Last Monday saw the first of our 'last Monday in the month' DBA/HotT events.
Myself, Frazer, Gordon and Andy K got through 3 games of 25mm DBA. We played a round Robin with Andy and Frazer winning 2 games each and myself and Gordon 1. We still have a lot to learn but it was fun. I got 2 new armies (to DBA) on the table, Early Achamenid Persian and Seleucid.
The 4 playing 15mm fantasy were Andy W, who provided the figures, John M, Ric and Doug. I think they only got 2 games in but once again all seemed satisfied.
The next event is scheduled for 27th June.
Bad news on the SAGA front, 2 Mondays with work commitments and other campaign nights mean that I am probably going to have to pay Danegeld for the first round!
Looking forward to tomorrow as we are taking a couple of games to the Wartime Experience event at the National Museum of Flight.
Saturday, 4 June 2016
Friday, 27 May 2016
SAGA game plus DBA plan
On Monday I had a final rehearsal game of SAGA before the campaign kicks off. It was my opponent's first game of SAGA and I of course took advantage and soundly thrashed him. To be fair rolling lots of 6s helped. I now have a catch phrase for the campaign 'The Viking Way'. This means that my plan is to ignore scenario's victory points etc. and just get stuck in at every opportunity. We will see how well that approach works!
We have a good turn out for Monday 30th and our first DBA/HotT night. There are 4 playing 25mm DBA and 4 15mm HotT. I have been working up some new armies so we have Achemenid Persian v Hoplite Greek and Seleucid v Roman. Although most of the figures are painted some need finishing off and others based up - DBA has certainly increased my output compared to previous years. I will probably bring along another couple of armies in case anyone else wants to join in.
We have a good turn out for Monday 30th and our first DBA/HotT night. There are 4 playing 25mm DBA and 4 15mm HotT. I have been working up some new armies so we have Achemenid Persian v Hoplite Greek and Seleucid v Roman. Although most of the figures are painted some need finishing off and others based up - DBA has certainly increased my output compared to previous years. I will probably bring along another couple of armies in case anyone else wants to join in.
Sunday, 22 May 2016
Blog Relaunch
The blog has been very quiet recently – largely due to my difficulty
in getting pictures onto it. Some time
ago I found that I was unable to post photos saved on my laptop onto the
blog. This was compounded more recently
when I could not even download photos from my camera to the laptop. I am afraid that I have very little patience with
computer issues and when a couple of attempts to fix these issues failed I have
simply parked them for another day.
So what has changed?
Well firstly I have made a resolution to have another serious go at
solving these problems. More importantly
I want to record my progress on current projects and the blog is the best place
to do that. So these projects are:
Mordhiem campaign.
This will be my second campaign of this system at the Falkirk Club. The games are always relaxed and fun. I picked up some old citadel medieval/fantasy
types at the Carronade flea market for a song (nicely painted as well) so these
have formed the basis of my Marienburger warband. We had our first outing on Monday with 6 of
us on the table with a simple treasure hunt.
I paired off against Andy’s Skaven and we quickly knocked each other to
pieces. I departed first with no
treasure quickly followed Andy who did rather better – however in the post game
phase Andy lost 3 killed whilst the worst that happened to me was that one of
my heroes was knocked stupid. Kev and
his Undead were the winners. Next game
20th June.
SAGA campaign. Tim,
another Falkirk club member, picked up the SAGA campaign system pre release at
Salute and has organised 8 of us to fight it out over 6 seasons. I had the figures, have played a couple of
games which were quite fun so decided to give it a go. It looks as if it will be June before the
first game. One added bonus is that with
the exception of Tim I have not played any of the participant before, some of
whom have only been down to the club a couple of times. Playing new people is always fun.
DBA gaming. This one
is not a campaign, more an opportunity to get a lot of myf25mm figures on the
table for the first time in years. This
has also involved a little bit of painting and basing resulting in me being my
most productive for years. I ran a fun
tournament back in April where I provided the 12 armies and it was well received. This also resulted in me getting some contact
at the Glasgow Phoenix club and visiting them a couple of times which I very
much enjoyed. I have a plan to play DBA (and
HotT) at Falkirk on the last Monday of the month for the remainder of the year
and am hoping to get a good turnout on the 30th May. All welcome, by the way, whether Falkirk club
members or not.
Jason and the Argonauts.
This is the one that I am most excited about. I am a member of the Society of Ancients and
the last 2 issues have included the first parts of a series on the classical
Greek story. For some reason this has
really caught my imagination. As well as
a lot of background information the articles include ‘actual’ and what if
scenarios with maps and army lists for use with the Hordes of the Things
system. There were 3 such in the first
article and 6 in the second. My rather
ambitious plan is to follow the series through to the end refighting all the
battles hopefully several times. More on my progress in a future blog.
Thanks for reading – sorry about the lack of pictures –
hopefully that will be sorted before too long.
Saturday, 30 January 2016
I'm organising a friendly 25mm DBA 3.0 tournamet
It will be held at the Falkirk club's usual venue on Sunday 24th April from10:00 to 17:00.
I will be providing historically matched opposing armies with fixed terrain and the players will rotate around the tables
It's friendly because none of the players taking part have that much experience with the rules and it is really an excuse for us all to play a few games and for me to get my 25mm figures on the table.
The title of the event is Antonine's Folly which is the same name as I used for the Impetus competitions that I used to run - this one is definitely DBA 3.0!
There is enough interest so far to mean that this event will run but there is plenty of space for more participants.
Please contact me if you are interested in taking part
I will be providing historically matched opposing armies with fixed terrain and the players will rotate around the tables
It's friendly because none of the players taking part have that much experience with the rules and it is really an excuse for us all to play a few games and for me to get my 25mm figures on the table.
The title of the event is Antonine's Folly which is the same name as I used for the Impetus competitions that I used to run - this one is definitely DBA 3.0!
There is enough interest so far to mean that this event will run but there is plenty of space for more participants.
Please contact me if you are interested in taking part
Sunday, 3 January 2016
2016 plan
Simply put get more done!
So (a) more time on the enjoyable stuff, (b) do the necessary but less
enjoyable stuff quicker and (c) do a lot less of the time wasting stuff.
In the wargaming context this means (a) play more games, (b)
finally get the attic fully organised so I know what I have got and can find it
quickly and (c) cut down internet browsing significantly.
On the games front my aim is to hit the magic 100 games
played this year. This basically means taking
every opportunity to get games in. For instance
in 2015 I attended 6 shows and played 4 games. I could probably have played 14 and certainly
at least 12. Fit another couple of shows
in and I could get close to 20.
It is not all about games at shows of course. Applying the get more done principles to my
non wargaming life should free up time to look for other opportunities without unduly
impacting my family life – my wife is very understanding about my hobby time
but I certainly don’t want to take that for granted.
It is not all about quantity of course – quality is just as
important. I hope to get involved in
more campaigns at the club (Falkirk and District) and perhaps even run one
myself. Also a good number of
historical refights. I am running a DBA competition for the first
time (April 24th) which I am looking forward to and expect to run
100 Years of War again in September.
More blogging would also be good and I want to write an
article or two for the publications of the various societies of which I am a
member.
So here is looking forward to a good (perhaps very good)
year. I hope all the readers of the blog
are able to do all they set out to do in 2016 as well. Happy New Year!
Saturday, 26 December 2015
Games played in 2015
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List of games played in 2015. Fewer than in the last couple of years but still good variety
Necromunda
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7
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Wings
of War
|
6
|
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Algernon
Gets it Off 2nd ed
|
5
|
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Lion
Rampant
|
5
|
|
Force
on Force
|
3
|
|
Dux
Brittannicum
|
3
|
|
Chain
of Command
|
3
|
|
Bolt
Action
|
3
|
|
Check
Your 6
|
3
|
|
DBA 3.0
|
3
|
|
Sword
and Spear
|
3
|
|
Malifaux
|
3
|
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Kiss me
Hardy
|
2
|
|
Rapid
Fire
|
2
|
|
Corvus
|
2
|
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Irregular
Wars: Conflict at the World's End
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2
|
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Washington
Club WW2 Naval
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2
|
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Dungeon
Saga
|
2
|
|
WRG Ren
2nd
|
1
|
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King of
the Battlefield
|
1
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Band of
Brothers
|
1
|
|
Bloody
Barons
|
1
|
|
Lord of
the Rings
|
1
|
|
In Her
Majesty's Name
|
1
|
|
Kings
of War
|
1
|
|
Galley's,
Guns and Glory
|
1
|
|
Muskets
and Tomahawks
|
1
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The Gatling’s
Jammed
|
1
|
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Guns at
Gettysburg 2nd ed
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1
|
|
Arc of
Fire
|
1
|
|
Naval
War
|
1
|
|
Red
Dawn
|
1
|
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Mythotopia
|
1
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Legion
of Battle
|
1
|
|
Daisho
|
1
|
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Bathgate
Club Pulp
|
1
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Ah well
I haven't posted for a while - after spending ages trying and failing to get photos onto the blog I had rather given up - decided to come back for review of 2015 and look forward to 2016
Watch this space..............
Watch this space..............
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