tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202191777127653648.post4428244219863718148..comments2024-03-27T06:39:54.735+13:00Comments on 1866 and all that: English Civil War GameMark Strachanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05988775093525037168noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202191777127653648.post-36259670606295819002022-11-06T19:13:11.933+13:002022-11-06T19:13:11.933+13:00Thanks James, although I can’t claim any credit fo...Thanks James, although I can’t claim any credit for either the scenario or the figures!Mark Strachanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05988775093525037168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202191777127653648.post-8167133108669829152022-11-06T14:00:32.623+13:002022-11-06T14:00:32.623+13:00This was a really clever scenario and I am sure a ...This was a really clever scenario and I am sure a splendid game for all involved. Reads like a film script. Gorgeous figures and terrain. All the 'extras' add greatly to the effect.<br />Regards, JamesJames Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17897755636246185173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202191777127653648.post-68177362311441998552022-11-02T07:37:01.712+13:002022-11-02T07:37:01.712+13:00I was saying after the game it could spawn a rolep...I was saying after the game it could spawn a roleplaying game “Capture/Save the King” with various small units searching the countryside for him.Mark Strachanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05988775093525037168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202191777127653648.post-9634631797606681982022-11-02T06:59:26.198+13:002022-11-02T06:59:26.198+13:00Splendid stuff and a cunning ploy by Charley Boy…
...Splendid stuff and a cunning ploy by Charley Boy…<br />Although I don’t think it’s going to end well for him…<br /><br />All the best. AlyAly Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178180028439005095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202191777127653648.post-83653788312747070822022-11-01T08:44:01.419+13:002022-11-01T08:44:01.419+13:00Thanks Norm. I understand it took hours to set tha...Thanks Norm. I understand it took hours to set that table up…and then he wasn’t happy with it!Mark Strachanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05988775093525037168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202191777127653648.post-80235498368935452892022-10-31T21:44:23.505+13:002022-10-31T21:44:23.505+13:00A fabulous looking game / table - very nice photog...A fabulous looking game / table - very nice photography.Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202191777127653648.post-90681473312333679602022-10-31T15:24:16.074+13:002022-10-31T15:24:16.074+13:00Thanks Stu. The rules were house rules that need a...Thanks Stu. The rules were house rules that need a bit of modification after the experience of this game.Mark Strachanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05988775093525037168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202191777127653648.post-1038142953796225882022-10-31T15:23:42.422+13:002022-10-31T15:23:42.422+13:00Yes it was fun on a miserably wet Sunday. They had...Yes it was fun on a miserably wet Sunday. They had figured out the coach was empty when they saw a couple of strange mounted figures join one of the units, but it was too late to do anything about it!Mark Strachanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05988775093525037168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202191777127653648.post-70408748538216315632022-10-31T15:20:18.795+13:002022-10-31T15:20:18.795+13:00I thought I had taken more images…I seem ended to ...I thought I had taken more images…I seem ended to get caught up in a lot of rules discussions.Mark Strachanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05988775093525037168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202191777127653648.post-33243000825332277092022-10-31T10:41:20.047+13:002022-10-31T10:41:20.047+13:00Very nice Mark, what rules did you use?
Cheers
Stu...Very nice Mark, what rules did you use?<br />Cheers<br />StuStuart Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01213577814388355407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202191777127653648.post-5084549446121949602022-10-31T08:44:51.761+13:002022-10-31T08:44:51.761+13:00That looks like a fun game. It would have been amu...That looks like a fun game. It would have been amusing to see the reaction of the Parliamentarian players when they found the King's coach was empty.Lawrence Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11626386564817082992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202191777127653648.post-91987015546342392002022-10-30T21:46:21.662+13:002022-10-30T21:46:21.662+13:00A short, sweet and succinct account if the game th...A short, sweet and succinct account if the game there Mark! Even though I arrived half way through and didn't play, I think I have more images....idle hands and all that! I will post mine tomorrow, probably.rrosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07316317334203888350noreply@blogger.com