Solo Wargaming - Example Playthrough (Pic Heavy)

Ok, keeping track of both armies and using a rules system and force (orcs) that I was out of practice with I missed a few things. not sure I made animosity checks every round, and I forgot that the orcs could declare a Waagh to have the whole army advance. Access to siege weapons would have greatly benefitted the orcs – if they had an option to shoot back against the human fusilier detachment it would have greatly changed the complexion of the game. The warlord should have perhaps brought up warmachines and then abandoned them once the pass had been taken. having the giant deploy on the right flank and avoid the bottlenecks on the road would also have been effective.

I felt that the trap counter mechanic worked well, although the damage may need to be beefed up to make it an actual threat to the larger units I prefer to field.

Given the army overarching orders and letting them play out seemed to work well. Aside from manoeuvring light units like the archers, huntsmen or pistoliers there was no real need to deviate much from the initial strategy.  I will note however that this may have been due to the human faction essentially being on a defensive posture for the whole game. had both forces been of an aggressive nature than working through both sides of manoeuvring the armies would have become more challenging/engaging.

Thanks for reading along and hopefully this assists in clarifying or giving context to Part 2 of the Solo Wargaming article series.

Any questions with regards to the approach I took please add a comment and I’ll try to get back to you as soon as I can to clarify. Cheers!