Everything you ever wanted to know about 17thC ordnance
Well, perhaps not absolutely everything, but I found this incredibly useful paper that cleared up quite a few of my questions in …Continue reading »
Posts Tagged ‘Late Renaissance’
Games I’d rather be playing right now
When you get to a certain age – with wife and work and children (responsibilities) – the opportunities for gaming become constrained. The heady days of youth are long gone, when I could spend a good 24 or 48 hours … Continue reading &…
Forged in Blood playtest
Andrew and I stepped through the charging scenarios this evening. I had drawn a full flow diagram with all the if/thens (such an IT geek) and we played out the various combinations of formed and unformed infantry against cavalry and … Continue re…
Death to the rabble rouser!
In a play test of Flashing Steel – Forged in Blood we explored house to house fighting and the complications thereof. Using my Last Valley scenario generation tool I came up with the following story: a local priest (Q5, C0) … Continue readi…
Forged in blood solo test
It has been literally months since I have been able to play or write. A stint in hospital with septicaemia and then endocarditis prevented me. Pathetic excuse, I know. So now that I am back I decided that I need … Continue reading →
Tha Last Valley – Week 4
Apologies for the gap has has occured in this story. A bout of pneumonia took the wind out of my sails, and explains why there have not been enough battles yet… So, what happened in week 4 of the campaign? … Continue reading →
The Last Valley – week 3
Last time, you will recall, Dide confronted his mutinous men. Rather than play this out and write it blow by blow here, I made a few rolls against the Enquiry table and came to a conclusion. Dide put the men … Continue reading →
The Last Valley, week 2. Set up.
Last time, you will recall, Ernat and his company of soldiers had settled themselves into the valley. A week later the weather had not improved and already there were rumblings of disagreement with the decision to stay and exploit rather … Contin…
The Last Valley – historic scene
Sunday morning. School holidays so the kids are in bed and will languish there for half the day before they get up full of demands. Wife busy with her course material. Bereft of anything better to do, I decided to … Continue reading →
Where is the Last Valley?
It’s a pointless question in so many ways, but my relentless pursuit of detail drives me to ask where exactly in middle Europe this campaign is taking place. It is self defeating to attempt to nail it to a specific … Continue reading →
The Last Valley – map
After finding the nine squares that make up the generalised area of the campaign by using the Battle Finder from The Perfect Captain I had a coarse understanding of the terrain. I then redrew these into a consolidated picture, with each … Contin…
Warlord officers painted
Here are the last of the Warlord 30YW Imperial infantry: the officers. I did not bother to paint up the drummer as I already have enough of them. The chap on the right I refer to as my Protestant hero. … Continue reading →
Kroot completed
Here they are: dark skinned bird creatures that stand as tall as a horse and are armed with light cannon. Thanks to Paul for swapping them to me. I enjoyed painting these guys. Filed under: Fantasy, Fantasy, Game campaigns, Late … Continue readin…
On the workbench
Top priority for my wargaming and painting and modelling is historical: early 1700′s. The Thirty Years War. Nothing can get in the way of this. So here is my next job on the bench: Kroot! I got these guys from … Continue reading →
Completed painting: 30YW infantry
These chaps are Warlord Imperial infantry of the Thirty Years War. The sculpting is just wonderful. They are a good match for my existing Renegade (only slightly smaller, but unnoticeable on the table). Assembly was easy, with only a couple … Con…
Finding the protagonist company
The company invading and attempting the hold the last valley is commanded by Ernat Marulanda Gasco. With him are five lieutenants. Each of these men have a group they command. The following is a reprise of earlier information (2 years … Continue …
Solo campaign development
The shape of this (predominantly solo) war-game/story-telling setting is slowly solidifying. In essence, a company of soldiers in the Thirty Years War chance upon a village that has not already been devastated and decide to over-winter rather than raze…