tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35868487707402078132024-03-06T22:35:39.787-05:00Huzzah!Steve Parillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12461450534803426018noreply@blogger.comBlogger133125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586848770740207813.post-5209523471656105172023-07-10T16:48:00.000-04:002023-07-10T16:48:03.161-04:00Anglo-Danes vs Normans, Saga style<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Been too long since we played this fine game. (1st Edition, of course.) Chris has been working on his historicals and we wanted to get them out on the table. Chris chose his beautiful Anglo-Danes, so I went with an historical opponent; the Normans. I wanted to run a more mounted force but I was hampered by my lack of models. I had been meaning (for several years) to order more and I finally did but they did not arrive from England in time. However, they were in my mailbox when I got home, so I am looking forward to assembling and painting them for next time. Plus, that gives me a whole lot more mounted dudes to play an Crusader force.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We played two quick games and the pictures are jumbled. This blog is more for pictures than AAR or strategy discussion. It's a fun game with cool models. Look at the pics in my attempt at gamer porn.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdzUaZeKMZ-4kqWDmDiaHWp3Vb3ipwL5xZfoPUWBv9IrTn3Kyia3LxcRFZCrpm7gA0mCeZi6nQJNXQtTX13nm6HwqKrQwMC_J_fB0H_tdCV8WtwyYC8H8_tOS71CNqxu9o5587HUnFORWRX4otVDoyfPBKaBPUC56AlmAkDrNpKdSSGuYOFRFoQACt_fbX/s1600/b%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1198" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdzUaZeKMZ-4kqWDmDiaHWp3Vb3ipwL5xZfoPUWBv9IrTn3Kyia3LxcRFZCrpm7gA0mCeZi6nQJNXQtTX13nm6HwqKrQwMC_J_fB0H_tdCV8WtwyYC8H8_tOS71CNqxu9o5587HUnFORWRX4otVDoyfPBKaBPUC56AlmAkDrNpKdSSGuYOFRFoQACt_fbX/s320/b%20(2).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Set up for the second game. Chris whipped me easily the first go round, so I changed a few things up, in terms of set up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJEr0Uvj_re5rO1naxB86X2ADrAkl8ezfxf3OusCOuDsIFiO3udx8QwiIUE4FWQmolHE_3oJ4b9M20OAk12DtWg60PlrLgP370dLTYI1-DNaFe4HSIz7BshjiOxr956hAzmr93MgPJMHg5FT8-GeKl2aJ3M6qlC6FcGLRLxv_44Za4LvZ0SpfTlmvmixXn/s1600/n.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1059" data-original-width="1600" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJEr0Uvj_re5rO1naxB86X2ADrAkl8ezfxf3OusCOuDsIFiO3udx8QwiIUE4FWQmolHE_3oJ4b9M20OAk12DtWg60PlrLgP370dLTYI1-DNaFe4HSIz7BshjiOxr956hAzmr93MgPJMHg5FT8-GeKl2aJ3M6qlC6FcGLRLxv_44Za4LvZ0SpfTlmvmixXn/s320/n.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's the set up for the first game. The terrain is a little different too. We're not power gamers, so we just changed up a few things and had at it again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx6ove5qL-pnPIjOBykXiJkFwHyQF8ngq9SLnWrN1P64Pl8IEl5hqkZ7Oj1W_R7O9pl3xlBW2HpCKd36fD9bzI1PN8-ffBz9stNKAIViKiHXZMEVUcZG6GF2Gx-64btm8LPHhgSmGpg0DTPHuIWK4pumq40o4JFAvr_qzgkpE6lNfVWFsXWeyL53pL8ynV/s1600/m.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="915" data-original-width="1600" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx6ove5qL-pnPIjOBykXiJkFwHyQF8ngq9SLnWrN1P64Pl8IEl5hqkZ7Oj1W_R7O9pl3xlBW2HpCKd36fD9bzI1PN8-ffBz9stNKAIViKiHXZMEVUcZG6GF2Gx-64btm8LPHhgSmGpg0DTPHuIWK4pumq40o4JFAvr_qzgkpE6lNfVWFsXWeyL53pL8ynV/s320/m.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looking from behind the Anglo-Dane's line. Chris proxied Picts in for his levies. Works well enough for me; there were enough rebellions in the north against the Normans that some Picts would have showed up, right? They probably had clothes on, but, what the hell?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5LukrkQYsUhEKlKO0TQD8Hg4Nwzd6DzCKCSMZCz1YhMuIB15zZMUOTSr4GMqZVi2P9WfMdtMM13KqF8ByOoTe3_v4aEZtrEo3mE4L98MXqLgCyDG9A1q7g_rKxOMbky8IbGYWfAEPT4zIkZeW2rO5c3UPz-fkaGZfAAm7nEEm7uxZsuEJvrD6A8RnfyDV/s1600/x.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="874" data-original-width="1600" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5LukrkQYsUhEKlKO0TQD8Hg4Nwzd6DzCKCSMZCz1YhMuIB15zZMUOTSr4GMqZVi2P9WfMdtMM13KqF8ByOoTe3_v4aEZtrEo3mE4L98MXqLgCyDG9A1q7g_rKxOMbky8IbGYWfAEPT4zIkZeW2rO5c3UPz-fkaGZfAAm7nEEm7uxZsuEJvrD6A8RnfyDV/s320/x.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Second game. Little different terrain layout and set up.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjh7Dxkl6D2HYaL2ia2pcYbRU-bDwzR5_Pkf5h8ci67o_57s3PUpa0n1fa5g-RfuyduD0xQH0MCl-EjnL_Ycn_50GVtVZPEpaTzFLRP3oFDZM_E-uJGNJ5ujDazeTVqavzJyDWU-STi6qX44xEyfG36c_abjOPC0Ylv1pcNrHXNE3aFE1qctnmNcV8wF4y/s1594/b.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1594" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjh7Dxkl6D2HYaL2ia2pcYbRU-bDwzR5_Pkf5h8ci67o_57s3PUpa0n1fa5g-RfuyduD0xQH0MCl-EjnL_Ycn_50GVtVZPEpaTzFLRP3oFDZM_E-uJGNJ5ujDazeTVqavzJyDWU-STi6qX44xEyfG36c_abjOPC0Ylv1pcNrHXNE3aFE1qctnmNcV8wF4y/s320/b.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Norman crossbows move up and prepare to do two things: jack *and* squat.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmg3Qa4egRp2DVrF3KGYiKB9QtQE1eaZlhYAeSVo8hh0i16B7E-hih2DvjaHwa5rjXSzYsD1fczfe_GmPD8SjdjDj74xL4zv--nBKRxKiq9f6qAHfDOAWRctjfIs-dVVsKoFrsdtj3xRJaGA6GLeeKIgS7S9PHMB4gjIj8b1B5fp_t87CJlVy0JX_fH_37/s1600/c.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="1600" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmg3Qa4egRp2DVrF3KGYiKB9QtQE1eaZlhYAeSVo8hh0i16B7E-hih2DvjaHwa5rjXSzYsD1fczfe_GmPD8SjdjDj74xL4zv--nBKRxKiq9f6qAHfDOAWRctjfIs-dVVsKoFrsdtj3xRJaGA6GLeeKIgS7S9PHMB4gjIj8b1B5fp_t87CJlVy0JX_fH_37/s320/c.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Get 'em! Cool pic of mounted Normans heading into the fray. The models are from Conquest Games. Very nice but infuriating as they come in boxes of 15(?). Technically, there are 16 dudes, but one is dead. WTF? But, I love them and am looking forward to assembling and painting the new box. These shields are Little Big Man Studios transfers but the new ones will be hand painted.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKwHeueuBaHhyxD-0_TR5YHBEaAFif6Gaa0a2BWIrz94aktRO1cKa_v_ZIilM0LUsPeols86QnU-ZmMIm6Ebd0HyBTbZyaq2V8ud83HPRjyDzwEFA4VbLioWZ8990BwDd1jq97aIeD-RNh3tVYhtsR4l_jS4SrtHuUzgbLhDky-uYPUpukxLbm1UhuH_un/s3072/DSCF1223.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKwHeueuBaHhyxD-0_TR5YHBEaAFif6Gaa0a2BWIrz94aktRO1cKa_v_ZIilM0LUsPeols86QnU-ZmMIm6Ebd0HyBTbZyaq2V8ud83HPRjyDzwEFA4VbLioWZ8990BwDd1jq97aIeD-RNh3tVYhtsR4l_jS4SrtHuUzgbLhDky-uYPUpukxLbm1UhuH_un/s320/DSCF1223.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's a sausage fest!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig6EiOj-tGSh_lwqhawam30l9bDo18kX0itpe2_TPWDzz3gja1j3DllHDDiijffCYQR0DZ94IN01TSJUo4ron-ZIbphl2knb5-jf7ULsBQmNAYkxzOYfMcTQxUkGqQjYVdwBTg7TVJwk02l9OpVFQa-ddwbjY3wVSQAH5l5k_1IQITRGQ-Kw9Y_RaEmVWk/s3072/DSCF1224.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig6EiOj-tGSh_lwqhawam30l9bDo18kX0itpe2_TPWDzz3gja1j3DllHDDiijffCYQR0DZ94IN01TSJUo4ron-ZIbphl2knb5-jf7ULsBQmNAYkxzOYfMcTQxUkGqQjYVdwBTg7TVJwk02l9OpVFQa-ddwbjY3wVSQAH5l5k_1IQITRGQ-Kw9Y_RaEmVWk/s320/DSCF1224.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chris's 'non metallic metals' skill on display.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO68KdH5wMBUyM7RT9Sh37GCqnog3ZpySXmzYD6cd37hXVzrQfJIPzuPZAhhHe-wZ4cKz8SNn6PuFzQBwUyf2Ho301KKSQD8TqWVOf2t_tQ_emyuaOa3ulBpAhjWhRMs0ThcFn6HV2sPO_t11lFSe-mk1u_pn23hnpSGZ8UkA3w-SFGKbHJvn5gK_V56e6/s3072/DSCF1225.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO68KdH5wMBUyM7RT9Sh37GCqnog3ZpySXmzYD6cd37hXVzrQfJIPzuPZAhhHe-wZ4cKz8SNn6PuFzQBwUyf2Ho301KKSQD8TqWVOf2t_tQ_emyuaOa3ulBpAhjWhRMs0ThcFn6HV2sPO_t11lFSe-mk1u_pn23hnpSGZ8UkA3w-SFGKbHJvn5gK_V56e6/s320/DSCF1225.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mounted Hearth Guard lead the way. Nice pic.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinD_fbfj3ZKoZJpJXTQC30kPRcQkigj1mrtA72YhvZa9EHTrO9ByLx92FCIa5Btdl1bEsFuXX4HncF-5OHiwqvovGmHa-jm3Q7HEaSY7y0EGovzl7ux7VnCe-zRHPrxpvlgmxJZ70TGPHRj3HRIJ_QCqqfgRJN4lCt-js7v7by1fkc4OaVfumjC-dmEywz/s3072/DSCF1226.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinD_fbfj3ZKoZJpJXTQC30kPRcQkigj1mrtA72YhvZa9EHTrO9ByLx92FCIa5Btdl1bEsFuXX4HncF-5OHiwqvovGmHa-jm3Q7HEaSY7y0EGovzl7ux7VnCe-zRHPrxpvlgmxJZ70TGPHRj3HRIJ_QCqqfgRJN4lCt-js7v7by1fkc4OaVfumjC-dmEywz/s320/DSCF1226.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Should have brought our horses, Gilbert!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA57cQsqBe0pP5ds5XJ0WXu_mu2Ow4V8g4y5RDYj9u4t2fhoj1yYLiQTVJWjE_K8f0bDy56DTel2puo67ebl8IiLQqCqQPeTUJLxUNXKvV-PI4CRXn1k9rVtyCXhDtpjXtVxk6wAyBpIZpxxqZq7Roh9xHbPPU-ZXp1Ss25_EyNMqlQ9OrkL1Xb-63G-L-/s3072/DSCF1227.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA57cQsqBe0pP5ds5XJ0WXu_mu2Ow4V8g4y5RDYj9u4t2fhoj1yYLiQTVJWjE_K8f0bDy56DTel2puo67ebl8IiLQqCqQPeTUJLxUNXKvV-PI4CRXn1k9rVtyCXhDtpjXtVxk6wAyBpIZpxxqZq7Roh9xHbPPU-ZXp1Ss25_EyNMqlQ9OrkL1Xb-63G-L-/s320/DSCF1227.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mounted Warriors.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_vrnwO5-leQDkAHllluOGauydQQatiExHPxkED1hYZfj09UR1tqdvmFSqidpc985q__3b_3Y77UYfNn6SfpP6a0zyCWVpV3eHma0kRgivpj7RJEnZJ2nd0eV0_O5wzHjklsFglveBs-3rALd12fl4iaFl-GYU3PabgmJenrKJm8gG1C7DzCzaHuD3V5U_/s3072/DSCF1228.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_vrnwO5-leQDkAHllluOGauydQQatiExHPxkED1hYZfj09UR1tqdvmFSqidpc985q__3b_3Y77UYfNn6SfpP6a0zyCWVpV3eHma0kRgivpj7RJEnZJ2nd0eV0_O5wzHjklsFglveBs-3rALd12fl4iaFl-GYU3PabgmJenrKJm8gG1C7DzCzaHuD3V5U_/s320/DSCF1228.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chris' superb Danish axe men. They've come to axe the Normans a few things.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDbtvry8yVt8bNGHvwQ_E1S1YFCpEcESw-F81tLgHeoumFTaM9DqroRY_k0N9chOgrUUdDm4Q2H78ykCs6ort3ZYDfsfiEGci3ieezyvTZLmZK0W-234vYWUvoT3PsssNAVe7FpJQG7T-ZbshNbRF-G7GwJKLavDKx4kbuPiXYtPNsX5sVZJwpOjDO6PQF/s3072/DSCF1229.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDbtvry8yVt8bNGHvwQ_E1S1YFCpEcESw-F81tLgHeoumFTaM9DqroRY_k0N9chOgrUUdDm4Q2H78ykCs6ort3ZYDfsfiEGci3ieezyvTZLmZK0W-234vYWUvoT3PsssNAVe7FpJQG7T-ZbshNbRF-G7GwJKLavDKx4kbuPiXYtPNsX5sVZJwpOjDO6PQF/s320/DSCF1229.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Norman boss. He's the one that doesn't have shit all over him.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiacUu8HbfYch50F-H0xmAbIE-RKEHdwaUQRA08cs_TIUGa_MHFBdoIuyR9G4RmB5VCgNGftPHKcbgRkVBaHtQKOytjqsYo7sZDGy8zcdts0WpSf9UiSS-gCjv7tAvATprtBqwzk_3CZ6qHc_LZSnsdoIHJXfao86jpD1It2qxgHsvPijPH4j7j1YrO2vjT/s3072/DSCF1230.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiacUu8HbfYch50F-H0xmAbIE-RKEHdwaUQRA08cs_TIUGa_MHFBdoIuyR9G4RmB5VCgNGftPHKcbgRkVBaHtQKOytjqsYo7sZDGy8zcdts0WpSf9UiSS-gCjv7tAvATprtBqwzk_3CZ6qHc_LZSnsdoIHJXfao86jpD1It2qxgHsvPijPH4j7j1YrO2vjT/s320/DSCF1230.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There goes the neighborhood.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD6T-PP6u_T6zvQc9M9DyG925kimUVOOgWELQCMA7PuMhsKC0uSOrUh-hK662z62u0Eu7w8zLeHaxv2TOxw54Y12P0Ui_nBOEVv1LdsU7QV5YGUNa6v77gPKvlIXlyteqG1SKeBPHv2X1-CbKKasJGFYbIDf8PO_3Uyi-HRmtCPJpkiVq9MU4mLV_6uiwM/s3072/DSCF1231.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD6T-PP6u_T6zvQc9M9DyG925kimUVOOgWELQCMA7PuMhsKC0uSOrUh-hK662z62u0Eu7w8zLeHaxv2TOxw54Y12P0Ui_nBOEVv1LdsU7QV5YGUNa6v77gPKvlIXlyteqG1SKeBPHv2X1-CbKKasJGFYbIDf8PO_3Uyi-HRmtCPJpkiVq9MU4mLV_6uiwM/s320/DSCF1231.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I placed the leader and mounted Warriors in a place where they could react to either side of the house. My Hearth Guard and cross bows are deployed to intimidate the center.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Ak07duR2uwgBPXZdYyznd8EPJjanl6THJfz6n1i6OSIY2tgaK3Bw-0gc5MElsvPcrliH-EGuIUaA0RtPGDpF8pjfjkf-oAAT3ZLUMEiW1JC8iMDCiBTjnzFaQ2P21oV1O8Jbm_N0YAt63T_TT_1IyOD4YVcZDtTCYLUyYo_Hx_ClrJ6qJWzMAuRVfZl7/s3072/DSCF1233.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Ak07duR2uwgBPXZdYyznd8EPJjanl6THJfz6n1i6OSIY2tgaK3Bw-0gc5MElsvPcrliH-EGuIUaA0RtPGDpF8pjfjkf-oAAT3ZLUMEiW1JC8iMDCiBTjnzFaQ2P21oV1O8Jbm_N0YAt63T_TT_1IyOD4YVcZDtTCYLUyYo_Hx_ClrJ6qJWzMAuRVfZl7/s320/DSCF1233.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's an old Warhammer building made from pizza boxes and scrubby pads.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBasf3sRYAxIphpdLnoeTPMvYJkhounQqHAsTrZxaY0n3ICNxGsS_imQGiWfsSNyJokD0JemhwmvR4WouCvpm778Vy1_9SI6Vh2hPjqYRzAsyosw74mFbWntCFvB1x0U8B-aAihB8qipkG_4vRAcKzRmjow3A1Py_IpxLd-sHKl8a-h9AWXv8AXEddiaEB/s3072/DSCF1234.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBasf3sRYAxIphpdLnoeTPMvYJkhounQqHAsTrZxaY0n3ICNxGsS_imQGiWfsSNyJokD0JemhwmvR4WouCvpm778Vy1_9SI6Vh2hPjqYRzAsyosw74mFbWntCFvB1x0U8B-aAihB8qipkG_4vRAcKzRmjow3A1Py_IpxLd-sHKl8a-h9AWXv8AXEddiaEB/s320/DSCF1234.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looks like they're handling things over there; we'll just wait in cases they need us.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQRWIA_Fn-zg8ZNgUDTtOiVmXYkQ8sLJwzZnDiLOxebli3Gw7wqNXUdgy06vgWvLeNZBAQhGgYRuau7a6JHrOKdJMV4tIBrdJmDsholfWCEoh6u1cUIr4EG_7btQESfSm7wtsrRLfUIcXoYSRMb1gVc4OXBLLCqVKCB_QHyVvVLJvAlXEb0Qpa1Skyfwo8/s3072/DSCF1235.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQRWIA_Fn-zg8ZNgUDTtOiVmXYkQ8sLJwzZnDiLOxebli3Gw7wqNXUdgy06vgWvLeNZBAQhGgYRuau7a6JHrOKdJMV4tIBrdJmDsholfWCEoh6u1cUIr4EG_7btQESfSm7wtsrRLfUIcXoYSRMb1gVc4OXBLLCqVKCB_QHyVvVLJvAlXEb0Qpa1Skyfwo8/s320/DSCF1235.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Unless naked dudes come running at us!!!!!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG2-dFvQGl7B8aMkgBQdc9D3RFquAZ6TBOhh-FOPSeyMiUNvbA0Dh5L9amO-QB8KpH7x1PMRw8brTT-NtCJeixvy6ibzCCgldJffD3oRvRs-9TXqJ27gvVJIolvi86DprHacnQ0edf6BTfE5HQoPNidRmqZ5eSwqeuGHQD1HV8wQ6PzFW7_g4348soNIGF/s3072/DSCF1236.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG2-dFvQGl7B8aMkgBQdc9D3RFquAZ6TBOhh-FOPSeyMiUNvbA0Dh5L9amO-QB8KpH7x1PMRw8brTT-NtCJeixvy6ibzCCgldJffD3oRvRs-9TXqJ27gvVJIolvi86DprHacnQ0edf6BTfE5HQoPNidRmqZ5eSwqeuGHQD1HV8wQ6PzFW7_g4348soNIGF/s320/DSCF1236.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Second game, Warriors go left and nerf a charge against the levies, but make up for it when they do mean things to Chris' Hearth Guard.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz3wIx22YaCKfeWJNW5t-VAX10DMnpbwCnxyFZ-u-tratlUWrQ1-aMIRE0BqwE_WPSnSC7gvk3Jb2ZUFujhnu9owdsEPIQ5lnSqJeZ2bBCiXnxMAW9JXk4dP7YX23-0qVl9Q__08hv10tOcraUudmhoZnhpzlPoIxn2pUi0rEXOiwnd7XnHW34ZfvCaqq1/s3072/DSCF1238.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz3wIx22YaCKfeWJNW5t-VAX10DMnpbwCnxyFZ-u-tratlUWrQ1-aMIRE0BqwE_WPSnSC7gvk3Jb2ZUFujhnu9owdsEPIQ5lnSqJeZ2bBCiXnxMAW9JXk4dP7YX23-0qVl9Q__08hv10tOcraUudmhoZnhpzlPoIxn2pUi0rEXOiwnd7XnHW34ZfvCaqq1/s320/DSCF1238.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You know, if we stand here and look tough, no one will know we are just shooting hot dogs at them.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqLVq4kIcyq_ajGNG70KPUMqaHWzn34VjcEvq0f3giy_kjmCCqsitD3JWjxoUJpu4ETArO-roMamP99sXnjbl79M7HBd3tsuHPvY3Mn_437wjKPT8IN5cFgs_1fDGYx-ezKEAagNrd8gdhnhubmCK28XbNjq_drQjQ_k8O3VFd65Hp40QuJ0KU7tpue1mM/s3072/DSCF1239.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqLVq4kIcyq_ajGNG70KPUMqaHWzn34VjcEvq0f3giy_kjmCCqsitD3JWjxoUJpu4ETArO-roMamP99sXnjbl79M7HBd3tsuHPvY3Mn_437wjKPT8IN5cFgs_1fDGYx-ezKEAagNrd8gdhnhubmCK28XbNjq_drQjQ_k8O3VFd65Hp40QuJ0KU7tpue1mM/s320/DSCF1239.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Levies move into position. They were actually pretty dependable both games.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgknnoMk1w03TvI2vRDHcID808JJAOS0eb3daVnMtnxJ1Ii-4fiovbM2Q8R7E7I9YCLn7yLthWdUyv5B5u-GAUxQs2WDRTsAgcNf-TyDQEvFRKlPm0V1BQ296UsJKINTKvV2kw_6Q0LF9Sdq5NJ0W9k5QFjE34Xyoj0Z276gDLzywrPLvawKvdk4MxMPR8u/s3072/DSCF1240.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgknnoMk1w03TvI2vRDHcID808JJAOS0eb3daVnMtnxJ1Ii-4fiovbM2Q8R7E7I9YCLn7yLthWdUyv5B5u-GAUxQs2WDRTsAgcNf-TyDQEvFRKlPm0V1BQ296UsJKINTKvV2kw_6Q0LF9Sdq5NJ0W9k5QFjE34Xyoj0Z276gDLzywrPLvawKvdk4MxMPR8u/s320/DSCF1240.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Warriors prepare to charge again while my Hearth Guard clashes with Chris' Hearth Guard and War Boss.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5SMTgo8Bgt9ROXsjVAE8-mOX9TX7mQmPjnOL_W5aTiSKvsA_k1X187DQkSDKnOuxI2jjkc56bJ8FqaVPXQbGUFDv6N0ARlZYsSGoowad9Uo6Qq0-gqYJeAMlxpi8fq84cjBxZYEQnTUEY6VyAdRpBETrKLAMwd1cnuyF-HjCfvNktvME-_-faUK342tW/s3072/DSCF1241.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5SMTgo8Bgt9ROXsjVAE8-mOX9TX7mQmPjnOL_W5aTiSKvsA_k1X187DQkSDKnOuxI2jjkc56bJ8FqaVPXQbGUFDv6N0ARlZYsSGoowad9Uo6Qq0-gqYJeAMlxpi8fq84cjBxZYEQnTUEY6VyAdRpBETrKLAMwd1cnuyF-HjCfvNktvME-_-faUK342tW/s320/DSCF1241.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A close-up of the deciding battle.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2o8VEFYIQe8zxtb-3BrDjhoqDTMMSo0JWWneVK3gMmT5lkOLTrdCN50_BpOSthC4WDo6_zKd4Hi790IDzPyGnS5gzlIml5hHldPlCzjqgZrYNf0grVxnvOKhhItEGI73DFfFLbmSfn-rBwLkfD0Xfq1wmOZH7MVnaIX0G4rVXxZHv9-_mN_qkOpwwGE0x/s3072/DSCF1243.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2o8VEFYIQe8zxtb-3BrDjhoqDTMMSo0JWWneVK3gMmT5lkOLTrdCN50_BpOSthC4WDo6_zKd4Hi790IDzPyGnS5gzlIml5hHldPlCzjqgZrYNf0grVxnvOKhhItEGI73DFfFLbmSfn-rBwLkfD0Xfq1wmOZH7MVnaIX0G4rVXxZHv9-_mN_qkOpwwGE0x/s320/DSCF1243.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The levies have positioned themselves to shoot at Chris' retreating War Lord should it come to that but he eventually was cut down like the rebellious punk that he was.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCHyYidIIvk-tXmpSO-fVaiRaw1tRGiZgSRO0Yyub23IUPjb3jx4kWaSKNPfk5wUchoeMsXEvflDiaRoLYIig7GQI-o9KN6--geDFdglE-8hUKyAGNsi_BG5Hnyj6LsF-sxP5mg-uFU-xmkw4d3yGfHRi8u3Dd1RHtG5YUdGBwfUE6xiM_A2Rdp9UolNIC/s1600/image000000.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="773" data-original-width="1600" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCHyYidIIvk-tXmpSO-fVaiRaw1tRGiZgSRO0Yyub23IUPjb3jx4kWaSKNPfk5wUchoeMsXEvflDiaRoLYIig7GQI-o9KN6--geDFdglE-8hUKyAGNsi_BG5Hnyj6LsF-sxP5mg-uFU-xmkw4d3yGfHRi8u3Dd1RHtG5YUdGBwfUE6xiM_A2Rdp9UolNIC/s320/image000000.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pizza boxes, teddy bear fur and welcome mats make great terrain with little effort.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiDrPkDadyBXPgvJdxOqKD7e-9pjlUzeEDdXJqFeMnt5XSArucd08j6a9SGB8whgEQXupU2vlvCPTQrizY6BTXKf_HVv_hDXDN3m9o7X8dVZT6_g5ZSQfLvPL2Jxb6hmxlUEirUlLzYenTfDBWpe-UPMmfImVncqiHlNL3cUJmgImJNYzYGMU2VAtVg30n/s1600/k.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="1600" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiDrPkDadyBXPgvJdxOqKD7e-9pjlUzeEDdXJqFeMnt5XSArucd08j6a9SGB8whgEQXupU2vlvCPTQrizY6BTXKf_HVv_hDXDN3m9o7X8dVZT6_g5ZSQfLvPL2Jxb6hmxlUEirUlLzYenTfDBWpe-UPMmfImVncqiHlNL3cUJmgImJNYzYGMU2VAtVg30n/s320/k.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">First game: my Warlord on the left is thinking 'merde'. And then he did it in his hose.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjudi1wCcWGd8xSNTheumoqZY0ZXeJN3xhpv8tlIz3uT0k0tN_m-COZrHI4VbN91z2Y1ZeK1VJp459rGJQY9VG2-l-6UFxWQHj-vY6YGc_tXzsm9DpRS4zVKtpVtLEuG6x--6Lp_RYkvmu3emQTlzfp54n3Tl818BmihycoShxA7RZEaw_MkRDtpkedwviq/s1600/l.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="623" data-original-width="1600" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjudi1wCcWGd8xSNTheumoqZY0ZXeJN3xhpv8tlIz3uT0k0tN_m-COZrHI4VbN91z2Y1ZeK1VJp459rGJQY9VG2-l-6UFxWQHj-vY6YGc_tXzsm9DpRS4zVKtpVtLEuG6x--6Lp_RYkvmu3emQTlzfp54n3Tl818BmihycoShxA7RZEaw_MkRDtpkedwviq/s320/l.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is my favorite shot of the day. I'll finally shut up so you can just look at it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOOv4-l09nKFv_cugDcuiVzDJgVlYY-jKJ8k3ES5jYh6hLHpNLu0qoriR4IV722FyZ3BuIn4MaMf_3fA-r9pDKKp902T65MSxknpMCAuBeYCXKlX2Xvx1RQrtDk2Ttn2UJXd1H6msQiV46fV_3FTrPcPlqbBgkJurpYiId_u52bQLbouvA2Qsfkbl2aLdM/s1600/v.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="943" data-original-width="1600" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOOv4-l09nKFv_cugDcuiVzDJgVlYY-jKJ8k3ES5jYh6hLHpNLu0qoriR4IV722FyZ3BuIn4MaMf_3fA-r9pDKKp902T65MSxknpMCAuBeYCXKlX2Xvx1RQrtDk2Ttn2UJXd1H6msQiV46fV_3FTrPcPlqbBgkJurpYiId_u52bQLbouvA2Qsfkbl2aLdM/s320/v.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chris' unit of 8 Hearth Guard armed with Danish axes truly struck fear in the hearts of men.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEG-iLzvk52Wj_ILnqGoDinC7wlfNBg3lH64eTl-vCaCN92pJvRwIVmQN-usXvYN__BUfu1rwa-1kCV0fKqnmViW256mFSrRPMch4iDnOOwIMAllBMNaNPi_3Qtp6VZPwrzYZI11B68jpErMW832XeX3EIPxpKeFXboJYMtikwXvTSibgTnFdZTS-uMNav/s1553/z.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1553" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEG-iLzvk52Wj_ILnqGoDinC7wlfNBg3lH64eTl-vCaCN92pJvRwIVmQN-usXvYN__BUfu1rwa-1kCV0fKqnmViW256mFSrRPMch4iDnOOwIMAllBMNaNPi_3Qtp6VZPwrzYZI11B68jpErMW832XeX3EIPxpKeFXboJYMtikwXvTSibgTnFdZTS-uMNav/s320/z.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was in the woods in the right center where Chris' Warlord met his end.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Great time, great game. Can't wait until next time. In fact, that'd part of the trouble with this fine game: the factions are all so cool, I just want to jump from one to the next but it really takes multiple playings to get to know a force and use it well. Unfortunately we just can't get together that often and there's always other great games to play. Well, we always know when we pull out Saga, it's going to be a great time.</div><br /> <p></p>Nia Parillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657135170765665100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586848770740207813.post-10130277168981513902023-07-10T15:09:00.000-04:002023-07-10T15:09:16.693-04:00Black Seas<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Got together to try our hand at Black Seas after spending months assembling and painting ships. All a labor of love, but it was nice to finally see the models on the tabletop. Chris is an old hand at Armada so the rules were more or less second nature to him while we worked out the idiosyncrasies particular tot he Age of Sail. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We played a scenario wherein my Spanish were escorting a fat French merchant vessel through a British blockade. I had two 5th rate frigates and 4 brigs while Chris had 3 frigates and 3 brigs. The merchant had been stripped of all it's guns to maximize speed. It was 1000 points each.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We did not entirely finish as we were both pretty brain dead (having already played 2 other games prior), but we played enough to really get a feel for the rules and enough to leave us wanting more. A good sign for a game. The aforementioned merchant was about half way across the board but there were some mean looking British ships about to intercept her, if the wind held.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Unfortunately, the pics are in a jumbled order, so I will try to piece together at what point any given photo took place.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizOOa1ulX4ECD0pIkxPFl_ogOI1Kt1087v-Jf4DlJ_XTkQYNfZCPQtIP1Ex6N9DisCMJjPm_RxiRqCoyiR6AZR9AsSiOifmMu0lz6gJlaacUkCF_a39J-VdZ5f9blR7I5PJsHm5DOxL7n1GRDmMstpW70a_EsXE-QVHC-tsdLi5RN4I8IMMoPJ5GMMP1tv/s1600/c.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="1600" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizOOa1ulX4ECD0pIkxPFl_ogOI1Kt1087v-Jf4DlJ_XTkQYNfZCPQtIP1Ex6N9DisCMJjPm_RxiRqCoyiR6AZR9AsSiOifmMu0lz6gJlaacUkCF_a39J-VdZ5f9blR7I5PJsHm5DOxL7n1GRDmMstpW70a_EsXE-QVHC-tsdLi5RN4I8IMMoPJ5GMMP1tv/s320/c.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There's the merchant in the center flying the French colors. The wind had shifted that turn, allowing the frigate to fire before she could speed away. Another British brig closes in.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTcgsflT5SHgiXDV1NAr2ubdQ4MFAqLsfp0er4LqwDwOWnzWWqKp16NKNRc8OyghMbcW11kDT32udUfUsSvtx-Oby-CtrTto-kpXg0mTs_JH74ntCMTrSwRallgiJD0BHBBDD0Gtm4de2kH-BZW014PivQ86_7y50pkUPixvbKjDh36SpTv2-G4pNzViJM/s3072/DSCF1244.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTcgsflT5SHgiXDV1NAr2ubdQ4MFAqLsfp0er4LqwDwOWnzWWqKp16NKNRc8OyghMbcW11kDT32udUfUsSvtx-Oby-CtrTto-kpXg0mTs_JH74ntCMTrSwRallgiJD0BHBBDD0Gtm4de2kH-BZW014PivQ86_7y50pkUPixvbKjDh36SpTv2-G4pNzViJM/s320/DSCF1244.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Artsy shot showing Chris' ridiculously nice fleet. He hand rigged all the rat lines. (My ships have none.)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0qtLY6s9wqJ4FunisrisfTTvhZ04v9TycLNuRXXJPxYqmAB0wlO7gCmfKAl5Ep2SAQhATzUAu5wOWyCiTtQ2uOX-r-YReUwRKI1Pc3FmjFMJuzbMSUE8IRe5C1q82GL-smcOFdIE-1yNeiKqCSOGWAzkMaHUCPmAKMEgrw_H5L4eSA_J5TbkqXj8NUKGV/s3072/DSCF1245.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0qtLY6s9wqJ4FunisrisfTTvhZ04v9TycLNuRXXJPxYqmAB0wlO7gCmfKAl5Ep2SAQhATzUAu5wOWyCiTtQ2uOX-r-YReUwRKI1Pc3FmjFMJuzbMSUE8IRe5C1q82GL-smcOFdIE-1yNeiKqCSOGWAzkMaHUCPmAKMEgrw_H5L4eSA_J5TbkqXj8NUKGV/s320/DSCF1245.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Set up. Chris' ships are coming from both sides.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6pDDQYcNVIeXun0KhI49U94lKmnZ4g7EfTMvHgrFcWqq3zyqmTljClxaVm5fZJKipcKmA6C2W3ZzUgGZN24vow0iCcZ2Rnc8wOoE4S02pAcswc0IS7VUYTOtl72IYd55V4zxyNywhQKgnnEMktMuruiOa2yTHFX2YNxr2Ai7vaqYz3-D1a7fpXQdY0adj/s3072/DSCF1246.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6pDDQYcNVIeXun0KhI49U94lKmnZ4g7EfTMvHgrFcWqq3zyqmTljClxaVm5fZJKipcKmA6C2W3ZzUgGZN24vow0iCcZ2Rnc8wOoE4S02pAcswc0IS7VUYTOtl72IYd55V4zxyNywhQKgnnEMktMuruiOa2yTHFX2YNxr2Ai7vaqYz3-D1a7fpXQdY0adj/s320/DSCF1246.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Notice the difference in my ships. No rat lines. Also, no bases. Chris hand sculpted and painted all the bases on his ships.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKiRqnkkLLcyEBdI_BPBuSUQKhSGlCGacIxZtIfoPhnmEKgBYGvG4zZX1CrXps-6HrZsE3uuWXa8Zk46Tz94kYMIqR0UvAluwX3YwvBX2ridPAjYY1i7x579F8SrIBB5Xw-lymKJj3ogklzcRgP9ylpSz_1Vie8wTq1VmbiDns6FiLIh5fabEh0AsDuH9m/s3072/DSCF1247.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKiRqnkkLLcyEBdI_BPBuSUQKhSGlCGacIxZtIfoPhnmEKgBYGvG4zZX1CrXps-6HrZsE3uuWXa8Zk46Tz94kYMIqR0UvAluwX3YwvBX2ridPAjYY1i7x579F8SrIBB5Xw-lymKJj3ogklzcRgP9ylpSz_1Vie8wTq1VmbiDns6FiLIh5fabEh0AsDuH9m/s320/DSCF1247.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was the shot of the game. My big kitted out battle boat bow rakes a frigate with her first broadside. The damage was so extensive, the British ship struck her colors and surrendered.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjREfy_Tyih2okOnAHQ2ui99bHIVRm8d68hnwKGPtDW3JMbct29Ft_Tk3__9PbWlkYPB_hQaUI1fPql-8TM_vIdJ_lkqpBi2LLbf59COmpKOUp0uioURokfuZQAo1n6kUQH3-Hmm5z9HOzne30Kngo-_vtKGbsCqABP-BiUpJHElkFazhJSaBUCAj6IDNV/s3072/DSCF1248.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjREfy_Tyih2okOnAHQ2ui99bHIVRm8d68hnwKGPtDW3JMbct29Ft_Tk3__9PbWlkYPB_hQaUI1fPql-8TM_vIdJ_lkqpBi2LLbf59COmpKOUp0uioURokfuZQAo1n6kUQH3-Hmm5z9HOzne30Kngo-_vtKGbsCqABP-BiUpJHElkFazhJSaBUCAj6IDNV/s320/DSCF1248.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The merchant takes one in the teeth.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdTSl5bKuR9_9oGKE4Tp3y8CW_n3390KC2tT3SL8OLxqFyzWHo8cPFdf6Lt5l9wpaL3O0ohbklT25F4XDoueG9ZoiuNbNXYNKP3FTa2z8nli7-BDLpf6bQXvB3utB0pVigX5aE9sXCSbp-ujoapjjXZF1d9u4E9Nd8lGeps0YMKV5PhpAtIAIQeQ74Ne_2/s3072/DSCF1249.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdTSl5bKuR9_9oGKE4Tp3y8CW_n3390KC2tT3SL8OLxqFyzWHo8cPFdf6Lt5l9wpaL3O0ohbklT25F4XDoueG9ZoiuNbNXYNKP3FTa2z8nli7-BDLpf6bQXvB3utB0pVigX5aE9sXCSbp-ujoapjjXZF1d9u4E9Nd8lGeps0YMKV5PhpAtIAIQeQ74Ne_2/s320/DSCF1249.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Look at those beautiful models.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGQSqasSVeOFJiF6KH1NiN8TH2xLEfBN4-41NWPX65xKpMH3mmPTfgrxXc5XKOwIRuhpJ9M1a6PgzwbswKV06349dPGtA7k5nvaEO-e-cVXqZFrtAihwI1fqotBT4_zRUxygEuPpt0li5Yh9c4Z3yhoJuMudVGhj-0BhbHBXmBQx0r251hBULy0fOobZjn/s3072/DSCF1250.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGQSqasSVeOFJiF6KH1NiN8TH2xLEfBN4-41NWPX65xKpMH3mmPTfgrxXc5XKOwIRuhpJ9M1a6PgzwbswKV06349dPGtA7k5nvaEO-e-cVXqZFrtAihwI1fqotBT4_zRUxygEuPpt0li5Yh9c4Z3yhoJuMudVGhj-0BhbHBXmBQx0r251hBULy0fOobZjn/s320/DSCF1250.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Warlord Games would do well to use his stuff in their adverts.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX9hCk9up7yUD8myENSlaBDsMkI6jISWELbPk9VOZFMjdpWtpyJsVQfo7kPa6fx9p52XLprK4yepeIuQuoqEoIc_qIJhhKek6CZH3cPoS56MxtfV9yPeGxP9oo0TpOwDyPs4_7n9oiVFZ9wb0GoJQBLUAeuBSEueVaCyJ49XXgo8OQTpVCwDm8pemDX9bL/s3072/DSCF1251.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX9hCk9up7yUD8myENSlaBDsMkI6jISWELbPk9VOZFMjdpWtpyJsVQfo7kPa6fx9p52XLprK4yepeIuQuoqEoIc_qIJhhKek6CZH3cPoS56MxtfV9yPeGxP9oo0TpOwDyPs4_7n9oiVFZ9wb0GoJQBLUAeuBSEueVaCyJ49XXgo8OQTpVCwDm8pemDX9bL/s320/DSCF1251.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another cool shot of the action.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi82GYduLnfd2_qIbDmbR25tvQGExaiNGZLeMcSS3nLYfG6TjVUHkYFumH8w6vkzFamXD2t8B3YCQzEEqhFDqS-b3sWCavbGcR2S2aBqfOwWEvMsP5ggHJBHH_gG_Dp9-65ziy2lpkC7hDoZjYS4JuvPtIyqDFkqKRlTmUwIMITJ1CsoJphnvoGw8ybezrh/s3072/DSCF1252.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi82GYduLnfd2_qIbDmbR25tvQGExaiNGZLeMcSS3nLYfG6TjVUHkYFumH8w6vkzFamXD2t8B3YCQzEEqhFDqS-b3sWCavbGcR2S2aBqfOwWEvMsP5ggHJBHH_gG_Dp9-65ziy2lpkC7hDoZjYS4JuvPtIyqDFkqKRlTmUwIMITJ1CsoJphnvoGw8ybezrh/s320/DSCF1252.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not only did the British frigate surrender, but it also shrank. (I don't have any burning frigates, only brigs.)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXHlUmHJlU5keRZCkPwftJ1-vHeJoiAVIS9gZD159Bu9o_43Zjby8iEM5YNB5JrRy21oT79F0N6JNGaLJU7eXVVcsKgvFnrudwyXz6CDZTB_aiiK7s3YIYMUFbbxy2P3PUSiDa2blVl6JXu0NkPu6Z70R3s-yw7dcLGvd0TsRglQIdCDB6esBpHfuLbuCX/s3072/DSCF1253.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXHlUmHJlU5keRZCkPwftJ1-vHeJoiAVIS9gZD159Bu9o_43Zjby8iEM5YNB5JrRy21oT79F0N6JNGaLJU7eXVVcsKgvFnrudwyXz6CDZTB_aiiK7s3YIYMUFbbxy2P3PUSiDa2blVl6JXu0NkPu6Z70R3s-yw7dcLGvd0TsRglQIdCDB6esBpHfuLbuCX/s320/DSCF1253.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wide angle look.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjPbMGxXhB9of9oi68zYgoU4aYitx7tEMshbdHPzyRoFKvP4k_7q-gr-4xmpUo1xV9v9ZnKAJuoNwvm5ATETlFMPI-fTfeJe_jVxA9qyhCFH-8kWkfxJ1iKy_Y0grlooB2TQJLecl-itOvCCI3z0g0QdFZhqK7X_CjyfkQ1Chv-r18anLzQxBeFfo3n7OJ/s3072/DSCF1255.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjPbMGxXhB9of9oi68zYgoU4aYitx7tEMshbdHPzyRoFKvP4k_7q-gr-4xmpUo1xV9v9ZnKAJuoNwvm5ATETlFMPI-fTfeJe_jVxA9qyhCFH-8kWkfxJ1iKy_Y0grlooB2TQJLecl-itOvCCI3z0g0QdFZhqK7X_CjyfkQ1Chv-r18anLzQxBeFfo3n7OJ/s320/DSCF1255.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX6jaTtXb5CpOBXm7Z3FVd1O8TcAGDiQn3gvJ5ho2aom-gahHUsSg9if1jcHkCUnkMOXEhicFSkCuktzZI_uWM2ALv-yFXAifJBIAFi0mtgfb44Y8nHrUlv9Yt0MnqI72gTGS3PMq-D5TrW59rO_ERXhQiQtIk_WeuCnrGRqW9XDub0E5RpT8uvR-tvf2l/s4032/f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX6jaTtXb5CpOBXm7Z3FVd1O8TcAGDiQn3gvJ5ho2aom-gahHUsSg9if1jcHkCUnkMOXEhicFSkCuktzZI_uWM2ALv-yFXAifJBIAFi0mtgfb44Y8nHrUlv9Yt0MnqI72gTGS3PMq-D5TrW59rO_ERXhQiQtIk_WeuCnrGRqW9XDub0E5RpT8uvR-tvf2l/s320/f.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The man himself. Chris begins the British hunt.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-Cg3mK5YhBTicz7b_BQIlpXOZLpjkNyMdE-UmUDbuhsF-ZAbYGBGuU8Tq2u0JZIulFElLMVk-MqDRV5oZccb7S8tMO9opAy9CFAAFL6ks2bJutSkGkOzi73GBgiQVsd758Xm6ZYoL3_3G_XlFpzqzZU3ulmoFoIL59D_P_VUwhJrkXebFAs85_idwHlr/s1600/image000000.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="889" data-original-width="1600" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-Cg3mK5YhBTicz7b_BQIlpXOZLpjkNyMdE-UmUDbuhsF-ZAbYGBGuU8Tq2u0JZIulFElLMVk-MqDRV5oZccb7S8tMO9opAy9CFAAFL6ks2bJutSkGkOzi73GBgiQVsd758Xm6ZYoL3_3G_XlFpzqzZU3ulmoFoIL59D_P_VUwhJrkXebFAs85_idwHlr/s320/image000000.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From the other side.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLM1jgxfO0Rlf94echgc8pXCJqmN-wBe_vRA1XjXyqMVNW23cWucJUpZ_WlfLhPahig3XYzeX7y38c4jfVovWSbrzR_Oj706nEZXvf522Sngs-6qxYX32ohWo7MS0g0zZfHH7cUz1zBnQCjXxzYVD_x9TY-I9WSpQ8nzZsYFgVC0lMahymD6BXr1QqVKmB/s1549/image000001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1549" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLM1jgxfO0Rlf94echgc8pXCJqmN-wBe_vRA1XjXyqMVNW23cWucJUpZ_WlfLhPahig3XYzeX7y38c4jfVovWSbrzR_Oj706nEZXvf522Sngs-6qxYX32ohWo7MS0g0zZfHH7cUz1zBnQCjXxzYVD_x9TY-I9WSpQ8nzZsYFgVC0lMahymD6BXr1QqVKmB/s320/image000001.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Couple aerial views.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm8Zxf89aOKkBYo6Zr-uYwKp3WWkaspxIj4YmfM85LpT5_hBx8Pwl4brR0OSMoMVBsWuI2xbRMYCkNFGbKo_obwPCEJuY7fmXjQFBTuf6MCclsRJBcYkC67MKxAPClyH1Q4OFCa04Jyj_PZnlNof0LKO1FmFRac1u3KP4aVT1UPuF8kTdQuvXMBjixWAB5/s1584/l.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1584" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm8Zxf89aOKkBYo6Zr-uYwKp3WWkaspxIj4YmfM85LpT5_hBx8Pwl4brR0OSMoMVBsWuI2xbRMYCkNFGbKo_obwPCEJuY7fmXjQFBTuf6MCclsRJBcYkC67MKxAPClyH1Q4OFCa04Jyj_PZnlNof0LKO1FmFRac1u3KP4aVT1UPuF8kTdQuvXMBjixWAB5/s320/l.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The models really lend themselves to great pictures.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFw-jGmhTKeTm41nvo_KzjNDNmOFUl2Y7mEfjz0EsZgNF_8OBeaxT1yljqw-EzqKh8wmpib4EumpoUfs4UMuGWBXQ70LQUXsGAaV-jV5SoZ7AYVBHRf63swxFeEUIcsSxi0nKRarYehMvrOMYkCBDFyVCSMQjI27BOFg3iDgreuOVhpOkLELOlvaEPxi7l/s1552/m.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1552" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFw-jGmhTKeTm41nvo_KzjNDNmOFUl2Y7mEfjz0EsZgNF_8OBeaxT1yljqw-EzqKh8wmpib4EumpoUfs4UMuGWBXQ70LQUXsGAaV-jV5SoZ7AYVBHRf63swxFeEUIcsSxi0nKRarYehMvrOMYkCBDFyVCSMQjI27BOFg3iDgreuOVhpOkLELOlvaEPxi7l/s320/m.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My brigs narrowly avoid ramming into each other but both manage to get off a broadside at the enemy.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtRHWYefXktyGyVQev037tgdT08v_Y4QGS_i9mQAE6ailiVvYlAe4Gy6apbRg9E8G3up-pkJxiXv2jHULooIsEDEyaCrxJPmlURwFBP26m84_AB6y6N9kSc2Ftoqry8hoB9wo9IzJv1-eQ5ZRGtBky0sJRKgrz0kKqqKGzIC7l2flYpuWZs4SIeFEgYOKI/s1484/n.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1484" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtRHWYefXktyGyVQev037tgdT08v_Y4QGS_i9mQAE6ailiVvYlAe4Gy6apbRg9E8G3up-pkJxiXv2jHULooIsEDEyaCrxJPmlURwFBP26m84_AB6y6N9kSc2Ftoqry8hoB9wo9IzJv1-eQ5ZRGtBky0sJRKgrz0kKqqKGzIC7l2flYpuWZs4SIeFEgYOKI/s320/n.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And they're off!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1DmUqTWx64eKn2DphSKJdpVWq268gu84KO0Yb4jbKSRNPjxNOKZuzFdFwSKn1Q4oecKWE4yJ-jifl5Ey5fwOQAoRj3jK2AyWx06A5BBCuFZVb5Y3fBL_9YaqrS5whu_qr9w4V5YOMkK7PJnxXomJnh-Js4Q9bVqrjhX4etuOLEzILdESc1A3fKTBbtJEG/s1600/v.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="951" data-original-width="1600" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1DmUqTWx64eKn2DphSKJdpVWq268gu84KO0Yb4jbKSRNPjxNOKZuzFdFwSKn1Q4oecKWE4yJ-jifl5Ey5fwOQAoRj3jK2AyWx06A5BBCuFZVb5Y3fBL_9YaqrS5whu_qr9w4V5YOMkK7PJnxXomJnh-Js4Q9bVqrjhX4etuOLEzILdESc1A3fKTBbtJEG/s320/v.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Scratch one frigate. While this was the only 'casualty', it must be noted that more than one of my ships had been heavily damaged. I had two brigs on the brink of striking and both the others had taken some hits. The merchant also took some damage but I had reinforced her hull to make her more sturdy.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAR6gsiW9KgIx0QOFlPujEh_Q3gjAD0HDQv4Qc8WEiSa5RuRFLwTt4FsS6OaeIOIm-8BRkGJUdfiHOvpxG-kyuHntPjfkHilx_-EB04nMOFKcbblkGiGg9ZMpKZPpwI4vqqvzPzEnzcpiYlAcpbLZvUkQfWLcHST28MEC5BUPvndIUOemxqcdhD_YaBOWC/s1578/x.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1578" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAR6gsiW9KgIx0QOFlPujEh_Q3gjAD0HDQv4Qc8WEiSa5RuRFLwTt4FsS6OaeIOIm-8BRkGJUdfiHOvpxG-kyuHntPjfkHilx_-EB04nMOFKcbblkGiGg9ZMpKZPpwI4vqqvzPzEnzcpiYlAcpbLZvUkQfWLcHST28MEC5BUPvndIUOemxqcdhD_YaBOWC/s320/x.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cool aerial shot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Very enjoyable and worth ever minute at the painting (and rigging) table. I still have 2 frigates and 6 brigs to do, but this experience will make it a lot less painful to actually sit down to do it. It's a good game.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Nia Parillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657135170765665100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586848770740207813.post-75883987010525564972023-04-18T13:56:00.001-04:002023-04-18T13:56:08.093-04:00Dragon Rampant April 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Played our first game of Dragon Rampant. I like the series of rules for the most part and was really looking for some rules other than GW's LotR rules to use our old Ral Partha figs. This game is really just an excuse to use these beautiful old figs; the first ones we ever owned. Most were bought from 1976 to 1978 or so, painted when we were kids and refurbished a few years ago with washes and touch ups.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This game featured Goblins of the North vs North Mirkwood Elves somewhere in the great forest. This isn't too much of an AAR but rather an exhibition of the great models. I'll be throwing in game terminology but it has no bearing on the purpose of this post.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKO-bKkAiYOy1vTwWC5l8biauIMRr8N-AOOOe4roucNDSHSVuleljHbprlKhaLlYLRbOkt7Dt-Lr8JYvzTQ7u0CjR6q-AF2IQmVCbR8xbhztEfj3nWcvxB0fd0bgKNID4_DpBz3dCO_iK2ijbmG7sht5WbAL5tkAahN5iL7Zb2g9MDc6jht8hz6tmFDg/s3072/DSCF1223.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKO-bKkAiYOy1vTwWC5l8biauIMRr8N-AOOOe4roucNDSHSVuleljHbprlKhaLlYLRbOkt7Dt-Lr8JYvzTQ7u0CjR6q-AF2IQmVCbR8xbhztEfj3nWcvxB0fd0bgKNID4_DpBz3dCO_iK2ijbmG7sht5WbAL5tkAahN5iL7Zb2g9MDc6jht8hz6tmFDg/s320/DSCF1223.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The set-up. I wanted the stream as it represents a 'linear obstruction' per the rules. The actual streams are J&R Miniatures. I've had them forever and really like them. The woods are 'dense' terrain and slow movements for most units.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwnUHIRIGND_kOVjvtA1lyZ37GaxpJxiEb3zFDrnNO0fGrzQWEoDWO0pXwFsjobYvej-cTlgzFU7L6UwDUaGVfZWwPXWTU2N9y7HxupN5V6-PCI6-2VzhZisct77PCDGqM5DU6zLXnmQXCvsvrVYU3Cb9POmf69cauwHWhCIZqMxyHwkSkBFkn1X7cpQ/s3072/DSCF1224.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwnUHIRIGND_kOVjvtA1lyZ37GaxpJxiEb3zFDrnNO0fGrzQWEoDWO0pXwFsjobYvej-cTlgzFU7L6UwDUaGVfZWwPXWTU2N9y7HxupN5V6-PCI6-2VzhZisct77PCDGqM5DU6zLXnmQXCvsvrVYU3Cb9POmf69cauwHWhCIZqMxyHwkSkBFkn1X7cpQ/s320/DSCF1224.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bellicose foot. These models are too cool! They are from the old Der Kriegspielers Fantastiques line of miniatures. I'm not positive but think that line was eventually sold to Heritage Models. Their drivers are old Heritage. I think they are 'stone trolls'.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkjiEdY7sxT5L4DhaEr2R9o6pnK0-lqekJo01FyEobvDd-7s0QF4mb4OLBvuCNeYmeYlvgGL9v_Cl9hmRiGF6mbuGRJWBUW5EC-gUesHfRhBKqo2CAjKfUYiF4fFpmX_8hlNBzmfjHgrYJT4M-5E0kNWdeo3BTeoeecTnyDq0r2MU3GXmyVJbG1zBZrA/s3072/DSCF1225.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkjiEdY7sxT5L4DhaEr2R9o6pnK0-lqekJo01FyEobvDd-7s0QF4mb4OLBvuCNeYmeYlvgGL9v_Cl9hmRiGF6mbuGRJWBUW5EC-gUesHfRhBKqo2CAjKfUYiF4fFpmX_8hlNBzmfjHgrYJT4M-5E0kNWdeo3BTeoeecTnyDq0r2MU3GXmyVJbG1zBZrA/s320/DSCF1225.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Heavy foot. Ral Parths goblins with skull helmets! It's kind of unnatural how much I love these guys.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Back in the day, they were $4 for a box of 12. No blisters, they all came in little black and white boxes. Bully for you if you remember those too.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Uum0C8TkRt_gb_OkhTE4HN80Qt81E_T2raLJKpvMGe-IwEehaDvHxO38eorotsi7gXVbD8tuJH1olUHSyI7kOHSI-UHD-uUe0UV7g9Q-dTgqFvCuTBKEIaD_WK9ehpqhVvgz74MilWsKRFTKkft8CiberWEMxi2MT_8ZHz8KUTXn7-xvuHUF6mo9-A/s3072/DSCF1226.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Uum0C8TkRt_gb_OkhTE4HN80Qt81E_T2raLJKpvMGe-IwEehaDvHxO38eorotsi7gXVbD8tuJH1olUHSyI7kOHSI-UHD-uUe0UV7g9Q-dTgqFvCuTBKEIaD_WK9ehpqhVvgz74MilWsKRFTKkft8CiberWEMxi2MT_8ZHz8KUTXn7-xvuHUF6mo9-A/s320/DSCF1226.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Light riders. Unfortunately I only have 4 rides left, though I have about 8 or more wolves. The rest were sadly lost through time. I still look in boxes just because you never know...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt961j6GcSxmnSE4fGZCA0SOaYGyxuw9BsYWOPDzZTwABxUEViXJWdYFu26BaraSdWk8vp1lfp5bvBY62MFEcftP3AwqgZ0vvCWuGR_7kNZEQ5PNRfU7oM50z6GxO3WS7oDdoppLw7WCe_3XOeaNQlhZIl-2z-fhdpreD_phXym-bS-00hCWQdj8Q6lA/s3072/DSCF1227.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt961j6GcSxmnSE4fGZCA0SOaYGyxuw9BsYWOPDzZTwABxUEViXJWdYFu26BaraSdWk8vp1lfp5bvBY62MFEcftP3AwqgZ0vvCWuGR_7kNZEQ5PNRfU7oM50z6GxO3WS7oDdoppLw7WCe_3XOeaNQlhZIl-2z-fhdpreD_phXym-bS-00hCWQdj8Q6lA/s320/DSCF1227.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Great Warbeasts. Ents make their way through the forest. Anyone still have any of these?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiemRF9jHVbTz8Qgny23wwJpX4iJy12P-d4SEWnf0gsUvDSDfxtRB7q06tZuKBMBH9kgI404tV88pmr4AYIYWGuIaZcty_FCj00KZGA5p5biHuvdZ4Z0KYByLfoSFyZHrffnDNuDVy1OzYF0Pf8CeAbpod8KdDcWywDnDEfNG3Fh4NYdfWw90ZP8Pq4A/s3072/DSCF1228.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiemRF9jHVbTz8Qgny23wwJpX4iJy12P-d4SEWnf0gsUvDSDfxtRB7q06tZuKBMBH9kgI404tV88pmr4AYIYWGuIaZcty_FCj00KZGA5p5biHuvdZ4Z0KYByLfoSFyZHrffnDNuDVy1OzYF0Pf8CeAbpod8KdDcWywDnDEfNG3Fh4NYdfWw90ZP8Pq4A/s320/DSCF1228.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Light foot and light missiles in the background. I changed the skin tone on these when I re-did them. They were all like elf flesh white. I've painted some with purple skin, some with light blue, others with orange. It just makes it all more 'fantastic' to me.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgENBr6TSVElRXwRX-ijCabvHE6xxEIEyeUO_fq9Nyi7PgBT_uJJzM4FF5Qp218QBiVy6eWdeqgtEGH8DWTKmzAtAPA8_t651G2rjTW9IFuhsQyWX5jq2HxCnf3Ue-vLgpD7v6ByyH7hy5dzAEuXVxMEtMvfRZzIvhvrEnwkugKkyx_DWtCRN2aBZGSkg/s3072/DSCF1229.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgENBr6TSVElRXwRX-ijCabvHE6xxEIEyeUO_fq9Nyi7PgBT_uJJzM4FF5Qp218QBiVy6eWdeqgtEGH8DWTKmzAtAPA8_t651G2rjTW9IFuhsQyWX5jq2HxCnf3Ue-vLgpD7v6ByyH7hy5dzAEuXVxMEtMvfRZzIvhvrEnwkugKkyx_DWtCRN2aBZGSkg/s320/DSCF1229.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Scouts. Great figures; I still have about 30 of these.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYi6qo-407tJk6HnovL3fG2LSSHmCFBLkIGVdhQ3QHn_rQ_WzpmRzCllzLHkWSL_Qsll3J1Bm3b_SFxt5D59q6-BarXgV_4ClYDu-5NadQes20NdJRH9cylT9icyA8gzX7VQAq_iQ5A4SCJ5M-9QUkjP1-RstpRpYQlbsZbb4h7-t1BitW4INAEu3mnQ/s3072/DSCF1230.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYi6qo-407tJk6HnovL3fG2LSSHmCFBLkIGVdhQ3QHn_rQ_WzpmRzCllzLHkWSL_Qsll3J1Bm3b_SFxt5D59q6-BarXgV_4ClYDu-5NadQes20NdJRH9cylT9icyA8gzX7VQAq_iQ5A4SCJ5M-9QUkjP1-RstpRpYQlbsZbb4h7-t1BitW4INAEu3mnQ/s320/DSCF1230.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Light foot. Same with these. I have a lot of 'wood elves', as they were called once upon a time.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN5nU7_OwifGG4sRrQJeXE3DvghECdF9RtUBaO0mOyNso-vqYNZ6grxO7iqF9bFQurb1Ox0lWe4xuyLJPoiHyK05EiAUcda953OTNd65wRrLPQW-HNHSra5bwAW53AC1oG67joxeAuNALiGZVoUEDTkCDczPFyx96PPs3H-ZNGt4MP9miZoxKAMRvACA/s3072/DSCF1231.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN5nU7_OwifGG4sRrQJeXE3DvghECdF9RtUBaO0mOyNso-vqYNZ6grxO7iqF9bFQurb1Ox0lWe4xuyLJPoiHyK05EiAUcda953OTNd65wRrLPQW-HNHSra5bwAW53AC1oG67joxeAuNALiGZVoUEDTkCDczPFyx96PPs3H-ZNGt4MP9miZoxKAMRvACA/s320/DSCF1231.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Elite foot, or 'sea elves' as Ral Partha labeled them. As my brother pointed out, they can be used as anything, like Numenorians, for example.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-v-3FGC3sdyhztLE0xlHDYu25JcFXpgogGg1ES8g0jZtgo1dsh-E96hWfVBZz8AtJV7OVY5fLBoQ-iGeT00zrX9Ocq0ByZOQMJLTPKOCq9b99rYRMtVqFNbIK3KoEOEJKyR1sLkmH9WhAITOHwVUClM-W6KxORZgLLqQ--j4By7A6EknyaaPVa0oyw/s3072/DSCF1232.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-v-3FGC3sdyhztLE0xlHDYu25JcFXpgogGg1ES8g0jZtgo1dsh-E96hWfVBZz8AtJV7OVY5fLBoQ-iGeT00zrX9Ocq0ByZOQMJLTPKOCq9b99rYRMtVqFNbIK3KoEOEJKyR1sLkmH9WhAITOHwVUClM-W6KxORZgLLqQ--j4By7A6EknyaaPVa0oyw/s320/DSCF1232.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Greater warbeasts vs Lesser warbeasts. These spiders may be GW or Warlord, I'm not sure but they are the only figs not from the 70's.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVrtvIUP8Hf0RMiYJ7imAN96Gha_V5J4gPKVsWaEO3vOGKun79G6sKwRAUlpbZyGG2Pd-QrLf_Kg3tqeWeZ7O_EH8wK5ErF8RArII38B9ELP6Ul27nw--Vo2_lLAxSXXt7b2BdJe40um0VihwHvFQn5xO8ppdD7y2AOmEpKG6BQPoaMt7huVXbXitdUQ/s3072/DSCF1233.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVrtvIUP8Hf0RMiYJ7imAN96Gha_V5J4gPKVsWaEO3vOGKun79G6sKwRAUlpbZyGG2Pd-QrLf_Kg3tqeWeZ7O_EH8wK5ErF8RArII38B9ELP6Ul27nw--Vo2_lLAxSXXt7b2BdJe40um0VihwHvFQn5xO8ppdD7y2AOmEpKG6BQPoaMt7huVXbXitdUQ/s320/DSCF1233.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Light missiles. Elven archers take the high ground. Unfortunately for Chris, they failed to activate three turns in a row and essentially doomed the rest of their force to ignominy.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEictWzQDVAtqJtRAflGZ3G9hxvhjpzkuG_41oxtGGBpXUkVomdHMVFMJgIvfk2tnuOt5hsu70sVAzS6WTYtOO2M3kkuqEdj7TeHQFhKaF_U2aCL0kI__4Bs1yxU9cEyfjWN2RPjNNJ1L04W8y_I-ONflz8b9uT83ljQc50AaSlCBV73m3CmYpmZ_r4XmQ/s3072/DSCF1234.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEictWzQDVAtqJtRAflGZ3G9hxvhjpzkuG_41oxtGGBpXUkVomdHMVFMJgIvfk2tnuOt5hsu70sVAzS6WTYtOO2M3kkuqEdj7TeHQFhKaF_U2aCL0kI__4Bs1yxU9cEyfjWN2RPjNNJ1L04W8y_I-ONflz8b9uT83ljQc50AaSlCBV73m3CmYpmZ_r4XmQ/s320/DSCF1234.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cool. Got a bunch of these in different poses. I can't believe these still have their original spears.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVY3dLXkJV6sOuObI1SAIvQaKYcSExC9ihzhThYs0QLkbQs7Vtpa0wWYBUrbbjnvZSbArUyRTpibTnGbiFnC_Z7IihgspFPRPNOtK04J4IT7utQwPrHw5tCQRpOxug7vTLxRFHp0WstgN3OLQSY6_oCIqgWU3wSKhKRkgkUavjgCrOsF9JzP_sUwprTQ/s3072/DSCF1235.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVY3dLXkJV6sOuObI1SAIvQaKYcSExC9ihzhThYs0QLkbQs7Vtpa0wWYBUrbbjnvZSbArUyRTpibTnGbiFnC_Z7IihgspFPRPNOtK04J4IT7utQwPrHw5tCQRpOxug7vTLxRFHp0WstgN3OLQSY6_oCIqgWU3wSKhKRkgkUavjgCrOsF9JzP_sUwprTQ/s320/DSCF1235.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yeah, their eyes bulge but I couldn't resist painting the models as sculpted. I find them charming.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVpKgFqf3GY-IoDgnTuM3C-F3AaVljfgfV2upeZvNhGrpO8aDeWQyuQJrr1sm5qcfYM82l4qxbX2Kgw_58m9YccmSiNw6f1mdKbLzvI2_fL9iY53oiTWc9Aa_C2sc8jDKCAS9TXu_5qFdN9a6dbV45UnDD9Xr2_C88grLbRXletPXYJeoRneBPGQ_r3g/s3072/DSCF1236.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVpKgFqf3GY-IoDgnTuM3C-F3AaVljfgfV2upeZvNhGrpO8aDeWQyuQJrr1sm5qcfYM82l4qxbX2Kgw_58m9YccmSiNw6f1mdKbLzvI2_fL9iY53oiTWc9Aa_C2sc8jDKCAS9TXu_5qFdN9a6dbV45UnDD9Xr2_C88grLbRXletPXYJeoRneBPGQ_r3g/s320/DSCF1236.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of the few shots of the actual action. You can see the ents in the upper left moving toward the goblin archers. However a few Wild Charges later by the venom packing spiders knocked the ents out of the game. The elves were butt hurt as it was too much like Ungoliant and the Two Trees.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZGHG4eWMjn5jMo48vvVDbZfMyLOwwAq_RcscsWqfzJkA--FjDCzO3GAYhwlb0AQDxCj2uRRr0Ye8b6TsGzRV-Z36DMly5oI995b3JB1LsXEkYJyGa47jcLXPfdR-sf8Hl8wnM5kJWj-3gVOywLTR0bOxYkeuM7OZp-SM2oad3N4CnEg-gS7G_yFVs-Q/s3072/DSCF1237.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZGHG4eWMjn5jMo48vvVDbZfMyLOwwAq_RcscsWqfzJkA--FjDCzO3GAYhwlb0AQDxCj2uRRr0Ye8b6TsGzRV-Z36DMly5oI995b3JB1LsXEkYJyGa47jcLXPfdR-sf8Hl8wnM5kJWj-3gVOywLTR0bOxYkeuM7OZp-SM2oad3N4CnEg-gS7G_yFVs-Q/s320/DSCF1237.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">'Branch out!' 'Leaf me alone!'</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisNFIagxzN7w36ee_cC06adfwHK6q4Y2Lids5yEiVddMRd3UW9CwR1B_O820swdCtxcltLZDLwC0bf2MQiuRW6MfbXExVUBRokXIgGO0J1Vj8GhQ7HGCv059ERwAtu4fux8I3GCj7Y_tcpQluw59ngHv265yoV2u4aBaNHGTernDKl0OZOoS6GoD0icw/s3072/DSCF1238.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisNFIagxzN7w36ee_cC06adfwHK6q4Y2Lids5yEiVddMRd3UW9CwR1B_O820swdCtxcltLZDLwC0bf2MQiuRW6MfbXExVUBRokXIgGO0J1Vj8GhQ7HGCv059ERwAtu4fux8I3GCj7Y_tcpQluw59ngHv265yoV2u4aBaNHGTernDKl0OZOoS6GoD0icw/s320/DSCF1238.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Elvish scouts are yummy! "Looks like meat is back on the menu boys!'</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhna_YOhPQjQ2JDIjQEhUSNQ7yQ3TD2WbXfMmOf-KeX-UZGnJj394gFBhAbIWxd1kaORREgh4FAI9S7CffceyfJD-FELPVGz1-NlefJ8dEaxBUWmiuVAigczhKfcEXY2Q7m02iN3keFokDoys6s_d8ErkVDIbjGtfvHzZo6LWdyJotJmbMyILujFR9AXQ/s3072/DSCF1239.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhna_YOhPQjQ2JDIjQEhUSNQ7yQ3TD2WbXfMmOf-KeX-UZGnJj394gFBhAbIWxd1kaORREgh4FAI9S7CffceyfJD-FELPVGz1-NlefJ8dEaxBUWmiuVAigczhKfcEXY2Q7m02iN3keFokDoys6s_d8ErkVDIbjGtfvHzZo6LWdyJotJmbMyILujFR9AXQ/s320/DSCF1239.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Great models. Four freaking dollars for 12!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgODG3SPhc6_ilM6bzdnTpLvFc9kPto95ozq9ZvTaqj5TEYzD2mQCsGZHC-OWRShds2svl2CEleS4onNB9tUOZMtmt4VE5zAYPVo4GqXkg9vBIgX-uIdNlJ3zyB1jWtrUbp4tq6fSoOHc_-1MwTPD-cRTHC0ISFjmdCJIRiIhAY1y6rlboUbUL6mvIocg/s3072/DSCF1240.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgODG3SPhc6_ilM6bzdnTpLvFc9kPto95ozq9ZvTaqj5TEYzD2mQCsGZHC-OWRShds2svl2CEleS4onNB9tUOZMtmt4VE5zAYPVo4GqXkg9vBIgX-uIdNlJ3zyB1jWtrUbp4tq6fSoOHc_-1MwTPD-cRTHC0ISFjmdCJIRiIhAY1y6rlboUbUL6mvIocg/s320/DSCF1240.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Elven leader and Heavy Foot bodyguard. I'm not sure of the maker of the leader model; there was no markings on the base. If anyone knows, let me know. The other guys are part of the Ral Partha Sea Elves line; note the same shields as the spear men, er, spear elves?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw3G0MbLQ_PpQDveqH2YJSaI9R-FCMMbVcdftABjzGtlGGHeC9bQsNodl4oFjXCOBjNiGnhtF15zg-nX0At50W85_EA0fmJtTvFOCO2fQJg2mSBReNUNWhtWYNAlVztbL9hQ2yhld4w-1wyiV81h70iYaY2RWuy_j0ULc3ZGMA0y26_mhwBBKKfcVZEg/s3072/DSCF1242.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw3G0MbLQ_PpQDveqH2YJSaI9R-FCMMbVcdftABjzGtlGGHeC9bQsNodl4oFjXCOBjNiGnhtF15zg-nX0At50W85_EA0fmJtTvFOCO2fQJg2mSBReNUNWhtWYNAlVztbL9hQ2yhld4w-1wyiV81h70iYaY2RWuy_j0ULc3ZGMA0y26_mhwBBKKfcVZEg/s320/DSCF1242.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Battered light foot. The leader is in the background, if you want another look at him.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_1EWs_kM244630pq4MbZ2ZBcZkgNaeQ2zA6CdXPFe4ZQLAf-Gy8wSHlEyFW_qqTHd8Nzq7TFg_3l551EtARNSvzjwE7bK3a5MgqfThwVapZ9m2i_MmAoF_G-Fvtj5jD2koinU-ssxFBIW1-f2axSaAc8i52Z5eb6AyLVUjRs-mS-lklmVIwgQcTv5ug/s3072/DSCF1243.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_1EWs_kM244630pq4MbZ2ZBcZkgNaeQ2zA6CdXPFe4ZQLAf-Gy8wSHlEyFW_qqTHd8Nzq7TFg_3l551EtARNSvzjwE7bK3a5MgqfThwVapZ9m2i_MmAoF_G-Fvtj5jD2koinU-ssxFBIW1-f2axSaAc8i52Z5eb6AyLVUjRs-mS-lklmVIwgQcTv5ug/s320/DSCF1243.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shoulda brought arrows I guess,</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhogkA_JquGN0-ZvfHfnEZXmldt13i5hiJ5ZV-lzddO23LMFH-bUxQB5VpKNeN7vNtWVvfgipKzEd__NuNKfRdfocS4f61k9eQViqBD_CfYJ41E_qlZ_AsZxu1TixV_P1RbVqN2jDvEZiV_Rg8AQ-6EUuncDTMwZDIpaCxnv-G9-zBU6RlfZvMP_yas2A/s3072/DSCF1244.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhogkA_JquGN0-ZvfHfnEZXmldt13i5hiJ5ZV-lzddO23LMFH-bUxQB5VpKNeN7vNtWVvfgipKzEd__NuNKfRdfocS4f61k9eQViqBD_CfYJ41E_qlZ_AsZxu1TixV_P1RbVqN2jDvEZiV_Rg8AQ-6EUuncDTMwZDIpaCxnv-G9-zBU6RlfZvMP_yas2A/s320/DSCF1244.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We're scouting a retreat path home.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifgRf5wgdcfQFI8mW4pEveqB85ssBhEV3mMbElHdPGT0jyF83CiimEW-ths-ruQi_t137K5hBFA3ZiNW0q17Qbb_tALUnleGan4JhpKgMO_aY72WftRifd_f_s1Enc2yu_DTYuPhaXUHxyMLSiN6BjY4fEqi3lGcTDeA8KjE3pJAyMiBYBTrt4F6-nlg/s3072/DSCF1245.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifgRf5wgdcfQFI8mW4pEveqB85ssBhEV3mMbElHdPGT0jyF83CiimEW-ths-ruQi_t137K5hBFA3ZiNW0q17Qbb_tALUnleGan4JhpKgMO_aY72WftRifd_f_s1Enc2yu_DTYuPhaXUHxyMLSiN6BjY4fEqi3lGcTDeA8KjE3pJAyMiBYBTrt4F6-nlg/s320/DSCF1245.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Warg riders, not hyena riders. Effing love these models.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, there's a few good looks at some models that will be turning 50 in three years!!!!! Dragon Rampant is a good system to get these old favorites on the table. And we have so many!!!! We originally bought these to play the old Chainmail rules Gary Gygax wrote, so we bought <i><b>armies</b></i>! We have everything from Haradrim to Rohirrim, Gondor, Isengard. We even have scattered Dunlandings,, axe men of Lossarnach, fishermen of Belfalas and even the odd Knight of Dol Amroth and Ranger of Ithilien. I'm not sure how I hung on to these through all the years and moves and mileage, I'm just glad we still have them!</div><br /> <p></p>Nia Parillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657135170765665100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586848770740207813.post-41304224798615693932023-02-23T15:33:00.006-05:002023-02-23T15:40:21.745-05:00Various games from King Con VIII<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">King Con VIII has come and gone so I wanted to get the last batches of pics up for people to reminisce and enjoy. Various games in this group.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9OLMRO8vkVu3IgTt92y1Tjt0f1wYXNLqDwhqOwjb37_esn40sRET2jvBqtq8K4b6YT0w44iWEwu8RuHroYTiU867P6fM9qzlBQI8tRVuXFnBxcBQ2bgBH8EUEozzzPI3i4gaKUIu8WdknGrl34Fk47ZUn_9hlr1eirrEl6JnsoroLQo6elFmkSc8l0A/s3072/DSCF1277.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9OLMRO8vkVu3IgTt92y1Tjt0f1wYXNLqDwhqOwjb37_esn40sRET2jvBqtq8K4b6YT0w44iWEwu8RuHroYTiU867P6fM9qzlBQI8tRVuXFnBxcBQ2bgBH8EUEozzzPI3i4gaKUIu8WdknGrl34Fk47ZUn_9hlr1eirrEl6JnsoroLQo6elFmkSc8l0A/s320/DSCF1277.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Iuka, using The Rules Whose Name Shall Not Be Mentioned. Nice set up though.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgrHWC3X0VneV3VF3AqFC9_9J7iZZY3Yc03IvLopTtM_MQtqBEodw-Wta1ZD16PCRGMf_1RB5aWWdtpeh6aAfuduWUOzcG8uwxmWz6EfLjY1NYfR_mVu9jqb6Man5IyuQ4ScImuNCHtQLtyFWIGekgRPHWtnm2_ebhp9nAYEwROG8FioVjzcbNa5KEvA/s3072/DSCF1280.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgrHWC3X0VneV3VF3AqFC9_9J7iZZY3Yc03IvLopTtM_MQtqBEodw-Wta1ZD16PCRGMf_1RB5aWWdtpeh6aAfuduWUOzcG8uwxmWz6EfLjY1NYfR_mVu9jqb6Man5IyuQ4ScImuNCHtQLtyFWIGekgRPHWtnm2_ebhp9nAYEwROG8FioVjzcbNa5KEvA/s320/DSCF1280.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Federals block the road, taking the high ground closest to the Meeting House.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgawxcG6IfEy5FwzPS-6IA3xe40QQTBfvH7tKFseSiJEbm41qH2z8dKLRnft-yGiyBYipRskmjwq4VGrszDM9D6bCPF6rSihn6sdRpVsMFG_umCXyHeYaQtcZ-KrqYi7CGWkNIOgECtKSfavgigZc3qhAAUJr1TLWXE9uhxzZuQfrCg0ntvmqMe9q2jpA/s3072/DSCF1281.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgawxcG6IfEy5FwzPS-6IA3xe40QQTBfvH7tKFseSiJEbm41qH2z8dKLRnft-yGiyBYipRskmjwq4VGrszDM9D6bCPF6rSihn6sdRpVsMFG_umCXyHeYaQtcZ-KrqYi7CGWkNIOgECtKSfavgigZc3qhAAUJr1TLWXE9uhxzZuQfrCg0ntvmqMe9q2jpA/s320/DSCF1281.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Johnny Reb also grabs a hill as dusk is falling.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimPB_0BvOYTHcFXz1tsvClUD48kIppNYgTXk4XGnpi1gapkddlrXxo_dfKtfFJpbyKJuW2T6027vTYEMWcWfVx-LbrgrHEZGnfKCHiRXSU4G6lNU8RNJ6pqWOVbkPijPwWX43AQdBDKdFT-SjfubGihvpyIc-45gniew-QZ1N6F3VzL1loG4YhWasHpg/s3072/DSCF1282.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimPB_0BvOYTHcFXz1tsvClUD48kIppNYgTXk4XGnpi1gapkddlrXxo_dfKtfFJpbyKJuW2T6027vTYEMWcWfVx-LbrgrHEZGnfKCHiRXSU4G6lNU8RNJ6pqWOVbkPijPwWX43AQdBDKdFT-SjfubGihvpyIc-45gniew-QZ1N6F3VzL1loG4YhWasHpg/s320/DSCF1282.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is just a great shot from an old camera. The Super Macro still does these guys justice,</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjzwzOLlCh7Ep-fMs8zMCHBRUmbWq3UBlpLXZZk148Yj2Lz_uVSteQJY0w5ee2HRg4aktLANlYutSN776o9Tn7M7MtR2x7bbTCUKM3aLJt0P8OAC9vtvn5RFwcpA_jf0Bv9Pc--ASeuuiM3wOuSJWcOjJkGR0kqVCH3PehYvMT6gVcGpuWkmeeYOcsKQ/s3072/DSCF1283.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjzwzOLlCh7Ep-fMs8zMCHBRUmbWq3UBlpLXZZk148Yj2Lz_uVSteQJY0w5ee2HRg4aktLANlYutSN776o9Tn7M7MtR2x7bbTCUKM3aLJt0P8OAC9vtvn5RFwcpA_jf0Bv9Pc--ASeuuiM3wOuSJWcOjJkGR0kqVCH3PehYvMT6gVcGpuWkmeeYOcsKQ/s320/DSCF1283.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another good shot but for the floating roads. I really need to find decent roads that conform to terrain. Anyone know any?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTBFjWpZk9OiJxfTYeo8KUXP5I62IrfxiMltWJvekpT30TqB9VZaHONDMmhoWDqUQp3Auob8lRYifH9Tzh130YV9KBo2M-CBz2bpPvhxklQvYNpLozHw2qFHKl0DuPYtPJosYFDPdHhDgV3ZShygtyhPfRrSOdfgNnOvdmr0lFBCfpjvIW9ed39zKcg/s3072/DSCF1284.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTBFjWpZk9OiJxfTYeo8KUXP5I62IrfxiMltWJvekpT30TqB9VZaHONDMmhoWDqUQp3Auob8lRYifH9Tzh130YV9KBo2M-CBz2bpPvhxklQvYNpLozHw2qFHKl0DuPYtPJosYFDPdHhDgV3ZShygtyhPfRrSOdfgNnOvdmr0lFBCfpjvIW9ed39zKcg/s320/DSCF1284.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Taking cover behind a stone wall.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdu9FeE-JrnRV3WoDZaxZLvx73Ktdj_UZ_Eq3gRlTUIz65HsnNAthSdp12edZlJfOZKOH6HxOI8TW4PIxJvGrtIXgK6bTIuEyUrOj_aEfsQaMuZuW0XhYMbgNJ62MkdAQwZBfQCP93sRP8seDjJeR6uSuDftC5e_o4fXET4yN79XSiSYDBm16WMcQqvw/s3072/DSCF1285.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdu9FeE-JrnRV3WoDZaxZLvx73Ktdj_UZ_Eq3gRlTUIz65HsnNAthSdp12edZlJfOZKOH6HxOI8TW4PIxJvGrtIXgK6bTIuEyUrOj_aEfsQaMuZuW0XhYMbgNJ62MkdAQwZBfQCP93sRP8seDjJeR6uSuDftC5e_o4fXET4yN79XSiSYDBm16WMcQqvw/s320/DSCF1285.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Awaiting the Confederate onslaught that never came!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitn5dvVFXDsGnN6IIF1yoJkIFTdrqIOLWABzHQ74M20Wxn3DQ9FfKgB5lPCMHeaYOCTGOUNnGMYvRUn5bEteR3ES2VMozAhR4Xs05PI9LqCCHq2kHBhVzhsnKOO6LLShgqRbcs8qtg3up6isDi1HyB094XuG9l1NQu_j0ZA8SyYZutmOrtieiGulIPvQ/s3072/DSCF1286.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitn5dvVFXDsGnN6IIF1yoJkIFTdrqIOLWABzHQ74M20Wxn3DQ9FfKgB5lPCMHeaYOCTGOUNnGMYvRUn5bEteR3ES2VMozAhR4Xs05PI9LqCCHq2kHBhVzhsnKOO6LLShgqRbcs8qtg3up6isDi1HyB094XuG9l1NQu_j0ZA8SyYZutmOrtieiGulIPvQ/s320/DSCF1286.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wait, is that a hit? Did we do that right? The rule book says we did but the reference sheet says we didn't. Is that one hit? Or three? How many dice do I roll, wait, do I need orders to do that? Why is this chart different from what the rules say?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSXQ4Y9kbaJwa1RotwpiNMw1UpeZLpBHtEv5E77o-w3pYt7RK90G_AjlCa4Nvs62WICX4aOx9XrGU-Gipp-4y6VdIU-Sx7vyIQKmr_8bh2Hx4cNFnBhvak3f-D1-8yuCN6VdrzDPe-so_-R1aeUPQPHh0JGQFuJw1mlELr96Vf_ch0UmyclhD0FyiQxA/s3072/DSCF1288.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSXQ4Y9kbaJwa1RotwpiNMw1UpeZLpBHtEv5E77o-w3pYt7RK90G_AjlCa4Nvs62WICX4aOx9XrGU-Gipp-4y6VdIU-Sx7vyIQKmr_8bh2Hx4cNFnBhvak3f-D1-8yuCN6VdrzDPe-so_-R1aeUPQPHh0JGQFuJw1mlELr96Vf_ch0UmyclhD0FyiQxA/s320/DSCF1288.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We got our orders, that's all I know. Just keep playing and I'm sure it will start to make sense once we get a turn or two in.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCJAcxungwUEjypDleSEW7xVnsG18CtU6Gw2qfBE3qbfhhoCe6Z3VWk_-UKhhdazw1z2hPkY61AoBGQ0YKfH_VyLy9z7ddI4dk1GDqFytN43znlK5q66GyqT8p9fHnCTJXFLHI2gzwS58LJcPRiDTzKW7mteIbnAKE-kfub4byh5XuI3oUEYHwvw9DvQ/s3072/DSCF1289.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCJAcxungwUEjypDleSEW7xVnsG18CtU6Gw2qfBE3qbfhhoCe6Z3VWk_-UKhhdazw1z2hPkY61AoBGQ0YKfH_VyLy9z7ddI4dk1GDqFytN43znlK5q66GyqT8p9fHnCTJXFLHI2gzwS58LJcPRiDTzKW7mteIbnAKE-kfub4byh5XuI3oUEYHwvw9DvQ/s320/DSCF1289.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Can we see them? Why don't fences provide cover but walls do? How come there wasn't any Opportunity Fire on turn one? The rules are *where*? In a caption of an example and not in the body of the rules???</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZJg3hyUvDCMXdEwNK5N8M5mshAceM2kceVV71gKATKNnxj5PODaXYgfCq97AFLhKDFY4BXHpmmTEO3VPXNXnUfwQ_fJy45qICbhKgzuWaSSLbcgT48vV21hrTUuuXdjjmaxyA-85hfcLeNXrcsWOJQB6-QdEEqZmdvXWsnVXDDR8-FmNiSmKPK6OsSQ/s3072/DSCF1290.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZJg3hyUvDCMXdEwNK5N8M5mshAceM2kceVV71gKATKNnxj5PODaXYgfCq97AFLhKDFY4BXHpmmTEO3VPXNXnUfwQ_fJy45qICbhKgzuWaSSLbcgT48vV21hrTUuuXdjjmaxyA-85hfcLeNXrcsWOJQB6-QdEEqZmdvXWsnVXDDR8-FmNiSmKPK6OsSQ/s320/DSCF1290.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The perfect ending for The Rules Whose Name Shall Not Be Mentioned.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg06te45kFFdvhtg1U-Cdko7hiYDxHF73k7ijKbB73FBUvFw5XkwmnO7zGdi4Ja3Q7Mky3hbObhgX_sTGhquPHJ2OgKCXADjTIdhzwyRdPcEeCUGeCAH0Tm9u67ET3gkovLFLQ3_usbB6K2_i1HkFy9Xka_0ROQG81tIra5qEW7uuER1TxbKh0cpFKvhw/s3072/DSCF1291.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg06te45kFFdvhtg1U-Cdko7hiYDxHF73k7ijKbB73FBUvFw5XkwmnO7zGdi4Ja3Q7Mky3hbObhgX_sTGhquPHJ2OgKCXADjTIdhzwyRdPcEeCUGeCAH0Tm9u67ET3gkovLFLQ3_usbB6K2_i1HkFy9Xka_0ROQG81tIra5qEW7uuER1TxbKh0cpFKvhw/s320/DSCF1291.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sure looked pretty. Lesson learned: stick to Regimental Fire & Fury. Next time we'll play the game with real rules.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPWF5cogbtuTmNXtHpucgRY2ir5JNLR9JZLJh2hspuEJ4MoDdyXtnFbS8J99hdsvp_71VVRaj_ggR6OzjUlBY3CLoox6BjBDfURlUYKykWq3W8mdElMEYiQzQmHY2kT2gIPOPzP9m7IVeWtDwOukvAf4h5zxQKQDIZkxCwu7vy9IlvXEzM4hgpRTL77Q/s3072/DSCF1292.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPWF5cogbtuTmNXtHpucgRY2ir5JNLR9JZLJh2hspuEJ4MoDdyXtnFbS8J99hdsvp_71VVRaj_ggR6OzjUlBY3CLoox6BjBDfURlUYKykWq3W8mdElMEYiQzQmHY2kT2gIPOPzP9m7IVeWtDwOukvAf4h5zxQKQDIZkxCwu7vy9IlvXEzM4hgpRTL77Q/s320/DSCF1292.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also played some BattleTech. Alpha Strike maybe? I'm not sure but the rules are pretty fucking cool. My brother Chris set this up for me and JB and we played three way.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRj2MgrOqGf8x7QvUCnjvmWdIZZHxxCWXIa0w_1VJTGa2RrFR4NlC6ZQJeaN4i_MM4X8fsaPMH6a36tDWMzrgvnFORMaKB3p9ZM-2WLbV3X-Vkv8BzMKs8RxYfzOCqlDH5q02e0oIiMZcaVowiJKN30Ahq_4CVpSBLbWxjno_hMK8Dl90Wh6YWgzXCNg/s3072/DSCF1293.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRj2MgrOqGf8x7QvUCnjvmWdIZZHxxCWXIa0w_1VJTGa2RrFR4NlC6ZQJeaN4i_MM4X8fsaPMH6a36tDWMzrgvnFORMaKB3p9ZM-2WLbV3X-Vkv8BzMKs8RxYfzOCqlDH5q02e0oIiMZcaVowiJKN30Ahq_4CVpSBLbWxjno_hMK8Dl90Wh6YWgzXCNg/s320/DSCF1293.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm not sure what happened or who was who or what robot is what. Just enjoy cool pics of Battle mechs that Chris painted.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09wCT_DY-cVmEQL95h6kcGn5FUC6P5Cnaf8WkoUu_UvxDWgSdf82Lj9uXCONLiSoWHMQAiLujvvzzVrMnM93NVGo9Wf7SyhdkQP2La5TUbgSqnGa14_oEJ6gfMDq50Pkl9cKDgJ-8KkyvDf2ZckYeVUFsA1SXwSNVAT2gZgP05tm8ui5MHhj14aDAkw/s3072/DSCF1294.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09wCT_DY-cVmEQL95h6kcGn5FUC6P5Cnaf8WkoUu_UvxDWgSdf82Lj9uXCONLiSoWHMQAiLujvvzzVrMnM93NVGo9Wf7SyhdkQP2La5TUbgSqnGa14_oEJ6gfMDq50Pkl9cKDgJ-8KkyvDf2ZckYeVUFsA1SXwSNVAT2gZgP05tm8ui5MHhj14aDAkw/s320/DSCF1294.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCn63ncYQBvqSssZ8y3xeJGzCdzSGKSxGtM_QfCtVJ-8Em3tX1b9sPHS5TnEAYfWA0QPcDHrGEZLP_-qF_TqLvmzpzdUypuzv3YPlloLSwQpYms6pZUpR9sk8IkuLpkPfiaLfChQd8CjeA6HHHMM22GSH_x2zoWg91HLn8uU47WC6EoTD8swTo1VRtxg/s3072/DSCF1295.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Finished the weekend with a game of Star Wars Legions put on by Natbud. I always wanted to play this game but shied away for two main reasons: one, the cost. I don't need another game where no matter how many units you buy, you still need one more! Second, I thought all the cards and markers were a bit off putting. I didn't want to have all that stuff to worry about.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUGUVjJmkWOESTiV1lSGJFiHasiTbgAucX-zcQhO0r2pO2gGgEsCP4F-GTfakTIf1wk7I-VB4MnLGO5bzb23UiWe4bIsEnb0BoKODAQ3uAxxo0D9Twhr-2i-f44IONLxWwX4Kad2W22ujNqKZni6lrGtI1BwOUYxnyWC_42I8Fb5gaBkkEF-QxEKvM-g/s4032/IMG_0877.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUGUVjJmkWOESTiV1lSGJFiHasiTbgAucX-zcQhO0r2pO2gGgEsCP4F-GTfakTIf1wk7I-VB4MnLGO5bzb23UiWe4bIsEnb0BoKODAQ3uAxxo0D9Twhr-2i-f44IONLxWwX4Kad2W22ujNqKZni6lrGtI1BwOUYxnyWC_42I8Fb5gaBkkEF-QxEKvM-g/s320/IMG_0877.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Turns out I needn't have worried about the latter concern. The game is so intuitive that the cards were very easily assimilated into the fluidity of each turn. Surprising how little they affected or slowed down things.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyQqdT-fRh5awnjvRw6s0gVyywLSdzAb9qUX0BE74hM-eZWueJGT9vqkouoZ4-RwDgVzGA1LPs_QGokAZzvPOE01A8K_LaCYVURHx7fxqC5RakKh8wfltLbnBzM2QQOp7resJ-4EHt5jAuL3r23PGWahwzZTMfTMhOVjmQ95Dn6Gkyo64mqRGbgttgXg/s4032/IMG_0878.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyQqdT-fRh5awnjvRw6s0gVyywLSdzAb9qUX0BE74hM-eZWueJGT9vqkouoZ4-RwDgVzGA1LPs_QGokAZzvPOE01A8K_LaCYVURHx7fxqC5RakKh8wfltLbnBzM2QQOp7resJ-4EHt5jAuL3r23PGWahwzZTMfTMhOVjmQ95Dn6Gkyo64mqRGbgttgXg/s320/IMG_0878.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The bad guys. Nicely Painted by Nat.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiEooVTWDWLYuZdfVbPVHYUJ55gpQXVtoOa5jyf10HPuiofY29GfE3CLalHep3119GqCD41EmnR3QH71oeFTL5ic2U13Y6COfd2WUksR0kO-idndN_jnVSiStUPmTW3dfVY_cfY6Ajlo3dYcmtBB38B5_RkWMF1Nev0edVOpXDoRuH6Q0sECH-28Spyw/s4032/IMG_0879.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiEooVTWDWLYuZdfVbPVHYUJ55gpQXVtoOa5jyf10HPuiofY29GfE3CLalHep3119GqCD41EmnR3QH71oeFTL5ic2U13Y6COfd2WUksR0kO-idndN_jnVSiStUPmTW3dfVY_cfY6Ajlo3dYcmtBB38B5_RkWMF1Nev0edVOpXDoRuH6Q0sECH-28Spyw/s320/IMG_0879.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hate these guys but aren't they pretty?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9YyP_Y5uOjaBUxroyoKyb6oN2Ti7MGQHX5Urvbq8gELlYzHrlzahM75lz7FgMlRCsWgBssLA2j76PpsCWFiPbr3vRUnmz7D_IuCtge2382HFNcZsW-Rp30sh2YBH9W073ZnpMyYp_c4pH9PA2cQEYd-cHY2htvlnE3bzj2YR1mL1u32Ejrc1FpoHruw/s4032/IMG_0880.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9YyP_Y5uOjaBUxroyoKyb6oN2Ti7MGQHX5Urvbq8gELlYzHrlzahM75lz7FgMlRCsWgBssLA2j76PpsCWFiPbr3vRUnmz7D_IuCtge2382HFNcZsW-Rp30sh2YBH9W073ZnpMyYp_c4pH9PA2cQEYd-cHY2htvlnE3bzj2YR1mL1u32Ejrc1FpoHruw/s320/IMG_0880.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Everybody knows Storm Troopers can't hit anything.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKwZZ3_fRnhLopNOc3BRyub0yc-jwr9xrFZuOMkLUkpI2AY8WAnTP8vAmMCxJJaTixP0Gcfrpb4uHyoyeVfK9EwgAO5875JM6SvjLAlIxTIWY_ZiH1BlNQzHHcJcIkChLiuJpMdfIWEz6oRwDmMNJsa3tQ3DhNOL-rs2zBvC1aDn1Z_KxrNsC9iBVcRw/s4032/IMG_0884.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKwZZ3_fRnhLopNOc3BRyub0yc-jwr9xrFZuOMkLUkpI2AY8WAnTP8vAmMCxJJaTixP0Gcfrpb4uHyoyeVfK9EwgAO5875JM6SvjLAlIxTIWY_ZiH1BlNQzHHcJcIkChLiuJpMdfIWEz6oRwDmMNJsa3tQ3DhNOL-rs2zBvC1aDn1Z_KxrNsC9iBVcRw/s320/IMG_0884.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chewbacca's kill shit. They were tough.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitHtSQx0-3PK9DsYyn1rARnVLj04njn8zz5QG1xAzTHrVHIe2RL59bHcQlYLSKWiYRXCb134K-xhP3f7E_nQjtl1TRpRdbxm6UMfTYXFGpSB8iDIsLX4xa_BgmmOK6XfqTi5M0BvUd-2XQaATWR0K9ojdZqb6RZZnaVR486B7OFpf20dhgbKZDywfv0Q/s4032/IMG_0885.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitHtSQx0-3PK9DsYyn1rARnVLj04njn8zz5QG1xAzTHrVHIe2RL59bHcQlYLSKWiYRXCb134K-xhP3f7E_nQjtl1TRpRdbxm6UMfTYXFGpSB8iDIsLX4xa_BgmmOK6XfqTi5M0BvUd-2XQaATWR0K9ojdZqb6RZZnaVR486B7OFpf20dhgbKZDywfv0Q/s320/IMG_0885.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Uh oh, the appearance of Darth Hoag ended any chance of the Good Guys getting away with a victory.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTeBQpf3v_sznNP7rgSLoEb0wPIenvzGb-MOFP0m5ygM9jjkZgC7cAnWS3dO7Asdkb-_nCBaNPP8z_MTuk8XaymcvgOLijA36UKrSzNGgtAKUIyQ6-XKxC7jd__-MI350Q6cIxNlVX6Ia0iuaIAM7GzUJN6bgXFGVbMDTqnWK9KSfq9brIAMQv_4fopg/s4032/IMG_0887.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTeBQpf3v_sznNP7rgSLoEb0wPIenvzGb-MOFP0m5ygM9jjkZgC7cAnWS3dO7Asdkb-_nCBaNPP8z_MTuk8XaymcvgOLijA36UKrSzNGgtAKUIyQ6-XKxC7jd__-MI350Q6cIxNlVX6Ia0iuaIAM7GzUJN6bgXFGVbMDTqnWK9KSfq9brIAMQv_4fopg/s320/IMG_0887.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A final shot. That Green thing ate Luke but not before he wiped out an entire unit. It was actually very cinematic and I have never said that about any game, ever. The way he used all his skills and bonuses, you could actually imagine him charging in and sound of his light saber as he cut down an entire elite unit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I like the game very much. As long as Nat keeps buying and painting the dudes, I'll keep playing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, that's it for this year.. Hope you had some fun.</div><br /> <p></p>Nia Parillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657135170765665100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586848770740207813.post-9524828015317949482023-02-23T14:49:00.002-05:002023-02-23T14:49:54.844-05:00See you at the Circus. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not *that* circus, you clown; the Circus Minimus!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Check out a few shots from our recent playing of Circus Minimus using 10mm (I think) miniatures.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Please look at these miniatures; each painted by my friend Roy Bartoo. Not only did he make each unique and individual, but he made a miniature of each 'counter' needed by each team; the dragged driver, the running driver, the flipped chariot (always needed when I play), and the dead guy. (Also required when I play.) They are exquisitely done by any criteria. Just enjoy the pictures. The game was so much fun, I forgot to take many.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIyA1cuhlZRDSV_dQUn8o1XEufUZ5wSrLEYyYWwKrlDMpr8Xo4w-9rTqCMB1sj_LUA0MVtFp3-PS5nHcFdWUF0I7--jWsGSYV7UYzrgeaTA9Zir7NcNKj1u-S9ZkoJUeuoanWVFozqTN5GMVn5eywoHjJD1JwoMXjBcO6uvsyUaPOmu3lLqTCByVwdAg/s320/CM%20ala%20Roy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIyA1cuhlZRDSV_dQUn8o1XEufUZ5wSrLEYyYWwKrlDMpr8Xo4w-9rTqCMB1sj_LUA0MVtFp3-PS5nHcFdWUF0I7--jWsGSYV7UYzrgeaTA9Zir7NcNKj1u-S9ZkoJUeuoanWVFozqTN5GMVn5eywoHjJD1JwoMXjBcO6uvsyUaPOmu3lLqTCByVwdAg/s1600/CM%20ala%20Roy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Incredible.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR-w7XkEwigSh2Iqe2SRDoRCie3N0gyekU7N-ZYe_tTZAoaHtUgWu_oO0oowjf8BWPDjfTwMQ-pvO8GhQ0hkbmD5m1R35mvpSW-L1XIdgs1-Eap-eyQmDr1YOYD0u2PhzrlMohJ_16I2OzyZcPxiemkaDwKepUGlpxsT7VoFEUBtW7hXII0qBCPdEldw/s3072/DSCF1273.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR-w7XkEwigSh2Iqe2SRDoRCie3N0gyekU7N-ZYe_tTZAoaHtUgWu_oO0oowjf8BWPDjfTwMQ-pvO8GhQ0hkbmD5m1R35mvpSW-L1XIdgs1-Eap-eyQmDr1YOYD0u2PhzrlMohJ_16I2OzyZcPxiemkaDwKepUGlpxsT7VoFEUBtW7hXII0qBCPdEldw/s320/DSCF1273.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The race is on! We head down the first straightaway. Note the rats on the red chariot on the inside. This is the personal motif of the esteemed Mr. Bartoo.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikCzdgLnszNyuEaJxzJ8Y21QofLwG06xS9uNMzGdQjulhC33AldK5F_aCxlgaCCyrYczs4mLXrZuhTDQQl5uJ6vSnfs2JkJ85WtAd0blrCKERClFQm7_33VizJ-Q4mujhc-efPwHDdlIF4avWD8XYiKylm8bhWua905ZU5Cy3KWq1Jbi-3IiK7BEsN8g/s3072/DSCF1274.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikCzdgLnszNyuEaJxzJ8Y21QofLwG06xS9uNMzGdQjulhC33AldK5F_aCxlgaCCyrYczs4mLXrZuhTDQQl5uJ6vSnfs2JkJ85WtAd0blrCKERClFQm7_33VizJ-Q4mujhc-efPwHDdlIF4avWD8XYiKylm8bhWua905ZU5Cy3KWq1Jbi-3IiK7BEsN8g/s320/DSCF1274.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Whip it good!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgreD1HEgxYca9YJ5b6x-glsimHhxa0SkHZP0x-R0QzQVn4csENzq5gf04m9aYToNO-Y44rEzdXlE4fAlGpZsuBjK-Cl5ofVZlNjSOXPnQBj8ty7J5A-dFVCYHbt-KYNifn3Qu8kqvDD9m8gwQQz7euFUOg19eyn0inCgioD4ajsjJ1Ppn3FU2gTciA7Q/s3072/DSCF1275.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgreD1HEgxYca9YJ5b6x-glsimHhxa0SkHZP0x-R0QzQVn4csENzq5gf04m9aYToNO-Y44rEzdXlE4fAlGpZsuBjK-Cl5ofVZlNjSOXPnQBj8ty7J5A-dFVCYHbt-KYNifn3Qu8kqvDD9m8gwQQz7euFUOg19eyn0inCgioD4ajsjJ1Ppn3FU2gTciA7Q/s320/DSCF1275.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Crazy beautiful game... but you know, I doubt Roy has the skill to make a scale spina that would look as good as those chariots.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzYnEKcyO8lYZwwcc0YQybTTSehmVNs-dyKmXPKeENhqsU8_OByUOMUhjuMlIiZFg-yJSxfxjER4D-4mlMW5geM1VW7WHlt2-ptIIWAmhJ2nJLMFwtTQF1GObnXUrFIcNrgSOzlw5YQAv0iF9usUKiFGC9NzuLVb_utQKlT68Lmjl21pOoNP6b7Vl27g/s3072/DSCF1276.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzYnEKcyO8lYZwwcc0YQybTTSehmVNs-dyKmXPKeENhqsU8_OByUOMUhjuMlIiZFg-yJSxfxjER4D-4mlMW5geM1VW7WHlt2-ptIIWAmhJ2nJLMFwtTQF1GObnXUrFIcNrgSOzlw5YQAv0iF9usUKiFGC9NzuLVb_utQKlT68Lmjl21pOoNP6b7Vl27g/s320/DSCF1276.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The first turn! Chariots are fishtailing all over the place..</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxQTLCMtml75-odcLxBy239t4Or8JJALkP8B78iLeCKnbYcOr8_GMu5RrshrhpYcSrubux5Nxz8j_uF1-2IGiP4gCkCIYEn0055kNYjn8Pre5oBm18zrZI7jmnsAHC89TnLwlJF4A5MpFvUBylFIxjUEJmSAydcpIgS6PbosnGrujEHl_-z9FFjptEQA/s4032/IMG_0866.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxQTLCMtml75-odcLxBy239t4Or8JJALkP8B78iLeCKnbYcOr8_GMu5RrshrhpYcSrubux5Nxz8j_uF1-2IGiP4gCkCIYEn0055kNYjn8Pre5oBm18zrZI7jmnsAHC89TnLwlJF4A5MpFvUBylFIxjUEJmSAydcpIgS6PbosnGrujEHl_-z9FFjptEQA/s320/IMG_0866.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">S-L-O-W-L-Y this time.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxV4T_jPbP2lDUKrQYmXwkEy2dW4mo0pUWtZDkuFdgUJfKBJ8Ke-DV2AFw53ZyxCedwRoYbcSPK6tgg8pNKtYiNt7TEhilpFyWuPSZjZQtlVmcMCUM89NEpEJnA8YAXtTlwyyAe4e6M_w7cLVENxHAnvlTpurLvYMosYr2XENPm29cDzf6DN1inLBPsQ/s4032/IMG_0867.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxV4T_jPbP2lDUKrQYmXwkEy2dW4mo0pUWtZDkuFdgUJfKBJ8Ke-DV2AFw53ZyxCedwRoYbcSPK6tgg8pNKtYiNt7TEhilpFyWuPSZjZQtlVmcMCUM89NEpEJnA8YAXtTlwyyAe4e6M_w7cLVENxHAnvlTpurLvYMosYr2XENPm29cDzf6DN1inLBPsQ/s320/IMG_0867.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anything but a 1. Almost made a complete lap this time. I'm getting better.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the end, young Tristanicus Brooklyn wore the laurels and received the adoration of the people as he waved across the finish line. Shoulda bought whores for him last night, dammit.</div><br /> <p></p>Nia Parillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657135170765665100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586848770740207813.post-65965833168501856502023-02-09T17:28:00.001-05:002023-02-09T17:28:58.724-05:00Monte Cassino. Sort of.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At our recent King Con (VIII) get-together, we played a good game (or two) of modified Bolt Action inspired by the fighting around the monastery at Monte Cassino.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Modified in that we play scenarios and not tournaments, so we don't adhere to all the rules as written. Some examples include letting vehicles move up to their movement allowance in any direction they want to go, none of the nonsense associated with turning as per the rules. We also allow 'hidden' units to actually be hidden, recorded on a map and not revealed until they move or shoot, or the enemy gets close (24 inches for infantry, 12 for vehicles.) We also 'assign' the medic to a squad of the player's choice, usually the unit at the tip of the spear. There are other rules we modify, but you get the gist.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So we ended up playing the scenario twice so eight guys got to play. And don't get your panties in a bunch; I KNOW the 8th Indian didn't face off against the Fallschirmjaegers, the latter were one village over fighting the Poles. But I like the models and wanted to use them. After all, the scenario was 'inspired' by the action, not meant to duplicate it. Deal with it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The pics are a mix from the two games if things seem a bit disjointed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMOsy2Uj_4KfZsFgtaPbO7IZHP_LitHfhuNJ0698aoryTq2xOMbEYg5enwgQ4V-FMsja_bxAeJMa5Io_XtKxuSWCAvvV5J9MAHX85W9IEIWx0fQEl2VLpRqsGVlzZt-5BytpGwiD8t-r53V70dzK7vCbIKIsvcQVnh_fr22173Kv8HHCjtrX6pke4OSw/s3072/DSCF1242.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMOsy2Uj_4KfZsFgtaPbO7IZHP_LitHfhuNJ0698aoryTq2xOMbEYg5enwgQ4V-FMsja_bxAeJMa5Io_XtKxuSWCAvvV5J9MAHX85W9IEIWx0fQEl2VLpRqsGVlzZt-5BytpGwiD8t-r53V70dzK7vCbIKIsvcQVnh_fr22173Kv8HHCjtrX6pke4OSw/s320/DSCF1242.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The village with their church on a hill in the center. It was a meeting engagement with points awarded for each enemy unit KIA'ed. Instant victory for either side if they controlled the church at game end. (No infantry units within 3".) The ground was rough and full of crags. Plenty of terrain to advance in cover. 6 turns.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Ip7J9cC-nJzGKR_oARx6i_7nfNas4eCBR-RS473JepRebk5oAXQw1E4lwdPgLFhSomcnIfihyCMiO3qw6jvUPdqTG--vjXVwRzEuodr2NinarrIXCBQCWsdOBVMEUDHxX5E5Xy956aZgohKPtkAW94CxFQa0THtLPuGLNEtjtAQjdR8WzsK0p0Gsxw/s3072/DSCF1243.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Ip7J9cC-nJzGKR_oARx6i_7nfNas4eCBR-RS473JepRebk5oAXQw1E4lwdPgLFhSomcnIfihyCMiO3qw6jvUPdqTG--vjXVwRzEuodr2NinarrIXCBQCWsdOBVMEUDHxX5E5Xy956aZgohKPtkAW94CxFQa0THtLPuGLNEtjtAQjdR8WzsK0p0Gsxw/s320/DSCF1243.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the centerpiece of the entire weekend. My brother Tony's first attempt at a piece of terrain was this gorgeous church complete with frescoes! Just look at it! Beautiful.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhQ9b4fXnx7ziD4ntUupwP0G1fRZmWWr1FDM_fLDsZQ6dQGF6Ca45OjIxtUtDvyL6mFS4u4JFzA7LrAra-PyxSlLFnfP7xsCWzrSMWW2h25awfvWDttCJKL4Tn_Nxs-YNBxm86EJUKU2S3t3gYddyy0UsTsXoF1epyJmSQpphIkXPHi3Y5te3Y5AC2CA/s3072/DSCF1244.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhQ9b4fXnx7ziD4ntUupwP0G1fRZmWWr1FDM_fLDsZQ6dQGF6Ca45OjIxtUtDvyL6mFS4u4JFzA7LrAra-PyxSlLFnfP7xsCWzrSMWW2h25awfvWDttCJKL4Tn_Nxs-YNBxm86EJUKU2S3t3gYddyy0UsTsXoF1epyJmSQpphIkXPHi3Y5te3Y5AC2CA/s320/DSCF1244.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Indians storm the hill.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisJeqndo34lvZ7L18V6qbd6CMci9BdXaTSAF4uEWKRPp7XnFS_CZKHmAvOynBc1G2oWcUEjl6VelTBdVE9RRNh1E6arCxAjAZmUVwDLa2g3cfeQdqAjuhJFhFwEkJGvMoSrkop_EfVgVHN71M9ol3az24M7WzEibVNgi_nWEFPUr4uK9PZ52Ut2-sc7w/s3072/DSCF1245.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisJeqndo34lvZ7L18V6qbd6CMci9BdXaTSAF4uEWKRPp7XnFS_CZKHmAvOynBc1G2oWcUEjl6VelTBdVE9RRNh1E6arCxAjAZmUVwDLa2g3cfeQdqAjuhJFhFwEkJGvMoSrkop_EfVgVHN71M9ol3az24M7WzEibVNgi_nWEFPUr4uK9PZ52Ut2-sc7w/s320/DSCF1245.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And the FJ come in from the other side, supported by a Hetzer.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic0DZicq3YF_8VpjTllvjY1_KdSfXmm4QndfYPm6BcMA7yunttF_EOzzdJTJEMPUW-8NXfCNpQ7mVQmnSbPqrUiBOPEr2kNPbh6BTEN9FUjZ-ofCf0tkN1xFal-SgF5T9K2VdKNmqV3QRv1U6DDsWNtOSobf9AtQt-hcKRQwDb_aAa5EW1PUTiPiI01w/s3072/DSCF1246.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic0DZicq3YF_8VpjTllvjY1_KdSfXmm4QndfYPm6BcMA7yunttF_EOzzdJTJEMPUW-8NXfCNpQ7mVQmnSbPqrUiBOPEr2kNPbh6BTEN9FUjZ-ofCf0tkN1xFal-SgF5T9K2VdKNmqV3QRv1U6DDsWNtOSobf9AtQt-hcKRQwDb_aAa5EW1PUTiPiI01w/s320/DSCF1246.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">German grenadiers advance into the rubble while the FJ MMG team finds a spot to cover the church in the ruins of the village.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_-5EBXCTAP-9c5qRscEicMwXNMKCutlYvIB3kVFplG718EVWfXRRlq0rfVk1PdcCVjv_j5viO5u1Iiy_btiFadK_OTGZzAe7HE4j2o19UMeYaEu4Wsr9O6FUCTOtCvu_IWbB1YnDEEQWl0TakwYuVi6TV8wJonQ0PJ5xn7g-9xnRWBYWEvZ_o0wYCQ/s3072/DSCF1247.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_-5EBXCTAP-9c5qRscEicMwXNMKCutlYvIB3kVFplG718EVWfXRRlq0rfVk1PdcCVjv_j5viO5u1Iiy_btiFadK_OTGZzAe7HE4j2o19UMeYaEu4Wsr9O6FUCTOtCvu_IWbB1YnDEEQWl0TakwYuVi6TV8wJonQ0PJ5xn7g-9xnRWBYWEvZ_o0wYCQ/s320/DSCF1247.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Leaving the cover of that part of the village behind them, the Indians went straight for the church.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPSOYTyVlD01h1b_kVsuzdrrk6AhI08zHI8j01KGHDvvoixr15Ga_3CC5hmxpObZGc_cn5Y-G2OdZCoOXCoNDjcA-zkeedwd_G-GRD4SLb67DCjO2bHe88py_L947IcA_lldyG114izs19WWnUbjulmV_-9TaEEemj2qx0X5BmfALetL2_Pv_I6f4aNw/s3072/DSCF1249.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPSOYTyVlD01h1b_kVsuzdrrk6AhI08zHI8j01KGHDvvoixr15Ga_3CC5hmxpObZGc_cn5Y-G2OdZCoOXCoNDjcA-zkeedwd_G-GRD4SLb67DCjO2bHe88py_L947IcA_lldyG114izs19WWnUbjulmV_-9TaEEemj2qx0X5BmfALetL2_Pv_I6f4aNw/s320/DSCF1249.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Indians were aided by Canadian armor. The M4 took a side route in the first game and got lost, never showing up. It ended up being costly.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlr0Enkc7RIEh671V9HXXat1Rx8vEB8Y_YVaXkcmA28GCUywg6PXT_eonlxkF8ZC6yHSNsEgnUqpR39gbJseH2pZMqhNRE0XUYCFx8v1qvy7cTns3IoTW2huKeUQOLQOlA-RlOEHYgbNhaFz68rbXyub0ICtldXwQ9SK_myPUFD0ttaCcx5FN91TFBEQ/s3072/DSCF1253.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlr0Enkc7RIEh671V9HXXat1Rx8vEB8Y_YVaXkcmA28GCUywg6PXT_eonlxkF8ZC6yHSNsEgnUqpR39gbJseH2pZMqhNRE0XUYCFx8v1qvy7cTns3IoTW2huKeUQOLQOlA-RlOEHYgbNhaFz68rbXyub0ICtldXwQ9SK_myPUFD0ttaCcx5FN91TFBEQ/s320/DSCF1253.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The obligatory British artillery barrage. Unfortunately for them, the Germans scattered and it had little to no effect.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUK913nOPOxNxPftILXciBkhtofsndZo-fvne5rjVUbyXOgS_COXVGXkZHLIU1st2SrtLEy1HJ969SXDMZ_1t6L_Zrf2DKOzsI-jqCnpFCjq2ntG1ENb6aCq-9yZdeG65-V6aoF2x2SabPLkQXUE46aH-_AfYXhQCm7uPt9TAvioOYETCQD1LyGs44VA/s3072/DSCF1254.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUK913nOPOxNxPftILXciBkhtofsndZo-fvne5rjVUbyXOgS_COXVGXkZHLIU1st2SrtLEy1HJ969SXDMZ_1t6L_Zrf2DKOzsI-jqCnpFCjq2ntG1ENb6aCq-9yZdeG65-V6aoF2x2SabPLkQXUE46aH-_AfYXhQCm7uPt9TAvioOYETCQD1LyGs44VA/s320/DSCF1254.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another belt Dieter! Hurry!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXVd_ow3uxfVtKnBn_nmd3V_PxH0BBeUpSXJ6YRw8cq6HBXVVNfHrajaGlzZneob1dx18o-L-047K5DCSIAQTBxlx0KIFJaoIfpuPz3Xi3X2G_kIkvKb_3pL1iO4kXz2gFktRKEOCKnPzc29jDGY3308BT_AY3QGBiVXIlju1g-Y3XyOFttpfwAK9kaw/s3072/DSCF1255.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXVd_ow3uxfVtKnBn_nmd3V_PxH0BBeUpSXJ6YRw8cq6HBXVVNfHrajaGlzZneob1dx18o-L-047K5DCSIAQTBxlx0KIFJaoIfpuPz3Xi3X2G_kIkvKb_3pL1iO4kXz2gFktRKEOCKnPzc29jDGY3308BT_AY3QGBiVXIlju1g-Y3XyOFttpfwAK9kaw/s320/DSCF1255.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I put those tiny fucking decals on those helmets. Say something nice.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7mC1awRbaC8NOaS2-SjQ38vWQIOTHIpQyL9b7k1hUMOrMjvK58nxUwCT7rR7s2g7lA2chBmZayHk3u3b05eIedBaUZcBWluABFjlW84EDnis9DuB07aHS3k4boIadjdQ4w4DTwG0Pg0Y80bj1_iuQcUvb8AvMdBMA0X5jHlXM1_vDR8LkuTsuZJaOdQ/s3072/DSCF1256.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7mC1awRbaC8NOaS2-SjQ38vWQIOTHIpQyL9b7k1hUMOrMjvK58nxUwCT7rR7s2g7lA2chBmZayHk3u3b05eIedBaUZcBWluABFjlW84EDnis9DuB07aHS3k4boIadjdQ4w4DTwG0Pg0Y80bj1_iuQcUvb8AvMdBMA0X5jHlXM1_vDR8LkuTsuZJaOdQ/s320/DSCF1256.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A squad enters in the rubble while another crosses the tessellated floor. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPAHql8nrN2TFORJX5USPhFVwgkTZYpA2c062i-2m0scKIKlU0vOJoBbo4M33lwLzMhtkLfJ96oPD8jc6OBLK8dF0cdlMfdr8LVmdx3VnNynYYUE_65RV0KdrGp0noCV-cVWHuJw8Yxl1kOF-WdPFMRIzu8cVLN09qmW0cZ84TIpLYlzp0CQB2Y6fqwg/s3072/DSCF1258.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPAHql8nrN2TFORJX5USPhFVwgkTZYpA2c062i-2m0scKIKlU0vOJoBbo4M33lwLzMhtkLfJ96oPD8jc6OBLK8dF0cdlMfdr8LVmdx3VnNynYYUE_65RV0KdrGp0noCV-cVWHuJw8Yxl1kOF-WdPFMRIzu8cVLN09qmW0cZ84TIpLYlzp0CQB2Y6fqwg/s320/DSCF1258.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is what happens when Germans see Allied armor.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2fZ2Rz4uVpz4Z2khtW2_wJ7sb15A4sZ-xyNVFdRZcQwutw7hX_PaOqtfzhdB0jOoaxuyUyBpYzOY_a6d8MoshYR_ub_NxfnM6ljuUBdqdrj3ac0ft2P5h26ndDY_emCf1xzdIGZ2MAcT8lodH0sBd-gd5bIQKrsgbtQPR-16_vR3wUlBdGWSu7uEnyQ/s3072/DSCF1259.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2fZ2Rz4uVpz4Z2khtW2_wJ7sb15A4sZ-xyNVFdRZcQwutw7hX_PaOqtfzhdB0jOoaxuyUyBpYzOY_a6d8MoshYR_ub_NxfnM6ljuUBdqdrj3ac0ft2P5h26ndDY_emCf1xzdIGZ2MAcT8lodH0sBd-gd5bIQKrsgbtQPR-16_vR3wUlBdGWSu7uEnyQ/s320/DSCF1259.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Can AFV's sneak? In the first game, a crazed PIAT crew ran into the open and offed it at long range. Hetzer shmetzer.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZMcT0b2AkTdXJsLpSF3BWEKU24-BcAVZ1xxlr1fYvoeUgFKt418UJpiuRRqTBCqdASjT_IMPH_hb_KqTmEFXUJQfkd5sCPHZbkKH0SnfZMhNxp3J5z_bjrX7ZHcUHYXktjiaYaJc8DZSvGgo_luRtPuP38apytVURy5qgVUCmwTlUPpbhiU-GPcANg/s3072/DSCF1262.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZMcT0b2AkTdXJsLpSF3BWEKU24-BcAVZ1xxlr1fYvoeUgFKt418UJpiuRRqTBCqdASjT_IMPH_hb_KqTmEFXUJQfkd5sCPHZbkKH0SnfZMhNxp3J5z_bjrX7ZHcUHYXktjiaYaJc8DZSvGgo_luRtPuP38apytVURy5qgVUCmwTlUPpbhiU-GPcANg/s320/DSCF1262.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Casualties mount as the Germans force their way onto the hill. There will be no instant victory today!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieGxBzWlomqP8UpLtFU_lW6ecXUNOaH5-yQnbK1kG0oeFxXX4njUbc5Rwe2e9lRJXdc0NCRnHhNtZAO6O7ZEnv7LG_AR8ptn3CjMic0B34yflEjqxv_V8DjwaRajXUSPjA-3WD6RYLGPBT2NfBdBBfzG6AXgHl7xg3wpb0IgV62NyZiBeuY5uQMrzhng/s3072/DSCF1263.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieGxBzWlomqP8UpLtFU_lW6ecXUNOaH5-yQnbK1kG0oeFxXX4njUbc5Rwe2e9lRJXdc0NCRnHhNtZAO6O7ZEnv7LG_AR8ptn3CjMic0B34yflEjqxv_V8DjwaRajXUSPjA-3WD6RYLGPBT2NfBdBBfzG6AXgHl7xg3wpb0IgV62NyZiBeuY5uQMrzhng/s320/DSCF1263.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These guys thinking the same thing.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUwfAHVzQAa3UoDkGAQDITUH-5qCanZuv5-5XE3bN6Mwibij9DjIcffX8ADNZFLgTCvaSuG9jomR89A1XaTOE0xWAM_7I8GIS4veUPL13iKAxIv_a3ROik6A079mwiKwQiJxNpjqZaa8DtD9dTsXgCP-7o5LioEu1bt2qaOBwRD-C7G1eH7gIpZjeKYg/s3072/DSCF1264.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUwfAHVzQAa3UoDkGAQDITUH-5qCanZuv5-5XE3bN6Mwibij9DjIcffX8ADNZFLgTCvaSuG9jomR89A1XaTOE0xWAM_7I8GIS4veUPL13iKAxIv_a3ROik6A079mwiKwQiJxNpjqZaa8DtD9dTsXgCP-7o5LioEu1bt2qaOBwRD-C7G1eH7gIpZjeKYg/s320/DSCF1264.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">More of a end run this time around.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb94d3UJwPk3X5eLOId2qOGzSbJjFDvlJGmrPn9O1tkCCQwOZbP4hxHvYJvYqAD44g_zuB9v0BpZzTfwzG14Xo7HCztcdFtSE0Lt3nht_pHPkva2VzxsBumCnUbOxQzNvxXNQG-P9wzqbD5SxtLnoqOjDNTB_Wxa95P59J_t6hc94LbaUmCzseYO6gew/s3072/DSCF1265.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb94d3UJwPk3X5eLOId2qOGzSbJjFDvlJGmrPn9O1tkCCQwOZbP4hxHvYJvYqAD44g_zuB9v0BpZzTfwzG14Xo7HCztcdFtSE0Lt3nht_pHPkva2VzxsBumCnUbOxQzNvxXNQG-P9wzqbD5SxtLnoqOjDNTB_Wxa95P59J_t6hc94LbaUmCzseYO6gew/s320/DSCF1265.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love these models.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI0p-_4pJfKyKXS91lFhmG_LLl4SBftCEuATM23gjQlmMlcHn63bzY8UaLj3GPss4BADBardto_1Cqe56Y9yDcJmoA7Jzn3GbU9oCw9rLeGxoUHahZa0gvLlbXP6teLkFBSbin4iCWd-LeFowKpIscNH9LbALUKD7obDW-DkQiauFw-Yh58L0j6ViRQ/s3072/DSCF1266.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI0p-_4pJfKyKXS91lFhmG_LLl4SBftCEuATM23gjQlmMlcHn63bzY8UaLj3GPss4BADBardto_1Cqe56Y9yDcJmoA7Jzn3GbU9oCw9rLeGxoUHahZa0gvLlbXP6teLkFBSbin4iCWd-LeFowKpIscNH9LbALUKD7obDW-DkQiauFw-Yh58L0j6ViRQ/s320/DSCF1266.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Indians hunkering down in the rubble while a mortar lobs shells at them. Each side had a medium mortar and spotter and in two combined games, each firing almost every turn, there wasn't a single hit from either mortar. No one fired smoke either.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqrIN1FSqCZ6huQ7sD9rcdHTMgbQYgbzdKOsqFbe_3zH2naubzXESraj9d4BvYDe2EpWyoMC1Gdfmr6n_YG6E_hRtTngYJZlPhzzyQTE3HU7O3ejRzvE5nAJdFZJGWpMgylBzGyr2RQVc5a4WGNlZ6A0qTxVMtQyL3LELeLRV190UP_g5ip5F5yDUrrQ/s3072/DSCF1267.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqrIN1FSqCZ6huQ7sD9rcdHTMgbQYgbzdKOsqFbe_3zH2naubzXESraj9d4BvYDe2EpWyoMC1Gdfmr6n_YG6E_hRtTngYJZlPhzzyQTE3HU7O3ejRzvE5nAJdFZJGWpMgylBzGyr2RQVc5a4WGNlZ6A0qTxVMtQyL3LELeLRV190UP_g5ip5F5yDUrrQ/s320/DSCF1267.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another shot of the chiesa! Look at that fucking thing.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu3D6oyBEC2t40e2guGoMa0LOVFZCL9ezt0Zu4VgOS3LC06iUEBogEQFSTaGhJpPxV1WlsmSdttpoXtDJed81fWjigJyhFMxZTHtGQn_t2CaygU9VhDdJODmAMIfEqEaqQ-6xAuNpkb04dbCI1yeQZC6-WRhKTp7x3lOLW0Yw9GYzzzAUP5Y_9ETt9_w/s3072/DSCF1268.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu3D6oyBEC2t40e2guGoMa0LOVFZCL9ezt0Zu4VgOS3LC06iUEBogEQFSTaGhJpPxV1WlsmSdttpoXtDJed81fWjigJyhFMxZTHtGQn_t2CaygU9VhDdJODmAMIfEqEaqQ-6xAuNpkb04dbCI1yeQZC6-WRhKTp7x3lOLW0Yw9GYzzzAUP5Y_9ETt9_w/s320/DSCF1268.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Doing their job. And in short pants too! The fighting was furious.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Z6ZuE_GnE0ithJffuxD3KB_-5tTI6wDotj3KoXeAzKuPfVnQJssx0gYtYhm3XdJlLH2msPcIgBJhZ7AjgJu6mkFjydjjb_zelw0g9gWjh081cJ7mJZkwgkPYB2nMA0hzgk0Cem1gMHnHWk004dZ1UMt693Gj5j5Rdt_1kAMQbi2RX_058U-DNjyuhQ/s3072/DSCF1269.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Z6ZuE_GnE0ithJffuxD3KB_-5tTI6wDotj3KoXeAzKuPfVnQJssx0gYtYhm3XdJlLH2msPcIgBJhZ7AjgJu6mkFjydjjb_zelw0g9gWjh081cJ7mJZkwgkPYB2nMA0hzgk0Cem1gMHnHWk004dZ1UMt693Gj5j5Rdt_1kAMQbi2RX_058U-DNjyuhQ/s320/DSCF1269.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The grenadiers assault the church. Another mortar shot falls harmlessly behind them. In the way, way back, you can see the PaK40. I really, really like that model.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcSQL7Ipu01vac5Bu646anHI8WkSVxsFyTunN6PrhxACNWJJqTg3O30LNHNbQUzpwuklllK3AqTXEVkPQxH1Sv8tuMD_olfCzA33NtLFKl7hAVp1eS9bMITzuhsEEkHm_DSDndhkCuNuG4Jd9nmn_xDxkfKGqMCYTHUaqymZNpZcFyOD8DuXEemUoJlA/s3072/DSCF1270.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcSQL7Ipu01vac5Bu646anHI8WkSVxsFyTunN6PrhxACNWJJqTg3O30LNHNbQUzpwuklllK3AqTXEVkPQxH1Sv8tuMD_olfCzA33NtLFKl7hAVp1eS9bMITzuhsEEkHm_DSDndhkCuNuG4Jd9nmn_xDxkfKGqMCYTHUaqymZNpZcFyOD8DuXEemUoJlA/s320/DSCF1270.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The artillery barrage didn't do much in the second game either. The unit in front is pinned like a prom corsage.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimWt9yS0AEs49KT6JBzVIh8fU3EiH8Z3NaHoK7LEU8B8u1wAfSsGRGhvpPrnqtCGXIjkm8mmd8UnNdlU6fOUciV7aMH3XdQydOwTQ0QFxIGHgMZ9T_zDjz0RhBvD4_L1QFkXIXR63g5Z8ju8KDkNjItqnnkATlSwIFJBYddQoSkjYRfwv2osDvIbqICw/s3072/DSCF1271.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimWt9yS0AEs49KT6JBzVIh8fU3EiH8Z3NaHoK7LEU8B8u1wAfSsGRGhvpPrnqtCGXIjkm8mmd8UnNdlU6fOUciV7aMH3XdQydOwTQ0QFxIGHgMZ9T_zDjz0RhBvD4_L1QFkXIXR63g5Z8ju8KDkNjItqnnkATlSwIFJBYddQoSkjYRfwv2osDvIbqICw/s320/DSCF1271.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was bloody all around. Both sides collecting multiple pins over and over again. Yet many of the morale checks were passed regardless, and both sides just kept pushing towards their objectives. Very cool to watch actually.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL2eXNgletMZydlwz-kxsJZKKwyAYVu-yFIcvowgoIW4_H7TV8gdXF9Kcv1E0n54bLzgeqo9e9O2s4Ss_m_V0niRHJOyY0Fz3QnIhK8BcB2kB2M6-LmtKjb1CT61_ljAeeVQ46FZt-wXQ46mHRj4KWJkqR-niyCD_N16N1YZu8nMKwQwTqk1ktnsl7Yg/s3072/DSCF1272.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL2eXNgletMZydlwz-kxsJZKKwyAYVu-yFIcvowgoIW4_H7TV8gdXF9Kcv1E0n54bLzgeqo9e9O2s4Ss_m_V0niRHJOyY0Fz3QnIhK8BcB2kB2M6-LmtKjb1CT61_ljAeeVQ46FZt-wXQ46mHRj4KWJkqR-niyCD_N16N1YZu8nMKwQwTqk1ktnsl7Yg/s320/DSCF1272.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Boom goes the dynamite. These guys had quite the gun duel but the Firefly just couldn't take out the MkIV. They did not a track off though. Something nice to add in the letter home to their parents, I guess.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Both games ended in German victories on points and both were very close 4-3 and 5-4. If the Sherman had shown up, and assuming it survived, the first game would have been a draw. But, having got lost, it counted as destroyed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our group likes the game for it's simplicity, it's intuitiveness and consistent results. There's a lot of World War 2 in the game. Is it a simulation? Of course not, no game is, but it sure looks cool and gives us the chance to play with our toy soldiers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The End.</div><br /> <p></p>Nia Parillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657135170765665100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586848770740207813.post-33590398488385584772023-02-06T14:09:00.000-05:002023-02-06T14:09:00.522-05:00Ravenna 1512<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At our recent King Con get together over MLK weekend, we started with a game inspired by Ravenna, 1512. Truthfully, it was more inspired by the desire to get many of these figs on the table. It just so happens that Ravenna checked many of the boxes I wanted: knights, artillery, light horse, landeschneckts, and arquebusiers,, to name a few.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have tons of figures and not many were accurate for the forces they were supposed to represent, though many of them were; I just wanted to get them on the table.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We used an adapted version of Warmaster Ancients; a good rule set but a little more complex than we wanted or needed here. We simply trimmed off the ends and played a pretty solid game, using fan based rules for pikes and pike blocks. They worked very well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Following is a few pictures without the tedious commentary for several reasons, most notably, I can't remember anything any more. Just look at the pretty pictures. We chose to start our battle after the historic artillery duel and just get straight into the fray.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxnPNWa23r8Sn9CCAr867lXyusxhfMrYSQ-rBI5wJMPDGUcgVsBxqKAByT-gi033i4T_UiDpHH9RonAA4RVMoxzG8K05Ku4471fBT_sc1_yYHyH_ZJzYzGf54wUMN41cY6dD2KOMAo3dEJSJPEEZp4TS2ONrb3v7RqXYlChI4mxIytj_9_aO8Jn4hMDg/s3072/DSCF1223.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxnPNWa23r8Sn9CCAr867lXyusxhfMrYSQ-rBI5wJMPDGUcgVsBxqKAByT-gi033i4T_UiDpHH9RonAA4RVMoxzG8K05Ku4471fBT_sc1_yYHyH_ZJzYzGf54wUMN41cY6dD2KOMAo3dEJSJPEEZp4TS2ONrb3v7RqXYlChI4mxIytj_9_aO8Jn4hMDg/s320/DSCF1223.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Set up.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvIpRL3p00DGL04C7CkpRgNHvG8InYxuyeg_4Cnv_NnvclupVQM1ji9xZGPLMeYSO9jPteFyhd96-haxET-O3Oq7TAuiJbXv3BXr-RDsEvpqq1Tii6CZhpucCIPahW6JBQQad7qmTYhSSJbhAjKa2siAUWQxL-JW3ZyDOQPCdGv5EXa4CraMsn7bDbxQ/s3072/DSCF1224.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvIpRL3p00DGL04C7CkpRgNHvG8InYxuyeg_4Cnv_NnvclupVQM1ji9xZGPLMeYSO9jPteFyhd96-haxET-O3Oq7TAuiJbXv3BXr-RDsEvpqq1Tii6CZhpucCIPahW6JBQQad7qmTYhSSJbhAjKa2siAUWQxL-JW3ZyDOQPCdGv5EXa4CraMsn7bDbxQ/s320/DSCF1224.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As you can see there is a wide range of minis. Many Essex, Museum, some Mike's Models and others I cannot even name. All painted through the years by me, with a few exceptions. These guys are sporting the cross of Pisa and the guy in the background has the Papal tiara and crossed keys, but most of the individual heraldry is invented,</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9pX2UOmdALRJqn2DlIEGI9UvEacsjySPJpqaVXHYzxWd-sUfdM3fmLuJSpgiYwo_4hK-yyTJmPApoJxGaWnTQIBSAsNmboukllCkYvqvwvckqgR2LMm-752eayZjElX8zCO60AoSh7F-MOwCZGUFAHYQEttGa8PCnLvNdJoiptZD9gYITMJmreqI73w/s3072/DSCF1225.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9pX2UOmdALRJqn2DlIEGI9UvEacsjySPJpqaVXHYzxWd-sUfdM3fmLuJSpgiYwo_4hK-yyTJmPApoJxGaWnTQIBSAsNmboukllCkYvqvwvckqgR2LMm-752eayZjElX8zCO60AoSh7F-MOwCZGUFAHYQEttGa8PCnLvNdJoiptZD9gYITMJmreqI73w/s320/DSCF1225.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Popemobile, circa the 16th century. This is an old DBA camp but I've never used the mantlets and while it had no bearing on the game, I just wanted to put it out there.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnMesjzkqOmeTFWYPSVWrDRfVHG164H18yApNNZsAUqV9LsS95cgGN2TrhdsxBk0lpzxX4DrnHwPwVm7lOto66bPhgAKTRwQzVb2JZNL0AAuGvQaFFXEzQS2fB-0Tk4ewFpXMGGepaa7FZlHJtWPN2lgGIh4K9Xc2DVGSum-OHSmwaW8KVM7dUr-3lZg/s3072/DSCF1227.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnMesjzkqOmeTFWYPSVWrDRfVHG164H18yApNNZsAUqV9LsS95cgGN2TrhdsxBk0lpzxX4DrnHwPwVm7lOto66bPhgAKTRwQzVb2JZNL0AAuGvQaFFXEzQS2fB-0Tk4ewFpXMGGepaa7FZlHJtWPN2lgGIh4K9Xc2DVGSum-OHSmwaW8KVM7dUr-3lZg/s320/DSCF1227.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fancy pants French.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGI2j7BLkbr8RG1lvn2rn3kc8ksCPKU2LO7XRqXZovmzizm_PS7hlwzZ4e-QrFK5i2IOCSpT3P63z_b3e-O5vBpDa7qqXZ3oy1JJxNDS9b0e0g7-8ZlnudtFicsYl3ppITZVJsDAlvJ3DCqbOlFM6oMu7Y6vdmX2Gl1MlcdFGIg64og-Xf0HaOrIMZFw/s3072/DSCF1228.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGI2j7BLkbr8RG1lvn2rn3kc8ksCPKU2LO7XRqXZovmzizm_PS7hlwzZ4e-QrFK5i2IOCSpT3P63z_b3e-O5vBpDa7qqXZ3oy1JJxNDS9b0e0g7-8ZlnudtFicsYl3ppITZVJsDAlvJ3DCqbOlFM6oMu7Y6vdmX2Gl1MlcdFGIg64og-Xf0HaOrIMZFw/s320/DSCF1228.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Museum miniature landeschneckts. I got these guy for ten cents apiece when the US distributor went out of bidness a while back.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik8wPyt4S2s1EFpkrq-cZiE7LbwkDN2eQmKWtVq3oiohq3655sCGCc5ayUA8MIP0CNGVk5L9vH2jynLPZfiMYR6hCABKUTS3ARFdmvPzmhS_MVA2_A84GLdGOUiitLOOXc9KLJ4MjaaW3ETqfGuY53H6WCFA0dp0dR-WnSydK9DEHQ8rZ1eteNtBeMBw/s3072/DSCF1229.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik8wPyt4S2s1EFpkrq-cZiE7LbwkDN2eQmKWtVq3oiohq3655sCGCc5ayUA8MIP0CNGVk5L9vH2jynLPZfiMYR6hCABKUTS3ARFdmvPzmhS_MVA2_A84GLdGOUiitLOOXc9KLJ4MjaaW3ETqfGuY53H6WCFA0dp0dR-WnSydK9DEHQ8rZ1eteNtBeMBw/s320/DSCF1229.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think the flags are Swiss. Who cares? They look cool.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0pUOjL-kZiW9PwF1-3pPZCdDyh7BVqcG7qilnrjQFLNS6CxgS2ATf7PD3ou6H327h5k_qiKuKycYR5WDEkz6w2zlsp7Jjq6umaV4-6QdpAUqAW3vrfRqt-3LzpFpXOF9lUVyLyItjcVdykEt_nK57EmDc-w4qvFGrWjbspRn8Fll4uEWwXEDaYqfRqA/s3072/DSCF1230.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0pUOjL-kZiW9PwF1-3pPZCdDyh7BVqcG7qilnrjQFLNS6CxgS2ATf7PD3ou6H327h5k_qiKuKycYR5WDEkz6w2zlsp7Jjq6umaV4-6QdpAUqAW3vrfRqt-3LzpFpXOF9lUVyLyItjcVdykEt_nK57EmDc-w4qvFGrWjbspRn8Fll4uEWwXEDaYqfRqA/s320/DSCF1230.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The game had six players; each force slightly different to give them a choice of tactics. Some were more shooty, so more heavy troops some a mixture.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOtyV43VmDVHoFSV5QOd85lF7SggG-ig-HOxOIBhinKUdbKtauNlQRzwE_tZr4DmZ7z-NB1aggLPMppL4DSywx5X0DkVdhk76MaVoRcyXvPh5i3J-V1mva9-BSrXEBeGdMlJ7eOzxtCrhKHme_LTTzEqye-cyN0u45tGwm4icR0M3Bxz0f1WIkWk-jUA/s3072/DSCF1231.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOtyV43VmDVHoFSV5QOd85lF7SggG-ig-HOxOIBhinKUdbKtauNlQRzwE_tZr4DmZ7z-NB1aggLPMppL4DSywx5X0DkVdhk76MaVoRcyXvPh5i3J-V1mva9-BSrXEBeGdMlJ7eOzxtCrhKHme_LTTzEqye-cyN0u45tGwm4icR0M3Bxz0f1WIkWk-jUA/s320/DSCF1231.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wish I could remember where I got these lances.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Ke12k3r6BOzJTAYkhUxta0rjcHPU-ME90ceKFURJfcVnJIEGrfE7ck9ZutEBvVFD88OgOk6eqmC5G7A-pt9PaxsSg6ayKv21M_CcyKJKUgobOYOpTVgV2z6NbvQkosonK-TUULgup0YZzaCNhyZxUcOAPZGveno10MTnxaXbmW6zgaAad1GkoymxnQ/s3072/DSCF1232.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Ke12k3r6BOzJTAYkhUxta0rjcHPU-ME90ceKFURJfcVnJIEGrfE7ck9ZutEBvVFD88OgOk6eqmC5G7A-pt9PaxsSg6ayKv21M_CcyKJKUgobOYOpTVgV2z6NbvQkosonK-TUULgup0YZzaCNhyZxUcOAPZGveno10MTnxaXbmW6zgaAad1GkoymxnQ/s320/DSCF1232.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Landeschneckt halbardiers. I just couldn't pass up putting these on the table. Figures like these wake up 10 year old me. It still gets me excited to see little soldiers like this.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjamP8qVzRx9UjPx04oL6ziQCXhPb4kpRPm9MJHgnVCc8jXdFvMwXKx7gwV_GrChU_sgu9ATOIouGnRHUc0TGDWmpv0ED2Rho_t2VvK2XRKO4v90k_PC1kwbZmU8zqMR8Zmlo0Z_SfBfnvsh-T-o5CRem0sPCW77PlZF55NR0rl8rEHdHi5VMKnkjcgVQ/s3072/DSCF1233.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjamP8qVzRx9UjPx04oL6ziQCXhPb4kpRPm9MJHgnVCc8jXdFvMwXKx7gwV_GrChU_sgu9ATOIouGnRHUc0TGDWmpv0ED2Rho_t2VvK2XRKO4v90k_PC1kwbZmU8zqMR8Zmlo0Z_SfBfnvsh-T-o5CRem0sPCW77PlZF55NR0rl8rEHdHi5VMKnkjcgVQ/s320/DSCF1233.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Heavy lances jockey for position while avoiding the hail of lead and solid shot.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL9f9iUBiEdBFlpq2PunAHiAdtYyEafLvWdfAQ4t5paU5R88huRUo3J8a5zsgvcfVsHq_YCxXUzPYSNY2SW_1k05BlFEVXtWpAwhjeMn9SDfU4nEDKNlMUFCCLb54Eu483EjIwUyTESVpVWQzGc_Ru6llbvzUsNE1lY3b-6I9znJ-fu_iZDgaCrSGsVQ/s3072/DSCF1234.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL9f9iUBiEdBFlpq2PunAHiAdtYyEafLvWdfAQ4t5paU5R88huRUo3J8a5zsgvcfVsHq_YCxXUzPYSNY2SW_1k05BlFEVXtWpAwhjeMn9SDfU4nEDKNlMUFCCLb54Eu483EjIwUyTESVpVWQzGc_Ru6llbvzUsNE1lY3b-6I9znJ-fu_iZDgaCrSGsVQ/s320/DSCF1234.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I like these guys, what can I say?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijLMTPdQZf-HWMSb6G2yfv6k4X0rcRKcAqhtLIoKDEgqe3rMwAaiQtaS1AXJ_BDlNjxGHSaen1elpW8UTYCttpAQVgVz3pE2y2RSiTw4qvWjiBUJazI_KRNGXhOsnQrC_UUYKnAluwUvpnoVLfa0zPb8X9_L1BY1BCBJzx8GdhLf0DsxZ8emz2EMBfZA/s3072/DSCF1235.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijLMTPdQZf-HWMSb6G2yfv6k4X0rcRKcAqhtLIoKDEgqe3rMwAaiQtaS1AXJ_BDlNjxGHSaen1elpW8UTYCttpAQVgVz3pE2y2RSiTw4qvWjiBUJazI_KRNGXhOsnQrC_UUYKnAluwUvpnoVLfa0zPb8X9_L1BY1BCBJzx8GdhLf0DsxZ8emz2EMBfZA/s320/DSCF1235.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The push of pike!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEtK0fZNUs6YeU9Gc7A6qdeNGiuf9OTaQz_Sfw3Yty2kCNWobH2hG9ChM7Bm0aIJrHrnOI-fUTuBxrzrbwVJSkyIpiHC4dUYbR_gANELShujNlsGC0suzX6Sq7G8CuDcjkMx88bbvGXQ6YeSfJXgPJ1fRs32jfgqGOSbJrYby0lnRMwApzwbaZvdhqnA/s3072/DSCF1236.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEtK0fZNUs6YeU9Gc7A6qdeNGiuf9OTaQz_Sfw3Yty2kCNWobH2hG9ChM7Bm0aIJrHrnOI-fUTuBxrzrbwVJSkyIpiHC4dUYbR_gANELShujNlsGC0suzX6Sq7G8CuDcjkMx88bbvGXQ6YeSfJXgPJ1fRs32jfgqGOSbJrYby0lnRMwApzwbaZvdhqnA/s320/DSCF1236.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Getting flanked is bad, mkay?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwaEBjPaeOis0IP0GELq3zVK5DK883tkvDZMpG_hOJf4wabLHfIAgut-EyOVkPAN6PGoEjzgHDp9nTzveED_hPdh7Fy0GGh82_7CxsW-uhiq2quXUZAvfAojnHoDQNo7doYTSD95ziobAR1qR-anSApVUb0UHJLDNod8Hdu9R-ui7waicO2zVvpDCdAA/s3072/DSCF1238.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwaEBjPaeOis0IP0GELq3zVK5DK883tkvDZMpG_hOJf4wabLHfIAgut-EyOVkPAN6PGoEjzgHDp9nTzveED_hPdh7Fy0GGh82_7CxsW-uhiq2quXUZAvfAojnHoDQNo7doYTSD95ziobAR1qR-anSApVUb0UHJLDNod8Hdu9R-ui7waicO2zVvpDCdAA/s320/DSCF1238.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These halbardiers were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Hey, there's some Mike's Models in there!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-lezN0gPKXQBOalGqspVhPXNVazcsu72eyB-Qxo1JX38XLl7EIpmNv4QrxXgS0XqSflP0164eE3bGf_dWhypQI3M70d90RS88bxQl0bKnq7SpPXxf9snd5VetLOhM1jPl-kA5-EV-Y8L0QonFLTILD8mZrflsfYglRqGj_KuueFU75EcGnpqyjKZ3Nw/s3072/DSCF1239.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-lezN0gPKXQBOalGqspVhPXNVazcsu72eyB-Qxo1JX38XLl7EIpmNv4QrxXgS0XqSflP0164eE3bGf_dWhypQI3M70d90RS88bxQl0bKnq7SpPXxf9snd5VetLOhM1jPl-kA5-EV-Y8L0QonFLTILD8mZrflsfYglRqGj_KuueFU75EcGnpqyjKZ3Nw/s320/DSCF1239.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Get 'em! Easy for the arquebusiers to say after they melt back into the main unit.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQZpDaA2dSDdD5XwQkIg6cng_6Xj9FVTreoxZ1By5OG-hXSSxdv8yCoieZe1B3u1Cs5QYbnoqJuXX6IJaPBXzPlYb1ECZvuEIhzLTkQRoUDlF34ojV1Woh3PGrLKYSoZg25d3LJnsZBCbdcga0JExB7g5d-QdCf-YMGXXs4bCoCnl-srDrIRjVKSKMOQ/s3072/DSCF1240.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQZpDaA2dSDdD5XwQkIg6cng_6Xj9FVTreoxZ1By5OG-hXSSxdv8yCoieZe1B3u1Cs5QYbnoqJuXX6IJaPBXzPlYb1ECZvuEIhzLTkQRoUDlF34ojV1Woh3PGrLKYSoZg25d3LJnsZBCbdcga0JExB7g5d-QdCf-YMGXXs4bCoCnl-srDrIRjVKSKMOQ/s320/DSCF1240.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some final shots when we called it. Lookie how small the pike units are now on this flank! Turns out 14 foot pointy sticks hurt!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGHa5G4YjQcsZme2h1m5m0DaNOonl3CsN64fZ3gKGgzGU-sj8kSHJX6dbQH9_8IHkH2PmhNm_IjMfIoJ_lFWLrKgVeT8bi5Q163fZOPIzpmh_gaJzhPaKSqEFdRYT3EtSeCFIabOKqBJ_etXI4u766TDLY9Ums-Y6ISkGqb3gwLSQwf8LBDjjIgVEY9A/s3072/DSCF1241.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGHa5G4YjQcsZme2h1m5m0DaNOonl3CsN64fZ3gKGgzGU-sj8kSHJX6dbQH9_8IHkH2PmhNm_IjMfIoJ_lFWLrKgVeT8bi5Q163fZOPIzpmh_gaJzhPaKSqEFdRYT3EtSeCFIabOKqBJ_etXI4u766TDLY9Ums-Y6ISkGqb3gwLSQwf8LBDjjIgVEY9A/s320/DSCF1241.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A final shot. I can't believe I didn't get on picture of any of the artillery, although you can see some organ guns in the pic above. Plus, I still managed to put in all the tedious commentary.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was a decent game and a good way to get the ball rolling for the weekend. Anyone there remember who won?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The End.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Nia Parillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657135170765665100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586848770740207813.post-6780163577489402102023-02-03T20:56:00.000-05:002023-02-03T20:56:18.583-05:00King Con VIII peeps<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"> Recently held the 8th annual King Con in my hometown of Girard, Ohio. Originally organized by my brother and I as a way to beat the mid-winter doldrums over a long three day weekend, (MLK day), it has grown over the last near decade to near epic proportions! Well, maybe not epic, but too big to be held at my brother's house. We ended up with 18 people at the height of festivities on Saturday, coming from as far away as Kansas and Pittsburgh and Poughkeepsie and Brooklyn New York! Much to my sister-in-law's delight, we were able to reserve a boy scout cabin at a local park. With a full blown kitchen and two flushing toilets; we were in business!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">While AAR's and other pics are forthcoming, here's a look at some of the attendees.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX38GoI-PVJCxjCCFE1aYP9-L_F0kj1TZXB4XHK9Cri4tOFXOlnPxD3bP8v0IX4T09LX5idB29Qt-lIPSNczhbr9wHgwyIwBbdWbPg-yGGGQm6FIbRF182hSYhOsqdqUFDnSpL2-gVsRhVGodaoyon2UkCwwrWwacXgO5st-7agOSuyeMMv-5p7Cj4_g/s512/Yinzers%202023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="512" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX38GoI-PVJCxjCCFE1aYP9-L_F0kj1TZXB4XHK9Cri4tOFXOlnPxD3bP8v0IX4T09LX5idB29Qt-lIPSNczhbr9wHgwyIwBbdWbPg-yGGGQm6FIbRF182hSYhOsqdqUFDnSpL2-gVsRhVGodaoyon2UkCwwrWwacXgO5st-7agOSuyeMMv-5p7Cj4_g/s320/Yinzers%202023.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Yinzers. Myself, (in the yellow shirt) surrounded by some of the best guys you'll ever meet, let alne game with. Mondo, JB, and a couple of Pauls, yinz all know who you are. Thanks for making it a great event.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5KgA-xbH1tU4JdBqWtvvjfuwLfsb0Nz7wnrBD7Jo0OIo7CzWJEYSrCXqW0rQZkwN-MTfCN7OIz8csaLfFoIG_sksbugQkznMPVfTm2JuXMZ6QIcOwP-45FOvAxRavOapnkC2SvRm2Loonb48dXiNeHbprTzyh8geyVJsEBWii6ur1ozpejnwSOeBmEg/s2048/KC8.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5KgA-xbH1tU4JdBqWtvvjfuwLfsb0Nz7wnrBD7Jo0OIo7CzWJEYSrCXqW0rQZkwN-MTfCN7OIz8csaLfFoIG_sksbugQkznMPVfTm2JuXMZ6QIcOwP-45FOvAxRavOapnkC2SvRm2Loonb48dXiNeHbprTzyh8geyVJsEBWii6ur1ozpejnwSOeBmEg/s320/KC8.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My two older brothers in attendance; firmly ensconced in the intelligentsia, teachers and lecturers both, about to play a game without crying. Well, almost.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioKcrVZZkN6WNKEpzcNgdtJT9bA7ntQ1dqkQ3-IHUu1tP7W55fP_pvLFYL7mzMErLmb6nLN7z6r399cxzNOshTuK56AZjiiW2KriDVZFWiqlTouO9SKRow7Xh_3VX7UwLHSnVhPreQwR0OA4K96MQ8NKL4811enCU9aFt4QVjCsbYO9Kg5L_uy7Dm1Lg/s4032/IMG_0865.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioKcrVZZkN6WNKEpzcNgdtJT9bA7ntQ1dqkQ3-IHUu1tP7W55fP_pvLFYL7mzMErLmb6nLN7z6r399cxzNOshTuK56AZjiiW2KriDVZFWiqlTouO9SKRow7Xh_3VX7UwLHSnVhPreQwR0OA4K96MQ8NKL4811enCU9aFt4QVjCsbYO9Kg5L_uy7Dm1Lg/s320/IMG_0865.jpg" width="240" /></a>'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Part of the crowd, locals included Ogre Dirty Dog. And there's Gabe, all the way from Pittsburgh with his old man.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIeJ7nqAR5r22IaNBNQs9hF7s7XRFncjptOVNu7SPoHk5Y4l3MghPrSeCRL2dW39wla2nqJx0EeyFcdIm5qgcgnVlHG-mAy4hUBtUwk8uE9NbnFzMuup0Ud5Zzl664HXE--j_3aM7r6rf9QbSpqgSHCB8lWhOHQ25wZxfQMtzq4hhvQj2-p8icvNAT9A/s3072/DSCF1287.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIeJ7nqAR5r22IaNBNQs9hF7s7XRFncjptOVNu7SPoHk5Y4l3MghPrSeCRL2dW39wla2nqJx0EeyFcdIm5qgcgnVlHG-mAy4hUBtUwk8uE9NbnFzMuup0Ud5Zzl664HXE--j_3aM7r6rf9QbSpqgSHCB8lWhOHQ25wZxfQMtzq4hhvQj2-p8icvNAT9A/s320/DSCF1287.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Messing around before The Game Which Shall Not Be Mentioned. The young men, Matt and Nat and Tristan came from Kansas and Kent and Brooklyn.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiACOEp1xSgj5kw9NPAICbwqiH6UtTaJ2QGydbc9qTrjUw8-taCK0key-mv-U6HNsNrRQjQm06amixLz5kPs1tnn6WZnsetnL8I2z5trPhngbOZ-oTcUQpvNB2Ioy9pGAxLLrELrCKQO_gq9SJF2w6zN1dqJDvlr-dOs9oBGrbLLjaB-x_8RrInyu1L_Q/s3072/DSCF1221.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiACOEp1xSgj5kw9NPAICbwqiH6UtTaJ2QGydbc9qTrjUw8-taCK0key-mv-U6HNsNrRQjQm06amixLz5kPs1tnn6WZnsetnL8I2z5trPhngbOZ-oTcUQpvNB2Ioy9pGAxLLrELrCKQO_gq9SJF2w6zN1dqJDvlr-dOs9oBGrbLLjaB-x_8RrInyu1L_Q/s320/DSCF1221.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Setting up Friday night with a rousing game of Tikal before launching Ravenna 1512 in 15mm. At least Tikal was fun. USMC veteran Carmen makes the scene!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeCz7hm4L3Fsjn5ufx2y3IfRn4Sl7gS23C64z8Y4oqoKBcAGtDeoTglpsjmZpER0weFP6993I7wCQH4vIWfZYSbA2McJL7WJ2rg_Z0EkGkiczQaoIzRfakUjVDp0u801Yx1TCLnXVFja0bzLnzXSxz9aEQ8mcH14PH7oHYjDJJOEQiU6mcqD_nf2ATug/s2048/3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeCz7hm4L3Fsjn5ufx2y3IfRn4Sl7gS23C64z8Y4oqoKBcAGtDeoTglpsjmZpER0weFP6993I7wCQH4vIWfZYSbA2McJL7WJ2rg_Z0EkGkiczQaoIzRfakUjVDp0u801Yx1TCLnXVFja0bzLnzXSxz9aEQ8mcH14PH7oHYjDJJOEQiU6mcqD_nf2ATug/s320/3.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tactics, football, or food? You be the judge.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6thy0I20c58u1oQT-mcQ7BgA8nfaErm48_zglS0NWdVRcNxYanM6ToFD_mRAFsVHx1XWDqrvg6kGho9UHDQkuVjIdHZRPJokg6ssMxQ0a4nRtMlmpY6GtbrIQGTt-ndhZ0ymvTrS2UNBv_npJpldy5x4F0mFu1A9ZLYRIX3_6VsQTKKw2YQ8CPsiILA/s4032/IMG_0864.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6thy0I20c58u1oQT-mcQ7BgA8nfaErm48_zglS0NWdVRcNxYanM6ToFD_mRAFsVHx1XWDqrvg6kGho9UHDQkuVjIdHZRPJokg6ssMxQ0a4nRtMlmpY6GtbrIQGTt-ndhZ0ymvTrS2UNBv_npJpldy5x4F0mFu1A9ZLYRIX3_6VsQTKKw2YQ8CPsiILA/s320/IMG_0864.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibimpr7kn6CelQuuYil1y7v12U1kqpQEjKMdJ6e8G5nFCrl2LlAFimM2M2zILM6hlKoscssGh3LlW0ymqWt5Enpg1_LnHNfVkaYnkmalC-kH8PdlzxjZP4NxJTJTUzWBlF7Tav67XtwDN53s4QTWDKNbVQ7ZGak0Qu2fPp51ojKyUe1qV5CYzWjhVchQ/s2048/2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibimpr7kn6CelQuuYil1y7v12U1kqpQEjKMdJ6e8G5nFCrl2LlAFimM2M2zILM6hlKoscssGh3LlW0ymqWt5Enpg1_LnHNfVkaYnkmalC-kH8PdlzxjZP4NxJTJTUzWBlF7Tav67XtwDN53s4QTWDKNbVQ7ZGak0Qu2fPp51ojKyUe1qV5CYzWjhVchQ/s320/2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A pairing I selfishly requested, my three brothers, Paul F and I, do Monte Casino, Bolt Action style. A 4-3 German victory, it was very reminiscent of out childhood except there were no fistfights afterward and hardly any of us cried.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ1N0Ya9SL0cchiMv0kGk9KLDvgUiie9xTw6IofNW8Ub-kgsuYOgR-F9UfLkgslozWA28DIRprgxAj3ofxN-trrjE-k9Hr7n2h5hnwCVEJhLCPgVimwkmY1f84ZbQED206r6Q6oYtGcikDgx5-9j-pqnNSMa6Cr_j3mYIdtOKevoRUQmeyBmvE-ZxC6g/s2048/1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ1N0Ya9SL0cchiMv0kGk9KLDvgUiie9xTw6IofNW8Ub-kgsuYOgR-F9UfLkgslozWA28DIRprgxAj3ofxN-trrjE-k9Hr7n2h5hnwCVEJhLCPgVimwkmY1f84ZbQED206r6Q6oYtGcikDgx5-9j-pqnNSMa6Cr_j3mYIdtOKevoRUQmeyBmvE-ZxC6g/s320/1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I haven't seen us all this engaged since there was only one piece of asiago left on vacation.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlm9WMms2T6CHv5xjELDJDiKGzC4zAHEDBjKpXqw4AktNw_O57qx7K0oS0eUXn2fvQoEHwnfN1LoV_-qFx_8MotwGCqTxqNxEg6kxHjUVIWxsuCHAt5g9-6pMcTIzMjyFCd7XkG0lmu4egNpvkv7FRKlh2q6LqULjrVS82dZCB62c-4l8m-wVwXSZG3w/s259/Larry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="259" data-original-width="194" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlm9WMms2T6CHv5xjELDJDiKGzC4zAHEDBjKpXqw4AktNw_O57qx7K0oS0eUXn2fvQoEHwnfN1LoV_-qFx_8MotwGCqTxqNxEg6kxHjUVIWxsuCHAt5g9-6pMcTIzMjyFCd7XkG0lmu4egNpvkv7FRKlh2q6LqULjrVS82dZCB62c-4l8m-wVwXSZG3w/s1600/Larry.jpg" width="194" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Larry Fine. He wasn't there but I always felt he was the funniest Stooge; don't you think?</div><br /><p></p>Nia Parillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657135170765665100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586848770740207813.post-31401605091491222262022-10-28T13:59:00.000-04:002022-10-28T13:59:11.316-04:00Cowboys and Indians pt. 2<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, It's been about 8 months but I finally got around to finishing most of these guys. The U.S. cavalry were easier, of course, because they were wearing uniforms. The natives were more challenging but ultimately, because of that, more fun</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Take a look at how they came out. As a reclamation project, I am very pleased. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOB-quoB2FpH14eXRksXgxSqKj4wUfq2CJWR4rIEPdJiwabm25WtTgrjPHxZcRzyQuG6EnH1cpKsiIjw8H1m1IrZ0xYOe-gJ7v1-28UW5L2A_Me5jtPEUCyCs-2lXlQNEho_b9g1KGf6jnz91c-osGOh8hfJsRlJ98QNiR7WNCqo7qayMcGfuwQO417Q/s4032/IMG_0662.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOB-quoB2FpH14eXRksXgxSqKj4wUfq2CJWR4rIEPdJiwabm25WtTgrjPHxZcRzyQuG6EnH1cpKsiIjw8H1m1IrZ0xYOe-gJ7v1-28UW5L2A_Me5jtPEUCyCs-2lXlQNEho_b9g1KGf6jnz91c-osGOh8hfJsRlJ98QNiR7WNCqo7qayMcGfuwQO417Q/s320/IMG_0662.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Easey peasey.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQuiXeM_2imRAuOHPOLB3hDznc9P3lLrzESQ48NeRuYPRI4yriJySpP3KiWUFv1Wy5Bt9a2OQ3SCcu5XruhrJBdH2bVEmsYjK0ufHFNzv6NV99aTR9FUGdkOXJrYiUsIqvkPUsK_2ZzUHWmUBxqAA8m1PuirZYOGm2CDlsoncBcNqvZuoxzBlrWpL_g/s4032/IMG_0661.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQuiXeM_2imRAuOHPOLB3hDznc9P3lLrzESQ48NeRuYPRI4yriJySpP3KiWUFv1Wy5Bt9a2OQ3SCcu5XruhrJBdH2bVEmsYjK0ufHFNzv6NV99aTR9FUGdkOXJrYiUsIqvkPUsK_2ZzUHWmUBxqAA8m1PuirZYOGm2CDlsoncBcNqvZuoxzBlrWpL_g/s320/IMG_0661.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I ended up making the guidons out of tin foil. Note 'F Troop', of course.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjs30sFkk6dwRqhj05aBysxuAfOdE_yy8GDOeIBsfYRW2ukoySAq_1kDuWCdt_PbJ-IlKMM7cvXv1ImAtiJBuJ5pa9o6jVzwDi4PPQQVEUhbiPXB5mwx4yREgKFo8dPTI6CYZ22T-FjpjnedX6IJH23srHI2SJtRdq1jH291FnT4Jf9r44Di2VRzuCtA/s4032/IMG_0660.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjs30sFkk6dwRqhj05aBysxuAfOdE_yy8GDOeIBsfYRW2ukoySAq_1kDuWCdt_PbJ-IlKMM7cvXv1ImAtiJBuJ5pa9o6jVzwDi4PPQQVEUhbiPXB5mwx4yREgKFo8dPTI6CYZ22T-FjpjnedX6IJH23srHI2SJtRdq1jH291FnT4Jf9r44Di2VRzuCtA/s320/IMG_0660.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1QgnzMaj01SOW0f-ifkrt0R-cQM-ZtsxHHns4TKo6vmhSE4iTAvNLtFquOILHnPT3xjXrnL72W4PeFpr1W1oicbnzla2jGL2S5aBB-niJGybJBx8uPZB8jwIVQxT7B3ysvBu8mmnjo5pDayrZrcVLBkBDIdvxxkfY3QNe_H7A4dseEaEOw91PZiSmwg/s4032/IMG_0659.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1QgnzMaj01SOW0f-ifkrt0R-cQM-ZtsxHHns4TKo6vmhSE4iTAvNLtFquOILHnPT3xjXrnL72W4PeFpr1W1oicbnzla2jGL2S5aBB-niJGybJBx8uPZB8jwIVQxT7B3ysvBu8mmnjo5pDayrZrcVLBkBDIdvxxkfY3QNe_H7A4dseEaEOw91PZiSmwg/s320/IMG_0659.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These guys were really fun.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWd4h6Ka_q2yYJUebcXYxBjrV9b17K2MYY5PApv5cI0zXnv5r7YFs---D5QLPXHb0Vs0yPMotXcQ412_hRkx_cVk4YIEUOuamxfMV6RnrDbO_Zkh5W6td0wH0dWzI4GvqzPVQu1cuPBnwDa4zr9bxm1oReJhZK__LhCU2yndpQbof8RjbIc5Y333otyQ/s4032/IMG_0658.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWd4h6Ka_q2yYJUebcXYxBjrV9b17K2MYY5PApv5cI0zXnv5r7YFs---D5QLPXHb0Vs0yPMotXcQ412_hRkx_cVk4YIEUOuamxfMV6RnrDbO_Zkh5W6td0wH0dWzI4GvqzPVQu1cuPBnwDa4zr9bxm1oReJhZK__LhCU2yndpQbof8RjbIc5Y333otyQ/s320/IMG_0658.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6YwtwhqND5JY7YFhu4XAF2NgPP4-tDEj5kor3hb-wu745YAj8BLdmiKD1OcBMQLWSbb83BOjUvm1qZlB8JQaj5Oq0_BbfMvHfSZuZ9od7h3oJIri9TeYiZYvtzpccXpF3WOhuVBBEHrXnIeVA--fEywWtJEm2h4MdF1If1Rb9BDTB4ggH0Zm-zuC5Mw/s4032/IMG_0657.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6YwtwhqND5JY7YFhu4XAF2NgPP4-tDEj5kor3hb-wu745YAj8BLdmiKD1OcBMQLWSbb83BOjUvm1qZlB8JQaj5Oq0_BbfMvHfSZuZ9od7h3oJIri9TeYiZYvtzpccXpF3WOhuVBBEHrXnIeVA--fEywWtJEm2h4MdF1If1Rb9BDTB4ggH0Zm-zuC5Mw/s320/IMG_0657.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Overall, very pleased with these. They were in bad shape. (See my previous entry.)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMMMVc0ui4TnMHft_RM6q9K5Yq8dSqy5_BE5qwQcB5oG34UapPMLCa1FSGcHqgW84m2E-y8YoLIRzCkCVMh2assPJXVeXLpUqrlVvCNO0RX8rpv9UYe9cTd06QqwRTTXMUGVsbIAZwvlAY4RNswMbA_dWQ49Wg5RmVO962LANBFIGTiuRJczwB5DfZdA/s4032/IMG_0071.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMMMVc0ui4TnMHft_RM6q9K5Yq8dSqy5_BE5qwQcB5oG34UapPMLCa1FSGcHqgW84m2E-y8YoLIRzCkCVMh2assPJXVeXLpUqrlVvCNO0RX8rpv9UYe9cTd06QqwRTTXMUGVsbIAZwvlAY4RNswMbA_dWQ49Wg5RmVO962LANBFIGTiuRJczwB5DfZdA/s320/IMG_0071.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL_n8UpqTL4xrYB2Bsc_X5SsbQDucsuQBhAq5HLagN60rkrAK2NhYhplyWBLgLQxKXOCU0d61FJIFQTElF4SZB2v6arElmTlYBjIi2T0hfqJnHE6_1-f4xHihekAufpUcOJ9UUAMuh8AncrYNgmSc3sqiLJgkyCkX8013O5ySphwjaoc85NKEFgi--oA/s3072/DSCF1225.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL_n8UpqTL4xrYB2Bsc_X5SsbQDucsuQBhAq5HLagN60rkrAK2NhYhplyWBLgLQxKXOCU0d61FJIFQTElF4SZB2v6arElmTlYBjIi2T0hfqJnHE6_1-f4xHihekAufpUcOJ9UUAMuh8AncrYNgmSc3sqiLJgkyCkX8013O5ySphwjaoc85NKEFgi--oA/s320/DSCF1225.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Fw9B_rtVa_Jw2tTPFTTTQ7QipM-5do7RAjFUt1KL6_FLeSAeMdwwaE_MpgF5oPhEqBBMHv-7fC3rR11tESt23hUL-v9XRHYa-HpbRV3utCpfdiLY0GDohlf6ilkOSpc-M0lExzSci_hcSFPQNNenNs3i6SC4bUI9Ay5STZF9JL8wC39fnz74bo1y2Q/s3072/DSCF1224.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Fw9B_rtVa_Jw2tTPFTTTQ7QipM-5do7RAjFUt1KL6_FLeSAeMdwwaE_MpgF5oPhEqBBMHv-7fC3rR11tESt23hUL-v9XRHYa-HpbRV3utCpfdiLY0GDohlf6ilkOSpc-M0lExzSci_hcSFPQNNenNs3i6SC4bUI9Ay5STZF9JL8wC39fnz74bo1y2Q/s320/DSCF1224.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some guys had empty hands. I made spears and bows and a few coup sticks out of wire.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaXl9szT1ZDisIzfQbjPMQHuSMO7SXGAjZsRNP2woHHcuC8gKXVzDef2k4UD0QXLHii0relRDOfMeyob7gqzfKMZtpB6hp-TmTwW4p5VwF_l6VxREqwpH2KYkMJQI13cE7NZjmPCNx-4KxuZSyZQhB0Z5PjwpuQJmrrrbFfKBJAdniqRFDeD0UKwfCpQ/s3072/DSCF1223.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaXl9szT1ZDisIzfQbjPMQHuSMO7SXGAjZsRNP2woHHcuC8gKXVzDef2k4UD0QXLHii0relRDOfMeyob7gqzfKMZtpB6hp-TmTwW4p5VwF_l6VxREqwpH2KYkMJQI13cE7NZjmPCNx-4KxuZSyZQhB0Z5PjwpuQJmrrrbFfKBJAdniqRFDeD0UKwfCpQ/s320/DSCF1223.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuoNZYLOs-LCnlH8C4dup5YNSqZ0M-tUEDXpuoy5mTxgrmpSminRC0l7Lvg1tEq4dlwx_9pk1uBg-X7i8qUQbDSMklW7kg8LH-sdnqvWXl7YR1IG0MHiivLevkKm-FQSRlqmrDHZitDVOjb2e1-QI1DC9Lkqfw4QtVil9QewQzhx8ORv0layUAN8QfaQ/s3072/DSCF1222.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuoNZYLOs-LCnlH8C4dup5YNSqZ0M-tUEDXpuoy5mTxgrmpSminRC0l7Lvg1tEq4dlwx_9pk1uBg-X7i8qUQbDSMklW7kg8LH-sdnqvWXl7YR1IG0MHiivLevkKm-FQSRlqmrDHZitDVOjb2e1-QI1DC9Lkqfw4QtVil9QewQzhx8ORv0layUAN8QfaQ/s320/DSCF1222.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU7GCAf5rngxC8R6dyx-FWtFVCIcGolYL3NaLA4raaD3TPaKKg9tSiGc3X3APrTpkhgbCsgraVxDswkDup_E5SzeFphPZBBpscEoMvfDy60ihIvxcg9Z5dQAGAHhCSQBRfo3jqiVTEItkyspMRLe-_Sv-KWOQZSN6kngroO1zLPiu5rOOtXH3eZ7gfOQ/s955/0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="716" data-original-width="955" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU7GCAf5rngxC8R6dyx-FWtFVCIcGolYL3NaLA4raaD3TPaKKg9tSiGc3X3APrTpkhgbCsgraVxDswkDup_E5SzeFphPZBBpscEoMvfDy60ihIvxcg9Z5dQAGAHhCSQBRfo3jqiVTEItkyspMRLe-_Sv-KWOQZSN6kngroO1zLPiu5rOOtXH3eZ7gfOQ/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I still have several bags of Old Glory for both factions but it'll be a minute before I delve into completing them. For starters, I now have enough figures to play several rules sets. Secondly, other projects have pushed to the forefront. Hopefully, soon there will be more fun things to report. So long.</div><br /><p></p>Nia Parillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657135170765665100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586848770740207813.post-66105751736762823902022-02-24T19:52:00.001-05:002022-02-24T19:52:30.796-05:00The Cowboy and Indian Project<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"> I was recently gifted a large group of miniatures from an old friend who had come into them as by-products of other sales and trades. His focus has recently shifted and I was fortunate enough to benefit.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have recently started some 'cowboy' posses, including Texas rangers and 'desperadoes' for skirmish games like Legends of the Old West and Dead Man's Hand, already with his help securing some great models from KnuckleDuster and a few others. But these guys open up whole new possibilities and one that was not in the original plans. Here in the US, I am of an age where we grew up playing 'cowboys and indians', half of TV shows and probably a good quarter to a third of Hollywood movies were still westerns when I was a kid. (I don't really know; I 'm guessing, but there were a lot.) Even sitcoms like F-Troop were based on westerns or western themed.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So, these old minis will fill a few niches, not just 'western'. It's always fun to bring old models back to life and I wish I had done the same sort of blog report(s) last year when I restored 55 Ral Partha LotR Riders of Rohan to their former glory. That was fun and pretty simple. Liberal use of some Army Painter washes and then highlights can be a real face-lift for guys like these.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Like homework in Middle School, I'll start with the most difficult subjects first: the cavalry. Most of the horses are painted one color with very little to no detail picked out. The Native American horses have been attempted to have markings painted on them. Kudos to the anonymous original painter, but... they will need re-done. A quick (1 minute) Google search found several sites where Native American horse markings, their color, placement and meaning are explained. While this entire project is intended to be quick and simple, I am really looking forward to spending a little extra time on the horses.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have enough metal Game Accessory bases to mount all the horses. I will not spend extra time doing too much for the bases; it *is* a reclamation project after all. But I have enough and the first step will be to start gluing riders to horses and horses to bases. Also, finding the right rules set is in order. I've a few leads but literally *finding* copies may prove more difficult.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm thinking several posts ought to do it and hopefully you will find it interesting enough to follow along and watch the process. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDm_zwhQzxFCnQ7jNqogZZrtFHDqXARGob2q-s1YobklBbC48GDjthT2YtPhF9lEU28Dh2wByLqCC65kMn1rI8toqMWQNBqQmZ_0BBOAaLuMzwMYFlAKc04GaVksPLgtd7FBl6xGaVlktstiXnd1b7QHZAMdoWMWFmPs11Dpt0gnpmR_r8RDnbDoNEBg=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDm_zwhQzxFCnQ7jNqogZZrtFHDqXARGob2q-s1YobklBbC48GDjthT2YtPhF9lEU28Dh2wByLqCC65kMn1rI8toqMWQNBqQmZ_0BBOAaLuMzwMYFlAKc04GaVksPLgtd7FBl6xGaVlktstiXnd1b7QHZAMdoWMWFmPs11Dpt0gnpmR_r8RDnbDoNEBg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dismounted Cavalry. Not terrible; just not something I personally would bring to the table as is.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvlgaR0wBpYv47JPWCJwUpssJO0PWBzeUNKQwowGp_cWXRFBRGMU3lf9_8lkE6D-jOf8PuPvJ_F2S4Fzhg5qHUfjKS1j30_q_MZSmFQyr_25x95uSXT3KxoIwjRvvFUA69eXDcAsI1xq8ttk6obPAL0qmI5pSA4rYLkAH5PnwzkyGVLtuXalZs02dZHA=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvlgaR0wBpYv47JPWCJwUpssJO0PWBzeUNKQwowGp_cWXRFBRGMU3lf9_8lkE6D-jOf8PuPvJ_F2S4Fzhg5qHUfjKS1j30_q_MZSmFQyr_25x95uSXT3KxoIwjRvvFUA69eXDcAsI1xq8ttk6obPAL0qmI5pSA4rYLkAH5PnwzkyGVLtuXalZs02dZHA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The NA are in a little worse shape. Probably because there was no 'uniform' like their white counterparts. These will need some work to be presentable.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3iqCSnzjveO1VJVddFiMSJ8Sh6Ighkmo1pcUCypO0EQrNmSdhkRXC2vHiawJdRPcgJZAFecWy4cyleXSe6rO1RlY0gdRx2_FEHQ3qYyUBIZBlzyNyHSCHEKtTNyfMyh4iPQxWXkxVTMxdvJGVhK8w02HuLto5e_MSj2NJ_Qtq1eEnANimwD7xHpXM3g=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3iqCSnzjveO1VJVddFiMSJ8Sh6Ighkmo1pcUCypO0EQrNmSdhkRXC2vHiawJdRPcgJZAFecWy4cyleXSe6rO1RlY0gdRx2_FEHQ3qYyUBIZBlzyNyHSCHEKtTNyfMyh4iPQxWXkxVTMxdvJGVhK8w02HuLto5e_MSj2NJ_Qtq1eEnANimwD7xHpXM3g=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Many broken arms and missing weapons. This can be fixed.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAEp8brJ-9Vr9L9k1vsYznDfHaOtzMBqtQAXWn2oitoGk39FyAsIuElRQWtFks3OB47-3vqIxTHskmcxfmrXaG6MAOAw6KZn2oG3E1bMOADQs7hGd4_CnZhZ_JBgZq4i_2cQIDJquDq_W_wD4jKh6P_vjh4CdcigfTz_BqDmyXAr0pprv_USQ9G3yLdQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAEp8brJ-9Vr9L9k1vsYznDfHaOtzMBqtQAXWn2oitoGk39FyAsIuElRQWtFks3OB47-3vqIxTHskmcxfmrXaG6MAOAw6KZn2oG3E1bMOADQs7hGd4_CnZhZ_JBgZq4i_2cQIDJquDq_W_wD4jKh6P_vjh4CdcigfTz_BqDmyXAr0pprv_USQ9G3yLdQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Again, not terrible.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjc7BJhElt6zY-xB_yQWvAcqvI-ixNrC-N7t0wLbf3SrUqe9bZC_ZNmqSoBLCMyKxfwwB9hKsyoLemH4WKXE4MW94apdjPzNIoHNnOnr-BTaVN5EvsnKyGVjXUHLlIHju5axwRe2gUZLB48pZxFBop8e5wsj2T5fZwp-lhZR51jQZ3Drsg_se09Qx9Ajw=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjc7BJhElt6zY-xB_yQWvAcqvI-ixNrC-N7t0wLbf3SrUqe9bZC_ZNmqSoBLCMyKxfwwB9hKsyoLemH4WKXE4MW94apdjPzNIoHNnOnr-BTaVN5EvsnKyGVjXUHLlIHju5axwRe2gUZLB48pZxFBop8e5wsj2T5fZwp-lhZR51jQZ3Drsg_se09Qx9Ajw=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nice guidon. It's modeled on aluminum foil. The lettering is actually well done. When I re-do old models, I always try to leave some parts as is as a sort of homage to their original paint jobs. Even with a few mars, I will leave this guidon as is. I may try to create one myself. I'll need an 'F-Troop' right?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJ74kssNaag_FgzqErs9c4CwEFJrzk1ZPx-fykfByX3zt50BlQCF73g3YcKgIxqhHB8on2Hh32suJMpa78xEr2WuCcqMQFT8y_QvDQGMnJ9BKVZlPYayhZLFTrAAKG0Pw_kwVwGP8vlcqhUxx_VHJL1vfXM9jDtKXwvf-P-0ZhmslFObVIa5dIh6u3bw=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJ74kssNaag_FgzqErs9c4CwEFJrzk1ZPx-fykfByX3zt50BlQCF73g3YcKgIxqhHB8on2Hh32suJMpa78xEr2WuCcqMQFT8y_QvDQGMnJ9BKVZlPYayhZLFTrAAKG0Pw_kwVwGP8vlcqhUxx_VHJL1vfXM9jDtKXwvf-P-0ZhmslFObVIa5dIh6u3bw=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have no idea who the maker is but the poses are pretty good. There are some real dynamic shooting poses and many good riding poses.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7ldZK6PPppdB6tNc4sFHRy6hVMIGiJ39Af-AGV7mLLTGeRTpWVwcDg9HnABbDtutwZj3tdozOyAAD23j_YS9qGCprGvoNmYH14R4u8ljXtZROk0EtosnXzAd2MlAhVQhuNosELuIbS_T9KrHncRYwOXJ9HqnTkPsvu421TW0Vks3qWM3drgr3fUlwpg=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7ldZK6PPppdB6tNc4sFHRy6hVMIGiJ39Af-AGV7mLLTGeRTpWVwcDg9HnABbDtutwZj3tdozOyAAD23j_YS9qGCprGvoNmYH14R4u8ljXtZROk0EtosnXzAd2MlAhVQhuNosELuIbS_T9KrHncRYwOXJ9HqnTkPsvu421TW0Vks3qWM3drgr3fUlwpg=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Important historical note: it is my understanding that not just the 'chiefs' wore the big war bonnets but actually any battle proven warrior had the right to do so. At least that's what I learned back in college. They will be fun to paint, I hope.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicNzaA_ItBCQtRI-_U84lJQmToz4hOfGSEreuPF3A6_Z1ONSRorOEz3lQK0bWViXSRhFuVBnIUgMa3NKqKL4jZ1hqS_lnAxmJfc51C4BpvwpAN6Ve3Xkz4SEGA70iN5XS8V2WAIM5gJfwia2EAzf9YSS56RC3kJDdcDyYkkqITAmOl93UqJTOd2U-Nlg=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicNzaA_ItBCQtRI-_U84lJQmToz4hOfGSEreuPF3A6_Z1ONSRorOEz3lQK0bWViXSRhFuVBnIUgMa3NKqKL4jZ1hqS_lnAxmJfc51C4BpvwpAN6Ve3Xkz4SEGA70iN5XS8V2WAIM5gJfwia2EAzf9YSS56RC3kJDdcDyYkkqITAmOl93UqJTOd2U-Nlg=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Should be enough overall models for a pretty fair sized game allowing for both the 'cavalry coming to the rescue' theme *and* enough NA for a real ambush to be sprung.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stay tuned and feel free to comment.</div><br /><p></p>Nia Parillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657135170765665100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586848770740207813.post-38714079197529115342022-02-05T17:32:00.007-05:002022-02-05T17:40:55.871-05:00Pig Wars: Tired of Cold Mutton<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our recent King Con included a whopping 7 player game of Pig Wars. Though it shows it's age in some respects, Pig Wars remains an excellent game after 30 years, especially for a quick, convention style, donnybrook. No dice, just a deck of regular playing cards each and after a turn or two, everyone knew how to play with minimal rules questions.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The situation was an Saxon raid on a Romano-British settlement. The Saxons rode the river to it's source and unloaded to wreak havoc. The residents of the village sent to the local magistrate for help and help they did, mostly themselves.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There were three each Saxon and Romano-British players while I took the role of the villagers; no more than a speed bump. Though the players had two 'sides', each had their own secret Victory Conditions, which may or may not award them for attacking their allies. 'Regular' VC applied as well, points for exiting with livestock and/or supplies. (Chickens, ducks, sheep, goats, horses, barrels of foodstuffs.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyOVA5-plwsxk6W55ek0H35pKOTUygovpLIkTLMg_uBvhz6UWEo1KNKvrDEsUzNB5FzMuXlAUweVfSL1LDkVUQVmbs0SS6XBll9eUIdkcBj3n-bmq2Yw1WJ30WpyQO_oKEpKhjgyDfqH5xOBzrhbj61WjxWxPeVb82cJ_xy8Wuxfw8vX1EcvNfJFcKrg=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyOVA5-plwsxk6W55ek0H35pKOTUygovpLIkTLMg_uBvhz6UWEo1KNKvrDEsUzNB5FzMuXlAUweVfSL1LDkVUQVmbs0SS6XBll9eUIdkcBj3n-bmq2Yw1WJ30WpyQO_oKEpKhjgyDfqH5xOBzrhbj61WjxWxPeVb82cJ_xy8Wuxfw8vX1EcvNfJFcKrg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A view of the whole table. The villagers are spread out, doing their chores and minding their own business.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiy8Ki_gQcxWfJ12KK0wVVYIC6eN9NLmKGgnerkg8RjqAg-JoZnhHciwrpyrucbGxwcMdpO30lElNVbzIf11Hid_r3aZZ1Ea-Kjxe14m93AwK0wbUPLaI5o9LjIVZw1xviEcN-_9UgaucEhzH-DMdpLr0qcsBd3hl2mS416qrAaGrwCVu7MbfaE6ltv2A=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiy8Ki_gQcxWfJ12KK0wVVYIC6eN9NLmKGgnerkg8RjqAg-JoZnhHciwrpyrucbGxwcMdpO30lElNVbzIf11Hid_r3aZZ1Ea-Kjxe14m93AwK0wbUPLaI5o9LjIVZw1xviEcN-_9UgaucEhzH-DMdpLr0qcsBd3hl2mS416qrAaGrwCVu7MbfaE6ltv2A=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Paddocks in the center of town.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjz2ekZrcuygl6J7-BzUgK7eQnoROAuvrIA4NQQWvvEhdJRZ22MVLhwnNYlEr8blC8-zirsULc0jZzx0ENpWQSSaK70hHw6dHhVP3IcSl9hssaJLN1RpUuCWLsJ9RxJhM-37PTLaASO-K3aeclOs_S0-KoJR2aTfdsz8UNrf9595WedFF_1Fh831H-Tgg=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjz2ekZrcuygl6J7-BzUgK7eQnoROAuvrIA4NQQWvvEhdJRZ22MVLhwnNYlEr8blC8-zirsULc0jZzx0ENpWQSSaK70hHw6dHhVP3IcSl9hssaJLN1RpUuCWLsJ9RxJhM-37PTLaASO-K3aeclOs_S0-KoJR2aTfdsz8UNrf9595WedFF_1Fh831H-Tgg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The church with it's priest and a few locals. The Saxons, as a team, can earn victory points for burning it down.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkrizQyYUC3XjOIhc0NvKIDAV5aBbKBsJ2jpa-_DgG52XyqjPR_oj0Xk_6XoJUdCiHQBcxAGRNlTjSNYEJnI0vDJI3QNosOrY0W5kpGDevEyHswUUngQdeeThMFeql13sbcnvhH-LWG0Wz_80XOcLxrIi9ddDrfEoCvzJ70rJlqlwb9HBlT_po894MQw=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkrizQyYUC3XjOIhc0NvKIDAV5aBbKBsJ2jpa-_DgG52XyqjPR_oj0Xk_6XoJUdCiHQBcxAGRNlTjSNYEJnI0vDJI3QNosOrY0W5kpGDevEyHswUUngQdeeThMFeql13sbcnvhH-LWG0Wz_80XOcLxrIi9ddDrfEoCvzJ70rJlqlwb9HBlT_po894MQw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just minding their own business...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqw4PBwRxxYDbxF8QNe8_GenxqlhsH1A-r57184f6BTP3dc67uSsnFvif2RnTE3X8z-c8dyzowSExQHxo6BIc8Yn73yfsiQ5JsGC5YO84c9bmDAV366M2RcLWWboSiDFGukXzDMCUCiORAdkt8KBsUEFFY-PsKV2eqiQiBl0Sp5qGnc6JN0ldmV_Loyg=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqw4PBwRxxYDbxF8QNe8_GenxqlhsH1A-r57184f6BTP3dc67uSsnFvif2RnTE3X8z-c8dyzowSExQHxo6BIc8Yn73yfsiQ5JsGC5YO84c9bmDAV366M2RcLWWboSiDFGukXzDMCUCiORAdkt8KBsUEFFY-PsKV2eqiQiBl0Sp5qGnc6JN0ldmV_Loyg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The local magistrate has answered the call! Romans start emerging from the forests around town.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0Sk_sLoKBFEMDTU3S7E716pxwxbDDyPQP2tvFdpuEinSwf24dhkhi0BjHnjK5nTMDytPxoQX8f1pumdQ5dP0tOzQK90VnXoXJ9fiT0O_LE5guOyEd65CeABc1Bh5dXnfU6rHzsLbjmvxaoM8g8Sk-fiXednyAOpKHAafdnbRUM6vmvD2fkzLiTpMYMQ=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0Sk_sLoKBFEMDTU3S7E716pxwxbDDyPQP2tvFdpuEinSwf24dhkhi0BjHnjK5nTMDytPxoQX8f1pumdQ5dP0tOzQK90VnXoXJ9fiT0O_LE5guOyEd65CeABc1Bh5dXnfU6rHzsLbjmvxaoM8g8Sk-fiXednyAOpKHAafdnbRUM6vmvD2fkzLiTpMYMQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Take that!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPDn6GDKreCJz2qX0rkg9uE5l_qL9LWe6v7_4W_QteivSJy7hqhWUozqrkhYrAocpTJ3Ys9cRrHRCmgncrD1KzpBfKlxXxwFFjRzd3RsYRs1jBf78DezxtB3Vm7UgBScw5EQIhIBshI9N-6NsgxX5aBCG2FNSJ5z5-aRq-QtmYPCCniST-gfo32RKM9w=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPDn6GDKreCJz2qX0rkg9uE5l_qL9LWe6v7_4W_QteivSJy7hqhWUozqrkhYrAocpTJ3Ys9cRrHRCmgncrD1KzpBfKlxXxwFFjRzd3RsYRs1jBf78DezxtB3Vm7UgBScw5EQIhIBshI9N-6NsgxX5aBCG2FNSJ5z5-aRq-QtmYPCCniST-gfo32RKM9w=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Holy shit! There's a bunch of them. There's going to be a fight!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsOtkgq92ZEq8PFZOLrBuyiKHxAiUKWNWNcZsL6tXXj2ub7GMUyWPP1qQu2URC5GlDm1mPE4owocTyqt8gUYC2gO1BjeNAES-uaikSmITSkVBWcwxMgjphU-kjuO3qReSxnAFF7o9PKXi_RG7R0lRjFy9LqT9B2zdfrymjuE80NlGovxHDK_01OOCkwg=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsOtkgq92ZEq8PFZOLrBuyiKHxAiUKWNWNcZsL6tXXj2ub7GMUyWPP1qQu2URC5GlDm1mPE4owocTyqt8gUYC2gO1BjeNAES-uaikSmITSkVBWcwxMgjphU-kjuO3qReSxnAFF7o9PKXi_RG7R0lRjFy9LqT9B2zdfrymjuE80NlGovxHDK_01OOCkwg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Must be important, they're on horses and stuff.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglx7aUlhxXahzkWHkGHJ_P9lmw16Ox4ZiOHDWLknJkPC_KvH3UCyS4fftOskaOhfIMrcNvLlQNfAyDkyJEjSSefXNuysux_Vb7boGyIAnWsXuzQicijvpp4McB8IjtecBOpXk4AWPEcwsQF1XyGNLlsSIlaV9yOItWq5YvZA-bwMDpqeM280V9uJvmQw=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglx7aUlhxXahzkWHkGHJ_P9lmw16Ox4ZiOHDWLknJkPC_KvH3UCyS4fftOskaOhfIMrcNvLlQNfAyDkyJEjSSefXNuysux_Vb7boGyIAnWsXuzQicijvpp4McB8IjtecBOpXk4AWPEcwsQF1XyGNLlsSIlaV9yOItWq5YvZA-bwMDpqeM280V9uJvmQw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Meanwhile, the Saxons are going to have something to say about all this.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8hNxx2pYykQoDArsq8cJbnSGMiFYzfSrFds-aTqcZQmvll4Bn5tbDoUcjHrZ9sFfDg3DwY0Bo1jXiiqySHPcZrZHG5cF3tKA5WjuS1pZhuWyQ7oYlS0Qzt6p30wqjkGMbbJKWp3oeuexo_zWMAElg92W_SrmM5hNyOOv1uRDAQYzJVg3hplffjzpgjA=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8hNxx2pYykQoDArsq8cJbnSGMiFYzfSrFds-aTqcZQmvll4Bn5tbDoUcjHrZ9sFfDg3DwY0Bo1jXiiqySHPcZrZHG5cF3tKA5WjuS1pZhuWyQ7oYlS0Qzt6p30wqjkGMbbJKWp3oeuexo_zWMAElg92W_SrmM5hNyOOv1uRDAQYzJVg3hplffjzpgjA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Armed with swords, they mean to kill quickly, and with little patience.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In rules terms, edged weapons are better than spears, two handed weapons, like axes, are more powerful still.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiz0Tzw3o61nSaJazjvsGoHxFG4vr-HqdBD6wi13b6TF90wojDAKCHu33cbaHLgyF0MJw2toLquV6WMZ2x4L--_gTnbKX_KzaNHb_ednxdERwtZs7gJ8rEsvR4PFyAuNu8w1TCRTUYjp_31nxhIIjgDWRXCKGb27G8QkqAR_0zi6UyeGQjBbCr1OlaJxg=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiz0Tzw3o61nSaJazjvsGoHxFG4vr-HqdBD6wi13b6TF90wojDAKCHu33cbaHLgyF0MJw2toLquV6WMZ2x4L--_gTnbKX_KzaNHb_ednxdERwtZs7gJ8rEsvR4PFyAuNu8w1TCRTUYjp_31nxhIIjgDWRXCKGb27G8QkqAR_0zi6UyeGQjBbCr1OlaJxg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Horns blaring, the game is afoot!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhigKKPDxfKzRivTlxck-S__miGlnNNPY9EeJSHSr5FrRlIelAZWvx-yCEse8Dz_OTJ-aY9YRwEcj10VZNipc8h-BWCOiT_HdblXrd0ZrrTyOycGmVU5QnMu3n5iid0aYy9pEif2jzG4g4ZJ-YuW9RZChoUtccKB7ZEPj17iMD7c53gF98sbtaDlk-P-w=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhigKKPDxfKzRivTlxck-S__miGlnNNPY9EeJSHSr5FrRlIelAZWvx-yCEse8Dz_OTJ-aY9YRwEcj10VZNipc8h-BWCOiT_HdblXrd0ZrrTyOycGmVU5QnMu3n5iid0aYy9pEif2jzG4g4ZJ-YuW9RZChoUtccKB7ZEPj17iMD7c53gF98sbtaDlk-P-w=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Saxon ship. The Romans can also earn team points by firing it. Neither side got near to their 'burning' goal, a fault of the game designer: me. Next time. I'll modify the rules.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhuFY7vtwa6cMQh_Yk0STzqzvkHjAdZOZbor1boWxKFgVv1g-uZVqUvRfo_7U2yx7AdZv6BAdESIXLJvSozWrkj3w699rNd4JebpVOY8dXeKPSb98-zLxStZWh9PyTZL13f47kbJlcdrpjC8guXmWEw_QxhRJwAmAM3k5n4OSZM7pyNMaBSnQDcD14b8g=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhuFY7vtwa6cMQh_Yk0STzqzvkHjAdZOZbor1boWxKFgVv1g-uZVqUvRfo_7U2yx7AdZv6BAdESIXLJvSozWrkj3w699rNd4JebpVOY8dXeKPSb98-zLxStZWh9PyTZL13f47kbJlcdrpjC8guXmWEw_QxhRJwAmAM3k5n4OSZM7pyNMaBSnQDcD14b8g=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nice picture except for the damn tape measure.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiv5SBOXqAYKKor9QtqVO2QgnYBEEcty4g78NuIpodGCUBjDD0j4ZxXuX9DI4ICxyLpRrr2wqf1wWSmSkEot5srtEqBfHPTRlaNIFSynffR32IVkt7CieWX0ssfFNntbEQM4jBs8TPUfYc1MVUwrfW0gLdLwG9RpGeG0Q7oIZ1jJSBfKi8iZoKy-oxCbw=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiv5SBOXqAYKKor9QtqVO2QgnYBEEcty4g78NuIpodGCUBjDD0j4ZxXuX9DI4ICxyLpRrr2wqf1wWSmSkEot5srtEqBfHPTRlaNIFSynffR32IVkt7CieWX0ssfFNntbEQM4jBs8TPUfYc1MVUwrfW0gLdLwG9RpGeG0Q7oIZ1jJSBfKi8iZoKy-oxCbw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Have you noticed I have an obsessive compulsion to write a caption for every picture?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnpQb4Q_CTs3K2YnosCzcw5dWnh4RPqNrpRPnoV6CVw8iY8yLx1qH6Za60fqnJcyUTSJLOKvE_WrD69l1x8no--4JrImu1P0TTzZq4ejUSQCTPEn7uX-Rn8UO_MtDqAd515_LNViQtGrkd26gSDsVeBJZl6AnEBSqQcK_jeB_SKl7EJAekRDTG6JqOwg=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnpQb4Q_CTs3K2YnosCzcw5dWnh4RPqNrpRPnoV6CVw8iY8yLx1qH6Za60fqnJcyUTSJLOKvE_WrD69l1x8no--4JrImu1P0TTzZq4ejUSQCTPEn7uX-Rn8UO_MtDqAd515_LNViQtGrkd26gSDsVeBJZl6AnEBSqQcK_jeB_SKl7EJAekRDTG6JqOwg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The mad rush of a hungry Saxon war-band.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjC_HPzcwUic9mv2poFumfe9wp7R6XhtR8NGI5LwLXs8yBCHS2n9MzNnFuLDqEmQ-i_wNFceZPyxHnUwhoakFJ5KPTrNELfdxxb2DQSqRG6BAm7phpflU7heZqqxIKsV6jiljYkL-mu_bDiVFYsUN51cn0DVpm8-X2K7ltK-N3RuUTmxS8jPd1_J30T1A=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjC_HPzcwUic9mv2poFumfe9wp7R6XhtR8NGI5LwLXs8yBCHS2n9MzNnFuLDqEmQ-i_wNFceZPyxHnUwhoakFJ5KPTrNELfdxxb2DQSqRG6BAm7phpflU7heZqqxIKsV6jiljYkL-mu_bDiVFYsUN51cn0DVpm8-X2K7ltK-N3RuUTmxS8jPd1_J30T1A=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But the locals aren't totally unprepared. Their militia farmers form a shield wall in the middle of town.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg60-k0ad62LG2aaASYkILGYt40YdrzEDwwEpT-ElCEKm8DQ0-3El3F8a23ZIS-O9-3bKuTX2c1PwVLOpacoLMEEzotXGGUgciTTwv5OQOHu9EIQOGBhZzn3VIl8t3e5fzJWRr2xjl51b2WSpUdH4jJGWFGisy_jinsBBQNhe1RA7NAo5n-oujYnm9rZA=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg60-k0ad62LG2aaASYkILGYt40YdrzEDwwEpT-ElCEKm8DQ0-3El3F8a23ZIS-O9-3bKuTX2c1PwVLOpacoLMEEzotXGGUgciTTwv5OQOHu9EIQOGBhZzn3VIl8t3e5fzJWRr2xjl51b2WSpUdH4jJGWFGisy_jinsBBQNhe1RA7NAo5n-oujYnm9rZA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Light troops skirmish in front of the heavy Legionares.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcxcwB9xdxr23Jdh7ox_hHI4n9DD8k5_rzwK-CT43ovlghnEbeYIceiewElwLEMTb_DJMDbQlPTz_nCjxOW_CUcEikCf6-B4OEabhHmINOT3D7-Nm5AQ8a1kPtPWU0xFEtH7JJr-KsdRhTVDoub8jDd5FALxkd7eJVLI1WDbBSpXFRsCpS02cy0R0ceg=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcxcwB9xdxr23Jdh7ox_hHI4n9DD8k5_rzwK-CT43ovlghnEbeYIceiewElwLEMTb_DJMDbQlPTz_nCjxOW_CUcEikCf6-B4OEabhHmINOT3D7-Nm5AQ8a1kPtPWU0xFEtH7JJr-KsdRhTVDoub8jDd5FALxkd7eJVLI1WDbBSpXFRsCpS02cy0R0ceg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The undisciplined ardor of the Saxons is ironically mocked by the formed and trained Romans in the background.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxC3BMHc88hBO9F8FzsxwuKVCNVXbKiRBYNjgHMkLg-OvygU9PNm5XJpoPuN3eQJg-Sm1hKhbg9KgDvF0buHPmgEwOeGeDkI-4ziv_J78tunPkSkiETg7WJIM1O8MKZvo3CAri2fY6vJ_o9uVhgSMxF4UEk6IFHF52U3NN5JjMJAIbCfIvNrWqMBGw2w=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxC3BMHc88hBO9F8FzsxwuKVCNVXbKiRBYNjgHMkLg-OvygU9PNm5XJpoPuN3eQJg-Sm1hKhbg9KgDvF0buHPmgEwOeGeDkI-4ziv_J78tunPkSkiETg7WJIM1O8MKZvo3CAri2fY6vJ_o9uVhgSMxF4UEk6IFHF52U3NN5JjMJAIbCfIvNrWqMBGw2w=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Great shot of the swirling melee in town, horses and sheep are prized and blood is spilled over the taking of them.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgs1ofPtKZephRcxgtU5u1HCv4GGbuVUAIGEGCEN1b26Cbo6Mo_tpN4wITirs3rAsKItLJYRUAjcMTkrZ_QR1KXTZSXDYaTpRyh3IItQgMUIWQL2kiT_ZDnGi3sHZLnDne9_F6qI0xgETA0mbG12y-DyWY86O3HQwLx_tWeZS6KQFiMWGiKCunxpWxqg=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgs1ofPtKZephRcxgtU5u1HCv4GGbuVUAIGEGCEN1b26Cbo6Mo_tpN4wITirs3rAsKItLJYRUAjcMTkrZ_QR1KXTZSXDYaTpRyh3IItQgMUIWQL2kiT_ZDnGi3sHZLnDne9_F6qI0xgETA0mbG12y-DyWY86O3HQwLx_tWeZS6KQFiMWGiKCunxpWxqg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These guys quelled the only attempt by the Saxons to fire the church.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7KDoc691q3zIbcPP6SS4sdjA03ip8i2b96HUN1eXUFuHFAhn25ZhUS6Tia1_hUBoU3Xo1sfXOTPUx9z8qOKqr36dIivOIaFI4yWAjjcH062K53Or60vMqCmCYBKED1TFf6fJ19kHYlpcrfS8mIawoco3LPaSeLIodfrtYFTsINYrpEpo7LKTdcWYEIQ=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7KDoc691q3zIbcPP6SS4sdjA03ip8i2b96HUN1eXUFuHFAhn25ZhUS6Tia1_hUBoU3Xo1sfXOTPUx9z8qOKqr36dIivOIaFI4yWAjjcH062K53Or60vMqCmCYBKED1TFf6fJ19kHYlpcrfS8mIawoco3LPaSeLIodfrtYFTsINYrpEpo7LKTdcWYEIQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One beserker would rather single handedly attack the Roman shield wall rather than return home to his nagging wife. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0ROtDdpZTYKDdSVwmtBqJyc2RNsHIguDgGbo_dJPIxI1YE_dupuKt9IKruNqfqaJhpNuyqnX119OKELSuW2YwsyUMupRsQLu-EioeApSQ8v1bmcTXIYO28mbzCOyp6YzOe_qTdcEiz5HMBSk5vaJMJE9FTa4bWetgGoqt_vhKpPeJb0lI0FN9OrkQzg=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0ROtDdpZTYKDdSVwmtBqJyc2RNsHIguDgGbo_dJPIxI1YE_dupuKt9IKruNqfqaJhpNuyqnX119OKELSuW2YwsyUMupRsQLu-EioeApSQ8v1bmcTXIYO28mbzCOyp6YzOe_qTdcEiz5HMBSk5vaJMJE9FTa4bWetgGoqt_vhKpPeJb0lI0FN9OrkQzg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love this shot; prolly my fave.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5zkE5IFktt2iBCvRkqKGI_thB_FymJcYTKd0ueKC9v5AFvGX2u_aETUM5HndmeTB20xCSNNn-ZTYfq7-KgOhtuoo1fCdESJm_ciRTGSYyNqiV4HfUFSiBxVgnlpheftOtJh8V1HzTccA_XFkUnZig3VOPy4qsGo1vkiYy7snhU1liOhOg6gXg3CpBhw=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5zkE5IFktt2iBCvRkqKGI_thB_FymJcYTKd0ueKC9v5AFvGX2u_aETUM5HndmeTB20xCSNNn-ZTYfq7-KgOhtuoo1fCdESJm_ciRTGSYyNqiV4HfUFSiBxVgnlpheftOtJh8V1HzTccA_XFkUnZig3VOPy4qsGo1vkiYy7snhU1liOhOg6gXg3CpBhw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back to the ship!!!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvnhSmTAGUq_7fuZgB5yCiYPbmCxPkGVsFqdiHvc3Z5NePBU71G_NZvAD2quC2p-th07pFI6jQRU7wwxMGifigGq1yDPfHRqIogR7VW-M6PFf_pLjCtNDwRpQu87iBHDWYUSvqis5WeqNhXhu5_VzfrzrOtnzO9iOt7Jfh1O47nVWOoq37xo4opzGkpg=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvnhSmTAGUq_7fuZgB5yCiYPbmCxPkGVsFqdiHvc3Z5NePBU71G_NZvAD2quC2p-th07pFI6jQRU7wwxMGifigGq1yDPfHRqIogR7VW-M6PFf_pLjCtNDwRpQu87iBHDWYUSvqis5WeqNhXhu5_VzfrzrOtnzO9iOt7Jfh1O47nVWOoq37xo4opzGkpg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No! Get 'em!!!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiaEfsHzp-GGQbld8_N6wzVyavelINrHcQYPczrtL6R0KpXW5Lci3LguVK_K05V29EoGdGmMFOTLPlkKh5SfL149D1xy_TgetbMJv_9cqG5vE2jE7Zroog5LUbTsP_88YtpOx999oFCKw8WoMg9r7JdzLZ8TuPmR90-sCYQ9ApMJZxVHiehQG3DjxQAlg=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiaEfsHzp-GGQbld8_N6wzVyavelINrHcQYPczrtL6R0KpXW5Lci3LguVK_K05V29EoGdGmMFOTLPlkKh5SfL149D1xy_TgetbMJv_9cqG5vE2jE7Zroog5LUbTsP_88YtpOx999oFCKw8WoMg9r7JdzLZ8TuPmR90-sCYQ9ApMJZxVHiehQG3DjxQAlg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A good shot of the massive melees all around the board.. It was fun to watch it unfold.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDSbG2n-Oh2Gcqfa1QcZssOco3GK1lSfgQIFpJi9KvegV8M_UamWt4vfeLVUhgE_mKzSc_KMJp7PBM6KtiPM-V2um3a-F-DDaDEZJHvqpqKrwt_TNkMY-j9_dWLFvZRvh_E99Shf0oXEEvVwaamY3uX6AScrt2JUnsbgjXt533hNKmRVmnKjoXaIIt2w=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDSbG2n-Oh2Gcqfa1QcZssOco3GK1lSfgQIFpJi9KvegV8M_UamWt4vfeLVUhgE_mKzSc_KMJp7PBM6KtiPM-V2um3a-F-DDaDEZJHvqpqKrwt_TNkMY-j9_dWLFvZRvh_E99Shf0oXEEvVwaamY3uX6AScrt2JUnsbgjXt533hNKmRVmnKjoXaIIt2w=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Two shield walls clash.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVVqCGkbE4HRdNlVZqrvRT8cViVsjaKPBhiPt4_AJ7jWroRIFNbBoTr2C768_rd1hO9ldiNqB3MrLZmx-6mOm4p3K0Efl_UqZ3P6H0qhy7eg7sflgNcs-UQtlDSiWfLO0GZgIfh_noJJoSGFyROPwpDZoyKwbDaj01_gMNWSqSVntp_Ypgnj5vlNupRQ=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVVqCGkbE4HRdNlVZqrvRT8cViVsjaKPBhiPt4_AJ7jWroRIFNbBoTr2C768_rd1hO9ldiNqB3MrLZmx-6mOm4p3K0Efl_UqZ3P6H0qhy7eg7sflgNcs-UQtlDSiWfLO0GZgIfh_noJJoSGFyROPwpDZoyKwbDaj01_gMNWSqSVntp_Ypgnj5vlNupRQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The locals decide to form up in the paddock to protect the valuable horse.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpL_QcBKhQ8bBEl0q87m7OAOKcFNyULF8s8_EN8AZUoFocPC4nN834pTxK27hMTdEXKYU7iv6_bGBIPVnNNpFdj1GBLyPOiQteALvKHQHORTA3q6WG1yGM6AFbB8pA6c5-lCTOye3OimqX6NqSH7FkKnfWKH86r_VBCAYJ-upFiG3hYyg4jKr7eY9cDw=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpL_QcBKhQ8bBEl0q87m7OAOKcFNyULF8s8_EN8AZUoFocPC4nN834pTxK27hMTdEXKYU7iv6_bGBIPVnNNpFdj1GBLyPOiQteALvKHQHORTA3q6WG1yGM6AFbB8pA6c5-lCTOye3OimqX6NqSH7FkKnfWKH86r_VBCAYJ-upFiG3hYyg4jKr7eY9cDw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A view from the drone.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhl8Y8rMgSI9Usa_fRoCw7SzHewgEHeRZPb9oe93KCIN5ZPzFwO-p2iplHxgxH1H0Ju1EiYcbgMias9LKZ1XvYXl9tlP1EOIm9ZBXJT0cn6yhaUpTtSExqDq5Cp25i53a09s_l2X_mgJS0ZMUKoD7dUtQgbYITkUmwBfJAjl04kszmevYTdSP0n2kL7SA=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhl8Y8rMgSI9Usa_fRoCw7SzHewgEHeRZPb9oe93KCIN5ZPzFwO-p2iplHxgxH1H0Ju1EiYcbgMias9LKZ1XvYXl9tlP1EOIm9ZBXJT0cn6yhaUpTtSExqDq5Cp25i53a09s_l2X_mgJS0ZMUKoD7dUtQgbYITkUmwBfJAjl04kszmevYTdSP0n2kL7SA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now we know who owned the Sutton Hoo helmet.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1iCynNkcTrpj4uTm9Wr4lGYzbta5d1NG3wvAmKNTqmCS5WL8vearelEp_61wEg6Fjxv0KB8_sf8wcZQpPt43etvhDy2QIsSUfaBzFc9p_bD8Rx-WcmNrd1E1Zica6ID_dlPbCw-WPV80Y2tRxjQzUOFKoosN7c61qEBaWFdh8N4sZGEz0e_7LUfH6TQ=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1iCynNkcTrpj4uTm9Wr4lGYzbta5d1NG3wvAmKNTqmCS5WL8vearelEp_61wEg6Fjxv0KB8_sf8wcZQpPt43etvhDy2QIsSUfaBzFc9p_bD8Rx-WcmNrd1E1Zica6ID_dlPbCw-WPV80Y2tRxjQzUOFKoosN7c61qEBaWFdh8N4sZGEz0e_7LUfH6TQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">15 guys for each player in their war-band. each had a slightly different make-up. Some more shooty, some more blades... You get the picture.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBOWK5mmJ2phm_IRHNoZvghWppIVuBMFkTJC6VKR4dEp8QO3gGKMTn1Y6bUD1kz-msth-FJFOoHmEcmVKbbJWNpfqIEKn7sn9vG5xd-88HpdwzmHh8TjtJ6GC2WFLk18ufBXyd51UsMo56Oskdr4-41qw47Z6rM3TfLEBCTEneaSNbW7RzeBp3Qk9H0A=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBOWK5mmJ2phm_IRHNoZvghWppIVuBMFkTJC6VKR4dEp8QO3gGKMTn1Y6bUD1kz-msth-FJFOoHmEcmVKbbJWNpfqIEKn7sn9vG5xd-88HpdwzmHh8TjtJ6GC2WFLk18ufBXyd51UsMo56Oskdr4-41qw47Z6rM3TfLEBCTEneaSNbW7RzeBp3Qk9H0A=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's all fun until someone draws a heart from the deck and puts an arrow in your ass.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxjUiPr55ztpUaFTB_kl0hqYluPIOJKvwaXKVoNQ8AZKFsTaKAFMptGrF9bm7PglrdEE5RNu7paxEYHoqM_8vrK-bC8k6cP4RK3y_gElxH9hQnB85l1uQd-8TK7d4reDuuq-MxirV1V1GfMVizlLRpB74TjMV3A-rz9h-AeVynqstSafrc2CTfGGUN4A=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxjUiPr55ztpUaFTB_kl0hqYluPIOJKvwaXKVoNQ8AZKFsTaKAFMptGrF9bm7PglrdEE5RNu7paxEYHoqM_8vrK-bC8k6cP4RK3y_gElxH9hQnB85l1uQd-8TK7d4reDuuq-MxirV1V1GfMVizlLRpB74TjMV3A-rz9h-AeVynqstSafrc2CTfGGUN4A=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The church is safe.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOdfSFgsD8BGJme7T-evrRoNvbVsiDxD2Fn3MhL4Tw-1VueYFNrG44o89NZuXpaNMTcV6lOySb1n-6RVZ2qbf8rvV0tRL-L6AboY0kuMc9V-TGZ-sc5503qrWy6njWvUBztdv55xPA0I6UiZU8QwMUvjwz24XzS3RCwtIfFPbrAg4GZtaEPvzkyaiblg=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The locals decide to engage while the Saxons were taunting them.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAsxzOOOXzjWaDBEWcHfkR9gcgjJtJHli1TVi4qtAzgqV8WoxzQR57gqcxji5w90828wp95NXJIt6yRr0OIX3hH1pBfjoSoO-mrFBuyfiMRff9hM3nvhuPlFXJ-lsGabY-YvbDQmLXO1IW6TVK5daS8JiQTKABhJXAZYo6UDO-J3hh0sxAaQI-xPWV5Q=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAsxzOOOXzjWaDBEWcHfkR9gcgjJtJHli1TVi4qtAzgqV8WoxzQR57gqcxji5w90828wp95NXJIt6yRr0OIX3hH1pBfjoSoO-mrFBuyfiMRff9hM3nvhuPlFXJ-lsGabY-YvbDQmLXO1IW6TVK5daS8JiQTKABhJXAZYo6UDO-J3hh0sxAaQI-xPWV5Q=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Unfortunately, both sides were fighting with fungo bats and neither side could cause a wound.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwZUWxQcMqQqVyBcopDTqIrkXdI3LvCan1He-gBmnncs0Bg09r8uxPf8r7He1c29GvaKn5U2BNDtHjzkJm6ZEjGKYl4WevFJIpY8dDfxstFOVotUPcJEjL-E26ZbKG431SaOlapv2FBaSQ0ia44J7W0dByq28x73Z-1dzwVyh3IQyo2BtfVdodN-TMfw=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwZUWxQcMqQqVyBcopDTqIrkXdI3LvCan1He-gBmnncs0Bg09r8uxPf8r7He1c29GvaKn5U2BNDtHjzkJm6ZEjGKYl4WevFJIpY8dDfxstFOVotUPcJEjL-E26ZbKG431SaOlapv2FBaSQ0ia44J7W0dByq28x73Z-1dzwVyh3IQyo2BtfVdodN-TMfw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Random shot of some of the local action.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All in all, I think we all had a pretty good time. The score ended up very close but no one was really too concerned. It was a good looking game and we enjoyed ourselves. Pig Wars is a great convention style game: it's fast, easy and, most importantly, fun!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The End.</div> <p></p>Nia Parillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657135170765665100noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586848770740207813.post-23283409565310498042022-01-31T10:44:00.009-05:002022-01-31T10:52:58.560-05:00Kulm 1813, sort of.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Met with friends and family over MLK Jr. weekend for our 7th annual King Con gaming 'convention'. This year we had participants from 4 states, including as far away as Kansas and New York. (The event was in NE Ohio.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We played a total of 12 games by my count, many board games and several larger mini games, which will be featured here. The first was Kulm, 1813. Or sort of. I sold my Austrians years ago (I substituted Saxons in their stead), and had to use what troops I had to sort out the rest the best I could. I just felt it was an interesting situation that was good to game. No one seemed to mind that the buttons and turnbacks may have been incorrect than the actual historical participants. I suggest you do the same. Hah!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I apologize in advance for the quality of some of the pictures. I usually take better pictures but screwed the pooch on many of these.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXPvZjE9tAnDPDd_yWtsh7IOgziOMUy9zLuCpCDig29BF2Ll1QFPP7AeKurVC-0clVEhioQidDOA6rF6ccaP0NTn6bea7oSz3t2sOBK8wYB7qCE8VDkQjRyln_g1YdGTem7tYgB3maaya3vUPJwQveL_nOV5kqPHvbTDzD9a0OK3i_pSOLJUv8SgYOOQ=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXPvZjE9tAnDPDd_yWtsh7IOgziOMUy9zLuCpCDig29BF2Ll1QFPP7AeKurVC-0clVEhioQidDOA6rF6ccaP0NTn6bea7oSz3t2sOBK8wYB7qCE8VDkQjRyln_g1YdGTem7tYgB3maaya3vUPJwQveL_nOV5kqPHvbTDzD9a0OK3i_pSOLJUv8SgYOOQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The gang. Three of my brothers attended! Somewhere, my mother smiled as we are finally at the age where hardly anybody cried when we lost and no one punched each other. 😊</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpQdMEm79-pdwy2WGTcsae7BidcAXzqxhUw2c7Ntw4H-7Pyd2C9pTIrhgw73pX-UzbiIx8lwtygTmQtjx9t6-0abWqq9MSkbs3LVxG_x03Zxr5LdnNPJ1fsDRP4LjlO0_TuaHwi1Kmlk80nFAx3sBnypUfpvasKBhh6gI5p_D7aHApUovOeEqmr7i0bw=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpQdMEm79-pdwy2WGTcsae7BidcAXzqxhUw2c7Ntw4H-7Pyd2C9pTIrhgw73pX-UzbiIx8lwtygTmQtjx9t6-0abWqq9MSkbs3LVxG_x03Zxr5LdnNPJ1fsDRP4LjlO0_TuaHwi1Kmlk80nFAx3sBnypUfpvasKBhh6gI5p_D7aHApUovOeEqmr7i0bw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A view of the whole table from behind the French lines. We used Age of Eagles rules, in my opinion a great adaption of the F&F rules for Napoleonics. I am such a geek, I even had my copy of the rules signed by the author several years back at a convention.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGFoJQUTPLGOGkXqCOmdPFeKq9rHrM7J-kLKYPfWhzVsteMtg4E4jtsJka6FVueXUiHzVMWvw5aknVXR8mfT72hXh0j4TXsT4dVdoLCIRIqTrHhwAL9ZoOTj4prnp1hmYu3qZ_7kwqFxUM4FQLSzJmFbkQYl2cZf-dpmq1srV110cdVoJUeb3CG2v7Xw=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGFoJQUTPLGOGkXqCOmdPFeKq9rHrM7J-kLKYPfWhzVsteMtg4E4jtsJka6FVueXUiHzVMWvw5aknVXR8mfT72hXh0j4TXsT4dVdoLCIRIqTrHhwAL9ZoOTj4prnp1hmYu3qZ_7kwqFxUM4FQLSzJmFbkQYl2cZf-dpmq1srV110cdVoJUeb3CG2v7Xw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The same from behind the Allies' lines.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxC5L9n4eWxN0ZpXTBoznTi9lMUAQ0TysGkV3sYQgqg2MjODW8pwNXrsrakmgYt4W1J8mZO2KhSBGW_DpGf9z14PYv2eBPpTMkMI-1JuNuK6IdPqNFeHWTWxzcPpmXGXILnjFJFGPtw-oAo5AVe2nsoklQlPZnRfcgD3t974VM2RZaJlweTu67gKsGeg=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxC5L9n4eWxN0ZpXTBoznTi9lMUAQ0TysGkV3sYQgqg2MjODW8pwNXrsrakmgYt4W1J8mZO2KhSBGW_DpGf9z14PYv2eBPpTMkMI-1JuNuK6IdPqNFeHWTWxzcPpmXGXILnjFJFGPtw-oAo5AVe2nsoklQlPZnRfcgD3t974VM2RZaJlweTu67gKsGeg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Note the Russian Grenadiers in the wood in the bottom center. That wood would become the site of a real back and forth.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0xd6jZcDxe9sgIfe946UQ-so3kflPuuP5tnj0ab3sal5ky3tMaTkXVcPR9U0sMPdl9AZ0VBxiF8Z6sOwoVLHxHdATAmNbzZtKpX6z7hFjVNibvpTd2OWZbIDas1qHhslUXXfVyq95xHC8dY1-maJ4_oXo0nahrkJstDRWxImD4UBe4IGeb-vAN_ezeg=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0xd6jZcDxe9sgIfe946UQ-so3kflPuuP5tnj0ab3sal5ky3tMaTkXVcPR9U0sMPdl9AZ0VBxiF8Z6sOwoVLHxHdATAmNbzZtKpX6z7hFjVNibvpTd2OWZbIDas1qHhslUXXfVyq95xHC8dY1-maJ4_oXo0nahrkJstDRWxImD4UBe4IGeb-vAN_ezeg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">French Dragoons screen the advancing Polish infantry.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgwEfmSPSQOvhHxkKBK9yHMog_0InD-UcLsdYwHM3YQpdNp81Sf0NfBjPO3FLqGfdycypDmOpf5N5zRBYFteENbNlhOhW6YoltXYPNN6-YbCF_OqqE0Q9iaIhBeOiDSJU31yzR7rXZeao1echCBuNHuwdu2LiyB4jp6oGYRnu8bSjWqIijxA77XESxfw=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgwEfmSPSQOvhHxkKBK9yHMog_0InD-UcLsdYwHM3YQpdNp81Sf0NfBjPO3FLqGfdycypDmOpf5N5zRBYFteENbNlhOhW6YoltXYPNN6-YbCF_OqqE0Q9iaIhBeOiDSJU31yzR7rXZeao1echCBuNHuwdu2LiyB4jp6oGYRnu8bSjWqIijxA77XESxfw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Russian Cossacks and heavy Currassier in reserve behind the stream.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3hC9Hmx76V4tS1bESG1DI1LCTq0cJUX5M5n4GPPix1bXdrvqUXtBImJvDyFNsKntFH3-lZOXZP54gGZcJefM3gpZOkVIIG37itzSEgbo5XakYYfM7i6yDNaDrTUOYST6nXqCanuU0fQ4m_mq9WgC21ThjncykGRK38vcxNUBi9_xrjZREs4REi6FSdA=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3hC9Hmx76V4tS1bESG1DI1LCTq0cJUX5M5n4GPPix1bXdrvqUXtBImJvDyFNsKntFH3-lZOXZP54gGZcJefM3gpZOkVIIG37itzSEgbo5XakYYfM7i6yDNaDrTUOYST6nXqCanuU0fQ4m_mq9WgC21ThjncykGRK38vcxNUBi9_xrjZREs4REi6FSdA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Allies refuse their right flank in an effort to protect the road where the rest of the Allied armies are retreating. The French would earn extra VP for capturing the exit.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkYj_H7bVSYI6olY7MTKkHggSwcVhumGfCym8ab8JXWGjxlpAGyP-eihlNww_t0ZS1LzUTctOcISFFeOaaEfbw0vb9FC968TUGgvSonlhI88zcpzFH57hf-N_VERKQeYheg4qlkCSIDbdJ22Wf_IkaDz6WoY4IeHEiEID2SSoJugHBv0Q-paU-gbWlog=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkYj_H7bVSYI6olY7MTKkHggSwcVhumGfCym8ab8JXWGjxlpAGyP-eihlNww_t0ZS1LzUTctOcISFFeOaaEfbw0vb9FC968TUGgvSonlhI88zcpzFH57hf-N_VERKQeYheg4qlkCSIDbdJ22Wf_IkaDz6WoY4IeHEiEID2SSoJugHBv0Q-paU-gbWlog=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Polish lancers lead the way.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjaPOH_cwCgMxRR6e847zp3A7xowXYGuii90ZHg0GbJEcjEfZZNIB-X1KItBzRUIFuRCc6q26H95rPkJHa0Xz2_bmHgVDz6BV32XENU0UUiPh9lhLAt8O54G7HYnjFxThdR8k5ZnXFoSA8_jXgWzyKqeO2098y0uzUe8Ecu6vnNuroB5995FoMWLFoWg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The attack by the French right against those Grenadiers begins.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPMbPxv2_AYUe102yOkWN_a4OCJzDGHC5_MHNo4qA_oWgTrlg8odzsOCygCJOdoC30gFpXVeyXr0rRtyvjIkzDHtDLop52d6-7h5ds2b3Ug0_5IDSXsIpMRJoaAlGmm-cWMlU4TyGLk3AEdNsDwkfPgOC_4lgVl5FBqYdZTMLa4Ldto_uEDyq0w-YzTQ=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPMbPxv2_AYUe102yOkWN_a4OCJzDGHC5_MHNo4qA_oWgTrlg8odzsOCygCJOdoC30gFpXVeyXr0rRtyvjIkzDHtDLop52d6-7h5ds2b3Ug0_5IDSXsIpMRJoaAlGmm-cWMlU4TyGLk3AEdNsDwkfPgOC_4lgVl5FBqYdZTMLa4Ldto_uEDyq0w-YzTQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A view down the French lines as more and more troops get stuck in.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkcpfhY6Pcd0nBcMNcTKV8Wnpkb6kCM3G2xUneHxcc7DIl3lGwXtDLdqHxz9WQyBCeXHJiFHaN5sN2wVpfbm7fEHwFThhfhEcyF4ZPJ0r9b4Nb4Z9PliNTfKmM0irCNEZidnyQlLiJfOI5MSO3WjETbp2XiMCbpIb6_jQNnrLl2b3rL1jGTWdzRz0R-A=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkcpfhY6Pcd0nBcMNcTKV8Wnpkb6kCM3G2xUneHxcc7DIl3lGwXtDLdqHxz9WQyBCeXHJiFHaN5sN2wVpfbm7fEHwFThhfhEcyF4ZPJ0r9b4Nb4Z9PliNTfKmM0irCNEZidnyQlLiJfOI5MSO3WjETbp2XiMCbpIb6_jQNnrLl2b3rL1jGTWdzRz0R-A=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cavalry charge in the center!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6A8MV2UWKCTAKSPv1cdEIFN209eGDKpG6NVT9-_uizT_mWITBNrGFQIhrm8nejaoPT1tEUt9itbYD2ViKCrjXmlmmGMndVcmfz8q-kqeWygOfsf2zfgmZwLgzAKef9BwlL_kG9Xd4pJeMV-4mCJTGN6Nq8-NShw_1uZHsvOuEe3171hk3fQjZD-GK0w=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6A8MV2UWKCTAKSPv1cdEIFN209eGDKpG6NVT9-_uizT_mWITBNrGFQIhrm8nejaoPT1tEUt9itbYD2ViKCrjXmlmmGMndVcmfz8q-kqeWygOfsf2zfgmZwLgzAKef9BwlL_kG9Xd4pJeMV-4mCJTGN6Nq8-NShw_1uZHsvOuEe3171hk3fQjZD-GK0w=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Allied left flank, trying to hold behind the stream and make the French pay for every yard. Sorry, I mean 'meter'.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEho8aMLR0oK-AYqTNEEwvGzdjactrFW_yMb29E52jjznXyRHn4QDOewU-mjI1Gbv2PSmmdgwqx1jZcM0s80_P5vymEMYfUOgdloB2yv1t9ta-SuykNq6KSc1R6URzhjhUXEwN2nlpocwX-sSlo4-EeClsmyY3NW2jxee63Yiyt-ImZS6pg_vhcxfviZiA=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEho8aMLR0oK-AYqTNEEwvGzdjactrFW_yMb29E52jjznXyRHn4QDOewU-mjI1Gbv2PSmmdgwqx1jZcM0s80_P5vymEMYfUOgdloB2yv1t9ta-SuykNq6KSc1R6URzhjhUXEwN2nlpocwX-sSlo4-EeClsmyY3NW2jxee63Yiyt-ImZS6pg_vhcxfviZiA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As the battle rages on, evening sunlight falls on the Russian Hussars.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVlOdIYmv8S9I0lLUVY65rm8Es61GkC7VFOT40zqcJaZZ1E-rhhcITCZMGPEwbUy76UQH8JxMaiWBCMPNWzN-W7lT-yMlA2FDvb_2Js-944MbQ6dB9VPvVBJ3LJ_SRwi-g_fakYyZh39jCivcogK6Wg9GaWVCzKP494nBZ6I8tNAlKYBGXl2CY0s6Ong=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVlOdIYmv8S9I0lLUVY65rm8Es61GkC7VFOT40zqcJaZZ1E-rhhcITCZMGPEwbUy76UQH8JxMaiWBCMPNWzN-W7lT-yMlA2FDvb_2Js-944MbQ6dB9VPvVBJ3LJ_SRwi-g_fakYyZh39jCivcogK6Wg9GaWVCzKP494nBZ6I8tNAlKYBGXl2CY0s6Ong=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Hussars charge in the center. The Russians form square and repulse them!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvd_zU4PCtmJONRpqlNx0Bp3CTCOLmPlo-BLp-OytCex6e9kPiB3EryUUyKwyBSmmdyJfTBChWpW5LFa5UNBeyoNz4cErmO7K1su6IxNR347QEIOLhOOjdN9WerAcv_gAb91IyU9u--yJjegLVoAnP0BV287650cuzq_4OecPuFgI8zJ_qG_TFnMHP1g=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvd_zU4PCtmJONRpqlNx0Bp3CTCOLmPlo-BLp-OytCex6e9kPiB3EryUUyKwyBSmmdyJfTBChWpW5LFa5UNBeyoNz4cErmO7K1su6IxNR347QEIOLhOOjdN9WerAcv_gAb91IyU9u--yJjegLVoAnP0BV287650cuzq_4OecPuFgI8zJ_qG_TFnMHP1g=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the 'not really there' category, French Guard Grenadiers advance. They are aiming at seeing the Russian cavalry off.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8pej-M_Ui6DYexVyMsN4D-Cv3yZrG6a_rCAUFckLHsCMv7sk8oHgOKmFIuFeysMSn6SxXlmFYEnEizi03J002oAmIzLv-cDx3aat-KiMflwsa5rg6v5g1RhzAjQgrzFtDngINNi3AbALerln6Z_iYMDaIWiUxI_jxwCYdluYmDTNbpkox8dKHb0kKDw=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8pej-M_Ui6DYexVyMsN4D-Cv3yZrG6a_rCAUFckLHsCMv7sk8oHgOKmFIuFeysMSn6SxXlmFYEnEizi03J002oAmIzLv-cDx3aat-KiMflwsa5rg6v5g1RhzAjQgrzFtDngINNi3AbALerln6Z_iYMDaIWiUxI_jxwCYdluYmDTNbpkox8dKHb0kKDw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Prussians appear on the French left flank. (My command) They immediately fail their orders rolls and sit there like little lumps of white metal.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiB6TLSGUXyeSXnlXZRE9vYVx5h7ZVHb9wFQjgzvVaBWjj21eVOe9Atrhu356UTc904KbpPRmipLPzzTqtrDeD5TSQCn81IdnEsRTskoGqYaq2ekdWnSEWgug5x1sWDaoZs4C7c1oRyc5vCMF2eL7qKeFMZhoJGD6UwDK4kdFlATHymmu0d3jH6XCpspg=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiB6TLSGUXyeSXnlXZRE9vYVx5h7ZVHb9wFQjgzvVaBWjj21eVOe9Atrhu356UTc904KbpPRmipLPzzTqtrDeD5TSQCn81IdnEsRTskoGqYaq2ekdWnSEWgug5x1sWDaoZs4C7c1oRyc5vCMF2eL7qKeFMZhoJGD6UwDK4kdFlATHymmu0d3jH6XCpspg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The French CinC is in the thick of it as they continue to grind forward.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYEMwxAOSibq_qsmV8faSo3Yafo-KDA8if7LfS9OdHI6dGIlGVDwLE508-E1WpYxRXHPKDiUIjtew1oHEN3CmcKYtcgkMQzhxqpx3eJonCPW_3ifDM70uk90aGoVwlEp3KO26TEWUKVXDLGzpX5z1cGBMwuxg2cGTKXZQYKtsqYdYnRl3To-fBkB04PA=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYEMwxAOSibq_qsmV8faSo3Yafo-KDA8if7LfS9OdHI6dGIlGVDwLE508-E1WpYxRXHPKDiUIjtew1oHEN3CmcKYtcgkMQzhxqpx3eJonCPW_3ifDM70uk90aGoVwlEp3KO26TEWUKVXDLGzpX5z1cGBMwuxg2cGTKXZQYKtsqYdYnRl3To-fBkB04PA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From behind the French lines, you can see they have pushed all the way through the wood and begin to threaten the Allied flank.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhMfeFSuLlT1HtHBxyoSJHv7_0KRRbRxkAXXDJ2wlSYFdkoPUZ_7f5O-bFRSub7o8Ui85gWZzz0Rf5xy2rhO6TYYxHV8Tj626lfLikilP4ptm_k7h1V5sJzw5yBtPRRUkZkTswBcdFdTBuZ6-2mCTRFea3XTuoei4WkKEtai_TQe2J-Z085IL7UJfRuHQ=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhMfeFSuLlT1HtHBxyoSJHv7_0KRRbRxkAXXDJ2wlSYFdkoPUZ_7f5O-bFRSub7o8Ui85gWZzz0Rf5xy2rhO6TYYxHV8Tj626lfLikilP4ptm_k7h1V5sJzw5yBtPRRUkZkTswBcdFdTBuZ6-2mCTRFea3XTuoei4WkKEtai_TQe2J-Z085IL7UJfRuHQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Artillery supports the French advance. The Russian Grand Battery in the center was a huge deciding factor in French dispositions and movement throughout almost the entire game. That is, until French counter battery fire damaged some of the Russian guns. This allowed for the major French push in the center.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At this point we called it, and though the Allies had a sizable victory, one or more turns would have seen a major swing as the French were poised to exploit all the damage they had done. But we were hungry and had dinner reservations! It was much closer than the final score indicated.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was a good game, I think. Everyone seemed to have a good time. My fear of it just being a smashmouth slog was mitigated by the fact that we were all together and just playing games like we used to 40 years ago.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was a good day.</div><br /> <p></p>Nia Parillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657135170765665100noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586848770740207813.post-47431396327795802792021-11-03T17:23:00.000-04:002021-11-03T17:23:15.180-04:00Burrows and Badgers<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have, in the past year, discovered the awesome Burrows and Badgers from Osprey Games. The game is a combination of Mordheim and Frostgrave and features anthropomorphic woodland creatures with absolutely awesome miniatures from Oathsworn miniatures. The sculpts are dynamic and crisp and feature a range of critters, large and small, to paint and use in your warband. As this is not a rules review, I will not delve too deeply into the rules; this post is mostly to showcase the great miniatures. If you want more information on the game, go here:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">https://burrowsandbadgers.com/</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I haven't had this much fun painting miniatures in quite a while. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBBxxUWNhbWAx_RtNasmoNrr2K6uQjgg93GRn1ky_CdsnmcM9YAzEL3wTFdW8NRxNHE7AHmI5_rMO2XTXfJTeuzIrSdROoobrjCuT3eBQO2RF9xnt8YcVFSlSSkRINIy3C_X06aBrtXKxK/s2048/DSCF1252.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBBxxUWNhbWAx_RtNasmoNrr2K6uQjgg93GRn1ky_CdsnmcM9YAzEL3wTFdW8NRxNHE7AHmI5_rMO2XTXfJTeuzIrSdROoobrjCuT3eBQO2RF9xnt8YcVFSlSSkRINIy3C_X06aBrtXKxK/s320/DSCF1252.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The smallest I have for the game: a pissed off mouse with a sword. The smaller the critter, the less damage they do, but there is always the chance of critical hit by anyone on the board. At first I wasn't crazy about that particular game mechanic but I have grown to realize it showcases the idea that anything can happen in a fight. make one error and...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYvwUfmmi2qBX-EXT-5S5iewFymJwR8LKxJIarrZLFHt_R5YhCGXTcXFwCEGBxbhYugwwO6OHBd4kyXg5KuUZE4Vpep_3LL6uSY83XNRgHA_sHeFftogb8iZuE89fk9eeMYhYZ5hYNFVae/s2048/DSCF1253.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYvwUfmmi2qBX-EXT-5S5iewFymJwR8LKxJIarrZLFHt_R5YhCGXTcXFwCEGBxbhYugwwO6OHBd4kyXg5KuUZE4Vpep_3LL6uSY83XNRgHA_sHeFftogb8iZuE89fk9eeMYhYZ5hYNFVae/s320/DSCF1253.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not too many chances to use pink when painting vikings or US airborne.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiQuAWHJqow36KnIIMEwAANW5qjsqzfhq59chpEYpojvXN8w9kxiPNtlxqKxtiwgg92rWJzsYB9n8SrsXtSuSPkfxsQYKA2t0ojSOqORQNtvdv38Nx_-E73tVb7aiNGkxBz7aW-7JvAIg9/s2048/DSCF1254.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiQuAWHJqow36KnIIMEwAANW5qjsqzfhq59chpEYpojvXN8w9kxiPNtlxqKxtiwgg92rWJzsYB9n8SrsXtSuSPkfxsQYKA2t0ojSOqORQNtvdv38Nx_-E73tVb7aiNGkxBz7aW-7JvAIg9/s320/DSCF1254.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mouse again. Sort of a ranger pose.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIPhaCp2Stv91t0XuCcgft8FsK58Cz5ClSeIlMYJt79GtcNfOL5PXIW67ZYtfZjZsYs_qkWp5DIRQK0HIZS2QI1urKq1dFp3LSb00bsuH8hY589BqJlL2PJ0d_V-3sCfnq0AJ3udnkhRv4/s2048/DSCF1255.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIPhaCp2Stv91t0XuCcgft8FsK58Cz5ClSeIlMYJt79GtcNfOL5PXIW67ZYtfZjZsYs_qkWp5DIRQK0HIZS2QI1urKq1dFp3LSb00bsuH8hY589BqJlL2PJ0d_V-3sCfnq0AJ3udnkhRv4/s320/DSCF1255.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I like him.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ty3nZ11cDXGfCHiGmt9tEUNFkI1N6H6jgkHarcIHMBmETV9imm40NEO7y_RXh-0SHvj9QIwaLC25k-_ppuJOvAVanZcVrCeKeKu7P5_ifBMe7FawiOf6rKatH8yR9KrapPJhnTyHt2IS/s2048/DSCF1257.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ty3nZ11cDXGfCHiGmt9tEUNFkI1N6H6jgkHarcIHMBmETV9imm40NEO7y_RXh-0SHvj9QIwaLC25k-_ppuJOvAVanZcVrCeKeKu7P5_ifBMe7FawiOf6rKatH8yR9KrapPJhnTyHt2IS/s320/DSCF1257.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mice with bows? OK, I'll buy that.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim2zxLoM4RVXL79HG28AnLSFDaSYzBbWnCfuk_jEiBdnhcPYp4peAbn6vjHTs0Y9lKRn8hfGQL4RFrUNFc8GFJXJDbYKvcaml_vUnXxTi2zDHxdxYimKhSKhDNsouhrrYc7XOu2GmQpgKF/s2048/DSCF1258.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim2zxLoM4RVXL79HG28AnLSFDaSYzBbWnCfuk_jEiBdnhcPYp4peAbn6vjHTs0Y9lKRn8hfGQL4RFrUNFc8GFJXJDbYKvcaml_vUnXxTi2zDHxdxYimKhSKhDNsouhrrYc7XOu2GmQpgKF/s320/DSCF1258.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Great pose.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXwnxpEyM6xnRSoZSLx_2sLb4oTQD2iynncaxArMep7bIbXpBl8bNlWlBD4mRjmeDMu47u70anbkSpUHie9ZBznkZ_3C-Edei0IWQ_YkLNkKuaVRFMe-MZt4Xtyf7aVG__AGSI9TBNN3p-/s2048/DSCF1259.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXwnxpEyM6xnRSoZSLx_2sLb4oTQD2iynncaxArMep7bIbXpBl8bNlWlBD4mRjmeDMu47u70anbkSpUHie9ZBznkZ_3C-Edei0IWQ_YkLNkKuaVRFMe-MZt4Xtyf7aVG__AGSI9TBNN3p-/s320/DSCF1259.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A surly squirrel. It's good for the little guys to have ranged weapons. They can get squished in hand to hand.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ7wpSZob_8bFB0NuJjIlNA2FCJed4BXbKRKrjieL38jMgbsOZvG0IG8uVIY1fnMOGuDQXFMbxVZH8g6iod2nQTk32Zx8xSEjZJsN6QflnKIv50wjZg4gJWQguV8SwVTYBF3zgV0v3aPsm/s2048/DSCF1260.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ7wpSZob_8bFB0NuJjIlNA2FCJed4BXbKRKrjieL38jMgbsOZvG0IG8uVIY1fnMOGuDQXFMbxVZH8g6iod2nQTk32Zx8xSEjZJsN6QflnKIv50wjZg4gJWQguV8SwVTYBF3zgV0v3aPsm/s320/DSCF1260.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Little feller.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMVy0B6T-6KWNLpF0eEY7t8k5qDyeJWgrTJ7qzLWpqP-oj1a0sRWWduXh0Jb9_1ezW6GulXnfJWdqzbDbDCP6CdSCDO-3eWX-KHhKUgSO9ngBbrxU2qV87Si3qCgamXl33g2bC6KGqbrXW/s2048/DSCF1262.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMVy0B6T-6KWNLpF0eEY7t8k5qDyeJWgrTJ7qzLWpqP-oj1a0sRWWduXh0Jb9_1ezW6GulXnfJWdqzbDbDCP6CdSCDO-3eWX-KHhKUgSO9ngBbrxU2qV87Si3qCgamXl33g2bC6KGqbrXW/s320/DSCF1262.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next size up. A rat. I wish the focus was better on this shot but there is next to no light in our house.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinIYoSAWfwBL5NmMMfLU86NfqxzHNqBGgbDrjyx69VGpNoJiil76CRNtZ0V2dakaQZfGZpYj7KuJHGmR6KxmS99dGwaZEvDFIiWOhjeeXuHnLu8MJJGEKTazXxC5eb7jR6jMzalNMeJtAY/s2048/DSCF1263.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinIYoSAWfwBL5NmMMfLU86NfqxzHNqBGgbDrjyx69VGpNoJiil76CRNtZ0V2dakaQZfGZpYj7KuJHGmR6KxmS99dGwaZEvDFIiWOhjeeXuHnLu8MJJGEKTazXxC5eb7jR6jMzalNMeJtAY/s320/DSCF1263.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What kind of fur would a rat wear? See 'squirrel' above.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisso9RtSZLSa3WRDHmjoxH0tGfD4K_QMNnFGcDAOInbYaW82eKPqjUB95EWV-ujFgtnmf4oTBGrxJ_LLvl7wI4j3dq2KMMFBWB42scKAj3TJciI3_S1WhejgBsKblNi_GW-jFWWwDrmazo/s2048/DSCF1264.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisso9RtSZLSa3WRDHmjoxH0tGfD4K_QMNnFGcDAOInbYaW82eKPqjUB95EWV-ujFgtnmf4oTBGrxJ_LLvl7wI4j3dq2KMMFBWB42scKAj3TJciI3_S1WhejgBsKblNi_GW-jFWWwDrmazo/s320/DSCF1264.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stand and deliver! Adam Ant would be proud.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUs4kQ_ZO51Pr_5-IVTRGyUumoEf_Uykxl1q8DzrFjIaf3O9ErPZR0cSE36blLn22fz_18EA5kYyjMpvOOeNf7ueyAb7MRhEGgUPnLQUMyeP8kLcQkaXWGeEyOastL_Me0T4OZQr7KulIO/s2048/DSCF1265.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUs4kQ_ZO51Pr_5-IVTRGyUumoEf_Uykxl1q8DzrFjIaf3O9ErPZR0cSE36blLn22fz_18EA5kYyjMpvOOeNf7ueyAb7MRhEGgUPnLQUMyeP8kLcQkaXWGeEyOastL_Me0T4OZQr7KulIO/s320/DSCF1265.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Since were pretending these critters have lives like humans, I wanted this guy to look like an ex-soldier, a deserter maybe? He is a weasel after all.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjapcRh2nxZTHOT3cUKBGR7iTBJR5IWAqJAdTKVndm0ihrzvg6hoGGC9BjlnZOy8YeeBKZEl7zjga5_o6ISueIHSeRtD-lX7dvsynRoww4xbqxiyoxuFLRnhyA02qMFsEBUHMgsZsLU-37Q/s2048/DSCF1266.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjapcRh2nxZTHOT3cUKBGR7iTBJR5IWAqJAdTKVndm0ihrzvg6hoGGC9BjlnZOy8YeeBKZEl7zjga5_o6ISueIHSeRtD-lX7dvsynRoww4xbqxiyoxuFLRnhyA02qMFsEBUHMgsZsLU-37Q/s320/DSCF1266.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another rat. I tried to paint the end of his looking glass like a big eye like in the cartoons, but it looked like shit.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVS-XqnkY4NPNE8WsBqk7ifLv-Ur__Jd-zFZ-JPfdnJCRBajrwv59dKAt9aTZmX8Lh2zpcvShX067dGclWDAmJkD2MTP1w-k-_9DjAD8h0CRps-DJXgiF0DoyLL7sQAuCZnkPaRnyoG8cY/s2048/DSCF1267.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVS-XqnkY4NPNE8WsBqk7ifLv-Ur__Jd-zFZ-JPfdnJCRBajrwv59dKAt9aTZmX8Lh2zpcvShX067dGclWDAmJkD2MTP1w-k-_9DjAD8h0CRps-DJXgiF0DoyLL7sQAuCZnkPaRnyoG8cY/s320/DSCF1267.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Guns are finicky, rules wise, but, oh do they pack a wallop when they work.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYbToOA5E4OOESzF2wmsHrjzmoa9e3B9QFBw1LgOEC4dz-fD7lyJ_D8P1_ucRws2crIOmKnoX_7wYWlqZHcYUEcoUNoT-4rjxjckgvgRA08Wh48xyaUQAyktpIB9Wi3NyFg8KZddsjAtyy/s2048/DSCF1268.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYbToOA5E4OOESzF2wmsHrjzmoa9e3B9QFBw1LgOEC4dz-fD7lyJ_D8P1_ucRws2crIOmKnoX_7wYWlqZHcYUEcoUNoT-4rjxjckgvgRA08Wh48xyaUQAyktpIB9Wi3NyFg8KZddsjAtyy/s320/DSCF1268.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A red fox highwayman. I agonized over what colors to use for his jacket and finally decided on what you see here. Then I noticed the one in the rule book is almost identical. Must have been some subconscious thought but I'm not smart enough to figure that out.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU2xKtzdxjZRj1K3a1TeT4Y-4pOEkvky8gKodkjAyscKb6VIcJAc3x_A7HVZD5H3rQBxE2fXEEiMKaPZ8DmtmEbbpHB_HP1vvF8RhrfciqHOZYIR5MdNGGatpTJd5NlHwyTELuI5hKr7pZ/s2048/DSCF1269.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU2xKtzdxjZRj1K3a1TeT4Y-4pOEkvky8gKodkjAyscKb6VIcJAc3x_A7HVZD5H3rQBxE2fXEEiMKaPZ8DmtmEbbpHB_HP1vvF8RhrfciqHOZYIR5MdNGGatpTJd5NlHwyTELuI5hKr7pZ/s320/DSCF1269.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I still like the coat. This, BTW, is the next size up. The bigger the model, the more it costs to have in your warband.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFk6GLgNtkwnSxkckgbySAqH_nDh1nLm0jfU-Vdk9lgrtdvQJuSX5Hq-ROcHKxzINpt8PWWeU5W69V5fei7qKdTtN7qFxhuDROlAn6zpHyvAe3Y4YVRQO2N3ZDMqPassVe_7FsTieKiUeS/s2048/DSCF1270.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFk6GLgNtkwnSxkckgbySAqH_nDh1nLm0jfU-Vdk9lgrtdvQJuSX5Hq-ROcHKxzINpt8PWWeU5W69V5fei7qKdTtN7qFxhuDROlAn6zpHyvAe3Y4YVRQO2N3ZDMqPassVe_7FsTieKiUeS/s320/DSCF1270.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A landsknecht stoat.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJdGiFWZdX5k_9aAH0LxwI51AQOA69RcYgXeziUkxeMTPu4MEjyB0Cl1Z8z2aHK9Fod5MIUPYDn4R8hyphenhyphenHNcRR7SD4Dc_pstHzw3b2LLNxGForr9Sa3LHjgzyAiNkjGxd4KORrPlzPmt25M/s2048/DSCF1271.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJdGiFWZdX5k_9aAH0LxwI51AQOA69RcYgXeziUkxeMTPu4MEjyB0Cl1Z8z2aHK9Fod5MIUPYDn4R8hyphenhyphenHNcRR7SD4Dc_pstHzw3b2LLNxGForr9Sa3LHjgzyAiNkjGxd4KORrPlzPmt25M/s320/DSCF1271.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was actually the slit/slash clothes, and this model in particular, that caught my eye and got me interested in the game.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoPA1Pn-ipviU7RrU5qJqMFxtdNeN7yx3jACCWdT2ItqoWr6l0Fqfr0SoMOQWZjIHsomonK2ln_qlujYfkhEVPM1c92cwRxjWwI6LZTWukx4gaVIUc0z2MvoTPxyVeVtIKIWTcxOB86nHN/s2048/DSCF1272.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoPA1Pn-ipviU7RrU5qJqMFxtdNeN7yx3jACCWdT2ItqoWr6l0Fqfr0SoMOQWZjIHsomonK2ln_qlujYfkhEVPM1c92cwRxjWwI6LZTWukx4gaVIUc0z2MvoTPxyVeVtIKIWTcxOB86nHN/s320/DSCF1272.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm a wizard, mind you. Tried to do a whiteish otter here.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJrfUEZ6KP0HbrKiaeCIhKRKIoRJypnUSBnWosDfNYR5e3L9SH0-CwbXgWZSuYZVXy1bVCR2YXaM-ZpFueseH-u19Rtf2VmZRHBlb1lZFlayMYCpL6drTG5kj7Px8ka8TfSGDsDVGp_KMY/s2048/DSCF1273.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJrfUEZ6KP0HbrKiaeCIhKRKIoRJypnUSBnWosDfNYR5e3L9SH0-CwbXgWZSuYZVXy1bVCR2YXaM-ZpFueseH-u19Rtf2VmZRHBlb1lZFlayMYCpL6drTG5kj7Px8ka8TfSGDsDVGp_KMY/s320/DSCF1273.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just another great model in a whole line of great models.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV2tbRB-Dn2Ti09W5Er6obtgOTOBpMUODIHd1P8rh_LypE0Gh-UKGyyIQnJgdgmZdTwcun1O0to83_YnVdGXNVN-8ahIWcgvRbCWExvSrnzMouiJU9D7q7e0gPe3OrNihmifxS_q5mP-vv/s2048/DSCF1274.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV2tbRB-Dn2Ti09W5Er6obtgOTOBpMUODIHd1P8rh_LypE0Gh-UKGyyIQnJgdgmZdTwcun1O0to83_YnVdGXNVN-8ahIWcgvRbCWExvSrnzMouiJU9D7q7e0gPe3OrNihmifxS_q5mP-vv/s320/DSCF1274.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another otter and maybe my favorite model I own. I just love the detail and the pose.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQTkW0BG9N5JBA4PaVIpNZ1aHbAr9nfbOR66J6BA7O7un5DW1_7VK-6X80WXubDXvJ2mYO762xTzgHTDa4YnTst7LqtNOOGTdIpTxyZ-0lnJuKTeXEA4J2kOBfbZChTQY4fyJmAddO0yW5/s2048/DSCF1275.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQTkW0BG9N5JBA4PaVIpNZ1aHbAr9nfbOR66J6BA7O7un5DW1_7VK-6X80WXubDXvJ2mYO762xTzgHTDa4YnTst7LqtNOOGTdIpTxyZ-0lnJuKTeXEA4J2kOBfbZChTQY4fyJmAddO0yW5/s320/DSCF1275.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cool, right?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSwXx0FmmQpo-0WsaZgdyIv0lhealNDqX2kbxTKeeg5XQ4sTlbtsVyofdV264x2_i9U8a09K-35t3rK2yQ_N4bR6I0ELIDDkwkrc-lwVn_yAXgEowF-LaWRTqbMdCqOa8ntCtrXJmZDTeg/s2048/DSCF1276.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSwXx0FmmQpo-0WsaZgdyIv0lhealNDqX2kbxTKeeg5XQ4sTlbtsVyofdV264x2_i9U8a09K-35t3rK2yQ_N4bR6I0ELIDDkwkrc-lwVn_yAXgEowF-LaWRTqbMdCqOa8ntCtrXJmZDTeg/s320/DSCF1276.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not happy with this border collie. I just don't like the colors, maybe too much of the same. She's definitely going to get a re-paint when I get the chance. These last two are the biggest size in the game.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVtLk8UqPwnIwnT6jyIPnUIVDjcOtXPVjfnGi34UN1SX5wiethNuIr-TbAgnXMGnJg7T-L3yzABdh4_HHge7b3lqeGlTriMStmZePwC003UfxCOXyKBt2ICI-OIOcNIICmt17cvceHG39G/s2048/DSCF1277.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVtLk8UqPwnIwnT6jyIPnUIVDjcOtXPVjfnGi34UN1SX5wiethNuIr-TbAgnXMGnJg7T-L3yzABdh4_HHge7b3lqeGlTriMStmZePwC003UfxCOXyKBt2ICI-OIOcNIICmt17cvceHG39G/s320/DSCF1277.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Maybe red and black on one of the sleeves? Any suggestions? Tell me in the comments section.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy7UAiEEz0nCmeQqAyL8TKvwTDfo1rUhLo1FzVfxuQubuvrTyivDlGnkJOXuhOHakXYMaYdyCQEgFt5iaPWhUh_C_iy41m7QbCbAPQa-apHzj_nXB9WQjMmY9e77PCEb6PMdAJ09lNIL4s/s2048/DSCF1278.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy7UAiEEz0nCmeQqAyL8TKvwTDfo1rUhLo1FzVfxuQubuvrTyivDlGnkJOXuhOHakXYMaYdyCQEgFt5iaPWhUh_C_iy41m7QbCbAPQa-apHzj_nXB9WQjMmY9e77PCEb6PMdAJ09lNIL4s/s320/DSCF1278.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The first model I painted and another one I don't like.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8wA4-JxjEXG0RXHwtky680B5tq6FFk4UqN0wUSbLc3xy4SehfXNGwB8TzVffY_2vC-xPgw8pmTGTmGWxgqBExob1KDSgpE719gZNNmYPas9dip0nAR0E3Knq7G17bW3WTg2ttzHY22uww/s2048/DSCF1279.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8wA4-JxjEXG0RXHwtky680B5tq6FFk4UqN0wUSbLc3xy4SehfXNGwB8TzVffY_2vC-xPgw8pmTGTmGWxgqBExob1KDSgpE719gZNNmYPas9dip0nAR0E3Knq7G17bW3WTg2ttzHY22uww/s320/DSCF1279.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's hard to tell in this shitty picture but I think maybe it needs more highlight. I tried to highlight with dark blue but you can't really see it. Plus the jewel sucks too. I was never good at painting jewels like some people.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I still have two more models to paint: one very large badger and small shrew. I should have taken a picture of the four different sizes side by side so you could see but I didn't. BTW, when I say 'size' I am referring to the size of their bases. I should have said that at the top.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So those are the models I can game with and I want to reiterate what a great game it is. Players create warbands and gain experience and skills the more fights they have and survive. each warband picks a type of den; there are several factions, from royalists to outlaws and a few in between. Great game.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The End.</div><br /> <p></p>Nia Parillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657135170765665100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586848770740207813.post-51631842887038874512021-10-25T16:48:00.005-04:002021-10-25T17:01:53.929-04:00Vikings/Anglo-Saxons<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've been painting a lot of vikings lately and realized I had a whole bunch of them. I like Dark Ages gaming and these guys are pretty much the norm for a few hundred years in northern Europe in terms of arms and armor. Vikings, Anglo-Saxons, Wends, Swedes, Danes, Frisians... whatever you want, in that time period and locale this is pretty much what you are going to get. For my own ease, these guys are going to be called vikings for the rest of this post.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Turns out I have 142 vikings ready to go. (And 24 on order.) I just like painting them. Each guy is an individual so they are a great break from painting any army where they have uniforms and you just paint the same thing over and over. I painted these guy in small batches or even one at a time to clean my palate, so to speak, when I had done too many WW2 uniforms. I like to envision which guys are wealthy and which guys are not; which guys are willing to grab a shield and spear and which guys are not and let the paint flow. Some have better clothes and equipment than others.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Unfortunately I live in a house with no light and I'm a lousy photographer so the pictures suck pretty much. They really don't do justice to the figures. Sorry for that.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They are a mix of Gripping Beast plastics and, I think, Artizan metal figs. The seller doesn't say where they come from. Whatever, as long as he keeps me supplied. My paint jobs are utilitarian at best. They are good for the table, not the display case.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I like to play Saga (1st Ed.) but my favorite Dark Ages game is Pig Wars. I also have the rules for the period in Warhammer Ancient Battles, which I am anxious to play again, Lion Rampant, A Glutter of Ravens and a few more games too. Like one I haven't mentioned? Let me know.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTlJnIGxuO03yMZfhMbb5t4ongNM8tNLs39GlczkDkNDkdJ7Iw0KBuc0uX1fk6nsuKoNvco8cvi8WAS4RTlbDB9_ioXMBjvt8Iqezk142zIQejDUx93iK5ZJ1-5cSoASnj4CBoAeYp1Zf5/s2048/DSCF1230.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTlJnIGxuO03yMZfhMbb5t4ongNM8tNLs39GlczkDkNDkdJ7Iw0KBuc0uX1fk6nsuKoNvco8cvi8WAS4RTlbDB9_ioXMBjvt8Iqezk142zIQejDUx93iK5ZJ1-5cSoASnj4CBoAeYp1Zf5/s320/DSCF1230.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The whole shebang. The boat is a Revell model, almost the exact scale. At $35 it was a no brainer. There may be more in my future.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRIjXzJuB3fnYjzpmm97-JVwW4MfUTGZALvqNM2eWmCDk3UdkWEEMsLCCp9PFwtIcIRufgn_FsnlJRHaMtBXPWADak2BLefu10oBt9DqyOJFGzCK1V3u6VERh6cQGEic3Ea7YVj-ZKGwZ/s2048/DSCF1232.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRIjXzJuB3fnYjzpmm97-JVwW4MfUTGZALvqNM2eWmCDk3UdkWEEMsLCCp9PFwtIcIRufgn_FsnlJRHaMtBXPWADak2BLefu10oBt9DqyOJFGzCK1V3u6VERh6cQGEic3Ea7YVj-ZKGwZ/s320/DSCF1232.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some javelin men.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM6Own8_bHqpff4NcEFXW_b98d8F2QzLzOCip6F3qa0icCkutsQQjnQDeOPmkbmAVf6AEZ2qKsLVzXmxfzoKq0a0BDnP596iszghxXQQyhChXNh7LDP_MZU02Uz_PIxWXHosjoN6BHXzuy/s2048/DSCF1233.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM6Own8_bHqpff4NcEFXW_b98d8F2QzLzOCip6F3qa0icCkutsQQjnQDeOPmkbmAVf6AEZ2qKsLVzXmxfzoKq0a0BDnP596iszghxXQQyhChXNh7LDP_MZU02Uz_PIxWXHosjoN6BHXzuy/s320/DSCF1233.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Take my wife, please.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxuVC0TzVJCfe8Lby6Q8JsbVe89AiIvDaZlwFWS0h9nds4w_9CmmN24uSmRlXOdiPZ1G1qYkpULPtMX-gE5pDOGAoEustrGJgz-89zYLqUFmMp7WShXAGsHZ6xR09ftm_uYvsFKPGnMiNS/s2048/DSCF1234.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxuVC0TzVJCfe8Lby6Q8JsbVe89AiIvDaZlwFWS0h9nds4w_9CmmN24uSmRlXOdiPZ1G1qYkpULPtMX-gE5pDOGAoEustrGJgz-89zYLqUFmMp7WShXAGsHZ6xR09ftm_uYvsFKPGnMiNS/s320/DSCF1234.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Command of sorts. I like the arrows in the guy's shield. I cut those out of the quiver of other GB dudes and glued them on. No idea where the priest came from. Looks like maybe a GW fig.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0PRBYx13x0pjDDRWFykPMm-oMfE_I6UmkCOhhO6clXd7uTkmBcyT1ijPVkdSlWISBHShXOmF5UgUkn-GqBXbmXnJ3l6PyCs3Az1ncdurw4VPppvqXe7cy4_vLFkVrakaY9EvJ2JQeuy5F/s2048/DSCF1235.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0PRBYx13x0pjDDRWFykPMm-oMfE_I6UmkCOhhO6clXd7uTkmBcyT1ijPVkdSlWISBHShXOmF5UgUkn-GqBXbmXnJ3l6PyCs3Az1ncdurw4VPppvqXe7cy4_vLFkVrakaY9EvJ2JQeuy5F/s320/DSCF1235.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2 handed axes. The guy in the front left is rich.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikUgyiWIKmggXoeiR8z8nuJi-y843d02lQtaHr_Wg65Njrflgnj8RLhiMuCD91AfOh1v7A789WfA3GU-u11l-R17JFCZZ-zU3PoqsIhwuk1gOZwyvi7yy7y-FigzQESesAJ1JaRKOcgeJR/s2048/DSCF1236.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikUgyiWIKmggXoeiR8z8nuJi-y843d02lQtaHr_Wg65Njrflgnj8RLhiMuCD91AfOh1v7A789WfA3GU-u11l-R17JFCZZ-zU3PoqsIhwuk1gOZwyvi7yy7y-FigzQESesAJ1JaRKOcgeJR/s320/DSCF1236.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Unarmored spear men from GB. These were among the first guys I painted.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI_IUNG6piADLEPnAQHKy5sWsDjdrNNgbKDqsodGRUrYTEf-pFlNVI-5eZaNKGhw8uaS8jBrOroRQn8oK3Yo5SQTKdSbxdGW7wTnhFzzj4qOqQGu8qSOWKRhY4V7Z9V_fI9qzfFIYoCR3a/s2048/DSCF1237.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI_IUNG6piADLEPnAQHKy5sWsDjdrNNgbKDqsodGRUrYTEf-pFlNVI-5eZaNKGhw8uaS8jBrOroRQn8oK3Yo5SQTKdSbxdGW7wTnhFzzj4qOqQGu8qSOWKRhY4V7Z9V_fI9qzfFIYoCR3a/s320/DSCF1237.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Unarmored blades.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN3Pt9NFLC9Bh3bKGuUGGD0eqdLAyWdfSAhmV64KVpJ07hlfYpRsRCACayjuvHo2-fnYnBGlTIdUD7hh-v2YS_7m7LhBL-JCYI4vK3IOWTDTXOOAHlurgHb4bzKOCCOnAd7-RU6SEJy2Q5/s2048/DSCF1238.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN3Pt9NFLC9Bh3bKGuUGGD0eqdLAyWdfSAhmV64KVpJ07hlfYpRsRCACayjuvHo2-fnYnBGlTIdUD7hh-v2YS_7m7LhBL-JCYI4vK3IOWTDTXOOAHlurgHb4bzKOCCOnAd7-RU6SEJy2Q5/s320/DSCF1238.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Armored spears. Overall I hand painted almost all of the shields. There's maybe 5 or 6 guys with transfers in this whole lot.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpgfaxZ3VL-Z38N3pdOhUFQaaEcHuzIAyMN2swP5bFuE1lxjtXRg9COkZiG59VzIcbGqdGs4mUrwBBNQ2CpE4zQE-Enmz90jKiuSARBtIb_FhaFhNwolhiXS_BfdpkrHK47DCuDXgAdEr5/s2048/DSCF1239.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpgfaxZ3VL-Z38N3pdOhUFQaaEcHuzIAyMN2swP5bFuE1lxjtXRg9COkZiG59VzIcbGqdGs4mUrwBBNQ2CpE4zQE-Enmz90jKiuSARBtIb_FhaFhNwolhiXS_BfdpkrHK47DCuDXgAdEr5/s320/DSCF1239.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Armored blades. These are mostly metal. The flags/standards are from LBM Studios. The usual beautiful products.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAOlcfVnq94gjN9Ez-7GMGtxWHERDXTSbMSM4V2EctytNH6qjydcfY56jjj7Uuewuh0JfV8AMpCBAF0Pzuyep8jm7Z3SdD_CzCKMPpJvWTY_J8B9JMqxNDP39pd0gQ50IGMWycvraYJS2v/s2048/DSCF1240.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAOlcfVnq94gjN9Ez-7GMGtxWHERDXTSbMSM4V2EctytNH6qjydcfY56jjj7Uuewuh0JfV8AMpCBAF0Pzuyep8jm7Z3SdD_CzCKMPpJvWTY_J8B9JMqxNDP39pd0gQ50IGMWycvraYJS2v/s320/DSCF1240.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Armored spear men. Again, I like the guy front left.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicH22gsxU27l39XJSuM1HCLKp-EBPM2a4aEnza_tiWc5HKWmkdpU-lpn69lCJAiuc1EW1o7y9SaBFvJzg56Cs_0n4XrXzokax2VQDQMhkxIH3pyo3nzBI-bX5zY_oLy1-vqjqRB3sWA_Xv/s2048/DSCF1241.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicH22gsxU27l39XJSuM1HCLKp-EBPM2a4aEnza_tiWc5HKWmkdpU-lpn69lCJAiuc1EW1o7y9SaBFvJzg56Cs_0n4XrXzokax2VQDQMhkxIH3pyo3nzBI-bX5zY_oLy1-vqjqRB3sWA_Xv/s320/DSCF1241.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bows on a boat. Worse than snakes on a plane.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5TVfW9yft_1EHjNIjvPNMikkwUp2HMgYOk6GRb2QHq8pGacrerrovQF0VIf4JdIQCw4cGAtawZxi-tUpjRP2YZEAgHRnR7k3Mh2e1olim2sSnlOEzj58sOV3nJjga5MwH-Mfiwu2uqHZ6/s2048/DSCF1242.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5TVfW9yft_1EHjNIjvPNMikkwUp2HMgYOk6GRb2QHq8pGacrerrovQF0VIf4JdIQCw4cGAtawZxi-tUpjRP2YZEAgHRnR7k3Mh2e1olim2sSnlOEzj58sOV3nJjga5MwH-Mfiwu2uqHZ6/s320/DSCF1242.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some blurry swordsmen. I also base them in groups, each different from the last group. That way, when they are all together there is a mix of bases. This isn't a great illustration of that, you'll just have to trust me.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8RbMa1hQj_aGLJoqyr-GKzVHMhv527mXCAp9Lqm3YhFD33YsAtH59luS23HWJGsKSzE9MmrnP7YAfScobJxVUJ0p36ELXfJvEJ2qlmedkLdgFZShS2dQyI2yS1_2ur7oWY2FevvDwMQ0N/s2048/DSCF1243.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8RbMa1hQj_aGLJoqyr-GKzVHMhv527mXCAp9Lqm3YhFD33YsAtH59luS23HWJGsKSzE9MmrnP7YAfScobJxVUJ0p36ELXfJvEJ2qlmedkLdgFZShS2dQyI2yS1_2ur7oWY2FevvDwMQ0N/s320/DSCF1243.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another shitty picture of the javelin men. I tried to make it look like they were throwing one but had another stuck in the ground at their feet. Did I succeed? You be the judge.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBRH4VvA2s7oxylTJ6lCiyX2iSZe71yFase9OLwLX7pzLCr6QKyPqjgBcrGuVCRk0qr__hujt2ELbwOw3vzgKW1SLc_doni-LWV0MDFQBytBMh59GcFxYIekIxYr3V61s7r1jVkjwzcejJ/s2048/DSCF1245.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBRH4VvA2s7oxylTJ6lCiyX2iSZe71yFase9OLwLX7pzLCr6QKyPqjgBcrGuVCRk0qr__hujt2ELbwOw3vzgKW1SLc_doni-LWV0MDFQBytBMh59GcFxYIekIxYr3V61s7r1jVkjwzcejJ/s320/DSCF1245.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There's a couple fat guys in there. I like that.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiioY5lnipkUjF-7d0YSd89CaT9DMlP-72vM952bRZ9hfnoDO8VOauS3mGXar-D8ur1qOo1_SypziAHJBs2_ZKN3K2MXFfyOlOi2pOq2YNar_LONGyt9EmWaeKSmmfnJF_M2IEOt8BrrGW3/s2048/DSCF1246.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiioY5lnipkUjF-7d0YSd89CaT9DMlP-72vM952bRZ9hfnoDO8VOauS3mGXar-D8ur1qOo1_SypziAHJBs2_ZKN3K2MXFfyOlOi2pOq2YNar_LONGyt9EmWaeKSmmfnJF_M2IEOt8BrrGW3/s320/DSCF1246.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Vikings looking for a fight. The guy with two swords is cool. Can you find him? Dark Age 'Where's Waldo'.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgp2aS94-BI4K3DT0ul9vWSnMpCg_IQmhhssPp5LN-CdaDKz6YOaAcfIgt-uhl9tliVxKd49qpKGSdJrhLDCPrTX33ZQHfFp3XgHysxJXOQEpo3ya4I8psCMPuVhi1O9vAXJ8Fx4T34Tgk/s2048/DSCF1247.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgp2aS94-BI4K3DT0ul9vWSnMpCg_IQmhhssPp5LN-CdaDKz6YOaAcfIgt-uhl9tliVxKd49qpKGSdJrhLDCPrTX33ZQHfFp3XgHysxJXOQEpo3ya4I8psCMPuVhi1O9vAXJ8Fx4T34Tgk/s320/DSCF1247.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As mentioned, one of my favorite Dark Ages games is Pig Wars where it matters what models are armed with. 2 handed axes are bad news, which I suppose is not far from the mark.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjUTWO2g0U9Wy8251sQJ-rJrkp4lfyIGeymVep9mwPcDAbrflnMoLjTqm8o52awc79t4w8CjFzz_LJU2dGVBMQSZzaDnIl57POSP0VaGy5LeaLGuIe9Z2Zm8A_grWoG5XlH2dkiXuihwV4/s2048/DSCF1248.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjUTWO2g0U9Wy8251sQJ-rJrkp4lfyIGeymVep9mwPcDAbrflnMoLjTqm8o52awc79t4w8CjFzz_LJU2dGVBMQSZzaDnIl57POSP0VaGy5LeaLGuIe9Z2Zm8A_grWoG5XlH2dkiXuihwV4/s320/DSCF1248.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I post this picture because it is the perfect example of my inability to get the closest figure in focus. 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I actually really like these guys in real life.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbJx9lTdrNyFYfWfRXNqlhpssUmz1lcsIYRea-TstWVnN6ewY09Z2edTBLdrYQ-OcHPR3U1F2Rh8kGv95LLmaeBzThps2OX4amrrD2hpaGE_x3I-wUmr_AihuO75oS5jvawd67p8k9eHpx/s2048/DSCF1250.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbJx9lTdrNyFYfWfRXNqlhpssUmz1lcsIYRea-TstWVnN6ewY09Z2edTBLdrYQ-OcHPR3U1F2Rh8kGv95LLmaeBzThps2OX4amrrD2hpaGE_x3I-wUmr_AihuO75oS5jvawd67p8k9eHpx/s320/DSCF1250.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The End.</div><br /> <p></p>Nia Parillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657135170765665100noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586848770740207813.post-51510259249220902472021-02-01T14:41:00.010-05:002021-02-01T14:45:25.524-05:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrHsOq5cECXy3ZHqaskMiOpA8rfSmQLy7btLqbnmHt2GkELKBbVn0jUVAO69hvFVPyDDGouBQNoT2-LHDV3SWYZdu8gzAJCaI4mCA5_8t2weOh8s1Y6KXXszVm5aKJ1x31jfE3L3TeX9xZ/s890/elves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="501" data-original-width="890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrHsOq5cECXy3ZHqaskMiOpA8rfSmQLy7btLqbnmHt2GkELKBbVn0jUVAO69hvFVPyDDGouBQNoT2-LHDV3SWYZdu8gzAJCaI4mCA5_8t2weOh8s1Y6KXXszVm5aKJ1x31jfE3L3TeX9xZ/s320/elves.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ral Partha LotR 'wood' Elves, circa 1976.</div><br />I have recently had a conversation with some gamers who doubted my tales of collecting the old Ral Partha Lord of the Rings figures, in their little cardboard boxes, circa 1976.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">'Surely, you are mistaken, for Ral Partha never had such a line'."I don't remember any such figures, perhaps you are mis-remembering?' "I bought my Ral Partha figures in blisters.' 'You must be thinking of Heritage models.'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But no, I am thinking of the old RAL PARTHA LotR figures. We had (have) them by the hundreds, and still play with them to this day. People started getting me to doubt my own memory, but then I snapped out of it. Here are just some of the figures, there are many more:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPpvU9p3cAsGOBkzXVLWEM7676jhCP5ZgpiY9MJKnVIk4fumz-fQ8-sOYMpBRIjsWvn-ximAvUMj9nWEFEkGgxT6bunhAX2xDI50eFAVt9f3XeOhqOD2FBZ4zSgEoE2hYb5bZj44e_EnE6/s890/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="501" data-original-width="890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPpvU9p3cAsGOBkzXVLWEM7676jhCP5ZgpiY9MJKnVIk4fumz-fQ8-sOYMpBRIjsWvn-ximAvUMj9nWEFEkGgxT6bunhAX2xDI50eFAVt9f3XeOhqOD2FBZ4zSgEoE2hYb5bZj44e_EnE6/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Riders of Rohan</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZuQlXV4nS7Ne1U_eNMvtJoIf3b_FHTzS3VJYO5R6usXMuGdAsgUxBjYU73S02xAGG2NovyduhRdrYA1xvy5U2hBi_duro00j8sBnVUI0vye3OoMEYB-oNM2LS5wFQSGN4jaoxY3H1lr6s/s2048/20210201_133340.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZuQlXV4nS7Ne1U_eNMvtJoIf3b_FHTzS3VJYO5R6usXMuGdAsgUxBjYU73S02xAGG2NovyduhRdrYA1xvy5U2hBi_duro00j8sBnVUI0vye3OoMEYB-oNM2LS5wFQSGN4jaoxY3H1lr6s/s320/20210201_133340.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mina Tirith Citadel Guard with Gondor's White Tree and seven stars heraldry on their shields. Coincidence?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTrPKx2gBw5eHmoI2_hXUC3dmKRN7ZN_P0LcvJHQcQjV5UHyKtx1_FY69CkS82JgjP814T-GPEUjAREimwLYCfho9pXgiEs8GHcM_AjYjyAPHSbXdBd-CkZTp_b6BVSA4ZCrDlCYlcYI-v/s890/dwarves.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="501" data-original-width="890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTrPKx2gBw5eHmoI2_hXUC3dmKRN7ZN_P0LcvJHQcQjV5UHyKtx1_FY69CkS82JgjP814T-GPEUjAREimwLYCfho9pXgiEs8GHcM_AjYjyAPHSbXdBd-CkZTp_b6BVSA4ZCrDlCYlcYI-v/s320/dwarves.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dwarves of Moria with the anvil and hammer symbol on their shields.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigwpK5tKwtJDFt5PwsE8qqhmenZD2MaqCrVWPc8BdovBuk2CUOttKRNuGXWnckzFM6_Pyl8NSb31WMK8dBim0T4QrA0nH_-mbaINr7IGufQpb6PMjK3AlQjgTMnLPbfdpcH6lTZlg49eBY/s890/Harad.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="501" data-original-width="890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigwpK5tKwtJDFt5PwsE8qqhmenZD2MaqCrVWPc8BdovBuk2CUOttKRNuGXWnckzFM6_Pyl8NSb31WMK8dBim0T4QrA0nH_-mbaINr7IGufQpb6PMjK3AlQjgTMnLPbfdpcH6lTZlg49eBY/s320/Harad.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Men of Harad.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDsaICFSUVdcekHQmDeTabKnDxCpuuy0S3aumsSfkW9zUv7VtjEdr7IzydSauXSo6MpDG0w0IL9LkhL6oYXfjtc5rCH3RqWYF1oynJhUg6_gdcrfAnWY7J5IH-bRyI37pXtnU5tfwiCG6Z/s2048/hill+goblins.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDsaICFSUVdcekHQmDeTabKnDxCpuuy0S3aumsSfkW9zUv7VtjEdr7IzydSauXSo6MpDG0w0IL9LkhL6oYXfjtc5rCH3RqWYF1oynJhUg6_gdcrfAnWY7J5IH-bRyI37pXtnU5tfwiCG6Z/s320/hill+goblins.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Goblins.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzeFDSLc15tqvAIWZ-cbWwgCXjKPOrNLL506V0m6rN1STmtWvxU5qjmSIdsjuUKUErAXWJS00QcgGmmBlP0sffpNEpBy9VijRghG1cReyZfNLlFAeXex7FrZQ4oBc-1S7XFxgJHb0AvmXV/s890/Mordor+orcs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="501" data-original-width="890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzeFDSLc15tqvAIWZ-cbWwgCXjKPOrNLL506V0m6rN1STmtWvxU5qjmSIdsjuUKUErAXWJS00QcgGmmBlP0sffpNEpBy9VijRghG1cReyZfNLlFAeXex7FrZQ4oBc-1S7XFxgJHb0AvmXV/s320/Mordor+orcs.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Orcs of the Red Eye.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBItC6QW0gTQ_J0s-zJVqgZlYGFtLr7KEUF41Y7zHC8CYpKa5Wah1nGkJg4ibZmQkeQzNPsTfprL5kVe38vH5wWgzOawIs_fJhhr6B_sTp2m6bO3yfu-YMWCm6i1cOLGkXlPKoyYI2jLmN/s2048/orcs+of+the+white+hand.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Shame Peter Jackson turned them into hyenas.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anyway, I hope you now see that I wasn't dreaming; there WAS a Ral Partha LotR line of figures in the 70's.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The End.</div><br /> <p></p>Nia Parillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657135170765665100noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586848770740207813.post-21989803201134401242020-06-07T19:00:00.001-04:002020-06-07T19:00:46.155-04:00Pandemicon Part 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The second leg of our get together over Memorial Day weekend was a try at Rebels and Patriots, the North American wars version of Lion Rampant by Osprey. Essentially it covers from the French and Indian War to the American Civil War. Since we've enjoyed the medieval and pike and shot versions, we figgered to like this one as well. Granted, there are some distinct differences but I am looking for a quick and easy alternative to Muskets & Tomahawks. I don't always want to play the same game for the same period. A little variation is good.</div>
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There was plenty of action and lots of twists and turns but unfortunately I don't remember the specifics. This will be more of a photo essay. Enjoy the pretty pictures.</div>
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Here's the set-up. It was a 4 player game, 20 points per player. (It was all the models I had!) The French are set up on the right. The idea was to capture the colors in the middle of the field. A side would score 1 point for each complete turn their unit spent within 3" with no enemy unit within 3". </div>
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Another unit of Shock troops in the form of Highlanders in close formation. My thinking was that the Brits would have great melee capabilities and the French would need to maneuver and shoot with smaller guerilla units, but as noted, the Brits never got close before they were decimated by French fire.</div>
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Canadian militia enter the woods. They would be the heroes for the French. With their 'sharpshooter' ability, they could outshoot anything on the board except the artillery. By the time the British were able to turn their gun on them it was too late.</div>
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So, the game was fun but didn't seem to have the same tension as the other versions. For starters, almost the whole activation mechanism was scrapped for an Igo-Ugo format. Plus units are much easier to activate. To me, that was one of the mechanisms that made the game different. It was what supplied the tension and a much more deliberate decision making process. When I know every unit is going to get a chance to activate, it certainly lessens my concern over what itch needs scratched.</div>
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Traveled in-state over Memorial Day to finally get some face to face gaming in. It was a good break from the lockdown. My brother and I have always liked Saga (1st Edition) and decided it would be a nice way to get things started for the weekend.</div>
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We chose two armies we had never tried; he chose the Irish and I took the Kingdom of Strathclyde. Each are really unique, even in the Sage world, with plenty of new and fun options. Typically we also just lay out some terrain and have at it, but since the Irish depend so much on difficult terrain, we used the actual tournament rules for terrain placement. I, of course, wanted him to have as little difficult terrain as possible so we ended up with the minimum 3 pieces. I chose an open hill and he chose two pieces of schrub choked fen.</div>
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Here's the layout. The trees and meadows are for aesthetic purposes only and serve no function in the game. The only terrain that matters is the hill at the bottom and the two rough patches.</div>
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Strathclyde cavalry looking suspiciously like Romano-British Arthurians.</div>
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A group of Warriors. I just used the first few of my Little Big Man banners I have had for several years and I wanted to showcase them. They were gifted to me by my old pal Roy. This one is from the Viking sheet. I like how it turned out, considering it was my first try.</div>
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One of the reasons I chose to bring the Irish. Here's a pack of wolf hounds and their pack leader. They count as a unit of Warriors but move L like cavalry instead of M. I've had these models forever and finally got to use them.</div>
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So, in a twist, the Strathclydians get bonuses to some of the abilities for keeping units off the board. But the units off board don't contribute Saga dice and count as killed if they don't get on the table before game's end. Here we see another unit of Hearthguard entering from off board. Did I mention they can come in from any board edge? Nice.</div>
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Final positions when the Irish called it. You can see many of their units are down to one guy and cavalry is coming in from every angle. It seems like a mismatch but when we talked about it we realized that we pretty much play every army the same: that is, line up and fight. Being the tournament game that this is, we have never really explored the nuances of each force and how they should be used. The Irish were the perfect example. We both agreed they should have stuck to the difficult terrain and made the cavalry come to them. But, admittedly, I would have done the exact same thing as Chris. This led to us to consider the possibility of choosing one or two factions and playing them multile times to really figure them out.</div>
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First up is Highlander infantry for the F&I war period. I like these guys but knew they would be a bitch to paint, especially their socks. I tried several patterns of their kilt on my test model before settling on a much simpler plaid. I was finally satisfied with the colors, especially at a distance, and did a group of three.</div>
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A note about all these models and the Grenadiers: I swear they look much better in person! I seriously considered not posting these, because at super-macro, they look like shite. In the end I decided WTF? You'll just have to take my word for it: they look half decent in person.</div>
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These guys are based as skirmishers, meaning they will be in the woods. The rules set I prefer is Muskets & Tomahawks, and by rule, line companies cannot fight in rough terrain. That's why the guys below have just flock on their bases. And yes, I usually put a little more effort in my basing but these guys match what I did earlier with my F&I guys. I suggest you learn to live with it. I *do* like the little 28mm maple leaves I got from Green Stuff World. Check out their site. The 'sticks' are from a bag of Japanese tea.</div>
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Their socks are supposed to be white with red criss-cross stripes and a red garter. That ain't happening. Essentially, my painting is utilitarian, not art. If you want that I'll get some pics of my brother Chris' stuff; it should be in a magazine. Anyway, I may do a few with just plain white socks (and red garter), to see how they look. Don't judge me.</div>
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These guys are painted as the 40th and 48th British Grenadiers present at Braddock's Defeat which occured almost in my back yard back in the real world. Their mitres are really cool but there was no way I was going to be able to paint them accurately. (See below.) Instead, I tried to make a decent representation from arm's length. You be the judge if I succeeded or not.</div>
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The rest of my Band of Brothers. I now have about half a company (about 50 dudes); more than a platoon, with 2 MMG's. For my purposes, that'll do.</div>
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I really like these guys and have discovered they are Artizan figs. (Remember, I get them on the black market.) Nice sculpts; not a lot of clean up work at all to get them ready to prime. Plus, I think they are proportionate for the most part. (Maybe some of their weapons are oversized.)</div>
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Oh, fun fact: recently my Spell Check, and *only* my Spell Check disappeared from the tool bar on this blog. Isn't that cool? Well, fuck me, but there might be some misspellings (sp?) here and there. Feel free to point them out so that I may ignore you.</div>
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Just a quick update on a few of the projects I am currently working on. I've got a few actually, which is rare for me. I typically only have one thing going at a time; I complete it, and then I move on to the next one. It's actually quite frustrating sometimes as I will get bored with what I am working on but can't move on until I finish. The perils of OCD, I guess.</div>
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Anyway, having said that, I am trying to maintain a 'side project' while I work away on my primary one. I recently made a trade for 56 of the old LotR Riders of Rohan from 1976; the same line of figures we collected as kids. I only had 6 and wanted more, especially since I have many more orcs and Uruk Hai. It's hard to do a re-fight of the battle of the Pelennor Fields with only 6 Rohirrim! They were painted way back when by another 16 year old (at the time) whom I made the trade with. I have been reconstituting them between my painting of my U.S Airborne force. He apologized for the paint job but I told him no worries, I was just slapping paint on dudes myself, way back then, too.</div>
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Here's a squad with 1st Lt. and medic. I 'ordered' 30 of the figs overall, of which 12 others are painted. Nine to go.</div>
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I am not sure who the maker of these figs are. In a shady deal several months ago, a guy from TMP contacted me and let me know he could get certain figures for me at $1 each. Nudge, nudge. Wink, wink. I have bought a few hundred figures from him since! Haha, I've no idea what the deal is and don't care. I tell him what I want, Paypal him the money, and metal figs show up at my door a few days later. It works for me.</div>
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Oh yeah, he also can't count! (Do the math above.) I always get more than I pay for. From as little as one figure too many to as much as doubling my order; I never get the correct amount. The first few times, I offered to pay him for them, or in the case of sending me 24 figs instead of 12, offered to return the extra, but he always says it's no problem. Who knows.</div>
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Here's some of the Rohirrim as I received them in the trade. (BTW, I sent him a bunch of micro-armor in exchange. We were both very happy; I think. He kept some for himself which I think is great! There is nothing like those first figs you ever got!) In gamer terms, at least most of these are painted and use-able if you really wanted to play, but this was not how I was going to leave them: I wanted them to match my own figs that I reconstituted several years ago.</div>
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Here they are after a quick touch up, and I really mean quick. Some paint and some Army Painter washes and viola, looking like new once again. I am doing them in groups of 5. I have 15 done and 41 to go, usually while waiting for my Airborne washes to dry.</div>
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So, after I complete the Airborne I am going to try something different and try to paint two units at once. I have lots of stuff primed and sitting on the shelf looking at me with pleading eyes, just begging to be painted. They include (about a dozen each) Late Roman Infantry, 8 cataphracted cavalry, British F&I War Grenadiers *and* 18 F&I War Highlanders (yay, I get to paint plaid!), F&I War French Line infantry, Anglo-Saxon sword and shield men, Viking two handed axe men, some native Americans and a few WW2 odds and ends, including a Soviet 50mm mortar team, a 'redeploying' Airborne MMG team and one lonely German officer who I stepped on and broke his head. I finally got around to re-gluing it and priming him.</div>
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The set-up for Saga. We play the good edition, not the money sucking GW model newer editions. This game featured the Late Romans vs. Saxons somewhere in Britain in the 5th century. The Romans deployed their two units of hearth guard behind the wood with the idea that they could react and go either way while being hidden from the slings and arrows of their outrageous enemy.</div>
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Fyrd. Thinking WTF? right about now.</div>
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My Roman archers who did two things all game: jack and shit.</div>
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Set up for Songs of Blades and Heroes. I had been wanting to get this game on the table for years and it was good to finally do so. The results made me want to play again. It's quick, easy and an excuse to use those old/odd figures we don't use so often.</div>
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One of Chris' stellar models.</div>
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Off to Moria and the LotR Strategy Battle Game. This is the first edition of the game. (I'm not sure how many times GW has had people re-buy it since, but this is the same game.)</div>
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We all know Balin died in Moria, so we decided to tempt fate and see how he and 40 of his best mates would fare against the Balrog. We played that the dwarves would win by either exiting Balin off the far edge or killing the Balrog. 12 turns.</div>
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Some of Moria's finest.</div>
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We used our old Ral Partha figs, still the best range for LotR IMO. These guys are 44 years old. (That's young for a dwarf, right?)</div>
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The dwarves push inexorably forward, brushing aside the Balrog's puny goblin detail. Meanwhile, he was using his lash every turn to grab a dwarf and bring it into close combat where he would pulp it. If you look on the far left, you can see Balin. On the 3rd turn, the Balrog used his lash on him, dragged him in an did 4 wounds. Now we know how Balin died.</div>
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Back in the 'Burgh for some old time gaming with my buds. We chose to do a LotR scenario on the battle of the Fords of Isen using GW's Strategy Battle Game, or whatever they are calling it this time to get people to purchase it again. Regardless, it is a great game and well suited to multi-player scenarios. This one was 'from the book'. Since, in the author's story, Theodred, son of Theoden, died at the battle, our scenario was won by the Rohirrim by keeping him alive. What a different story it would have been!</div>
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Rohan got 8 each archers, javelin men and sword and weapon guys with reinforcements of 10 or 12 riders, and the heroes Theodred and a foot hero, can't remember his name. He may have been a GW construct, or someone Tolkein named once.</div>
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Terrain was simple, though we added a few trees. One of which ended up with about 200 arrows in it, but that story comes later.</div>
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Mondo and I were Good. We split the starting forces equally, each getting 4 bows, 4 javelins and 4 sword and board schleppers. I had the command of Theodred, who instantly hid behind his men. We weren't sure if archers could see him over the other guys as he was mounted but ruled they could not. so he stayed safe behind his human shield.</div>
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Mondo's guys. Note that they are uncharacteristically all facing the correct way.</div>
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While the rest of the battle may appear to be rather static and boring, it was quite the opposite. While it may have been physically static, the rules are such that there is constant tension, even in a battle line like this one pictured. With Priority (who goes first) being a roll off each turn and with Heroes who have special Might Points to change die rolls and other abilities to circumvent who moves and attacks first, it is quite fun and tense.</div>
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Lastly, having failed 6 times to roll for our reinforcements, and with our line wavering Theodred charges Lurtz on the left side before the latter can single handedly turn our flank. Lurtz is bad news and no mistake. Luckily, he had taken an arrow wound and was down to two wounds when Theodred charged home. Some lucky rolling and the use of a Might point and Lurtz was taken out by our hero.</div>
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It's a very good game: easy to learn but has a surprising amount of nuances that are difficult to master.</div>
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As anyone who glances at this blog will notice: I am a big fan of Bolt Action.</div>
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So, I was very excited to learn that Warlord Games had a free, down loadable, set of rules for small firefights in the ruins of Stalingrad called the Academy of Street Fighting. I immediately downloaded it and came up with a way to have it printed at work. (My home computer and printer haven't spoken in over 4 years.)</div>
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Essentially it's the same game, except instead of having squads, each 'unit' is one dude. Each dude gets a dice in the bag. No vehicles (maybe 'soft skins') aka trucks, and no guns excepting mortars 82mm and smaller.</div>
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Teams act a little different too. Another major difference is that the nationality rules are not in effect. The reasoning is that the scale of troops does not warrant any special rules for one side or the other. I'll buy that. (Except maybe the German rule for an extra dice with a MG, but anyway...) Suggested points for these games are around 200. At 10 points for an average rifleman, that's about 20 dudes. Throw in some MG's and mortars and other support weapons and leaders and you'll soon be down to about 12-16 guys (dice) at 200 points, just about what a regular game uses.</div>
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I bought a rifle section for each side; The Germans got some Sturm troops with assault rifles, a MMG, LMG and an NCO. The Soviets got two LMGs, a few tommy gunners, a sniper and a lieutenant and an NCO.</div>
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Here's the layout. The Soviets, minus the sniper and a LMG, will enter from this side. There were no real VC; I just wanted to play through a few turns and see how it worked.</div>
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The Soviet sniper has the high ground and can see almost the entire board.</div>
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The German Sturm troopers prepare to enter the contested area.</div>
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Their Grenadier rifle section led by an NCO with a SMG.</div>
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They advance up the brick assembly hall building to their right, hoping to get a better vantage point from the crossroad.</div>
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Nope. First draw of the game for the Soviets and the sniper plugs the German NCO. This seriously hampers the German command and control. In these rules, a NCO can pull the dice for any unit within 6". They all have to do the same thing. Firing is done one guy at a time but it is extremely useful for moving groups of men at a time. Or would be if he hadn't stuck his big pumpkin head into the street.</div>
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What the sniper saw. To the left, a Soviet LMG waits in Ambush.</div>
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Across from them, the Lieutenant leads the tommy gunners and other LMG towards the workshops.Officers can pick the dice for everyone within 12 inches! For these guys, as long as they were on the move, he could command them all.</div>
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Into the rubble. The rules for rubble are interesting with it's effects dependent on what the units have done. It's all hard cover but moving makes you more vulnerable. Seems obvious and simple but is not always the case with rules sets. There was a slight issue with them that I'll discuss in a bit.</div>
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It has it's weirdnesses though. I've already mentioned the assault in rubble deal and I don't understand why a MMG goes away when the gunner gets shot. It doesn't work that way in the big game, it just becomes a less effective team. I can also see why the nationality rules are nixed. Some of them make sense to get rid of but others don't. (Americans still had M1's, right?) But I suppose it's just easier to get rid of all of them rather than pick and choose. I also wouldn't take a flame thrower in these rules either. Since each dude is a 'unit' and FT can affect one unit before testing to see if it runs out of fuel, you could buy it and only fry one dude. Not worth the risk. The sniper, on the other hand, is very overpowered in these new rules. Ignoring terrain and having each guy so important is a lethal combination. In my game, the Soviet sniper killed an NCO and two MGunners and pinned several others while the rest of each side had to get into close combat to kill someone due to all the Hard Cover *plus* rubble benefit. He really skewed the game. I don't intend to use one in the rules any more.</div>
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Lastly, billed as being built to replay games in Stalingrad only, these rules would work anywhere there was conflict in WW2, from Normandy to Burma to Italy to North Africa to Norway to Poland, and all points in between. I am looking forward to getting to use my smaller forces like the Italians and all airborne. It even makes me want to put together some small infantry forces for other minor nations, Gurkhas anyone? Poles? Hungarians, Romanians? 8th army vs. DAK!</div>
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The action was set around the fictitious village of Gros Renflement, with the Germans attacking and Americans defending. There would be no artillery or air support. We wanted to keep it as simple and as close to a 'convention' style game as possible. VC were simple as well; each side receiving one Victory Point for each enemy unit destroyed and the Germans getting one point for each unit in the village at game end. </div>
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The buildings (and bridge) are from Sarissa Precision. I love them. Plus the cost of what you see below would cover maybe one building from some other companies. Also, I like to model; so building and painting them was fun, not a chore.</div>
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The shell holes were sculpted by my brother Chris. They are perfect and add so much to the table top. The cobblestone roads are actually from The Miniature Building Authority and surprisingly reasonably priced. They are rubber and come in 11x17 sheets and easy to cut with scissors to fit your needs. Nice.</div>
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These row houses from Sarissa are only $13 apiece! Can you really afford *not* to buy them?</div>
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The view from the original hiding spot of the American M4.</div>
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The local cemetery. It would soon be the sight of even more bodies.</div>
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My attempt to be artsy. The church tower as seen from outside town.</div>
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Here's a good shot of the shell holes. Aren't they great?</div>
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The gang. My big brother Tony, Ogre Dirty Dog, my brother Chris, me and Chris' oldest, Natbud. It was Tony, Ogre and Nat as the Germans and Chris and I as the Amis. Each player had their own color dice in the bag. The Germans had 5, 5 and 6 die, while the Americans had 9 and 7. (Originally the scenario was designed with 6 players in mind.)</div>
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On only the second die pull of the game, the German MkIV enters and parks directly in sight of the hidden American 3" anti-tank gun. One American die pull later and the MkIV is history.</div>
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One of our modifications is that 'hidden' units are really hidden, that is, NOT on the board. Hidden units become revealed if they shoot, move, or if an enemy unit comes within 24" of them. In this case, since the only unit that could see the gun was the unit it destroyed, it remained hidden. I love the idea that the Germans see the tank explode but have no idea where the gun could be. Real fear. Imagine doing that in a tournament! Hee hee.</div>
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The view from behind the mortar spotter in the church tower. He has just called a spotting round beyond the bridge. Oh yeah, the river is considered frozen, so infantry can cross but not vehicles. You can see enemy infantry advancing and that half track staying well hidden.</div>
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The American mortar team has set up in the cemetery. Cue spooky music.</div>
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Chris' American reinforcements head towards the town. I bought and painted 40 Americans in winter uniforms and 35 German. I am embarrassed to say I do not know the maker as I bought them from a shady black market miniature dealer online. I think they might be Old Glory. In any case, I love them but don't wanna paint no more of them.</div>
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Much of Tony's force also wisely use the woods to shield their advance. As he did not have an AFV, he had the Veteran infantry including Pioneres and an 81mm mortar. (They are not FJ; I just used the figs.)</div>
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Tony's veterans have a toe hold in town. And still the airborne and Nat's Heer struggle in the street. This is getting exciting! (Note the unit with three pins in the shell hole, upper right.)</div>
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Last turn. Remember those guys with three pins? Well, they rallied and entered town, hugging the walls of the destroyed house. The airborne MMG in the church tower could perfectly see one guy's head. It was quite cool actually. But we determined that was not enough of a target to allow them to fire. Damn! Those guys just tied the game 7-7 as time ran out. Thank God for Chris' improbable waxing of several German MMG and mortar teams or we'd have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.</div>
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One of the things I have always loved are WW2 tanks modeled to look like they've been whitewashed for winter. I have also been very afraid to try it but recently thought, what the hell? The worst that could happen is that I primer over the failed attempt and paint the model again. So, I did a little research online; checking out different photos and even watched a video on some guy's process. (Which was insane; I'm just wanting to make models to play with, this guy was a professional modeler.) I'm not trying to win any awards, just not be embarrassed by what I put on the table.</div>
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Considering the debacle of my attempt at pea dot camo, I approached the project with a fair amount of trepidation. Armed with the minimum amount of knowledge, as is my MO, I forged ahead.</div>
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Here's the real deal. A Tiger 1. I picked this picture because it shows how they left the tank markings readable. Understandably, this is important but it had never occurred to me before starting this project.</div>
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Here's my two attempts. Unfortunately, the pics don't quite pick up the whitewash too well. It looks a lot better in person, not so thin and uniform. I purposely made it more worn in places but it's hard to tell here. The markings and insignia are much more exposed than the rest of the cupolas but you can't tell in the photos.</div>
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So, a scary thing happened. I wanted to put the whitewash over another camo scheme so you could see it under the whitewash, but when I finished with the first part, I really liked it! I was afraid to paint over it and ruin it! I came<i> this</i> close to changing my mind and just leaving it as it was, but I'm glad I decided to carry on. I think the wheels are the best part.</div>
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Overall, I am very happy with the results. So much so that I have decided to do the same to one of my M4's and one of my T34's. Of course, the rabbit hole is I've already ordered troops in greatcoats because you can't have them in summer uniforms, right? And their bases need snow, right? Why does every idea I have cost me several hundred dollars? I will contemplate that question while I plan a Battle of the Bulge scenario; probably around Bastogne and Those Damn Engineers!</div>
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Over the course of a few evenings last week, I set up and played through a game of Pikeman's Lament, the pike and shot version of Osprey's Lion Rampant game. Having only played the latter game once, I was curious to see how the former measured up. I actually owned PL first, and was so impressed by the rules that I bought LR. But sometimes rules work differently on the table than they do in the book, so even though I like LR, I still wanted to give PL a go.</div>
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Back when I purchased and read through the rules, I was a little bummed because having read them, I knew it was going to cost me a bundle of money and a fair amount of time before I could get enough troops painted to play. Then I remembered the hundreds of 15mm figures I had for the period, from ECW, to TYW to GNW to, well, you get it. I had them all based for games I am likely to never play again, so I re-based some of them on washers (not pennies this time because I wanted them to be magnetic). Soon, I had way more figures than I would need for a proper 24 point game; in fact I had enough for at least twice that amount. I shrunk the table from 6x4 to 4x3 and inches to centimeters and was set up in no time.</div>
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Naturally, most of the troop types are different from Lion Rampant. Gone were the Mounted Men-at-Arms and in their stead 'Gallopers', think those long haired English Royalists (the mounted chivalry/nobility), cavaliers, if you will. Also present are 'Trotters', the ubiquitous cavalry of all armies of the period. Wearing a buff coat and lobster pot, armed with several pistols and a sword, only their colored sashes differentiated them from each other on the battlefield as almost always, both sides would field large numbers of them. Also, you'll find the Forlorn Hope, Commanded Shot, Dragoons, clubmen and clansmen. And of course, the troop types for which the period is named: pike and shot.</div>
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Each with their own special rules, some familiar, like 'Wild Charge' and others that were new, like 'Caracole' and 'First Salvo'. Caracole is especially well done, I think. Specific to Trotters, the rule allows the unit to shoot at a selected target and if the shot causes a change in morale status, then the unit gets a free activation to charge home! Awesome, simple way to reproduce their actual battlefield role: shoot, shoot, shoot until the enemy is disorganized and then charge with swords drawn!</div>
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The mechanics are the same: each side tries to activate one unit at a time, needing different numbers depending on whether they want to move, shoot or attack. Once an activation is missed, play proceeds to the other player until he also misses or activates all his units. In this way, you never know how many of your units will do what you want them to do, and often, as this game illustrated, your side would do nothing at all as the first roll would miss activating a unit. It must have happened at least six or eight times. In fact, it's a good thing I was playing with myself as the dice were SO bad! I lost count of how many times I would shoot or attack and just totally whiff.</div>
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So for this game, I played a simple scenario: two forces who run into each other while scouting a village out to get supplies/food.</div>
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The forces featured Scottish Highlander Royalists vs Scottish Covenanters in a 1st ECW dust up near the Scottish border. </div>
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Scottish Commanded Shot in their blue bonnets. The sides were pretty similar. One difference was I opted to downgrade the Royalist Gallopers to 'raw' which gave me the extra point to pay for the Commanded Shot.</div>
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Looking over the highlander Shot's shoulders. The figures are Museum Miniatures, btw. I bought a shit ton of them when the U.S. distributor sold his inventory a while back. I paid $0.10 each!</div>
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Then the Highlanders fire their important First Salvo at the enemy dragoons! Missed.</div>
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This shot shows the Covenanters plan. They've decided to send all their horse into the village, blow through the Royalist foote and emerge on the other side. Great plan! (Except it included dice.)</div>
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It became so bad that the Royalist Dragoons actually charged their Parliamentarian counterparts rather than try to shoot!</div>
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A real donnybrook ensues. The most important part of this shot is the Scottish Gallopers have made it all the way into the flank of the Parliament's horse after multiple failed attempts to activate ANY of them!</div>
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Yay! It took about a hundred combat rolls but someone finally drew blood! The blue dragoons retreat.</div>
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This shot shows the aftermath of the first implementation of the 'caracole' rule. Parliament's Trotters, seen here just left of center, FINALLY activated and shot the shit out of the Scottish lairds, causing them to take casualties and Waiver. This allowed the trotters to then charge home and kill a few more. You can see the remaining two skedaddling out of town! Then the Royalists opened fire and men and horses began to fall.</div>
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After the Royalist Trotters all but dispatch their Parliamentarian counterparts, they are charged by Covenanter Gallopers. And the whole Parliament plan officially falls to pieces.</div>
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Still the blue dragoons survive though, even after charging the Scottish shot. In fact, the Dragoons retreated them back to the edge of the village.</div>
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The Covenanter horse is hurting. Only one Trotter, Waivering, remains and their Gallopers great charge wasn't so, uh, great.</div>
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And everybody fired at the lone Dragoon and STILL couldn't kill him. He ended up failing a Morale Check and disappeared.</div>
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Parliament's Shot fire into the village but there's too much cover to do much good. I'm telling you, I have not seen such lame dice rolling, over a period of three days, since the last time I went to Cold Wars!</div>
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With Parliaments horse all gone and down to only their pike, shot and regimental gun (which never got a chance to fire), I called it and I called it a resounding Royalist victory. neither pike unit ever engaged the enemy and the Scottish clansmen (bottom center) never swung a clay-more in anger. Sigh. But that's why I'll play it again!</div>
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The summer grasses,</div>
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Aftermath of dreams.</div>
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The game system continues to impress. Does it really differentiate itself from the medieval version? Yeah, I think so. Does it simulate pike and shot warfare? No, of course not. No game simulates anything other than chubby old guys playing with toy soldiers. And you know what? That's fine with me. Don't let your own ego fool you, that's why we all got started doing this in the first place! This is a game (system) perfectly suited to a night of light fun playing with your favorite toy soldiers. No 'heavy' rules; no real opportunities for rules lawyering; in short, no stupid shit. </div>
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I continue to highly recommend the game.</div>
<br />Nia Parillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657135170765665100noreply@blogger.com0