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Sharp Practice: Wargame Rules for Large Skirmishes in the Era of Black Powder, 1700 to 1865 (2008)

Players
2–6
Best: 2
Playing time
120–120 min
Age
0+
8.08
Average rating
97
Ratings
2.63/5
Weight
#10334
BGG rank
Outside top 5,000
Designer:Richard Clarke (III)
Publisher:Too Fat Lardies
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Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 7, Luck 5, Interaction 5, Complexity 5.3, Theme 5
Strategy7.0
Luck5.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity5.3
Theme5.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

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Overview

Sharp Practice are large scale skirmish rules, designed for between 30 and 120 figures a side, with players taking the roles of heroic leaders of the black powder age. Hornblower, Flashman, Sharpe, Bolitho, all can lead their men into battle with these much heralded rule set.

The rules are written with an emphasis on the Napoleonic Wars but include rules the will allow them to cover almost any conflict between 1750 and 1860. In the literary genre, Sharp Practice sees the enlisted men operate in groups of up to a dozen figures, with the key leaders adding their character to the action. Groups of men may be combined into formations and the rules contain a guide to using small unit Napoleonic drill in your games.

The rules are suitable for figures from 15mm to 40mm in size and will work with any basing system you like.

Expansions

The Compleat Fondler: Eighteen Scenarios for Sharp Practice
Terrible Sharp Sword: A Supplement for Gaming the American Civil War with Sharp Practice
With Fire and Sword: Skirmishes and Battles in South Carolina June to August 1780
This Land Divided: Skirmishes and Battles in Wilkes County February and March 1779
Dawns & Departures: A Campaign System for Sharp Practice
The Swamp Fox
So Far from God: A Sharp Practice Supplement for the US Mexican War
The War of 1812: A Campaign Guide for Sharp Practice
Refighting History: Volume 8 – The Seven Years War Western Theatre: Small Actions
Refighting History: Volume 1 – Seven Years War: Fighting Withdrawals
Refighting History: Volume 9 – The Seven Years War: More Small Actions in the Western Theatre
Refighting History: Volume 11 – Seven Years War: Hochkirk, Langensalza, Reichenbach, Amoneburg, and Freiberg
Refighting History: Volume 10 – Saxon Army at Pirna 1756: A Series of What-If Scenarios
A Savage and Romantic War: A Wargamer's Guide to the First Carlist War, Spain, 1833-1840
The War of Jenkin's Ear in Georgia: July 5th to 15th, 1742 – A Supplement for Sharp Practice and Kiss Me Hardy
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