as a companion piece to OHW. I have no issues with the card driven mechanic (reminds me a lot of Wiley Games Fistful of Lead series) but my gut tells me they are too random and I get the feeiing I am playing the same game be it zulus or space marines. Of course this can be a bonus for inveterate rules tinkerers like me as I tweak them to suit. Be interesting to see what happens when you try them out on the table and quite possibly prove me completely wrong

[@KWGamers]

Being a very creative gamer and not constrained by any off the shelf games, I blaze my own trail of endless scenarios. I use these rules frequently and for any time period, sci-fi and horror (Zombie games). I even use them for solo play. Primarily, I use these for game convention multiplayer scenarios. In short, this is a must have for seasoned creative gamers.

[@jerryhaworth]

Just the book/rules I am looking for..I am building a 6mm colonial solo campaign based on the Tirah Campaign 1897 Afghanistan. Have ordered a copy based on your review. Cheers..

[@TheJoyofWargaming]

6mm skirmish? A bold choice! Or do you plan to use squads instead of figures?

[@lowercentenary]

Hmm but in some of your play videos I've seen you "bounce back n forth"? For eg, with 3 ap you have moved 3 different figures?

[@TheJoyofWargaming]

Sometimes I miss a rule. No big deal.

[@lowercentenary]

@@TheJoyofWargaming oh I see...yes of course we all do, completely understandable. Thanks for the quick reply and posting the video.

[@TheJoyofWargaming]

@@lowercentenary I am probably worse than others, because I try to showcase so many different games. And don't misunderstand, I do appreciate the corrections. They help me be a better wargamer.

[@andymoore9977]

0:35 Hmmmmm, I think the conversion does need a little work! Let's all stick to inches anyway.

[@andrewshaw6063]

I am fortunate to be old enough to have been taught to use both Inches and metric. Never thought at the time it would help me in my hobby.

[@winstonjohnson455]

Has anyone used this set of rules for Wild West games?

[@TheJoyofWargaming]

Not that I'm aware of. I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work like a charm.

[@davidgreenwood5160]

Nice review of an interesting rule set. I had to laugh at the You tube review at the start. Spot on. Also your comments re Afiganistan at the end reminded me of the saying. The only thing history teaches us is no one learns from history

[@dartmart9263]

I say it should be Lamb-shead! Lol. Are you thinking “Dieu le Roi” part trois?

[@TheJoyofWargaming]

Trois et quartre, mon frere.

[@dartmart9263]

@@TheJoyofWargaming Excellent! Of all your games so far, the most exciting one for me has been Dieu le Roí, Part Deux. One more turn and the villagers might have turned the tables on mon capitain.

[@TheJoyofWargaming]

A dedicated viewer sent me the Song of Drums and Shakos last week, so now I can play the game mo bettah. Even got some Brits and mounted on order so that we can start working in combined arms! Might take a while, but don't worry - we've got a lot of great content slated for March/April.

[@dartmart9263]

@@TheJoyofWargaming Lol. Awesome! I hope you enjoy it. We’ll definitely enjoy the games you play for us. We really need this, specially in these times.

[@TheAVeidt]

Do you think these rules could work for naval warfare (age of sail)?

[@TheJoyofWargaming]

Not so much. They don't make any allowance for wind direction, wearing versus tacking, or any of that stuff. For that you should check out "Blood, Bilge, and Iron Balls". It is on par with this as far as complexity is concerned.

[@j453]

You get a new bird?

[@TheJoyofWargaming]

Good ear. The answer is: Sort of. We are bird sitting a third African Gray for a friend for a few weeks.

[@ninjamania]

Justo… “whoostoe”

Not a fan of using a deck of normal cards. I am currently working on a cheatsheet that will use a D12 instead.

@tigershadow1 Yes, sadly my answers with links get deleted for whatever reason. Look around the file section of the Facebook group. The latest version should be up there.

[@Lucius292]

you tube style. 😂

[@kevinhendryx665]

Stop wasting our time with this extended, pointless intro! OK, this isn't showing me what I came here to learn. Oh, this description of card suit hierarchy is wrong -- it's spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs, in THAT order, the traditional method. This video suggests the opposite!