tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18007931927218328172024-03-19T11:00:44.579+00:00SEEMS Wargames ClubThe South East Essex Military Society (SEEMS) is a wargames club based in Hockley, Essex (between Rayleigh and Southend) and has been in existence for 30 years.
The club meets at the Wayland Games 17-19 Eldon Way Hockley SS5 4AD every Wednesday night from 7:30 onwards.
Contact: Neil Fox, hardrada@supanet.com or the group direct on: SEEMS@Yahoogroups.com if you want to come along.Ant Masterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03500211640652651861noreply@blogger.comBlogger484125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800793192721832817.post-32308933079697413362024-03-19T10:59:00.006+00:002024-03-19T10:59:43.313+00:0013th March Games<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-8062660172837080685DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">We had three games on the go on Wednesday last; Rob and Alan played Marvel Protocol (beware of low-flying tuk-tuks!), Steve S, Dave K, Mark and Eddie played Pandemic, while I ran an Angels 20 mission based on Operation Judgement (the American attack on Admiral Yamamoto’s aircraft while in transit on an inspection tour) for Steve H, Nigel and myself. The Japanese fielded two ‘Betty’ bombers as transports with six Zeroes as escort commanded by Nigel and myself, while Steve played the US assault force with an initial three P38 Lightnings, and the option of a fourth if one was lost (I only have three P38s at present.....). As may be seen from the pictures, Steve got stuck in and we had some right old furballs, which cost him all three of his original force. He had the last laugh, as the fourth P38 shot down Yamamoto’s aircraft just four hexes from the table edge it had to reach to win. Thoroughly enjoyable game, I need to work out the best way to run the escort of Zeroes more effectively.<u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-8062660172837080685DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9kdTx4zz_s490d5PO-6I0CtothHJUDHlkgz0Jodjxg3uJfYwFJGMzd_OwBcXwZ5DRlwELRHqLtCmU367-a5tlaYjfKThx6yBhzT6R2Ji6oeR9W1h7gBZi40-o3IlZ2R64NtOU77AMXsh3HfQ7gOSURfkd1pmYOk6RPGFkOEDDBT1yKiO0_N2sx5Gaf3Kr/s4000/IMG_1521.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9kdTx4zz_s490d5PO-6I0CtothHJUDHlkgz0Jodjxg3uJfYwFJGMzd_OwBcXwZ5DRlwELRHqLtCmU367-a5tlaYjfKThx6yBhzT6R2Ji6oeR9W1h7gBZi40-o3IlZ2R64NtOU77AMXsh3HfQ7gOSURfkd1pmYOk6RPGFkOEDDBT1yKiO0_N2sx5Gaf3Kr/w400-h266/IMG_1521.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJQXMQa1lRwPW9Vr5N87-1F4wU06cGUPNBWKgbdxvIB6PsPb22uSI3UCOzxkcCyb-rlXhZhTjC6-EVx64Z1zR_A9V8a4-fbazjsa8Y_TbFA6mfVo6WqTZ7pzNfGJQp9Os05lJ6vagmdu4-voMHeZRMPqnU_2ZPfSd20w5Qei0JGZMzIt1Ws92HHGdnLJhf/s4000/IMG_1522.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJQXMQa1lRwPW9Vr5N87-1F4wU06cGUPNBWKgbdxvIB6PsPb22uSI3UCOzxkcCyb-rlXhZhTjC6-EVx64Z1zR_A9V8a4-fbazjsa8Y_TbFA6mfVo6WqTZ7pzNfGJQp9Os05lJ6vagmdu4-voMHeZRMPqnU_2ZPfSd20w5Qei0JGZMzIt1Ws92HHGdnLJhf/w400-h266/IMG_1522.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9vCS58B06Ax33d594_6tG-j5oyMno62auzhbFXwr-mScBehFted8ogbMdgnjJbFXUAqMsca6ubYvUh_Fm4ekoRTmRtxCvv8UqUsg9MsJaWGOUPnQNay1l71h6VQAhmsYq5xLv255RVVrtBnR93bzYEV8MUZt6QCJnPuq8HCUTd-af_HotRrlJbokIwBLC/s4000/IMG_1523.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9vCS58B06Ax33d594_6tG-j5oyMno62auzhbFXwr-mScBehFted8ogbMdgnjJbFXUAqMsca6ubYvUh_Fm4ekoRTmRtxCvv8UqUsg9MsJaWGOUPnQNay1l71h6VQAhmsYq5xLv255RVVrtBnR93bzYEV8MUZt6QCJnPuq8HCUTd-af_HotRrlJbokIwBLC/w400-h266/IMG_1523.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-8062660172837080685DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;"> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-8062660172837080685DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">Next week, Andy P wants to run a game of Dead Man’s Hand, and Dave K has a set of his won Old West gunfight rules to try out.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-8062660172837080685DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-8062660172837080685DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">See yer soon,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-8062660172837080685DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">Neil </span></p>Mike Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853229487040445556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800793192721832817.post-37674178333430890082024-03-11T14:31:00.007+00:002024-03-11T14:34:05.333+00:006th March Games<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_6292108107197721786DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">A decent turnout with no less than three games underway last night. Steve H & S were playtesting the Blood and Plunder pirates skirmish game, Alan and Rob ran an Old World Warhammer fantasy battle with Empire and Wood Elves (I think?) forces, while Mark and Andy P ran a Lord of the Rings game for Eddie and I with Rohirrim and Ork forces, the latter assaulting a settlement which I named (for reasons which will become apparent) A-Lam-O. Despite Andy and I putting up a solid defence, we were overrun and..........it just got ugly thereafter. Good fun for all that.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_6292108107197721786DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnyTONVAohbz3GwBULDAk_84zdJN2xGokjK-I4ojFBQyNLrj3wxDKh_4zWgXG0zGT38LW8rhgE4giBaKtlMT144yxMKJjQHQJPC9HQfp8CVMKuu4Olm-pQBl94_TZkpIAqv7pzbgyqnM92UtdsUmom81BFSnWRcimYRt2wAyG4zapD-_o2uRmwUe9Pp03k/s4000/IMG_1510.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnyTONVAohbz3GwBULDAk_84zdJN2xGokjK-I4ojFBQyNLrj3wxDKh_4zWgXG0zGT38LW8rhgE4giBaKtlMT144yxMKJjQHQJPC9HQfp8CVMKuu4Olm-pQBl94_TZkpIAqv7pzbgyqnM92UtdsUmom81BFSnWRcimYRt2wAyG4zapD-_o2uRmwUe9Pp03k/w640-h426/IMG_1510.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI8iSBA9SItAUj_MGnYx4kjV9PwSyKiGWnDSKuI2QRu35zounc-1zCwP_Bz55IFeXLFnjBi6fQUoFWUnb1-lGkRdOhiyN24iWoNfPzkn_CL90P3oCD7igEM13CVyGBALiXoBkeoNfr4uoGmzLkw2rhi8xH1JF_Tfd7obM547tDDcK3AbU6qRaJLP1hksvM/s4000/IMG_1511.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI8iSBA9SItAUj_MGnYx4kjV9PwSyKiGWnDSKuI2QRu35zounc-1zCwP_Bz55IFeXLFnjBi6fQUoFWUnb1-lGkRdOhiyN24iWoNfPzkn_CL90P3oCD7igEM13CVyGBALiXoBkeoNfr4uoGmzLkw2rhi8xH1JF_Tfd7obM547tDDcK3AbU6qRaJLP1hksvM/w640-h426/IMG_1511.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidjtxAHI9HwbV3PQPrkH2bjGmJyMoaUfU97hZLz3P_0_wHUAnB9Q9HFEIX4XHENGlwfyFEyWK-RkPnbqKobKWLkqu_40jS7afE_8824JVK-d_Mxdevt5vfNwR9W1ykGPDs3tpqGz5h8hAK9b_Cnik_CvyMIkOLTCoDHvC-DY2a1hrObqaFqoeFmzhdXudT/s4000/IMG_1517.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidjtxAHI9HwbV3PQPrkH2bjGmJyMoaUfU97hZLz3P_0_wHUAnB9Q9HFEIX4XHENGlwfyFEyWK-RkPnbqKobKWLkqu_40jS7afE_8824JVK-d_Mxdevt5vfNwR9W1ykGPDs3tpqGz5h8hAK9b_Cnik_CvyMIkOLTCoDHvC-DY2a1hrObqaFqoeFmzhdXudT/w640-h426/IMG_1517.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_6292108107197721786DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Next week, I’ll bring my Angels 20 collection, featuring either Eastern Front or possibly Pacific scenarios. Steve S has booked a spare table for a board game if this becomes necessary. For those who haven’t been aware, the proposed relocation of the Wayland warehouse to another site is unlikely to affect the games centre.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_6292108107197721786DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_6292108107197721786DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">See yer soon,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_6292108107197721786DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Neil </span></p>Mike Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853229487040445556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800793192721832817.post-40376286910226083182024-02-29T14:14:00.003+00:002024-02-29T14:14:20.672+00:0028th February Games<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_1119107236817907482DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">Better turnout than of late this week. Mark and Andy played a two handed Zombiecide, Alan and Rob were playing Marvel Protocol, Mike and Steve B played a Dark Ages Lion Rampant game and I ran an ECW game for Steve H, Nigel, Eddie and myself. The last was a further play test before I start trying scenarios for this DBA derived set of rules; the infantry fight in the centre was messy, while the flanking horse on both sides were happy to sit and watch (in fairness, Nigel and Eddie were getting to grips with the rules, neither being familiar with the DBA set from which they have been developed). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_1119107236817907482DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinuyYGn_lVtIX1eIkWR2YWMZ0iqh0EY-QRC8F269MUkiSTbLNNz9yndsJLa-96GKILWTFSA1RTtMZNMM-8leSKolqdW4G7u0JH2EPFM6Bo8Hpg7zLGNVLMw7GzVsPIngyTT5CHSJuBbiaM5OxVddFddoe4b9uF8IE_WunSUG0otuMVHGpx_BCJyGSDBFl-/s4000/IMG_1502.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinuyYGn_lVtIX1eIkWR2YWMZ0iqh0EY-QRC8F269MUkiSTbLNNz9yndsJLa-96GKILWTFSA1RTtMZNMM-8leSKolqdW4G7u0JH2EPFM6Bo8Hpg7zLGNVLMw7GzVsPIngyTT5CHSJuBbiaM5OxVddFddoe4b9uF8IE_WunSUG0otuMVHGpx_BCJyGSDBFl-/w400-h266/IMG_1502.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFp6pzHEDzRMwUTuNXxjIGKfZ4P0_KVko-H9jwsvx7jDAWNbg-uKBodQERsPZ91iNNPgsj0EAYkeQ_F32w4rnjzqPQcAJN-VBPKT9ocBzkdEmzhaoOlZp4K08O_fZLW9IqdMEXsuoAxe5h2H_5Pr-m1-yxUs5jbEZb3P7kKmYrcYyC4icvHsH-Mf8bA7jc/s4000/IMG_1503.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFp6pzHEDzRMwUTuNXxjIGKfZ4P0_KVko-H9jwsvx7jDAWNbg-uKBodQERsPZ91iNNPgsj0EAYkeQ_F32w4rnjzqPQcAJN-VBPKT9ocBzkdEmzhaoOlZp4K08O_fZLW9IqdMEXsuoAxe5h2H_5Pr-m1-yxUs5jbEZb3P7kKmYrcYyC4icvHsH-Mf8bA7jc/w400-h266/IMG_1503.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiucEgmKyDZNQ0KOBw7GamWcHdeN-dAiMt3-t_tLtbkzmOaxAPlFS26PmmxyegmJb0LQpD-4Extv-LUW2i6BXZyr9z58KW67AC-gpRcVuiENzQgEadY0zFLoRAq1wBAyuAquSTtLyTa-jxx8MaZn4vlOOF-Ybg_ZlLgyYDILaGldqNPjYm7ECIIVOe2gmBk/s4000/IMG_1507.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiucEgmKyDZNQ0KOBw7GamWcHdeN-dAiMt3-t_tLtbkzmOaxAPlFS26PmmxyegmJb0LQpD-4Extv-LUW2i6BXZyr9z58KW67AC-gpRcVuiENzQgEadY0zFLoRAq1wBAyuAquSTtLyTa-jxx8MaZn4vlOOF-Ybg_ZlLgyYDILaGldqNPjYm7ECIIVOe2gmBk/w400-h266/IMG_1507.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC04sPxbX0sjOa_ZgcvYHxj4E-bBJCYw-7-pUI__TffPdQSNhi0udG10zBgipDf5v2_lvUsz6MAnTMcLZVtftZF_plgpwrn_tVBKp7ka6wvqcfkAPNE_yiruD9lMWhs-Yt7a41nbaBjwfOJ2ZwQSHRPHyiMXqVR0mEytVD256oG4vfbKY3Zqv6a7I4orcP/s4000/IMG_1509.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC04sPxbX0sjOa_ZgcvYHxj4E-bBJCYw-7-pUI__TffPdQSNhi0udG10zBgipDf5v2_lvUsz6MAnTMcLZVtftZF_plgpwrn_tVBKp7ka6wvqcfkAPNE_yiruD9lMWhs-Yt7a41nbaBjwfOJ2ZwQSHRPHyiMXqVR0mEytVD256oG4vfbKY3Zqv6a7I4orcP/w400-h266/IMG_1509.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_1119107236817907482DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_1119107236817907482DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">Next week, Mark and Andy are running a Lord of the Rings game, which I’d like to try, so any other offers would be welcome. Andy says he needs to arrange temporary storage for the club trees and cloths for a month as he needs space in his flat; any offers direct to him please. We noted the absence of Steve S and Dave K, both of whom are apparently poorly, although Dave is currently recovering from somewhat more serious issues. Best wishes to both as ever.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_1119107236817907482DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_1119107236817907482DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">See yer soon,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_1119107236817907482DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">Neil</span></p>Mike Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853229487040445556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800793192721832817.post-74483771262647882522024-02-23T09:50:00.001+00:002024-02-23T14:54:16.541+00:0021st February Games<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-7062057299874524994DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">A few more of us were present yesterday evening; Alan and Rob were playing Infinity, and I set up a Space Hulk game for Steve H & S, Eddie and Nigel. We ran the Rescue scenario, which involves two Terminator squads retrieving a CAT scanner droid with the details of the hulk’s layout and ensuring it is safely taken to the recovery point. Steve H and Eddie played the Terminators, while Steve S and Nigel ran the genestealers.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: whiclearte; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-7062057299874524994DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">The Deathwing took casualties in the course of the game, but the Sons of the Lion achieved a rare victory by getting the CAT off table by some ‘creative’ use of overwatch and some exceptional dice rolling by Eddie when it came to the crunch. Seems as though everyone enjoyed themselves, particularly Eddie and Nigel whose first game it was. <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: whiclearte; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-7062057299874524994DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: whiclearte; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgupY_caHlmvg_75C9iu7ZozNhsR3XJfGmXWSf18VFaLvbtemDiBUtFHOw6imFZGGH6_OCs7JhbRvALxZju5F33kmr8lsiomq-2GthV0lXBVB7GmKVvzG-9nR3bI2dgkVRbV_FPOTJZu6Ozlc5gim5qhvE4MggvPQ_-KciBS3gEHTY_i6H43yYoOGOURBUN/s4000/IMG_1497.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgupY_caHlmvg_75C9iu7ZozNhsR3XJfGmXWSf18VFaLvbtemDiBUtFHOw6imFZGGH6_OCs7JhbRvALxZju5F33kmr8lsiomq-2GthV0lXBVB7GmKVvzG-9nR3bI2dgkVRbV_FPOTJZu6Ozlc5gim5qhvE4MggvPQ_-KciBS3gEHTY_i6H43yYoOGOURBUN/w400-h266/IMG_1497.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqTSfiEkzM9i_Q_WoFHP_hrJE7fFKUBj2adJuwDtH9idlHKK3Jl3JZS75Vt9JVYMJ7ESZ64Q4jl0nIIhiHQfY0-8ipYcGMfuJzRI9YIk6xOS_reD2f9vL3H8rPu_22r8eT8ePKxJeqm4GWdFRDOVhC9LFS5S4vzYKm_XmjRvSs3DEWfjP1blKjJs4NTZjL/s4000/IMG_1499.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqTSfiEkzM9i_Q_WoFHP_hrJE7fFKUBj2adJuwDtH9idlHKK3Jl3JZS75Vt9JVYMJ7ESZ64Q4jl0nIIhiHQfY0-8ipYcGMfuJzRI9YIk6xOS_reD2f9vL3H8rPu_22r8eT8ePKxJeqm4GWdFRDOVhC9LFS5S4vzYKm_XmjRvSs3DEWfjP1blKjJs4NTZjL/w400-h266/IMG_1499.JPG" width="400" /></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-7062057299874524994DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">I’ve offered to run an ECW game using my WoFun flats next week, but before then we are running a Franco-Prussian game at the Cavalier show in Tonbridge, Kent this coming Sunday. Thanks to Matt for the loan of his figures for the game, and to those who have offered to assist with the game then.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-7062057299874524994DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-7062057299874524994DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">I’d also like to offer my best wishes for a swift recovery to Mark and Dave K from their respective medical issues. Get well soon guys, you’re sorely missed.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-7062057299874524994DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-7062057299874524994DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">See yer soon,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-7062057299874524994DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">Neil</span></p>Mike Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853229487040445556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800793192721832817.post-42980422250081156782024-02-16T09:39:00.001+00:002024-02-23T09:50:38.232+00:0014th February Games<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_4483817881046487322DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Love was in the air at Wayland last night; it must have been because the place was practically empty! (and quiet......). Our presence was limited to myself, Steves S & H and Nigel. It was decided that my planned Space Hulk game would be postponed until next week, and we played Zombiecide instead. Not much to show as the undead didn’t really get close most of the game.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_4483817881046487322DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinmsp2iFOc0GemWNZMRih7Ez0IP6RLAsMMX5Ta4kP_3rBaWbxrcP1UwSZmIN6nr43r2CEey0iYQeecQMxBwxqWnrwsa5gB8tN866JnIqXgDxao02Wy9rQc77zXvGU0xOCUGYTDVkzu3drvhcSwFlzIv_SrC4_KuIq_Ts0X3TDqkwENjacz6txmvMSr1q86/s4000/IMG_1495.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinmsp2iFOc0GemWNZMRih7Ez0IP6RLAsMMX5Ta4kP_3rBaWbxrcP1UwSZmIN6nr43r2CEey0iYQeecQMxBwxqWnrwsa5gB8tN866JnIqXgDxao02Wy9rQc77zXvGU0xOCUGYTDVkzu3drvhcSwFlzIv_SrC4_KuIq_Ts0X3TDqkwENjacz6txmvMSr1q86/w640-h426/IMG_1495.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxcjDssqF55Js6qVEhkHaPH7x2ap9t_0MoOJvt3NKQhBugnu5UC2B0qnL5s_xhTskXbkwY6ilOCYjiidhAg4Nj9wpiQSZyQ7ZpZxw-sD05lR1BWD3O0Ii6I5XQdESnfhu7CJ9u4FyyNovADXvEGjITciNB5W3-Hk3Ab693r3_VGUL5eB8JVYNEnaZD2zWw/s4000/IMG_1496.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxcjDssqF55Js6qVEhkHaPH7x2ap9t_0MoOJvt3NKQhBugnu5UC2B0qnL5s_xhTskXbkwY6ilOCYjiidhAg4Nj9wpiQSZyQ7ZpZxw-sD05lR1BWD3O0Ii6I5XQdESnfhu7CJ9u4FyyNovADXvEGjITciNB5W3-Hk3Ab693r3_VGUL5eB8JVYNEnaZD2zWw/w640-h426/IMG_1496.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_4483817881046487322DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_4483817881046487322DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Steve S had been given a selection of figures and models by Paul as he had decided they were surplus to his requirements; I ‘liberated’ a box of Black Seas Napoleonic ships, a few medieval figures and the Warlord figure of Jack Aubrey which was part of the Black Seas release. My thanks to Paul for my bits (which will go into storage for the moment). All enquiries concerning the rest to Steve S please.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_4483817881046487322DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_4483817881046487322DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">So next week, I’ll run the Space Hulk game originally planned for this week, and arrange the details for the Cavalier show at Tonbridge on Sunday 25<sup>th</sup> February. As you know, I’ll run the Franco-Prussian War scenario that we’ve taken out before; anyone who can make it on the day would be welcome to participate.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_4483817881046487322DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_4483817881046487322DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">See yer soon,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_4483817881046487322DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Neil </span></p>Mike Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853229487040445556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800793192721832817.post-36083266855944755512024-02-09T09:35:00.008+00:002024-02-09T09:35:44.819+00:007th February Games<div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="m_1704338288195664215DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">We were down on numbers last night. Steve S had set up a play test for the pirate based Blood and Plunder game he had bought recently; Steve H, Dave K, Eddie, Nigel and I took groups of pirates and Royal Navy seamen in a skirmish set on a rocky beach. With one set of rules and five novice players, what could possibly go wrong?<br /></span><span class="m_1704338288195664215DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Surprisingly not much! The game mechanics worked well enough, given that the game is designed for a smaller area and with smaller forces; firing and combat were rather .... effective, shall we say. I think the pirates edged the game, but we still have boarding actions to deal with, using the two cutter models Steve has as part of the starter set.</span><span class="m_1704338288195664215DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span class="m_1704338288195664215DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMbVC6XN0JfklZxM9oh10J3KwEJN5EVZPVpKfS5kZiPOQrA7l7W05O0lIY7gTfTPFqsW3zQ_zxBjCB1rfObpaNqv2ROKdJ7KcYYnAO2t_JCNmmthlO1cm2-QKp9QH8oCpWn_dwCDn5_jOsrT4BSRjoVVUD3B1-ny1OpVCHQdKLVS0eHTUiJ7_yznBy4BgD/s4000/IMG_1494.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMbVC6XN0JfklZxM9oh10J3KwEJN5EVZPVpKfS5kZiPOQrA7l7W05O0lIY7gTfTPFqsW3zQ_zxBjCB1rfObpaNqv2ROKdJ7KcYYnAO2t_JCNmmthlO1cm2-QKp9QH8oCpWn_dwCDn5_jOsrT4BSRjoVVUD3B1-ny1OpVCHQdKLVS0eHTUiJ7_yznBy4BgD/w640-h426/IMG_1494.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga2sjtLTNd6hOp2uCsid5wDI_cnKHAtc1vDJ4Jjp611JF5Qxw5NWKvDU1oodm_r3SrUW3knipXUxWQfnD3uO4OKzP89CGtSwk_bVd-bTPwMAIYf4t2VCcX6pX98VxniPJ459hMzCEJd5jQA07xjIaFmGizH0XFRbrUrcFxQJteej8VjgnWPDHjM54hTh6A/s4000/IMG_1490.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga2sjtLTNd6hOp2uCsid5wDI_cnKHAtc1vDJ4Jjp611JF5Qxw5NWKvDU1oodm_r3SrUW3knipXUxWQfnD3uO4OKzP89CGtSwk_bVd-bTPwMAIYf4t2VCcX6pX98VxniPJ459hMzCEJd5jQA07xjIaFmGizH0XFRbrUrcFxQJteej8VjgnWPDHjM54hTh6A/w640-h426/IMG_1490.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy0Cg8E_3pXS3JRDcUIj35aSrVmJS7KLl-TDhTY0s79sV4TISVmBjwbeRG8oTS4BTFGHlFOebSzo1GNyUt9KGfQnQsa0aJPp3CYoGVg85BGrk74aBUp7tOun7tNGu7uGGlvG_8W4hdGkFEEYLXAX53jvT1k-KfzSSP4MjHtAE955mWX_fMgoVndDHdITpq/s4000/IMG_1488.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy0Cg8E_3pXS3JRDcUIj35aSrVmJS7KLl-TDhTY0s79sV4TISVmBjwbeRG8oTS4BTFGHlFOebSzo1GNyUt9KGfQnQsa0aJPp3CYoGVg85BGrk74aBUp7tOun7tNGu7uGGlvG_8W4hdGkFEEYLXAX53jvT1k-KfzSSP4MjHtAE955mWX_fMgoVndDHdITpq/w640-h426/IMG_1488.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span class="m_1704338288195664215DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">I’ve offered to run a Space Hulk game next week. Hopefully with a few more bodies onsite.<br /></span><span class="m_1704338288195664215DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> <br /></span><span class="m_1704338288195664215DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">See yer soon,<br /></span><span class="m_1704338288195664215DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Neil </span></div>Mike Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853229487040445556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800793192721832817.post-44191221843735485132024-01-26T09:34:00.002+00:002024-02-23T09:51:02.135+00:0024th January Games<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_6751934837083175963DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Another good turnout last night; Andy P hosted Alan, Nigel and myself in a Dead Man’s Hand Western gunfight game, while Steves H and S ran a Ronin Japanese skirmish for Dave K, Mark and Eddie. The latter was intended as a trial of a set of rules published by Osprey some time back. I don’t know how it went but given I have already got figures for the period , feedback would be gratefully received.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKM21KyEMnYje-hTIzPIlIKYhiL5iYVrKIjPQMXAjZPzPfHUjXRBkI4ZTabEwQ0Fz-Ho4sVZ3NboZtOda4ZpsE5ILtF5W9zkiaMb-p6Fy_jvgVZNI5dNlKOoZ96GleOMYv3co3SThhgoO4owsdNB2LpW8by1odndQhyphenhyphenaRyVMJRAr9pDK31b8YMZE4nYeCe/s4000/IMG_1480.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKM21KyEMnYje-hTIzPIlIKYhiL5iYVrKIjPQMXAjZPzPfHUjXRBkI4ZTabEwQ0Fz-Ho4sVZ3NboZtOda4ZpsE5ILtF5W9zkiaMb-p6Fy_jvgVZNI5dNlKOoZ96GleOMYv3co3SThhgoO4owsdNB2LpW8by1odndQhyphenhyphenaRyVMJRAr9pDK31b8YMZE4nYeCe/w400-h266/IMG_1480.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_6751934837083175963DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_6751934837083175963DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Meanwhile, Nigel and I ran a team of Mexican bandidos and assorted other ne’er-do-wells against the most recent version of the Magnificent Seven (i.e. no Yul Brynner, but Denzel Washington in his place? Yeah, I know....). Initially, we struggled against Andy and Alan who have played more regularly and knew how best to play the hand of cards they held to frustrate our plans. I eventually got my dice to behave and threw three natural 20’s in succession on a D20, thereby sending three of their men direct to Boot Hill! I have pictures of the dice as proof, as no-one will believe me otherwise. <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_6751934837083175963DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSdFkBLWOARXTG7iEW6tIDiVRzhW4FnOxbhaiWrqN9Qkq9tI1N00nGzu68dZsrzmF7xugKq4lfrW2uVJEALQhlY35PSIdFFsFY2qZbDGcTee4Jrm_x4acapMLcQkSL81eqHlmtuKLUDw_7LocQWh-ctKtUtx4uIo8JoMc_fLDLuTu2Jg5SWOcIxNUSGjMR/s4000/IMG_1479.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSdFkBLWOARXTG7iEW6tIDiVRzhW4FnOxbhaiWrqN9Qkq9tI1N00nGzu68dZsrzmF7xugKq4lfrW2uVJEALQhlY35PSIdFFsFY2qZbDGcTee4Jrm_x4acapMLcQkSL81eqHlmtuKLUDw_7LocQWh-ctKtUtx4uIo8JoMc_fLDLuTu2Jg5SWOcIxNUSGjMR/w400-h266/IMG_1479.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_6751934837083175963DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5HvgWPyFV1szTFGi287LelWpimjMkn37FDN0HvwbMtTgp7N9Rl4v5TluqWC_suPJRfjf9oSzp7njJvQr1JvFzEOHUscPnBUfiZ3FhHKczBWKM2Eh7MVkhSLBFp4zvUA8lDG_6gNbqSQn__nCYnOA7Yz5TpQxPQCL6zki12Y8q1Q8cnBkTrPW0sETZMI8F/s4000/IMG_1481.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5HvgWPyFV1szTFGi287LelWpimjMkn37FDN0HvwbMtTgp7N9Rl4v5TluqWC_suPJRfjf9oSzp7njJvQr1JvFzEOHUscPnBUfiZ3FhHKczBWKM2Eh7MVkhSLBFp4zvUA8lDG_6gNbqSQn__nCYnOA7Yz5TpQxPQCL6zki12Y8q1Q8cnBkTrPW0sETZMI8F/w400-h266/IMG_1481.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="m_6751934837083175963DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Next week, the Steves intend to play Strontium Dogs (from the 2000 AD comic universe), and I’ll run some WW2 aerial action for anyone interested.<u></u><u></u></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_6751934837083175963DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_6751934837083175963DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">See yer soon,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_6751934837083175963DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Neil </span></p>Mike Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853229487040445556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800793192721832817.post-21240101633073188742024-01-19T09:11:00.007+00:002024-02-23T09:51:24.983+00:0017th January Games<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_1986033659065981327DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">We had a good turnout last night; Wayland Games was hosting Dave from MiniWargaming and his team (from a YouTube channel) and he was kind enough to drop by and check out our games. Mark, Dave K, Steve S and Eddie were playing a SWAT team game umpired by Mark, Rob, Andy and friends were playing dead Man’s Hand, while I ran a Napoleonic naval game for Mike C, Steve H and Nigel (whose first game this was). We deployed the squadrons on a table edge by dice roll, then decided wind direction – which promptly gave Steve and Nigel as the French the benefit of the weather gauge. This is a bad thing if you are downwind (as Mike and I were), and we were soundly beaten as a result. Nigel managed to damage our ships with some devastating stern rakes which took half the force out in two moves. My flagship received the same benefit from Steve, and should have been destroyed but was in any case forced to strike its colours. That said I was pleased to see the others enjoy themselves, while I await my court martial............. <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_1986033659065981327DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9I68VAjwGRTQ7D4rqN6bjEAcMslkNSI1Ap9j-EUJOBk9IlnmA878pxPUQpFnjgYweCLQzBWHj2hyphenhyphenZEjtJc35O4e7yDgiL9KpD2k7WwnyvivbjQ7Jd95i4_6TvbtirksCvLGsl6hr7jy595F7-CyjIyCoHxCRuZrE-NXEyNtK2jXh5lrH9EOXUhqtXVGo3/s4000/IMG_1473.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9I68VAjwGRTQ7D4rqN6bjEAcMslkNSI1Ap9j-EUJOBk9IlnmA878pxPUQpFnjgYweCLQzBWHj2hyphenhyphenZEjtJc35O4e7yDgiL9KpD2k7WwnyvivbjQ7Jd95i4_6TvbtirksCvLGsl6hr7jy595F7-CyjIyCoHxCRuZrE-NXEyNtK2jXh5lrH9EOXUhqtXVGo3/w400-h266/IMG_1473.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpVMB4t-kBe6v5nWo-lp5UUdNAiWuSfWFIMy4Dv8ctBNsXJ1DcLHvG8xZbPJpn7fFoZ8spRV_lqil3af4w4XYNnPi8EkVkeOiyfkPCpZ3wgfDBzgtWtYczYClPfwPhk__a7EpFw0QQ6Mr6VRtTCdl3WzfE3btb6kW4xqxBVhCT6VVUgwC8wlqABblpHWxZ/w400-h266/IMG_1476.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_1986033659065981327DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Next week, I’ll provide figures and a terrain mat for a Dead Man’s Hand game, whilst the Steves will try the Ronin samurai skirmish game.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_1986033659065981327DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_1986033659065981327DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">See yer soon,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_1986033659065981327DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Neil </span></p>Mike Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853229487040445556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800793192721832817.post-23624559708334925612024-01-12T14:25:00.002+00:002024-01-19T09:12:08.471+00:0010th January Games<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-156081890296435156DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">We had rather more activity this week; Steve S, Mark, Andy P and Dave K were playing a D&D game which developed as the players moved through the dungeon, meeting assorted gribblies on the way, Alan and Rob were playing a further game with the SF skirmish set used last week, while I set up my Anglo-Saxons and Norse collections for a Lion Rampant game which Steve H and Nigel took part in. Nigel’s track record was slightly better than last week’s Men Who Would Be Kings game in that he lost his leader, but was able to withdraw much of his Norsemen off table by game’s end.<u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-156081890296435156DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuSxZZOJE_CnS65kCYkFNUmOKks7Yb_siz9bpHtMJ39McXGFKtIlYKwYDo5iLkxSKX4N2a9KYD5oxMQRLW0CSiLmDuhce92OpcTQyZqLv8_wXBUZHHoN_3HaDCvZmI6e64OEWriARfUkTDleQrV6kUkef4YUbEyU7iuBeqPb1xVYhlg76RtGjE7IAGF5Ai/s4000/IMG_1464.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-156081890296435156DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Next week, Mark wants to run his ever popular SWAT game, Andy has a Dead Man’s Hand game lined up, while I intend to introduce Nigel to the delights of Napoleonic naval warfare.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-156081890296435156DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-156081890296435156DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">See yer soon,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-156081890296435156DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Neil </span></p>Mike Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853229487040445556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800793192721832817.post-14258183829956539862024-01-04T15:49:00.006+00:002024-01-04T15:49:56.766+00:003rd January Games<p><span color="windowtext" style="background-color: clear; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">Good to be back after the festive bacchanal; Steve S, Andy P, Mark and Dave K played Zombiecide (and may have survived), while Rob and friend were playtesting a set of SF skirmish rules he’d found online.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRGHa5DAStHRgDnzYKeCXGFPsanDE2Nobu5sFhdz6NVAtrUh2v34_0l4E0-4H8yAEZtgVbgEvPP33ryWOCg9JrCofwMvIg3RcpDWJONdmPd6ZU27zNLeX_PSauVpRduqv4mobLn0QbV8qNf_Zqvgz8PlX9VMyCXnF9BVlmoCd3tWOhfklpq0ENcfmVmTg/s4000/IMG_1462.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRGHa5DAStHRgDnzYKeCXGFPsanDE2Nobu5sFhdz6NVAtrUh2v34_0l4E0-4H8yAEZtgVbgEvPP33ryWOCg9JrCofwMvIg3RcpDWJONdmPd6ZU27zNLeX_PSauVpRduqv4mobLn0QbV8qNf_Zqvgz8PlX9VMyCXnF9BVlmoCd3tWOhfklpq0ENcfmVmTg/w400-h266/IMG_1462.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><u></u></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-5963464590833372859DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">I had set up a Zulu War confrontation for the benefit of Steve H and Nigel, who is making a return to the hobby after a decades’ long layoff. The British column of three infantry and one mounted infantry units were tasked with a punitive raid of a Zulu kraal whose inhabitants had developed an unpleasant habit of ‘borrowing’ other people’s cattle from the British side of the border. The Zulus were unsurprisingly not willing to cooperate; Steve was playing the Zulus using the Mr. Babbage rules from The Men Who Would Be Kings (the rules of choice for this game) which meant their movement and actions were controlled by a roll of dice.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-5963464590833372859DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">This got very messy, very quickly. The Zulus deployed immediately on three sides of the British force, wiping out three of the four units within three moves. Zulu losses were also high when the British got a chance to shoot, but by game’s end the British were reduced to four figures from the 24<sup>th</sup> Regiment (how appropriate!) while the table was ‘littered’ with Zulu casualties. Nigel was grinning all through the game, so despite his losses, I believe he enjoyed the game. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span class="m_-5963464590833372859DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="m_-5963464590833372859DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA1I-ZknVTt0WqDAltiups9wOn1MyMISOJJ-Tzin2YeBKCnkITHOuBM78aqehOJAxqABXXr5MEHQvy5ntPMrBYZe8pvbDSMz8y3pf9dvMzde1R0S8fq1gREPTe7KFc6E_Sk5Bebi6l9CMR-exUh4HpOiFxp07KIOUAn_sOLFvPJym1DTbHPr-gXR6v9dxG/s4000/IMG_1459.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA1I-ZknVTt0WqDAltiups9wOn1MyMISOJJ-Tzin2YeBKCnkITHOuBM78aqehOJAxqABXXr5MEHQvy5ntPMrBYZe8pvbDSMz8y3pf9dvMzde1R0S8fq1gREPTe7KFc6E_Sk5Bebi6l9CMR-exUh4HpOiFxp07KIOUAn_sOLFvPJym1DTbHPr-gXR6v9dxG/w400-h266/IMG_1459.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-5963464590833372859DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-5963464590833372859DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Next week I’ll run a Lion Rampant based Dark Ages game, and I understand that there are board games planned as well.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-5963464590833372859DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-5963464590833372859DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">See yer soon,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-5963464590833372859DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Neil</span></p>Mike Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853229487040445556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800793192721832817.post-56497413573586641992023-12-07T10:42:00.004+00:002023-12-07T10:42:41.948+00:006th December Games<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_2233269227933877251DefaultFontHxMailStyle" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Having missed last week’s meeting due to family commitments, I’d hoped to run a game this week. Unfortunately, I have been blessed with the Pre Christmas Cold which is doing the rounds at present (I note Dave K has retired hurt with a similar infection, hence no Here’s Negan game as planned) so attendance was low this week. I popped over to deliver some Christmas cards and booked a table for next week. Andy P, Steve S and Mark were setting up a Zombiecide game when I left early for a warmer environment.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_2233269227933877251DefaultFontHxMailStyle" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_2233269227933877251DefaultFontHxMailStyle" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Current plans are for an Angels 20 game, probably Pacific theatre as I have recently obtained a reinforcement of models from Dave C, a large proportion of which are usable for the Pacific; I have a specific scenario in mind based on some of the backup material also supplied by Dave. More anon.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_2233269227933877251DefaultFontHxMailStyle" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_2233269227933877251DefaultFontHxMailStyle" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">See yer soon (if I survive)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_2233269227933877251DefaultFontHxMailStyle" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Neil, Champion of Nurgle </span></p>Mike Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853229487040445556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800793192721832817.post-35846865708832241282023-11-23T14:56:00.003+00:002023-11-23T14:56:24.627+00:0022rnd November Games<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-3122051562023155312DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">We were down on numbers again last night; Dave K ran a Bolt Action games for Mark, Andy P and Steve S, with some armour turning up; a Panther for the Germans and a Sherman for the US forces. No apparent arguments so they must be getting the hang of the rules.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeDDufgnGdv8L4B00NvK7f3ixRXHKNwyNDl_QdlWu0IyPbMl0nC220-4pEJIkldvZsdvMh-8jRIlBmbXRqKZZfREkTwbP5ccUNw5LdOWUdUDtJwK_N0YSraeBXBDUq4aynm_cqLM0nnsr4DwStzVg62oTljMy1BWGg2xBfTv4axHvbwF988qAHtBmmcvRb/s4000/IMG_1447.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeDDufgnGdv8L4B00NvK7f3ixRXHKNwyNDl_QdlWu0IyPbMl0nC220-4pEJIkldvZsdvMh-8jRIlBmbXRqKZZfREkTwbP5ccUNw5LdOWUdUDtJwK_N0YSraeBXBDUq4aynm_cqLM0nnsr4DwStzVg62oTljMy1BWGg2xBfTv4axHvbwF988qAHtBmmcvRb/w400-h266/IMG_1447.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-3122051562023155312DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-3122051562023155312DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Rob and Alan were engaged in separate Blood Bowl games nearby. Rob reportedly lost his game but was able to ‘beat up some Orks’ as he advised me. Alan was playing against Skinks but no details of the result have reached me as yet.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><span class="m_-3122051562023155312DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="m_-3122051562023155312DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMVAEnD6I6ORbXihAi3TS43D3ApvNV-eV7yw6PDQmq0YFER-ol8qs-FDViEIhK3f-ZE4w2uZmc75TD_9gPDgT9WnB2qIWUx1XwflPeJDrC6a1tKPJKcrpacIf-v6sl9yvGdrz2C8pxt4YWSz0m2qQ6mmAgDUNsnTcb_hHfsZgAOagVRYFswbBsokgc3tJb/s4000/IMG_1448.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMVAEnD6I6ORbXihAi3TS43D3ApvNV-eV7yw6PDQmq0YFER-ol8qs-FDViEIhK3f-ZE4w2uZmc75TD_9gPDgT9WnB2qIWUx1XwflPeJDrC6a1tKPJKcrpacIf-v6sl9yvGdrz2C8pxt4YWSz0m2qQ6mmAgDUNsnTcb_hHfsZgAOagVRYFswbBsokgc3tJb/w400-h266/IMG_1448.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-3122051562023155312DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-3122051562023155312DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Steve H and I were engaged in a further play test of my DBA derived ECW rules, using my collection of WoFun flat figures. I’d made a number of alterations to the rules following our last game, and we were also using sub commanders as well as a commander in chief to give some extra flexibility. Steve drew the Royalists for his force, so I found myself in the position of being right but repulsive on ‘1066 and All That’ terms as the forces of Parliament. We fought to a bloody but honourable draw (although Steve took out a couple of my infantry units in the last move to have a slightly higher kill rate than myself), but overall the changes and use of sub commanders speeded up the game considerably.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><span class="m_-3122051562023155312DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><u></u></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="m_-3122051562023155312DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3cGMxUgYrZ-DYTdowu3erBUAjvM8J38PSlqBphaIf133i2kUBzN7wLYBdso3ljJLEZkgTFqEyNh8qk4fN73lt8UT3RhgJ-x8-tlR2W2RAyB4QU_nx3Ux2YEHNF7wGfEnZVuwqt3zHIsc0q8MSIXfa-gRG9gkwGPlJfD8N84XZCofNijfmQccFWIxEpZFz/s4000/IMG_1444.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3cGMxUgYrZ-DYTdowu3erBUAjvM8J38PSlqBphaIf133i2kUBzN7wLYBdso3ljJLEZkgTFqEyNh8qk4fN73lt8UT3RhgJ-x8-tlR2W2RAyB4QU_nx3Ux2YEHNF7wGfEnZVuwqt3zHIsc0q8MSIXfa-gRG9gkwGPlJfD8N84XZCofNijfmQccFWIxEpZFz/w400-h266/IMG_1444.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-3122051562023155312DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-3122051562023155312DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">I probably won’t be down next week due to family commitments, but there is a further Bolt Action game arranged.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-3122051562023155312DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-3122051562023155312DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">See yer soon,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-3122051562023155312DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Neil<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-3122051562023155312DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><u></u> </span></p>Mike Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853229487040445556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800793192721832817.post-91454665157422585232023-11-17T09:51:00.005+00:002023-11-17T09:51:39.647+00:0015th November Games<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_8509830187446610021DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Good turnout but we were spread around Wayland last night. Dave K, Steve S, Paul, Eddie Andy P and Mark played Here’s Negan; not sure of the outcome but it was probably messy and involved lots of zombies. Alan and Rob played Dystopian Wars naval; Alan’s dice were not his friends and it almost ended in tears. Steve H and I played a further Dark Ages Lion Rampant game, this time playing The Fugitive scenario. My Norse had to rescue a VIV (Very Important Viking) who had escaped Anglo-Saxon custody and was reported to be hiding in one of six different areas of rough terrain on the table. All I had to do was enter said areas, roll a d6 needing a score of 6 reducing by 1 for every area checked that was unoccupied. How hard could it be?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_8509830187446610021DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Very, as it turned out. My dice went on strike for searches and movement, combat rolls were ok but with time running out and the remaining areas behind Anglo-Saxon lines, I made one last all out attack with my leader’s unit against Steve’s commander; we both lost one figure in the combat....then I rolled a double one for the Courage test. The cloud of dust left by my leader ‘retiring’ is still settling. A deserved win for Steve, but great fun for both of us. <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_8509830187446610021DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmp1yMSn0rqABvYDZOsuCCEvgq1luWzZcHdFUq_zXsZkc6SB8HAEzzde0t6r17DOEZACd92A1V4wctI_D7Rou6kHal6MLePaApPMNAA6yYP8izpRzm_8m6k5MO7PWKpPfrK4UAOmD7BeYiMgWJUzh23XZfcyrVY-UU2ntJrkp49FUTjIDOtdmh1XbBjvOT/s4000/IMG_1435.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmp1yMSn0rqABvYDZOsuCCEvgq1luWzZcHdFUq_zXsZkc6SB8HAEzzde0t6r17DOEZACd92A1V4wctI_D7Rou6kHal6MLePaApPMNAA6yYP8izpRzm_8m6k5MO7PWKpPfrK4UAOmD7BeYiMgWJUzh23XZfcyrVY-UU2ntJrkp49FUTjIDOtdmh1XbBjvOT/w400-h266/IMG_1435.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_8509830187446610021DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_8509830187446610021DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Next week Dave K is hosting a Bolt Action game, and I’ll bring my WoFun ECW collection for a further test of the DBA derived rules I’ve been working on.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_8509830187446610021DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_8509830187446610021DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">See yer soon,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_8509830187446610021DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Neil </span></p>Mike Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853229487040445556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800793192721832817.post-34674265042841451332023-11-10T16:01:00.003+00:002023-11-10T16:02:06.461+00:008th November Games<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-8621101066067444068DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">The Here’s Negan game was rescheduled to next week; Dave K, Paul, Mark and Steve S played a Cold War board game instead. I am not aware if anyone pressed The Button as there were no apparent thermonuclear blasts at Wayland last night. I hosted a trial game of the Lion Rampant 2<sup>nd</sup> edition for Andy P and Eddie, commanding my Norse warband while Steve H commanded the Anglo-Saxon forces. I acted as umpire and assisted the Norse as neither player was familiar with the rules (and in fairness, neither Steve or I had played this variant of the rules recently). The pace of play was necessarily slow but by the close of play I think we’d got the measure of the basic rules. Alan and Rob were nearby playing a Dystopian Wars naval game; I’ve attached pictures of their game as well as the others.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-8621101066067444068DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_KvK1TZfVkesuG5snEajXkfwo0PhlJIwuuwhvm7SZbZLosWkj-5GhQvBzHIp6Iv-yfYhOU3okaKWgI_wjmiWBY6nYLnwaUdagSYXWnqUxLv-iU0bxi7apGQjoRA9DpwAtdaPrXA40HfHpxncvcekibYukswwKXZKSFzbZeJbSEvpcQKJG6VVUJKlXbkFF/s4000/IMG_1428.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Dystopian Wars Waylands games Hockley" border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_KvK1TZfVkesuG5snEajXkfwo0PhlJIwuuwhvm7SZbZLosWkj-5GhQvBzHIp6Iv-yfYhOU3okaKWgI_wjmiWBY6nYLnwaUdagSYXWnqUxLv-iU0bxi7apGQjoRA9DpwAtdaPrXA40HfHpxncvcekibYukswwKXZKSFzbZeJbSEvpcQKJG6VVUJKlXbkFF/w400-h266/IMG_1428.JPG" title="Dystopian Wars Waylands games Hockley" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMq-6243thNz8dyZQkHW-LCyAlChOFyPTnT3iHAhGgkn42C-U3vNnf97ymY2w6kZkNue4mOdRYTq5UfV_2a6l5Rp4NjgQ7MySXDjE5U3XV3Pi7Iox8eyTSH2sIX00tf2WgYomNVNvDDCnLnKW9m_y_Z3x9du5mZuPbSEfgGwVTrfglgKzKqJzmrJyqqFwb/s4000/IMG_1429.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMq-6243thNz8dyZQkHW-LCyAlChOFyPTnT3iHAhGgkn42C-U3vNnf97ymY2w6kZkNue4mOdRYTq5UfV_2a6l5Rp4NjgQ7MySXDjE5U3XV3Pi7Iox8eyTSH2sIX00tf2WgYomNVNvDDCnLnKW9m_y_Z3x9du5mZuPbSEfgGwVTrfglgKzKqJzmrJyqqFwb/w400-h266/IMG_1429.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSi9sYYQU4yrQalzKKSvt5bVgTQ3PistEWrBABaqmvbER0DspADIOvUELA1heswi7IR_Ir6wRQWlziprqtBAb0XtfhqwWwevEzZkr1iL80ZCdi8d0OSIHpfpsEjHPz0VzjzGlYIIRUvIrKmO4f79f05p27zBAyXSNs_X-6yFE10G5It6qTftGsvqyKaLVm/s4000/IMG_1430.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSi9sYYQU4yrQalzKKSvt5bVgTQ3PistEWrBABaqmvbER0DspADIOvUELA1heswi7IR_Ir6wRQWlziprqtBAb0XtfhqwWwevEzZkr1iL80ZCdi8d0OSIHpfpsEjHPz0VzjzGlYIIRUvIrKmO4f79f05p27zBAyXSNs_X-6yFE10G5It6qTftGsvqyKaLVm/w400-h266/IMG_1430.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-8621101066067444068DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-8621101066067444068DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">As noted above, the Here’s Negan game will go ahead next week, subject of course to the usual strictures of life, the Universe and everything. In similar vein, Steve H and I will be running another Lion Rampant Norse vs. Saxons game for anyone else attending.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-8621101066067444068DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-8621101066067444068DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">See yer soon,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-8621101066067444068DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Neil </span></p>Mike Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853229487040445556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800793192721832817.post-53797645011847656212023-11-03T09:47:00.000+00:002023-11-03T09:47:12.635+00:001st November Games<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_2563617580351452955DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">Good turnout last night; I ran two Angels 20 games for Steves H & S and Mark set on the Eastern Front, while Andy P ran a Core Space Sci-Fi game for Mark, Rob, Dave K, Eddie and Bob. This was by all accounts a success – I suggested looking at the boards from the Star Saga game I passed on to the club recently for a change of scene.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvXC3-R2RCgmy-ON7nqqpsfc7Q4uzdgOVMN9u5spBahqrYYL81kdCKsuuAVn2N6f65d4od4BeDspnNXhAud-2RmVonkL8KcltL5LTCrr-oTfZ3TvL-dM6htmGQhmfpoaZSXExPLZEHMb5DRu2nNgaxGYjDunuxqUVPpgsY-CPsBGyJoUHFGVXUt4D9_jlA/s4000/IMG_1421.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvXC3-R2RCgmy-ON7nqqpsfc7Q4uzdgOVMN9u5spBahqrYYL81kdCKsuuAVn2N6f65d4od4BeDspnNXhAud-2RmVonkL8KcltL5LTCrr-oTfZ3TvL-dM6htmGQhmfpoaZSXExPLZEHMb5DRu2nNgaxGYjDunuxqUVPpgsY-CPsBGyJoUHFGVXUt4D9_jlA/w400-h266/IMG_1421.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_2563617580351452955DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_2563617580351452955DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">My first game pitted two Finnish marked Morane 406’s and a Brewster 239 against three Polikarpov I-16’s and a Yak 1 in a Winter War scenario. The Russians were even more outclassed than I had allowed for in this scenario; modesty does not allow me to celebrate three kills in a Morane 406 on this (one) occasion. I redressed the balance by supplied the aggrieved players with Fw190’s while Steve H and I flew La5N’s for the Rodina. We got our arses kicked. ‘Nuff said.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><br /><span class="m_2563617580351452955DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;"><u></u></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="m_2563617580351452955DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA1feZRu-oRoqoT67-1tHa9BxnIguAys05MSrvntjJ4xvNvJL3UMnonDENNNZ-somMb0iQA-kfwW6feQVPTIU5yy8OM1swRnTj15UcYS1dtVjv1GPBZt3AV-EGdjfuH3cowVs7a6YL5WfZj_lSCHm7P2iNWYzJB3nYwzxbpPqi5dPxNNyj4I5cn_kBPXk1/s4000/IMG_1419.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Angels 20 wayland games centre hockley" border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA1feZRu-oRoqoT67-1tHa9BxnIguAys05MSrvntjJ4xvNvJL3UMnonDENNNZ-somMb0iQA-kfwW6feQVPTIU5yy8OM1swRnTj15UcYS1dtVjv1GPBZt3AV-EGdjfuH3cowVs7a6YL5WfZj_lSCHm7P2iNWYzJB3nYwzxbpPqi5dPxNNyj4I5cn_kBPXk1/w400-h266/IMG_1419.JPG" title="Angels 20 wayland games centre hockley" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_2563617580351452955DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQAB581t7Nj8gBP1eSG0Bb82ozb6sfuKIL2QBkyGi0LO_HPIzkXyE61rBkVHq_Xb471c9idXID5sJhFL-3wj2CGxuMF2Em6rXmuopfU6sUy4yy3DAD2ZFJ13S-dQiAPSrJu_Di8szSP9ir91qLQxYwQfWGxULclc_rEANSLbU_kmZtyhnfSGriyyzQhgdn/s4000/IMG_1422.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQAB581t7Nj8gBP1eSG0Bb82ozb6sfuKIL2QBkyGi0LO_HPIzkXyE61rBkVHq_Xb471c9idXID5sJhFL-3wj2CGxuMF2Em6rXmuopfU6sUy4yy3DAD2ZFJ13S-dQiAPSrJu_Di8szSP9ir91qLQxYwQfWGxULclc_rEANSLbU_kmZtyhnfSGriyyzQhgdn/w400-h266/IMG_1422.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="m_2563617580351452955DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">Next week I’ve arranged a Lion Rampant game on a Dark Ages theme for various members who haven’t played the new 2<sup>nd</sup> edition. Possible issues on attendance on my part due to onsite decorators will be resolved as necessary. There’s also another Walking Dead campaign game arranged for those involved.<u></u><u></u></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_2563617580351452955DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_2563617580351452955DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">See yer soon,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_2563617580351452955DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">Neil</span></p>Mike Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853229487040445556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800793192721832817.post-19150724918346045312023-10-30T15:16:00.005+00:002023-10-30T15:16:45.561+00:0025th October Games<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_5070350484524682468DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">Down on numbers again last night, although we had three games running last night. Alan, Andy P and Rob were involved in two separate Frostgrave games, while Dave K ran another Bolt Action game for myself, Mark, Eddie and Steve S. The German force was tasked with the capture of the US commander but never got close (it was subsequently suggested that the force ratios were too close to allow the attackers to complete the mission, but a good game nevertheless).<u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_5070350484524682468DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjseXTwqFbayVJ3MDiuGWiDNWlNSh2t-N62e9uRhnm9L_eHr3dzK0ujDIljRGM4fCl6xXjOWUGKALoeU40Ni7heJFSViqOlWwvYmHsj0ovl_WsHD9U0dMmdkKN0dtvOH6x0k-AbQW95ejJCr3Nvmj-Suf0K8OaDZaI2tq-XokJvFJ6rdj38nFkC2nY0R3ah/s4000/IMG_1408.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2664" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjseXTwqFbayVJ3MDiuGWiDNWlNSh2t-N62e9uRhnm9L_eHr3dzK0ujDIljRGM4fCl6xXjOWUGKALoeU40Ni7heJFSViqOlWwvYmHsj0ovl_WsHD9U0dMmdkKN0dtvOH6x0k-AbQW95ejJCr3Nvmj-Suf0K8OaDZaI2tq-XokJvFJ6rdj38nFkC2nY0R3ah/w426-h640/IMG_1408.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaugmlUA6Z0UXiDRk4aaxAn8DyQ8xUT7V9yeBRPs9ri8kp4BXKxdLBiy4CLaTMRZ-2HTQP9dIaflDxfyTvMndXs38Q3K91ArI3yKN1PyFjQgMLOmOm0LdZCU-n3fzxf3Ihyy_WWTneQG6LtsnzEX-2nMHlRG3PSj_khKPaTHgjyH3Q3Lk_AYCHCmI5nJmT/s4000/IMG_1409.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaugmlUA6Z0UXiDRk4aaxAn8DyQ8xUT7V9yeBRPs9ri8kp4BXKxdLBiy4CLaTMRZ-2HTQP9dIaflDxfyTvMndXs38Q3K91ArI3yKN1PyFjQgMLOmOm0LdZCU-n3fzxf3Ihyy_WWTneQG6LtsnzEX-2nMHlRG3PSj_khKPaTHgjyH3Q3Lk_AYCHCmI5nJmT/w400-h266/IMG_1409.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3zqqHYYzH8E-wAOrsx1ZSYyszxh6483ljrb78nwCj3DjCtRmlIL67VyuMCr39e4_Z0iZAN8SAOmiah5bkwA6a9JZmOOmXR5RsnYjA2SdD8rA75mMPI8jBduw_bF38pv6x-YzMxyAtzHayBJRrj8JY25s88wTOkIAyvTeWG5VTQRxyVtM0-lKo7MT4Cq5B/s4000/IMG_1413.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3zqqHYYzH8E-wAOrsx1ZSYyszxh6483ljrb78nwCj3DjCtRmlIL67VyuMCr39e4_Z0iZAN8SAOmiah5bkwA6a9JZmOOmXR5RsnYjA2SdD8rA75mMPI8jBduw_bF38pv6x-YzMxyAtzHayBJRrj8JY25s88wTOkIAyvTeWG5VTQRxyVtM0-lKo7MT4Cq5B/w400-h266/IMG_1413.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_5070350484524682468DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_5070350484524682468DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">I’ve offered to run a Battlefleet Gothic game next week, but could also run Space Hulk or Wings of Glory WW1 aerial instead, if there is enough interest, while Andy is also running a game.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_5070350484524682468DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_5070350484524682468DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">See yer soon</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_5070350484524682468DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">Neil</span></p>Mike Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853229487040445556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800793192721832817.post-31643124789405599952023-10-20T09:35:00.005+01:002023-10-20T09:35:36.158+01:0018th October Games<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-8265879257619603844DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Last night, Dave K ran a further Bolt Action for beginners game for myself, Eddie, Mark and Steves H & S. Using rather more cover than previously, I was able to bring two American rifle squads within range of one of the three objectives designated as victory points before German firepower and a nebelwerfer spoiled their day. Not the finest day for America’s finest.........<u></u><u></u></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="m_-8265879257619603844DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXOZ9aTt0SEYKSG_qfcP0SlBOrKWffMwyGEtCIIX11mjXhJAfxjcH8LBTVm3c7kTjWcMHlHhXapxeDUZALj3OuSDLi-LgAFBZ6bQCPlgPxMvOdgIscn9KfPiCqFRgCWf6yZtBECw0DgHGDU7YFYAbsFLsD3xGS3eKtrXQUbWpKTjLOl5v2HDiim6UZvAwK/s4000/IMG_1396.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXOZ9aTt0SEYKSG_qfcP0SlBOrKWffMwyGEtCIIX11mjXhJAfxjcH8LBTVm3c7kTjWcMHlHhXapxeDUZALj3OuSDLi-LgAFBZ6bQCPlgPxMvOdgIscn9KfPiCqFRgCWf6yZtBECw0DgHGDU7YFYAbsFLsD3xGS3eKtrXQUbWpKTjLOl5v2HDiim6UZvAwK/w400-h266/IMG_1396.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-8265879257619603844DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-8265879257619603844DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Rob, Alan, Andy P and a friend were playing Frostgrave on a very cluttered table. I was told that a tin and some plastic foam represented ‘fog banks’ which needed the eye of faith to understand. Has no-one heard of kapok? Nice looking game with some lovely figures.<u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUPT63Z5VTZRLG-Ne_-UrPvVcHrjx3a8Buxr1IAYfyE6trbvR6YzhM14lYp4Is66gXWTU0rz0pVovxzaJbF8iF6-Y65mER2i68m4VjnRMwjhb_JeldnyfyrtQ0Fwz8a-o3LFa3YwAiB-ocHHdV9x9HaLf99AqOwtTgZy76KAA-WKH4AR3BpJQeqL4yruJ9/s4000/IMG_1397.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUPT63Z5VTZRLG-Ne_-UrPvVcHrjx3a8Buxr1IAYfyE6trbvR6YzhM14lYp4Is66gXWTU0rz0pVovxzaJbF8iF6-Y65mER2i68m4VjnRMwjhb_JeldnyfyrtQ0Fwz8a-o3LFa3YwAiB-ocHHdV9x9HaLf99AqOwtTgZy76KAA-WKH4AR3BpJQeqL4yruJ9/w400-h266/IMG_1397.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-8265879257619603844DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-8265879257619603844DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">We have another Bolt Action 101 game scheduled for next week. I’ll run something the following week.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-8265879257619603844DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-8265879257619603844DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">See yer soon,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-8265879257619603844DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Neil</span></p>Mike Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853229487040445556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800793192721832817.post-33328847300027018242023-10-12T19:51:00.006+01:002023-10-12T19:51:39.010+01:0011th October Games<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dave K ran a Bolt Action WW2 game for myself, Steves S and H, Eddie and Mark while Alan and Rob fought a Dystopian Wars naval action on a nearby table. Ours was a learning game which improved as we went on – plans for another such game next week are in hand.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKROMz4L7of3CqF66rjO3Jgxv5U4fo7CFicW6DdTxRjbK13a7Fbyw3xaxzfywojHkK9VmpiGBguhd_pU2eVhZVXrTr4LWAPEiplLLkdT18Ep87M3EyH3CSbVXTk6WHv5NyZ9pLVRZEyopj2ZjNlD_dvpnRcNvVovXvbsCKCWSFJEK6nJPGGIeQp3uDPMZV/s4000/IMG_1384.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKROMz4L7of3CqF66rjO3Jgxv5U4fo7CFicW6DdTxRjbK13a7Fbyw3xaxzfywojHkK9VmpiGBguhd_pU2eVhZVXrTr4LWAPEiplLLkdT18Ep87M3EyH3CSbVXTk6WHv5NyZ9pLVRZEyopj2ZjNlD_dvpnRcNvVovXvbsCKCWSFJEK6nJPGGIeQp3uDPMZV/w400-h266/IMG_1384.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioZf7Ou1z9hIelxBRczUDwP-nb7blLZ1HNF_1A3dFENqOg3vglZYlLbUHiWmE13UDLrpijoaSsGzMzvXuv7qq_v-slMprlLlXDKwZDuDNaV9VMi8Fvo-pkTPZ4J_tIAuQgfY7l7mwMAeaBioA5rjd57S8xKATkyge5_yVm9hMuBH3gJrqDkv2A8Jtbx_wu/s4000/IMG_1385.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioZf7Ou1z9hIelxBRczUDwP-nb7blLZ1HNF_1A3dFENqOg3vglZYlLbUHiWmE13UDLrpijoaSsGzMzvXuv7qq_v-slMprlLlXDKwZDuDNaV9VMi8Fvo-pkTPZ4J_tIAuQgfY7l7mwMAeaBioA5rjd57S8xKATkyge5_yVm9hMuBH3gJrqDkv2A8Jtbx_wu/w400-h266/IMG_1385.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIwtKVxQoxYvFhHRdnNMluzclzmaeh6VTI9c6i2F4dJM5yNOK18Tf344SIE5rTXW6552OmgWvtF7ZBtn_jRQgbJfRZ6cFi9RVME21cci2fBNGw1pzHArk17WvLnjTtYf3WsnHDj99u2Z4MQJp_L9ItamCdT_SOmkV65kwr5THgrSE3tZub83RupQzw-1BV/s4000/IMG_1386.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIwtKVxQoxYvFhHRdnNMluzclzmaeh6VTI9c6i2F4dJM5yNOK18Tf344SIE5rTXW6552OmgWvtF7ZBtn_jRQgbJfRZ6cFi9RVME21cci2fBNGw1pzHArk17WvLnjTtYf3WsnHDj99u2Z4MQJp_L9ItamCdT_SOmkV65kwr5THgrSE3tZub83RupQzw-1BV/w400-h266/IMG_1386.JPG" width="400" /></a></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/AVvXsEigjcT2lhrYK6d62Pe1x3O96MvaSULp-YfHtfx65JEz6QNc2rFtwHoehIWpbT5Xc-qYnidMLXWfdwUNIjeiwXqiO-IBzyE8HDtw2YIGOY_jIeZk2PZ0ry4ZZzy8R9cOFbGlP6abh_okMd7GCPB1ngRcpCxf269o_0yrTAG5vAGdbZ1h8F4IzTQcxv8CW3As/s4000/IMG_1382.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigjcT2lhrYK6d62Pe1x3O96MvaSULp-YfHtfx65JEz6QNc2rFtwHoehIWpbT5Xc-qYnidMLXWfdwUNIjeiwXqiO-IBzyE8HDtw2YIGOY_jIeZk2PZ0ry4ZZzy8R9cOFbGlP6abh_okMd7GCPB1ngRcpCxf269o_0yrTAG5vAGdbZ1h8F4IzTQcxv8CW3As/w400-h266/IMG_1382.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’d like to remind you all that myself, Steve H and Graham are going to SELWG at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, Meridian Way, London, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">N9 0AR with our Franco-Prussian demonstration game. If any of you are planning of making the journey to a much improved venue, we’d be happy for you to drop by and possibly join in the game. If there are any questions please contact me direct.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">See yer soon,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Neil</span></p>Mike Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853229487040445556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800793192721832817.post-52258075989374644592023-10-10T11:06:00.001+01:002023-10-10T11:06:09.720+01:0020th September Games<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-6277550918959377011DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It was a dark and stormy night. This might explain why only four of us were present at Wayland last night..........<u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-6277550918959377011DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u></u> <u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-6277550918959377011DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Steves H & S, Eddie and myself played a two on two Ludis Gladiatorius game, each fielding two heavy gladiators and two lightweights. Steve S, who was my partner, died messily and fairly quickly, leaving my retiarius to face Eddie’s heavyweight and Steve H’s Amazon gladiatrix. Although I ended up as an extremely messy hamburger, this was one of the best games of LG I’ve ever played, and despite my failure to land any killing blows, I find the retiarius an enjoyable character to play.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9fLf-drQc2NszA-lnT6Jh4Lok94zZKZpZ6EWyoVdUyJz7r7q9LvY22sxSmPqJa3BECKZPIXlvFHm-rKFT_xM3IBGDDHiLjcxJwDnd7VvWrm0bTtjMIbjqHy2JcoqhbgpR4oIvRvTtx51dlcWjiyZ4H600mDCCwSpdwlmLAjKc-EwdOR6qgJ38eHd-yYMi/s4000/IMG_1372.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9fLf-drQc2NszA-lnT6Jh4Lok94zZKZpZ6EWyoVdUyJz7r7q9LvY22sxSmPqJa3BECKZPIXlvFHm-rKFT_xM3IBGDDHiLjcxJwDnd7VvWrm0bTtjMIbjqHy2JcoqhbgpR4oIvRvTtx51dlcWjiyZ4H600mDCCwSpdwlmLAjKc-EwdOR6qgJ38eHd-yYMi/s320/IMG_1372.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOq1gbHtQqyI2wAskRAbQid2WCSGdRjo9NKJG_kq6rbOvR-hlF9PF7e2dNZsMjjfzaNKHv8zfFbXYhT6FFcwlt3M4l2ioaWjoZAsNzxv6rLw1B1gNqOIZsdD1xBALOordbRjSjaS-YuSHBzHFvmJX7cc8NEAPhRmqkn98aqaLEtfVhUJieOV-V8gxJCpCl/s4000/IMG_1373.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOq1gbHtQqyI2wAskRAbQid2WCSGdRjo9NKJG_kq6rbOvR-hlF9PF7e2dNZsMjjfzaNKHv8zfFbXYhT6FFcwlt3M4l2ioaWjoZAsNzxv6rLw1B1gNqOIZsdD1xBALOordbRjSjaS-YuSHBzHFvmJX7cc8NEAPhRmqkn98aqaLEtfVhUJieOV-V8gxJCpCl/s320/IMG_1373.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmqF92SCOOcysz5uF5xQTNLfFHtEunfrt-7Qg75PuMGbpQZjldH0QaG0kSodCkUZjGWX0hEq79KMqjWA_haYP1LMHKnCqOIRpzYuWpYpqZXfZuWTUwsGnsYog2Hty3betyF0HCYxMm-Uk00wm874dMKtMKcUwAsEpnI044vSt_ToQvWlza_vVUERjOItiN/s4000/IMG_1374.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmqF92SCOOcysz5uF5xQTNLfFHtEunfrt-7Qg75PuMGbpQZjldH0QaG0kSodCkUZjGWX0hEq79KMqjWA_haYP1LMHKnCqOIRpzYuWpYpqZXfZuWTUwsGnsYog2Hty3betyF0HCYxMm-Uk00wm874dMKtMKcUwAsEpnI044vSt_ToQvWlza_vVUERjOItiN/s320/IMG_1374.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-6277550918959377011DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Next week, I understand that Dave K has planned a Bolt Action WW2 game; I’ll bring Angels 20 as a themed backup.<u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-6277550918959377011DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u></u> <u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-6277550918959377011DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext"><span style="font-family: inherit;">See yer soon,<u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-6277550918959377011DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Neil</span></span></p>Mike Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853229487040445556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800793192721832817.post-49492451772066627452023-10-10T11:03:00.003+01:002023-10-10T11:03:44.844+01:0013th September Games<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="m_850071750919862894DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext">Good to see you all after my brief trip to Portugal; currently slightly sunburned and liver in recovery mode. Andy P ran his Japanese themed skirmish game last night. Two forces had the task of preventing an Imperial princess and her escort from reaching the temple bell, ringing it and then exiting the table. My force was eliminated very quickly by Steve S’ archers, and my partner Eddie didn’t last much longer as he came under attack from the Imperial party as well as Steve H’s force. Dave K has very kindly offered to write up the rules in full as at least two versions were in use. My profound apologies to Andy for dropping my camera on a bunch of his figures</span><span class="m_850071750919862894DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext">, causing rather a lot of damage – albeit repairable. My camera is fine, thanks. <u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_850071750919862894DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ1rjP0L5TQ0C3fMnR9_9-5Uy2zfQED6wXLvPuN2lahs4fcJ_PR-scTx_kkK65WDCgiFd6Cybp28m6EDGb6V6sa2yCWlelbCeu4bm4cPTP3yomamzRWdTEgf8WcD-f_fI5J5GXDdd5zopTCszZ2XDneNeUnzHek5kxXpByMnPTKe-q26B7E39_oVwrCrDH/s4000/IMG_1365.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ1rjP0L5TQ0C3fMnR9_9-5Uy2zfQED6wXLvPuN2lahs4fcJ_PR-scTx_kkK65WDCgiFd6Cybp28m6EDGb6V6sa2yCWlelbCeu4bm4cPTP3yomamzRWdTEgf8WcD-f_fI5J5GXDdd5zopTCszZ2XDneNeUnzHek5kxXpByMnPTKe-q26B7E39_oVwrCrDH/w400-h266/IMG_1365.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWh3cW38eiMuXpmhyovsZHgORMjZGxwSmjXmtJlweDynFI1kQBPFmIgmqkY8M1eUD_rZa8R6N_aQ7T2jtpnA2b2YG96BFhRGaHVWNFjBF-eBFP0zbNNGMa06y3fDo6YeJOIS02tRhCVhsHeuxvg9Xc4cwhpo6GKgC08YJIlakSIZHzh4FLyljvgLj13_N_/s4000/IMG_1368.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWh3cW38eiMuXpmhyovsZHgORMjZGxwSmjXmtJlweDynFI1kQBPFmIgmqkY8M1eUD_rZa8R6N_aQ7T2jtpnA2b2YG96BFhRGaHVWNFjBF-eBFP0zbNNGMa06y3fDo6YeJOIS02tRhCVhsHeuxvg9Xc4cwhpo6GKgC08YJIlakSIZHzh4FLyljvgLj13_N_/w400-h266/IMG_1368.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj1o6YUQzGjG1dfnU0M6wVv45zfXCEj-epp2-FjRVnkcmgCaO26grycpxMV593tDtSE7kRfFYT91lbsNnk37aZ-OKfguBtqMdqsY28Pr4AB3nFY_GixgnfvapTghLwmnDvP44TOUF9aYF4cpzwqt4xMMQN-BQj-dWMsh9znyt5kmE_27JvzAy3uP9bysRd/s4000/IMG_1371.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj1o6YUQzGjG1dfnU0M6wVv45zfXCEj-epp2-FjRVnkcmgCaO26grycpxMV593tDtSE7kRfFYT91lbsNnk37aZ-OKfguBtqMdqsY28Pr4AB3nFY_GixgnfvapTghLwmnDvP44TOUF9aYF4cpzwqt4xMMQN-BQj-dWMsh9znyt5kmE_27JvzAy3uP9bysRd/w400-h266/IMG_1371.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_850071750919862894DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;"> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_850071750919862894DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">We’ve planned a board game session for next week. I’ll probably bring Ludis Gladiatorius as a contribution.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_850071750919862894DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_850071750919862894DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">See yer soon,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_850071750919862894DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">Neil</span></p>Mike Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853229487040445556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800793192721832817.post-61893038438105704492023-08-25T11:33:00.001+01:002023-08-25T11:33:46.947+01:0023rd August Games<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_7334317186201380548DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;"> A reasonable turnout last night, even if we were scattered around the Wayland Games Centre. Dave K, Steve S, Paul, Andy P, Mark and Eddie were involved in a Walking Dead campaign game in the bar area, Rob and Alan were playing the Stargrave sci-fi rules from Osprey along Steve H and myself. My game brought out the Napoleonic naval collection for a refight of the Battle of San Domingo in 1806, when a French squadron was destroyed in the West Indies. The layout for the game didn’t quite match the reality, and the French under Steve did rather better than was the case in reality. I pulled victory from defeat not by preventing the French squadron from escaping, but when the British flagship blew up after suffering catastrophic damage, it inflicted so much damage on the surrounding French ships that they couldn’t evade the pursuing British! You take your wins any way you can............... <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_7334317186201380548DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG_iCtRhkHfm7XT7QL4bfKjH-OnQQPsWsZ3A7fKdqSIaW1wje-z4fRCxmeePHZxO6dwmHYIFN4KLmHMX9vFtw0SLayFU6ytU3j0InF6xYzJUHcLrC4UA8SQUoAgbmyyfkAnAjrGY594VrIOzvF5dkrRCmvSfU97hPDT7c6SHYgI9sf1JEh94Y6g5to-s4o/s4000/IMG_1356.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="the walking dead game wayland games" border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG_iCtRhkHfm7XT7QL4bfKjH-OnQQPsWsZ3A7fKdqSIaW1wje-z4fRCxmeePHZxO6dwmHYIFN4KLmHMX9vFtw0SLayFU6ytU3j0InF6xYzJUHcLrC4UA8SQUoAgbmyyfkAnAjrGY594VrIOzvF5dkrRCmvSfU97hPDT7c6SHYgI9sf1JEh94Y6g5to-s4o/w400-h266/IMG_1356.JPG" title="the walking dead game wayland games" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv05IujwmwfNP1mFbpsaesMEY9aZhJuxaa1BKGyA69uI4p2m0T417t-CLJPp2huCunyPLWPW1O95vIOCt7sc6QKVOm4O5NoxX9MiaHT--0h1sye5Kfe-ONADMtIj-Z17LqzFuDm6hdkp3mLZt2RVal7Chk4ECVAcIB0yFunQ-re4HrSJEuZoxZgezt2wKO/s4000/IMG_1359.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="langton miniatures ships naval napoleonic" border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv05IujwmwfNP1mFbpsaesMEY9aZhJuxaa1BKGyA69uI4p2m0T417t-CLJPp2huCunyPLWPW1O95vIOCt7sc6QKVOm4O5NoxX9MiaHT--0h1sye5Kfe-ONADMtIj-Z17LqzFuDm6hdkp3mLZt2RVal7Chk4ECVAcIB0yFunQ-re4HrSJEuZoxZgezt2wKO/w400-h266/IMG_1359.JPG" title="langton miniatures ships naval napoleonic" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCQyxbyEA0_l8E9RLNS1AIgO5iKFLMpNdzQAjvXD6mFyFHwHzoHmd2XVzyYWxFWIb2MIE7lVGcBca8s0zb8UIGkPfClrspzCWrFPmi6YHZENuDvOhGJy6QW7zhkJkwcUxFYHZxnCGPAXBq_Xrkqyr6mr9E8CmUSwMt1ZN6B4ZQdrl90oXSGMCCIe-Kficj/s4000/IMG_1362.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCQyxbyEA0_l8E9RLNS1AIgO5iKFLMpNdzQAjvXD6mFyFHwHzoHmd2XVzyYWxFWIb2MIE7lVGcBca8s0zb8UIGkPfClrspzCWrFPmi6YHZENuDvOhGJy6QW7zhkJkwcUxFYHZxnCGPAXBq_Xrkqyr6mr9E8CmUSwMt1ZN6B4ZQdrl90oXSGMCCIe-Kficj/w400-h266/IMG_1362.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_7334317186201380548DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;"> I understand a further Walking Dead game is planned for next week. I won’t be down for a couple of weeks, but I’ll see you all in mid September. If someone could update the Facebook page in my absence, I’d be most grateful. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_7334317186201380548DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_7334317186201380548DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">See yer soon,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_7334317186201380548DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">Neil</span></p>Mike Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853229487040445556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800793192721832817.post-1713758687609099222023-08-18T09:20:00.004+01:002023-08-18T09:20:58.944+01:0016th August Games<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-1820745976959996731DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">Thin on the ground once again this week; due to absence and illness decimating our ranks, Andy’s Samurai game fell victim to the low attendance. While Rob and Alan played Frostgrave with some very impressive painting on display, I ran an Angels 20 WW2 aerial game for the benefit of Steve H, Andy, Mark and myself. One of the game’s great strengths is the inclusion of some of the period’s lesser known aircraft. This week, I chose to feature the French Dewoitine 520, which was entering service just as German forces invaded in 1940, and subsequently saw service with Vichy forces in Syria and North Africa. The first game therefore pitted three D520’s against two Bf109E’s escorting a Stuka to attack a ground target. The D520 pilots were graded as Ace by the data card supplied, which might be a bit unfair (but since the formula for calculation is not available, I had no choice) but the aircraft certainly performed well, shooting down the Ju87 and one Bf109 and damaging the other. The second game played two D520’s against two P-51C Mustangs, which was slightly fairer, and honours were even for this game. <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-1820745976959996731DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0a5Pz9RXZAy8clZ14C0uifkj0_s6hOK_FL3MS4NfA-4ROU7nztcFAPAw0u9-qlz2-Bki1RL2l5cyx5eocqeKBfCr6gftThs0dr0uGeBcoPkSqq0w-_FErSJRnYjsjuiYzqNPKVfg8E0Gh1jHNgWpfHLLSbGyVFKohN7qeA_W_wONC16fWDdJ_1tVPIhPq/s4000/IMG_1345.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="angels 20 game wayland hockley games" border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0a5Pz9RXZAy8clZ14C0uifkj0_s6hOK_FL3MS4NfA-4ROU7nztcFAPAw0u9-qlz2-Bki1RL2l5cyx5eocqeKBfCr6gftThs0dr0uGeBcoPkSqq0w-_FErSJRnYjsjuiYzqNPKVfg8E0Gh1jHNgWpfHLLSbGyVFKohN7qeA_W_wONC16fWDdJ_1tVPIhPq/w400-h266/IMG_1345.JPG" title="angels 20 game wayland hockley games" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-1820745976959996731DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;"> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-1820745976959996731DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">Next week, there is a board game session planned, but I’ll bring my Napoleonic naval collection for a pickup game to benefit any others attending.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-1820745976959996731DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-1820745976959996731DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">See yer soon,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-1820745976959996731DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">Neil </span></p>Mike Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853229487040445556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800793192721832817.post-25382208025983238422023-08-11T09:30:00.005+01:002023-08-15T09:25:56.374+01:009th August Games<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-7333414798360132165DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">We had a whole row to ourselves this week! Three games were running – Frostgrave with Rob, Alan and a friend, Andy P, Mark and Steve S with a Lord of the Rings inspired assault on a Rohirrim fort (?Helm’s Deep?) by a whole horde of marauding Uruk-Hai, and my play test of my DBA inspired ECW rules for the WoFun figures I acquired a while back. <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-7333414798360132165DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">I’ll confine myself to comments on the last of these as I was umpiring while Dave K, Steve H, Paul and Eddie commanded the Royalist and Parliamentarian forces. Increased movement and firing ranges were an improvement, but some tweaks concerning the use of cover, effects of disorganised movement through the same, group movement and firing priorities are required before a further game. Casualties were light before the Royalists came to hand strokes with the Parliamentarians, and just edged a win in the last move by forcing the latter to a loss of one third of their forces. The game went well for the most part other than the points mentioned, which is always to be expected in a play test. I’ll make the necessary adjustments and email copies to the players for their comments asap.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-7333414798360132165DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtyrC-T9sClIvdobLKHoRph2JDiN1-4ujIjc0MhHpYJIr8LZoJ7am054j7xKmDB-huXcBhY5CNS23X8bU_5Wow1eKVz3W1G_84fZoCg8YwfPFG-ZGSxKKrwkJEJwwrq4k9UTYoP-WlRVyPUpJI8Dv2MbO1QPO07s9iIludNEJsWyRZZ1q94Fv91hdX02E1/s4000/IMG_1332.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtyrC-T9sClIvdobLKHoRph2JDiN1-4ujIjc0MhHpYJIr8LZoJ7am054j7xKmDB-huXcBhY5CNS23X8bU_5Wow1eKVz3W1G_84fZoCg8YwfPFG-ZGSxKKrwkJEJwwrq4k9UTYoP-WlRVyPUpJI8Dv2MbO1QPO07s9iIludNEJsWyRZZ1q94Fv91hdX02E1/w400-h266/IMG_1332.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-DgAVD2j1LAesVstTjN4gJQpYWsF02jz_aGgU0HU3HSZjcFlwQlhSkNtcz4jGctmiTne3SYNsDlOl8Y1xO7qIRE_XQPe7jWpXM-Mn9va_AAEErmm_24PVb12PXR-YrfGIt0Nbv5Tp3T4M6y2HQ2rrfwHuVBH3bizs7SxT7tt6TpaNxKdGTFcdL49L0Rft/s4000/IMG_1339.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-DgAVD2j1LAesVstTjN4gJQpYWsF02jz_aGgU0HU3HSZjcFlwQlhSkNtcz4jGctmiTne3SYNsDlOl8Y1xO7qIRE_XQPe7jWpXM-Mn9va_AAEErmm_24PVb12PXR-YrfGIt0Nbv5Tp3T4M6y2HQ2rrfwHuVBH3bizs7SxT7tt6TpaNxKdGTFcdL49L0Rft/w400-h266/IMG_1339.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-7333414798360132165DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">Next week, Andy P will run a Samurai game, while I’ve offered to run a WW2 air combat game with Angels 20. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-7333414798360132165DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-7333414798360132165DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">See yer soon,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-7333414798360132165DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: inherit;">Neil</span></p>Mike Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853229487040445556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800793192721832817.post-8793003611233412882023-08-04T16:35:00.002+01:002023-08-04T16:35:05.217+01:002rnd August Games<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_1643121135873094981DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic;"><b>Greetings<u></u><u></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_1643121135873094981DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic;"><b><u></u> <u></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_1643121135873094981DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic;"><b>Still a bit thin on the ground, which meant there was sufficient room for all to play Mark’s SWAT team game without my gladiator game being required (although I did bring some of the 54mm figures intended for use for the proposed show game, currently in the planning stage). The mission was to rescue a group of scientists held hostage by a mix of low level thugs and mercenaries, moving though a 3D setup Mark has acquired. Most enjoyable, proper tactics were rewarded and the hostages were rescued. Rob and Alan were playing Infinity, and still going strong after we’d completed our mission and packed up! <u></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_1643121135873094981DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_1643121135873094981DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="m_1643121135873094981DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj41iEsnwpk97XrkkwPn2cg7S2k98UQIJXNh_Ccn_hqWO2x-XoyqGhtzAcXpRBFp0nj_qI_nzb7eZ4tPx1U6raLYWWcl6DS0DFyYjeGRs_SzH0j8gGbiq1UMzhZuRD00cTFrJCFtX7uDXqcZCg-4wdAz2ReS97qP700KTBPtDB59bDe3ibQecjHKBSzYpRD/s4000/IMG_1325.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_1643121135873094981DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_1643121135873094981DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic;"><b>Next week, Andy has organised a Lord of the Rings game, while I’ve revamped the DBA based ECW rules I devised to use with the WoFun flat figures I bought a while back, and will run a game at the same time. <u></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: chear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_1643121135873094981DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic;"><b><u></u> <u></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: chear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_1643121135873094981DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic;"><b>See yer soon,<u></u><u></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_1643121135873094981DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic;"><b><u></u> <u></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: clear; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_1643121135873094981DefaultFontHxMailStyle" color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic;"><b>Neil</b></span></p>Mike Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853229487040445556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800793192721832817.post-88676525780115440212023-07-28T09:42:00.002+01:002023-07-28T09:42:23.186+01:0026th July Games<div style="background-color: clear; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">It had been decided that the planned AWI game would not proceed, due to insufficient space and that Dave K wasn't quite ready to proceed - we've put this on hold for a little while. We ended up with Mark, Alan and Andy P playing Dead Man's Hand, while I ran a Ludis Gladiatorus arena fight for Steves H & S, Dave K and myself. We haven't played this for a while so we were a bit rusty, but I took the retiarius for a change, and found him very effective. Dave K had the Lion and spent his game chasing around trying to chomp people! Steve S ran out as winner and last man standing, while Mark and Alan pounded Andy P into submission in the Old West. A fun evening in spite of everything.</div><div style="background-color: clear; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmyHdbjGC2PP9T4YQ5m4z2dtXss-TnCu1eVxcwd6T-ThHL2D5bqkwmpUTGyvrzO7rbtw4H-WZW11syR8LyQOJYMaHHaBWKxMYzPl8gkWRC-y50Web-JJT4Oyo0G2baKj_HbiLeKYpSeo-lQ-ZjCohxl791Z4yws9n2BXoXcgF63VSYZGZCBQopOoQ5DOEH/s4000/IMG_1312.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmyHdbjGC2PP9T4YQ5m4z2dtXss-TnCu1eVxcwd6T-ThHL2D5bqkwmpUTGyvrzO7rbtw4H-WZW11syR8LyQOJYMaHHaBWKxMYzPl8gkWRC-y50Web-JJT4Oyo0G2baKj_HbiLeKYpSeo-lQ-ZjCohxl791Z4yws9n2BXoXcgF63VSYZGZCBQopOoQ5DOEH/w400-h266/IMG_1312.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0OMxuNcYL-c_YFz1tvvlHOHGbDU3LYvd6PfhmWYE7wxasnfRL_GqrlakQ18TXasHln_Uks1HaAiRd13PMLkTWkW4bRJEgm3vk4wgj85izOpJ4oG8Mqsf0XgZfutq-RyxLMELg5SxrcnYiauJdlNfR9gIhT7fqotlnHwm_hyxawPrsZvl4NgoQDFdxgCjf/s4000/IMG_1313.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0OMxuNcYL-c_YFz1tvvlHOHGbDU3LYvd6PfhmWYE7wxasnfRL_GqrlakQ18TXasHln_Uks1HaAiRd13PMLkTWkW4bRJEgm3vk4wgj85izOpJ4oG8Mqsf0XgZfutq-RyxLMELg5SxrcnYiauJdlNfR9gIhT7fqotlnHwm_hyxawPrsZvl4NgoQDFdxgCjf/w400-h266/IMG_1313.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="background-color: clear; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: clear; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Next week, Mark has offered to run his SWAT team game. I'll bring Ludis Gladiatorus again; there's talk of running the game with 54 mm figures as a show game, which I hope to develop further.</div><div style="background-color: clear; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: clear; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">See yer soon,</div><div style="background-color: clear; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: clear; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Neil</div>Mike Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853229487040445556noreply@blogger.com0