Exploring a New Area

After a minor (DBM) victory last Monday against Achaemenid Persians I decided to start some research on the Latins.  I started at Wikipedia of course:

Latins (Italic tribe) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latins_(Italic_tribe)
Latin League - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_League

I next looked at what Osprey titles were available:

Osprey does a good job providing 'taster' paperbacks but like certain foods they fail to satisfy.  The 'blurb' ominously says "Etruscan, Latin, and Samnite warfare are also discussed."  Looks like this will be of very limited use so only a second-hand purchase is worth considering.

This tome seems to be more useful but I don't know how it will compare with the Italian book I already have - worth looking around for at Vapnartak I think.

Considering 15mm figures I hunted around for anything pre-Camillan Roman.  I found these Mirliton Etruscans (sadly Vexillia no longer supply so I would have to order directly from Italy).    I have a few Villanovan figures (cannot remember which manufacturer though) which will do at a pinch.

Clearly I need to do some more research and hunt around at Vapnartak.

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Yet another Dr Who book - set in medieval times.  The Krillitane are just as much victims as enemies.  Not really suitable for a skirmish game as the Krillitane are, individually, far superior to men with spears and bendy swords.  Conversely if you substituted UNIT for city guards the balance would be skewed the other way.

More Books

Two more Dr Who books read:

The last from Al's collection.  This one features the Tom Baker version (one of my favourites).  Of no use for skirmishing as the opposition is an extremely powerful trans-dimensional creature.  Not a bad yarn though!

Interestingly this, and its companion books, were written prior to the launch of the latest Dr Who incarnation.  Set in Roman times it is about aliens fueling the carnage fire so that more victims are created.  An interesting premise but I don't entirely buy it. 

As it happened I  did see some Dr Who figures for sale on Black Friday but couldn't discover what scale they were.  My figures are around 35 to 40mm in height so 25/28 scale would not fit with them.  One of these years.....

Should have been at Recon on Saturday but I wasn't well enough.  I had wanted to purchase a few items.  Needs I wait for Vapnartak (February) now.

Maipo 1818

On Saturday 8th June I played out Maipo 1818 using "Liberated Hordes".


The rules have been recently updated to match DBA v3.0 so, not surprisingly, they very much have that vibe.  They also have much in common with DBN.

The battle went pretty much according to historical precedent with the Patriots winning 7:6 after a sharp left hook by their superior horse.

Liberated Hordes:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7jivXekpX0LaWxWQV9YWm9FNVU/edit

This post has the OOB reduced to Hott/DBA proportions: 

http://hordesofthethings.blogspot.com/2012/02/maipo-in-miniature.html

Maybe next time I will try the "Libertadores" rules for more flavor!

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We continued with 3 games of DBA v3:

3.52 West Franks v 3.65 Nikephorian Byzantine - a 4:2 win
2.58 Alan v 4.50 Paleogian Byzantine - 5:0 loss
1.43a Kimmerian v 1.52h Aitolian Greek - 4:3 loss

Not a shining example of generalship on my part  with only one win from 4 games - Oh Well!

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Finished a couple of Dr Who books.

(1) "The Christmas Invasion" - an adaptation of an xmas special that I never saw.  Although UNIT troops are present there is no scope for skirmish play.  Wallpaper really.

(2) "The Taking of Chelsea 426" - a better yarn about two alien races fighting regardless of collateral damage - sounds familiar!  Some skirmishing but horribly one-sided.