One Hour Wargame with Warmaster

 I have been trying to figure a way to use my Warmaster figures without using Warmaster rules. One Hour Wargames seem like a good option, although the lack of retreat rules bugs me. 

I did find on two other blogs, Projects and Procrastination and Grid based wargaming-but not always, that added retreat rules for OHW that are simple that seem they would work well with the rules. As the Projects and Procrastination rules were for fantasy, I decided to try his rules first.   I decided to use 1 Warmaster base to represent one unit. I put color dots on the base to identify the unit. To keep track of hits, I used a roster instead of on-board markers. Units were marked with red, white and blue dots. This proved a bit confusing as the elf army had both infantry and archers with the same color marking. This lead to me marking the wrong unit taking damage. I was happy with the retreat rules; the elves having 3 units breaking and retreating off the board. The retreat rules made for a more fluid game, which is what I'm looking for.

A couple of moves into the game, with Goblins on left and Elves on right.

Using these rules and a grid board there was more room for maneuvering and flank attacks.

In the end the Elves lost three units, and although they still had a couple of strong units, decided to save what was left of the army.