Where to start? This game could have made a great Newport Noodle article or made for a good long blow by blow post describing how the rules worked turn by turn and what affect they had on each player decision but that might have been as tedious to read as to write. So I’ll quickly summarize the game in the picture captions while writing the post … Continue reading The Battle for Light Rock Valley
The Origawn Freestate and Dominion of Faraway armies clash at the Light Rock River. A full report will follow on Sunday morning. Continue reading Teaser: Battle for the Light Rock Valley
I started to clear the table this morning but it seemed a shame to clear it after a single game so……. Now that my 54’s are back on their Volley & Bayonet/Morschauser style 3″ unit bases, the grid is less useful than it was. I still had the measuring sticks I made a couple of years ago with brightly coloured 3″ segments. It is easy … Continue reading As long as I’m there…
This may sound over optimistic but after the last half decade of poking, prodding, experimenting and exploring, I think I may have just finally agreed with me and myself about what we want from the Square Brigadier. Well, until I get a brand new idea perhaps. The rules are available here (click) . The armies march on and deploy.The game was a meeting engagement over random terrain … Continue reading As the Dust Settles
Yesterday Jeff, (http://armchaircommander.blogspot.com/) hosted a group of Nova Scotia wargamers for a 15mm Nappy’s Battle of Friedland game. Hopefully he will be posting a Blog post including some of the great pics he posted on FB. (Thanks for these pics Gary ) The Russian Right Wing commander trying to balance questionable command decisions with even more questionable die rolling. Luckily as many a Russian commander knows: … Continue reading OK Enough Fun, Time To Get Back To Work
I was stoked for the first game but with each stand being a unit, there were too many units on the table for the mechanisms to flow well and keep up interest and excitement in the game so something had to change. #2: An old chestnut of a scenario and improvised basing but a brisk game. After rejecting various options as too “gamey” and abstract … Continue reading The Wheels Are Still Turning
Had a delightful time playing the game this morning, a game both enjoyable and useful. They came on in the old style. I also have a half written blog post, mostly about rules and games and choices and preferences and the like. Hopefully we’ll see what I make of it but right now, I’m off to bed. Continue reading While We’re Waiting
Its January and in Atlantica the armies take the field for another season of hard campaigning. The Rebel column approaches Westbridge Farm as a pursuing column of Dominion troops appears on the far side of the river, marching hard. To be continued…… Continue reading And So It Begins Again…..
Hold on boys, Christmas dinner is on its way! Merry Christmas to all my readers and their families and companions large and small. May there be food and drink, warmth and good cheer, and….TOYS! Continue reading Christmas Eve at Fort Henry in Atlantica
Idle time approaches! Hopefully the relief of the siege, well, blockade really, of Fort Henry is near. (See Dominion Day Train Tide and following post.) In the meantime, amongst other things, I had a quick review of 2019’s Toy Soldier games, then I looked at 2018’s games. There were some good games in both years but only 1/2 as many games in 2019. It was … Continue reading Meanwhile, Back At the Ranch
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