Yes It's Saturday (Again)

Monday 2nd October 2017 - WDW

HotT - (1) Lizardmen v Samurai (2) not recorded
Black Powder - ACW
Bolt Action (WW2) - Japanese v Americans

DBM - Chola Empire v other Tamil Indians.  Regular troops with blades versus (very) irregular warband.  The terrain suited the empire with a steep hill on the left flank and a wood on the right.  The Tamils had a large wood and a steep hill in their central sector.  My central command fell to pieces against the enemy bows (before they even got to the blades).


Wednesday 4th October 2017

The fourth issue of "Wargamer's Notes Quarterly" has just come out. 

"Conington Contraband' - French v Rebels
"Breaking New Ground" - renaissance campaign - the Italians
"Chit Games" - Barnet 1471 - played as a 3-hander
"Making a Fort for the Caribbean" - 18C
"Eureka Stockade" - Australia 1854
"Atlantic Breakout" - WW2 Naval
"Battle of Fehrbellin 1675" - Swedes v Brandenburgers
"Building a Boat" - Australian colonial 'flat irons'
"Combat of Dva Mosta" - Russians v French Napoleonic)

If you want to receive a copy (or even submit an article) contact the authors by email at:  wargamersnotebook@gmail.com


Saturday 7th October 2017 - Gt. Houghton

4 games of DBA v3.0 - started around 13.10 and finished about 16.30.  Clearly we are getting more used to the rules - but I am still making mistakes!

Game 1: Lysimachid v Thracians - my usual dice throwing but managed to lose  only 3 to 4 - time 60 mins.

Game 2: Italiot Greeks v Samnites - I managed to keep a good line of hoplites and the lack of enemy movement dice meant that my flank was not turned. - a 6 to 0 win - 40 mins.

Game 3: Moorish v Maurikian Byzantine (single based Cv) - I almost threw this one away but poor enemy dice prevailed - a 4 to 0 win - 30 mins.

Game 4: Moorish v Maurikian Byzantine (double based Cv) - I used the terrain reasonably well this time (but still forgot about the road movement.  A 4 to 1 win - 40 mins.

The dice gods were definitely on my side after the first game.  I even had 3 x 6:1 results.  I have promised not to gloat (makes a change from my usual losses though).


Home - Two more of the ERB stories read:

9)  "To the Nearest Planet" by Todd McCaffrey (64p) - Poloda and its associated planets - as told by a ghostly typewriter - not a bad yarn at all.

10)  "The Dead World" by F Paul Wilson (58p) - inner Earth - rather long-winded but it got there eventually.