Strength and Honour the Battle of Watling Street Battle Report | Storm of Steel Wargaming

[@HethwillWargames]

Good stuff ! The printable armies are such a good option and a planning tool to know exactly what bases to buy to setup any given battle. And yeah, no point in going after the mistakes done, i'm sure you'll figure things out and is a fun learning process.

[@StormofSteelWargaming]

Cheers buddy, glad you enjoyed the video. Yeah, making mistakes is all part of the fun!

[@bobroberts6702]

Thanks Alex, forgetting the rules is just part of the vagaries of war - at least that's what I tell myself. I have the printable armies, just waiting for some Warbases. The plan is to stick the prints onto the bases and then, because I love 6mm and have hundreds of 6mm bases, I will place some 6mm bases on top of the prints and set to. Hope that doesn't sound too crazy. I just don't like the look of 2mm but do like the look of Strength and Honour. Each to their own I guess.

[@StormofSteelWargaming]

Thanks Bob, play with whatever you like, as long as you enjoy yourself!

[@DuxBrit-66]

Congratulations on beating Tiny! She had some 'paw' dice throws there...🤣

[@StormofSteelWargaming]

Yep, I certainly saw her off!

[@revd.phillipwallace-pugh9955]

An excellent way to get people into a new game/ruleset, especiall when the pennies are tight. Too many rules are wedded to particular miniatures nowadays. But I suppose it is where the money is.

[@Kevin.Mitchell]

Very interesting - I like these rules a lot. Any plans to get any 2mm armies to paint up or are you happy with the cards you had printed?

[@StormofSteelWargaming]

Thank you, no immediate plans for building an army as one of the guys at the club has plenty already. But never say never.

[@housecaldwell]

Too bad those chariots didn't roll in around 1 hour in. Thanks for posting this! Very enjoyable playthrough.

[@StormofSteelWargaming]

Cheers! Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@MiniatureAdventuresTV]

Release the cat of war! Great battle report. I've just printed my 'printable armies' and hope to have a play with them soon.

[@StormofSteelWargaming]

She's a beast! Thanks Lee, yes the armies are a great idea and a great introduction to the game.

[@jekylthorn8969]

T-shirt slogan idea: "Warbands Only Go All The Way"...No?...I'll get my coat....

[@revd.phillipwallace-pugh9955]

If space is limited , or you want a small travel game, you could try printing at 50%!

[@iwanhughes2965]

Good to see some love for the smaller scale. I'm a big fan of the 2-3 and 6mm. Rules look really good.

[@StormofSteelWargaming]

Thanks!

[@tommckinnell2001]

Wonder if anyone does Napoleonic Print and Play in this scale?

[@iwanhughes2965]

@@tommckinnell2001 That would be good, you could play on one of those lovely looking "Aerial combat" mats from deep cut studios.

[@revd.phillipwallace-pugh9955]

@@tommckinnell2001 Not seen any, but I'm sure you could use the topdowns from Junior General and shrink them accordingly.

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

@@revd.phillipwallace-pugh9955 - The grid might be a problem if you want to match historical battles to an actual ground plan. Real life is analogue.

[@MC-ip8gb]

Nice video, informative. Where can I get the battle mat that you used?

[@StormofSteelWargaming]

Thanks, I made it myself on MDF boards.

[@MC-ip8gb]

@@StormofSteelWargaming nice board, a pity you did as I was hoping to pick a similar one up. What size grids have you used? Thank you for replying.

[@StormofSteelWargaming]

@@MC-ip8gb they are 6 inch grids. You can get mats with grids printed on them from Geek Villain and Tiny Wargames.

[@drwatkins68]

Another good video, these play throughs certainly help me out when trying out a new game. I'd imagine you sold a few copies of Strength and Honour.

[@StormofSteelWargaming]

Thank you, I'm glad it was useful and yes, I should be asking for royalties... 😂😂😂

[@trevorhoffman9721]

Your cat photo-bombed your thumbnail! Maybe you can use him for the enemy AI.. looks like the enemy wants to sleep again..🙂

[@StormofSteelWargaming]

I chose the thumb deliberately, as the internet likes cats, I thought it would get more views... 😂😂😂 PS, he's a she.

[@MrRschwab]

I have read the rules through twice, now they make sense. I had no idea the ancient Britons employed political officers to push the war bands forward or such fear of giant black cats!😉 Or is Tiny attempting to rewrite history?😛

[@StormofSteelWargaming]

I'm glad to hear this was helpful. Yes, Tiny is the great mythological beast of yore that terrorised men and women alike!

[@normanwood1994]

2mm figures don't do anything for me and this seems to be quite a common feeling. In order to improve sales I really think the Lardies or one of their friends shoould put up a battle report with 15mm or 28mm figs just to show ppl how it looks.

[@StormofSteelWargaming]

I think their sales are doing pretty well by all accounts, TBH.

[@glorfindel777]

I believe the rules are agnostic in terms of figure size. However, the use of 2mm (or 6mm) very effectively supports the size of battle that the game is trying to reflect. I previously had little interest in 2 or 3mm until seeing Mark's articles / videos but am now very keen to give them a go. Unless you have access to a huge table and thousands of 28mm figures, I personally don't think you will achieve the same sense of scale.

[@StormofSteelWargaming]

@@glorfindel777 Yep, they are although the recommendation is 2mm, you can play in any size, I talked about it in the review I did recently.

[@trevorhoffman9721]

You can play with 28mm. Such as every guy is 500 other guys. Or on flat pieces of paper 0mm tall dots for every man. I like how it is played out on a grid. You can even test it out on graph paper.

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

I suspect it might look pretty good at 6mm. Perhaps 36 to 64 figures to a base?

[@toofatlardies]

Excellent? Not 'arf!

[@StormofSteelWargaming]

Thanks! That was especially for you.

[@toofatlardies]

@@StormofSteelWargaming I think that developing your own portfolio of catch phrases could really set you apart from the crowd. "Greetings Steel Stormers!" would work well. Lots of opportunity for "Good game! and possibly introduce the odd "You get nothing for a pair in this game". Fame awaits you!

[@StormofSteelWargaming]

@@toofatlardies it's certainly something to think about. For all of five seconds. 🤣🤣🤣