Showing posts with label To The Strongest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label To The Strongest. Show all posts

Thursday, 25 January 2018

Napoleon in Egypt - Part 1

Napoleon in Egypt - part one - uniforms



"Napoleon's Egyptian Campaigns 1798-1801" by Michael Barthorp  Osprey MAA 79 Pub: 1978 - reprinted 2002

"The aims of this book is to provide an outline of the campaigns and to examine in greater detail the armies which marched and fought amid the desert sands and the relics of earlier civilisations."

It concentrates on the French & British - the Ottomans get 5 paras (roughly one page), no plates and two, dedicated, black & white illustrations.

I didn't expect too much from this book(let) - good job - as it is in dire need of updating/revision.

For more uniforms (especially Ottomans) I suggest looking at this blog:
http://miniaturasmilitaresalfonscanovas.blogspot.co.uk/
(scroll down on the right to Egipto Napoleonico)

The colour plates need no explanation but an earlier series has text in French which is beyond my limited linguistic abilities.

A few more Ottomans here: 
https://www.ottoman-uniforms.com/1657-till-1845-egyptian-army/

Finding any more uniform info will require purchasing a number of books - don't know if I can justify the outlay for a side project....hmmm!


Weekly Roundup

Saturday 20th January 2018 - WDW - a big game of "To The Strongest".  I missed the club practice a few weeks ago but still got drafted into the inter-club game (v York).  It was a three-table scrap between Yorkists and Lancastrians (Wars of the Roses) and the 'home' side won convincingly.  OK first the gripes - far too many mounted knights on the table.  Classified as 'later knights' they were far too strong (WoR knights are always rated as Inferior in other rules and mostly fight dismounted).  Perhaps they should have been counted as 'raw'!  On the plus side it was an interesting introduction to the rules which have similarities to 'Square Bashing'.  Even though there are no dice our Lancastrians managed to pull more than their fair share of Aces.

Wednesday 23rd January 2018 - finished reading a Dr Who book "The Price of Paradise".  Had this nagging feeling that I had read it before but I couldn't remember the plot.  There are some advantages to a failing memory then.....


Thursday, 21 December 2017

Montezuma 1: Morgan 0

Saturday 16th December 2017 - WDW

I really wanted to be there but Montezuma had other ideas.  After downloading, printing out the main section of the rules and even reading them I was, like Cinders, not going to the ball.

Fortunately I received a battle report:

"Only one game this Saturday - a fictional Roses battle using "To the Strongest" rules, in which the Lancastrians smashed the Yorkist centre, with King Henry Looting the Yorkist camp.

The battle ended dramatically with Percy's bill men defeating  a Yorkist Mercenary pike block.  Inspired by this, Percy and household took on a neighbouring spear unit, driving it from the field. The battle mad Percy now turned his attention to a mounted retinue which had been immediately behind it, and charged that too. Unfortunately, it proved to be King Henry on his way back to his own lines...Percy blamed the incident on the lack of a standard, identifying the group.

Henry survived the assault on his dignity; but will Percy? Tune in for our next thrilling instalment of the saga in the New Year!"


Monday  18th  December 2017 - WDW

Again I wasn't there - and no reports received!  Will have to wait for the new year to find out.


Wednesday  20th  December 2017

Whilst mouldering at home I watched two new DBA v3.0 videos from Tony Aguilar and Co:

Early Armenian vs. Pergamene w/Kappadokian allies DBA 3.0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atKJ49YTXIc&feature=youtu.be

Scots-Irish vs Picts DBA 3.0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_udcTvaaoMA

These two games were uploaded on the same day after a bit of a hiatus.  The 'break' was caused by some adverse criticism on the DBA Fanaticus forum.  I have learnt a lot from watching these battles and yes there were mistakes but what the hell we are all human!  If you put your head above the parapet  some non-contributor will shoot it off.  Glad to see that TA & Co have decided to continue.


Thursday  21st  December 2017

Just received the latest copy of Slingshot (315) so have only given it a quick look.  Will reserve judgement until the next blog.