Wargaming Shows:
Sadly the first to fall by the wayside is RECON (Pudsey) run by my club (WDW). With nobody prepared to act as show runner this year (2023) it was offered to local wargames clubs but interest was there none. Flyers had been designed and samples printed. After 11 years of stewardship that's it!
Progress Report (sort of):
I was contacted by Joel a few weeks ago who wanted to get back into wargaming - specifically DBA. We arranged to meet yesterday and played 3 (maybe 4) games. It was Romans v Carthaginians - a 'classical' match-up. My opponent had read the rules but some of the subtleties eluded him. It also occurred to me that my regular DBA opponent (Ian) and I tend to ignore certain rules (like camps). Must correct that oversight.
In preparation I had found my old R & C boxes containing a load of partly-painted old 15mm Minifigs. In a secondary box were much newer figures (mainly Magister Militum). Obviously, at some time, I had planned to re-vamp these armies but not got around to it (a very worn record). Nevertheless with some swift painting I managed to turn out 2 respectable armies. The only shortages I noticed were a lack of Roman Psiloi and 'Fast' auxilia.
On the previous Saturday I had used Romans against Ian's armies (not brilliantly):
3.60 v 3.9b 5:3 loss
3.23a v 3.23b 4:3 loss
2.63 v 2.75 4:2 win
2.19a v 2.16c 4:1 win
As you can see more games of skill. My movement dice were pretty good in all 4 but the fighting dice (well...some troops obviously hadn't brought any along)!
Ian reminded me that in all our games he had not seen my Romans. They had been languishing in the loft, undisturbed for years. So on the positive side a lick of paint and some re-basing had come out of this exercise. It's an ill wind...and all that!
