This will be a very short post as there are much better pictures and background here: der resin kavalier blog That’s me on a horse, behind the gun. 🙂 It was Saturday night, I was dead tired, I love Charge! and I love 54mm. This was enough to make me nostalgic for my 54mm plastic 1812 and AWI armies, just not nostalgic enough to be tempted … Continue reading Huuzah 2019 Charge! Saturday Game 4
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
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
After their recent repulse, the rebels have regrouped, moved by the flank, and thrown a brigade over the river but Dominion forces are already on the scene. I really need to work on the lighting in my room. Taxes, yard work, household taxes, preparations for Huzzah, some local volunteer stuff, and….and….and suddenly I felt like I needed to play a simple, meaningless, solo game. Well … Continue reading They’re Back!
Having made a comment about randomness in my Saturday post, I spent a fair amount of time yesterday thinking about it and thinking about various comments until it hit me that I was way off track. The problem wasn’t a lack of randomness and fun, (I’m not really keen on either of those) but once mentioned that stuck with me. The actual problem would be … Continue reading Words. Choose them carefully.
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