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Aidanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055960276797332079noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469664750374490598.post-76513435399888594342019-04-25T13:44:00.001+01:002019-04-25T13:44:58.352+01:00A Nation Sundered Part the Fourth; The secret of the shattered City<i> Lord Edwin Dufflecoat pondered the wreckage before him. Clearly it had once been a house, possibly quite a grand one to judge from the stonework, but now it was a ruin , and like all the buildings in Minimostock it looked for all the world like it had been dropped from a great height . </i><br />
<i> "How in Sigmars name could a major port end up this far in to the desert, and in such a state as this?" he asked to nobody in particular, barely able to comprehend the scale of the destruction. </i><br />
<i> Still, pickings had been rich- even now his troops were going through the ruins searching for any thing of value , and behind him stood a row of carts laden with wealth of a city...or this part of it at least.</i><br />
<i> Standing beside his horse stood his Court Wizard, Grand Alf, who surveyed the fallen city with the expertise of one practiced in the arcane arts. He held up a speculum and peered through it.</i><br />
<i> " I can't say what caused this, except that it was very powerful magic" he said, "And it came from that direction..." he gestured towards what had probably been the centre of the city. " There was a large open market place there wasn't there? If my calculations are correct that's where we'll find the cause for this"</i><br />
<i>"We should press on then, wouldn't want such power falling into the wrong hands..." replied Lord Edwin, trailing off as a horseman, one of the young Pistoliers who were deployed as pickets for the Expeditionary Force rode up and saluted.</i><br />
<i>"Sir..." he began but his report was cut short by the sound of distant cannonfire. </i><br />
<i>"The Dwarves?" Said Lord Edwin , "Seems they have got there first...but who are they shooting at?"</i><br />
<i>"The Northmen...the tainted ones we think, sir" Replied the pistoler, "we followed their trail up that street. " </i><br />
<i>Lord Edwin involuntarily shuddered at the thought of facing those abominations again , but it would never do to let them gain access to such sorcery! With a shout and a wave of his hand he ordered his troops to continue their advance through the rubble.</i><br />
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So all the players have now found and fought for possession of the secret city of Minimostock, but there can only be one! The two highest scoring players from Round 2 will now fight a battle to determine the overall winner.<br />
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This is how the scoreboard looks now:<br />
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Aidan (Empire) with 8 points.<br />
Territorys: 3 villages, silver mine, 2 forests (2+3), a town, a wizards tower, a lost valley (with trade route and temple) and the Alchemical Factory.<br />
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Rob (Dark Elves) with 2 points.<br />
Territorys: Lost Valley (road(100) and Village) Village, 2xTrade Route, 2x Forest (2) , silvermine<br />
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Dafydd (Undead) with 12 points.<br />
Territorys: Road(40), Pass(70), Village, Ruins, 3 towns, sacred grove, trade route.<br />
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Chris (chaos) with 22 points.<br />
Territorys: Village, Pass(120), Sacred Grove, 2x Lost valley (village and town in both!) Gold Mine, Forest (3).<br />
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Dave (Dark Elves) with 12 points.<br />
Territorys; Pass(120) Pass(130), road (50), sacred Grove, 2 Trade Routes, , Village, Forest (3)<br />
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Phil (Orcs) with 11 points.<br />
Territorys: Village, bridge(70), Silvermine, 2x goldmines, forest(2) and forest(3), Spy<br />
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Rick (undead) with 9 points<br />
Territorys; Town, Trade Route, Lost Valley(treasure horde/trade route) Forest(2) wizards tower.<br />
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Alan (Dwarves) with 18 points<br />
2 Villages, 2 ruins, wizards tower, town, Trade Route, Bridge (50), forest(3)<br />
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James (Bretonnia) with 6 points<br />
Territorys; Lost Valley (2 villages) Treasure Horde, Forest (3), 2x Trade Routes, Forest (3).<br />
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And so it is that Alan and Chris have discovered the Secret of Minimostock and must now fight to take control of it!<br />
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They will play the following Meeting Engagement scenario:<br />
Set up as per Meeting Engagement. No Territory's are staked!<br />
The only scenery to be used is ruins which may be placed all around the edge of the table but no further than 12" in from the edge . The middle of the board should be empty (this is the Minimostocks main market plaza) In the centre of the market place should be <i>At a Distance Doorway Device </i>(this could be a tellyporta, or a stone circle or any other suitable model)<br />
Victory points are awarded as normal and whoever has a model closest to the <i>At a Distance Doorway Device</i> at the end of the game gets 5 points extra.<br />
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The Winner takes the <i>At a Distance Doorway Device Territory. </i>This Territory allows its owner to open portals that he can move troops through, allowing him to pick his targets with impunity and launch surprise attacks with ease. There appears to be element of the Device missing- a small circular slot at its centre is empty, but the ancient and mysterious runes on the Device seem to suggest that should an appropriate Thing be inserted here the Device would become powerful enough to teleport much more than a few troops...possibly an entire city!<br />
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This Territory has the Following Rules. The Owner may pick which territory his opponent stakes. However any player with the Device must stake it in every game where they own it.<br />
The Device allows the owner to deploy any one unit at the start of the game as though it had the same special deployment rule as Wood Elf or Dark Elf scouts.<br />
The Owner may also keep units in reserve (i.e he may choose not to deploy them) at the start of the game and then try and deploy them using the device. One unit per turn may be deployed in this way: At the start of the movement phase (i.e before charges are declared) the owner may pick a unit held in reserve and try and teleport it onto the battlefield. He picks the spot on the table where he wants it to appear and places the units leader there. He then rolls the Scatter and Misfire Dice together. If a hit is rolled the unit arrives where specified and is deployed in contact with their leader. If a number and arrow are rolled together the leader is moved in the specified direction that number of inches...the unit appears around their leader in this new location. If a misfire is rolled the unit is lost and the enemy gets the victory points for it!<br />
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Round 3- One Thing to Rule Them All; The Thing of Power.<br />
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As soon as rumour of the Nature of the <i>At a Distance Doorway Device </i>spread the Search for the Thing began. Clearly whatever this Thing is, it is small, circular, and extremely powerful. Whoever could gain control of the Thing and the Device would be almost unstoppable...but perhaps the Thing is still powerful in its own right. Obviously you can't let that fall into the wrong hands, and must find it first! Whoever wins the most Territories in Round 3 will find the Thing...<br />
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<br />Aidanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055960276797332079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469664750374490598.post-15170713223187441682019-03-23T15:57:00.000+00:002019-03-23T15:57:53.596+00:00The Doomlords Revenge! One day, in the distant past (aka January 2019) I was reading Ye Olde Undead army book. Therein I discovered a tale of Woe from the heart of the Empire; the story of a depraved Necromancer and his cunning plan to destroy the Realms of Men and the battles that followed. I refer, of course, to the Revenge of the Doomlord Scenario. I was mesmerised. I had to play it. When I managed to get hold of a Doomlord of Middenhiem model for a mere £8 I had to had to play it! All I needed was an opponent...<br />
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Enter Rick. Rick is a natural commander of the Undead. This may be because he is one himself. A Commander of the Undead...not an actual Undead, obviously. I pestered Rick to command the Undead in this Scenario, and he agreed to on the condition he was allowed to win.</div>
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I would of course command the Armies of the Empire! We decided to play the entire game using 4th edition WHFB rules- Nothing 5th edition at all, which was not something we'd tried before! Luckily I had the Battle Magic and Arcane Magic sets and the other necessary rulebooks to facilitate this. Probably would have helped if I'd read them first though. </div>
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The Scenario is a simple one, with 3 Empire forces trying to converge on an Undead army, The undead army is a little smaller, but the Empire doesn't get all its strength until quite late in the day, with only a small force to hold back the tide. </div>
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I had to pick 3 armies- a 1000 point force to defend the Village of Beekerhofen, a 1600 point relief force from Middenland, and a 400 point flying column of Kislevites. My Empire army has been undergoing renovation this last year or so (and I've only a few more units waiting for attention) and I was keen to get as many of my figures on the table as possible! I eventually decided to do without wizards and warmachines (apart from a sole hellblaster!) because they took up points I preferred to spend on troops, especially in the force that was intended to defend the village, where I would need every man I could get behind those barricades! Therefore I was resolved, this battle would be won or lost by the courage of mortal men! </div>
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Firstly, the Elector Count of Nordlands army, or whats left of it- Most of it has been crushed or routed by the Doom Lords carefully executed ambush by the Lake of Woes. The Count commands whats left- the few units that held together during the retreat fighting numerous rearguard actions against the pursuing Undead, and the militia and townsfolk of Beekerhofen, the village where he has been brought to bay. A hint of hope amidst the despair- the legendary Moon Duke has appeared with his entourage, and a party of travelling Barbarians who were drinking the Village Pub dry have vowed to join the defence.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Elector Count of Nordland , with whats left of a once mighty army. 10 halflings, 5 pistoliers,<br />12 greatswords, the Moon Duke and 10 halberdiers, 10 halberdiers from the Village Watch, 10 drunken barbarians<br />(counting as Flagellents!) a helblaster, and 16 miltia.</td></tr>
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The Elector Count of Middenlands relief force , actually the vanguard of his Army marching north from Middenhiem would be a more impressive sight, with regiments of Regular Infantry in good order, and representatives of two knightly orders. No heroes to lead them, but a Battle Standard to keep them in line..</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Elector Count of Middenlands force: 25 spearmen, and 25 halberdiers, 20 archers,<br />5 each of the knights panther and Knights of the white wolf, and 6 outriders.</td></tr>
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On the road to the East is a Kislevite patrol on its way home to Erengrad. After his defeat at the the Lake Of Woes the Elector count of Nordland sent a galloper after them to bring them back. This handful of horsemen represents my numerical advantage; let us hope they are not to late to the fray!<br />
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<i><b>A Flurry of pistol shots sounded in the darkness followed by the hoof beats of tired horses urged to one more effort. A handful of weary men galloped out of the darkness and joined the Count as they rode towards the lights of Beekerhofen. Count Edwin looked about him at the tired faces; all that was left of his own Regiment, the Nordriek Horse, whose exertions these last two days had been devoted to protecting the mass of fleeing soldiery and civilians heading west. They were few now, and he had asked much of them, as they had turned and charged their tormentors, driving them off, time and time again. They had tried to do more- to cut their through to those regiments of his army that hadn't simply fled, but had died where they stood, surrounded and selling their lives dearly- but the task had been beyond them, and the Count could only watch as his army was all but destroyed.</b></i><br />
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<i><b>Now at last , as they neared this outpost of civilization the pursuit had dwindled away and the Count dared to hope they might find some respite from the horrors behind them in the dark. . He had dispatched a galloper here to warn of what was coming, and as he and his men rode into the village centre he was greeted by the elderly Burgomaster in his nightclothes and chain of office.</b></i><br />
<i><b> "My lord, Sigmar be praised, I had heard you had perished! I received your message, and done as best I could- the Militia and Watch and have been turned out, and we are preparing barricades and repairing walls as you see...do you still intend to make a stand here? "</b></i><br />
<i><b> The Count looked about him- he had been hoping more of his men would have rallied here, but only a few could be seen helping the villagers; most were still heading west, their terror overcoming their weariness. The Burgomaster sensed his disappointment .</b></i><br />
<i><b> "I encouraged them to take the western road when they wouldn't stay- I thought it best we keep the road to Middenhiem clear so we spread rumours that it was already cut! We could not persuade them to stay and defend our homes..." the burgomaster trailed off with a shrug, perhaps understanding that what was left of the Army of Nordland would be reluctant to stand against the horrors they had already faced. "Rest a while Lord, there is food and ale in the hall, and we will see to your horses..."</b></i><br />
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<i><b> Unable to rest long the Count soon found himself going round the hastily erected barricades that supplemented the scattering of walls and hedges around the village, staring into the darkness beyond the firelight, and glumly wondering if his messengers had reach his cousin, the Count of Middenland . By now most of those who wanted to flee had already done so, and few now wanted to risk the western road without the safety of numbers. The night was mostly silent, except in the pub where even at this early hour a small party of travelling barbarians were quaffing and singing. They had mocked the more civilized Imperial soldiers as they fled past, bragged about their own invincibility, and how many enemies would fall before them. They had declared to the Count their intention to join the coming fight, and demonstrate their greater warrior prowess, before going back to their drink and song. They had refused to help prepare the defences, claiming it to be the work of lesser mortals. </b></i><br />
<i><b> A figure appeared beside him, in full armour and bearing a huge halberd. The Count looked him up and down, wandering who the newcomer was, his jaw dropping as he recognised the distinctive crescent moon on his helm. The legendary Moon Duke himself! A figure from legend, and a hero of the Empire. With a chuckle at his astonished expression the Duke raised his visor, to reveal the face of the Burgomaster. </b></i><br />
<i><b> "You're...the Moon Duke? But...I thought you must have died years ago, if you existed at all. I recall well the stories I was told as a child..."</b></i><br />
<i><b> "HA! Yes, That was me once...and again at need, though I feel the weight of the years upon me, but...LOOK!" </b></i><br />
<i><b> Turning to follow his outstretched arm the Count saw the light of dawn just beginning to break, revealing that an army had come to Beekerhofen, deployed across the eastern road, an army of the dead. The two men watched as it took up its positions, their own men gathering at the walls with despair in their hearts when the saw the dead before them. The Count shuddered as the growing light allowed him to recognise some of their banners...banners that a few days earlier had been his own.</b></i><br />
<i><b> "Now that is interesting", said the Duke, surveying the arrayed host. </b></i><br />
<i><b> "Not quite the word I'd have chosen" replied Count Edwin quietly, but the Duke continued;</b></i><br />
<i><b> "See how they refuse their southern flank? They can't go further north because of the river, but they could encircle us to the south and attack from all sides if they so wished! Why would they not, with our meagre defences, but that they know something we do not? A-Ha! I have it! Take heart my Lord, for they fear swords at their backs; your message got through, the Men of Middenland are coming!"</b></i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The defenders of Beekerhofen take up their positions on the walls<br />covering the villages eastern side.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And on the road from Erengrad the Kislevites ride hard to the rescue!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The undead advance, and arcane magicks swell their ranks!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The defenders are outflanked by spectral horsemen and winged horrors!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The skeletal chariots are no use in the village, so move to cover the left flank. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Desperate hand to hand fighting errupts all along the barricades, but the defenders<br />have the best of it-Count Edwin stands his ground against the Doomlord and the<br />Barbarians , Greatswords, and the Moon Dukes men cut down all the undead who come near.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The spectral horsemen are to much for the halflings who eventually give way.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the nick of time help arrives as the Count of Middenhiems vanguard marches on to the field, the well ordered state infantry of Battenburgh and Middenland in the centre, and the cavalry on the flanks.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Doomlord fells the Count of Nordland and runs amok in the village, chasing the Watch through the Streets,<br />The undead are replenished by his will and the numbers begin to tell against the defenders. The barbarians vault the walls to<br />take the Zombie horde in the flanks.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the road from Erengrad the Kislevites clash with the undead rearguard...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The watch rally, but are facing a power they cannot match with mere courage.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Middenlanders charge , clearing the undead chariots from the field, the white wolf knights crushing all before them with great sweeps of their hammers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And then the Winged Hussars Arrive! But are they too late?<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Skeletal infantry try and hold back the vengeful Middenlanders.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the village death stalks the streets freely now, with only the Moon Dukes <br />men and a single barbarian to hold the walls. The Imperial and Keslivite Horse <br />seek to crush the undead between them, but a terrifying Wraith in their midst and the<br />nigh unstoppable Doomlord scatter the cavalrymen.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Army of Middenland commands the field, but the Beekerhofen<br />all but belongs to the Doom Lord.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Moon Duke and his remaining men resolutely hold their ground as the remaining kislevites<br />are driven from the field. despite their heroic efforts the Doom Lord is Victorious! </td></tr>
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<i><b> The Count of Middenland's Runefang carved through another undead creature , breaking the sorcery that animated it and wrecking its skeletal form, around him the Knights of the White Wolf fought with massive hammers against rusty blades and spears. Suddenly, these minions of the Doom Lord gave way before them revealing the open fields and the village of Beekerhofen beyond. The streets were crammed with the walking dead, and in their midst a figure on a huge winged beast cackling manically, reveling in its moment of triumph. He thought he caught a glimpse amidst the horde of a moon-crowned helm that stil stood tall and proud, but dismissed it. Surely nothing could still be alive amidst that carnage. The Count, not a man to give way to despair easily, realized they were out matched- the vile magics of their enemy had won the day, and even if he had the strength to keep up the attack it was clear there was nobody left in Beekerhofen that would be saved by the attempt. The rest of his army was still strung out on the road from Middehiem, and he knew now his best chance was to keep it as intact as possible for the battles ahead. As he started giving orders for the retreat he vowed that the Nordlanders would be avenged! </b></i></div>
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The final score, if you're interested was actually pretty close. 20-17 to the undead. And it all came down to a single LD test- In the last turn I declared a charge with the Knights Panther against a unit of undead in the Village- I didnt think they'd destroy them but I wanted to make the effort. Unfortunately they failed their fear test...and refused to charge...until Rick pointed out the Wraith in the unit, that it was actually a terror test, and the knights had run away! Arrgh! We made a few mistakes with the 4th ed rules that might have made a difference to- with only one wizard on the field you're supposed to reduce the Winds of Magic to d6, rather than 2d6. but we missed this and this allowed the Doom Lord free reign to raise as many skeletons as he wanted, cursing anyone who got in his way, and using a his dark magic spell to flit about the battlefield at will picking on small units who couldn't stand before his manticore! This combined with the ability to cast spells in his opponents turn made him rather unstoppable! I'm not sure a wizard of my own would have made a big difference especially early on when I could have only had a low level one anyway- I didnt get many dispel cards and couldn't roll a 5+ to save my life!. A dispel scroll or two might have been handy though. A movement spell was what I really needed- we were playing on a slightly too large a table, and the Middenlanders had a long way to go when they arrived!</div>
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Still, we've made a start to something interesting here; inspired by the old Gathering of Might and its subsequent campaign in White Dwarf I thought it might be fun to make this the first game in a little campaign...so watch this space, because the Doom Lord of Middenhiem hasn't had his revenge yet! </div>
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<i> Lord Edwin Dufflecoat, commander of the Imperial Expeditionary Force, considered the contents of the compound- a scattering of barrels and crates, mostly already destroyed by looters, lay all around. Here at last was the armoury of whoever had destroyed so many peaceful villages and claimed so many innocent lives. Hopefully here he would find something that would lead him to those responsible so that they may face Imperial justice at last!</i><br />
<i> He passed through the shattered gateway with pistol in hand. He couldn't help but feel uneasy in this temple to chemical death, this strange sensation that he on the brink of a terrible discovery that would shatter his worldview. Maybe it was the tatty Imperial Banner that still fluttered over the gateway, maybe it was the Imperial Steam Tank parked under its tarpaulin in the corner of the compound...maybe it was just last nights curry come back to haunt him.</i><br />
<i> Kneeling, he picked up a couple of shards of timber that had been victim of the looters axe, and held their matching edges together- the image of the Imperial Eagle was clear. A few yards away a piece of paper fluttered in the breeze, revealing the legend "Product of Altdorf". He considered these signs for a moment, wondering what they might portend. A shout from his troops arrayed outside the compound broke his reverie , and he turned to see black armoured troops wearing black eyeliner under black banners advancing up the road towards the compound. It must be true then, he thought, that the criminal always returns to the scene of the crime...</i><br />
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Clues have been followed, rumours investigated. The evidence has led two armies to a final confrontation that will mark the end of Round 1, and determine who wins the Special Territory- The Abandoned Chemical Weapons Factory. Many armies have been bloodied in this Quest thus far, and all who were deserving received gifts from Father Christmas himself, as he made his deliveries to the Warhammer World, and in recognition of your efforts- Reinforcements have Arrived!<br />
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Colin (orcs and goblins):- nil points.<br />
2 Trade Routes and a Village <br />
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James (Bretonnia): - 8 points<br />
Lost Valley (2 Villages) , Village , Forest (3) <br />
Treasure Horde, Trade Route <br />
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Alan (Dwarves): - 7 points<br />
Forest(3) , Village, <span style="color: red;">Town </span>, Ruins, <br />
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Rick (undead): - 3 points<br />
Town, Lost Valley (Treasure Horde/Trade Route), Trade Route <br />
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Phil (Orcs and goblins): -7 points<br />
Village ,Bridge(70), Wizards Tower, Silver Mine <br />
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Dave (Dark Elves): - 14 points<br />
Lost Valley(village/town), Forest (3), Pass (120), <br />
Pass (130), Sacred Grove, Trade Route.<br />
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Chris (Chaos): -4 points<br />
Village, Sacred Grove, Pass(120) <br />
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Dafydd (undead) -11 points<br />
Road(40), pass(70), Village, Ruins, Town, Trade Route <br />
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Geoff (wood Elves) -10 points<br />
Town, Silver mine, Silver Mine, Pass (80), Temple, Bridge(80) <br />
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Rob (Dark Elves) -13 points<br />
Lost Valley (road (100)/Village), Trade Route, Village, <br />
Trade route, Forest (2), Silvermine, Forest(2) .<br />
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Aidan (Empire) -18 points<br />
3 Villages, Trade Route, Forest (2), Wizards Tower, <br />
Silver Mine, Town, Lost Valley (Temple/Trade route)<br />
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<b>Thus, Myself and David will fight for control of the Special Territory</b>!<br />
No Territories are staked for this game. The winner takes all.<br />
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This will be Pitched Battle, as per the battle book, except that in the exact centre of the battlefield a small compound containing crates, barrels etc . Looters have broken open a lot of barrels and whilst most of the really harmful stuff has dissipated its still not pleasant to be in the vicinity for very long! Any unit with in 6" of the compound at the end of its turn takes d6 S1 hits.<br />
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<b><u><span style="font-size: large;">The Abandoned Alchemical Weapons Factory, Special Territory.</span></u></b><br />
Whoever wins this Territory may search for any Alchemical Weapons that may have been overlooked by the Looters. There only a few items left, and any weapons used can't be replenished for the next battle, a Character in your army can carry any one item. Luckily most of the items are still labelled with how to use them! Roll 3 times on the Following Table: Every time you win another game, you may roll on this table once more! Keep track of which items have been rolled- once you've had at least one of all 6 (whether you've used them or not) the territory is exhausted and must be abandoned.<br />
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<b><u>1-Al-kahest</u> </b> A set of small vials of that may be thrown just like a throwing knife, with range 6". They hit with S3, and no Armour Save is allowed. 6 uses only.<br />
<b><u>2-Peter Pomegranate</u> </b>This Large glass globe can be thrown with a range of 6"- pick a point within LOS up to 6" away and roll the scatter dice +d6" to see where it lands! The globe releases a rather unpleasant gas! place the blast template on the landing point - any model touched by the template must take a T test with no save! One use only<br />
<u><b>3-Embiggerence!</b> </u>This potion may be poured on any model in base contact including the model carrying it. It may be avoided if desired by a successful I test (no armour save), otherwise the target model immediately doubles in size! (Any mount is instantly crushed..or runs away!) The models M, S, T, and W are all doubled (max10) , but the I is halved and the model is now a large target, causing fear, and Stupid! Unfortunately any magic items or weapons it was carrying are now useless to it. One use only. May be used at the start of the turn.<br />
<b><u>4-Emlittlence!</u></b> This potion may also be poured on any model in base contact including the model carrying it. It may be avoided if desired by a successful I test (no armour save). The model (and any mount!) instantly shrinks to the size of a mouse! Obviously the victim can't do much for the rest of the game except hide in the long grass and wait for it to wear off... One use only. The victim isn't dead though, so no victory points are scored! May be used at the start of the turn.<br />
<u><b>5-Panacea Universalis</b> </u>This concoction may be used on any figure in base contact, or the bearer- it immediately restores 1 wound . 3 Uses only. May be used at the start of the turn.<br />
<u><b>6- An unmarked bottle</b>.</u> Impossible to know what effect it has until you use it on a target model. Roll a D3- on a 1 its an <b>Embiggerence! , </b>2: its a <b>Emlittlence!</b> , 3: its <b>a </b><b>Panacea Universalis.</b><br />
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And so for everyone else, its on to Round 2! <b>The Lost City of Minimostock!</b></span><br />
A few weeks ago the city was not lost; it was a thriving Port on the Ayrisian Coast, with its harbour and merchants doing brisk trade. It had been firmly under the control of the King and had been instrumental in bringing in foreign support to his cause, and providing the wealth for continuing the war. Its loss has been felt keenly; where once was gleaming spires and tall towers was now naught but sandy beach...<br />
However there are now rumours of a wrecked ship found far inland, on the eastern edge of Ayris where the the arable land meets the edge of the desert. The crew all but dead, but a sole survivor claiming they had been approaching the west coast of Ayris at night , and could see the lights of the city on the horizon, and so the rumour goes, could still see those lights after the ship shattered on impact with the top of a hill...<br />
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The various players must now find the Lost City of Minimostock, uncover the foul sorceries that caused it to vanish, reverse them and claim the city's riches for themselves!<br />
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All event rules carry on as normal, the points listed above are reset to 0 for everyone.<br />
Army points limit has now increased to 1500 points (plus any additional points for territories)<br />
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<i> The Lord Edwin Dufflecoat, commander of the Imperial Expeditionary Force, leaned on his pommel and gazed disdainfully around the deserted village. A handful of fresh corpses scattered around the sole street betrayed the fact that until recently it had been a thriving community, but like a dozen more villages they had investigated, nobody lived here now. Even the vegetation was sickly and blackened. Half a dozen troopers were all that moved here, ensuring that such evidence as might still be found was undisturbed.</i></div>
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<i> Grand Meister Grym of the Amethyst order of the Unpunctuated Otter dismounted his horse and strode to the centre of the village, his cloak swirling about him. He held his ceremonial Scythe aloft and brought the butt of it down on the dry earth in a gesture Lord Edwin considered to be far too dramatic. Dust and debris rose in a cloud and settled on the Wizard's outstretched hand. He peered closer, his lips moving soundlessly, his countenance that of unbreakable concentration. The air around him glowed and lensed, changing from hue to hue rapidly. Lord Edwin leaned forward, craning to see what the Grand Meister might discern, would he at last find evidence for the use of Alchemical weapons as had been rumoured? The Wizard was almost frozen, the tiny particles the focus of all his power and attention. After a moment that seemed to last an eternity the wizard threw the dust to the ground in frustration, and without a word stalked off to examine some nearby foliage. </i></div>
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<i> Lord Edwin sighed, and sank back in his saddle, disappointed at what appeared to be another wild goose chase. But something had to have happened here. A dozen villages don't become deserted without a reason. What power had been unleashed here, what devilry was at work? His reverie was broken by a flurry of pistol shots from the edge of the village, and the pounding of hooves as the Troopers galloped towards him.</i></div>
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<i> "Sir! Look out, Sir!" cried the Lieutenant commanding the troop of Pistoliers, riding hard and aiming a pistol behind him. As the pistol fired, Lord Edwins gaze followed the bullets path, his heart skipping a beat as he saw the cause for the Pistoliers panic.</i></div>
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The top two ranking players on the 1st of December will play a match with no staked territories, and a special prize territory up for grabs; <b>The Abandoned Alchemical Weapon Factory!</b></div>
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<b>2) PLAGUE!</b> A terrible plague has broken out among your territories. Victims are stricken with blue and yellow boils all across their body, develop an unquenchable thirst for soy sauce and finally breakout in a rendition of Chumbawumbas 'Tubthumping' sung at a volume that wrecks lungs and vocal chords, and can last for days until the victim finally succumbs. The Plague is invariably fatal, and extremely annoying. Test with a d6 roll for all <i>Towns</i> and <i>Villages</i> under your control; a <i>Village</i> is destroyed on a 4+, a <i>Town</i> reduced to a <i>Village</i> on a 6+. Pick one other territory you control which is also destroyed.</div>
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<b>3) PIRATES! </b> Since the war began Pirates have become more common in the Black Gulf, preying on shipping mostly but occasionally daring to land on Ayris's undefended coast... Roll a d6 for each <i>wizards tower</i> you own, it is destroyed on a 4+. If you have no <i>Wizards Tower</i> roll for each <i>Sacred Grove</i>, <i>Shrine</i> or <i>Temple</i>- on a 6+ it is reduced to a <i>Wizards Tower</i>.</div>
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<b>5) FIRE! </b> Somebody left the gas on, and now the whole towns aflame! Quick peeps, bury your Cheese...</div>
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<b>7) SCANDAL! </b> Your political opponents at home are making life difficult for you with spurious rumours that aren't in any way true! Fake news! Fake News! And that picture of you with a Badger is clearly photoshopped...unfortunately until you can gain some good publicity your funding has been cut and confidence in your abilities is at an all time low. Your General is at -1 LD, and can't earn or use Veteran or Victory bonus's. This lasts until you win a game.</div>
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<b>8) STORMS! </b> The weatherman didn't see this one coming, Storms and heavy rain turn your roads into swamps and wash away your bridges...lose the benefit of any <i>Passes</i>, <i>Bridges</i> or <i>Roads</i> in your next game, and you can't stake them either.</div>
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<b>9) The Peasants are Revolting!</b> One of your <i>Towns</i> (if no <i>Towns</i> then a <i>Village</i>) has risen against you, fed up with your emptying their graveyards/filling their graveyards/massive taxation/bizarre demands for physical gratification (delete as appropriate) . They have had enough and now spend their days chanting slogans , building barricades and waving flags. The <i>town</i> now gives you no benefits, and can't be staked (nobody else wants that problem!) . If you lose a game the Rebellion spreads to another <i>Town</i> or <i>Village</i> you control. If you win a game you've managed to hang the rebel scum in one settlement. Once you've stamped out all rebellions it stops spreading.</div>
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<b>10) Earthquake! </b> The native Earth Gods of Ayris are angry at the temples you've erected to false gods on their turf, and they intend to destroy the intruders! One Random <i>Temple</i>/<i>Wizards</i> <i>Tower</i>/<i>Shrine</i>/<i>Sacred grove</i> you own is destroyed. </div>
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<b>11) VOLCANO! </b> Ayris is littered with sleeping volcanoes...and one has just woken up. One Random Territory you own is destroyed, unless in your next game you appease the Volcano with a sacrifice! One character model (not a unit champion as they are not important enough, and not your General as you're not stupid enough to sacrifice yourself) that you can take as part of your army must have its points paid for as part of the army but then NOT be used in the game! Deploy as normal and then declare which of your deployed characters you are sacrificing! Roll 2d6 and multiply by 10. If the Score is lower than the Points cost of the Sacrificed Character the Volcano is appeased and the Territory saved! </div>
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<b>12) CHAOS REIGNS!</b> The Chaos Gods don't have quite as much power this far south, but the way Ayris is tearing itself to pieces amuses them greatly, and they're keen to join in the fun and games: Randomly select one random Territory you own- It now does the opposite of what it is supposed to do! So for example, if you have a<i> Trade route</i> allowing you a magic item it no longer grants the magic item, AND it counters the effects of another territories effects as well, so if you had a second <i>Trade Route</i> the first Reversed Territory would cancel this out, and neither would gain you a Magic Item. Or if you had a <i>Shrine</i> the <i>Reversed Trade Route </i>would mean you no longer received the 50pt magic item from the <i>Shrine</i> but could still have the level 3 wizard. This Effect is permanent, and you can continue to stake the territory as well...whether you tell your opponents about it before or after they take it is up to you! </div>
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Battle has come to Ayris and a flurry of battles have heralded the arrival of many combatants each faction seeking to establish a base of operations from which to conduct its campaign. The Undead tasted first blood with a victory over the forces of Chaos, but found it tougher going against the less rash and more calculating Empire. The Dark Elves saw victory across the board with the Orcs and Chaos Warriors tasting their whips and chains. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A number of battlefields are reported as having Giant Hands pointing at them...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...but there is no truth in this at all. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The forces of Chaos wastes its strength against the Nigh Unbreakable Elves</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Orcs discover why Air Superiority in this war will be vital... </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">whilst the Undead learn why M3 is such a disadvantage</td></tr>
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<span id="goog_935986683"></span><span id="goog_935986684"></span>Stay tuned for more news from the front!Aidanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055960276797332079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469664750374490598.post-45074702240449681052018-10-06T20:09:00.000+01:002018-10-07T00:02:10.978+01:00A Nation Sundered, a 5th Ed. WHFB campaignSo, having piqued the groups interest in 5th ed WHFB I was reading through my various books and wandering what to do next when I happened upon the Campaign rules in the battlebook. I like these rules; they are simple but work well. A quick survey suggested there was some interest in a little campaign, and so I decided to run one!<br />
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The rules to be used would be pretty much as written. Starting armies limited to 1000 points with increments for territories as normal. And thats it. The rest of the work has already been done, and is already in the 5th ed battle book! But I shall list the limitations for completeness:<br />
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Army size limit; 1000 points<br />
Only one wizard, max level 1.<br />
A General is compulsory but other characters are not allowed until the requisite territory is taken.<br />
One magic item, up to 50 points in value.<br />
1 warmachine<br />
1 large monster<br />
No allies.<br />
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Players are to tell the umpire (me) of the results of their battles, including who ended up with what territory and what objectives were or were not achieved. Also to keep track of their own veteran or elite status's of their units.<br />
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I decided some background was in order.<br />
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<i>Somewhere between the Worlds Edge Mountains and the Black Gulf lies the small, unregarded kingdom of Ayris, a kingdom so overlooked that it was often missing from maps of the Old World altogether! This state of affairs might have continued had not a civil war broken out between the corrupt King Wossisname and his dissatisfied subjects. Whilst this was an almost entirely internal struggle, its impact was felt across the world. The kingdoms position on the edge of the gulf meant that trade in the area between Tilea, the Border princes, Araby, various of the more southerly dwarven strongholds and the Crusader Kingdoms was disrupted. This disruption threatened many of the more precarious states, and as many of these states were closely tied to the Great Powers of the world it wasn't long before the eyes of the world were turned on Ayris. </i><br />
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<i>The struggle between those loyal to the king, and the rebel scum had been violent and each had fought the other to a standstill. Exhausted, they both turned to foreign powers for aid. And so armies came from far and wide, some openly supporting one cause or another, others keeping their cards closer to their chest and pursuing their own private interests. Some were simply there to secure certain resources, Ayris being the source of a particularly potent 'Potion of Strength', and a producer of vast numbers of 'Dispel Scrolls' . And a few came sensing that in the chaos would be opportunity; for riches and glory, or to carve out their own kingdom. </i><br />
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<i>As the kingdom of Ayris tore itself apart, the vultures began to circle...</i><br />
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As the foreign powers representatives arrive they secure for themselves , by political wrangling or by force, a base of operations:<br />
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Myself, commanding an Empire army occupied a Village, a Forest(2) and a lost valley containing a Temple and a Trade Route.<br />
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Geoff, commanding the Wood Elves, controls two Towns and a bridge(80).<br />
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Rob, with dark elves, terrorizing a lost valley including a Road(50) and Village, a Trade Route and a wizards tower.<br />
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Chris, is Chaotic, and corrupts a Village, a Forest(1), and a Sacred Grove.<br />
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David, also Dark Elvish , is being unpleasant to a Village, a Trade Route, and a Pass(120).<br />
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Dafydd, is Undead, and now haunts a pair of villages, and a road (30).<br />
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Rick is also Undead and infests a Town, a Trade Route and a Mountain(1)<br />
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I will, shortly, be furnishing some, all or none of the players some sort of secret objective that they must try and achieve to further their own nefarious aims. Success or failure may result in great rewards, or penalties!<br />
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This could be interesting....<br />
<br />Aidanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055960276797332079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469664750374490598.post-54424714551148299082018-10-01T08:25:00.001+01:002018-10-01T08:27:51.369+01:00Breakthrough!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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The other day more troops for my Empire army rolled of the production line; the first two regiments of Horse - Pistoliers and knights of the White Wolf , and some reinforcements for the infantry and artillery. The guns were brand new, the rest had been waiting for attention for quite a while, and included some of the first figures I bought for my Empire Army...some twenty -odd years ago! There are still a few more units to paint- Knights of the Blazing Sun, Knights Panther, a Steam Tank, and a few more heroes, but it felt like a milestone of sorts had been reached, which could mean only three things: First, a celebratory cuppa. Secondly, some pics should be taken, and thirdly, the Empire must go to war! A challenge was laid down, and Chris foolishly accepted !</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pistoliers and knights of the White Wolf- the Pistoliers Standard has to<br />
set some kind of record for longest time taken over the simplest conversion:<br />
the pistol was cut to make way for the staff 20 years ago. The staff was added<br />
last week!</td></tr>
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So, to war! We agreed to play a 2500 point game, with no special characters. Scenario selected on the night was <i>Breakthrough, </i>with me attacking, and we rolled 5 turns.<br />
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I wanted to fit in as many of my painted units as possible, so I chose all of them , and then worked out what heroes I could have with my remaining points. I ended up with the following:<br />
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<b>Captain-General von Drakmoor </b>w/ <i>Runefang</i>, A<i>rmour of Fortune</i>, pistol, barded warhorse.<br />
S<b>ergeant-at-arms Owen Grimace</b> ; Battle standard w/ <i>Warbanner</i>, heavy armour, pistol, barded warhorse<br />
<b>Hildegard, Archsorceress of the Menificent Order of the Umpth Wuncicle</b>: wizard, level 3, warhorse.<br />
<b>Knights of the White Wolf</b> ,5 inc Standard bearer w/ <i>Standard of Shielding</i>, Champion w/ <i>Jade Amulet</i>.<br />
<b>The Nordreik Horse</b>; 9 Pistoliers, inc standard.<br />
<b>The Werberg Regt. of Foot</b>: 25 halberdiers, inc standard, musician and champion<br />
<b>The Innleigh Guard</b>: 15 halberdiers, inc standard, musician and champion<br />
<b>Freikorps</b>, 16 inc musician (count as halberdiers)<br />
<b>The Soerheim Company of Archers</b>, 21 inc standard.<br />
<b>The Froddasheim Greatswords</b>, 12 inc standard, musician and champion.<br />
<b>Borther Stumptickles Company</b>; 18 dwarf crossbows, inc standard and musician.<br />
2 greatcannons<br />
1 mortar<br />
1 hellblaster<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Chaos Horde deploys whilst its commander contemplates his<br />
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The Chaos Horde (all 37 of them !) consisted of<br />
A lord of Slannesh on chariot (the big palanquin thing)<br />
a daemon prince<br />
two units of 10 warriors<br />
5 knights<br />
10 horsemen<br />
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The chaos force was deployed across the road to Hargendorf, covering their brethren in the siege lines encircling that town. Von Drakmoor has been tasked with breaking through , and raising the siege!<br />
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The first turn was awfully dull. Von Drakmoor ordered a general advance, but none of the artillery found it's mark. The Chaos force retreated slightly. Magic played little part, but the Nordreik Horse caught some sort of pox that made it hard to walk !<br />
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Encouraged by the lack of inappropriate behaviour from the frottage squad the Imperial advance continued, the artillery finding the range and sending the marauder horse flying from the field. Archsorceress Hildegard spurred her horse forward and hurled a fireball at the chaos knights. To a cry of "I'm not wasting a dispel on a power 1 spell!" all but one of the regiment was immolated!<br />
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In retaliation a large pink daemon prince dropped from the sky in front of her, keen to avenge the fallen and find out what a Wuncicle was when it was at home; distracting the giant pervert with a well timed "look; behind you !" the Archsorceress rode safely away, and the Imperial line wavered, but held firm under their commanders eye !<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That'll be Terror tests all round then?</td></tr>
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The great cannons roared, their shot tearing the Princely One asunder, but it was able to <i>Escape!</i> and staggered back on to the battlefield to general dismay! The Chaos Lord rode in to the fray, scattering the Soerheim Archers, shrugging off their attempts to slow it down!<br />
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The hedonistic headcase rode on in to the Innleigh Guard, but received a flank charge from the mighty Knights of the White Wolf. A spirited duel began between the knights champion, and the chaos lord. The rest of the Imperial troops turned his pimped up ride into firewood. Enraged by this vandalism he refused to flee!<br />
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The Pistoliers came under attack from the injured Daemon Prince ,but despite its only having one wound their pistols were unable to find their mark . With chaos halberdiers loitering with intent on the far side of the village the advance of the Freikorps and Greatswords was suitably cautious.<br />
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The Werberg Regt. charged the last chaos knight, hoping to break it and thus hasten their egress. Alas, even a single chaos knight was a match for an entire regiment of men, and they were soon outflanked, and destroyed. Meanwhile, the Chaos Lord had felled the Knights champion , and turned his unwanted attention on Von Drakmoor, who whacked him mightily with his <i>Runefang</i>! The gods of chaos attempted to resurrect the chaos knights, but there some sort of administrative error and three the Nordreik Horse staggered back to their feet and returned to the fight, albeit briefly!<br />
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Seeing the horrific fate of the Werbergers, Hildebrand spurred forward once more , incinerating the last chaos knight. Sporadic shooting accounted for a few more chaos warriors, the last Pistolier held his ground, and von Drakmoor tried to finish off his opponent but only managed to tickle him with his mighty weapon! But the followers of Slaanesh had had enough; realizing a break through was inevitable, they fell back in good order to buy what time they could for the besiegers of Hargendorf.<br />
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Aidanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055960276797332079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469664750374490598.post-66156503345537774752018-09-09T21:55:00.001+01:002018-09-09T21:55:47.283+01:00The Gathering DarknessA recurring and much loved topic of discussion amongst the gang is that of "Edition wars", the endless and near pointless back and forth over which version of Warhammer Fantasy Battle was the best ever. It was during one such conversation that Rick declared he really liked "the one that had the lizards in it" and that we should play a big game of that edition. Nevermind that none of us had played 5th edition for decades, and that it was never the quickest system ever to fight a battle to some kind of conclusion, we agreed a date and to bring every model we had within certain parameters. We ended up deciding on a Chaos V Undead bash, with a few allies.<br />
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Chris and I would ally our Chaos armies together. Mine was a bit on the small side so I decided to invite my Orcs of the Skullsmasha Legion to the party. Rick and his sprog Ben would command the Undead. My own undead army was added , and allies came in the form of Skaven!<br />
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We decided to play everything more or less Wysiwyg, with only a few "counts as" for some of the more obscure stuff that hadn't existed in 5th edition. Some stuff was simply ported in "as is" from 4th and 6th editions, and this didn't appear to cause any problems!<br />
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Little attempt was made to make sure the sides were even, and both forces were simply plonked down. At a guess I'd estimate the forces to be around 10000 points but they were very different forces. Ricks undead were somewhat character heavy, almost as many Vampires in his army as we had any sort of characters! I counted at least 4 special characters amongst the ranks, including both Von Carstein and Nagash, By contrast we had almost no heroes, and only a few big hitting monsters, but the quality of our infantry was somewhat higher overall.<br />
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We let the special characters keep their allocated magic items, and decided to randomly distribute the magic item cards from the 5th edition boxed set. I forget most of who got what, but my Orc Warlord on a Wyvern got the Blade of Ensorcelled Iron for a +1 to hit, the Boarboys got a Warbanner and the Hero leading my Marauders got the Blade of Leaping Bronze for +2 attacks.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The massed undead lancers look for an opening on the flank whilst a vampire on<br />Zombie Dragon gets the drop on my Chaos Dragon! The chaos dragon was badly<br />wounded, but managed to eat the Vampire, causing the Zombie Dragon to take to the skies.<br />Our Victory was short lived when the Vampire "escaped!" and returned to hunt down<br />and finish off the Chaos Dragon later in the game!<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two units of mounted wights caused panic in the chaos lines , with unit after unit<br />routing, but the undead were too slow to capitalise on this, and the counter attack<br />defeated both attacks. </td></tr>
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Well that was a lot of fun, with a convincing victory for the Forces of Chaos! So what went wrong for Nagash and his minions? Well, Rick, as the commander in chief of the undead forces was happy to take all the blame and dump it on his son Ben for rolling nothing but ones for the entire game, and doing all the actual dice rolling to boot! We fully expected the Vampire to take a heavy toll on our infantry as we had little capable of taking them in a unit v unit melee, but every time one stepped up to fight they promptly dropped their swords, fell over their own feet and were generally useless. Even Vlad took 4 rounds of combat to deal with someone he should have been able to kill with his little toe! Apart from killing my Dragon (at the second attempt!) most of them barely landed a blow! Ricks other primary excuse was the pitiful winds of magic rolls. Before the Game I had suggested we make it a 4d6 roll, but Rick was concerned that might allow magic to dominate(!) too much, and eventually we compromised on 3d6+1 cards each turn. He did have a pretty low turn with a mere 5 cards rolled at a critical point of the game, but I thought we had plenty of magic to go around the rest of the time. I felt he was tending to try and power up single spells too much and would have been better with more less powerful spells to draw out the dispel cards. As it was my own Chaos Sorcerer pretty much had Nagash sewn up for the entire game, dispelling almost everything that came his way and planting a few good doses of Soul Drain on key units , which they were unable to recover from before a general melee ensued.<br />
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At the end of the game our mass of infantry was engaged with almost none of the skeletons, most of whom were already destroyed but were generally facing a scattering of vampires, wraiths and wights. We had been very luck with the Vampires poor showing thus far, and had only held our own by virtue of skeletons being really squishy! In a hypothetical next turn, with no more skeletons to hit, and with some decent rolls on the vampires and wraiths (being too tough or too ethereal for our infantry to hurt) the out come could have been rather different. <br />
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Anyway that was great and I hope we can do it again soon!Aidanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055960276797332079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469664750374490598.post-63596980573682074492018-08-18T00:11:00.001+01:002018-08-18T00:23:46.670+01:00Warmaster 2! Warmasteryier...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last night I played my first game of Warmaster! My order from Pendraken had arrived and had been painted and this (with some borrowed bears and a few magical toys ) brought my army up to near 1500 points.<br />
My Force consisted of:<br />
General with Orb of Majesty<br />
Hero with sword of might<br />
Hero with Bear<br />
Wizard with dispel scroll<br />
3 units of Lancers (1 with a magic banner)<br />
3 units of Horse Archers<br />
2 units of Archers<br />
2 units of Axemen<br />
1 Warwagon<br />
1 unit of Borrowed Bears<br />
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These faced Geoffs High Elves!<br />
2 Units of Silver Helms<br />
2 units of Reavers<br />
2 units of Chariots<br />
4 units of Spearmen<br />
3 units of Archers<br />
1 battery of bolt throwers<br />
General, hero and wizard<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Elven Right .</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Kislevite Light Cavalry Brigade mix it up with the Reavers and Silver Helms. They destroyed the Reavers, but only bagged one stand of silver helms before the brigade was lost. Still, their charge caused Chaos in the elven lines...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Lancers try out a lance formation. They'd lost three stands when they got<br />
charged by the chariots, but they destroyed the chariots in turn. Pity they spent<br />
most of the game just standing there.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My left flank- at this point with a briagde gone, and still outnumbered I<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile in the centre- the Kislevites have taken their time over laagering,<br />
luckily the elvish brigades here were taking orders from an wizard, and spent<br />
most of the time just faffing about. The Bears are sent in to cause more chaos.</td></tr>
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for the Lancers to arrive, coming down the hillside (and presumably with Sabaton<br />
providing the soundtrack...), and were driven back, despite the Kislevites only being<br />
armed with rubber lances....</td></tr>
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The game didn't quite end there - The silver helms managed to catch my two under strength lancer units unawares and destroyed them. This should have ended the game but I miscounted and didn't realise I'd reached half strength! Pressing on, my remaining lancers charged the two spearmen units that had survived their previous charge, and wiped them out , breaking the Elf army as well...whoops!<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">So whats the ver<span style="font-family: inherit;">dict? It was a great game, though I need more units: I was a bit out numbered, and even just 4 units less in such a small game meant I was somewhat stretched. Need to get my General to where the action is as well, the first half of the game was all about the cavalry engagement on my left, but the general was miles away, and the two heroes commanding Brigades there were out of their depth! And wizards are no substitute for a proper commander. Never got to see what the Infantry could do, once they'd laargered they were rather static! They shot up any elves that came near quite well, but we never got to test Geoff's assertion that they were unassailable once formed up. But the fact he was reluctant to engage them suggests more warwagons might be worth it. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Most of the rules of the game I very much like, but I was a little dissatisfied with the melee mechanic were you keep fighting round after round till one side is defeated. Theres something funny about it, but I can't quite decide what it is. More testing required.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Anyway, heres some random shots of the whole force. Think it needs more Horse. A lot more Horse...</span></span></span><br />
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<br />Aidanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055960276797332079noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469664750374490598.post-64050384044596577042018-08-05T10:37:00.001+01:002018-08-05T18:09:07.223+01:00Warmaster!This post should have probably been the Gauntlet18 report...a rundown of the huge and epic and massively overly complicated game of Frostgrave... and I'll get round to it one day, but this hobby butterfly has seen something shiny...<br />
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The other week at the club, whilst my Orks were giving Phils Imperial Guard a good going over, I espied in the corner of the room, a game using tiddly little figures- Warmaster! I'd long coveted this game that has been described as one of the best wargames ever written, and I already loved its cousins (Hail Ceaser, Black Powder and Pike and Shotte), and golly, did it look fun. So I decided I was in, and that I would collect Kislevites! With the only slight hitch that they didnt make 'em anymore, I headed for ebay, took one look at the prices and headed for Pendraken Miniatures to buy a bunch of their Renaissance Polish! And Whilst I was awaiting their arrival I started work on terrain!<br />
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Pretty much my entire terrain collection is for 28mm scale so I'd be starting from scratch and needing everything. Firstly I went looking for buildings. Attempts to scratchbuild were unsatisfactory, so I turned to the internet and looked for the free stuff that could be downloaded.<br />
I found this castle : http://www.toshachminiatures.com/castles.htm which is very nice, and an easy build, and this model village https://www.grundschule-pretzschendorf.de/Werken/Weihnachtsberg/weihnachtsberg.html. The buildings in the latter are a bit modern looking but I copied them into MS paint and modified them a bit before I printed them out.<br />
A visit to the Works turned up 50 small fir trees for a mere £10 and all they needed was quick brush with green paint. I also remembered I had already bought one piece of terrain, many years ago with 10mm gaming in mind, and it was gather dust on a shelf. It was a model of an ancient ruined temple, bought whilst visiting the Parthenon on my honeymoon, for a mere 2 euros. This was given a scenic base and a coat of paint. A cardboard tube became a wizards tower, some foam board became some hills, and then the figures arrived, a small packet to see how things went, and enough to make a unit of Winged Hussars, 3 of Horse Archers, and 2 of Axemen. A Bear was found in the spares pile to provide a lancer with a mount. And thus in a mere 2 weeks I've produced a pile of terrain, and 600points or thereabouts of Kislevites, ready for battle. Reinforcements are already on their way...<br />
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After writing this I was looking for something to do with my day when I realised I didnt have a wizard! Well there was only one thing for it...I would have to make one!<br />
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<br />Aidanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055960276797332079noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469664750374490598.post-19886040772472463192018-06-28T00:10:00.001+01:002018-06-28T00:10:18.099+01:00Reinforcements have arrived...So some stuff has gotten paint on it, so I thought I'd best put some pics up quick. Not been getting a whole lotta gaming in recently but the previously mentioned Dinotanks saw some action in a big game of 40k, and the Laserburn boys got a kicking in Necromunda becoming outlaws, and having to give up a bunch of territories to make ends meet! My strategy there could do with a rethink...<br />
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Recently I gave Warhammer another go- this time 6th edition with nowt more than the Ravening Hordes Supplement . We tried a lovely 3 way game with Empire V Skaven V Bretonnia, which turned out to surprisingly fun. I got shot to bits at first, stuck in the crossfire of the Skaven and Empire gunlines, but the Bretonnians were not dismayed (well, ok quite a lot of them ran away, but at least 2 werent dismayed!) and the last of my knights charged the length of the table scattering unit after unit or Ratscum and Imperial lacky, accounting for some 90 enemies! Two true Bretonnians! And with that we called it a draw...<br />
But it seems there is desire for more- Ive been asked (or told ) to rewrite RH more to the groups taste...<br />
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Anyway, here we have the Inleigh Regiment. At phalanx17 I picked up a dozen broken Heroquest Henchmen, and a few Imperial figures for about a fiver. At Phalanx18 I finally found some suitable weapons for them! Would very much like a few more for this unit. The device is the Golden Rabbit of Inleigh, borrowed from the film "Watership Down"<br />
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Some BTD\Harlequin Orcs now, another command group, and a stone thrower! I like the stone thrower, and might get some more...<br />
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Aha! An Orc General on a Wyvern! <br />
The Wyvern is classic Citadel lead picked up cheaply on ebay, but with a BTD\Harlequin Hero on top, cos I didn't like the citadel one, and it didn't fit my armies style. The one-legged stance is a bugger, there are a ridiculous number of bits of metal holding this thing up!<br />
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A knight! In order to play the aforementioned game of WHFB I had to paint another knight (cos it turned out I was bit short of knights!), and this is a proper oldhammer Bretonnian! More Knights for my Bretonnians are waiting for their turn on the painting table, and some of them are properly oldhammer!<br />
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GCPS Troopers! These chaps were a Xmas gift from the inlaws, and I decided to go with a fairly standard green and yellow camo scheme, and a less conventional blue skintone...Genetic Infantry perhaps...<br />
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<br />Aidanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055960276797332079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469664750374490598.post-59685754452463763642018-06-02T16:21:00.000+01:002018-08-13T00:02:41.002+01:00Sumerians and DinotanksI've been fascinated for years with ancient history...no, not those Johnny-Come-lately Romans and Greeks, really ancient history- The dawn of civilization, the first cities and city states, the first written records, the agricultural revolution, the oldest stories that we know of and inevitably, the first wars. I am of course referring to the Sumerians!<br />
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And there just so happens to be some lovely figures available for the Sumerians, and after reading the Epic of Gilgamesh, how could I not want to put together the army of the city state of Uruk, with Gilgamesh and Enkidu at its head...<br />
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Gilgamesh and Enkidu lead the Men of Uruk into battle. These two are from Eureka. Most of the infantry is from Wargames foundry, though there is a couple of Newline Designs figures in there.<br />
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These young ladies are from Foundry's Amazon range with a few modifications- they had sumerian style kilts greenstuffed on in my usual skilless way, and the incense burner thingy was replaced with Snake, which I thought was a bit more appropriate. The Eureka Humbaba is skulking at the back...<br />
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The infantry consists of 12 Javelin men, 12 Slingers (converted from spare javelinmen) and 36 Spearmen.<br />
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For the Spearmen I um'ed and ah'ed for a while on how to paint their cloaks. There are two schools of thought about these- some say they are simply cloaks made from the skins of some sort of spotted animal, probably a big cat. Other reckon its more like a form of composite armour, with a fabric cloak covered in metal presumably copper or bronze studs or plates sown in. After scrutinizing the Standard of Ur (a part of which is shown below) I decided that the catskin cloak option was the most likely, though I am aware that someone found some copper studs from the period I think I'm correct in saying nobody has demonstrated they were part of any kind of armour.<br />
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When you look at the whole of the Standard of Ur you can see its creator has been pretty consistent with colour- copper or bronze weapons are all shown in a light colour, but the spots on the cloaks are black...so, as much as I like the idea behind the copper studded cloak, I can't agree that it is the correct interpretation.<br />
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I've arranged the army units of 12 as I expect it'll see most use with the Dragon Rampant rules, which is fine as it suits the heroic nature of Gilgamesh and Enkidu, and I don't think anyone else around here has an army from the period! All I really want to add is a unit of Battle Carts, and some Gutian mercenaries, but, whether another city state attacks, some timber needs stealing from Humbaba, or if some jilted deity unleashes the Bull of Heaven to lay waste to Uruk, the Men of Uruk are ready for battle!<br />
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Ive made some other stuff recently too; Some very old school space-cacti made from cocktail sticks and polystyrene balls, and then painted bright colours. Very handy for Ghost Archipelago too...<br />
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And My Ork army wanted some heavy support. I couldn't find a tank I liked the look of , but I had a pair of Dinosaurs on the shelf waiting for howdahs, and I decided gun turrets would be much better!<br />
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And they have even seen a bit of battle recently, with this three way game between my Orks, Ricks Nid's and Chris's Spikey Gits. Naturally they both decided the Dinotanks had to be dealt with and I was attacked on both fronts!<br />
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The game looked great, and was great fun, and da boyz even claimed victory, a victory only slightly marred by Rick and Chris claiming victory too...<br />
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Thanks for Reading!Aidanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055960276797332079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469664750374490598.post-48127898108879186012018-03-09T13:46:00.000+00:002018-03-09T13:46:00.591+00:00The Quest for Jhary-a-ConelI do like the Eternal Champion books by Michael Moorcock, and I was slightly aware that Citadel once did a range of figures for them. The other week I was fortunate enough to happen across an ebay listing for a bunch of Eternal Champions and their associates - Elrik , Yrkoon, Moonglum, Erekose, Urlik, Hawkmoon and Corum. I paid a little more than I usually would for 28mm metal, but not by much, and a lot less than most of the entries on ebay are priced at. But the one I really wanted seems to have been very much absent from ebay- Jhary a Conel. I've been trawling ebay for weeks for a sniff of this figure, and finally one has appeared- fingers crossed!<br />
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Corum and Hawkmoon were the first two off the painting table (though Hawkmoon is still waiting for his shield)<br />
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And finally, the Thugs are here! I managed to find 40odd of these on ebay for a fiver, and my Chaos army badly needed some archers/skirmishers. I've painted a company of 12, Chris and Rick were given 12 each as well, and the rest will probably go to the God-sprog for painting practice!<br />
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<br />Aidanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055960276797332079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469664750374490598.post-1807874767951257762018-02-16T20:06:00.002+00:002018-02-16T20:06:36.122+00:00New Wood...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
My Treeman! Ok, not the greatest model ever, but for my first go at sculpting I'm very happy with how it turned out. Not quite a traditional treeman- I never liked the long legged look, Much prefer to think of them moving around on a writhing mass of tentacle-like roots, and permanently miffed about being woken from a nap...</div>
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<br />Aidanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055960276797332079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469664750374490598.post-46806947402757465802018-02-15T11:36:00.003+00:002018-02-15T11:36:51.251+00:00Old leadSome more stuff has been rolling off the painting table this week:<br />
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First up, the Crew of the Cutting Snark have been reinforced- There must be representatives here from at least 5 of Citadels various Barbarian/Tribesmen/Viking ranges. Combined they make a motley crew but thats how I like my Pirates!<br />
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Copplestone Barbarian, she'll be joining my Chaos army.</div>
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A Knight for my Bretonnian army, pretty sure he's citadel, probably an early Bretonnian.</div>
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And another project Ive been working on this week- Sculpting! never tried to make a figure before but I'd always wanted a treeman, and never been happy with the ones made commercially, so decided to make my own,. He consists mostly of electrical cable, electrical tape, wirewool and milliput. Still some work to be done...<br />
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Aidanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055960276797332079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469664750374490598.post-89863220661237279042018-02-04T20:20:00.003+00:002018-02-04T21:33:29.202+00:00Spring Clean...I was going through my camera deleting stuff and came across a whole file of pics of stuff I'd painted and games played that I realised I hadnt posted, so in no particular order:<br />
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First up - last year I started renovating my old 40k tanks- I had a bunch of Scratchbuilt and converted tanks, but they weren't very good and I decided to scrap the worst of them and do some work on the rest, but first I took a picture to record my various tanks, flying chimeras, Shermans Russ's and Mortar Carriers and the like. As they are rebuilt I'll post them here...<br />
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A Rogue Trader from Knightmare miniatures. I rather like this chap.<br />
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A bunch of scifi civies from the old Metal Magic range, currently made by Moonraker Miniatures. Got the rest painted around here somewhere and they populate my 40k and Necromunda tables.<br />
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Picked this beastie up from Northstar during one of those nickstarters. No idea what to do with him but I liked him.<br />
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Legolas on a horse from the old Citadel LOTR range<br />
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Some 1/43 scale armoured cars for my Cadian Imperial Guard. These are the collectable diecast models you see on the front of magazines occasionally and can be found cheap on ebay- I upgunned them to fit in with my 40k stuff.<br />
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One of the first of the rebuilds mentioned above- This Vanquisher was originally scratch built by me about 13 years ago, and has finally had all the gaps in its armour filled up , and more detail. I'm very happy with the result, especially as it was my first go with humbrol weathering powders.<br />
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This tank is a new one, a gift to myself when I was feeling very ill! Its a lasercut card kit, of a scifi'd WW1 mk4 tank. It was fun to build and looks great. If my ww1 British ever stray onto the battlefields of the 41st millennium this will be providing vital support!<br />
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Had a growing pile of duff computer mice in the shed, finally decided to do something about it- Grav-Cars! 2 civie models and 1 police car, with lasguns and a missile launcher for laying down the law...theres some cops around here too...<br />
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As Frostgrave Ghost Archipelago has proved rather popular around here I felt some scenery was in order- Found this toy pirate ship and shark for about £7 and set to work turning them into something a bit more suitable for the tabletop!<br />
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Rather pleased with how they both turned out- the shark was cut in half and the base decorated with silicone sealant to give that churning water effect!<br />
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The ship was heavily modified with a new mast and bowsprit, companion way, and new decks fore and aft.<br />
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Just in time for my first game!<br />
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It didnt go well, with a lot of my guys struggling in the water, though my Heritor did his best to defeat all comers and escape with the treasure!<br />
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Heres a bunch of critters for F:GA<br />
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Erik Erikson and the crew of the Cutting Snark- a motley collection of old Citadel tribesmen, vikings and barbarians. Theres 6 more on the painting table as I type.<br />
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We've been playing a necromunda campaign recently- the Laserburn Boys gained a holestead early on and are here defending it against an incursion of corrupt police officers - the fuzz came off the worse in this fight!<br />
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Another F:GA game against David, with the crew of the Cutting Snark using small boats to good effect to make off with a pile of treasure!<br />
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We had another Frostgrave gaming day in January but I only managed to get two pics, both of Daves game V Chris, trying to find their way through the magical portals to the treasure room!<br />
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This lot where actually finished quite a while ago but I hadn't taken a picture at the time- this is all my Dark Elf infantry- Just gotta get the cold one knights finished I suppose!<br />
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I took part in the F:GA nickstarter last year and here are some of the freebies and the treasure tokens that came with it. Also included are a very old beastman, and er, some sort of squidheaded chap who I picked up free from a box of unwanted figures but which I rather liked.</div>
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And some more renovated tanks! My Cruisers were showing their age, but I still felt they had potential, so I smoothed off the rough edges, rebuilt the front glacis, hull gun position and main gun mantlet, and the side plating. Since this was taken all my tanks have had various icons and numbers added.</div>
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Aidanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055960276797332079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469664750374490598.post-90063432673352285952017-12-03T22:50:00.003+00:002017-12-03T22:50:55.471+00:00Lichlord- Slightly Thawed...Realising we just couldn't get enough games of anything in if we just stuck to playing on Thursday nights at the club we are making a conscious effort to get more weekend gaming in- last month we had a Pikemans Lament Campaign day, a week or two later we did a big Napoleonics game. I may write more about them soon, but today we decided we were going to to play Frostgrave, and more specifically to try and play some of scenarios in the Thaw of the Lich Lord supplement. And this was sufficient incentive for me to start building more scenery!<br />
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I decided I was going to provide at least a tablesworth of terrain- ruined buildings etc. Unfortunately I got rather distracted by a few other projects and it was only a week before that I started construction! I plied knife and glue gun till the wee hours for a week, beating my chosen materials of foam core and coffee stirrers into surly submission relentlessly until at last the ruins of Frostgrave emerged from my workbench! And it looked a little like this:</div>
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I managed to put together 20 ruined buildings , a small pile of scatter terrain, rubble and walls etc. 3 rowing boats and a ship. Not bad for a weeks work eh? And of course the ship and boats will be handy for exploring the Ghost Archipelago! <br />
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Im particularly pleased with the ship- its a bit rough around the edges but given I didn't even intend to build it until about 36 hours before the 1st game I think it turned out ok! Like the rest of the terrain, its simply foam core covered in coffee stirrers and matchsticks. The mast is removable and held in place with a large washer and a couple of magnets. And yes, the little rowing boats are Lego...lined with yet more coffee stirrers.<br />
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We played three games, the first three from the Thaw of the Lichlord. My first game against David went very well with my Invulnerable knight cornering his wizard and beating him to death, whilst everyone else tore his warband to bits. I got a bit pile a treasure, and a magic sword for my Knight, and David got a large amount of rolls on the injuries table and the funeral bill for his apprentice.<br />
Game 2 against Geoff was fought across the icy river with the ship at the centre went less well. I ended up with a decent amount of treasure but with little experience and almost my entire band down and out by the end. Only one fatality thankfully, who was replaced with a bagpipe player! <br />
And we finished off with a 3 way ambush of a cartful of treasure, guarded by four suspicious looking buggers in cowls. Despite 9 treasure tokens on the board I managed to avoid taking home any at all! My gang took a bit of a beating- despite laying down a fair bit of firepower my wizards just couldn't do enough damage- they managed to bag an apprentice but dozens of other targets were hit but escaped unscathed- and they were generally to many or to tough for my motley collection of musicians and thugs to go toe to toe with. As a result Chris and Daffyd took home 4 and 5 respectively, and I was down 20gc thanks to niggling injuries! <br />
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Trying out Ghost Archipelago on Thursday, but heres some more pics from today:<br />
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Aidanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055960276797332079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469664750374490598.post-87399343136461832272017-07-09T17:58:00.002+01:002017-07-23T09:29:41.367+01:00 Mouse class Gun-drone After Thurday nights game I decided that my victorious Space Rangers needed a little something- Troop and Heavy Support options are easy enough to put together but there was nothing obvious that I could think of to fill a fast attack slot. So I went into my bog box of bits (aka the Shed) and had a rummage and found a cheap and nasty computer mouse. I'd intended to make a hover car with it, but never got round to it, and it occurred to me it might make a good Landspeeder!<br />
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I added bunch of other scraps from the bits box, and some bits of plasticard- the turret if from a Matchbox toy tank.<br />
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Then all it needed was paint!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The Mouse class Gun-drone ready for action! Despite the edict against any form of AI, the robust and versatile Mouse class and its variants can still be found in service with numerous mercenary and PDF units across the galaxy, and other organisations that simply didn't get the memo, and don't mind risking the wrath of the Adepts of Mars.</span><br />
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Of course having built one I found I just couldnt stop! Luckily I had the parts for two more lying around....<br />
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So now I have three of these little gunships! Theyre not quite identical , but I'm very pleased with the results.<br />
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Oh, and here is the whole of the Space Rangers force- Captain Coruscant's Cataphracts:<br />
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Thanks for reading!Aidanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055960276797332079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469664750374490598.post-202017333585314192017-07-07T00:36:00.000+01:002017-07-07T00:36:11.437+01:00Space Rangers Lead the Way! 8th ed 40k.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Chris has been very excited about the release of 8th ed 40k. I was less so- the novelty wears a little thin after you've seen the first few editions. But he wanted a game, and I was keen to let my sci-fi scenery get an airing and to actually use my Space Ranger army, as I'd never before commanded it in battle! Chris declared we would play to 70 power levels. This is a simplified points system for people who can't be bothered adding up the cost of every bolt pistol and frag grenade. In our case 70 PLs appeared to equal about 1300 points. He would of course bring his Khornate Loonies...I decided to bring my Space Rangers! </div>
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These hadn't been out since the <a href="http://platoonfire.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/raid-on-research-station-217.html" target="_blank">Raid on Research Station 217</a> and I'd umpired that. On toting them up I found the two squads and a tank only came to about 30 odd Power Levels, so I put in an order to EM4 for more! This added another 2 tactical squads, and I used two spare Sergeants to make a bodyguard for the Captain. I then remembered I had some Mechs in the loft in a box from Em4 as well, and wondered if I could find a use for them. Scanning the Marine List on BattleScribe I found something called a Centurian- Slow but tough and with lots of weapons I felt this was a close enough fit- I added a pile of spare flamers from the Bits Box and called them Sentry Robots! This little lot was painted in the two days before the game!</div>
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Also for this game I managed to paint a few Sci-fi Civilians whom you'll see in the following photos- these are the metal magic figure now made by Moonraker miniatures. old school, detailed and characterful. I'll try and get the rest finished soon. </div>
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Captain Coruscant- Thunderhammer, plasma pistol</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...While everyone else gives covering fire! These chaps on my left easily dealt with the<br />Furies, and a stray Khornate combat squad, and pummelled the Landraider.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1st Wave of Khorne hits my flank- the Tac squad goes in to slow<br />them down a bit. Everyone else gets ready to pile in. Vindicator Scratched<br />the Landraider. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tac Squad was overrun in short order- HQ led the countercharge-<br />Captain felled the Prince with his Thunderhammer, Robots and combat Squad1<br />chewed up and spat out Kharn and his loonies. Landraider is being ground down by overcharged plasma<br />cannon volleys into its flanks, and Demolisher cannon from the front.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Devastators and Tac squads keep up the covering fire from the flank- Landraider gets desperate and <br />tried to run over Captain Coruscant- unfortunately it skewered itself on his Hammer!<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rhino tries to outflank my position again, containing the last Khornate combat squad, and<br />runs into trouble. At this point I found out that Granades have no effect in melee! Arrgh! <br />Oh well,the Thunderhammer worked just fine!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Berserkers within came out fighting, and thanks to some awful dice on<br />my part managed to take down two Robots! However the last one wasn't having any<br />of that nonsense from some squishy emotional types and pulled their arms off!</td></tr>
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Khornate forces were utterly annihilated for the loss of the Vindicator, 2 Robots, and about 11 Rangers.<br />
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So, how did I feel about the rules ? Not bad- Certainly a lot more Streamlined than they used to be ( as point of reference here I last played during 5th ed!) which will make big games easier. Leaving aside the fact this was our first time playing and we hadn't read the rules it didn't take long to get to grips, and nothing really seemed to bog the game down. Interesting that some things form 2nd ed, like save modifiers and wound multipliers are back, but I feel it lacks some of the Character of 2nd. <br />
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On balance I'd say there's nothing revolutionary here at all, and not a huge amount to get overly excited by- its only doing what practically every other ruleset out there already does! But with all the dead weight gone you can now easily put all your figures on the table and have at it without having to book a week off work first! You don't have to worry about micro-managing so much, which is all good for a big game, so we'll probably be trying it again!<br />
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"Oh aye", Says I, "Didn't think anyone had shown an interest in doing anything this year." </div>
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We batted a few ideas back and forth for a bit- </div>
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ECW? Napoleonics? </div>
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What the hell is Commando? </div>
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Flames of War? No! </div>
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And that's how I got roped into painting 400 Zulus in just a few short weeks. I'd already got 100 or so ready, and as you may have seen from my previous posts I've been rather enjoying games of the The Men Who Would be King recently. And I had a small amount of themed scenery. We put the idea out to see how it fared amongst the group- the group liked it and some volunteers stepped forward to play it at Gauntlet. Now the question was- how many could we paint? Rick stepped forward and insisted he would provide around 100 or so- and he'd started ordering them already. </div>
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Thus enthused, and unhindered by children, I decided we would need a total of around 600 or so, and that I would paint the rest, and build some scenery to go with it. In addition I would come up with a scenario and umpire it. Which suited me fine, because there has been one scenario that I've wanted to run since forever:</div>
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<u><b>The combined Battles of Isandlwana and Rorkes Drift!</b></u></div>
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There has always been a bit of a problem with fighting these two battles on the gaming table- they are rather recognisable to anyone who has watched the films, and they can both get dull very fast if you just treat it as a "line 'em up and Charge!/Shoot 'em!" affair. I mean, surely everyone knows how the British "ought" to have deployed at Isandlewana- Form square or Laager and the thing just becomes a turkey shoot- the tactical considerations that affected decisions on the day go straight out the window! </div>
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But there's a way around that; by disguising the Scenario as something else! And so, inspired a little by events at the very end of the war I reworked the events of the 1st invasion of Zululand to take pace around the Capture of Cetsewayo, the Zulu King. and thus I came up with this Scenario:</div>
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<b><u>The Battles of Qhedini and Fort Thesiger!</u></b></div>
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The Premise was simple- in the last days of the Anglo Zulu war King Cetsewayo is in hiding , his cities burn, and his armies are scattered. The British are hunting for him and pacifying any Zulu still showing some fight. As the hunters close in on their prey weary bands of zulu's gather, rallying to their king, in defiance of his order to disperse, for one final attempt to drive out the Imperial invader.</div>
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To this end I gave the two sides a variety of objectives and misinformation- The British were given only very vague information over the position and strength of the Zulus, and were told to Capture the King, burn the Village of Qhedini where he was hiding, and round up any cattle to be taken as War Reparations. The Zulus were given slightly better intelligence about the nature of the threat facing them but weren't told where the King was hiding. They were tasked with the destruction of all Imperial forces, and taking the Camp and the Fort. </div>
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The rules we used were The Men who Would Be King by Dan Mersey, one of my favourites. Some folk said a game with those rules of this size wouldn't work. They were wrong. We did modify it a little though- I Preset all the stats, and we abandoned the idea of each unit having a leader. Instead I created certain Personalities (based on real people) who could be attached to a unit. These personalties were given various abilities that could be used to bolster their unit, or other units around them. There were 9 altogether , including Cetsewayo. Some of them are a little more whimsical than historical!</div>
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<b>Cetsewayo Kamapande </b>
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King of the Zulu</div>
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join the nearest unit. He will not fight and reduces the unit SP
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">officer
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Must be attached to
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<b>Colonel Benford</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">80</span><sup><span style="font-size: 11pt;">th</span></sup><span style="font-size: 11pt;">
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The British would start on the table- No. 3 Column, consisting of 6 companies of Regulars, a gatling gun, and a 7pdr, and a unit of NNC. would be in and around the camp. No. 5 column, consisting of 3 units of Cavalry and 4 of Native infantry , and rocket battery, would be marching from the River to the camp . A single rifle company guarded the Fort, and another was in reserve. The zulus all started off table apart from two units of local scouts, with about 16 units in each of the chest, and the two horns. The British would therefore have the table to themselves for three turns before the first of the Zulus arrived, giving them chance to round up cattle, reach the village and capture the king before burning it. That was the idea at least. The Zulus would arrive in 6 waves at three separate points over 9 turns, in part to keep the British guessing, but partly to give them chance to thin the horde a a little before the next wave arrived.</div>
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Firstly we would need Zulus! Luckily during this period Warlord games did a couple of their Sprue sales so I grabbed a pile of zulus through that. Then I hunted Ebay and local model shops and gaming events for cheap Zulus, ending up with two of the Zulu Starter Armies and a large number of other boxes and loose Zulus. Think I bought 500 in total, but was only able to paint 400 in time for Gauntlet. All the Zulus bar two are Warlord/Empress. Those two are from Northstars Africa! range- the King Lubengula figures converted slightly to become Cetswayo and Mehlokazulu! A large number of movement trays were bought from Supplies for Wargamers. <br />
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The British only lacked for their Auxiliaries as I had a large number of Redcoats. I added two extra units of cavalry- the Frontier Light Horse converted from ACW cavalry, and the Empress Native Horse. Dismounted versions were provided for both. I painted up an additional 3 units of NNC for the British as well.<br />
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I also needed Terrain! Hills were made using the "Expanding foam in a can " method, and a few items were bought like wagons, piles of mealie bags and other supplies, ammunition boxes etc, and a rather nice resin pontoon bridge. A small fort was built with foam board sheet to represent Fort Thesiger, standing in for Rorkes Drift!<br />
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And then we were ready for battle! Michael took command of No.5 Column, Phil, who we met on the day and didn't have a game , took command of No.3 Column. Geoff, Rick, Chris and the Two Bens took joint command of the Zulus! After I'd laid out the terrain, lamenting that I didn't appear to have made enough large hills, and explained the scenario to both teams, helped them identify their commands, and then explained the scenario again to Rick who hadn't been paying attention the first time all that was left was to actually play! I wont bore you too much with a blow by blow and it would be impossible anyway, but here are some pictures.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An overview of the battlefield from the Zulu end.<br />
The village of Qhedini on the left <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The British camp and wagon park as the British regulars move out.<br />
No.5 column <span style="font-size: 12.8px;">just appearing over the nek.</span></td></tr>
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pleasant few hours collecting <span style="font-size: 12.8px;">stray </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The British are forced back against the hill, where they try to form<br />
Square. <span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> The right horn </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">can just be seen coming over the nek into the</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A rifle company of the Helpmekaar relief column has arrived to contest<br />
the river crossing, and cover the <span style="font-size: 12.8px;">retreat of the last of the </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Frontier Light Horse. Part of the Right Horn has broken away</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> and is invading Natal, intent on looting the supplies at the Fort,</span><br />
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With almost all of no.3 and no.5 column wiped out, and only a few survivors clinging on the Zulu side of the River it was clearly a Zulu victory. Time , and the two companies of Redcoats on the Natal side of the river didn't allow for a full bloodied assault on Fort Thesiger- Zulu forces there were too weak to try it alone and their nearest reinforcements were a fair distance away.<br />
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It was interesting to see where the game diverged from the actual events at Isandlwana. Here it was the regulars of no.3 column rather than the Natives and Cavalry of no.5 column that went out to hold the left horn back, taking up a strong position amongst the Dongas and pinning it down for a long time. Obviously in real life this move was undertaken by Durnford to find the zulus, whereas here it was done to Find and Capture Cetsewayo! And as it was done by the infantry getting there and back took a lot longer! In any case this move somewhat over extended the British firing line, and meant the NNC were still having to hold large areas without support. When they fell it allowed the Zulus to get at the British from all sides. Of course this is pretty much how resistance actually collapsed at Isandlwana, though there it was the British right that was enveloped, and here it was the left.<br />
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By the time the right Horn arrived in camp there wasn't a lot left to do except mop up! It should be remembered though that casualties in the Left horn and Chest were massive! They started with a total of around 32 units- they probably had half that by the end! The Right horn was largely untouched, chasing fugitives on the Trail back to the river, though there attempt to invade Natal was blunted.<br />
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The Zulu army did look very imposing though; when the chest and left horn showed up in strength a ripple of despair went through the British ranks, which was exactly as intended! The British put up a very determined fight, and were always looking for a way to turn the odds, making every shot count, and trying to position themselves to be able to fight their way clear. Unfortunately the British couldn't afford to make any mistakes in the face of such an overwhelming enemy, and to my mind they made a rather clear one right at the start, by putting their three units of cavalry right at the back. With their speed they should have been in front , ready to ride through camp, on down to Qhedini, find the King, burn the village and be back in camp before the Zulu's have had breakfast! They would then have been free to escort the king back to Natal or Dismount (I gave them special rules to allow them to send their horses to the rear for this game) and join the firing line, which could have been calmly getting into a good strong position around the camp. Instead Michael had them rounding up cattle, a job better left to the NNC! Michael, was perhaps a little unclear as to the actual strengths and abilities of the Cavalry , apparently preferring the NNC in the firing line. The commander of no.5 column had a variety of abilities that he could impart on his troops, but it did rely on them being close by, and they ended up spread out all over the place. That perhaps is my fault for not being clearer.<br />
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I would change a couple of minor details regarding allocation of victory points etc if I was to run this again, but my only real amendment would be to have a few more British reserves available to throw the Zulus a bit of a late game Curve ball- after all, what might have happened if Chelmsfords forces had put in an appearance?<br />
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Well that about wraps it up for Gauntlet 17. I really enjoyed the game , I hope the players did too, and don't much mind me making them dance like puppets for my amusement !<br />
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Thanks for reading!Aidanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055960276797332079noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469664750374490598.post-63687035810886133512017-03-23T22:03:00.002+00:002017-03-23T22:03:48.692+00:00Death is in the eye of the Beholder!Some stuff has rolled off of the painting table recently: <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BEHOLD! The Harlequin Beholder. I like this monster, but I wish this model were a little big bigger and more imposing.<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A new recruit for the Orcs of the Skull Smasha Lejun- they now have magical support on hand!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The imperials rolled out two refurbished warengines. The first two I ever bought...</td></tr>
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Aidanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055960276797332079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469664750374490598.post-60888608214186860642017-03-23T01:24:00.000+00:002017-03-23T01:51:18.603+00:00The Ring and the High RoadWell its been a busy week on the gaming table, and with games that the group has only recently started to adopt so I thought a brief review/AAR was in order! The games of Dan Mersey, such as Dragon Rampant and The Men Who Would Be King, appear to be gaining traction- their appeal is obvious- they are very quick and simple with no overly complicated mechanics are ridiculous army lists. One thing we've noted with them is that only a few turns in and you hardly need to consult the rule book. Ideal for those trying to learn or just play a game in the few hours available on club night!<br />
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On Thursday last we decided to try out Dragon Rampant, the fantasy version of Dan Merseys rules. 2 players aside, and each commanding 24pts- the two Daves with Daemons and Orcs versus Geoff and I with Men and Elves. The scenario rolled was The Ring, in which one of the Daves units was carrying a Macguffin, which served as the objective, with a tendency to scythe the battlefield clean of life if its bearer is the last unit standing! An interesting twist- to win the ring Bearer can't just hide at the back. If everyone else gets wiped out he explodes so both sides lose!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Daves deployed. The nearest Dave has borrowed my Orcs for the occasion. Mostly Harlequin <br />
with a Ral Partha Giant. The other Dave has a variety of scouting Imps backed up some nastier stuff!<br />
Unbeknown to us the Orc Warlord has the Ring! </td></tr>
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commanded by the<span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> Tsarina, and Legolas!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Alliance advances, the Free Company leading. In these rules each unit may attempt one action a turn, <br />
usually having to test to do so. In Dragon Rampant the test varies depending on the attempted action-<br />
My Mostly Light Infantry force was quite good at getting moving, but less keen to press home the attack.<br />
If an order test is failed the initiative goes straight to your opponent! The game goes at a good pace, and large<br />
battlefields are covered surprisingly quickly.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Regular readers know my theory on arm gestures and how they relate to the outcome of the game.<br />
Compare Daves feeble and limp wristed effort with Geoffs much more decisive and definite gesture below...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Allied advance had gone smoothly by this point- the Orc cavalry had been pushed back, and<br />
everyone was in good shape. Then it went rather pear shaped.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Free Company got beaten up by everyone, The halberdiers were roughed up, and the Archers were<br />
driven back. Worst of all, the Giant made mincemeat of the Tsarina!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luckily the Orcs and the Deamons had overstretched themselves; My Archers fought<br />
back hard and drove off<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">marauding Orc infantry, while the Helblaster took down the Giant, and </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">poked holes in the big daemon thingy.</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Most of our infantry was lost in this desperate scrabble.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> We suspected by this point that the Orc Warlord had the ring- he'd been hiding behind a tree all game! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Legolas stepped into his charge range to draw him out, but wasn't able to evade the Wild Charge!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> The silly wood elf got his teeth kicked in, and the Orc went on a killing spree...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...which was promptly ended by the volley gun! With the ring bearer dead and the<br />
rest of their forces in<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">bits, the Orcs and Daemons quit the field.</span></td></tr>
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This was a great game, and very hard fought, with the Orcs and Daemons chewing up our melee units before our line steadied itself and brought its superior firepower to bear. Lessons to remember in DR are simply to be mindful of the order in which you try and active your units for certain tasks, to make sure you give yourself the best chance of completing as many of them as possible before the initiative is lost!</div>
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Last night I had the opportunity to play a Dave again, only this time it would be Fuzzie Wuzzies (plus allied Pathans!) Versus Redcoats in the Men Who Would Be King! This game is superficially similar to DR, the core rules are essentially the same. But enough is changed to give a different feel to the game, one more appropriate to the Colonial period.<br />
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We had 24 points for the Fuzzies, 18 for the Redcoats, with the Scenario "The High Road". Daves objective was the British Camp.<br />
Dave took one unit of <span style="background-color: black;">Pathan </span>Horse, and one of <span style="background-color: black;">Pathan </span>Foot, 3 units of Fuzzies and a captured/enslaved gun. All the Tribal foot were rated Fierce. The Horse were Veteran.<br />
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I took 2 units of Regular Riflemen, one of Natal Volunteers, and one of Natal Native Contingent. No particular special stuff was added, but perhaps worth noting that my colonial forces are all based around units of 12, so for my tribal units I knock a point off to account for the reduced strength, so paying 2 for 12 rather than 3 for 16.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The <span style="background-color: black; font-size: small;">Pathan </span>advance past the generic African village...<br />
The Fuzzies are stuck behind it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The British Firing line deploys. The NNC, a very long way from home, are beyond the camp.<br />
Ignore the other stuff to the<span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> left- that was just Dave sorting his units out!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daves assault falls to bits- He kept trying to double time; This requires a test and allows a<br />
unit to <span style="font-size: 12.8px;">move an extra d6". The Tribal units don't normally have to test for their movement,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> but with poor Leadership and</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">being made to test every turn they ended up all over the place! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Just using their free move would have kept them all</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">together and moving every turn rather</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> than half the time. The </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Pathans</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> got out in font by themselves- The Natal</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> Volunteers </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">charge and a couple of volleys from the Redcoats cleared both units from the field.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is as far as the Mahdists got. They managed to beat the Volunteers back, but the<br />
Redcoat volleys<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">ripped into their piecemeal attack, and what was left was finished </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">off when the NNC charged forward destroying the remaining Fuzzies...</span></td></tr>
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This was only my second game of TMWWBK against a live opponent, and I'd grown a little concerned that Native forces might struggle to win games- I'd seen the Redcoats win easily both times. I had played Mr Babbage twice (TMWWBK includes rules for solo play with automated Natives!) and they'd been harder to beat there. I wondered if it was the rules at fault, or the Tactics...both the games we'd played so far had seen the Native player trying to double time rather than make use of the free move, whilst heading straight at the Redcoat firing line. This broke up their attack and made them easy meat for the Martini-Henrys.<br />
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So, we swapped sides, to see if I could do any better!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dave deployed pretty much exactly as I did, and we used identical forces. The scenery was the same.<br />
Only the <span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Native tactics changed. Here a few turns in you can see that sticking to the Free</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> Move has paid dividends-</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">its not as potentially fast but it keeps everyone moving and together! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Also I think I made marginally better use of </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">the cover, and sent my cavalry against the NNC-t</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">heir </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">position was clearly the weakest point of the British line. </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">The Horse piled </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">through in short order, the </span><span style="background-color: black; font-size: small;">Pathan </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">infantry close behind.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Fuzzies actually got to within charge range before they took any casualties!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Having turned the flank the <span style="background-color: black; font-size: small;">Pathan </span> horse tried to roll up the Redcoats. That didn't work but<br />
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I'm happy now that it was just the tactics that were lacking. My more concerted attack was far more successful than Daves version . Seeking the flanks and advancing in cover is the way to go, and with an extra unit of Horse instead of the gun I'd have been turning both flanks!<br />
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My advice is to think like a Zulu- don't just rush headlong into the rifle fire, keep moving to the flanks...the civilized Imperialists don't get free moves, and can't move as fast so they can't keep up. Use this to keep forcing them to try and move (costing them firepower) and keeping yourself concealed (costing them firepower!) . Get round behind them and then close in from all sides.<br />
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Once close don't try and charge home straight away- firepower is key and the Natives have more, although of lower quality. Charge a Redcoat and he gets a chance to stick you with his bayonet- He'll almost always win that contest. However, throw a spear at him and even if he ducks there's still a good chance he won't get to shoot back! Then when they are pinned and thinned out a little, you can move into finish him off!<br />
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I'm now happy that TMWWBK is a suitable ruleset for use in our next project.<br />
Each year at Gauntlet (our clubs annual show) a few of us put on a game. As big and impressive a game as we can manage (usually at short notice with little free time and a tight budget!). This year nobody had suggested anything and nobody seemed keen to put themselves forward. We've done this for the last 4 or so years but it seemed this tradition was to be short lived. And then somebody told Rick that the table was booked for us. The organisers clearly expected something from us! I threw a few suggestions into the ring, based mostly on what was on my painting table at the time...fantasy stuff mostly, dungeon crawls etc. It got no takers. And then I suggested the Anglo-Zulu War reckoning it was another non-starter...and Rick went and bought some Zulu's. And TMMWBK. That's about as close to committing to something as this group gets!<br />
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So for Gauntlet, in a little over 3 months we will put on as big an AZW game as we can manage using TMMWBK rules. I've worked out a scenario, we have enough redcoats and their auxiliaries, I'm making the scenery...all we need now are Zulus...thousands of 'em. I've 120 ready so far, but that's not nearly enough! Another 100 marched onto my painting table this week. 24 have already marched off again, but I must redouble my efforts if we are to put on a reasonable game for Gauntlet!<br />
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Aidanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055960276797332079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469664750374490598.post-54764386157761984832017-03-08T00:14:00.001+00:002017-03-08T00:40:42.332+00:00An okay KraalI can't seem to spend any time just sat painting figures at the moment...I find myself getting distracted and wandering around. However I have managed to divert some more energy into building terrain. This time, inspired by a new set of rules we've been trying- The Men Who Would Be King, which I'm rather enjoying, I decided I needed a Zulu village.<br />
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So I picked up some polystyrene spheres, a roll of willow twigs and cloth from a cheap hardware store and set to it! I cut the bottom of the spheres and made a door from a scrap of cardboard and greenstuff on one side. The cloth was roughly cut to shape and glued over it.<br />
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The base for each part is just a bit of hardboard off the back of an old wardrobe. I removed a few sticks from the roll of willow twigs ( which I think is intended for edging a lawn or flowerbed, its just hundreds of sticks about 8" long held together with a bit of twisted wire.) and cut them down to 2-3" lengths and glued them into a rough fence. I did a smaller one for a separate Kraal. The bases were textured and the whole lot spray painted brown. Each component was then highlighted up with layers of drybrushing. And then flocked. </div>
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Need to find a few civvies and cattle, but otherwise all done. Not the most accurate depiction of a Zulu village ever but I'm happy with it. Total time to build; about 5 hours. Total cost- well under £5!<br />
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So, I think I've finished the frontier colony settlement I've been working on. Its not perfect but it will do. Its got all the features you'd expect of a town on the frontiers of the 41st millennium- a hairdressers, a Games Workshop, a pub- the fore mentioned Grox and Firkin, some light industrial facilities for processing fuel or something, a police station and a couple of houses. The industrial vehicle is crude but serviceable. The buildings are all heavily weathered/stained and I was directed to Dakkadakka to find posters and notices. I need a few more I think. The last thing I did was to add all the foliage; just a bunch of aquarium plants to tie the town into the rest of my jungle scenery!</div>
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Also- heres the reboot of my Empire army! After years of languishing in a box, and occasionally being sold on ebay my once Glorious Army of Averland was a shadow of its former self. It got stripped down last summer, and new recruits were bought. More are on their way thanks to a recent Landsknecht Kickstarter...though I'm not expecting that batch till June! This is only the first four units; One company of 12 Greatswords (Artizan Designs), one company of 11 Archers, and another of 12 Halberdiers (both Battlemasters), and 14 Freikompanie (wargames foundry), A Captain in fullplate, and Waldo the wizard are the commanders of this small force. Its even been doing a little fighting, providing fighters for Frostgrave and units for Dragon Rampant, which appear to be the games of choice at the moment.<br />
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thanks for reading!Aidanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055960276797332079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469664750374490598.post-87250468342117356692017-02-12T16:50:00.000+00:002017-02-12T20:41:48.503+00:00BuildingsJust a little update to show some progress on my WIP buildings for a scifi battlefield, which are what I've mostly been working on this week<br />
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I've been collecting junk for ages : this lot is mostly made of the tops of spray cans, margarine tubs, spare bits of plumbing , desert pots, and baked bean cans. A sheet or so of corrugated card and an old sieve provided some texture, and drinking straws were applied liberally. </div>
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Theres a few details I want to add, mostly just a few more windows etc, but otherwise they're ready for painting. This will give my frontier colony 3 small houses, a small sheriffs office, a pub and a couple of light industrial units.<br />
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I've also made a few piles of detritus , bits of sprue, pebbles and polystyrene mashed together with a lot of glue, to give the impression that somebody has been trying to clear ground for farming or building. When finished they'll look a bit overgrown.<br />
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Obviously the colonists didn't get this lot built with just muscle power, so some sort of tractor was in order. The result in the photo above was bodged together from spares, and resulted in a rugged little vehicle with dozer blade and an arm that could in theory carry a variety of tools, though I just gave it a grabbing claw, a flat bed to carry stuff and a towing hook. The perfect general purpose vehicle for helping establish a colony. Ideal for clearing ground and unloading spaceships...<br />
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Oh, and some more figures for my empire army made it onto the painting table- 5 of the old battlemasters archers. I rather like those figures, its not immediately apparent in that pic, but I upgraded them with spare arrows from the Perry WOTR archer/billmen kit, which seems to work. Theres another 15 to go, and then 25 Halberdiers too.<br />
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Its hard to believe its February already, and so I thought a new post was in order.<br />
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Its been a very busy month on the old painting table: around 150 models have marched of the production line! I've managed to get a bit of gaming in too, taking part in a large ECW game; the refight of Marston Moor run by Rick which you can see <a href="http://rgmb-stonebridge.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/english-civil-war-battle-report-battle.html">here</a>, and getting started on our new favourite game- Frostgrave!<br />
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So, this is my warband, though two more chaps have been added to it since then. I'm trying to stick with old Citadel (or its foundry counterparts!) as much as I can, so we have the 80's LOTR Gandalf as my wizard, and Frodo, as a thief. The first Grombrindal, a couple of the Mercenaries and Dogs of War ranges (F4 fighters I believe) are my general purpose thugs and fighters, The great Waldo is my Apprentice, and a Dungeoneer acts as a Knight. This last was my avatar back my days of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay and is one of my favourite figures, mostly because of that nostalgia I suppose. The original disappeared long ago (along with my copy of WFRP!) and it took years of trawling Ebay to replace him. I'm not sure of the actual place of the figure in the Citadel range though- he appears in a pack of adventurers along with Waldo around 1990 but thats the earliest I can find him in my regular trawls of Stuff of Legends, but he looks older, and Waldo was definitely available around in 1985 in the Wizards range...<br />
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Anyway, we've been playing a bit of a campaign. My first game was against Chris, with a witch commanding a bunch of bestial chaps obsessed with summoning fog and Daemons!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Warband managed to secure the bulk of the treasure early on, and here <br />can be seen covering the retreat of the treasure carriers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A horde of Daemons and knights charge under cover of fog (all those bits of paper!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And then just as I manage to get all treasure to safety I manage <br />to shoot my own Wizard in the back with a crossbow bolt.</td></tr>
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Ended up with a modest pile of treasure, and Niggling injuries for my Wizard...so, on to game two! A three way this time with Geoff and Dafydd. This time it was the Haunted Crypts Scenario, which features 6 buildings containing treasure, and possibly a wight. Now Wights are tricky- you can't hurt them without a magic sword, and I had no magic sword. And they can do a lot of damage. But not to worry...I had a plan! And the Telekinesis spell.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Most of the Scenery hand made by Geoff from the Hirst Arts Ruined Fieldstone Moulds. <br />Except the tower made by me and the GW ruin bottom right.<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My warband trying to carry the treasure off without entering the building and having to fight the Wight! They managed to get two lots by this method, along with a third courtesy of the Reveal Secret spell, and put up a spirited fight for a fourth! </td></tr>
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During this game I discovered my band has a major weakness, namely a lack of offensive spells! Reveal Secret looks to be a good choice, giving me access to a treasure early on with no opposition. There are some useful things like Transpose, Heal, Teleport, Push and of course Telekinesis, which can be handy for controlling the table top, but XP is earned mostly by killing stuff, and my only offensive spell is Banish. Which only works on Daemons. I'll just have to hope I can find a Grimoire with an appropriate spell soon! The result was that my Wizard got shot again, and my warband was fireballed to bits trying to contest the final bit of treasure. Luckily no permanent damage was done. Game three in a couple of weeks!<br />
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So on to the results of the painting- a selection of pics, most stuff ended up put away before it could be photographed, including the contents of three of the Dungeon Saga supplements- thats Orcs, gobbos, daemons, trolls, heroes and demi-gods, all painted! Just need the Tryant of Halpi...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new PSC 25pdr battery, with tractors and limbers. Plus some<br /> hotchkiss 25mm AT guns, AT rifles and some panzer II </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">22 Harlequin Orcs. Theres another 18 of these almost finished except for their shields on the table now.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And the Re-Start of my Empire Army! A Ral Partha Knife thrower next to a Citadel Big Fighter.<br />Artizan Designs Great Swords behind the Foundry Mercenaries.</td></tr>
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Now I was hopping to finish the last of the Orcs today, but got distracted by scenery building. I had intended to build a castle... seem to have ended up with a sci-fi frontier town, suitable for GOA or 40k. Oh well.<br />
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