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.