Yeah, tut tut, three parts of the way through the month and nary a post till now!
In truth it’s been hell on wheels here for the last few weeks with various family members sucking on the hospitality teat of maison broom, followed by a stream of guests in our gîte.
I know, I know, first world problems to have.
The influx of guests did however give me a perfect excuse to lock myself away in the geek den and get on with some painting. The outcome of my uninterrupted labor has been several new AWI regiments and a sprinkling of British airships to pad out my forthcoming alternate history air war campaign.
On the subject of campaigns I’ve been busy creating a brigade level AWI one to be played in instalments by a couple of volunteer generals. Orders would be issued via email, roughly one set per week, and any fighting played out on my table with the outcomes recorded on this blog. If anyone fancies a crack at it drop me a line and I’ll give you a few more deets (as the kids say). Players get to choose their starting units, supply levels, intelligence / influence based on a points value - and will gain and suffer from a bucket load of random events as things progress. Initially there will be complete ignorance of the opponents force composition and location. Players will be issued with hexed maps of the area with which to plot their units movement and the battles will be played out with C&C Tricorne rules.
I reckon I could still run it as a solo campaign but it would definitely be more fun with a couple of victims flailing around in the wilderness as they attempt to achieve their faction specific goals.
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| Anyone for tennis? One of these fancy pants 10mm Brigadier Generals could be you! |
Here’s the totally made up area in South Carolina where it’ll all take place circa 1777.
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| The Owls Head Peninsula, South Carolina, June 1777 |
Toodleooh.
Sir! Sir! He said with hand eagerly raised.
ReplyDeleteYou’ve been cooking this I for a while then by the sounds of it. Whether there’s a space for me or not I’ll be eagerly waiting for news from the colonies.
Chris/Nundanket
There’s always space for you matey, which side do you fancy?
DeleteI’m happy to play the Bad Guys. But I’m not fussed really old fruit.
DeleteChris
Who are the "Bad Guys", Chris?
DeleteI'm not being drawn on that one! :-) A case could be made for any of the participants. Or all of them!
DeleteNot sure if my comment landed. Technology doing odd things.
ReplyDeleteIf not I’d like to volunteer.
Chris/Nundanket
Lol. If I manage to pair you up with an opponent it should be pretty cool. In the very unlikely event I get more than two people interested I’ll run a couple of games.
DeleteReal life has been affecting things here too Mark, with trips away and general parent/carer duties getting in the way of gaming stuff, especially painting. Nice work on those command figures and a nice idea to run a PBEM campaign, which I did a year or so ago. A lot of work but real fun and nice to see what the players come up with for you to fight out on the table. Looking forward to this for sure!
ReplyDeleteHi Steve, PBEM’s a bit old school isn’t it, but I had cracking fun playing in Norms recent Napoleonic campaign so I’d thought I’d give it a go myself now my forces have reached a sort of critical mass. Hopefully it’ll provide a little amusement.
DeletePBEM may seem old school to some, but it works really well, as shown by Norm's superb campaign as you've highlighted. I love the whole fog-of-war it brings to one as the commander, which I really enjoy. Waiting for the result of a battle is quite tense though!
DeleteIf you have no other takers, I'm happy to have a go at this as it certainly looks interesting.
Steve, you beat me by a whisker. Have fun!
DeleteSorry Jon! However I too will withdraw my name from the hat, given that there are plenty of other takers now. Likewise I will happily sit on the sidelines and enjoy watching the action unfold:).
DeleteMark, I would happily join up as well.
ReplyDeleteCheers Jon, I think I’ll have to randomly select the participants somehow - I didn’t think there’d be much interest tbh!
DeleteNo need to worry about devising a fair random selection. Since I get plenty of opportunities to game, give this seat to someone who does not often get the chance. I am happy to take a seat in the gallery to watch the campaign unfold.
DeleteActually that’s probably a very good point.
DeleteWell, well, well, it would be remiss of me if I didn’t put my hand up to volunteer especially as we’re both on an AWI trip at the moment ( another 2 regiments completed😳) and a bit of nostalgia to boot through PBEM ! What’s not to like
ReplyDeleteHey Graham, consider your name very much “in the hat”.
DeleteGlad to hear that hobby has still been progressing regardless of outside intrusions!
ReplyDeleteExcited to read how this campaign goes sir. Would put my hat in, but it looks like you have a large sampling of volunteers already. :)
Yeh Dai, a lot more folk have put their name forward than I thought. As to hobby time - it’s amazed me how much I’ve got done while locked in my room, lol.
DeleteHi JB, good to see you getting a line-up of volunteers, I will also throw my name in the hat.
ReplyDeleteI think my general should be;
Young, preferably 21, tall, fit and very handsome, a bit of a ladies man with a string of victories already to my name. I should have a dashing name and probably some sort of title, perhaps a Sir or a Lord. I shall have one of the chaps send you my special dice, which I have found to be particularly loyal and true! :-)
regardless, I will certainly be following and cheering from the sidelines with some hoorah’s.
Norm, your names in the hat. As to the description of your alter ego, I fear it’s far to close to reality to be admissible.
DeleteGood outcome of all those annoying visitors JBM! I wont volunteer as you seem to have more than enough potential players already - and I am not the volunteering type! I do like Norms self-selected character profile though - to which I would add the requirement of a strapping young mistress, dressed in a light dragoon uniform, a la Marshal Massena! (Shades of Mrs Loring....)
ReplyDeleteIt’s a sign of my advancing years that I find your description of a strapping mistress slightly arousing. Totally agree with the never volunteer for anything credo. Stout fellow.
DeleteYeah Stew, they only come to see the current Mrs Broom - but I get that - I quite like seeing her too. As for the PBEM, I’ve got more folks wanting a bash than I expected so I’m going to have to roll a few dice to see who gets the dubious distinction of taking part. Lol. Shame the timings bad. Be nice to cross swords with you chez Jonathan one of the days mind you.
ReplyDeleteAlas & alack! Distracted from my blog lurking for too long & what do I miss?!? Looking forward to following the actions. PBEM opens up all kinds of potential fun. ‘What could possibly go wrong?’ ‘I wonder what would happen if . . . ‘ Good for you! This’ll be very fun to follow. [I haven’t forgotten JBM, I’ll get those how tos put together for you. Might even be useful with your aero nefs.]
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No worries Tom. Hope alls well at your end. I’m saving the airship campaign until I’ve built up enough forces and completed my AWI one.
DeleteSounds like it will be fun and by the number of volunteers you could play it three times a la Jonathan! Nice command BTW!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain