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
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
For a week the tired Maritime army had marched hard in pursuit of the retreating Rosmark forces. It was almost a relief when they approached Grant’s Pass and saw the enemy guns posted atop the crest of the narrow pass. The army had been marching in two columns along parallel roads which converged to run through the pass. The order went out for the cavalry … Continue reading Hold the Pass!
When I decided to use Big Wars to play my Stuart Asquith memorial game I had been curious/apprehensive about how I would like them. I did play them at least once in the 90’s (link to old report) but only remembered that they’d been quick and rather bloody. The pictures from the Big Wars game are in the previous post. The pictures here are of my … Continue reading Discussing Wye
It was barely an hour after the patrols left that the first Oerbergers were spotted coming over the mountains from both North and South. Note: The large Blue or Red Poker Chips mark a destroyed unit. The small red bingo markers indicate a need to Rally. The first assault was by a force of 3 Mounted Rifles and a Cavalry MG unit against a hilltop … Continue reading The Attack on Missisjones
TROOP TRAIN AMBUSHED! Dominion government blames Origawn Rebels for Blue River Incursion and urges calm. MILITIA MOBILISATION BILL INTRODUCED IN PARLIAMENT. AMBUSHED! Our correspondent Russell Williams has filed this report from Hastee Junction in the Blue River District. ——- It was late on the first when we rounded the bend and caught out first glance of Hastee Junction since we had passed through last fall … Continue reading Rebel Incursion in the Blue River Valley!
This game was worthy of a proper battle report but no correspondents or professional photographers from the Newport Noodle were on hand. (Possibly they were also working overtime in the garden during a rare burst of good weather.) I’m afraid we’ll have to make due with a quick summary of the action and a few fuzzy snaps. Somewhere around turn 5 or 6 out of … Continue reading The Quick Version
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