Oops meant to make time for some quick blog posts but between yacking with friends and playing 4 games in 2 days….well… Great con with a LOT of great games and great people. More later. Continue reading Huzzah! Too busy having fun to blog
Up packs! Time to go, and… we’re off! That’s us, Martin in the driver’s seat and me in the coach crossing over the Kennetcook towards the Wentworth Pass and points South. Hopefully everything that is needed is in the bins and bags or can be borrowed, bought or improvised on site! We fully expect reports to be wired in by our correspondent at the front. … Continue reading We’re no awa’ to bide awa’
No its not that I decided to put aside more important things to add 6 figures to the Rosmark Provincial Regiment so that I can take it to Huzzah rather than one of 3 other regiments. No, if you look at the picture you see a crumpled, empty, tube of superglue like glue. Empty! I don’t think I have ever suceeded in accessing all the … Continue reading A Funny Thing Happened on My Way …….
I’m not quite ready for this year’s Huzzah, almost but not quite. So, logically (?) I started work on next year’s game by doing a test conversion of a F&IW highlander into a War of the First Coalition or French Revolutionary War highlander. I’m not convinced the full belted plaid was worn over to the Low Countries but I have two uniform paintings of it … Continue reading Did you say you wanted a revolution?
Thanks to all who left a comment they were much appreciated. For much of the last forty years I have had a sort of fear of being thought conventional. That has receded so while I still abjure trendiness, I’m no longer harbouring a secret urge to be different for the sake of being different. In this case, once the idea of an old toy approach … Continue reading And…..the Winner IS……
A few days ago, I was gathering up the various bits of fluff that I use to indicate units that have fired, and thinking about Huzzah. I decided that it was time to upgrade, but how? What looks better, the “toy” version with just paint or the fluff version? My first idea was just to get some sort of base to make the fluff (aka … Continue reading The Smoke of War, but which?
Not the battle on the table, though it had its moments, it was the struggle in my head. Luckily, Victory has been declared! The 2nd Battalion of the Highland Brigade goes in ! This week I had the luxury of time and the intent to “find” my game for my toy soldiers. Ideally one should know what one wants to do before setting out to … Continue reading It Was a Terrible Struggle
One doesn’t often hear a reference to Clan Macfarlane in song but I found one today. Hmm I’m not sure, but I think we’ve been insulted despite helping the MacGregors allies come to their aid……perhaps its as well we’re not often mentioned. (Update, did a bit more digging, it seems we also contributed fighting men which explains why the Macfarlanes were proscribed along with the … Continue reading Macfarlanes in Song and Story
Two weeks from today I leave for Huzzah!. While I could pack up and go tomorrow, there is still a lot I’d like to do to get ready and it looks like the next week at least will be ideal for much needed yardwork and gardening. Two expected down days have been compromised by unexpected domestic duties. There has been some time to work on … Continue reading A Work in Progress but Time is Running Out
Back in the 70’s there was a set of Quick Play Napoleonic rules published in Gene McCoy’s Wargamer’s Digest which was a bit of a shock to a young gamer deep into WRG and indoctrinated in the importance of scale and detail. I forget the author and details of the rules but I remember the aim including something like being “close enough to smell the … Continue reading Review, Revise, Re-engage
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