tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76487211890805745012024-03-23T19:54:38.138-07:00Ed M's Wargames Meanderings Alarums, Excursions, and Misadventures in Historical Miniatures Gaming. Ed Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.comBlogger280125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648721189080574501.post-79666313481218311892024-03-03T08:07:00.000-08:002024-03-03T08:29:30.604-08:00FEBRUARY GAME NIGHT: SHIPS, SPEARS, AND PIKERS <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYW7nGmN4NRPlGlVEaYAkTFNnLvFlUEmxSznTk0ceKRmmIIdlJRQK9BqsMrKI00svrXUvVIlYvyAm1sAFnnJ-K7O7e5Bp7-ZO3E65DNCFhq_ni_Tyvzcm_FoAogZcZwSre4BMLvShnh2nXD7Ay6NGKbw8HNfZfvHVPdNaiEVmxKJUWGTWRmAVJx2WJwho/s2048/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYW7nGmN4NRPlGlVEaYAkTFNnLvFlUEmxSznTk0ceKRmmIIdlJRQK9BqsMrKI00svrXUvVIlYvyAm1sAFnnJ-K7O7e5Bp7-ZO3E65DNCFhq_ni_Tyvzcm_FoAogZcZwSre4BMLvShnh2nXD7Ay6NGKbw8HNfZfvHVPdNaiEVmxKJUWGTWRmAVJx2WJwho/w400-h300/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Mike, this year's club president, desperately flapping his arms to either achieve lift off or make the usual announcements kicking off a Club Game Night (I forget which), and being received with the customary attention due club officers.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Greetings, dear reader(s). This is just a quick (and belated) post on our club's February Game Night. These shots all come courtesy of fellow club member AJ (of <a href="https://ajs-wargaming.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">AJ's Wargaming Blog</a>).--who, despite having run his own game managed to take some photos (unlike me...). But I figure a quick post is better than no post, so I'll proceed. As usual, in this post you may clix pix for BIG PIX. Per our club norm, there were three games (the third of which was mine). </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>GENERAL QUARTERS III </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFa1QkbavSDcTJMcPGFAM95LKBTrVTd2oqMNiq1qxhpBikE8KpMgodFIQLkyheHtJwkGlkqFMQinVqLOlPvMtu8FuytfSsOl0LPsZsqjlvJ2afHY0qrvGsYGJklfNhg92Jqe6Ub-DTpbOpL5VagygTdbIn6BKz7FJzmiEEA-_K9FxUqYwWVQIZYvXZelg/s2048/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFa1QkbavSDcTJMcPGFAM95LKBTrVTd2oqMNiq1qxhpBikE8KpMgodFIQLkyheHtJwkGlkqFMQinVqLOlPvMtu8FuytfSsOl0LPsZsqjlvJ2afHY0qrvGsYGJklfNhg92Jqe6Ub-DTpbOpL5VagygTdbIn6BKz7FJzmiEEA-_K9FxUqYwWVQIZYvXZelg/s320/2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_Mmft2k_-R9xetRoxHRHxlskN8yxJghtnLO1gJFjOgNjLI-ok4TD0NQmQQIxNdSlwKnDi5zgmJJRQDawFGR6Vjfw4J_jTHUf13xqDtMbmjKiGE2m34ZsdWEnsQZ1fKZoPuP8ruox564H9avsY66BYzfZ08Q2J1E4lfbV_d12GNYO2yfiYZx7k52jf4E/s2048/2a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_Mmft2k_-R9xetRoxHRHxlskN8yxJghtnLO1gJFjOgNjLI-ok4TD0NQmQQIxNdSlwKnDi5zgmJJRQDawFGR6Vjfw4J_jTHUf13xqDtMbmjKiGE2m34ZsdWEnsQZ1fKZoPuP8ruox564H9avsY66BYzfZ08Q2J1E4lfbV_d12GNYO2yfiYZx7k52jf4E/s320/2a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Charlie (in blue vest) ran a <i>General Quarters III </i>early World War Two naval game after the Fall of France pitting the British, who are trying to keep the French fleet from falling into Axis hands, against the French fleet anchored in Algeria: the battle of Mers El Kabir. The outcome of this game will influence our upcoming April Game Day--also run by Charlie--which will be a big game on the invasion of Malta incorporating air, ground, and naval forces. </span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>CLASH OF SPEARS</b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz2fCUGq5nPbeIZlrTcE2iqCQ0whhwSOZw1XJsq9G9FYp3qSu2z6afrWuMO3__KrfWA0_AO4vS7Z4Rz4wLVxD2gLYXOd6klngkr0ifiZY33LLZ7IVfOFE8w7reTCKY-x2wOxnH-JImJMktqlGZX4SkNPSd4nlVQUYsKPxoGVCJ1A_EGO02Vx4PVxqaDyg/s2048/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz2fCUGq5nPbeIZlrTcE2iqCQ0whhwSOZw1XJsq9G9FYp3qSu2z6afrWuMO3__KrfWA0_AO4vS7Z4Rz4wLVxD2gLYXOd6klngkr0ifiZY33LLZ7IVfOFE8w7reTCKY-x2wOxnH-JImJMktqlGZX4SkNPSd4nlVQUYsKPxoGVCJ1A_EGO02Vx4PVxqaDyg/s320/3.jpg" width="320" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJouL61mDyPzQ-7Uu1JnoXf67q0XawLVwUd0ir02uXUnU09uQhyphenhyphen8Hoj4h8Rolb_L7g2hu-q6uYqoIJ-m06lSZxlkKAGzqsY7m07Wf31OtOIcPqKu8VVUyhDz0w6VkQt09OrFtUuXlU-i4cXKMoDno1Tup5RS3HUq8H9B2o6xIHISNgaANl_THlA02Ceo/s2048/3a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJouL61mDyPzQ-7Uu1JnoXf67q0XawLVwUd0ir02uXUnU09uQhyphenhyphen8Hoj4h8Rolb_L7g2hu-q6uYqoIJ-m06lSZxlkKAGzqsY7m07Wf31OtOIcPqKu8VVUyhDz0w6VkQt09OrFtUuXlU-i4cXKMoDno1Tup5RS3HUq8H9B2o6xIHISNgaANl_THlA02Ceo/s320/3a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">AJ ran a <i>Clash of Spears</i> game, pitting Carthaginians vs Romans. This set of rules is becoming popular in our group, thanks to AJ who has now run several of them. It expands ancients gaming to the skirmish level, and fits in with the current interest in skirmish-adjacent systems like the "Rampant" series, which cover other eras. Judging by the noise and and rowdiness coming from this part of the room, this was a rousing game. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>BAROQUE BATTLES</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwhRORXUlkc1UlpMRVloIH8NkxgivmBLBfjlMWAqOsbj_ANyr5IXqLrvd2pi9u4e6JOn8PPXvqc7GeNY4Bs7hVJL_i2qrlWo1Habezlfl4uB0afg_WgojEDlGwCHdHxCflB6IRJa5rTmKaGqu1n-H5H-s8oGMDOgRkL7-IemQGKmQoZjWZG7vPK6PpmIw/s2048/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwhRORXUlkc1UlpMRVloIH8NkxgivmBLBfjlMWAqOsbj_ANyr5IXqLrvd2pi9u4e6JOn8PPXvqc7GeNY4Bs7hVJL_i2qrlWo1Habezlfl4uB0afg_WgojEDlGwCHdHxCflB6IRJa5rTmKaGqu1n-H5H-s8oGMDOgRkL7-IemQGKmQoZjWZG7vPK6PpmIw/s320/4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ZBndfYI3LEhM6mwwpAy5XmXHm2iTNAFE4QDQf8MFzlyYWnXttUPA_6odTo_fLyrXxCi3RfRY7CYOqiU5GiZT5-UaZg9hb4Z0wfFtkKzqcp_q-5I2CGHcc5zwrzMDLFWMWik7OTQiaA_Wn-yOqZGemPu87PVCsEfWnAfpp0myZ0lZxNTuQsIbBseuOvI/s1600/5.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ZBndfYI3LEhM6mwwpAy5XmXHm2iTNAFE4QDQf8MFzlyYWnXttUPA_6odTo_fLyrXxCi3RfRY7CYOqiU5GiZT5-UaZg9hb4Z0wfFtkKzqcp_q-5I2CGHcc5zwrzMDLFWMWik7OTQiaA_Wn-yOqZGemPu87PVCsEfWnAfpp0myZ0lZxNTuQsIbBseuOvI/s320/5.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">The third game of the night was mine, The Battle of Lutzen (1632), using my <a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_28.html" target="_blank"><i>Baroque Battles</i> </a>system (a Pike and Shot game). I was very involved with running this game, and wound up not getting any shots. Although we did not complete the game by the end of game night, it was clear that Gustavus and the Protestants were not going to be able to break Wallenstein and the Imperials: decision to the Imperials (Byron and Robert); well played to the Protestants (Warren, Mike, and Dave). I'll be be running this game at the upcoming <a href="https://tabletop.events/conventions/mayhem-gaming-convention-2024" target="_blank">Mayhem convention</a> on Friday night (<a href="https://tabletop.events/conventions/mayhem-gaming-convention-2024/schedule/1" target="_blank">full description here</a>). Although I've run this game at conventions before, it's been awhile, so I used this game to refresh my mojo at setting up and facilitating it. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'll add a few more pictures and words on the game, as long as I'm on the subject. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSYTAZNqHO5a5BL40FaKcRCg2fqv7dtMAaoU_xkflTqcafCABMRgNkJyxKP5gf6QeZ2rljv5ungKGWdgvAuOuEzl44hHoG4Xcn1ZZrCytPkDfW3TjRO0NYZj-ZE9lKHhsjyPC8034y3Sru_LWMvW_Y2U797a3jQmv61zeThLGLw6-TEpyWL68cCqyWKxQ/s5152/4d.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSYTAZNqHO5a5BL40FaKcRCg2fqv7dtMAaoU_xkflTqcafCABMRgNkJyxKP5gf6QeZ2rljv5ungKGWdgvAuOuEzl44hHoG4Xcn1ZZrCytPkDfW3TjRO0NYZj-ZE9lKHhsjyPC8034y3Sru_LWMvW_Y2U797a3jQmv61zeThLGLw6-TEpyWL68cCqyWKxQ/w200-h150/4d.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXQExpGO9WeS-URpmsWuM42PLHVuC0_z1EuejrVhrVskTgdIsZ6yS1gJL_nIMMa2zi0W240jd-8sdZTyditHpmdHPIz8xUbhXi5ZID1T9khK_Y4m3O967Ec0Wuxc05bauvWIsw_Mo7rEUvAS4dDevn-FRYol3tV3aFxX7EsDsHE92nCvpayEJEkXzqly4/s5152/4c.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXQExpGO9WeS-URpmsWuM42PLHVuC0_z1EuejrVhrVskTgdIsZ6yS1gJL_nIMMa2zi0W240jd-8sdZTyditHpmdHPIz8xUbhXi5ZID1T9khK_Y4m3O967Ec0Wuxc05bauvWIsw_Mo7rEUvAS4dDevn-FRYol3tV3aFxX7EsDsHE92nCvpayEJEkXzqly4/w200-h150/4c.JPG" width="200" /></a></div></div>Some of the "off table" bits that are involved. Leaders (left) and tactics cards (right). </span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFOv2aMraeJN_mMr-We9FVKYnoF8rLE9xb9o08J7BWjepHUFBr0pT01bjiQocA9ZmbcXSubjOya6QSp0U0F-fbAIaWCHOXAdWBHPxfZhawrRtbw56W3a5F7VgOsAOldY5ZCGggChoj0KFlxVpgNbsHnDyhbZdi_6SvYQq__GqMWzXRBeq_tlhsv0mds7k/s1600/6.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFOv2aMraeJN_mMr-We9FVKYnoF8rLE9xb9o08J7BWjepHUFBr0pT01bjiQocA9ZmbcXSubjOya6QSp0U0F-fbAIaWCHOXAdWBHPxfZhawrRtbw56W3a5F7VgOsAOldY5ZCGggChoj0KFlxVpgNbsHnDyhbZdi_6SvYQq__GqMWzXRBeq_tlhsv0mds7k/w200-h150/6.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3k7uyVl8-hJkBLRxEDvBn8laiRYcv8BIan2H_0vsJnJjy6a_8AHoAGEBQJSXZHMuF57g_v2AydOBfhQ47a88u3KZjIsM_P8h767bL-0trJempK_dLp5BoqJlts1LRRKZw9ZTbL2cVziNJqjGUZXIuqu1hkZe14NopzMZ2MqJhIRgTeSHg9vcvNFGQts/s1600/Imperial%20Units.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3k7uyVl8-hJkBLRxEDvBn8laiRYcv8BIan2H_0vsJnJjy6a_8AHoAGEBQJSXZHMuF57g_v2AydOBfhQ47a88u3KZjIsM_P8h767bL-0trJempK_dLp5BoqJlts1LRRKZw9ZTbL2cVziNJqjGUZXIuqu1hkZe14NopzMZ2MqJhIRgTeSHg9vcvNFGQts/w200-h150/Imperial%20Units.JPG" width="200" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">A closer look at the units deployed at the start of another game (left) and some of the different unit types (right) involved. My figures are mostly <a href="https://irregularminiatures.co.uk/indexes/6mmindex.htm" target="_blank">Irregular</a>, with a smattering of <a href="https://irregularminiatures.co.uk/indexes/6mmindex.htm" target="_blank">Heroics and Ros</a>. All 6mm, in case you hadn't noticed...</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjisWq2YLp3Z9clfD8QSs0m7_VjlyYbCGEowupAUhLMNYCiScJdV7yhSy7gX44EpflMOy9eVohD90mGCIQeYm9SbDUPQ9B4i2WPi9MDSyptlrVO2yLNcopARKJPMmJCUSqIsBunqWvDJ0RYym8smNsuy0wuKU_TohcfvN0q6K5I8y7pT9HXpyzKWTO0kNA/s1600/Game%201b%20start.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjisWq2YLp3Z9clfD8QSs0m7_VjlyYbCGEowupAUhLMNYCiScJdV7yhSy7gX44EpflMOy9eVohD90mGCIQeYm9SbDUPQ9B4i2WPi9MDSyptlrVO2yLNcopARKJPMmJCUSqIsBunqWvDJ0RYym8smNsuy0wuKU_TohcfvN0q6K5I8y7pT9HXpyzKWTO0kNA/s320/Game%201b%20start.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">...and although game systems employing small scale figures on gridded game tables are very much in the mainstream right now, I have to say that I have been running this system since before phones were "smart." I'm not sure if this means that I'm ahead of my time or just out of touch. I guess if you do something long enough, it will eventually come into fashion, even if it ain't "fashionable." <br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGdyEFBMXPJIleg_CBcFoRukZuvMv7caMaB42YqnAFMMtPsuN8xD5HJHE0F-klUfsKXqTzsgXaPjkSGAYD84wIqSQBnt9LqLbJK8ey7cx-NqNxJgK9rGGXRYmQi0kg-cfpbkDVsyi-9qJsg5qQjmAd06h8lAAfm01ZEyj4UwrTlQLLmwTIZxb1ndf4yM4/s556/hals-laughing-cavalier.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="556" data-original-width="450" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGdyEFBMXPJIleg_CBcFoRukZuvMv7caMaB42YqnAFMMtPsuN8xD5HJHE0F-klUfsKXqTzsgXaPjkSGAYD84wIqSQBnt9LqLbJK8ey7cx-NqNxJgK9rGGXRYmQi0kg-cfpbkDVsyi-9qJsg5qQjmAd06h8lAAfm01ZEyj4UwrTlQLLmwTIZxb1ndf4yM4/w162-h200/hals-laughing-cavalier.jpg" width="162" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Excelsior!</b></div></b></span><p></p></div>Ed Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648721189080574501.post-39222407161706673132024-02-23T11:12:00.000-08:002024-02-27T12:44:02.511-08:00SWORD LORE: 1811 "BLUCHER" PRUSSIAN CAVALRY SABER<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi19N_8yS0AKjcoCjk8YqdptNfyPtFFSSSkYzDxPJAPjAeWaUQLSS9Z9RYIwPewGDYaksyBtJ_4EAbvZJGeq2rEa92s9OCUf8GNMqhyg17wYqdRuOPQo_NWfgVEb3k1lWKdf8MeGAlhjzgvdnmN1rs_Q1b8MIWLuYyrYx8QrWCatEuNIA6HhcT2AE5GDOk/s711/a%2010_10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="711" data-original-width="483" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi19N_8yS0AKjcoCjk8YqdptNfyPtFFSSSkYzDxPJAPjAeWaUQLSS9Z9RYIwPewGDYaksyBtJ_4EAbvZJGeq2rEa92s9OCUf8GNMqhyg17wYqdRuOPQo_NWfgVEb3k1lWKdf8MeGAlhjzgvdnmN1rs_Q1b8MIWLuYyrYx8QrWCatEuNIA6HhcT2AE5GDOk/w271-h400/a%2010_10.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Knotel print of a Prussian Dragoon in 1845 sporting the 1811 cavalry saber, the standard weapon for all Prussian non-cuirassier cavalry regiments since the 1820s. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Based on the interest shown in the mention of my recent acquisition of an Austrian M1861 sword in the last post, I thought I'd meander into a hobby-adjacent interest of mine: antique swords. As part of my ongoing efforts to organize things, I am putting together a portfolio with images, descriptions, points of inspection, provenance, and history of my swords. It's something I should have been doing, really, as I acquired each, but the same goes for lots of things (like exercising regularly). Of course, I'm not tackling this task chronologically, by nation, or in any other systematic way. No, I'm doing this organizing in a typically unorganized manner, as the organizational butterfly flits and time allows. As I complete the listing for each, I'll be sharing (inflicting?) this "sword lore" on you, dear reader, in this blog. So you've been warned. In this post, we'll be dealing with the first artifact, my 1811 Prussian Cavalry saber. And now, for those few who have the spare time and stomach to still be reading, you may, as usual, clix pix for BIG PIX in this blog post... </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>1811 "Blucher" Prussian Cavalry Saber</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3gTh33kxMX90O4C7kgYlmw4-hpyhnOKSx5ud6gghWqmW6BzRqz6Dqn44H4AEk68EBZUyJmmIMgQfME0_mo4i26_SDs7KHYoBFX_JNXbmVmA1gDYobz5lsM_rfUOAQkli9XKqCL_LQ3Jq1g6JsCBIsnZD7Atw5X5iyavnuRa_mDOrDj1FzEYMnTkyvw_w/s4032/b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2095" data-original-width="4032" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3gTh33kxMX90O4C7kgYlmw4-hpyhnOKSx5ud6gghWqmW6BzRqz6Dqn44H4AEk68EBZUyJmmIMgQfME0_mo4i26_SDs7KHYoBFX_JNXbmVmA1gDYobz5lsM_rfUOAQkli9XKqCL_LQ3Jq1g6JsCBIsnZD7Atw5X5iyavnuRa_mDOrDj1FzEYMnTkyvw_w/w400-h208/b.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Above is the subject sword from my collection, the famous (among sword followers) "Blucher" cavalry saber. It, like most of my swords, is an authentic service (ie trooper's) weapon. The blade is roughly 32" long and as you can see, it is very much a curved, cutting weapon. Although it can be used "at the point" to thrust, that is not the primary employment. During the Napoleonic wars, this distinction between cut and thrust, corresponding to light and heavy cavalry, respectively, was still very pronounced. As the century progressed, these two designs would merge into a universal pattern for all cavalry (but that is the subject of another post for another time). For now, we'll stick with the subject weapon. For starters, we do have to talk about the genesis of this sword during the Napoleonic wars. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv5rEzsg7Lo3l-Nw47SWYzjwsUsgsN-fIfA7skeyNY1FDjSoZ5JoT1KJm2y7e3wzAoX8qj49GfwdNjuKijL5Y_6-u3QiSx9h1nxXB5ib5sUwlY9pa1rDSvn_uS5qtIBZWXX4pLuZLTHUK0HufS3AjmBJZQoUC37vUnJuq45ZxGak3IDzjt-sE8IBnMEm0/s710/c%2001_24.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="710" data-original-width="483" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv5rEzsg7Lo3l-Nw47SWYzjwsUsgsN-fIfA7skeyNY1FDjSoZ5JoT1KJm2y7e3wzAoX8qj49GfwdNjuKijL5Y_6-u3QiSx9h1nxXB5ib5sUwlY9pa1rDSvn_uS5qtIBZWXX4pLuZLTHUK0HufS3AjmBJZQoUC37vUnJuq45ZxGak3IDzjt-sE8IBnMEm0/s320/c%2001_24.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">After the disaster at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jena%E2%80%93Auerstedt" target="_blank">Jena in 1806</a>, Prussia would suffer occupation until well after 1812, when it would it rise up in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_campaign_of_1813" target="_blank"><i>Befreiungskriege </i></a> and join the Sixth Coalition against France. In order to mobilize for war, Prussia had to greatly expand and equip her army. Although manpower was available, materiel and the means of production were limited, to say the least, and portions of the country still had to liberated. As the above image illustrates, many units of the newly expanded Prussian army (and even some still in the 1815 campaign) donned interim gray uniforms until regular uniform production could get going. Other support came from allies, most notably Britain. Perhaps the most visible and well known form of British support came in the form of the pictured Portuguese pattern uniforms and shakos that many of the newly raised Prussian regiments donned. Anyone who has ever put together an 1813 Prussian army knows of these. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkFAoVSooGsGxRYTFnUKoAYSdUjmNH8GIT0rSpnvxELqbVKhgcJeDAcHkFhlJ2CRRBoW5GNr193ZIrD-Vi1QLPetmWEg_coByGOVOiH8vjUbYYnIf3ItKXNvjIv5Bpsm5_rUM12Zx5BdwSxLkfpiepIvrkArJFw7VWnmYTxzXTCvPCdPWMHvvX4nwH_YA/s3916/d%201811%20and%201796.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2419" data-original-width="3916" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkFAoVSooGsGxRYTFnUKoAYSdUjmNH8GIT0rSpnvxELqbVKhgcJeDAcHkFhlJ2CRRBoW5GNr193ZIrD-Vi1QLPetmWEg_coByGOVOiH8vjUbYYnIf3ItKXNvjIv5Bpsm5_rUM12Zx5BdwSxLkfpiepIvrkArJFw7VWnmYTxzXTCvPCdPWMHvvX4nwH_YA/s320/d%201811%20and%201796.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Probably less well known, however, is that the British equipped the Prussian cavalry (except for the cuirassiers) with the British 1796 Light Cavalry Saber. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Above, my British 1796 Light Cavalry Saber next to my Prussian 1811 "Blucher" Cavalry saber: notice anything? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSfoASpO1BzZSLY2r5SamsPRGwUx3R19EiD5-WBnnETrCdCddZQo20BNszs0EQ78CIOrYshVKyEam_B7AGpXfw5qf-Xq3rKFl0qfUtUy52lnwzcrU895QxXIwIm8pYgBWTu1D0mctmVVprddr2zmkeN4Obnyi6MeceeGVDBWlCoYaura8NdGw9kefOzXI/s1600/e%20Prussian%20Cavalry%20Funcken.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1093" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSfoASpO1BzZSLY2r5SamsPRGwUx3R19EiD5-WBnnETrCdCddZQo20BNszs0EQ78CIOrYshVKyEam_B7AGpXfw5qf-Xq3rKFl0qfUtUy52lnwzcrU895QxXIwIm8pYgBWTu1D0mctmVVprddr2zmkeN4Obnyi6MeceeGVDBWlCoYaura8NdGw9kefOzXI/w137-h200/e%20Prussian%20Cavalry%20Funcken.jpg" width="137" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzpgcCqq3_TV3Xp4ggeV965mBHwZTO2bunkJCKPPKeV6W8smId0-oY6utF91RpJaDS5pGcyuKCt5DUxAo9BEqirmbR9Z2veHYQmi34u-hFS5xO-1y7yL9WJQjT5c2A-RHJtqofs_fQ96-GvXF-HvJaL7J7WHZVTk4JM-ObwPbB1fEfvBR5MRnW8I4RCNM/s765/g%20Pomm%20Nat%20Cav%20Rgt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="450" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzpgcCqq3_TV3Xp4ggeV965mBHwZTO2bunkJCKPPKeV6W8smId0-oY6utF91RpJaDS5pGcyuKCt5DUxAo9BEqirmbR9Z2veHYQmi34u-hFS5xO-1y7yL9WJQjT5c2A-RHJtqofs_fQ96-GvXF-HvJaL7J7WHZVTk4JM-ObwPbB1fEfvBR5MRnW8I4RCNM/w118-h200/g%20Pomm%20Nat%20Cav%20Rgt.jpg" width="118" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Depictions of Prussian Napoleonic cavalry above--one contemporary (Funcken) and one period--with the British 1796 Light Cavalry saber. The British 1796 Light Cavalry saber is a classic (and will be the subject of another post). Suffice it to say that the Prussians recognized the virtues of this weapon, and when it came time to produce their own, they modelled it on the British 1796. The resulting saber, the Prussian 1811 Blucher, is a sturdier, more robust version of its more slight British cousin (sort of like German cuisine). It is unknown, exactly, when the sword acquired its unofficial "Blucher" nickname, but it is assumed to be in connection with its genesis in the Napoleonic wars. Given the state of affairs in Prussia, however, few 1811 Bluchers were actually produced before the fall of Napoleon. Any that were would have been issued on a "low density" basis (ie to Prussian staff, couriers, etc). </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi86em2cmgkq_Xa8pxv5i4JcsMjjHih2JJTwZPeDnW8x0S9yz0Zm76op0AeJ_IwfwKyqoxz1dgwg8lM-zGDopxT_AvEAI6wuyS19XQ33SzlflrU36LBcOEV_fImRV5g-W-b4LYmHgmAlpa3R_TjfU2e4W-oICnztJqec4c6s0_Jy2IUTekc0B3OGkuP6sM/s797/g%20Koerner_Jagd_Wehrverein_Wilke__500x797_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="797" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi86em2cmgkq_Xa8pxv5i4JcsMjjHih2JJTwZPeDnW8x0S9yz0Zm76op0AeJ_IwfwKyqoxz1dgwg8lM-zGDopxT_AvEAI6wuyS19XQ33SzlflrU36LBcOEV_fImRV5g-W-b4LYmHgmAlpa3R_TjfU2e4W-oICnztJqec4c6s0_Jy2IUTekc0B3OGkuP6sM/s320/g%20Koerner_Jagd_Wehrverein_Wilke__500x797_.jpg" width="201" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As for the </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Prussian cavalry, they would continue to carry the British 1796 Light Cavalry saber that they were already equipped with through the 1815 campaign and beyond. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Although you may see these swords (misleadingly or unknowingly) advertised as "Napoleonic" they were not produced in numbers until the 1820s, and the Prussian cavalry probably were not fully equipped with them until the major reorganization of the 1830s. Having covered its background, it's now time to take a look at the sword.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><u>Markings </u></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjloz8826Pq1thRD1EwL6bL03614FGak_CjSHqWX0tq6IbKFpkCiJYp0I9ulDxcZjGJPVBXztE2K7qQZik-N4ygCF8VGi3D1xkqSRKixELQ7myacQdTcXVo9BJNYA5o1S_rVtc2pNQueA6cF3So_Tt1jSQJYM4oxhICimss8DaOlXg74HFUHjcGmjG-7pk/s3024/h%20Markings%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="2894" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjloz8826Pq1thRD1EwL6bL03614FGak_CjSHqWX0tq6IbKFpkCiJYp0I9ulDxcZjGJPVBXztE2K7qQZik-N4ygCF8VGi3D1xkqSRKixELQ7myacQdTcXVo9BJNYA5o1S_rVtc2pNQueA6cF3So_Tt1jSQJYM4oxhICimss8DaOlXg74HFUHjcGmjG-7pk/s320/h%20Markings%202.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Although all swords tell a story, the marking system on Prussian swords of this era provide a particularly rich and engaging one. Both the swords and the scabbards have their own stories. </div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><u>Ordnance Marks</u></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Cy7FcRpcolquOHBHelrbkB2FRZwNr3iQKiJitPk15hpQFLB0Jay3BxC5bfTVNIH6ALzSNxmc11GqP38HeKgrVRZOioBx-uK_xofSl0FJ87I4S-h1gm6kSsv2hGRSonC_pXinpi03TFeZHilY1KwCRKQwC8ktTqvWKj1zbwNrHoFpRXVxpduAnhqvVUw/s4032/k%202%20backstrap.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Cy7FcRpcolquOHBHelrbkB2FRZwNr3iQKiJitPk15hpQFLB0Jay3BxC5bfTVNIH6ALzSNxmc11GqP38HeKgrVRZOioBx-uK_xofSl0FJ87I4S-h1gm6kSsv2hGRSonC_pXinpi03TFeZHilY1KwCRKQwC8ktTqvWKj1zbwNrHoFpRXVxpduAnhqvVUw/w150-h200/k%202%20backstrap.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdJohfA_eiSzpsvFJxwqguzceeHQaHQnZUsR7bBdT4WtZGMtaro22W87mM9uoyHmc-AkeI9dT7quwNS3-XO883q15mgihIBnE40kcI0YiwYi_rdmLp9anI0ORsNzIiR1Gnakl7eUAZoiqnnndHyDfmO1OMJZc81OqKSdCNBuHaCzRlkN6l4JE1vCs2MS0/s4032/k%201%20guard%20arm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdJohfA_eiSzpsvFJxwqguzceeHQaHQnZUsR7bBdT4WtZGMtaro22W87mM9uoyHmc-AkeI9dT7quwNS3-XO883q15mgihIBnE40kcI0YiwYi_rdmLp9anI0ORsNzIiR1Gnakl7eUAZoiqnnndHyDfmO1OMJZc81OqKSdCNBuHaCzRlkN6l4JE1vCs2MS0/w150-h200/k%201%20guard%20arm.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The small letter and crown stamped on the backstrap and lower guard on the hilt of this sword are government proof marks: the equivalent of a "US" stamped on US Army hardware. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><u>Unit History</u></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD9bTJpofcWqWGn7MTzcXixglJ4ZVbKH21tCPFfKGa22P55BSOyCw3C-m3Ts9V_XIkq6IYODkgeglJ-qUbK8SjKg-jD5RkRFIeTSDzY6BQ8aZZ-00OpoU1hsV3LkP2Nntn5Ttv0ejAp80edYSdEpRlOXNn0R18dkXCzQih5UIGualeaG93r_KHSRXMLnY/s4032/i%201%20langet.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD9bTJpofcWqWGn7MTzcXixglJ4ZVbKH21tCPFfKGa22P55BSOyCw3C-m3Ts9V_XIkq6IYODkgeglJ-qUbK8SjKg-jD5RkRFIeTSDzY6BQ8aZZ-00OpoU1hsV3LkP2Nntn5Ttv0ejAp80edYSdEpRlOXNn0R18dkXCzQih5UIGualeaG93r_KHSRXMLnY/w150-h200/i%201%20langet.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQJav4bQlQnjH4xSdhh4bIJDZh-xob4ypomjKV_LwNEXn95fxH8gZe5NJh_uLlSv270SdKmbYUj27N0WE94fljCKzwvmONKD3P_Bse8LQ2H__suEGu0BTMchbh1wo_jvI001iVW8mApjJQo3CLAgw_EibOCBeVezVvslogbxxYDMwdaR0kv2xshMQ1Wis/s4032/l%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQJav4bQlQnjH4xSdhh4bIJDZh-xob4ypomjKV_LwNEXn95fxH8gZe5NJh_uLlSv270SdKmbYUj27N0WE94fljCKzwvmONKD3P_Bse8LQ2H__suEGu0BTMchbh1wo_jvI001iVW8mApjJQo3CLAgw_EibOCBeVezVvslogbxxYDMwdaR0kv2xshMQ1Wis/w150-h200/l%201.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div>Like any other piece of equipment, swords were recycled, rebuilt, and reissued, as were scabbards, and had many lives. Although this is often a hidden history, Prussian swords and scabbards recorded theirs. </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">When the 1811 was superceded for use by the cavalry, it was cascaded to the artillery, then to support units, and then to reserve and other units.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Upon receipt, the armorer would put the unit stamps on the langet (above left) and on the scabbard (above right). The previous unit stamps would be struck through. When collecting swords, it is not unusual to have a scabbard that does not match the hilt, as is the case here (the paired items were separated somewhere along the line, and in the case of this item, this scabbard and hilt may have been later married in depot but left in stores and never reissued, hence not re-stamped). Here are the unit histories of this sword (hilt) and this scabbard:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Hilt: R.P.C 4. 42 </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>Reserve Proviant Colonne 4, Weapon 42</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Reserve Provision Column 4, Weapon 42</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Scabbard: R.P.C. 7. 44 </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>Reserve Proviant Colonne 7, Weapon 44</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Reserve Provision column 7, Weapon 44</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Previous Unit:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><strike>R.L.12. 5</strike></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>Reserve Lazarret 12, Weapon 5</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Reserve Field Hospital 12, Weapon 5</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><u>Depot Marks</u></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOjqKklqVbxA_FA6m1PNOM0-YObPJO5KjvTFu3JkXR6rMHkJ9dfsXPquNHXKisnXyLmXdQtCgcZmhbkYR3VNJ1u53nIpG1q_Qm-tFGtl_ZGsRJbO6RRa2Rn0XX42nH0ECl9SJUDk2ibHg910-T-qOFhT-o-ZRXclM-J0Qcs4NQg0rWLzEUKK7bOMK3agE/s4032/l%202%2020240211_083528.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOjqKklqVbxA_FA6m1PNOM0-YObPJO5KjvTFu3JkXR6rMHkJ9dfsXPquNHXKisnXyLmXdQtCgcZmhbkYR3VNJ1u53nIpG1q_Qm-tFGtl_ZGsRJbO6RRa2Rn0XX42nH0ECl9SJUDk2ibHg910-T-qOFhT-o-ZRXclM-J0Qcs4NQg0rWLzEUKK7bOMK3agE/w150-h200/l%202%2020240211_083528.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ubON0g6x5VzB8VaZZZsYqu1a9Acix6JhfTL506Zrm4e7vZ1iUXKPa16QNuQwR7PcjwQti0ebXeK7yhYaIiuZsCOryKkvOiLTisuq87kbmymhCesPKDpJgMe0oGM5BNhy4vXEYFQjLo5iSitkKxXh2RD118_4Ko2fM4_xXB5ps-r77TjJtYyVY5B4b5E/s4032/j%202a%20crossguard.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ubON0g6x5VzB8VaZZZsYqu1a9Acix6JhfTL506Zrm4e7vZ1iUXKPa16QNuQwR7PcjwQti0ebXeK7yhYaIiuZsCOryKkvOiLTisuq87kbmymhCesPKDpJgMe0oGM5BNhy4vXEYFQjLo5iSitkKxXh2RD118_4Ko2fM4_xXB5ps-r77TjJtYyVY5B4b5E/w150-h200/j%202a%20crossguard.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div>As with the unit history, the marks on the hilt cross guard and the scabbard ring tell a story of their own. These are depot marks and indicate that the item was repaired or rebuilt, and where. The convention is for there to be a number, followed by a letter, and possibly followed by another number. The first number is the weapon or inventory number; the letter indicates the depot. And if there is a number after the letter, it indicates the series (some sources suggest that this is "thousands"). Here is the depot/rebuild history of the scabbard and hilt.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Scabbard Ring: 345 S 3</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Item #345, Spandau Depot, Series 3</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">(alternately, Item #3,345, Spandau Depot)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Hilt (Cross Guard): M 33</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Item #33, Munster Depot, Series 1</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">(alternately, Item #33, Munster Depot)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This is a non standard mark, but an expert reached on a forum deciphered the absence of numbers in front of the depot letter to indicate a first series item (ie, a very early inventory item)<br /><br /></span><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><u>Blade</u></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdf_omhuJbY45e63tIkYuv6jA8LVHyA99qWY1XkTI9lP2GXyw2kNBVbNT0Uf3GGSxYA0kpYyNyqsY62amzd66e7IyL7Pj55ZE-AvPsRPiuIyKUg9XwQ0Qbbn0s6lkE3CuazIoZUCAWdbyH_6cy9yIFCE99ocmH-cJ0emNmv7bDsWHp7XWB5CvvCCqvnzM/s4032/m.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdf_omhuJbY45e63tIkYuv6jA8LVHyA99qWY1XkTI9lP2GXyw2kNBVbNT0Uf3GGSxYA0kpYyNyqsY62amzd66e7IyL7Pj55ZE-AvPsRPiuIyKUg9XwQ0Qbbn0s6lkE3CuazIoZUCAWdbyH_6cy9yIFCE99ocmH-cJ0emNmv7bDsWHp7XWB5CvvCCqvnzM/s320/m.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">In the interest of brevity, I won't go into the evolution and conventions of Prussian blade markings. Suffice it to say that with time, particularly after 1831, they became more standardized and informative, including various forms of date, manufacturer, and a royal cipher or crown. Early blades, pre-1830, tend to have no markings or only a depot number. Given that the numbers on the spine of this blade do not conform to any of the post-1830 conventions, it is unlikely that they indicate a date (1833), and given that these are the only marks, it is likely that it is an early, pre-1830, blade. Even more telling is that the numbers on the blade match the depot numbers on the hilt (M 33), reinforcing the idea that these are depot marks, which in turn reinforces the idea that this is an early blade. As such, it is likely that this hilt and blade were put together--making "sword" #33, series 1--at the Munster Depot as a rebuild. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u>Later History</u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB5hDSFK1V4vIiPIwVCL73FAICha-r-RxtsVIK0gyq7L3jR29aCW_i0f8r2GSJwFdjUISEbRFzD3EdyRFwemacSwusXUnCHSF2asU582ULjqtE-xses-5J0LO6w7lLOV_sgz7a0JpEmTzAKJYoApJjBXFbtTWrh3FvsFDW2v5SF2k1i7pUVT8I4nQTyS0/s868/n%201852%20saber.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="868" data-original-width="576" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB5hDSFK1V4vIiPIwVCL73FAICha-r-RxtsVIK0gyq7L3jR29aCW_i0f8r2GSJwFdjUISEbRFzD3EdyRFwemacSwusXUnCHSF2asU582ULjqtE-xses-5J0LO6w7lLOV_sgz7a0JpEmTzAKJYoApJjBXFbtTWrh3FvsFDW2v5SF2k1i7pUVT8I4nQTyS0/s320/n%201852%20saber.jpg" width="212" /></a></div>The 1811 Blucher Saber would be carried into combat by the cavalry for the last time in 1848 (during the First Schleswig Holstein War), after which it was decided that more hand protection was needed, leading to the design and adoption of the 1852 light cavalry saber (pictured above: of which I have an officer's version--to be reported on in another post). As has been mentioned, however, this was far from the end of the 1811 Blucher's service life. It was then given to the artillery and horse artillery. Eventually, a lighter version of the Blucher was designed for the artillery. Then the original 1811 Blucher sabers continued to serve, being passed to train and supply units, and then to reserve units, and then to administrative units and personnel, continuing in use through World War One. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeMt4DEZMcWQRABltyRbw6k7qenYRRYR3p2jAKp98i9HTAehzWR6Ux_RumNrkuGTUWpYw6B7L_tWPUHl6yWUatInwsd6zvg1LANV_UAgEJuHtve0P_2PoGDsGos-LxV8vCoLGQh-f5lw19Ej5XMhyphenhyphenluIWz_TFYy8yIF4BI7VGmVjxlnx5CZNCxOX9SNRU/s3024/o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2107" data-original-width="3024" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeMt4DEZMcWQRABltyRbw6k7qenYRRYR3p2jAKp98i9HTAehzWR6Ux_RumNrkuGTUWpYw6B7L_tWPUHl6yWUatInwsd6zvg1LANV_UAgEJuHtve0P_2PoGDsGos-LxV8vCoLGQh-f5lw19Ej5XMhyphenhyphenluIWz_TFYy8yIF4BI7VGmVjxlnx5CZNCxOX9SNRU/s320/o.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>A German <i>Landstrum</i> administrative and security detachment in World War One equipped with the venerable 1811 Blucher Cavalry saber. <br /> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzOxcXEFNVzDeWByeny_eu1ki7aRYTw3EQ9bk-T6LancJo9qSEYa2tB2VReETM4BgoB2W-M7WDaekc-pQCURuF2nxxQKkE3WUQtpLNhy8Q2D_lJjn6UJp-R2IsF-KgiT-Lxj-LzD7UQRmClc0j1mZZQFVO5LXBimJVD1lU7ZQhkCjFLfduk2KoFNO2DFE/s551/hess%20officer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="289" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzOxcXEFNVzDeWByeny_eu1ki7aRYTw3EQ9bk-T6LancJo9qSEYa2tB2VReETM4BgoB2W-M7WDaekc-pQCURuF2nxxQKkE3WUQtpLNhy8Q2D_lJjn6UJp-R2IsF-KgiT-Lxj-LzD7UQRmClc0j1mZZQFVO5LXBimJVD1lU7ZQhkCjFLfduk2KoFNO2DFE/w105-h200/hess%20officer.jpg" width="105" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Excelsior!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p>Ed Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648721189080574501.post-61717402746944740682024-02-05T16:52:00.000-08:002024-02-05T17:05:31.909-08:00JANUARY GAME NIGHT<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSbTNs5crsho6TUSizUJuyIZ7LQYeqbNZrpe1fjMzEvDC2KcfdBr4z6t5qAVZiU7tWK0KktUeSl4og-4-wTkXpbq5sNAZjv0mcOVoB3JuB3F4xaRFdMuSLo9tIQt24sNLDjZiaBVQ4h8dPBYbWlPq_aWLTZKhPFNVXCLcTVuBRUys1wVENPhzR2okMgfU/s4032/a%2020240119_185326.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSbTNs5crsho6TUSizUJuyIZ7LQYeqbNZrpe1fjMzEvDC2KcfdBr4z6t5qAVZiU7tWK0KktUeSl4og-4-wTkXpbq5sNAZjv0mcOVoB3JuB3F4xaRFdMuSLo9tIQt24sNLDjZiaBVQ4h8dPBYbWlPq_aWLTZKhPFNVXCLcTVuBRUys1wVENPhzR2okMgfU/w300-h400/a%2020240119_185326.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">The usual suspects gathering for our January Game Night.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Although I've been working away at several projects (none of which I've reached a point to blog about), there has been some hobby activity that I can report on. Specifically, our January Game night. As usual, there were three games on tap. As usual, you can clix on pix for BIG PIX. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3AjR-IWcqGVDqgqNN98KUs-VwK1qIvPBpPZ60GZEhJgw4M4Bzhv0_7h1pwKH1cRUp1UHbdWmSuioAlyNevF-QNhi3rXKp0Eq9f69ddO29ySqOMufmTbcLehZh6PKmEJ8iKC8Rmhz2jFU_XNshqu2SALVkbkJnwddQNzBURFYSzuWxq2TohiB0F_dZSJ0/s2048/b%20aj.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3AjR-IWcqGVDqgqNN98KUs-VwK1qIvPBpPZ60GZEhJgw4M4Bzhv0_7h1pwKH1cRUp1UHbdWmSuioAlyNevF-QNhi3rXKp0Eq9f69ddO29ySqOMufmTbcLehZh6PKmEJ8iKC8Rmhz2jFU_XNshqu2SALVkbkJnwddQNzBURFYSzuWxq2TohiB0F_dZSJ0/s320/b%20aj.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Phil (thumbs up) ran a French and Indian Wars <i>Brother Against Brother</i> game, The "<a href="https://tabletop.events/conventions/mayhem-gaming-convention-2024/schedule/51" target="_blank">Battle on Snowshoes</a>." </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBv_Yx8ixsJgO_o0gzhlBI9kt7wEpho9pJ0lAxIci63vRwGetH8dyW9e4SLH4PoKDpvB0dLTjtdNKYQYSq2FBmbnrnBz0xkXPQ2sVpB9qBeKDyZf9wINF3xmX4v-ir2jVtGTfVAxnvm4XTPUJ714A_00XR_p83fDU07LJ3AshLEWtuyDJWCAvygElSGZg/s4032/b%2020240119_191200.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBv_Yx8ixsJgO_o0gzhlBI9kt7wEpho9pJ0lAxIci63vRwGetH8dyW9e4SLH4PoKDpvB0dLTjtdNKYQYSq2FBmbnrnBz0xkXPQ2sVpB9qBeKDyZf9wINF3xmX4v-ir2jVtGTfVAxnvm4XTPUJ714A_00XR_p83fDU07LJ3AshLEWtuyDJWCAvygElSGZg/w150-h200/b%2020240119_191200.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZYSU8qVkCaXUGMP9zKcGy50ohnVgdB_uSWS5fNAFqqnaarvxYNoz9PzZXRy7QECzvJFopaygV4qUaTHUOUyMkZCYxRJ-PpD8XHAnQ_2bHML97udW_0ZwMS1pPnoUhb3wAALllCYFcQ4M1KO6OHskOTeAQ7nvhrFJtZMvnbZBDOH6QIamNv-U3tm1awkY/s4032/b%2020240119_210915.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZYSU8qVkCaXUGMP9zKcGy50ohnVgdB_uSWS5fNAFqqnaarvxYNoz9PzZXRy7QECzvJFopaygV4qUaTHUOUyMkZCYxRJ-PpD8XHAnQ_2bHML97udW_0ZwMS1pPnoUhb3wAALllCYFcQ4M1KO6OHskOTeAQ7nvhrFJtZMvnbZBDOH6QIamNv-U3tm1awkY/w150-h200/b%2020240119_210915.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">I can't say much about the game or scenario, but I do know that this is an old favorite among our BaB players, and Phil runs a good game. This was a warm up and playtest for him. He'll be running this game on Saturday Night at the upcoming <a href="https://www.mayhemconvention.com/" target="_blank">Mayhem Convention</a> in April. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKh8fhd7FaMXzSCRzG0xNpMNbIZS9khFE1lNo46dsUqHztGRXmR6CqhYKY2-xKRLiI1WrlY6_0s0i1BG53s-7Do2k5vU5cgvAmfClgFyEITOzwmFTmSnZMRZc5RVh4QyPM6KetVVzIWL54H4f69ZY33imMiUbe8K9PKjW-gzg4kkIJEbGk2lEcS_Swc0g/s2048/c%20aj.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKh8fhd7FaMXzSCRzG0xNpMNbIZS9khFE1lNo46dsUqHztGRXmR6CqhYKY2-xKRLiI1WrlY6_0s0i1BG53s-7Do2k5vU5cgvAmfClgFyEITOzwmFTmSnZMRZc5RVh4QyPM6KetVVzIWL54H4f69ZY33imMiUbe8K9PKjW-gzg4kkIJEbGk2lEcS_Swc0g/s320/c%20aj.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mark D brought his <a href="https://tabletop.events/conventions/mayhem-gaming-convention-2024/schedule/78" target="_blank">"Ambush at Black Rock Cross"</a> <i>Pikeman's Lament</i> game. Like Phil, Mark was using this as a playtest and warm up for the upcoming Mayhem Convention where he will be running this game on Saturday night. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKiYHR3MePxQ4oKUkuHkusxs_VQuvzPeu32HPVosIY5aNcHKB67FxeekMLMyO3lwTAlO1nYSAooTcT2GDZtPUMNTpZGaqY3oEt5c7ioVLEjnpzkzuyxlE1E2KqLHEgz8HirWhPzpTk5mqh0UwAUSH1MO0E4e8k87de0vEMDhMFvmqJqN1DCh9GPJLadc4/s4032/c%2020240119_210922.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKiYHR3MePxQ4oKUkuHkusxs_VQuvzPeu32HPVosIY5aNcHKB67FxeekMLMyO3lwTAlO1nYSAooTcT2GDZtPUMNTpZGaqY3oEt5c7ioVLEjnpzkzuyxlE1E2KqLHEgz8HirWhPzpTk5mqh0UwAUSH1MO0E4e8k87de0vEMDhMFvmqJqN1DCh9GPJLadc4/w150-h200/c%2020240119_210922.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJOlneyb6G4WphmbdNeKTNHrlkH1-M279IUGXO49She3YddKxDHSjkHACOxW33O8Iihw3emvalONCnnylcFupNFn7C1RdD96XnVzIITa1q3F8Ofw2CUOjb22TBc5_tUZqaRkuR8fJwUCr2kAAHN1tzM9STvGpkmDfMGxMHx4P_6hgzf9i6Yk-UVFC3faE/s4032/c%2020240119_210932.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJOlneyb6G4WphmbdNeKTNHrlkH1-M279IUGXO49She3YddKxDHSjkHACOxW33O8Iihw3emvalONCnnylcFupNFn7C1RdD96XnVzIITa1q3F8Ofw2CUOjb22TBc5_tUZqaRkuR8fJwUCr2kAAHN1tzM9STvGpkmDfMGxMHx4P_6hgzf9i6Yk-UVFC3faE/w150-h200/c%2020240119_210932.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div>It turned out to be an introduction to the<i> PL</i> system for the players, who were curious about the rules--and a successful one it turned out to be. All said that they would be getting a copy of the rules: well done, Mark! This is one of the good things about our club; although we don't chase trends and do run "old school" games, it is often the case that game nights provide the opportunity for us to experience new rules sets as well.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu6qJCmVnkI_c-_uGOf7DshfDUSjFOlFKX11aVprzB5-oOPqr1gibCwJlEDbLrhYsiVaV7KD22AMIV1KMbY1W5peB57-AePnkUPe-LsHY7bEiXsWx4yUE-zXBcd4bE94sM4_xUGU6lcc3vAMBU8UTbBzZseK9aURfji4SGQWpcVyOZyfpu72wGQHESd9I/s4032/d%2020240119_191151.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu6qJCmVnkI_c-_uGOf7DshfDUSjFOlFKX11aVprzB5-oOPqr1gibCwJlEDbLrhYsiVaV7KD22AMIV1KMbY1W5peB57-AePnkUPe-LsHY7bEiXsWx4yUE-zXBcd4bE94sM4_xUGU6lcc3vAMBU8UTbBzZseK9aURfji4SGQWpcVyOZyfpu72wGQHESd9I/s320/d%2020240119_191151.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Ralph (at right) ran the third game, The Battle of Plevisek, a speculative encounter the Mongols raiding a town in Hungary using the <i>Lion Rampant II</i> rules. Before coming to game night, Ralph had play tested this game in his basement, as previously reported in the <a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/2024/01/mangled-mongols-lion-rampant-ii-batrep.html" target="_blank">Mangled Mongols</a> post in this blog. AJ, at the end of the table, would play one of the Mongol Khans in this game, opposite Earl. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKEymXNV8GXMz11Ob3BhI5VNmIYnkkrATqYELBSPTNyPJZklwWTcnMVb3qiIR73uPOtt8HU8u2uWZtb96WKT1mVboemvVhW088hozhJjUBgoApj9jDw8olkraEHn5LJ-hO3rIkXJH-WLPWDqZ_RFC5p9j4mDjpT0FtCuvbQ5YVOci8-bzmNkDldneI3_s/s4032/d%2020240119_185313.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKEymXNV8GXMz11Ob3BhI5VNmIYnkkrATqYELBSPTNyPJZklwWTcnMVb3qiIR73uPOtt8HU8u2uWZtb96WKT1mVboemvVhW088hozhJjUBgoApj9jDw8olkraEHn5LJ-hO3rIkXJH-WLPWDqZ_RFC5p9j4mDjpT0FtCuvbQ5YVOci8-bzmNkDldneI3_s/s320/d%2020240119_185313.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">As usual, Ralph cuts no corners when it comes to laying a table, even though it means packing it up, schlepping it across town, setting it up and then tearing it down in an evening. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibI2rWBeOwzYzfMaLHXDfaZFdnquccibgOYMTqzWZQAkVFSm5VsXUwp-adz8HnLgJ_vgRH81AVoR5g915swrB9p7dtwP3brwbJkQKlIIuZ2eDwaeNmyKyS7I417eiNzqS1IiTIe6fS09IAUfXbhpzdH_YybgoN7B6nZ64tvKUzeVOQDNI7ibnLpc9dzxo/s4032/d20240119_185913.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibI2rWBeOwzYzfMaLHXDfaZFdnquccibgOYMTqzWZQAkVFSm5VsXUwp-adz8HnLgJ_vgRH81AVoR5g915swrB9p7dtwP3brwbJkQKlIIuZ2eDwaeNmyKyS7I417eiNzqS1IiTIe6fS09IAUfXbhpzdH_YybgoN7B6nZ64tvKUzeVOQDNI7ibnLpc9dzxo/w150-h200/d20240119_185913.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT7nBquyzhbuJ1MXKuUCx6Bn4Mx8mDwAjxdj3vjmhjtgHufPMy4AeJjhQvsyuz77hTuAYvyzote5Ya3yJs3bP0dDd_UWDiYSJV5zEO1lPp5c64fNtYo6tb4ESZTBPAlneyPIHW17CoS-7k-eKMDwQfNehyphenhyphen39OBKS9_GCU9dq5F-kQ-Tg4BrWkXCTh35Ok/s4032/d20240119_191149.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT7nBquyzhbuJ1MXKuUCx6Bn4Mx8mDwAjxdj3vjmhjtgHufPMy4AeJjhQvsyuz77hTuAYvyzote5Ya3yJs3bP0dDd_UWDiYSJV5zEO1lPp5c64fNtYo6tb4ESZTBPAlneyPIHW17CoS-7k-eKMDwQfNehyphenhyphen39OBKS9_GCU9dq5F-kQ-Tg4BrWkXCTh35Ok/w150-h200/d20240119_191149.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Earl (red shirt in the left picture), and Dave (blue shirt, black baseball cap) would play the part of the defenders. Bob (light colored baseball cap in the right picture) would be teamed with AJ as the other Mongol Khan. As in the playtest, General Dice was not with the Mongols--as if that weren't enough, Dave's dice were nothing short of amazing! Thus, the Mongols were, once again, mangled!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXpRlbGvPn4wYksMjqtxa0m_cIz-jx-4dSmMwxbYaiVnFVWeK8dYMC6rvpZbnqi_mXofL-uR03bZzKQ3gR0RrgCG8BU9nFCPZAttcEhaCqPbe02shx-yj_zjdS-pTLQh_kJ1MVaJJ9bH9rsIgFhM7qxn1PeSjnEybOtEdWH6e0h5eFd1jcdrOgEJ5Uaik/s2048/d%20aj%20ed%20lookin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXpRlbGvPn4wYksMjqtxa0m_cIz-jx-4dSmMwxbYaiVnFVWeK8dYMC6rvpZbnqi_mXofL-uR03bZzKQ3gR0RrgCG8BU9nFCPZAttcEhaCqPbe02shx-yj_zjdS-pTLQh_kJ1MVaJJ9bH9rsIgFhM7qxn1PeSjnEybOtEdWH6e0h5eFd1jcdrOgEJ5Uaik/w400-h300/d%20aj%20ed%20lookin.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">You may be wondering where I, your humble correspondent, was on this fine evening. That's me in black, arms crossed, at the end of the table. Seeing as all games had their quota of players, and since I had already played in two of the three, I decided to help facilitate Ralph's game--and most welcome I was too!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhozaA4lIVnfzLxAJwismZAvaFPE30x2z3q8ESNY8XjsDhkQXEdXeGEWE2zRZIp-rngpaIaKrj-fmXm2BSBHO3fUbe_6UaGKh7-eh2W5Xu5Sg3C2LJGMtCta4ikNq8RjJifnMJIJb8VNNEhR2P6cyL2rW4ZI9RC5dB1-Gy6hJgwbcErr8QxssKQ3GAg4f0/s4032/20240119_191219.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhozaA4lIVnfzLxAJwismZAvaFPE30x2z3q8ESNY8XjsDhkQXEdXeGEWE2zRZIp-rngpaIaKrj-fmXm2BSBHO3fUbe_6UaGKh7-eh2W5Xu5Sg3C2LJGMtCta4ikNq8RjJifnMJIJb8VNNEhR2P6cyL2rW4ZI9RC5dB1-Gy6hJgwbcErr8QxssKQ3GAg4f0/s320/20240119_191219.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">With several people out with sickness and family emergencies, this was, by our standards, another light turn out. There were, nevertheless, 15 gamers in the room, including the game hosts, and three fully prepared convention-quality games, each of which was supported with enough players. Still an enviable situation, I think, and one that is easy to take for granted. And, of course, it's always a fine thing to gather with friends on a dark January evening at the end of the week. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin-p0wtU8imjvpTsyHVyy077O9IEpieFjxro-MjMOEPeiJKNXMIZoJEjaqYdr_AesSM4EIAZTLOIMtCLnl_vUcKsd3F1HzRVya3zlsdmK-gEXysFqxXrs3eIIda6XszM_XwQjzPiIWZhN1kylMFnapgyjI1ms5q-kZFMSjn68VS3PsyQTo8XoAZiQzcFQ/s4032/20240202_143317.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin-p0wtU8imjvpTsyHVyy077O9IEpieFjxro-MjMOEPeiJKNXMIZoJEjaqYdr_AesSM4EIAZTLOIMtCLnl_vUcKsd3F1HzRVya3zlsdmK-gEXysFqxXrs3eIIda6XszM_XwQjzPiIWZhN1kylMFnapgyjI1ms5q-kZFMSjn68VS3PsyQTo8XoAZiQzcFQ/s320/20240202_143317.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicbmgoEYhCceddPXszSwbFNTMMZrTlaOKEkhTe24Cdf3MDl7_Jvd-KZqene_pkSjQZsyxbeoEJw3inm27Bfk2MmEEROpfKH-UzIyATXPlUoltBI2Fo8GXEV1gvCg2sFVHU72DFS6TgK1eKDHfBp1Bpx-kls60FvzMW5ZuWHq23xXU5pPBCsMLat0Nauwc/s4032/20240202_143333.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicbmgoEYhCceddPXszSwbFNTMMZrTlaOKEkhTe24Cdf3MDl7_Jvd-KZqene_pkSjQZsyxbeoEJw3inm27Bfk2MmEEROpfKH-UzIyATXPlUoltBI2Fo8GXEV1gvCg2sFVHU72DFS6TgK1eKDHfBp1Bpx-kls60FvzMW5ZuWHq23xXU5pPBCsMLat0Nauwc/s320/20240202_143333.jpg" width="240" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">In other news, in my "adjacent" hobby of collecting swords, I scored a major acquisition this week: an Austrian M1861 cavalry sabre. I have been watching for one of these for at least seven years: they just don't come on the market. Even better, this one was flying under the radar given the way it was listed, so I was the only bidder and got it at rock bottom price. This is the pattern carried by the Austrian cuirassiers and dragoons in the Austro Prussian War of 1866 (a slightly shortened version was carried by the hussars and uhlans). This is an actual service sword, marked "13 DR" (13th Dragoon Regiment) on the Riscasso. It is a beast: the blade is 36" long. It needs a bit of cleaning up (some damn fool painted the hilt and scabbard silver), but other than that, it is sound and tight, and the blade is clean and still sharp. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">So, another sword and a another good game night; a good few weeks since last I checked in, I think. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia8MzzdFEx595HIbJLdkqn3ok8ps3AYP1XKCdkFSV6dL138f5K8HMFyQgowxW-qLpqzeCiKDMqTn_BaMuYintbh601KjHV-hTEQvq0Vj5Nm5HcVCLCxow9UzOdoGFd4VU8wqvCqRDQnpr_bGMvWIbriaWRkz_uWmmr3MeFaDkiZZVma3ifg_yXWEd7fl8/s551/hess%20officer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="289" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia8MzzdFEx595HIbJLdkqn3ok8ps3AYP1XKCdkFSV6dL138f5K8HMFyQgowxW-qLpqzeCiKDMqTn_BaMuYintbh601KjHV-hTEQvq0Vj5Nm5HcVCLCxow9UzOdoGFd4VU8wqvCqRDQnpr_bGMvWIbriaWRkz_uWmmr3MeFaDkiZZVma3ifg_yXWEd7fl8/w105-h200/hess%20officer.jpg" width="105" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Excelsior!</span><br /></div><p></p>Ed Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648721189080574501.post-20245857949862828112024-01-11T15:56:00.000-08:002024-01-12T06:20:44.234-08:00MANGLED MONGOLS: A LION RAMPANT II BATREP<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYm7zJ5fQKsoZD3GbGibLlyGDGwR3e6p7De1hB-Yh5ipCqs3mn-CshX3YkMxKN7JyIs4P7oAZ4NS2BSfKzJoIDi7dvYVzz4-bDIqotOmq3YoADD_h-Q0ncfcHtl551HC-0LJM_9TX4ArR0pLXitdTigBvWDvJv-Jl7S6_yxdhDnjUKKfK0qEdFj5AdBfs/s4032/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYm7zJ5fQKsoZD3GbGibLlyGDGwR3e6p7De1hB-Yh5ipCqs3mn-CshX3YkMxKN7JyIs4P7oAZ4NS2BSfKzJoIDi7dvYVzz4-bDIqotOmq3YoADD_h-Q0ncfcHtl551HC-0LJM_9TX4ArR0pLXitdTigBvWDvJv-Jl7S6_yxdhDnjUKKfK0qEdFj5AdBfs/w300-h400/1.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Action in progress during our <i>Lion Rampant II </i>game.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Greetings regular readers and accidental visitors (appreciations to the former, apologies to the latter). This is a belated battle report on a game of <i>Lion Rampant II </i>that we played in December. As usual, in this post you may clix pix for BIG PIX.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPqI6rInzs0aHfNJgogrzNzOZ2CzUmM5mWSho95t5tFJXh5sdGZe8GbTpqB9GXVjh1WED4aq9FyeRX_hHarAHI79hYkkQZbl_m1q7e5tArAlgd-xR790wEEyaIRWa7sFLAyUr6YqqO_y0wlVOq72-XeoAvUmQqcPYtIPqF4pSHodCN1TWxwcfkfpHiMG8/s4032/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPqI6rInzs0aHfNJgogrzNzOZ2CzUmM5mWSho95t5tFJXh5sdGZe8GbTpqB9GXVjh1WED4aq9FyeRX_hHarAHI79hYkkQZbl_m1q7e5tArAlgd-xR790wEEyaIRWa7sFLAyUr6YqqO_y0wlVOq72-XeoAvUmQqcPYtIPqF4pSHodCN1TWxwcfkfpHiMG8/s320/2.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Ralph, our gracious host, had been hosting <i>Lion Rampant I</i> games and wanted to playtest <i>Lion Rampant II </i>ahead of running it for our club in an upcoming game night. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMRwAo6wrfvOIwO0Jd-KzuAh26KiGzmyw2-YKOhhIoOjQ4E8qDpiMdw7YufPYV37DaafuDbi9MjYwt_J6UsQRcHz6C75QYcgBd34SauoPH_0aSerePHqk0EypFQ-Eoy0DUvi1x6BjiGBXQL5NAxTVtclU3myiNnTzcnwbkurc_09tjfgd6DcNxHubh4ws/s4032/3a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMRwAo6wrfvOIwO0Jd-KzuAh26KiGzmyw2-YKOhhIoOjQ4E8qDpiMdw7YufPYV37DaafuDbi9MjYwt_J6UsQRcHz6C75QYcgBd34SauoPH_0aSerePHqk0EypFQ-Eoy0DUvi1x6BjiGBXQL5NAxTVtclU3myiNnTzcnwbkurc_09tjfgd6DcNxHubh4ws/w150-h200/3a.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxhDAYWsliv_Q4vIuWfpEYEnPC2wh6QHCLfVIZimDet71rJcl4necqUQUGhykY4uNk0o4qPkTjfS-2vARpzF5CTSawLrYnWm1V9wcL3IcJyIKgXMVgnh_9R4s5kmgD-9QTAAVVTyN0d1AXqOiU8OX2gdzrC_WpxogpsRF2HyhNmKHS_tctSSedxyoxIfQ/s4032/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxhDAYWsliv_Q4vIuWfpEYEnPC2wh6QHCLfVIZimDet71rJcl4necqUQUGhykY4uNk0o4qPkTjfS-2vARpzF5CTSawLrYnWm1V9wcL3IcJyIKgXMVgnh_9R4s5kmgD-9QTAAVVTyN0d1AXqOiU8OX2gdzrC_WpxogpsRF2HyhNmKHS_tctSSedxyoxIfQ/w150-h200/3.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div>Ralph is known for his excellent terrain, and this game was no exception. The scenario was set in a town somewhere in Hungary, replete with townsfolk here and there, wagons, etc, and of course his lovely collection of buildings, some scratch built. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGDtTRuR_chF2KZuOxn3D5olLyXxaq_6JFWiUmuLgR9KbrfRqowUI-Ktu-xi1H4KWhHnAv1W0eY9Aune4l1xfDqv0pnFNL_nWEiQ0VWFQJEosoGd1G2yy_ZyDscMXMwsfwncp_vmXOxaAMzYEroeeyTeBcYgAtnQxyCip3GwSg2rqqjhV-8wV4wueVtmA/s4032/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGDtTRuR_chF2KZuOxn3D5olLyXxaq_6JFWiUmuLgR9KbrfRqowUI-Ktu-xi1H4KWhHnAv1W0eY9Aune4l1xfDqv0pnFNL_nWEiQ0VWFQJEosoGd1G2yy_ZyDscMXMwsfwncp_vmXOxaAMzYEroeeyTeBcYgAtnQxyCip3GwSg2rqqjhV-8wV4wueVtmA/s320/4.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Unfortunately, the horizon east of town was lined with baddies (Mongols), who were having a day out, in other words, coming to and destroy the place (as Mongols do).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ_i3FDIGQqCL_02I5SLRJjfZzHKhyX3OrZ8hngsI5yxFQMqXc1g6lX810EoCzb4qn3zZ0Ct4S2ZkShWD7U0B6T_eGtpBtzwoG13db2z_Pj3wJXZmpOhxXGw-FBjtgRr7dYWlyK5PUoM3FdgsPZ24CLcB9SJV5cMyp0NQ3_wsr8gLom2Z9WgWwrCAfMco/s4032/4a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ_i3FDIGQqCL_02I5SLRJjfZzHKhyX3OrZ8hngsI5yxFQMqXc1g6lX810EoCzb4qn3zZ0Ct4S2ZkShWD7U0B6T_eGtpBtzwoG13db2z_Pj3wJXZmpOhxXGw-FBjtgRr7dYWlyK5PUoM3FdgsPZ24CLcB9SJV5cMyp0NQ3_wsr8gLom2Z9WgWwrCAfMco/s320/4a.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>A close up view of the Mongol left (Byron). Ralph's figures are as splendid as his terrain. The Mongols had two warbands, each consisting of veteran light cavalry plus heavy cavalry. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRPzPnN5tclI_xxxycP7s09T7HhK-0W3f4a5a308aAfHhkZSKMkz1uCTr31Go2BOCy56sGYWyyPpCXDuvU7YuZaCdb9M3KWGDr3b9_wfjZQ10YcRUpegO3JCES_AO9Zircr6GVBnz6N2igGXtjHvcN95eVOK9bmNfdUAq7rbEPKa4OyjDJ_dgbJmumJHM/s4032/4b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRPzPnN5tclI_xxxycP7s09T7HhK-0W3f4a5a308aAfHhkZSKMkz1uCTr31Go2BOCy56sGYWyyPpCXDuvU7YuZaCdb9M3KWGDr3b9_wfjZQ10YcRUpegO3JCES_AO9Zircr6GVBnz6N2igGXtjHvcN95eVOK9bmNfdUAq7rbEPKa4OyjDJ_dgbJmumJHM/w150-h200/4b.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo4Ye985GJB6MHET66IbNt-f6i-2lNhuCShAHjwEfCwlMzBjmpDmGuO2rFk2SBr6N0QUAUXZUP5BudAxrSCUJJUX6DyHxRluPrBukap4-fqQBL7MGWgrDBir9cR9PjD9OrV4YYhggm1_I7KrRQKw3SNUs-iWHX7Ke-KuPKePbpa-teeASpzvmFdQQNX9g/s4032/4c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo4Ye985GJB6MHET66IbNt-f6i-2lNhuCShAHjwEfCwlMzBjmpDmGuO2rFk2SBr6N0QUAUXZUP5BudAxrSCUJJUX6DyHxRluPrBukap4-fqQBL7MGWgrDBir9cR9PjD9OrV4YYhggm1_I7KrRQKw3SNUs-iWHX7Ke-KuPKePbpa-teeASpzvmFdQQNX9g/w150-h200/4c.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div>I usually play Mongols, but for this scrum I was among the heroic defenders of the innocent townsfolk. My lot (on the left) were Hungarians consisting of one unit of insane knights (aka, elite, wild charging, cavalry), one unit of turcopoles (ie, heavy cavalry with bows), and one unit of archers. I was paired with Ralph, who had a warband of Germans consisting of a unit of crazy German knights (same as mine), one unit of brudders (heavy cav with lances), and one unit of crossbows. We started back in the town and had to come up to meet the Mongols. One interesting aspect of this scenario was that point values were assigned to the buildings, which the Mongols were aware of and we were not. So the Mongols had to burn a certain number of buildings to equal a certain number of points. Given that different buildings had different values, they could do this several ways. As the defenders, on the other hand, we only knew that we had to stop the Mongols and limit the damage that they inflicted. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8MtKWi_E89YxFq9ANLkM8xnZW2pow4LSHAtMGXovTN7BpRZ7AAqXPb-7YaZJbIGpNQNiFJefFX5NNVRRKpv7pzdbpOJwO9_2Ff29DE7oKeGi7CH3iCaBl-kEiTm3hcYWdytgNCn6dYw94zz_q500gmGLVAn6r6cYTLP4kzmzq___Nbw_N7eQamrYn9RM/s4032/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8MtKWi_E89YxFq9ANLkM8xnZW2pow4LSHAtMGXovTN7BpRZ7AAqXPb-7YaZJbIGpNQNiFJefFX5NNVRRKpv7pzdbpOJwO9_2Ff29DE7oKeGi7CH3iCaBl-kEiTm3hcYWdytgNCn6dYw94zz_q500gmGLVAn6r6cYTLP4kzmzq___Nbw_N7eQamrYn9RM/s320/5.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>The Mongol khans, Mike (left) and Byron (right) open the ball. I would be matched vs Mike and Ralph's Germans would collide with Byron's lads. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxwQ2kqFOKA4MBYZKvxIupZoNPmerF-yuosOVCvgua0u1DhiE9n_9L9qD5jVqR626HV3kHz-0cVAT8XDlTSPltvuPV1n6xa9E2o2z-rz7OxiYapPuQ5tWmXDgG-SJj-deITykvnEKSExWuHSlSihjsG2WEW6WVhg1uByaMSkVweyGLWad3zxiwKGLApgE/s4032/5a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxwQ2kqFOKA4MBYZKvxIupZoNPmerF-yuosOVCvgua0u1DhiE9n_9L9qD5jVqR626HV3kHz-0cVAT8XDlTSPltvuPV1n6xa9E2o2z-rz7OxiYapPuQ5tWmXDgG-SJj-deITykvnEKSExWuHSlSihjsG2WEW6WVhg1uByaMSkVweyGLWad3zxiwKGLApgE/s320/5a.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Byron's horde surges forward (top of the table), while Mike's horde hangs back. He only got one unit moving (the fellow in the center approaching the town gate) and then failed his activation, ending his turn. General Dice was not with the Mongols this day.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy1J6NX9ukfvryMFewJ5SwCl53gvcmVKntCfvo-IEphoIpoiWEDmMygdENsofEPl6a724Uo3MJH40aAQ_Z91ubB9xxg959qhT3umonRf2uk39BpdLjO5EXNaZvmowMSFGr_oP5rFkHeGsaD2DXoCbKKLocI7ywbH6dJn2N-k4DuCgk-MfCQ1ezRNQqnEA/s4032/5b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy1J6NX9ukfvryMFewJ5SwCl53gvcmVKntCfvo-IEphoIpoiWEDmMygdENsofEPl6a724Uo3MJH40aAQ_Z91ubB9xxg959qhT3umonRf2uk39BpdLjO5EXNaZvmowMSFGr_oP5rFkHeGsaD2DXoCbKKLocI7ywbH6dJn2N-k4DuCgk-MfCQ1ezRNQqnEA/s320/5b.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Nevertheless, bold as ever, in the next turn, Mike pushes on with his lead unit. As 'er ladyship looks on in horror, Mike's tape measure snakes through the town gate, forewarning the arrival of the horrid steppe warriors in the very heart of town, with only Brother Bother and his crucifix standing between them and the church, which they would soon have burning (the church, that is: Brother Bother was assumed dead, but much later found alive under the open tap of a tun of wine in the burned church's cellar, singing nonsense verses about a little goblin. People said it was a miracle...but I digress). <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikFCAwmroiiVN0Xj9XEHQat-LchYiNm116OF6k4M8RepJq8cDCZhtecjES6RMXQ_dyoSgMcS_7nm0vDnKjwrzngfIXEQjJp0zMlppFwusyfAFL2REWGCOMXVRH9Qbquolh8w-nFshECfqvisRuqMb9tSWZ2Tny0uWnHtiq0M4jiHwe1ZAXegH0b3CE4cI/s4032/5c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikFCAwmroiiVN0Xj9XEHQat-LchYiNm116OF6k4M8RepJq8cDCZhtecjES6RMXQ_dyoSgMcS_7nm0vDnKjwrzngfIXEQjJp0zMlppFwusyfAFL2REWGCOMXVRH9Qbquolh8w-nFshECfqvisRuqMb9tSWZ2Tny0uWnHtiq0M4jiHwe1ZAXegH0b3CE4cI/s320/5c.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Meanwhile, I got my lot moving to get into a blocking position forward of the hill to the left side of the town, taking advantage of the head start provided by Mike's lagging Mongols. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-ZZ_Yk9IWPLtAIEnnzA0QEbbE4O1o2_Q2Woq4jZehq-qZFDkjv1vGfld6kflga0r4zU2hVsv400l6OmRMrwSe-6suU7nsutErVPGjpZsg0TBvTEMIwdx5JJITHsuaUB68cpxLiaEcUS6xq1ljwUOBneYDQrXApgwADh4jSh95grQCM3KXYG0W3umLkM/s4032/5d.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-ZZ_Yk9IWPLtAIEnnzA0QEbbE4O1o2_Q2Woq4jZehq-qZFDkjv1vGfld6kflga0r4zU2hVsv400l6OmRMrwSe-6suU7nsutErVPGjpZsg0TBvTEMIwdx5JJITHsuaUB68cpxLiaEcUS6xq1ljwUOBneYDQrXApgwADh4jSh95grQCM3KXYG0W3umLkM/s320/5d.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>On the other side of town, Ralph gets his Teutons moving, with his knights riding out ahead. His plan was to collide with the Mongols head on with his cavalry, giving his crossbows time to come up and set up a fire zone. </span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbUEVZexqyEpet4rHAWU9_cFnokMP4cm75uCSgN8K3f94YWeVpYL3uH16ypQ1dDIdIdvsZqEX2SfKXUAPZktY63C6nqMuv28FDOdgrVgV61oa1QJnRLNUE7tJ-CYuO_UoUbqgT3A9F05wFkT8WlNd3HrFJ6Y8LmVKNUdXdWOFiVbUQ2UlL1gMbnGXA8Sc/s4032/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbUEVZexqyEpet4rHAWU9_cFnokMP4cm75uCSgN8K3f94YWeVpYL3uH16ypQ1dDIdIdvsZqEX2SfKXUAPZktY63C6nqMuv28FDOdgrVgV61oa1QJnRLNUE7tJ-CYuO_UoUbqgT3A9F05wFkT8WlNd3HrFJ6Y8LmVKNUdXdWOFiVbUQ2UlL1gMbnGXA8Sc/s320/6.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Things on my side of the town: My turcopoles trade shots with Mike's Mongol light cavalry, getting the better of the exchange (did I mention that General Dice was not with Mike this day?). My Hungarian knights come forward and the bows get established on the hill. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcgIK_OUTYcZRZggamR-ecq4ULYtOgtxl-RkDiCmOY9EJjDz8KMYpRT4Vo3gQnZIN0sLEmehK3DWZhe-lPkx93IGYKMP0LsmhXOUWsFqkt2gedovhiT-WX5qBUML4_42Ogg87qXj50EkY-A1YFQkip40YapHsKG9DKxgIAbPxa4hxZmNPVNDzIjUu6Ng8/s4032/6a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcgIK_OUTYcZRZggamR-ecq4ULYtOgtxl-RkDiCmOY9EJjDz8KMYpRT4Vo3gQnZIN0sLEmehK3DWZhe-lPkx93IGYKMP0LsmhXOUWsFqkt2gedovhiT-WX5qBUML4_42Ogg87qXj50EkY-A1YFQkip40YapHsKG9DKxgIAbPxa4hxZmNPVNDzIjUu6Ng8/s320/6a.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The Hungarian knights wild charge into what's left of Mike's Mongol light horse: "poof!" they go (the Mongols, that is). Then the knights careen into Mike's Monogol heavy horse, who also get plastered (did I mention that General Dice was not with Mike this day?). </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDRRLKKo3hEqpnpNyCw2JdRAvxV94-OXLpy7HDGEvuuIqdfp4jpGeecffnnsYA4H2ispO2X33DCPi5oQB1-eNpm7dmXjcoAa_Hu1lWc3DCuQXZogSTnqUMBAFz8wdXG_qXJwa_eTVvEoKXIn4ytNdvZqz5NTIJnbBMqQE0gmcAG6d1J0qyoYAG4etVUVk/s4032/6b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDRRLKKo3hEqpnpNyCw2JdRAvxV94-OXLpy7HDGEvuuIqdfp4jpGeecffnnsYA4H2ispO2X33DCPi5oQB1-eNpm7dmXjcoAa_Hu1lWc3DCuQXZogSTnqUMBAFz8wdXG_qXJwa_eTVvEoKXIn4ytNdvZqz5NTIJnbBMqQE0gmcAG6d1J0qyoYAG4etVUVk/s320/6b.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Meanwhile, in the town, after getting blasted by the crossbows, Ralph's Krauts (I mean German Knights) flattened Mike's lead Mongols who had burned the church (serves 'em right!). The knights then continued on to clobber Byron's nearest Mongol light horse--who had failed an evade roll. It was then that we discovered a rule that we were not aware of. Failing to evade meant that the Mongol light horse's armor was reduced to 1 (!): "poof!" went Byron's first unit of light horse. The German knights then dispatched Byron's other Mongol light horse (did we mention that General Dice was not with Byron, either, this day?). Having killed two units, the German knights were down several figures, but couldn't help themselves and wild charged into Byron's one remaining unit, his Heavy cavalry--and the Krauts pushed them back, too (I won't mention General Dice again...)</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEfHYPmMSe8V6fTnAY6h9-zsl9vs05nsITLruYLKF_PhQJayYlvPijPKuHKhA9m0_vMin5RhYYUuZh6xzTFI6R6c3tl6hn2tE7sCv_H4PISeeb81y_LYIyvZMFdSQh-hNBTDYqjPvE_QBr3MU9z45Pm1smYZNSWwjuP_76Cks-w0mljfjeL4JhxVt1qAg/s4032/6c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEfHYPmMSe8V6fTnAY6h9-zsl9vs05nsITLruYLKF_PhQJayYlvPijPKuHKhA9m0_vMin5RhYYUuZh6xzTFI6R6c3tl6hn2tE7sCv_H4PISeeb81y_LYIyvZMFdSQh-hNBTDYqjPvE_QBr3MU9z45Pm1smYZNSWwjuP_76Cks-w0mljfjeL4JhxVt1qAg/s320/6c.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">...and then, they wild charged again, hitting Byron's heavy horse while it was still battered (failed to rally in time; I promised to not mention General Dice again). Good thing, too, because the German knights were now down to two figures. They would lose one more in this fight, and have only the warband leader left. But that would suffice since they had dispatched Byron's last unit, which had failed its morale and routed (General Dice...). <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidO1JjSugxEB8c23GcADzS84WosBuIt5K-_aeoX9M6t-QJ4FnmKEZGMmzr_l8WDqaF2drVpcoO25Ce1h7h3dZz9M4sePaZ888nupDYm0QgUULOYnUx23etR69bDHfCbLh2nRfSMJso5SAWilB3F0kq8XhoENfpaVtsysliRMFbT5ANcnfCJoNyZw_Bric/s4032/20231215_194002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidO1JjSugxEB8c23GcADzS84WosBuIt5K-_aeoX9M6t-QJ4FnmKEZGMmzr_l8WDqaF2drVpcoO25Ce1h7h3dZz9M4sePaZ888nupDYm0QgUULOYnUx23etR69bDHfCbLh2nRfSMJso5SAWilB3F0kq8XhoENfpaVtsysliRMFbT5ANcnfCJoNyZw_Bric/w300-h400/20231215_194002.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>The town was saved, except for the burned church, and the Mongols were sent packing--this time. It was a good learning game that familiarized us with <i>Lion Rampant II</i> and Ralph's game night game will be all the better for it. Most of all, it was a good way to end a week on a Friday evening playing with lovely toy soldiers on a well laid table with good friends (and true to promise, I won't mention that General Dice was on our side). </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh859K2wAyg7hV029T-l_xtdSL3oAOn8O4iX06RvdH5m4bMqJFdUFZy8CfZbJbo191lyNZqs4OLjkBK2o1L1i3DhsPouxa-eNs1rwLui4_mjSsA_i8hDJmw2gd9QBNEo7dxBM7ZQo-79VsAyOh67Kt6Q3w4D_jdFOckI6o4skIluxwKwC8M-GabnD1jxG0/s551/hess%20officer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="289" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh859K2wAyg7hV029T-l_xtdSL3oAOn8O4iX06RvdH5m4bMqJFdUFZy8CfZbJbo191lyNZqs4OLjkBK2o1L1i3DhsPouxa-eNs1rwLui4_mjSsA_i8hDJmw2gd9QBNEo7dxBM7ZQo-79VsAyOh67Kt6Q3w4D_jdFOckI6o4skIluxwKwC8M-GabnD1jxG0/w105-h200/hess%20officer.jpg" width="105" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Excelsior!</div></span><div><p></p></div></div>Ed Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648721189080574501.post-54513354541212963832023-12-31T09:33:00.000-08:002023-12-31T11:16:07.261-08:00THE YEAR THAT WAS: 2023 IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipij9Kmv1o1D-7xO1Sed6EJmErgbRT2w5Kp-GVkv9L2U4gLXljk16Du7wGaMG2bJuZgVThbGO8OtPnZ_mjXDULs0_fvTCNeKFgjdxyI99URK933LrCVRa4DvjOhMjPU-L0mGZawKPmPftfOELJ7WV-kgUQEVQJdlHQsCMx_nNLKpEbpLpGk-OAw_y61HM/s4032/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipij9Kmv1o1D-7xO1Sed6EJmErgbRT2w5Kp-GVkv9L2U4gLXljk16Du7wGaMG2bJuZgVThbGO8OtPnZ_mjXDULs0_fvTCNeKFgjdxyI99URK933LrCVRa4DvjOhMjPU-L0mGZawKPmPftfOELJ7WV-kgUQEVQJdlHQsCMx_nNLKpEbpLpGk-OAw_y61HM/w300-h400/1.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">The Game Room on Dec 30, 2023; a shell, but a sound one... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1gOzIb1RMXjcNeXJxytUaWFxZES7Uo5NDfyJPQrmhBquS4V1i7yHVwqSZZxS2O2yYE8hJ2ppw7DTQoLE3PlGiO8czuceE4ttPtyeHYlJdGxprrmx_J7ji9GrE0TIUiDA1jVDNSWznhg_gMyi4mMTSlcL1Pnu2TAzc5EyrtoQiTlUTfC7kRNE7NSIxC1k/s4032/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1gOzIb1RMXjcNeXJxytUaWFxZES7Uo5NDfyJPQrmhBquS4V1i7yHVwqSZZxS2O2yYE8hJ2ppw7DTQoLE3PlGiO8czuceE4ttPtyeHYlJdGxprrmx_J7ji9GrE0TIUiDA1jVDNSWznhg_gMyi4mMTSlcL1Pnu2TAzc5EyrtoQiTlUTfC7kRNE7NSIxC1k/s320/2.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">...compared to the splendid set up of in March of this year.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">As is the tradition, here is a post summarizing the blogging/hobby year past. I think the two images of my game room say it all: this has been a disruptive period at Meanderer Central, to say the least, and the intermittent blogging activity is reflective of its impact on blogging. For those who wish to really dive into the story, you can visit my very proud <a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/2023/03/game-room-and-hobby-space.html" target="_blank">post of March</a> announcing the completion of the clear out and reorganization of my hobby space. Which then I had to tear down and clear out in order to replace the skylights (which had begun leaking), Many twists and turns ensued; to make a long story short, we finally achieved closure on the project in early December of this year, and the room is now as you see it in picture #1. Mixed in with this tribulation was a rushed preparation to move house that wound up getting nixed at the last moment. These events have caused us to be in a sort of limbo, and having gone through the considerable task of <a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/2023/07/back-to-square-one-minus-few.html" target="_blank">clearing out and storing my entire hobby collection</a>, I'm reluctant to unpack it and re-occupy the game room until we achieve closure on our own plans. In the meantime, I am using the room as a project space, and do intend to run games again by making trips up to the attic to pull figures and terrain as needed. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUxibaPWcHiKGKvufHMaCOGnWy0sa0DQ1UVfNbDF_rJI0qatiQsBlDnEjHx2TBApuS9ONz4yrjVO7Va7p1ymMY919rxLKrLw45om-9sCs2KvZjPclfKsU-CZiGo8J0Qo1tIfwE4eGVRMxf3aeqARwsg_8MXLXTY_VC8fUyEWmbH8oWmWfc3pU2gK5WrdE/s723/5%20LR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="723" data-original-width="568" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUxibaPWcHiKGKvufHMaCOGnWy0sa0DQ1UVfNbDF_rJI0qatiQsBlDnEjHx2TBApuS9ONz4yrjVO7Va7p1ymMY919rxLKrLw45om-9sCs2KvZjPclfKsU-CZiGo8J0Qo1tIfwE4eGVRMxf3aeqARwsg_8MXLXTY_VC8fUyEWmbH8oWmWfc3pU2gK5WrdE/w157-h200/5%20LR.jpg" width="157" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitsjIJqyXaKE-0mcgxgthl3DsPKCLiyCjmjFzNxW_TOkZOv2ZJ9jNClXyrmUma1J6YZ5stXb6WrkGYVQpxD5iUe7CUmhBvmMZQ18BuE4Bb-Wu6I5c9kNidWvMCGUNmZBENDKlkGJNL590yBgpRW_MVlGv2vLEKWD4f43iVzrKi99O1tKf_OS3FrRfAJl4/s897/4%20JFFOI3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="897" data-original-width="692" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitsjIJqyXaKE-0mcgxgthl3DsPKCLiyCjmjFzNxW_TOkZOv2ZJ9jNClXyrmUma1J6YZ5stXb6WrkGYVQpxD5iUe7CUmhBvmMZQ18BuE4Bb-Wu6I5c9kNidWvMCGUNmZBENDKlkGJNL590yBgpRW_MVlGv2vLEKWD4f43iVzrKi99O1tKf_OS3FrRfAJl4/w154-h200/4%20JFFOI3.jpg" width="154" /></a></div></div>The disruption on the home front and the loss of my gaming space have caused much distraction, to say the least, giving the general impression of 2023 as a "lost" year, hobby wise. However, upon reflection, I think it was not all that bad. I completed a major hobby project, my <a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/p/joust-for-fun-of-it-quick-play-jousting.html" target="_blank">Joust For the Fun of It</a> system, which I had been working on for five years. This included not only the rules and adding a content page to this blog, but putting together the knights and all the associated scenery. I also completed another project, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">my </span><i style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/p/lion-rampant-resources.html" target="_blank">Lion Rampant II</a></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> references, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">adding a second new resource page to my blog. Although not everyone's cup of tea, I do enjoy this end of the hobby spectrum very much, but do have to remind myself to recognize these activities as valid as figures-painted and games-played (for me, anyway). </span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSyHnzA76jn6nFZpaUCRrX44QxJ6tabf1-pM2E93kfu5_3iGmUWQ7UjwRHDxAXZzBmuDEkx8sRZsCcxZJJ_fthbRIImfvNhiPyr9yDOvzpaQ99u59FQem473e0X8TiQt1HmmPneRzlTebYeLi4Fu6DOnkA5U-sUxLN2Q1Okaup1S2z8IpEOt1njvw2368/s1785/i%20JFFOI%20Resized.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="1785" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSyHnzA76jn6nFZpaUCRrX44QxJ6tabf1-pM2E93kfu5_3iGmUWQ7UjwRHDxAXZzBmuDEkx8sRZsCcxZJJ_fthbRIImfvNhiPyr9yDOvzpaQ99u59FQem473e0X8TiQt1HmmPneRzlTebYeLi4Fu6DOnkA5U-sUxLN2Q1Okaup1S2z8IpEOt1njvw2368/s320/i%20JFFOI%20Resized.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Looking back on the year also brought me to recognize another step forward in 2023, a return to the convention circuit and debuting my jousting game at the <a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/2023/04/mayhem-convention.html" target="_blank">Mayhem convention</a>, as well as hosting it on several occasions for our gaming club.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib3K1v1ks1tvkOUUJeax_l_nYZmQdMk2g_YaD22dGOCzKR_afhWvxGThOTbD_g3OKJnyUo8UKdgzISJlcCqZmjD2hHY7G0Kcocdw4gmCuSxKNdmL02PuoSa8mRgS0bp0AWC4WH6RDN8ngp6aaV-U08snQpIGw-Hhinxr37DzcWSYcBt2x0Aqhm6FFF9lc/s4032/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib3K1v1ks1tvkOUUJeax_l_nYZmQdMk2g_YaD22dGOCzKR_afhWvxGThOTbD_g3OKJnyUo8UKdgzISJlcCqZmjD2hHY7G0Kcocdw4gmCuSxKNdmL02PuoSa8mRgS0bp0AWC4WH6RDN8ngp6aaV-U08snQpIGw-Hhinxr37DzcWSYcBt2x0Aqhm6FFF9lc/s320/6.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Looking ahead to the new year, I have started using the space again: on the table is the latest project; I'm working on a new Konnigratz Kriegspiel map in preparation for the <a href="https://tabletop.events/conventions/mayhem-gaming-convention-2024/schedule/2" target="_blank"><i>Bloody Big Battles</i> game</a> I'll be running at the <a href="https://www.mayhemconvention.com/" target="_blank">Mayhem 2024 </a>convention in April. I'll have more on this project in a future post. </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZkSKoDOMKS8KLDDIt6G7vS5OUrVI8hJfWEz1turrkfOeHhZDhwBPxXB963ocWaYhAl8YH_meDudOXwr8T0qN0y4zU08TJGY-fKwnII1yzx01ykiLinQb3HzWYlOkpMs5mDINhRAZBY3JRCZgLuwIB7l5Y6VgK2jj0EOvLAXbB2zwHAzOgzCQ57c_6z6E/s4032/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZkSKoDOMKS8KLDDIt6G7vS5OUrVI8hJfWEz1turrkfOeHhZDhwBPxXB963ocWaYhAl8YH_meDudOXwr8T0qN0y4zU08TJGY-fKwnII1yzx01ykiLinQb3HzWYlOkpMs5mDINhRAZBY3JRCZgLuwIB7l5Y6VgK2jj0EOvLAXbB2zwHAzOgzCQ57c_6z6E/s320/7.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I have put my comfy chair back in place, and am putting it to good use. Here you see the notes and scribblings for my <i><a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/p/ive-got-cover-art-done-what-else-is.html" target="_blank">Chocolate Box Wars</a></i> (<i>CBW</i>) rules, which have been sidetracked for too long. I've had something of an "aha" moment in November and have been making good progress on them since. I am determined to get them done and up on this blog within this blog year. My actual intent is to get them up by March, but for the record (and given the way that life can intervene), I think I'll just say by this time next year....</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA-tjv6VsSaKwGdA11-EqtF0xJ9gm_Qs97DLj0PgJ4oTGZH9XT6G5EIZNqZC2TW_nDpwXqtinWYaVgZLVfE13_WOWy5uEGZAUl6KnRU7E2x-mxOSk2PsrddiQhLjCfgflAxGlEumuUBm3npB9yaGASIzbq-I57NAIIElPZWh-b_iPeIKlFMhPoCvgG1A4/s4032/20231231_102902.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA-tjv6VsSaKwGdA11-EqtF0xJ9gm_Qs97DLj0PgJ4oTGZH9XT6G5EIZNqZC2TW_nDpwXqtinWYaVgZLVfE13_WOWy5uEGZAUl6KnRU7E2x-mxOSk2PsrddiQhLjCfgflAxGlEumuUBm3npB9yaGASIzbq-I57NAIIElPZWh-b_iPeIKlFMhPoCvgG1A4/s320/20231231_102902.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggxKavMOD8h_5Re1H31JqZ17q-IkiYoEO6YtbSW8-kEkSkqJXFdXkWA8ZWjQGgI0bvkF28p5_5ofNuFqz_SLxEbBOjd-7jsoQnF3WrnQAk43grbt5RjrBXCWwFzvhhGwlV7wM2lLgKMBwXQk2xClIrWMJGGOAUQ1GQDHPD9V-8qGepZeArUok5T9PSF2U/s4032/87.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggxKavMOD8h_5Re1H31JqZ17q-IkiYoEO6YtbSW8-kEkSkqJXFdXkWA8ZWjQGgI0bvkF28p5_5ofNuFqz_SLxEbBOjd-7jsoQnF3WrnQAk43grbt5RjrBXCWwFzvhhGwlV7wM2lLgKMBwXQk2xClIrWMJGGOAUQ1GQDHPD9V-8qGepZeArUok5T9PSF2U/s320/87.jpg" width="240" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">...and here is a bit of tangible evidence of work in progress beyond my scribblings and notes: several sets of print and play <i>CBW</i> armies. Necessity being the mother of invention, I wanted a quick and space efficient way to playtest my system without having to unbox and pull down my miniatures. Not being happy with just symbols or colored markers, I worked up these from various and sundry sources (more details on this project will be the subject of another post). </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">So, there you have it. A in brief review of 2023 and the promise of things to come in 2024. In other words, thanks for the regulars who have continued to visit and drop a line here during this last rather down year (blogging wise); your support is very much appreciated...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>...and a Happy New Year to all visitors, regular and occasional, to this space...</b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76_SGXp6G5yj2Bq2sWR66lLIwKFjW0CPul2fye5CNIt64gizDE3La3uYBBv530adyD0ORq8-PtTLemIBoNC_mm43i3lMnPpeFL7mCqvoPcHddpsHypJNrSsS-6KDtRlPZpzPprxbmkrMokQf_6dgD-UG8tdfPftLhPduEsiEl4IQBZbg8GUO-lDPmoQM/s551/hess%20officer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="289" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76_SGXp6G5yj2Bq2sWR66lLIwKFjW0CPul2fye5CNIt64gizDE3La3uYBBv530adyD0ORq8-PtTLemIBoNC_mm43i3lMnPpeFL7mCqvoPcHddpsHypJNrSsS-6KDtRlPZpzPprxbmkrMokQf_6dgD-UG8tdfPftLhPduEsiEl4IQBZbg8GUO-lDPmoQM/w105-h200/hess%20officer.jpg" width="105" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Excelsior!</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></div><div><p></p></div>Ed Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648721189080574501.post-59536359413399426502023-12-26T05:14:00.000-08:002023-12-26T10:31:20.625-08:00LION RAMPANT II RESOURCES CORRECTION POSTED<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguNw1sbqPDvW6GSzNPiCGolKqrcKRUBQi_srB0yhSGEsiVekgjZXH4XQturKRo0lPRImn1gHOW8QoJHqsa4VrKqDnzhpbz3q5BcEwZBVbYqAzEjZnmwfsLc_WuAI5zG77PMdKkyLW0egfjnsKNazv1cCbvcPsqE3RY0eFt-6-gfNrhV2P3QrCVVqAB0zA/s723/Lion%20Rampant.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="723" data-original-width="568" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguNw1sbqPDvW6GSzNPiCGolKqrcKRUBQi_srB0yhSGEsiVekgjZXH4XQturKRo0lPRImn1gHOW8QoJHqsa4VrKqDnzhpbz3q5BcEwZBVbYqAzEjZnmwfsLc_WuAI5zG77PMdKkyLW0egfjnsKNazv1cCbvcPsqE3RY0eFt-6-gfNrhV2P3QrCVVqAB0zA/s320/Lion%20Rampant.jpg" width="251" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Appropriate for December 26th here in the US, where the day after Christmas ("Boxing Day" in the Commonwealth) is associated with making way to the retailer and returning gifts for refunds and/or new ones for broken, I am posting a new set of <i>Lion Rampant II</i> Resources to replace the broken ones I "gifted" to the world on 19 December (mea culpa!). These new refs have also been posted on the <a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/p/lion-rampant-resources.html" target="_blank"><i>Lion Rampant II </i>Resource Pag</a>e. Version 4 is the current (correct) update of both the Player Reference and Unit Matrix. You'll find the version numbers in the headers-- and I changed the header colors as well for quick reference: the corrected Version 4 has gold headers, and the earlier Version 3 has dark blue. So just remember to "go for gold" in order to know which to use. As far as the difference, it is minor but significant: <b>The Counter Charge activation number was wrong in Version 3. It should be 7+ (this is fixed in version 4 and is the only substantial change). </b>Below<b> </b>are thumbnails of the corrected versions with links to downloads. Of course, if you already have version 3, a simple pen and ink change to the countercharge numbers would also serve. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/14pjsb4fBA9JrX8tcIQLtV1FlCzkbGBpx/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Player Reference V4 (Click for Pdf)</a></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo3rq8BqSkSWBImQX-Sf3xD4ZLYCKfHXbV8N-JqNVTPi3OQl7sNHZrVstaHCutH6TVMGALb1yavVyWcsLKlgSFJtnDmHqKdVBb1stGp_taPHqYUxO2fT-lH7084F6b1J6yVnVLOnHG9xJnlyvPOPluiP0VMbsJsBUjrtsjfV9L7m2tTix9WQvAyxSyS_w/s917/LR%20II%20Player%20Ref%20V4%20Front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="917" data-original-width="708" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo3rq8BqSkSWBImQX-Sf3xD4ZLYCKfHXbV8N-JqNVTPi3OQl7sNHZrVstaHCutH6TVMGALb1yavVyWcsLKlgSFJtnDmHqKdVBb1stGp_taPHqYUxO2fT-lH7084F6b1J6yVnVLOnHG9xJnlyvPOPluiP0VMbsJsBUjrtsjfV9L7m2tTix9WQvAyxSyS_w/s320/LR%20II%20Player%20Ref%20V4%20Front.jpg" width="247" /></a></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="877" data-original-width="1129" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIKsFz08knzV0wPZoBYOGdjwRTPAzuZXQc7NcUeCgplTBuA37KYTFUcubyx7XPClluXa26HX8Bw_zWwaAu9BLfnFSKRvfLvUgRODI0xir7cpozcW43WXyuQSHqtQzMhhgtuU60SJFrVS_R8WF1Zc6SCUCRuU0OofWzPpOxtnOfejElEZL428PtkUyXhdU/s320/LR%20II%20Unit%20Matrix%20V4%20Back.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks to Steve Burt for catching the error and bringing it to my attention in the Dux Rampant Forum!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia5zX2fpSxZH0B2jPNo_6isA2lpX6zh-VKV9WBItujGQGpLwJZNmW4ZcWXFTexnr-tCTwmBQQeKZcbWR8c-DW-EbKGlhSC_RV9lBID293bcnqllOCAN2qxuDWScM9sLkauaNeyrKT6mTwvWlf95V1y-EvBbRUS5u16q-8mauTaZ4lszumKMHatzyCtICw/s551/hess%20officer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="289" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia5zX2fpSxZH0B2jPNo_6isA2lpX6zh-VKV9WBItujGQGpLwJZNmW4ZcWXFTexnr-tCTwmBQQeKZcbWR8c-DW-EbKGlhSC_RV9lBID293bcnqllOCAN2qxuDWScM9sLkauaNeyrKT6mTwvWlf95V1y-EvBbRUS5u16q-8mauTaZ4lszumKMHatzyCtICw/w105-h200/hess%20officer.jpg" width="105" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Excelsior!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span>Ed Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648721189080574501.post-4014636592055096412023-12-23T09:55:00.000-08:002023-12-23T18:40:35.175-08:00SEASONS GREETINGS AND MERRY CHRISTMAS<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8-3qeVUb76KYGANVd8a4gsH-nAM7-W0f2h0-Uf2bVdpWMV0-u9_Jvpqw2SvcHG-VjlXst5r_bNssHS4DfE41sF45qalLrqqLdRJfA7bHGBup12xfxQ46t0ZHqMETHpgLDRBxOfxciqdrNWeIvY4Uw760Hn7Ix1otQrEiYFJAuhuECxXyNZbjWJz_YEA/s4000/IMG_4724.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8-3qeVUb76KYGANVd8a4gsH-nAM7-W0f2h0-Uf2bVdpWMV0-u9_Jvpqw2SvcHG-VjlXst5r_bNssHS4DfE41sF45qalLrqqLdRJfA7bHGBup12xfxQ46t0ZHqMETHpgLDRBxOfxciqdrNWeIvY4Uw760Hn7Ix1otQrEiYFJAuhuECxXyNZbjWJz_YEA/s320/IMG_4724.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>With all my hobby toys and whatnots still packed up and in the attic--and my hobby space still vacant--I haven't the wherewithal to produce the usual holiday update on the goings-on in </span><a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/2022/12/der-christkringelkrieg-revisited-truce.html" target="_blank">Kringleland</a><span>. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnEjrLlUlTNK4Rv-tYQvOc5XrbltjMH8oq9U37cbb1MmEsmKtw4b7BpWsWRb34_2xGwpIRBmss-zqh7AAqbfuPueuWNd0XtJ4Qeud87jXinZyCAHpf-rc6wq6oankA4TktthwVrG1f4y4RzeL93Y2UOF46QXQH4i3qtHanVEOoGx52gBQ5Zezee9fE0eg/s4000/d%20IMG_2782.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnEjrLlUlTNK4Rv-tYQvOc5XrbltjMH8oq9U37cbb1MmEsmKtw4b7BpWsWRb34_2xGwpIRBmss-zqh7AAqbfuPueuWNd0XtJ4Qeud87jXinZyCAHpf-rc6wq6oankA4TktthwVrG1f4y4RzeL93Y2UOF46QXQH4i3qtHanVEOoGx52gBQ5Zezee9fE0eg/s320/d%20IMG_2782.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Instead, I offer the <a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/2019/12/prussian-10th-hussars-magdeburg.html" target="_blank">Christmas Tree Hussars</a> on parade in support of the traditional sharing of...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">✨SEASONS GREETINGS✨</span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">and </span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;"> MERRY CHRISTMAS</span></span></h3><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>TO REGULAR AND ACCIDENTAL VISITORS TO THIS BLOG</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aGA6djLsDgs/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aGA6djLsDgs?rel=0" width="320"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Please enjoy a 3.5 minute interlude with the Dresden Choir singing Silent Night (<i>Stille Nacht) </i>in the original German. No translation necessary to enjoy the experience. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: large;">❄❄❄❄❄❄❄❄❄❄❄❄❄</span></span></div><p><br /></p>Ed Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648721189080574501.post-2960918121498064412023-12-19T13:13:00.000-08:002023-12-20T07:41:36.711-08:00LION RAMPANT RESOURCES PAGE ADDED<p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyEsvXWkpoeG6TFg0Vlj7t9MNeU9-KT1tuudKdVErHX_0s208Ve0Qqs2GlQXOQ8WaIlV7k40jrUbsKgqH6qbZlh4WZkbtAeRVkCIuBG1W4QYLoAhx8Zsn8WzRLT4PcVsOo53RldV8eIGDNvGFzS5QUwDQgYeSQ6WIMshMHr3yN94ucSivMbAW8BsXhnh8/s723/Lion%20Rampant.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="723" data-original-width="568" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyEsvXWkpoeG6TFg0Vlj7t9MNeU9-KT1tuudKdVErHX_0s208Ve0Qqs2GlQXOQ8WaIlV7k40jrUbsKgqH6qbZlh4WZkbtAeRVkCIuBG1W4QYLoAhx8Zsn8WzRLT4PcVsOo53RldV8eIGDNvGFzS5QUwDQgYeSQ6WIMshMHr3yN94ucSivMbAW8BsXhnh8/w251-h320/Lion%20Rampant.jpg" width="251" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: center;">Greetings, all. I recently played in another excellent <i><a href="https://www.ospreypublishing.com/us/lion-rampant-second-edition-9781472852618/" target="_blank">Lion Rampant II </a> (LR) </i>game in our group (game report will probably be coming after Christmas). This is not the first foray into these rules; our group has played <i>LR I </i>before<i> </i>and has now embraced <i>LR II</i> (along with other games in the Dan Mersey Osprey Rules family). This last foray inspired me to produce a set of resources similar to those I had done to support playing <i>Pikeman's Lament</i> (s</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">ee my</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/p/pikemans-lament-resources.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><i>Pikeman's Lament</i> Resource Page</a><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">for more if interested). </span><span style="text-align: left;"> And I've added a new <i>Lion Rampant </i>resource page to this blog where they are posted: see tab at top or follow the link: <a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/p/lion-rampant-resources.html" target="_blank"><i>Lion Rampant</i> Resources Page</a>. </span><span style="text-align: left;"><i> </i>The resource page</span><span style="text-align: left;"> is mostly redundant with this post because as time goes on that will be the landing page as opposed to this post (which, like others, will disappear down the que). Meanwhile, most everything you can find there you can find on this introductory post. </span></span></span><div><br /></div><div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">And, given that <a href="https://alystoysoldiers.blogspot.com/2023/12/lion-rampant-war-of-roses-first-game.html" target="_blank">Aly and company have embarked on a Lion Rampant II Campaign</a> at this festive time of year... </span><b style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;">I thought I'd offer this as my Christmas present to he and his fellows--and to any and all who come to this blog with an interest in <i>Lion Rampant II:</i> </b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;">(perhaps not as useful, or welcome, as a nice pair of socks, but if printed off and stuffed in the shoes, could serve as such).</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><div><b><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D3wjFfHT6kqcAzMnONxahDd6SPKkUihj/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Player Reference (click for pdf)</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaB6GYqoeuRJV7xC-9-q4X_F8qlmTGk7XS7Ivdksk-20rwflrNrmO878i0R7d0KMfTwZ784LhvQoxq2cUOPPGYxKpCrWbvlR0JuWH3TuPK2LvlhSYKBKKjgnTfn_U2OyWW9y3oi9OqAJwE7GmfmNqWQfm0X7Bj8b0xSghtU6EzaQPnvzptGZaifJU0RTw/s917/LR%20Player%20Ref%20Front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="917" data-original-width="706" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaB6GYqoeuRJV7xC-9-q4X_F8qlmTGk7XS7Ivdksk-20rwflrNrmO878i0R7d0KMfTwZ784LhvQoxq2cUOPPGYxKpCrWbvlR0JuWH3TuPK2LvlhSYKBKKjgnTfn_U2OyWW9y3oi9OqAJwE7GmfmNqWQfm0X7Bj8b0xSghtU6EzaQPnvzptGZaifJU0RTw/s320/LR%20Player%20Ref%20Front.jpg" width="246" /></a></div><div>Front</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkNWazaXjIpM3thcwZMwaYBuaX_FUER86rioy2NMpIVzQ3SoBsNuJWVwwneBqNvTpEe524dbf7QixO7go64cUcB5KKdaRBsr3__iRij4ZJboosDvSTJ2a9IxNNPDNtdZjPklsGXevHSwO9Gt6xEDhsFkNvXNmpO4LTQEyQf1KyNp6sXNehsT-PBd9_flA/s869/LR%20Player%20Ref%20Back.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="869" data-original-width="666" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkNWazaXjIpM3thcwZMwaYBuaX_FUER86rioy2NMpIVzQ3SoBsNuJWVwwneBqNvTpEe524dbf7QixO7go64cUcB5KKdaRBsr3__iRij4ZJboosDvSTJ2a9IxNNPDNtdZjPklsGXevHSwO9Gt6xEDhsFkNvXNmpO4LTQEyQf1KyNp6sXNehsT-PBd9_flA/s320/LR%20Player%20Ref%20Back.jpg" width="245" /></a></div><div>Back</div></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;">The player reference is a one-page, two sided resource that should provide most of what is needed to play (at least that's what we have found). On the front, the information is broken down into color-coded sections: admin/game system (black); movement (green); combat (red); and courage/morale (purple). Each section contains page references to the rules (should you want to look things up). On the reverse is a listing of the special abilities (again with page references). These are not all inclusive, but are a selection of specials that are most common, that may apply to more than one unit type, and/or are not reflected in an adjustment to the values and scores on the unit profile (things like Veteran, for instance, which has different adjustments for different units: those are instead reflected on the stat line on the unit matrix). </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SDBMVJHDIcsYXLaO9Yr_U0ra-tz4Dulr/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Unit Matrix (click for pdf)</a></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTYL1lzrJfAaMmY0YrOXZtjgncW8xBQ1I2yBI36XVWn20aKBtBnVFQiiC_3EMbKD1sy5nsLVHap4OsfOwaVnWO-vl-MbrchgBQABID2DR7vlTXz7gIcqjTkApgLDb7gln_ax7OPWjvcbUTDaXkeus-Xn5IQCqDsqPtU6vpQOxNS0Cjwd_WzzotWRJwynQ/s1113/LR%20Unit%20Matrix%20Front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="833" data-original-width="1113" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTYL1lzrJfAaMmY0YrOXZtjgncW8xBQ1I2yBI36XVWn20aKBtBnVFQiiC_3EMbKD1sy5nsLVHap4OsfOwaVnWO-vl-MbrchgBQABID2DR7vlTXz7gIcqjTkApgLDb7gln_ax7OPWjvcbUTDaXkeus-Xn5IQCqDsqPtU6vpQOxNS0Cjwd_WzzotWRJwynQ/s320/LR%20Unit%20Matrix%20Front.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Front</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIRFxF8iP4b22xuWWzMP1I_YIn-9z00bStU6xFgGvlkgjRxagnPXolxVM24UDzwsEdNvJerUgWOlG6d0tAbO3rEmb_8MRv8fKmqOf-djHm7uap_YS5F6ZgYsmDTy4igx4iS2mL4f6BJBoOa88w0KJdqw7yeHyrD3oJ-hdyiCl0X8UgVmzCs7PTb0WCxVc/s1103/LR%20Unit%20Matrix%20Back.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="1103" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIRFxF8iP4b22xuWWzMP1I_YIn-9z00bStU6xFgGvlkgjRxagnPXolxVM24UDzwsEdNvJerUgWOlG6d0tAbO3rEmb_8MRv8fKmqOf-djHm7uap_YS5F6ZgYsmDTy4igx4iS2mL4f6BJBoOa88w0KJdqw7yeHyrD3oJ-hdyiCl0X8UgVmzCs7PTb0WCxVc/s320/LR%20Unit%20Matrix%20Back.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Back</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The unit matrix is intended to be used in conjunction with the player reference. As the name suggests, it provides unit-specific information needed to play. As with the player reference, it also has the special abilities listed on the back, along with page references. Given that upgrades can be "stacked," the unit matrix does not list all possible variations for the unit, but a representative range of likely unit configurations, with each line showing one upgrade. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3VRoL1L26Uy9XxGoFpxpmheOmbzo8WVk5Df-31xXQtuA0jwAh-r8K6srNLCSqlSTA913TpeQO8zD1kjZJRgzxISA3q3c5FBAbvdTfNfsokcZfv3qUP8ceWuz2D4CsAU9ZZM6asGp1dNqcJJXjRhoI8QqrxLSRXn3-aKusJf09Y8kJFUT0TRRyIyYw9w/s1084/LR%20Unit%20Matrix%20Example.jpg" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="204" data-original-width="1084" height="75" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3VRoL1L26Uy9XxGoFpxpmheOmbzo8WVk5Df-31xXQtuA0jwAh-r8K6srNLCSqlSTA913TpeQO8zD1kjZJRgzxISA3q3c5FBAbvdTfNfsokcZfv3qUP8ceWuz2D4CsAU9ZZM6asGp1dNqcJJXjRhoI8QqrxLSRXn3-aKusJf09Y8kJFUT0TRRyIyYw9w/w400-h75/LR%20Unit%20Matrix%20Example.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Click to Enlarge</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">The information is broken down by the major unit on the first line (all in caps and highlighted in gray), with its variants listed below (upper and lower case, no highlight). The above shows the first unit on the matrix (Elite Cav) with its variants below: Motivated, Drilled and Mounted Bow. The stat-line for each reflects the characteristics of that variant. Reading left to right, you can see the point value, the number of figures, the type (H=Horse/Mounted; F=Foot/Infantry), the unit, page where you can find the unit profile, and the rest is self explanatory. The activation number for specials (when applicable) is in brackets. Finally, in parenthesis you see abbreviations for the Fearsome and Bloodthirsty upgrades for this unit and its variants (which are other options available). In practice, I use the unit matrix as a central reference when designing scenarios and orders of battle.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">I have found when running games of <i>PL</i> that there are players who basically play off of the unit matrix (as opposed to unit cards), using the player reference on an "as needed" basis for other information. As a game host, I find the opposite: I use the player reference continuously and refer to the unit matrix to facilitate unit-specific cases. Of course, your mileage may vary!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHoCtEJlttMzZvOHkqejLsJweP8lyscGsrtY9Ut102oAn5E4iUeykH2g9nou-1ohm8Zm6Y4hSHM0Mj6cR7EgxoHf4fYgIXPwvYyAxAjyDxJKylH2PFCIUIi3DFrOe6sDEFf_SP8h7WIXA9XqDbqARLS8r_ZIFSUolErVwo-FmB0md8wQacVIvA7tiCx-8/s4032/20231215_194009.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHoCtEJlttMzZvOHkqejLsJweP8lyscGsrtY9Ut102oAn5E4iUeykH2g9nou-1ohm8Zm6Y4hSHM0Mj6cR7EgxoHf4fYgIXPwvYyAxAjyDxJKylH2PFCIUIi3DFrOe6sDEFf_SP8h7WIXA9XqDbqARLS8r_ZIFSUolErVwo-FmB0md8wQacVIvA7tiCx-8/s320/20231215_194009.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Well, that's all for now. In the near future (as mentioned), I'll have a battle report of our recent trip into <i>Lion Rampant II</i>--pitting Mongol raiders against a defending force of Hungarians and Teutons. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOUxH56xQg_FusTW2yEOdGMZwuD07BkQeSkb3nU1pJZMqLKCHVhCU3737v1YQ91HJI7YxgW_2snm7faz_y_Ws8s8xOQYy_IkjlKsLVlntYGIeqR5YQK0iJtcfU7Ykz-GHvai30MswmHp6zxPy79PGG5vMA9b2irZe767DzctNs3z2mV85qGHo__cx9qyw/s551/hess%20officer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="289" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOUxH56xQg_FusTW2yEOdGMZwuD07BkQeSkb3nU1pJZMqLKCHVhCU3737v1YQ91HJI7YxgW_2snm7faz_y_Ws8s8xOQYy_IkjlKsLVlntYGIeqR5YQK0iJtcfU7Ykz-GHvai30MswmHp6zxPy79PGG5vMA9b2irZe767DzctNs3z2mV85qGHo__cx9qyw/w105-h200/hess%20officer.jpg" width="105" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;">Excelsior!</span></div></span><p></p></div></div>Ed Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648721189080574501.post-42317038287000899752023-11-29T11:57:00.000-08:002023-11-30T04:37:39.226-08:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_bdTrlLeH6exyFzdYW2-VQOEKrYkQOhI4hKRAx4CGhb61_BAIa46bg4xBUbPxODUApycgJGggi1UsIBabRcfE-ti5M6vz9j9wIAzrITDnco4gikLmPXQQn7iyt06O06NPH-b_Yy8vrWnNJlyz6PUhCSUs0ninVwS9AAsmVjEdJ_7SUOnw_XtSvAhea88/s326/Comic-e1473868269835.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="326" data-original-width="300" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_bdTrlLeH6exyFzdYW2-VQOEKrYkQOhI4hKRAx4CGhb61_BAIa46bg4xBUbPxODUApycgJGggi1UsIBabRcfE-ti5M6vz9j9wIAzrITDnco4gikLmPXQQn7iyt06O06NPH-b_Yy8vrWnNJlyz6PUhCSUs0ninVwS9AAsmVjEdJ_7SUOnw_XtSvAhea88/w368-h400/Comic-e1473868269835.jpg" width="368" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The world turned sideways.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Still dealing with several sundry (and boring) domestic gyrations that have sucked up much time and energy. Although these have been ongoing for the last few months, they haven't stopped me from getting hobby action in (just scattered and less regular). Which brings up the "radio silence" here for the last month or so. I</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> haven't given up the hobby, but</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> have had another spot of unpleasantness that has kept me (literally) from keyboarding for more than a few minutes at a time (it's the posture, you see...). Doing the DIY-thing, I've (once again) managed to pinch a nerve in the neck, which manifested itself in chronic pain running from the source through the shoulder and all the way down the arm (nerve pain; it's the worst). After three weeks of diligently doing the exercises learned from physical therapy from the last time, the condition has finally calmed down--and now I'm typing again! (As you can see...or read...or whatever.) It's nice to be a tall fellow, except when you start getting old and the physics involved with long necks, limbs, and backs starts coming home to roost. I guess I'll have to hire more staff to take care of things about Meanderer Estate in future (<i>I wish</i>). </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">In the most recent hobby news 'round here, though, that I can share in short form, I have registered to run three games at the upcoming <a href="https://tabletop.events/conventions/mayhem-gaming-convention-2024" target="_blank">Mayhem 2024</a> game convention. It's been a long time since I've run multiple games at a convention, so this is a rather ambitious schedule for me, but I'm looking forward to it! </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN_su0M58nrKU-MRz036kORGRBHldOLio14wJyPSKX6c5iB_57ApIKnXLKFjl2KlMOAWhgvDRp6gBWTemmKGQgJc3x_AbT4egHPF7_lV44wlFtzVyxXghlkGOzK46PvHr1aiVudHJp_YVv9klfl_AVSHcfYVy6H1OHv1vAgbACOU19DYBgytqE3MnxxKc/s1024/Blog_004.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN_su0M58nrKU-MRz036kORGRBHldOLio14wJyPSKX6c5iB_57ApIKnXLKFjl2KlMOAWhgvDRp6gBWTemmKGQgJc3x_AbT4egHPF7_lV44wlFtzVyxXghlkGOzK46PvHr1aiVudHJp_YVv9klfl_AVSHcfYVy6H1OHv1vAgbACOU19DYBgytqE3MnxxKc/s320/Blog_004.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">On Friday at 8:00 PM, I'll be running <a href="https://tabletop.events/conventions/mayhem-gaming-convention-2024/schedule/1" target="_blank">Event #1, The Battle of Lutzen</a> using my <i><a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_28.html" target="_blank">Baroque Battles </a></i>system in 6mm. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLp_TlBI6kgNEk-JG5YBO_SeBAfFRxCcg3ZW0WVZder7XunBixyxRVcsBi0fmzOjate6wH84Ub4Kl5rQbwXhLSosScXr70_90opKettV8p_Sm4MLbxQzp_0tLu7LtSMJr2n4OE9NdcHgNKiPhT8LxSX_XwUH-4aoQ48LHIhC0wiR8qfgGKyVJ7VCsFsQI/s4032/20230312_081019.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLp_TlBI6kgNEk-JG5YBO_SeBAfFRxCcg3ZW0WVZder7XunBixyxRVcsBi0fmzOjate6wH84Ub4Kl5rQbwXhLSosScXr70_90opKettV8p_Sm4MLbxQzp_0tLu7LtSMJr2n4OE9NdcHgNKiPhT8LxSX_XwUH-4aoQ48LHIhC0wiR8qfgGKyVJ7VCsFsQI/s320/20230312_081019.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">On Saturday at 8:00 AM I'll be running <a href="https://tabletop.events/conventions/mayhem-gaming-convention-2024/schedule/2" target="_blank">Event #2, Clash of Eagles, 1879: <i>Bloody Big Battles </i>Meets Kriegspiel</a> using my <a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/p/bloody-big-battles-resource-page.html" target="_blank">Kriegspiel Blocks on a Kriegspiel Map</a> (this game will reprise the <a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/2022/11/austrians-v-russians-ca-1879-bloody-big.html" target="_blank">hypothetical clash between Austria and Russia, post Russo-Turkish War</a>, only upscaled for six players). </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpLptSKSeRCoxWfnUSt-oA61t2eykmutaf2xYVsQQDMw7leYUrmv13bhaTTl3bQaNPm96viVkN9nTwz8kWhegYJ4vFU7DxYz_LIyWBUDNcyzqFV_g_tP8qjlMJ5u0Cq6bY8Ys3rCxUAGDWa3YfgYHGUDVYLisD2brLDMHPC2oEvkQtSmxilxIpCObh6lI/s2048/342637463_1591713804640102_66667616380450771_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpLptSKSeRCoxWfnUSt-oA61t2eykmutaf2xYVsQQDMw7leYUrmv13bhaTTl3bQaNPm96viVkN9nTwz8kWhegYJ4vFU7DxYz_LIyWBUDNcyzqFV_g_tP8qjlMJ5u0Cq6bY8Ys3rCxUAGDWa3YfgYHGUDVYLisD2brLDMHPC2oEvkQtSmxilxIpCObh6lI/s320/342637463_1591713804640102_66667616380450771_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">And on Saturday evening, at 8:00 PM, I'll be returning to the scene of the crime and hosting <a href="https://tabletop.events/conventions/mayhem-gaming-convention-2024/schedule/7" target="_blank">Event #7, <i>Joust for the Fun of It!</i></a><i> </i>with my big Schleich Knights. This game debuted at the Mayhem 2023 convention in the same time slot, and I hope it will be as well received the second time around as the first. For new readers to this blog, you may find out more about this system on the <a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/p/joust-for-fun-of-it-quick-play-jousting.html" target="_blank">Joust for the Fun of It!</a> resource page (consider yourselves warned!). </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">That's the hobby news 'round here for now.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_12x4MoSrQVVn0jUkwjJJcgQjXVwPWtYSHnvOpSn-y53fKW8VByiBemJb8FkCFV1bm761GKCh1JkO3TONvjoWgK6m7J2AqVLdrBWsqQ9jdUNWDF2HbwRYMxfXtmxvL2S8M-b_hOMgV0yBn2ZZayCTFjpPki72hh2rSmINHdsgJmhbU8-su122LpOl3FA/s551/hess%20officer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="289" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_12x4MoSrQVVn0jUkwjJJcgQjXVwPWtYSHnvOpSn-y53fKW8VByiBemJb8FkCFV1bm761GKCh1JkO3TONvjoWgK6m7J2AqVLdrBWsqQ9jdUNWDF2HbwRYMxfXtmxvL2S8M-b_hOMgV0yBn2ZZayCTFjpPki72hh2rSmINHdsgJmhbU8-su122LpOl3FA/w105-h200/hess%20officer.jpg" width="105" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Excelsior!</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p>Ed Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648721189080574501.post-58535772779192631522023-10-23T18:23:00.002-07:002023-10-23T20:39:11.843-07:00GAME DAY OCT 2023: BIG SHIPS, BIG KNIGHTS, AND THE WAR OF 1812<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxD0UY7-kRfpWrDOzoc6fy44Lbaz8ni25SxA4EZNOfvVjGOxx79FImKDKvu_1BTASsbYTHgP266s7kVxaACTw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Club members gathering ahead of things getting rolling on Game Day.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Our club recently held its "Game Day" event. For our regular gaming, we convene once per month on a Friday evening for "Game Nights." In addition, we normally schedule one Saturday per year for a "Game Day"--often, this is to run a special event, either a <a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/2017/10/ramillies-1815-twenty-foot-table-twenty.html" target="_blank">big game</a> or some <a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/2016/10/club-game-day-french-and-indian-war.html" target="_blank">other format </a> that we can't do on a game night. This year, things got knocked around by circumstances, and our featured "big game" (based on an engagement from the Seminole Wars--US Cavalry vs Seminoles in Florida), got pulled at the last minute when COVID took down the host (he's fine, thankfully). I was going to run my Joust for the Fun of It Game alongside the featured game in order to provide more seats for the game day. Rather than cancelling the event, I still put on my game, and the call went out to the membership to put on two other games (which was answered in style). In the absence of a "big game" that would run all day, we were prepared to run a mini convention, with each game being run in a morning and an afternoon session. More on that later in the post. As it turned out, attendance was impacted by the weather, with a coastal storm swirling into the area promising wretched conditions later in the day, some scheduling complications of several club members, and the COVID hitting a few others (aside from the host of the originally scheduled game). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIa873Zkick3gFToT0G2g7-eCEeqM2APV0t7eObO2AmMNHgxvu9TEdnfD6IyQZJgrtv-Uui_9ZQP2g2jQOSlWtzO8nARAvikDgkyxYabFFxrVA3BsBI0zv3Je-Z7AKTG6Z8WGAz520EPsM9OoF_Bt2AMBRDTe_FemP9VCuUsEIanbcSXaYXVGtngnANrM/s4032/20231021_090058.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIa873Zkick3gFToT0G2g7-eCEeqM2APV0t7eObO2AmMNHgxvu9TEdnfD6IyQZJgrtv-Uui_9ZQP2g2jQOSlWtzO8nARAvikDgkyxYabFFxrVA3BsBI0zv3Je-Z7AKTG6Z8WGAz520EPsM9OoF_Bt2AMBRDTe_FemP9VCuUsEIanbcSXaYXVGtngnANrM/s320/20231021_090058.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Nevertheless, we still had three game masters and twelve players in the room for a 9 a.m. start on a Saturday: although it was easy to feel a bit disappointed at the turnout given the circumstances this time around, I have to remind myself that our club still mustered 15 people to play historical miniatures on a Saturday morning--not bad, really, and not to be taken for granted. I was quite busy setting up and then running my <i><a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/p/joust-for-fun-of-it-quick-play-jousting.html" target="_blank">Joust for the Fun of It</a></i> game, so didn't get too many shots of the action in progress, but here's the report...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">PIRATES, THE ROYAL NAVY, AND AN EVIL GENIUS</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfxx8VExbUDpKtZF7ulgX8LMW6cnhGOiw4ro6PfUFowcetc8EmHYjeWQpvYPz6Df8owy65gVRWuvA9bK41eOotrRa8IUpsx0IkU075t-hE4nrLfEUpX0zygxqJOsN0bJ3B5undej05V7RhEqIpG1-MNUzVfruGLTrJPTJEH_PZwOOewnRbD6ZoPeHiCgI/s4608/20231021_120233.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfxx8VExbUDpKtZF7ulgX8LMW6cnhGOiw4ro6PfUFowcetc8EmHYjeWQpvYPz6Df8owy65gVRWuvA9bK41eOotrRa8IUpsx0IkU075t-hE4nrLfEUpX0zygxqJOsN0bJ3B5undej05V7RhEqIpG1-MNUzVfruGLTrJPTJEH_PZwOOewnRbD6ZoPeHiCgI/s320/20231021_120233.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Michael B (standing at left) ran one of his signature 28mm age of sail games using <i>Blue Waters, Bloody Pirates</i> rules (I believe they are a modified version of an ages of sail set). For those in the region, Michael will be running this same game at the upcoming <a href="https://carnagecon.com/" target="_blank">Carnage Convention</a> in Killington Vermont. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS3PSUE0jw341DYH0MP4tK0hso2wz-dGPvAH_0bCKb0m9AWlukgjVPsFTGuwNuBONPYTyRwXr3M7E2od6zJitvt5mir4fcZGVV0ew8ceqoycFi7MY-z0TgdS59TVpSvCfZoMYsHJQVoDs5FX2gx61dW4X0afCBLCIMA4fyOKl0GKyoBlnZv53DyJy85TY/s4032/20231021_120226.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS3PSUE0jw341DYH0MP4tK0hso2wz-dGPvAH_0bCKb0m9AWlukgjVPsFTGuwNuBONPYTyRwXr3M7E2od6zJitvt5mir4fcZGVV0ew8ceqoycFi7MY-z0TgdS59TVpSvCfZoMYsHJQVoDs5FX2gx61dW4X0afCBLCIMA4fyOKl0GKyoBlnZv53DyJy85TY/w150-h200/20231021_120226.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV6zWnv1GoIxjwQWcLh6whjXRShKl4nTp2S_dmduLn8YgvbGQC6jODWsSvhACxI5I8JR8utUg13A4N90bb8GNC_L915Xc-cMbpIpceosWr7b9aNZCbUH6yKkyk7wYXuRfrPPdMUhvOPyo8yDiswIS0YO5_C07lVSl5oVcgsvicqffPN5WXgSZR523m2QQ/s4608/20231021_110627.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV6zWnv1GoIxjwQWcLh6whjXRShKl4nTp2S_dmduLn8YgvbGQC6jODWsSvhACxI5I8JR8utUg13A4N90bb8GNC_L915Xc-cMbpIpceosWr7b9aNZCbUH6yKkyk7wYXuRfrPPdMUhvOPyo8yDiswIS0YO5_C07lVSl5oVcgsvicqffPN5WXgSZR523m2QQ/w150-h200/20231021_110627.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBD5xd4ql2I-MDUFDyaN8eC6rMckSqWR7menrNPF8EP_-MY_vrLgPMazB_h1SpxP_5bNnrErFgzvRo6iGswmGNF3Zb1AmD3jIY-mHb_iuQCZ1nWVys4BIoNTS0_lHC-TzdPbZoJuxCuYCzEvRBeCGrK2ZgubbS_fWq5KuHwkUSRlbS5mVUqi0yaCOu70M/s4032/20231021_110624.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBD5xd4ql2I-MDUFDyaN8eC6rMckSqWR7menrNPF8EP_-MY_vrLgPMazB_h1SpxP_5bNnrErFgzvRo6iGswmGNF3Zb1AmD3jIY-mHb_iuQCZ1nWVys4BIoNTS0_lHC-TzdPbZoJuxCuYCzEvRBeCGrK2ZgubbS_fWq5KuHwkUSRlbS5mVUqi0yaCOu70M/w150-h200/20231021_110624.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB2Vr7488BxBB0p7g9C7oUre810vhFUf1KyyL4Q3ZE3LAJNXujo_Kn6MReroGHYa6DEtxVvEtOu95Hibge3JglcW6zcghx9jYz4jl1u-WPoCq_hJjgDhawQOcQ_ruOhr10KjxBAM8Pwhe7E5CgP26mQLiVagEvgeGMnbl9Vhc32it7-X7pUgn8WHRM49U/s4608/20231021_110617.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB2Vr7488BxBB0p7g9C7oUre810vhFUf1KyyL4Q3ZE3LAJNXujo_Kn6MReroGHYa6DEtxVvEtOu95Hibge3JglcW6zcghx9jYz4jl1u-WPoCq_hJjgDhawQOcQ_ruOhr10KjxBAM8Pwhe7E5CgP26mQLiVagEvgeGMnbl9Vhc32it7-X7pUgn8WHRM49U/w150-h200/20231021_110617.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div>Michael is adept at the pirate game genre, and his games always move along with good pace and period flavor, and his big ships are a sight to behold as well!</span><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">BATTLE OF LUNDY'S LANE, WAR OF 1812 </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn8W3evo2ne6OrsmHcG3rVm0SO8uymMDfZJV29RlYnLlSLX-4Qx6-C7RGVYvMMzev90f8F85aGIVpu4RF84numcFFwBlumbqjT3XyiVsH_MJt1PB7hdpbtwazIXz56KUcQsnT15hRwALtVRiaPBa54wYNOQ88I6756wVjjFv1mAOSOzep0X9S2mK9g5Kg/s4032/20231021_110601.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn8W3evo2ne6OrsmHcG3rVm0SO8uymMDfZJV29RlYnLlSLX-4Qx6-C7RGVYvMMzev90f8F85aGIVpu4RF84numcFFwBlumbqjT3XyiVsH_MJt1PB7hdpbtwazIXz56KUcQsnT15hRwALtVRiaPBa54wYNOQ88I6756wVjjFv1mAOSOzep0X9S2mK9g5Kg/s320/20231021_110601.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Mark N, seated at left in blue shirt (fellow bloggist of of <a href="https://bravefusiliers.blogspot.com/2023/10/club-game-day.html" target="_blank">Come on My Brave Fusiliers! </a>fame) stepped up and ran a 28mm War of 1812 game using a variant of <i>Mr Madison's War</i> rules (streamlined and faster playing, I'm led to believe). If you skip over to his blog you'll see his report as well as many images of his astonishing collections of War of 1812, American Rev, and Crimean figures (recommended). </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGiL4hwhZboQqg0cf_8wbu99csZJApg5IYLVjLdcIfUDx7SfLw0NCN272Hmpp4RMJSy7-S5Gx3ytOGhm5eDGEyUq9kvKzCX8V-cYygBMrQ8TXYHNxuzGPKpSSZ4djXWHFHh4u0zhPVL6G5WsxvU_WCDdgP6d8rTA-lLBb52uXgWtPBQa1VxuwqUsGsnOk/s4032/20231021_120333.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGiL4hwhZboQqg0cf_8wbu99csZJApg5IYLVjLdcIfUDx7SfLw0NCN272Hmpp4RMJSy7-S5Gx3ytOGhm5eDGEyUq9kvKzCX8V-cYygBMrQ8TXYHNxuzGPKpSSZ4djXWHFHh4u0zhPVL6G5WsxvU_WCDdgP6d8rTA-lLBb52uXgWtPBQa1VxuwqUsGsnOk/w150-h200/20231021_120333.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj3Ap8ZbHp7CZA3d8SLdUK1MTIyzLeNwLkDL02T7WF-mySWOSyZapQjLbXFCYC51fcCImpvX8JGlLI-oMiBhaXsdz_1_dWcHl0G8KPzIYnjoUiPBQj_tM4CWdKtxCHg3LacxCqnwf7bPhir_iFSILVrIrfjyLQ6ozkk0lRBjbxYb1iziValOuc6Cr8RcI/s4032/20231021_120346.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj3Ap8ZbHp7CZA3d8SLdUK1MTIyzLeNwLkDL02T7WF-mySWOSyZapQjLbXFCYC51fcCImpvX8JGlLI-oMiBhaXsdz_1_dWcHl0G8KPzIYnjoUiPBQj_tM4CWdKtxCHg3LacxCqnwf7bPhir_iFSILVrIrfjyLQ6ozkk0lRBjbxYb1iziValOuc6Cr8RcI/w150-h200/20231021_120346.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2H3gdcb401qzV_3s9YkXui0W2DGUAA1w_XYNIomTYYYzQm9fVKzAaCJm8_ijk7nC-DSr2c8TjhDaOd3mlDG32sY13Xmwn_BwhS94YdED9jTta1yqgqmD267ujK-sey-Exhr7xs9ImppAHVGHk7TrLFdptu4uvm2vEYPs8eOtduBdloSHaooFWYbOvT34/s4032/20231021_120403.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2H3gdcb401qzV_3s9YkXui0W2DGUAA1w_XYNIomTYYYzQm9fVKzAaCJm8_ijk7nC-DSr2c8TjhDaOd3mlDG32sY13Xmwn_BwhS94YdED9jTta1yqgqmD267ujK-sey-Exhr7xs9ImppAHVGHk7TrLFdptu4uvm2vEYPs8eOtduBdloSHaooFWYbOvT34/w150-h200/20231021_120403.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgziVjXiPTUsfKugY06HjxvY222epCBip-Fv534MuN_WFcJTgt9P4oK0mn3EjQCRy9KCA_CzioeFkmhrwF0-M4tPDv3vUMLdxafLjkhyHOOv43VSlhhpsW6gUtWDiIZbljoU7Re3-VF-QEGmhc3tSCgal3X_PEZXVKNLkWjMx59JA1mkYzq5v8IPH1Z0vk/s4032/20231021_120401.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgziVjXiPTUsfKugY06HjxvY222epCBip-Fv534MuN_WFcJTgt9P4oK0mn3EjQCRy9KCA_CzioeFkmhrwF0-M4tPDv3vUMLdxafLjkhyHOOv43VSlhhpsW6gUtWDiIZbljoU7Re3-VF-QEGmhc3tSCgal3X_PEZXVKNLkWjMx59JA1mkYzq5v8IPH1Z0vk/w150-h200/20231021_120401.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Not only do Mark's games stand out for his splendid research and brushwork, but also for their visual appeal, with large figure count battalions of 16-24 28mm figs. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">JOUST FOR THE FUN OF IT </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrCXM5oeg2cWoXxy53XCE77YNublg3NxR8LFsLAI26MfZo7RfHNM5w-25pea2CJIRbH7bquw1kyNEQfyNGgCsje-zHDpWIsKbkdI0ODD3eq1tv6hzwgh1exQhWtGFAu3cBEmQX9zSav5GITwXJ2YZkyBBNgPtr08r__DR_j85QRBPgIgfTp6p4G3lVzfk/s4032/20231021_085136.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrCXM5oeg2cWoXxy53XCE77YNublg3NxR8LFsLAI26MfZo7RfHNM5w-25pea2CJIRbH7bquw1kyNEQfyNGgCsje-zHDpWIsKbkdI0ODD3eq1tv6hzwgh1exQhWtGFAu3cBEmQX9zSav5GITwXJ2YZkyBBNgPtr08r__DR_j85QRBPgIgfTp6p4G3lVzfk/s320/20231021_085136.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">And as mentioned, I put on my <i>Joust for the Fun of It! </i>game. It was a successful dry run of my <a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/2023/10/taking-joust-on-road.html" target="_blank">transport and set up system</a>--I learned a few things that will help when I next set this game up. One thing I found was that I can stack my boxes and they provide the equivalent of a handy side table where I can keep those bits and pieces that come in handy when running games. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaBOL1tZdY4DoMee5id2l5lvM1pWTe6pTVth6zK5l3PRFp6Vzmc_khrwYAmRumu5B4wk44SQPaNhLGOQtFa1lQwZgwMOFe6bbwShtL438XKSB6120q1u7zpv6yVnKwNCGp8lrqyYl4G8xT0ZEs4_X1cSkCAS2cikEpWeRBAtaW7ffMo7LJCBtnwphnqFU/s4032/20231021_134739.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaBOL1tZdY4DoMee5id2l5lvM1pWTe6pTVth6zK5l3PRFp6Vzmc_khrwYAmRumu5B4wk44SQPaNhLGOQtFa1lQwZgwMOFe6bbwShtL438XKSB6120q1u7zpv6yVnKwNCGp8lrqyYl4G8xT0ZEs4_X1cSkCAS2cikEpWeRBAtaW7ffMo7LJCBtnwphnqFU/s320/20231021_134739.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">One new bit of kit that I used in this game was this whiteboard. It was suggested that between rounds it would be good to let players know what the standings were (ie, how many points each player had as they went into each round, which would help to inform how they would manage their match). This turned out to be a great suggestion that really adds to the game experience, particularly as players enter the last round with the standings being tight. I bought this small white board (with easel), but it didn't fit in with the rest of the theme (all chrome and metal, with a cork pinup bit on the bottom). So I added the wooden frame, covered the cork pin up board with the jousting graphics at the bottom, and produced a themed tile for each team (numbered 1-6 along with their color). I write the player's name over the number and at the end of each round I record the score under the respective tile. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpaxixvDJQWMqX2vBKSKg1sFZSD1KMEHwZsuHnzmjg367VHsJH2mARufzWZrfbF81nUxCKDX57Ln6KrStPm_Drv-bKm2rq1M-4Miz6xChFCgp0Ae-j85eFPntwj7fgUuR2ipq7XIGIHj47qlCkFgoaCuiZMDLaJEdZFJsTizNVq8ZT_In2LGBihhLVr3g/s4032/20231021_090117.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpaxixvDJQWMqX2vBKSKg1sFZSD1KMEHwZsuHnzmjg367VHsJH2mARufzWZrfbF81nUxCKDX57Ln6KrStPm_Drv-bKm2rq1M-4Miz6xChFCgp0Ae-j85eFPntwj7fgUuR2ipq7XIGIHj47qlCkFgoaCuiZMDLaJEdZFJsTizNVq8ZT_In2LGBihhLVr3g/w150-h200/20231021_090117.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCzl-zj6paEd_x48Ak0GLFAd-lSEGWQQa3Ie-D32JUsoQHpN-GJVq0OT-7rterDYOEDr5n7bCraX1Z8Ay_gSdeSgY52uHIFyS9aaU_xr3uzFdiyVWgBvvRqOxH_qWL8XMYI53LgNQZNFFJfaB643VEMUjjAqN-nCYc41e4jEFmfjDlosSmJMXztUyw7Uo/s4032/20231021_110556.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCzl-zj6paEd_x48Ak0GLFAd-lSEGWQQa3Ie-D32JUsoQHpN-GJVq0OT-7rterDYOEDr5n7bCraX1Z8Ay_gSdeSgY52uHIFyS9aaU_xr3uzFdiyVWgBvvRqOxH_qWL8XMYI53LgNQZNFFJfaB643VEMUjjAqN-nCYc41e4jEFmfjDlosSmJMXztUyw7Uo/w150-h200/20231021_110556.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I was engaged with running the game and so didn't get any in progress shots. As it turned out, my game was the only one that ran in the afternoon (some folks couldn't stay, and a few others had some distance to drive and didn't want to be on the road as dusk approached and the weather got worse). Both jousts were four player affairs. The morning session was a real cracker, with the players being separated by only a few points (I think the first place player had something like 38 points and the "last", fourth place, player 34. The afternoon session was also a barn burner, with the first place player at 37 points, the next two tied at 34 (the second place determined by tie breaker), and the fourth place player at a distant 22 (poor Randy had the worst run of luck I've every seen). In both the morning and afternoon sessions, the front runner was overtaken by another during the last round and wound up coming in second. I've run a good number of jousts now, both in the club and at a convention, and the outcomes have thus far been pretty close like this. So I'll take this as an indicator that the game system provides good balance and is viable. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-1rGOxSGf7J06xA0k4oY2Q1U5Ctm3o9-wT1dvA-_5NGn6pWV5Vkwco3B4OQ5rFB0oZf74SWG_YGty1xK14PTAYM-flbYS29o8Si6576bR5szC-Z8tovWJlT3AX_oxUWdEFe2EeU31NOW7n6QqoHL1RXZWcS-L5KogQbYflkVrFo24OfyfsUC_p4uCrxA/s4032/20231021_085147.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-1rGOxSGf7J06xA0k4oY2Q1U5Ctm3o9-wT1dvA-_5NGn6pWV5Vkwco3B4OQ5rFB0oZf74SWG_YGty1xK14PTAYM-flbYS29o8Si6576bR5szC-Z8tovWJlT3AX_oxUWdEFe2EeU31NOW7n6QqoHL1RXZWcS-L5KogQbYflkVrFo24OfyfsUC_p4uCrxA/s320/20231021_085147.jpg" width="240" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">All in all, it was a fine way to spend a rainy Saturday: indoors with friends playing at toy soldiers!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkCp98cXVslsgdJP6CPN3AdMCZ_GpJfKWG1-kdC4FQ97SSwFPVH-1XlWKOSEuOj-2C1mY6zvFm6q_c1DBNUUtFqbZ-LYHj2-SgnjDhFNdALyYOF8e_sSJyXvBzMMlwW98t01LB0_OF8N1qdgVxNT1tbx-b_6CVRdMve1Z6P1RuWmgrnS4YK7NAbfwC_2E/s551/hess%20officer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="289" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkCp98cXVslsgdJP6CPN3AdMCZ_GpJfKWG1-kdC4FQ97SSwFPVH-1XlWKOSEuOj-2C1mY6zvFm6q_c1DBNUUtFqbZ-LYHj2-SgnjDhFNdALyYOF8e_sSJyXvBzMMlwW98t01LB0_OF8N1qdgVxNT1tbx-b_6CVRdMve1Z6P1RuWmgrnS4YK7NAbfwC_2E/w105-h200/hess%20officer.jpg" width="105" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Excelsior!</span><br /></div></div></div><div><p></p></div>Ed Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648721189080574501.post-57767832591987999832023-10-10T19:48:00.009-07:002023-10-31T04:38:33.412-07:00TAKING THE JOUST ON THE ROAD<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-1yeJQTAURH9QcSrPFuyZHI7widCSz17mYoUxwev5MTDIuV8AkbR27rYbOSq311BZj19xVDNqLzJ_WMFq4wPRGb33YrTEMYG1MaOr6Zm7oJFX4D1VNvDiIAOQs0b85jqKsK2T9ET4mCsE7tZj9vKs_rjT0WJ5UVG3Uv8gg3C_rsVtvSvwfhLARpqXWaE/s4032/a%2020230419_083132.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-1yeJQTAURH9QcSrPFuyZHI7widCSz17mYoUxwev5MTDIuV8AkbR27rYbOSq311BZj19xVDNqLzJ_WMFq4wPRGb33YrTEMYG1MaOr6Zm7oJFX4D1VNvDiIAOQs0b85jqKsK2T9ET4mCsE7tZj9vKs_rjT0WJ5UVG3Uv8gg3C_rsVtvSvwfhLARpqXWaE/w300-h400/a%2020230419_083132.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I'll be running my <i><a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/p/joust-for-fun-of-it-quick-play-jousting.html" target="_blank">Joust for The Fun of It</a> </i>game in our club's upcoming Saturday Game Day later this month. I'll be putting on the <a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/2023/02/joust-for-fun-of-it-big-knights-wip.html" target="_blank">big knight version</a>, with the Schleich Knights and associated accessories. This game presents special challenges given the over-sized figures, the way that they are posed, and the size and number of customized bits I fabricated for the game. Being retired, I'd like to take this particular game on the road to several US conventions in the upcoming year, so I'm using this opportunity to put together a dedicated system to efficiently and safely transport, set up, and take down the game. With conventions in the US consisting of participation games, it is not unusual for your table to be occupied in the time slots prior to and after yours. Convention organizers do allow time for setup and take down, but it can still get quite hectic to get ready, particularly if the game ahead of yours runs over, and equally so in the aftermath of your own game as you visit with players while trying to pack up and clear the table (and things never seem to fit back in the way they came out). So in this blog post, I will share my solution to this challenge. As usual, you may clix pix for BIG PIX in this post. </span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIsmrYjr4QFS8YpU9FWfwnvFHBtybXz6L8eHKujXEbe-fdipqHxkedXboZKtEv_obkTqhlnYs6Fq95kYXZ3qRHbHOJyV4zZlliWix7b33PdhEihDD82xd7mjzT2mijhuHkSbaUhfzOiby5YVBZe7qV0w9YbuzZRIhEzP9qKg-qshVv-aH0GtG589ePU04/s4032/20231008_134433.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIsmrYjr4QFS8YpU9FWfwnvFHBtybXz6L8eHKujXEbe-fdipqHxkedXboZKtEv_obkTqhlnYs6Fq95kYXZ3qRHbHOJyV4zZlliWix7b33PdhEihDD82xd7mjzT2mijhuHkSbaUhfzOiby5YVBZe7qV0w9YbuzZRIhEzP9qKg-qshVv-aH0GtG589ePU04/w150-h200/20231008_134433.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I started off by getting a pack of 24" long letter sized banker's boxes. These are an elongated version of the standard banker's box. </span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRtpqI7bhvwLZq-9OLqaZ3tPAqejETtN-VQzvc7mpM_UXZSQShHr5JEsXkdV6SiMc7228TArT7iZ0TOD8b24hhARLsc1H_x-_zcNGhEk5tLmztvUymr5R2XSF8muhOC_dXq3CJXGkxA1p2kdxO8J__AG6qcjRJJTgaHAKWBJ-5RG167WjufL6rALZjQV8/s4032/b%2020231010_112132.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRtpqI7bhvwLZq-9OLqaZ3tPAqejETtN-VQzvc7mpM_UXZSQShHr5JEsXkdV6SiMc7228TArT7iZ0TOD8b24hhARLsc1H_x-_zcNGhEk5tLmztvUymr5R2XSF8muhOC_dXq3CJXGkxA1p2kdxO8J__AG6qcjRJJTgaHAKWBJ-5RG167WjufL6rALZjQV8/s320/b%2020231010_112132.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyxKuHoIBvOAjMi-gTdFe0g7NEeelVCrQBdeg9kKHc6Y6mw6fhww3LtiBtcBStNFt3tMs3ED9ZzneHacNR2F3NBSDS-BDdKgvoLbBKP2B0boJM8MBRqdYTljRFvVRj2QaEq6_zksqHKMWfriIhJRK0qY94P7adGHwqIHvh82uMtapKhB6b8xdnuGQcqJg/s4032/c%2020231010_112252.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyxKuHoIBvOAjMi-gTdFe0g7NEeelVCrQBdeg9kKHc6Y6mw6fhww3LtiBtcBStNFt3tMs3ED9ZzneHacNR2F3NBSDS-BDdKgvoLbBKP2B0boJM8MBRqdYTljRFvVRj2QaEq6_zksqHKMWfriIhJRK0qY94P7adGHwqIHvh82uMtapKhB6b8xdnuGQcqJg/s320/c%2020231010_112252.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I then put 2" <a href="https://www.amazon.com/DECOHS-Pick-Apart-Foam-Insert/dp/B0BYCF1FB2/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=2%22%2Bpluck%2Bfoam&qid=1696988345&sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1" target="_blank">Pluck Foam</a> sheets into the boxes (two 12" x 12" sheets fit into each)... </span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7mTNrDWARdsUQZ_MgyVFLDFdF2PnJDqb-5Sy53MM0uItdbN2VwsuKTXNRi-XjeNsWi13L1xrZPHVq8-fd7O9HaIhoVZQLUsuq1-CZqO0T1hrlIg4bOPBnuidE2IZ4Pz659AN0kctEwS4Y6sGGRs5Jjj-vSWZkEiYfnA7hP3Inrrfr8MIJiAsbTdRZZ9k/s4032/c%2020231010_112301.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7mTNrDWARdsUQZ_MgyVFLDFdF2PnJDqb-5Sy53MM0uItdbN2VwsuKTXNRi-XjeNsWi13L1xrZPHVq8-fd7O9HaIhoVZQLUsuq1-CZqO0T1hrlIg4bOPBnuidE2IZ4Pz659AN0kctEwS4Y6sGGRs5Jjj-vSWZkEiYfnA7hP3Inrrfr8MIJiAsbTdRZZ9k/s320/c%2020231010_112301.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">...and then plucked (as the name suggests) squares of foam to create a custom space for each fig. Given the size of the figures and the length of the lances, the figures fit in puzzle like: The first box was fairly simple, but the second box turned out to be much more involved. The idea of specialized foam slots for figs is not a new idea, of course. It's quite common among fantasy/sci gamers in particular for some of their more high end/high priced models (many of which are quite large). I managed to get all 24 of my knights into two boxes. </span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEMhtYhzY3jc8cGRCj3EevanR293e22qWAEH-4uvG0w7J5u6_X0S9yYhL90EsBgSea_UWncg5LYqcPbk7yk8wqvBqfTK5SaqCRIrUHTco0J_yMOurq9bmmZjYTZQlAhpQ030sqVVomRLBFQ8Q_T6XUTM-4KcC7Cjss51MEJU4CXvCf7AsOzWD-JrrX6Wk/s4032/d%2020231010_112029.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEMhtYhzY3jc8cGRCj3EevanR293e22qWAEH-4uvG0w7J5u6_X0S9yYhL90EsBgSea_UWncg5LYqcPbk7yk8wqvBqfTK5SaqCRIrUHTco0J_yMOurq9bmmZjYTZQlAhpQ030sqVVomRLBFQ8Q_T6XUTM-4KcC7Cjss51MEJU4CXvCf7AsOzWD-JrrX6Wk/w200-h150/d%2020231010_112029.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjay7wUFEWNUQG1osMyRloJmy_KR3XXTRXPqYhAM7raAFtZFRy9DSzVZlm5-ijYfpPwHRYKuNrPQFdc2YgHoY-eNk0p0aGAOKy1dRYChsMMc1b-C20ko_0RLctMVcBOZW8xTIrku4-9uDnKAQzFkMaCs6PouF2ovFPJCnhKFRHqEN0NqEn1T6Uj2vSxzw4/s4032/d1%2020231010_112045.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjay7wUFEWNUQG1osMyRloJmy_KR3XXTRXPqYhAM7raAFtZFRy9DSzVZlm5-ijYfpPwHRYKuNrPQFdc2YgHoY-eNk0p0aGAOKy1dRYChsMMc1b-C20ko_0RLctMVcBOZW8xTIrku4-9uDnKAQzFkMaCs6PouF2ovFPJCnhKFRHqEN0NqEn1T6Uj2vSxzw4/w200-h150/d1%2020231010_112045.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I managed to configure the heralds, characters, flags, and stands in a single box. The reviewing stand (included in the above right image) nests over the heralds. </span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6sdiS3w_XIyODj_0kb9dc2zqLTe-kTNfDcBvuRMm1y0unS33LKRBx-DUeDjH8Md-zxRgiN8Zi3FN1jlVqIWO2c5HYswyPUWMgJpG-WD5oqyc4e2jDks4OXtBPQQoloxqPDqKwjS_ESomi35Hg3qpEtSEG57tIqNf86ryOhSIpQJPVwWzCHK60JkAEkj8/s4032/e%2020231010_185627.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6sdiS3w_XIyODj_0kb9dc2zqLTe-kTNfDcBvuRMm1y0unS33LKRBx-DUeDjH8Md-zxRgiN8Zi3FN1jlVqIWO2c5HYswyPUWMgJpG-WD5oqyc4e2jDks4OXtBPQQoloxqPDqKwjS_ESomi35Hg3qpEtSEG57tIqNf86ryOhSIpQJPVwWzCHK60JkAEkj8/w150-h200/e%2020231010_185627.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPt2FGSklNHc1oXn8LtMr2hNDhLdUCk8J0k0-7r2EQfZEOYwmM3ynZ5EseGVtV4Tp-ZpCHAJj7NGwPzXds7iu27oEC-HVDbDvWuLxFdx9nVKQpxu_Sqjs-SIaQ_yQlkHOfqBrS9QMbb3noPaCb_ruW-V4GU-U2Bx01fRsE02VwNhyY7pJZ0i5cvLh0ZsA/s4032/f%2020231010_185746.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPt2FGSklNHc1oXn8LtMr2hNDhLdUCk8J0k0-7r2EQfZEOYwmM3ynZ5EseGVtV4Tp-ZpCHAJj7NGwPzXds7iu27oEC-HVDbDvWuLxFdx9nVKQpxu_Sqjs-SIaQ_yQlkHOfqBrS9QMbb3noPaCb_ruW-V4GU-U2Bx01fRsE02VwNhyY7pJZ0i5cvLh0ZsA/w150-h200/f%2020231010_185746.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I put together a separate "logistics" box (above left) which contains all the non figure stuff that goes on the table (the score board, the lists, the team trays, the list signs, etc). This way, I pull things from each box in turn while setting up as opposed to having to go between boxes. I also put together a "game master" tub (above right). This has all the stuff to actually run/play the game (the rules, reference sheets, ploy cards, tracking mats and markers, dice, pencils, clip boards, etc, etc). </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8c7FUmPo4e70bskUWJEFNskVWb3dChpGQIh6gF2ag_t2Eu1atI66DNaiTpgrQHeZFE0nAvbxEt-f45yii9KAUyUjZv4yXn-A3QqvuGfcqDbpiP5QNktXG8yvTGA_anQKulrw6VVo3Fid6rwT9bf7GlI0zj1x6LaG920bCa8MggwhrglUcFweTifZFjLM/s4032/g%2020231010_190008.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8c7FUmPo4e70bskUWJEFNskVWb3dChpGQIh6gF2ag_t2Eu1atI66DNaiTpgrQHeZFE0nAvbxEt-f45yii9KAUyUjZv4yXn-A3QqvuGfcqDbpiP5QNktXG8yvTGA_anQKulrw6VVo3Fid6rwT9bf7GlI0zj1x6LaG920bCa8MggwhrglUcFweTifZFjLM/w150-h200/g%2020231010_190008.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-DDjaeWMGXcJcsp7JIK77srrvLmr0Sqjv6VcLGzBn1y_WB6r5UUUeIjIlgjo0Cj1YuBnl1jY1bMgFxReK6Zl4Q6itPSqkwZNtDNwh2KQf1bTWmKP6MBKXTlZSLSZO48e2FzIvC-a6JuCq2jYPY4dDIkDwGddfGlhmx_95Bkm8MogmotuZwG27HFW7bLo/s4032/h%2020231010_190018.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-DDjaeWMGXcJcsp7JIK77srrvLmr0Sqjv6VcLGzBn1y_WB6r5UUUeIjIlgjo0Cj1YuBnl1jY1bMgFxReK6Zl4Q6itPSqkwZNtDNwh2KQf1bTWmKP6MBKXTlZSLSZO48e2FzIvC-a6JuCq2jYPY4dDIkDwGddfGlhmx_95Bkm8MogmotuZwG27HFW7bLo/w200-h150/h%2020231010_190018.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The devil is in the details, of course, with customized storage. You want to not only be able to easily tell which box is which when setting up, but the real challenge comes when you try to put things <i>back</i>--particularly under a time constraint. Not only do you need to get the right figure into the right box, but also into the right spot in the "puzzle." To help with this, I came up with a one-brain-cell solution that anyone can follow: I put a picture of the contents on the box lid.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir3E6-cdwSNTMQmp9B0AGzsvsJ03B_vgvWQYOEHlRjhHn4EhVEkTzMwDMwjRAFhhfha4hbHm-2JOcy5vb-h_WIr5xuDEWWAc0env9bAD6ZTMi5Bfqewi4MOuUDmgEGSiPvba3b7dY-qOZ8PCHyg8kQDxfdPyVPRA8YhWjtvUoSkntVoRmrilDraY4zWzk/s4032/h1%2020231010_185819.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir3E6-cdwSNTMQmp9B0AGzsvsJ03B_vgvWQYOEHlRjhHn4EhVEkTzMwDMwjRAFhhfha4hbHm-2JOcy5vb-h_WIr5xuDEWWAc0env9bAD6ZTMi5Bfqewi4MOuUDmgEGSiPvba3b7dY-qOZ8PCHyg8kQDxfdPyVPRA8YhWjtvUoSkntVoRmrilDraY4zWzk/s320/h1%2020231010_185819.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Above: the complete game system compartmented into four bankers boxes and one tub--a fairly compact and easily transported configuration for such a large layout. The figures and foam are not heavy, so those boxes are an easy lift. The game master tub has a bit of heft, but is easily managed. Most of all, when I want to hit the road, all I have to do is load things into their pre-designated spots and go. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>The only thing not included are the three game mats that I use (one under each list). </span><span>These are </span><a href="https://tablewar.com/collections/fatmats/products/6x4-grassy-field-f-a-t-mat-gaming-mat" target="_blank">Fat Mats</a><span> (Grassy Field); each comes with a handy carrying case, so they fit quite nicely into this portability scheme. </span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgfMQ1wvEQtVGSaRouqgRcr33TklGiw2os9XzTJO_jDNO8xrkSqdwSh7P1X7lFh42nN8EOjOOzETL9T9kjfq21fgNvjX9oG33SOI9cxVlCctlWodgBfnh-UAh8nrAdrB_wasNgK9QDkQRNzLW5HBW0hyphenhyphen_m18QFCy94t8JNPZgvECxX1ckwdjgtucSqouw/s2048/i%20342614412_147960918225579_9064187666251606567_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgfMQ1wvEQtVGSaRouqgRcr33TklGiw2os9XzTJO_jDNO8xrkSqdwSh7P1X7lFh42nN8EOjOOzETL9T9kjfq21fgNvjX9oG33SOI9cxVlCctlWodgBfnh-UAh8nrAdrB_wasNgK9QDkQRNzLW5HBW0hyphenhyphen_m18QFCy94t8JNPZgvECxX1ckwdjgtucSqouw/s320/i%20342614412_147960918225579_9064187666251606567_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Some may think this is all a bit "over the top." But my experience has been that this kind of work done up front allows me to focus on other things once I'm at the convention. I also generally prefer to run convention games as opposed to playing in them, so I consider time invested in systems to set up and run games as much a part of the hobby as painting figures. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYMDWM9SNP-ORWb_as_3Inf5ysvW9RFXLrn2N1DXKCbn7LPoru3fmf18-NJkAGWMhnRKxjyIgF2gLfTlR-s7IZKBsG1SUX5kp0rp5AQoLyj-dZu_l8LBaxWcfFxQMDE2HIFL3wt57SZ7E22PzBzRkVqfrvHeLWQJTzFIRprpgrKcGkr731zL8wspRcI3U/s551/hess%20officer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="289" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYMDWM9SNP-ORWb_as_3Inf5ysvW9RFXLrn2N1DXKCbn7LPoru3fmf18-NJkAGWMhnRKxjyIgF2gLfTlR-s7IZKBsG1SUX5kp0rp5AQoLyj-dZu_l8LBaxWcfFxQMDE2HIFL3wt57SZ7E22PzBzRkVqfrvHeLWQJTzFIRprpgrKcGkr731zL8wspRcI3U/w105-h200/hess%20officer.jpg" width="105" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Excelsior!</div></span></div><div><p></p></div>Ed Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648721189080574501.post-18208573556147375312023-09-23T08:40:00.006-07:002023-09-23T12:34:24.693-07:00SEPTEMBER GAME NIGHT<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwrKLYOYUtBj9_AaJv_4F_CZKOiGf3q-d4fF9ESKOMXLaAV_rFrAfBE_k08hqzae0KaETqH5Elzyfz1W8L5bw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The buzz in the room as things get underway during the September Game Night.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Our club recently (well, a bit over two weeks ago...) held its September Game Night. A blast of extreme weather came through the region and caused a few folks to not hazard the trip, so attendance was a bit down. Even with the lower turnout, there were still a few guests in the mix and enough players to support all three games (our club standard is to have three games to choose from on each game night). This particular game night had an unplanned theme, Civil Wars in America, with two ACW games (one naval and one land), and an AWI game. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwV9XvJBnzQTL4F69hg_GZ-ObvByv2ZKb3WQB4ELsv2taIPMSey78rQ0EXgTu0_o82iso-nmrNZVKQJccr18ij4sY-KwOYQ9C22x24eNOVBUq4_C9e2cKxteUCZox31ICJhLHB0jPYFhvO_CvJyX-xVewbhmGh8LfeO80q3Z0GI5L-tX6ddYEibO1sEb4/s2048/376771111_790441539432738_3080734552619613868_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwV9XvJBnzQTL4F69hg_GZ-ObvByv2ZKb3WQB4ELsv2taIPMSey78rQ0EXgTu0_o82iso-nmrNZVKQJccr18ij4sY-KwOYQ9C22x24eNOVBUq4_C9e2cKxteUCZox31ICJhLHB0jPYFhvO_CvJyX-xVewbhmGh8LfeO80q3Z0GI5L-tX6ddYEibO1sEb4/w200-h150/376771111_790441539432738_3080734552619613868_n.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCDt9OF1j0ncG7xEHbr9f3kBs6voJtR9m4GVut1IJ7XGnGl5ouV2V1T6jhf3tLb4wR9yD51BRw7k01jxg6XSSbWvCZvezyBMrYHx2zifGOOv1QCLotF8qX7iivzC_s5mv9BS8yDzqx0LoDPT_RYxanXtZQr_YDxj8nVYDlabDuxoKwWG_H__G-Uc8nwg/s4608/20230908_192815.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCDt9OF1j0ncG7xEHbr9f3kBs6voJtR9m4GVut1IJ7XGnGl5ouV2V1T6jhf3tLb4wR9yD51BRw7k01jxg6XSSbWvCZvezyBMrYHx2zifGOOv1QCLotF8qX7iivzC_s5mv9BS8yDzqx0LoDPT_RYxanXtZQr_YDxj8nVYDlabDuxoKwWG_H__G-Uc8nwg/w150-h200/20230908_192815.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjujsw1n6fsztkHjJ0YV9QR5PF2hySxNM34C0rc8_e7ItSzaBIGcflxsJzNLzd6W4L4aZ9tbRZ4lf_IlCXCGTZu4Ma80KtQrQkFglyxq9iI2M1rqhXifRD3Ky_TCfIPo8uF64NwRWcVoO7jbXSiFE-VIJ4vDZqNYItbzK-p8_FMwlBM71hgFTlh0XAxVI/s4032/20230908_192819.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjujsw1n6fsztkHjJ0YV9QR5PF2hySxNM34C0rc8_e7ItSzaBIGcflxsJzNLzd6W4L4aZ9tbRZ4lf_IlCXCGTZu4Ma80KtQrQkFglyxq9iI2M1rqhXifRD3Ky_TCfIPo8uF64NwRWcVoO7jbXSiFE-VIJ4vDZqNYItbzK-p8_FMwlBM71hgFTlh0XAxVI/w150-h200/20230908_192819.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlM1EvCUS-Ji0-P_ImRAa18QG0p5EKJrRycMbSQeLYHBn80gnZOlx6iRvquCg4oUZjyM2DRGPhHSQBsOSqYHTIgTAhndChcExta25AmWguOw0tQ6XddTbXkrVzyZDJIoq6SN8eopQtGdIdZxPxH8ljdrcaCgsTvwebo07gGp1EGOw2eEWVL1lTxbLs2Jo/s4032/20230908_192756.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlM1EvCUS-Ji0-P_ImRAa18QG0p5EKJrRycMbSQeLYHBn80gnZOlx6iRvquCg4oUZjyM2DRGPhHSQBsOSqYHTIgTAhndChcExta25AmWguOw0tQ6XddTbXkrVzyZDJIoq6SN8eopQtGdIdZxPxH8ljdrcaCgsTvwebo07gGp1EGOw2eEWVL1lTxbLs2Jo/w150-h200/20230908_192756.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">George ran an ACW Ironclads game using Bob Cordery's <i>Portable Naval Wargame</i> system. The game ran smoothly and they were able to reset it and run it twice.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm59oVFF2FNUDSeAQEhmeD25gMFYtjUcjsSoTfTlAoCIuvA4T3h7jmu4lGQuCGnGGEQb5yRVc6JSqBTBZ9NzonHqhRyTiH-rNIZmhNm5YpsNPXsal0Ccm5tkZwHFonPB2FBYWYbsLXxPvJAT-oYaTQQk2QASf1ffES0DaFMQ_F2i1l60Qx30OEFHScxHg/s4032/20230908_192740.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm59oVFF2FNUDSeAQEhmeD25gMFYtjUcjsSoTfTlAoCIuvA4T3h7jmu4lGQuCGnGGEQb5yRVc6JSqBTBZ9NzonHqhRyTiH-rNIZmhNm5YpsNPXsal0Ccm5tkZwHFonPB2FBYWYbsLXxPvJAT-oYaTQQk2QASf1ffES0DaFMQ_F2i1l60Qx30OEFHScxHg/w150-h200/20230908_192740.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4BURf3U8KOH3jDhXvRXr43rhzNDsVI-NViO_sQdAjYMxw8B1vNzZ39-y56t74bAgblhvzQCINzv7htFEEtrVTC6hBhnms3nbt7RuWjMMinOubxqN_f7EaUJAttMKvPwt_X-hri0M9Hqtg3lalvqRnBD8yXLizMLes2kns72rYd7MUmInIq_RLzEW7QaU/s4032/20230908_192832.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4BURf3U8KOH3jDhXvRXr43rhzNDsVI-NViO_sQdAjYMxw8B1vNzZ39-y56t74bAgblhvzQCINzv7htFEEtrVTC6hBhnms3nbt7RuWjMMinOubxqN_f7EaUJAttMKvPwt_X-hri0M9Hqtg3lalvqRnBD8yXLizMLes2kns72rYd7MUmInIq_RLzEW7QaU/w150-h200/20230908_192832.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36ozzxRemH1TRZdeSvcZTPSSMKeTNSYugtFOzHQAmsYvxX5Adx8JeL7uhGRaT-TUX_MTww5eOvS4KJnkIVut3wPqsz0a0bxodTOzmrCfKo0ag7aZxO9qFXtC5wylpfozVdx5PfmW8-HS56qFqmOfk0In0HmNHKodpPbVD0_RQpjgOq9sqxbujEQoVadY/s4032/20230908_192843.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36ozzxRemH1TRZdeSvcZTPSSMKeTNSYugtFOzHQAmsYvxX5Adx8JeL7uhGRaT-TUX_MTww5eOvS4KJnkIVut3wPqsz0a0bxodTOzmrCfKo0ag7aZxO9qFXtC5wylpfozVdx5PfmW8-HS56qFqmOfk0In0HmNHKodpPbVD0_RQpjgOq9sqxbujEQoVadY/w150-h200/20230908_192843.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvPrC6ihxDjnd9dJDoEE4bNUa02KLaEAuK_3M5Yy5y9QlNsPEI7YlZkEPBdcwpwm4vOV0J2YuUU7ihaOd_-3zmtmOk2uF1QfetmqxzJ9WcbOUkwJWxfh73GmFS8yXqgI25TwIIhhRGFntwb-daToDo64GrII5paR4vyExZ5S_VuvrHSCUufNkmIg8eek4/s2048/376760776_790441646099394_1065912013205962584_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvPrC6ihxDjnd9dJDoEE4bNUa02KLaEAuK_3M5Yy5y9QlNsPEI7YlZkEPBdcwpwm4vOV0J2YuUU7ihaOd_-3zmtmOk2uF1QfetmqxzJ9WcbOUkwJWxfh73GmFS8yXqgI25TwIIhhRGFntwb-daToDo64GrII5paR4vyExZ5S_VuvrHSCUufNkmIg8eek4/w200-h150/376760776_790441646099394_1065912013205962584_n.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Charlie ran a robust <i>Regimental Fire and Fury</i> game (a club favorite): with plenty of troops and shooting to get stuck into!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPf1z98-fsJiLuSzYBpBKuUrra_DY45c8M127HSChyU-b7n5_TtVI258j-EZy7NpcUJ5M-JWsNtY1z5nNAozVzjbwhktbDcfF0ChiBNTLIG9ij9bpG6nrDmr1KWbj-QWaMdGFv6Oxyf2SWhmt2O6AuueSgrRS-e0Z1kC6nHOdsJNyXYAcF4txse3QZNQQ/s4032/1%2020230908_191007.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPf1z98-fsJiLuSzYBpBKuUrra_DY45c8M127HSChyU-b7n5_TtVI258j-EZy7NpcUJ5M-JWsNtY1z5nNAozVzjbwhktbDcfF0ChiBNTLIG9ij9bpG6nrDmr1KWbj-QWaMdGFv6Oxyf2SWhmt2O6AuueSgrRS-e0Z1kC6nHOdsJNyXYAcF4txse3QZNQQ/w150-h200/1%2020230908_191007.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">AJ ran AWI game based on the Battle of Freeman's Farm using his innovative</span> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhV0euZTTol4bOBjD7EtE6fu0fwax2UXZ" target="_blank"><i>Electronic Brigadier</i> </a> system. For those not familiar with it, I would encourage you to follow the link to AJ's Electronic Brigadier Youtube channel. This is where I plopped myself down, so a brief game report follows...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNvnxLi2eWGxbV4CxdJjGtmPON86xjR3drt1iL7Ct5bW5w_CWIAP7cwc6dCoUl3D2HtO2n3fSe885KXjgq5u-S7X7OpJzzVnoSQQQHfJ9bFLOWXzLzlkWYu7gtovp6_-hHEMuWaPRYzsVWz-zzntEyZmzk19agzd63LoM7BzkT-vOw5-rhCrtR1A6r4og/s2048/At%20Start.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNvnxLi2eWGxbV4CxdJjGtmPON86xjR3drt1iL7Ct5bW5w_CWIAP7cwc6dCoUl3D2HtO2n3fSe885KXjgq5u-S7X7OpJzzVnoSQQQHfJ9bFLOWXzLzlkWYu7gtovp6_-hHEMuWaPRYzsVWz-zzntEyZmzk19agzd63LoM7BzkT-vOw5-rhCrtR1A6r4og/s320/At%20Start.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The situation: British on the right, Americans on the left. The game was originally designed for six players, but we had four at the table, so AJ adjusted by pulling two of the commands. Each player had a brigade, each shown with a box (red for British, Blue for Americans). Randy (top left) and I took up the American cause and Kevin (top right) and Earl , took up the British. Kevin commanded a mostly British force while Earl pushed Hessians. The British objective (in yellow) was to both clear a corridor and establish a unit on the hill. The Americans had to block them from doing so. Given the challenge, the Crown's forces were of higher quality with a slight advantage in numbers. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVjMSdxeRd2Qsxn8J92ra0BimuYIgPNY98ReVnnV4NJG2JLnmXhXxOks5RZfWVPaPwjtBUyRiAXlZrxNsL5zhsZix-mV7G-t27D8XPvnqfWV49ujOmoe28MKCYpm5NK9o4UKo3fnsYOOy5efhRJG6awrGoEaO2Er9xr05h3UviCV34iJtwKmzEbV0qYH4/s4032/20230908_191020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVjMSdxeRd2Qsxn8J92ra0BimuYIgPNY98ReVnnV4NJG2JLnmXhXxOks5RZfWVPaPwjtBUyRiAXlZrxNsL5zhsZix-mV7G-t27D8XPvnqfWV49ujOmoe28MKCYpm5NK9o4UKo3fnsYOOy5efhRJG6awrGoEaO2Er9xr05h3UviCV34iJtwKmzEbV0qYH4/w150-h200/20230908_191020.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEYA2-X_12VuL2I-EFIelqbm3B93mj99BbwnNYuRf3Esr3t5EB1tlmea1E-dJMrF577-ijEn5KlE_adxNamf21S945VBxNsHmgwUGinpZXnuRpvv21q9U8yVYo_txL7plY0c3pduftfospkw-ehDSpK7w6q2MCt11ViezDDJPn4q2Ocmta5EQgDOuozTQ/s4032/20230908_191018.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEYA2-X_12VuL2I-EFIelqbm3B93mj99BbwnNYuRf3Esr3t5EB1tlmea1E-dJMrF577-ijEn5KlE_adxNamf21S945VBxNsHmgwUGinpZXnuRpvv21q9U8yVYo_txL7plY0c3pduftfospkw-ehDSpK7w6q2MCt11ViezDDJPn4q2Ocmta5EQgDOuozTQ/w150-h200/20230908_191018.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">(Left) The starting view from behind Randy's brigade on the American left: Morgan's Rifles and Dearborn's lights deployed followed by two battalions of militia and a light artillery section marching up. (Right) The starting view from behind my brigade on the American right: all marching in column: three continental battalions (of mid to low quality) and one battalion of militia. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPB3mWvS5ZFtgyQSm-EjZaGcSDBBNM77eie5Br--qDCoH0KOReb4lzW1Wg2eoyeyXVwfnUorvkUXpMNymbjgDP6RSgO8f1nfqioOBuz4zAR7fRqd6tMzGPeJoTSpRGORmN9mLH7wh50hrg7RNEYCuGps57iZxvZOQ8DjkuQBGYqh_WCKUQMhbHk0Eklcg/s4032/20230908_192905.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPB3mWvS5ZFtgyQSm-EjZaGcSDBBNM77eie5Br--qDCoH0KOReb4lzW1Wg2eoyeyXVwfnUorvkUXpMNymbjgDP6RSgO8f1nfqioOBuz4zAR7fRqd6tMzGPeJoTSpRGORmN9mLH7wh50hrg7RNEYCuGps57iZxvZOQ8DjkuQBGYqh_WCKUQMhbHk0Eklcg/s320/20230908_192905.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Opposite me would be the British Left: Earl's Hessian brigade, seen at start.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNqEjNYGWCBnFwfJZEEScYpAwg1Cw71TS51GE5XNq-sg7vxPa9Bx88e3rN_3BdUw26ytaEVcxpfLZD4OeacNmWdZEAFxp2HILUBTQFGwqm6WXUqjvhG6sr_Mlce3kymEUGMcG8COKucAQnwe99rvGd-feqDdwUOT7dwsiQpBVd5vsKxLI4U4gNS0H15Iw/s4032/Move%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNqEjNYGWCBnFwfJZEEScYpAwg1Cw71TS51GE5XNq-sg7vxPa9Bx88e3rN_3BdUw26ytaEVcxpfLZD4OeacNmWdZEAFxp2HILUBTQFGwqm6WXUqjvhG6sr_Mlce3kymEUGMcG8COKucAQnwe99rvGd-feqDdwUOT7dwsiQpBVd5vsKxLI4U4gNS0H15Iw/w150-h200/Move%201.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqDmvOx1y1CsFLMauSyBUgnCQK8UbDX-c91xpwMd0WnJeERhg6UdqgA6Q4wDBsaHiJEYuOX_pvj2sBUpU4pWlDXKthYGhkEyv0eAnTT-CsrL0_m4ygh9rz4uPVXATal0MoY4giFhPlthYQR29erT2kdq6QSkq3loonTVKS07sk5lq36hW68_NwA7A7VfA/s4032/Move%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqDmvOx1y1CsFLMauSyBUgnCQK8UbDX-c91xpwMd0WnJeERhg6UdqgA6Q4wDBsaHiJEYuOX_pvj2sBUpU4pWlDXKthYGhkEyv0eAnTT-CsrL0_m4ygh9rz4uPVXATal0MoY4giFhPlthYQR29erT2kdq6QSkq3loonTVKS07sk5lq36hW68_NwA7A7VfA/w150-h200/Move%202.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div>I sent my best unit (the 2nd New Hampshire) on a march across the front of Earl's fast approaching Hessians in order to harry Kevin's advance against Randy on our left, where we were under the most direct threat. They took some lumps from fire as they went past, but arrived in good order. To delay Earl, I sent one of my NY continentals to the right to pull attention in that direction, and defended in depth in front of the his Hessian main thrust, putting my militia out front and my other NY continentals holding a position in some light woods behind them. With the 2nd NH engaged in the center, I would be both outnumbered and outclassed by Earl's Hessians--not enough to defeat them, but the idea was it would be enough to hold on. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRiaPm2NfLcUJZBGFsDiGAWiYPT8KZ7Bzms32sJBrU-B8tRjiCYCX8vn3z5lSA0tFObgx7B3Hq9JqWzruOTppacrQygrOeslh0K0GH-lRqsyWuf_0M2sRPK6ah-ndixUPgRHKuvcHietpUMVN7zlqDMvPqpRDs50N7DrZ3F6HDI2E1dxVRK1iWR08DDbw/s2048/MOVING.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRiaPm2NfLcUJZBGFsDiGAWiYPT8KZ7Bzms32sJBrU-B8tRjiCYCX8vn3z5lSA0tFObgx7B3Hq9JqWzruOTppacrQygrOeslh0K0GH-lRqsyWuf_0M2sRPK6ah-ndixUPgRHKuvcHietpUMVN7zlqDMvPqpRDs50N7DrZ3F6HDI2E1dxVRK1iWR08DDbw/s320/MOVING.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Things get under way... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYAtUPWcvQAh8iaaP6GY--RFpYyr0DVXPAEbHeunmaIFyutMu-30UUDs6QSK30jCjl-fZDvR2KVqzyOh9GAG9ml8AqqgZDE_Asdgu_HDu-VMHqp3TeSLCmjx6dWKt4U0Eh5zkBr1TrzNeZYL5jviZAk2B2hMhRZkfd246FKUa6aaCAx2jKWrKO91yRivI/s2048/Evil%20Eye.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYAtUPWcvQAh8iaaP6GY--RFpYyr0DVXPAEbHeunmaIFyutMu-30UUDs6QSK30jCjl-fZDvR2KVqzyOh9GAG9ml8AqqgZDE_Asdgu_HDu-VMHqp3TeSLCmjx6dWKt4U0Eh5zkBr1TrzNeZYL5jviZAk2B2hMhRZkfd246FKUa6aaCAx2jKWrKO91yRivI/s320/Evil%20Eye.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">...and the Americans, Randy and I (in black shirt), watch the British/Hessian steamroller advance straight at us (Earl not being hindered in the least by my best evil eye). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDBmLLG5SUWLFABGtZUeM7Xy7PEi3mm6NHc5u9LKKCKAf20lL9M3WQrOv3wyRY3hSvQng9krafS7YkY9qq8cu6KCbzPS9wLCIZ8fytwygksvceK4EPgI9gAb_HaQIztlMQbUWTXez9ujKzhbeXsph8_0y8rUaigDwk6Kg-OSPi--AlR7hSSfFGFPrHv3I/s4032/Move%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDBmLLG5SUWLFABGtZUeM7Xy7PEi3mm6NHc5u9LKKCKAf20lL9M3WQrOv3wyRY3hSvQng9krafS7YkY9qq8cu6KCbzPS9wLCIZ8fytwygksvceK4EPgI9gAb_HaQIztlMQbUWTXez9ujKzhbeXsph8_0y8rUaigDwk6Kg-OSPi--AlR7hSSfFGFPrHv3I/s320/Move%203.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The 2nd New Hampshire would lock horns with the 34th Foot, exchanging fire toe to toe, for the bulk of the game. Eventually, the 2nd NH would retire but rally back behind the NY continentals. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvSZ78sYs6x1jANwycfPAqEfrF4A30ajjh16aCW7X_baXkZ1Aguk02BhKYL72LjZ-5_GBkQvye7CUG8lReDqruV4fWhZz99nJjbUV80Y2zBhz6O15j0jms64E8c5NUzHjUfUsEwAjx9P0AEh_TQMzXMJeDkSkBi0RfcCXQ21cGBn7uN6Nl5gvuRn1-sLs/s2048/Move%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvSZ78sYs6x1jANwycfPAqEfrF4A30ajjh16aCW7X_baXkZ1Aguk02BhKYL72LjZ-5_GBkQvye7CUG8lReDqruV4fWhZz99nJjbUV80Y2zBhz6O15j0jms64E8c5NUzHjUfUsEwAjx9P0AEh_TQMzXMJeDkSkBi0RfcCXQ21cGBn7uN6Nl5gvuRn1-sLs/w200-h150/Move%204.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZQAWZwhsUyggpRRNGnfCj3siACRZEcM-JUgf_CXrT-D_SV_ILBF5WjZiWGXzs6c4O0YETM51OuOgjRWg73kLrAalCvJV2FWpeDqW-v8mQsQ6G5wtQXaKT80VdB6Ssj7cqDmY65lnKvDlXP2ZwuXo1IEIi57vyGZku-jKFZo0qamTci-x8mUFLuTkSSE0/s2048/Move%204a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZQAWZwhsUyggpRRNGnfCj3siACRZEcM-JUgf_CXrT-D_SV_ILBF5WjZiWGXzs6c4O0YETM51OuOgjRWg73kLrAalCvJV2FWpeDqW-v8mQsQ6G5wtQXaKT80VdB6Ssj7cqDmY65lnKvDlXP2ZwuXo1IEIi57vyGZku-jKFZo0qamTci-x8mUFLuTkSSE0/w200-h150/Move%204a.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Randy's position on the American left: Kevin's British are pushing hard, and the American line is stretched one deep to cover the zone and block the British end run. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5aA2cN4jRBM2z707cC7q4S8Bzb_HwpOf0fV2O7YHuSn_z9RytlNk23egyzHnMIvZvkPYkF-bIrEDJQ4seB9sLL48dzuwPOG1bLl9OlKWs0RWqORyqXlC_sfLr_deStG7SvA-K7EJqdUTX8J_BY8ud2qPlUZNtxVxkrQhrvsJYTjnvgHc9KRn4izXaaIM/s2048/Move%205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5aA2cN4jRBM2z707cC7q4S8Bzb_HwpOf0fV2O7YHuSn_z9RytlNk23egyzHnMIvZvkPYkF-bIrEDJQ4seB9sLL48dzuwPOG1bLl9OlKWs0RWqORyqXlC_sfLr_deStG7SvA-K7EJqdUTX8J_BY8ud2qPlUZNtxVxkrQhrvsJYTjnvgHc9KRn4izXaaIM/s320/Move%205.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mid battle, and the entire American line is engaged, with the British/Hessians pushing hard. A hard pounding!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivIt-t6LlN-RO0X1DJWsNe6V7R-NUS6u-Czfbds8KG_jnQiR_KFgzdihQzJ7x7GddjU8-xdf6iXtVZH5aWhWwivGuMfxiwvA6up1UfXF-e12JpxL_QUIkgUugFlqmR_ikXmf4W3yfchDcADFVWBoP6H6OpEqQ_78lSIqVf_SJ3PdiN6UixCdpdRp2i6Xw/s2048/Move%206.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivIt-t6LlN-RO0X1DJWsNe6V7R-NUS6u-Czfbds8KG_jnQiR_KFgzdihQzJ7x7GddjU8-xdf6iXtVZH5aWhWwivGuMfxiwvA6up1UfXF-e12JpxL_QUIkgUugFlqmR_ikXmf4W3yfchDcADFVWBoP6H6OpEqQ_78lSIqVf_SJ3PdiN6UixCdpdRp2i6Xw/s320/Move%206.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">...End game. Randy looks on with a sense of relief (shared by me, out of the picture), as the attrition finally catches up with the British/Hessians and several of their units fall back in disorder. The American line, battered and wavering at times, held in the end. A good game, indeed, and a near run thing! Another excellent game delivered by AJ and his Electronic Brigadier system!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRyq5lbMvKwcv3Hj3A1tU32Zgp-ZXq6-KE95nMGUCKsNTyx4T_6x_clUCrzXOBkawCmudT8p-LZvtfAfqMlp75Tbb0ukTDxqzeaueRxypG6PF_yx_7x6d5bG0hIJm5F6x4e4Z7hD4-NpgmOeUMia6l70SeNihAkVHfPLBfENvGr6DJKuqImIlPzu4noho/s4032/20230908_222323.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRyq5lbMvKwcv3Hj3A1tU32Zgp-ZXq6-KE95nMGUCKsNTyx4T_6x_clUCrzXOBkawCmudT8p-LZvtfAfqMlp75Tbb0ukTDxqzeaueRxypG6PF_yx_7x6d5bG0hIJm5F6x4e4Z7hD4-NpgmOeUMia6l70SeNihAkVHfPLBfENvGr6DJKuqImIlPzu4noho/s320/20230908_222323.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">An integral part of any game night, visiting with friends around the table afterwards: and looking forward to more games to come!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK4C7jqiKgCgieJ-1XRDPEgKZRaUCRHArRyH7nQ2JTcMpMbs9oemrg4d2seH-sg1c1ySeLjYYAcbPsL73s92uv1Ej5mD1iE6y8ikUyKErEROWC_4pDQFJfnW515bNlLf8YesMcxinPLfz7Xg-pfqWpeIyClQdUnz-WM1dhfC1_TR9GmokjVr4Nu3a4xQI/s551/hess%20officer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="289" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK4C7jqiKgCgieJ-1XRDPEgKZRaUCRHArRyH7nQ2JTcMpMbs9oemrg4d2seH-sg1c1ySeLjYYAcbPsL73s92uv1Ej5mD1iE6y8ikUyKErEROWC_4pDQFJfnW515bNlLf8YesMcxinPLfz7Xg-pfqWpeIyClQdUnz-WM1dhfC1_TR9GmokjVr4Nu3a4xQI/w105-h200/hess%20officer.jpg" width="105" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Excelsior!</div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p>Ed Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648721189080574501.post-34819293331163178672023-08-24T09:35:00.004-07:002023-08-24T11:39:16.285-07:00AN AUGUST GAME NIGHT<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyfdo3BNGbKHtHlof2-fXZbN_fTY7UunGNgEVt2ynLcqFSSsE3-oUebAy7WaaJcNYF3fetUOjXgfkNa3REvUj0BIp6xPQjcaBcPpFuXVDGFSguNmuDWmR-JQhQyhgDWAncDGZY_e6isPyAIhQqbYzi4hCXSinJ9J2sI5-tIFntoA-aQDvrJ5z-7Dej4Fc/s4032/a%2020230818_190007.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyfdo3BNGbKHtHlof2-fXZbN_fTY7UunGNgEVt2ynLcqFSSsE3-oUebAy7WaaJcNYF3fetUOjXgfkNa3REvUj0BIp6xPQjcaBcPpFuXVDGFSguNmuDWmR-JQhQyhgDWAncDGZY_e6isPyAIhQqbYzi4hCXSinJ9J2sI5-tIFntoA-aQDvrJ5z-7Dej4Fc/w300-h400/a%2020230818_190007.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">The view across the room as the club gathers for the August Game Night. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Despite the ongoing constraints catalogued in recent posts, there are still interludes of hobby activity. This last Friday, I headed out to our club's monthly Game Night, which will be the subject of this post. Unfortunately, I don't have details of the course of the particular games, so this will be more of a "virtual visit" on the general goings on. As usual, you may clix pix for BIG PIX in this post.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUK33wvI8CaMm3Ed2sXzAfNeTWm3pMOvX_TVR1weizl0UKJS40UEMB9JzEBOKKjiNJvvZpke-UiK9XrkNCRdXUowF9mSdDWtayR7jlid2A86vnBQVNDnDXUBgc9hgMYFZNmVV2_C28_Gaq-LH62GZyC8tmaEHIEfOwVo8lphjATKSzdDoSAu1WQlZ4BZg/s2048/a1%20368604044_780160697127489_301527594277901534_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUK33wvI8CaMm3Ed2sXzAfNeTWm3pMOvX_TVR1weizl0UKJS40UEMB9JzEBOKKjiNJvvZpke-UiK9XrkNCRdXUowF9mSdDWtayR7jlid2A86vnBQVNDnDXUBgc9hgMYFZNmVV2_C28_Gaq-LH62GZyC8tmaEHIEfOwVo8lphjATKSzdDoSAu1WQlZ4BZg/s320/a1%20368604044_780160697127489_301527594277901534_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The evening kicked off, as all do, with the club president (currently Byron, above), introducing the slate of games and welcoming guests, of which there were many (five or six, by my count). On this particular club night we also had a strong turn out from members (more on that anon), a definite sign (fingers crossed) that we've moved out of the long shadow of COVID and back into the swing of things. As usual, for our game nights there were three games scheduled:</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuhVNl42Ts52aT3pGM_Bskqg2R_Pfm4jlGM3fGjzWmb9Idt9LLK2v0nWxFAD_OVMbG7enw3zp5a235GemFDe6teA4bgIotbKN_LMm2FbtpoeXiUEAWZJ-_9LKiqEpfGzsU0vEXMjpX_msRXZkkYPJfEoaYi_Xon7A674ek2tDioq1CzvZqJP5VFOIQwls/s4032/b%2020230818_193811.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuhVNl42Ts52aT3pGM_Bskqg2R_Pfm4jlGM3fGjzWmb9Idt9LLK2v0nWxFAD_OVMbG7enw3zp5a235GemFDe6teA4bgIotbKN_LMm2FbtpoeXiUEAWZJ-_9LKiqEpfGzsU0vEXMjpX_msRXZkkYPJfEoaYi_Xon7A674ek2tDioq1CzvZqJP5VFOIQwls/s320/b%2020230818_193811.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Greg (standing) ran a 28mm Great Northern War game (Swedes v Russians) using his modified <i>Test of Resolve</i> rules. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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He has created his own decks of cards that he had professionally printed, and all of his other game materials (which he produced) look as if they came out of a retail box: a good looking game with great components (and an interesting era!).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb6vtJaQKqXFnZAhe62Kc33y1ryk6N2rFSMlC4j6QmtITEOPjtU55OZcizKSFVKyQnb9E9-wWK6XfGzzaU-ApGCt2pLssmucsxZ7-Ju68uFvZI346W6Ey5ZPtoma7Rbe4BVe_ZG71GM1RF9sXTiUvZibY_gSiPYyRnoUDQ2e_MeenrnfTXDFEIp68mz94/s4032/d%2020230818_190001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb6vtJaQKqXFnZAhe62Kc33y1ryk6N2rFSMlC4j6QmtITEOPjtU55OZcizKSFVKyQnb9E9-wWK6XfGzzaU-ApGCt2pLssmucsxZ7-Ju68uFvZI346W6Ey5ZPtoma7Rbe4BVe_ZG71GM1RF9sXTiUvZibY_gSiPYyRnoUDQ2e_MeenrnfTXDFEIp68mz94/s320/d%2020230818_190001.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">AJ, seated at right, put on the third game, a <i>Clash of Spears </i>game pitting Romans against Carthaginians.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRm4eC-10oidAOrgAxqPAqPSWN2p8TPg2FOc5PI-SC5ckAzCN1inYCV1cBzQoeXOCAoa9ozsEa4CpIbzkIT0IVeaKnr70j-KVET4T9OVzDhaWvJcZnLYu_Istlqhc1Me8fQQgnKjlRlNUhQ4qW_WPNQONxDkrsHTEvSAuRt2AYTNdUcP58nTZf54j1g_8/s4032/d3%2020230818_201752.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRm4eC-10oidAOrgAxqPAqPSWN2p8TPg2FOc5PI-SC5ckAzCN1inYCV1cBzQoeXOCAoa9ozsEa4CpIbzkIT0IVeaKnr70j-KVET4T9OVzDhaWvJcZnLYu_Istlqhc1Me8fQQgnKjlRlNUhQ4qW_WPNQONxDkrsHTEvSAuRt2AYTNdUcP58nTZf54j1g_8/w150-h200/d3%2020230818_201752.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsr01Dyu2kN0teH78Std7iEb4B8oGDnAl_BgWzu7TrK66PoLCV9uTI4wLJxfq-6ztP19ZsrdCQh8NRehehfBI2CDUpIVUWYHkIAwOc_ONp8ACvirK-Yib8DX_SQbj-2lBStGn9zhfHaR1W9Z3fgi39VLls05tfQMJxYSFf6rn2yl5tYViviK7-h7QwX6o/s4032/d4%2020230818_201748.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsr01Dyu2kN0teH78Std7iEb4B8oGDnAl_BgWzu7TrK66PoLCV9uTI4wLJxfq-6ztP19ZsrdCQh8NRehehfBI2CDUpIVUWYHkIAwOc_ONp8ACvirK-Yib8DX_SQbj-2lBStGn9zhfHaR1W9Z3fgi39VLls05tfQMJxYSFf6rn2yl5tYViviK7-h7QwX6o/w150-h200/d4%2020230818_201748.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2xykcaW1L5vuVLjb1ITFTsi_MeaIFLK6sR44ww1vpf7BTi3Vn-de9AQ4hCPMb4nuIBgL15ofMnZh-hMfkKIx0EFKOx5Fpv2cTe-U0OVkL10QXbxTo6mWN0dK3JejDB6MlxrSlyLVqq_9FcjIqniQaY2Vh9UnuCrhnJhG-jFMIXJp9Jjaxn6w6eFHwfY/s2048/d2%20368961970_780160973794128_4155878782035113470_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2xykcaW1L5vuVLjb1ITFTsi_MeaIFLK6sR44ww1vpf7BTi3Vn-de9AQ4hCPMb4nuIBgL15ofMnZh-hMfkKIx0EFKOx5Fpv2cTe-U0OVkL10QXbxTo6mWN0dK3JejDB6MlxrSlyLVqq_9FcjIqniQaY2Vh9UnuCrhnJhG-jFMIXJp9Jjaxn6w6eFHwfY/w200-h150/d2%20368961970_780160973794128_4155878782035113470_n.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3wXS46hT8q8RCXvf2SFl6HbRKWafs00L8G1JDWuVfPhGqicsWRBDVPWOz2Mtpdy2We9E22eMKLuFO2qB2toB6FO1FT6P86rXxy5rS9wzC7ZcoLBPC2cIHfcKnL6rgWk6xG024Bp8PScAFXA3SKj9Vpjfe-gtnM20aR3r3o5tM7YrxdPqBltUlQgiRmAg/s2048/d1%20368939042_780160740460818_6382402458508252255_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3wXS46hT8q8RCXvf2SFl6HbRKWafs00L8G1JDWuVfPhGqicsWRBDVPWOz2Mtpdy2We9E22eMKLuFO2qB2toB6FO1FT6P86rXxy5rS9wzC7ZcoLBPC2cIHfcKnL6rgWk6xG024Bp8PScAFXA3SKj9Vpjfe-gtnM20aR3r3o5tM7YrxdPqBltUlQgiRmAg/w200-h150/d1%20368939042_780160740460818_6382402458508252255_n.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div>This is a new system to our club, so AJ had the added challenge of running a teaching game to a group of players who were starting from zero (in a group like ours, there is usually at least one person per side who has some familiarity with a given system and can help move things along: not so this night). Nevertheless, we (I played in this game) were all up and running after several turns and were able to bring the game to completion in the time allotted (a Carthaginian win--the good guys for this night, since I was among them). AJ has quite an impressive collection of ancients, both for mass battle and skirmish systems. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2n4Sf04CufW5CMUfyfGJNfx-ph7mIjAh3cj28KAttTlLS__XZ5a9iZaNtzKMMRvRmAcFSYiY0GHFyIMEFhpqVfwxuoz8Zo8fYHh3tk0qnXsm3mKGW6XvjZTSdP472OuOUKTV8kQKALcKJa3C6zHARiQSMv1MvZQig882a-yM9gC-d6xMJfShKBrbMzlo/s2048/e1%20368967722_780160897127469_5764239684832290577_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2n4Sf04CufW5CMUfyfGJNfx-ph7mIjAh3cj28KAttTlLS__XZ5a9iZaNtzKMMRvRmAcFSYiY0GHFyIMEFhpqVfwxuoz8Zo8fYHh3tk0qnXsm3mKGW6XvjZTSdP472OuOUKTV8kQKALcKJa3C6zHARiQSMv1MvZQig882a-yM9gC-d6xMJfShKBrbMzlo/s320/e1%20368967722_780160897127469_5764239684832290577_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">In our club, we generally have someone bring a "stand bye" fourth game (something that is easily transportable and a light setup) just in case we have a heavy turnout and need more seats. That (happily) was the case this last game night. With 24 gamers in the room, the August Game Night was august, indeed! We needed a the fourth, overflow, game, and Gordon (seated at left) stepped up in grand on short notice to set up and run a <i>Star Wars Armada</i> game.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSjUJtWhebvMGMD-HlKnG8P2Y5tfbXvgXt52RwTIO3ojzjD3yEXD9kiPidEvJaDO_oZLrm7ECTFKBSLfpZiA9q28sPdmwqRlbReiNNafcCcpm1GoPSmPRftpkH5G1FEEE2RxN4wVORPGgF_zZHOajLhd1tSeff3bP1rP4BnNxFSRhOBb3KGHAoksjCDkY/s4608/e%2020230818_193718.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSjUJtWhebvMGMD-HlKnG8P2Y5tfbXvgXt52RwTIO3ojzjD3yEXD9kiPidEvJaDO_oZLrm7ECTFKBSLfpZiA9q28sPdmwqRlbReiNNafcCcpm1GoPSmPRftpkH5G1FEEE2RxN4wVORPGgF_zZHOajLhd1tSeff3bP1rP4BnNxFSRhOBb3KGHAoksjCDkY/w150-h200/e%2020230818_193718.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzCBDCUPX77ZAihpdjqmWxUNMQ9jdtg2ihYZ1FHa6Zv2I_pvayiYaB2p9nYhnYWO7SwgHXGuPCf4KAwVVV3xPlYbV2vMujIPkmO1DTwtLoiGMo-qtBVPM7YRKaSjbOYQYdHZL29aVmb-TOZkqG1bggR67Eyvg8oVqLifGMKIb1PvRu76XK4U9CcrKfGmk/s4032/e3%2020230818_193926.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzCBDCUPX77ZAihpdjqmWxUNMQ9jdtg2ihYZ1FHa6Zv2I_pvayiYaB2p9nYhnYWO7SwgHXGuPCf4KAwVVV3xPlYbV2vMujIPkmO1DTwtLoiGMo-qtBVPM7YRKaSjbOYQYdHZL29aVmb-TOZkqG1bggR67Eyvg8oVqLifGMKIb1PvRu76XK4U9CcrKfGmk/w150-h200/e3%2020230818_193926.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3pAFR6k_9OwOiPnuVJjjRWA_vLgfd0DAJwBmQjVvVVKpGFhbBsaB1a6cQeexaR_5mIWSffkLcG6Hy6T4DKm0UgAQvWganrR6ScwTtdsdvOIc32tlW8XCKMb5Mzxc5I1d3JyWblZYFohC5HIooZnxqYkdPrHn1gsZvIhRrM_1rVGj36INAXsHWCpOVhMw/s4032/e2%2020230818_193712.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3pAFR6k_9OwOiPnuVJjjRWA_vLgfd0DAJwBmQjVvVVKpGFhbBsaB1a6cQeexaR_5mIWSffkLcG6Hy6T4DKm0UgAQvWganrR6ScwTtdsdvOIc32tlW8XCKMb5Mzxc5I1d3JyWblZYFohC5HIooZnxqYkdPrHn1gsZvIhRrM_1rVGj36INAXsHWCpOVhMw/w150-h200/e2%2020230818_193712.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixMhhwjrdyKKM3nRnMyIy2ndjuun6REwvKLGqb2RYe94TuqwmLf9YNrhWQf1o_W6lTw6-DehfihNR_Ba6EREcoBGrZJQ_fRYocb8Gtzzxvd6oP4cYOWpJwuY9LY4g0foOYBs7RQ9Wtuh3poJbEFWn_bc_gwRgYFT1hhK5HjTT8T72Gtu2DL5lls2Z7Jww/s2048/351465435_281692997643319_2579848366960596619_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixMhhwjrdyKKM3nRnMyIy2ndjuun6REwvKLGqb2RYe94TuqwmLf9YNrhWQf1o_W6lTw6-DehfihNR_Ba6EREcoBGrZJQ_fRYocb8Gtzzxvd6oP4cYOWpJwuY9LY4g0foOYBs7RQ9Wtuh3poJbEFWn_bc_gwRgYFT1hhK5HjTT8T72Gtu2DL5lls2Z7Jww/w200-h150/351465435_281692997643319_2579848366960596619_n.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div>The club is, generally speaking, focused on historical miniatures, but it has in recent years broadened its range into the so-called "alt" gaming genres, sci fi being among them (and growing in popularity). </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8jKL__zC-e6N97dljy-4lF9D319wsBws_vPO4fWX3gLYMcYwFhKTcKzqiboILYXMtlaAxQv_YUUKqHp6Q_hDwl0Prs8O0IixRuHroZSCBniKP4Of0Y5MdE5i2lK-OjA59sW331mSbZFJU_ZYIDntEWpxcGignb2CgQZfWeMJvtMUKnNPH_f4iJLyWtx8/s4032/f%2020230818_193707(0).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8jKL__zC-e6N97dljy-4lF9D319wsBws_vPO4fWX3gLYMcYwFhKTcKzqiboILYXMtlaAxQv_YUUKqHp6Q_hDwl0Prs8O0IixRuHroZSCBniKP4Of0Y5MdE5i2lK-OjA59sW331mSbZFJU_ZYIDntEWpxcGignb2CgQZfWeMJvtMUKnNPH_f4iJLyWtx8/s320/f%2020230818_193707(0).jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Having been consumed for the last two months or so with "real life" issues that have caused me to view my hobby collection mainly as a problem that needed to be solved, this game night came along at just the right time--and I'm glad that I pushed myself to attend. It provided a timely and important reminder that the hobby is not just about figures and terrain. <br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX3czoWsLouuNZWjMZTuCRn-R8pH350KmLPkJw97mzVZipj4M1WsLxY4myH3bCzWXTk__Z99Lm-UDdT9y6En2mhEAHUky0AIFVLMV8QcDG0QiiaDfCoDQOn43HaMFsy30czp4uyWZMip4hwaiSGncqbodPnfRL4Kf_rGnJawKdK1TX3x4KToGdtunpQ-g/s551/hess%20officer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="289" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX3czoWsLouuNZWjMZTuCRn-R8pH350KmLPkJw97mzVZipj4M1WsLxY4myH3bCzWXTk__Z99Lm-UDdT9y6En2mhEAHUky0AIFVLMV8QcDG0QiiaDfCoDQOn43HaMFsy30czp4uyWZMip4hwaiSGncqbodPnfRL4Kf_rGnJawKdK1TX3x4KToGdtunpQ-g/w105-h200/hess%20officer.jpg" width="105" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Excelsior!</div></span><p></p>Ed Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648721189080574501.post-70898189674285379462023-08-11T08:38:00.006-07:002023-08-14T08:07:45.728-07:00BOX OF BAVARIANS<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4QjlMKnth08u2K1kJJJ0-CUfFazOeQyIk7lOMBWZGirpb-NU2mUP75bWGfZRCPORaAfMZbYpttM0O16aZFSrNjuJ6JpETgobWjqJ_b0WqPnA8OsXmMZLR6FawnqxnkBjlqDvy3JNfpvcPtjq8LTIL8sZ9vDXPkT7PfpJwKamNpM5ML7-onVF77Ke8DF8/s2796/Opener.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2709" data-original-width="2796" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4QjlMKnth08u2K1kJJJ0-CUfFazOeQyIk7lOMBWZGirpb-NU2mUP75bWGfZRCPORaAfMZbYpttM0O16aZFSrNjuJ6JpETgobWjqJ_b0WqPnA8OsXmMZLR6FawnqxnkBjlqDvy3JNfpvcPtjq8LTIL8sZ9vDXPkT7PfpJwKamNpM5ML7-onVF77Ke8DF8/w400-h388/Opener.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Bavarian Contingent Command</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Greetings, dear readers. The period of disruption continues in these parts, with its impact on blogging and things hobby. However, there has been an upside. As part of the process, I have decided to use this process to round out hobby loose ends, the subject of this post being a prime example. While bundling and packing up my toy soldier stuff, I ran across a box of painted mid-century (probably 1870ish) Bavarians that were generously gifted to me by a friend and fellow club mate, Bruce. Not having a complete Bavarian "army" (like my others), I stored them away "for later." When running across them again, I decided that <i>later</i> had arrived. I came to the rather obvious realization that I did not need to build a whole "army" of Bavarians to make use of these, but they could be used by themselves to field a very nice allied contingent. So, rather than packing them away again to not be seen until who-knows-when, I pulled them out and got down to rebasing them. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>THE INFANTRY</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjysKxF8wZNOOh2b6tA12TTVVGAm4D_r5HgyGM17Q0SVeeoy_qbJdm8lz_V_dWJaimFhzreAOsdSiDnF1Fefm6SLR2kvSPOTKE3UOWfngMm_RZjVQoSc5gx4H8cjeu6034zUptiyCArb5xJtaO8pQcTZ3eLKG1osF_FDLgoKjZklEeK5WQB5HXNGOL7q28/s4032/20230806_111426.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjysKxF8wZNOOh2b6tA12TTVVGAm4D_r5HgyGM17Q0SVeeoy_qbJdm8lz_V_dWJaimFhzreAOsdSiDnF1Fefm6SLR2kvSPOTKE3UOWfngMm_RZjVQoSc5gx4H8cjeu6034zUptiyCArb5xJtaO8pQcTZ3eLKG1osF_FDLgoKjZklEeK5WQB5HXNGOL7q28/s320/20230806_111426.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I could have broken the infantry down several ways, but decided to organize them as a brigade of two regiments of two battalions each (using the two-stand per battalion model per my <a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/p/ive-got-cover-art-done-what-else-is.html" target="_blank">VnB Post-nap variant</a>), with a half battalion of Jagers. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEishmS9nMFxQkXmgWQH0EV2vDet85Vp6X_bmwCiDWqZac_2nDfyTCKzsfiyUJb6afRbqwI_eGLc-EyTrGJwVEZrJ1ybeO-iX-5nU2UWmF_pA1Fo6b3Gy5cAWR2mQmfiZN4uuRi5HcUmSsr5osp8EPx9_dKoxbeqyHIb4WxbzrEpHQsAXoig1Xk3aCD-oBE/s4032/20230806_111442.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEishmS9nMFxQkXmgWQH0EV2vDet85Vp6X_bmwCiDWqZac_2nDfyTCKzsfiyUJb6afRbqwI_eGLc-EyTrGJwVEZrJ1ybeO-iX-5nU2UWmF_pA1Fo6b3Gy5cAWR2mQmfiZN4uuRi5HcUmSsr5osp8EPx9_dKoxbeqyHIb4WxbzrEpHQsAXoig1Xk3aCD-oBE/w150-h200/20230806_111442.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ6cgRSnS8O0sdHvoWp_lccJ3YIPnfZpEsiG2uOoVZr8ZcO3iUamqBIAtiK91uhI6KL2Io7NVpuiiksAlp2bLHT7N7OD8i0cwB046FnBjtd_oX7gSQbUsCZUI40Qq_o0bYlE9ZVAlwMeoyXmXJiY4yRkiGxNArEuP4e1hWnKFckDxrOdXlqz4cS7SWPD4/s4032/20230806_111451.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ6cgRSnS8O0sdHvoWp_lccJ3YIPnfZpEsiG2uOoVZr8ZcO3iUamqBIAtiK91uhI6KL2Io7NVpuiiksAlp2bLHT7N7OD8i0cwB046FnBjtd_oX7gSQbUsCZUI40Qq_o0bYlE9ZVAlwMeoyXmXJiY4yRkiGxNArEuP4e1hWnKFckDxrOdXlqz4cS7SWPD4/w150-h200/20230806_111451.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Above Left and Right: one regiment in rose facings and one in yellow (mit Fahne). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZ2ZBT06EJcbCljJCifXYzasFOv0shFu9rn8B80XOlrYXxcMlUNoGReBvUI2S45DXB0LBGObxkigNcaamieGWtcY5ucSXKCMTFYQyl4aUyp2CDp6OrTW3S3Lplgzbx8Hag0nRLyviTH00PPhSxbn9uSIuF8ixp8qGFXUTHgfm4HGlTzFrHskF9VvhkLU/s4032/20230806_111446.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZ2ZBT06EJcbCljJCifXYzasFOv0shFu9rn8B80XOlrYXxcMlUNoGReBvUI2S45DXB0LBGObxkigNcaamieGWtcY5ucSXKCMTFYQyl4aUyp2CDp6OrTW3S3Lplgzbx8Hag0nRLyviTH00PPhSxbn9uSIuF8ixp8qGFXUTHgfm4HGlTzFrHskF9VvhkLU/w150-h200/20230806_111446.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I pulled these Jagers in kneeling poses and spotted them on a single stand to represent a half battalion of Jagers. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>THE CAVALRY</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-OFwLrcJWxxYGNbD_R1vDYDE9ekg3mTfm6q9nOnkKqVYMvIF7OAxJzK_aOLv_8VI-NM71Aci5SF7e4iW7zoolQpHD2ZjuSSXbPEECJrH8gLU6yHGv0w2FER0kHQ-3edOW-HR3cNBibiLY1FdAh20ArTePClcYf685xxZZRzHjBL2ncTOAgNuozdYl4Xo/s4032/20230806_111535.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-OFwLrcJWxxYGNbD_R1vDYDE9ekg3mTfm6q9nOnkKqVYMvIF7OAxJzK_aOLv_8VI-NM71Aci5SF7e4iW7zoolQpHD2ZjuSSXbPEECJrH8gLU6yHGv0w2FER0kHQ-3edOW-HR3cNBibiLY1FdAh20ArTePClcYf685xxZZRzHjBL2ncTOAgNuozdYl4Xo/s320/20230806_111535.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>There were two fine regiments of Bavarian dragoons in the collection (four figs each)--providing a nice cavalry brigade to accompany the infantry brigade. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9U9dDpBYt-wLT5oefyARrQWtvCe-zwy2lyeYOfR2Poh8RtTth1CTSX155Ogl5jVmmYrEerLakKD3gDtMzEMLFsjllA7y_P6lG9f9-frSaDVkdypP9_BNlY1UCHnCM9-I6Ak2AJsPEyxl8F9_tXcpmfbRzO6rhQyV7bZh28YOZf8CSJhlggHxHpOX8Eg0/s4032/20230806_111538.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9U9dDpBYt-wLT5oefyARrQWtvCe-zwy2lyeYOfR2Poh8RtTth1CTSX155Ogl5jVmmYrEerLakKD3gDtMzEMLFsjllA7y_P6lG9f9-frSaDVkdypP9_BNlY1UCHnCM9-I6Ak2AJsPEyxl8F9_tXcpmfbRzO6rhQyV7bZh28YOZf8CSJhlggHxHpOX8Eg0/w150-h200/20230806_111538.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ963UNs2V6gwHhd9GR0b6CqcqHgUx_9M4HkMemAsqmZvSNp_YW2570UH5WA0gjCOXykj46o-9sYnlh73LmWUPX6WtA__4m0mQyINLTvUwKrEIlfTD4iqG0BpBuSIki-4NvzFYSaclkoM-RCfbkpTJrWmuSJpBpQSbDlll6TOUXEmg1IgcIwdEISolUlo/s4032/20230806_111547.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ963UNs2V6gwHhd9GR0b6CqcqHgUx_9M4HkMemAsqmZvSNp_YW2570UH5WA0gjCOXykj46o-9sYnlh73LmWUPX6WtA__4m0mQyINLTvUwKrEIlfTD4iqG0BpBuSIki-4NvzFYSaclkoM-RCfbkpTJrWmuSJpBpQSbDlll6TOUXEmg1IgcIwdEISolUlo/w150-h200/20230806_111547.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">The cavalry regiments are distinguished by separate poses, with one having sword on shoulder and one sword carried, and by their rose and red facings. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>ARTILLERY</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeikPxByYBB4Rwkj4p7Tr1vgID5J1fPIePqy6SfjEdFHvgTm2v_y640pW_KilH73W1O89KEw4PJao9eLaaQzxc74JBe_knSkhykRe6AUBGORJXGmhjdi9BUUaE78mJCCRuzLtdWSdwOFAjC0hNDggKYfu2_-TL9XYDxaVWgwV1-3ltg8FyUAhC5PvKJFQ/s4032/20230806_111620.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeikPxByYBB4Rwkj4p7Tr1vgID5J1fPIePqy6SfjEdFHvgTm2v_y640pW_KilH73W1O89KEw4PJao9eLaaQzxc74JBe_knSkhykRe6AUBGORJXGmhjdi9BUUaE78mJCCRuzLtdWSdwOFAjC0hNDggKYfu2_-TL9XYDxaVWgwV1-3ltg8FyUAhC5PvKJFQ/s320/20230806_111620.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>I decided to be a bit more selective with the artillery. There were four stands of guns and gunners in the collection, but I decided on rebasing only two. This was due in part to the fact that the mix allowed for two "standard" 3-figure gun crews (as depicted, with a commander, a loader, and a ramrod holder), with the remainder being multiple figures in the same pose (pushing the gun carriage). Had I needed four guns, I could have come up with a way of configuring them (as Bruce had), but given the size of the contingent, two batteries are about right. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>THE COMMAND</b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTeM50JPL3t-Fbe4NdJCPCmWabRLZI-fmGrgGiBsR0ixULcoslSTH0vslg_1B4RacEkFpQqMflg59fFOVK1b0bneJL3ECvQrjBW53DMUvGYuOxjnYC6I8D3CbzwWP6MRyYZ48gHlWE9cfYV1wE1x0aDUGIpO4iNNKswf7pssjjI4iMQHODQa3wDV2UhwM/s4032/20230806_111726.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTeM50JPL3t-Fbe4NdJCPCmWabRLZI-fmGrgGiBsR0ixULcoslSTH0vslg_1B4RacEkFpQqMflg59fFOVK1b0bneJL3ECvQrjBW53DMUvGYuOxjnYC6I8D3CbzwWP6MRyYZ48gHlWE9cfYV1wE1x0aDUGIpO4iNNKswf7pssjjI4iMQHODQa3wDV2UhwM/s320/20230806_111726.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Although the contingent doesn't technically warrant an "Army" command stand, I had a Prussian command stand left over, which started out with the figure in the greatcoat nearest to the flag (and an aide, which I pulled). I then added Bruce's command figure (the one in the foreground in the brown boots) and retouched the other, covering up the dark Prussian blue with Bavarian Cornflower Blue. I figure I can still add this element as an allied command stand as needed, particularly if I pull the flag (which has a magnetic base), making it more generic. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCpOnU2t9iu2EHxqMJxexBBh63YWr82xszFSF0QdseyB6Yg90vvMiDs3eYXPaG0TJGkBWfIL9xSd0d_l50g7ecI9An0K55Kx2NyChDczIOkL24lavIj8kiUyjrPvmuWQTyimnEeEGXaivO9MIUrpu0qpnWqynvAvL-zOUsoMiuFNbGPGkLvpwJneYllaA/s4032/20230806_111725.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCpOnU2t9iu2EHxqMJxexBBh63YWr82xszFSF0QdseyB6Yg90vvMiDs3eYXPaG0TJGkBWfIL9xSd0d_l50g7ecI9An0K55Kx2NyChDczIOkL24lavIj8kiUyjrPvmuWQTyimnEeEGXaivO9MIUrpu0qpnWqynvAvL-zOUsoMiuFNbGPGkLvpwJneYllaA/s320/20230806_111725.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>And there was this handy command figures in the mix, which I simply mounted up. He will do nicely as the contingent/brigade commander in a game. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>USEFULLY BOXED</b> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHaut45sntGu_CWVKHagDiUsQB20MCcV8ucFJJ0pKyJyaT_pk2ab17ox_1rCjdVFhO01aA3Rj9AAbk72JFKVjKfr66GvveaTrp8TfH9OqSOu8MI3KcLd-WMgcx3RD4UajPcMzVxdYk-PJ4zu3kbGDoZeujwdC_7vahM7V9QwRf-07ZuIIBJ1r3R8AalnU/s4032/20230806_111931.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHaut45sntGu_CWVKHagDiUsQB20MCcV8ucFJJ0pKyJyaT_pk2ab17ox_1rCjdVFhO01aA3Rj9AAbk72JFKVjKfr66GvveaTrp8TfH9OqSOu8MI3KcLd-WMgcx3RD4UajPcMzVxdYk-PJ4zu3kbGDoZeujwdC_7vahM7V9QwRf-07ZuIIBJ1r3R8AalnU/s320/20230806_111931.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>And perhaps best of all, the entire contingent fits nicely into a single Very Useful Box (blue, of course, to signify Bavarians). Bruce has since moved on from our club, but I would like to publicly thank him for this splendid gift, which I have finally done some justice to. I intend to add this contingent to the first game that I get on the table (once I have a new permanent gaming space again). </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXGEFvHn3n-0VyWscuJZ68dVBd0xE28cLflo-mpky598vIs88tgGVEQxqM3v-Ba0q4G0xrGe_sdMIMgFN7JOP0WVhboB7SMlOfgoKSshVwp7pp6JpW7eaaoMUz8QSAp2-O7Xm2kazFtMCCwmdxa4jEm-o5I8FSnOyqqJ7GQrqy2v5Xs3w2vJZUML0uvsg/s551/hess%20officer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="289" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXGEFvHn3n-0VyWscuJZ68dVBd0xE28cLflo-mpky598vIs88tgGVEQxqM3v-Ba0q4G0xrGe_sdMIMgFN7JOP0WVhboB7SMlOfgoKSshVwp7pp6JpW7eaaoMUz8QSAp2-O7Xm2kazFtMCCwmdxa4jEm-o5I8FSnOyqqJ7GQrqy2v5Xs3w2vJZUML0uvsg/w105-h200/hess%20officer.jpg" width="105" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Excelsior!<br /></div></span><p></p>Ed Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648721189080574501.post-47297326011105880272023-07-21T17:30:00.013-07:002023-07-22T07:40:58.184-07:00BACK TO SQUARE ONE--MINUS A FEW<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcnXPh1sH9oUTuGl_zqmXj9X5AMizwGUy2UD4wL-HjYsNaRc1za2afvyrVWp8T7XBKO9wUsuWUQVakfnR9UMjyd_7DeXgb5myt7946GM8YpqKpMd5IY4yYg48Di9Kwig6INam_G7072atCkOGDoJa8H1GP12AktuK61BdINleO8sQ63_yxRagWNzb7S9Y/s4032/Ending%20Point.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcnXPh1sH9oUTuGl_zqmXj9X5AMizwGUy2UD4wL-HjYsNaRc1za2afvyrVWp8T7XBKO9wUsuWUQVakfnR9UMjyd_7DeXgb5myt7946GM8YpqKpMd5IY4yYg48Di9Kwig6INam_G7072atCkOGDoJa8H1GP12AktuK61BdINleO8sQ63_yxRagWNzb7S9Y/w300-h400/Ending%20Point.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">The cleared out (almost) Games Room...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Well, for those who may still be checking in around here, I thought I'd do an update on what has been going on here in Meanderer Central--by way of what has not been going on as far as blogging (and gaming). In my last post, I concluded with a note about "real life" intruding on hobby life. That has continued (and intensified). It all began with the skylights in the Game Room (above), which are original to the house. In other words, about 30 years old and now allowing water seepage. Thus, they will need to be replaced (and the water seepage damage repaired, repainted, etc). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhKsYLWYbgrGhLf0KmOiemUNGwNyEvL-9sCmGS7dsEakWKBAkf0VJ-jmy-NooDhpXVAKhT9Pu30zd9Kr67k_jLO0RLEKnYURjP75i8sArEQx7Al2kFwTUIPOVRWaP553TmMbidJaJh-gvJWnen95SD4HfzhPa7Im9jsH0wiPOMpTChemIORXEDq9AWbaM/s4032/Starting%20Point.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhKsYLWYbgrGhLf0KmOiemUNGwNyEvL-9sCmGS7dsEakWKBAkf0VJ-jmy-NooDhpXVAKhT9Pu30zd9Kr67k_jLO0RLEKnYURjP75i8sArEQx7Al2kFwTUIPOVRWaP553TmMbidJaJh-gvJWnen95SD4HfzhPa7Im9jsH0wiPOMpTChemIORXEDq9AWbaM/s320/Starting%20Point.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">This was/is a particularly discouraging development in the light of the major effort that I had just gone through to reorganize the space and set it right (above), the process for which I <a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/2023/03/game-room-and-hobby-space.html" target="_blank">reported on in this blog</a> (and earlier reported on the <a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/2021/10/ex-libris-ed-ms-wargaming-library.html" target="_blank">major cull that preceded it</a>). All of this, of course, meant that I would need to clear out the contents, eventually. Given that we have reached an agreement with a contractor to do the work but have not yet been scheduled for the job, this was something that could be put off for a bit (or so I thought). Meanwhile, running in the background, Mrs Meanderer and I have been in the market for places we might move to, and at this time, we saw a house that ticked all the boxes--and put in an offer. Consulting with our realtor, we also decided that we should put our current house on the market. Suddenly I was under the gun to clear out the game room as part of prepping to show the house (and hopefully an accelerated date for repairs) on top of everything else that was happening (prepping the rest of the house, dealing with the myriad of things involved with the new house)...arrrrrrgh!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQc96DaTEZbjpacToFFETnGBhQeiISLYfBwC-dEMFQvrzWSZw7p6QTJyTN5Y-jUOllMAXGC_jlECHRuidK0-daJ7SNk7sLQCMj49s0uN-2CUMzSh2bOpRw83oAiDyhiXJKQtAQy2LqMv7TBnRRpem7zV7WaTUKR7ZoG-y08lZ7rL4yVpu57nR2E7GzgFs/s4032/20230716_172447.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQc96DaTEZbjpacToFFETnGBhQeiISLYfBwC-dEMFQvrzWSZw7p6QTJyTN5Y-jUOllMAXGC_jlECHRuidK0-daJ7SNk7sLQCMj49s0uN-2CUMzSh2bOpRw83oAiDyhiXJKQtAQy2LqMv7TBnRRpem7zV7WaTUKR7ZoG-y08lZ7rL4yVpu57nR2E7GzgFs/w200-h150/20230716_172447.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKxlAR-LsXNAMQLY5ErdKLhclbsH4_pTsQyu9SNJRxGx6uCAJ_0pcHmUkkK0J0gc8UuIxRxki8cHpKlIfXJd66CQVnDtcLt0_RqxGOdg8X7yFmSs_oO22dW9YcgpRG99qSqTvq8uGi1gJ4-J_lta7YB7UAkvtuOQF_xhWF5UJ-grboFc_skOXfTeuvMdE/s4032/20230716_172507.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKxlAR-LsXNAMQLY5ErdKLhclbsH4_pTsQyu9SNJRxGx6uCAJ_0pcHmUkkK0J0gc8UuIxRxki8cHpKlIfXJd66CQVnDtcLt0_RqxGOdg8X7yFmSs_oO22dW9YcgpRG99qSqTvq8uGi1gJ4-J_lta7YB7UAkvtuOQF_xhWF5UJ-grboFc_skOXfTeuvMdE/w200-h150/20230716_172507.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAcbTSNf8ubvlcIuNtSpC9aShE6DOMgfGGqQVLVD83whCHHflqQg4DSza_sofhG0owjp6MkTt1bqK8K-GVO-WRxMTv8HmM0fLjzbnnGw_J8EUlssVlGl1wzlNIgBzs9GO4Kd04rXYl-rw6sTul3kbEWjo1vJURJlW-Z-Y9MuRVoUiyLPEmK-_HWOciO2Q/s4032/20230716_172522.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAcbTSNf8ubvlcIuNtSpC9aShE6DOMgfGGqQVLVD83whCHHflqQg4DSza_sofhG0owjp6MkTt1bqK8K-GVO-WRxMTv8HmM0fLjzbnnGw_J8EUlssVlGl1wzlNIgBzs9GO4Kd04rXYl-rw6sTul3kbEWjo1vJURJlW-Z-Y9MuRVoUiyLPEmK-_HWOciO2Q/w200-h150/20230716_172522.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>So in short order, I wound up repacking my hobby stuff and schlepping boxes, boxes, and more boxes up into the attic. Above is a shot of a portion of the haul. We are fortunate to have a house with a swing space like this to store stuff.,,but still. There was no joy here. As I was going through this process, I was struck by the <i>obscene</i> amount of space my hobby stuff takes up, and all of this after I thought I had cleared out and streamlined my collection. Looking at the opening picture, you will note the still full shelves against the back wall that have yet to be shifted. After going through this, I'm not sure that all of the stuff that went into the attic will be coming back...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7KSE7haeKs11ZXiOTqpKruTL5LGFYnh-uYRfBIjDJoamMn-xFpggQaS99lOw1r5tE97LsfsGjkyjNmNUQBrakYJVVkqVP-wt2tUsXlopFdqa3KHdlGggag7Us7XalrrcjI2TTjJQ9cjIBOOPlUSDvxDjZKzo6ba2bxXFjGNOkEs5Ml3b4-XtAvhcfXc/s4032/20230715_164131.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7KSE7haeKs11ZXiOTqpKruTL5LGFYnh-uYRfBIjDJoamMn-xFpggQaS99lOw1r5tE97LsfsGjkyjNmNUQBrakYJVVkqVP-wt2tUsXlopFdqa3KHdlGggag7Us7XalrrcjI2TTjJQ9cjIBOOPlUSDvxDjZKzo6ba2bxXFjGNOkEs5Ml3b4-XtAvhcfXc/w150-h200/20230715_164131.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuCjF4GNYhYxydPBiXqxAc2ax3F7wUSIPe9ufm0Dl7HBMsZ1MiwMG_y4EKZe0rN8LhemXtKh1D_-8jPeLak5ZzcdAh0eL2ykUvcGOLDSndnE6uwLYQNp2wg8n7nyxbSOHlu4CYsp9SFSCz9_Z2pdEg4dLV_dpaL7MNs_nbl42yGOqwbNXilsWlhKeCydk/s4032/20230715_164127.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuCjF4GNYhYxydPBiXqxAc2ax3F7wUSIPe9ufm0Dl7HBMsZ1MiwMG_y4EKZe0rN8LhemXtKh1D_-8jPeLak5ZzcdAh0eL2ykUvcGOLDSndnE6uwLYQNp2wg8n7nyxbSOHlu4CYsp9SFSCz9_Z2pdEg4dLV_dpaL7MNs_nbl42yGOqwbNXilsWlhKeCydk/w150-h200/20230715_164127.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div>...in particular, when I cleared out what (I thought) was a modest two-shelf remainder of my <a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/2021/10/ex-libris-ed-ms-wargaming-library.html" target="_blank">culled book collection</a> and found that it <i>still </i>amounted to 9 boxes of books, plus two plastic bins, I was about ready to walk them to the nearest dumpster rather than to the attic. But I decided to store them for now and take another hard look when I pull them out. Meanwhile, we were doing similar work in the rest of the house, not just in my game space. But the effort involved with shifting my hobby stuff dwarfed any other chore. Like many, though, I guess I've reached that point in life where we reassess our hobby pile. For now, it's all safe and sound. I know that I'll need to find a more settled time to do a sort rather than do a hasty purge under duress. In short, a very busy time (to say the least)....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI7G2Dhc0g3OPvLou8nci-XuJGW-J8eEYCMfUMAJPd9WqbITEHCFU-xIHKdf9WoT6CBlNrW5N9WflWgn59h9N0pSuGgWX6gmF2_JlpvPoHWfk5I-fUD81kvFreqixQsrjNlCLT7BzEcYyCdy2lkDy9cPTktoLNvN75AOQPZ-otJ2wL0dv44IrSZeK8SZI/s390/bkeyepoker.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="381" data-original-width="390" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI7G2Dhc0g3OPvLou8nci-XuJGW-J8eEYCMfUMAJPd9WqbITEHCFU-xIHKdf9WoT6CBlNrW5N9WflWgn59h9N0pSuGgWX6gmF2_JlpvPoHWfk5I-fUD81kvFreqixQsrjNlCLT7BzEcYyCdy2lkDy9cPTktoLNvN75AOQPZ-otJ2wL0dv44IrSZeK8SZI/s320/bkeyepoker.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>...but then, the inspection for the place we were going to buy came around and we found some things that made us decide <b><i>not</i> to close</b>. So we weren't moving after all. Fortunately, we had not yet listed our current residence, and so put a halt to that process as well. In short, we're back where we started. While all this was going on, we had family visiting from out of state, a major heatwave, and a bout of near flooding rains (although we were fortunate in these parts to just be very, very wet and not suffer any actual damage). Despite the halt on the move, we have taken this opportunity to continue to clear out the house, declutter, and make it easier for us to move when that time comes. In addition, this has meant a parade of DYI projects for me--all those little things that you live with but need to set right in order to show a house. Regardless, I will need to keep my game room empty in anticipation of the repairs that will happen there (eventually)--and most likely I will probably just keep my stuff boxed up rather than putting it back again. So I probably won't be running any games for some time. </span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGqYfSCZC7F6BJL8IW4WLu_8Th4qjMw6wONppcLix3qhS1qkbqut4c2_gUe7ijwWNeY-ZQcsSyaY-gBnihxKa3wbIPWaWaHt_-anXLEGCdxZ3P0y8PqtOUbGEc0vAERC3ZPHs8GczqQs7j00WJZ8WOxxctHK5hnWpq4vqvjlgfMb6me4C6nDYFk952CaQ/s374/png-transparent-whale-jonah-bible-line-art-biblical-faith-belief-religion-god-vintage-thumbnail.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="374" data-original-width="360" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGqYfSCZC7F6BJL8IW4WLu_8Th4qjMw6wONppcLix3qhS1qkbqut4c2_gUe7ijwWNeY-ZQcsSyaY-gBnihxKa3wbIPWaWaHt_-anXLEGCdxZ3P0y8PqtOUbGEc0vAERC3ZPHs8GczqQs7j00WJZ8WOxxctHK5hnWpq4vqvjlgfMb6me4C6nDYFk952CaQ/s320/png-transparent-whale-jonah-bible-line-art-biblical-faith-belief-religion-god-vintage-thumbnail.png" width="308" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">So, like Jonah, I have been swallowed by events. Once the "real world" spits me out, I hope to be able to return to the far better world of blogging and toy soldiering. </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkuZMRSRt1Wg9zq4dJOI5HxvSnKs96WQPwbOYhF9KS_pZMHFczbWuOPH2IyAzCH_bpRxb-MqoeHViLQrNIucL7sKTn1UUWMP55-ejGE17CGG3TnmoSt89lkTJz7UCa3PlVl-Am5BirfHgV8b-U-aG_hOJkDNpZJwHobm2STxsMZKqN6PguHR6I4E-aqYs/s4032/h%2020230316_195724.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkuZMRSRt1Wg9zq4dJOI5HxvSnKs96WQPwbOYhF9KS_pZMHFczbWuOPH2IyAzCH_bpRxb-MqoeHViLQrNIucL7sKTn1UUWMP55-ejGE17CGG3TnmoSt89lkTJz7UCa3PlVl-Am5BirfHgV8b-U-aG_hOJkDNpZJwHobm2STxsMZKqN6PguHR6I4E-aqYs/w150-h200/h%2020230316_195724.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Just so that this isn't too dreary and a complete waste of time, toy soldier wise, here is a cache of images from my Joust for the <i><a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/p/joust-for-fun-of-it-quick-play-jousting.html" target="_blank">Fun of It </a> </i><a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/2023/02/joust-for-fun-of-it-big-knights-wip.html" target="_blank">Big Knight</a><i> </i>Collection. I have put together six teams, each with unifying theme...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGfSdCV47cc0lPsQxCp-V_Je8THZEHD-IOb5Qm_757KzHzJ-sSoSfhdF473RMIk7dpI7nnXnOzL4G3BaJiSTjc4XFSlluZNQTygt5C2SpoYfzv219u5hKFzEbwFUzQy4nNngSM5GW3zk42NiWuD20J0pSxk_kgRz_Ey_opsVwkr95BsWn-0yR3VJ9ws7I/s4032/b%2020230219_100900.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGfSdCV47cc0lPsQxCp-V_Je8THZEHD-IOb5Qm_757KzHzJ-sSoSfhdF473RMIk7dpI7nnXnOzL4G3BaJiSTjc4XFSlluZNQTygt5C2SpoYfzv219u5hKFzEbwFUzQy4nNngSM5GW3zk42NiWuD20J0pSxk_kgRz_Ey_opsVwkr95BsWn-0yR3VJ9ws7I/s320/b%2020230219_100900.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Each team consists of four knights, two "ordinaries," one "notable," and one "lord." For most of the ordinaries, I used the same figs (above), painted and modified for each team. </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlJQPQeSgjv7KygBBLhKsZGiC67cPOYSpSQBi62wM13bZv1ftCzpD-63-1elQFxWlAQds2tE6Dz0C_RH242azXrdOe4-ODebUp0ECzL7a9UfI_XNxWt56MxvXRvmkZ0tS7KbXEPFWHpO0kZ0QFwQJGYQe31kfuMkUon7l7wGrnPwVVE4dxKW80wmDeMYE/s4032/b%2020230326_123051.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlJQPQeSgjv7KygBBLhKsZGiC67cPOYSpSQBi62wM13bZv1ftCzpD-63-1elQFxWlAQds2tE6Dz0C_RH242azXrdOe4-ODebUp0ECzL7a9UfI_XNxWt56MxvXRvmkZ0tS7KbXEPFWHpO0kZ0QFwQJGYQe31kfuMkUon7l7wGrnPwVVE4dxKW80wmDeMYE/w150-h200/b%2020230326_123051.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2cfxYbWOsBp82thLagE2Ob1MnKUOjOhT7t6VojPpxsDDVu3xBk926cFZvV2qJtPaBF62xXE7oPjV-8kd4zKRXhf-v74sKtHmhs1Ad7heojaCAs6R-KuZMMFhBTpE5DhNDlHIii0g3eWhMgoZ4H9682ZrBVGVkOkYhiQsEgjBu7hY1vmI2TBa66hM5EmQ/s3134/d%2020230326_120357%20crop.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3134" data-original-width="3023" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2cfxYbWOsBp82thLagE2Ob1MnKUOjOhT7t6VojPpxsDDVu3xBk926cFZvV2qJtPaBF62xXE7oPjV-8kd4zKRXhf-v74sKtHmhs1Ad7heojaCAs6R-KuZMMFhBTpE5DhNDlHIii0g3eWhMgoZ4H9682ZrBVGVkOkYhiQsEgjBu7hY1vmI2TBa66hM5EmQ/w193-h200/d%2020230326_120357%20crop.jpg" width="193" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">As a play aid, I made these markers for each team. They are 1.5 inch x 1 inch wood wargame stands, stained, with each having the shield design of the knight. They track which knight has been used (flipped over) and which has yet to joust. Each team has a color and/or theme (as usual, you may clix pix for big pix)...</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihfqTDh6hxILaaZAWXmUpBJ91uYoCix_440pwOsLX3E9nkmsqaYqLCFfrt9PelcQU_V8DF6XwWFG15kfgOorURhyy4KfpHdc1Fs1miEnY4m_9hQZtR_T5VcjkTeKC3yWzGlm9Kyf_9urKr2y1RbTcPAwNKTWQz6zUTZM9z_TsLbx-e1jYU--jTj5rQ0Cc/s4608/d%2020230219_100333.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihfqTDh6hxILaaZAWXmUpBJ91uYoCix_440pwOsLX3E9nkmsqaYqLCFfrt9PelcQU_V8DF6XwWFG15kfgOorURhyy4KfpHdc1Fs1miEnY4m_9hQZtR_T5VcjkTeKC3yWzGlm9Kyf_9urKr2y1RbTcPAwNKTWQz6zUTZM9z_TsLbx-e1jYU--jTj5rQ0Cc/w240-h320/d%2020230219_100333.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Team White</span></div><div><p></p></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkVT9OV7AOT0C8ovaod4pWrHJf77D9gKTzvuyAqd5W6_Yx366bSAk0eRi3c4Nnrufz6M841F_U7M-JyL4TfVLyZ2NbG3GP-1pAjvGIwfV6Beie7zF9bYQkR4emw82PspXbNGmHdTrhomuWV3TF7-PraEA9zRmud4PcM3eEMUE0Ci4kdUcf-mHYnZP59Rg/s4608/f%2020230219_100453.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkVT9OV7AOT0C8ovaod4pWrHJf77D9gKTzvuyAqd5W6_Yx366bSAk0eRi3c4Nnrufz6M841F_U7M-JyL4TfVLyZ2NbG3GP-1pAjvGIwfV6Beie7zF9bYQkR4emw82PspXbNGmHdTrhomuWV3TF7-PraEA9zRmud4PcM3eEMUE0Ci4kdUcf-mHYnZP59Rg/s320/f%2020230219_100453.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Team Black</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0eQoSD2Fc9ZB5v0KFfY7Te3q-266LIdBn_NXL4yPM4D56C3KCXBF5nZ5_mWpTDLaBlb_YjCcZMH-8LIDfkRK560zUqdn8TdoWG_gaXOudPTlabC3X2RHVt6-KaeLEfv9WpfkWR-M7pxdty7CXmIqABiIpmQDFOo46qi016fGpoAMvkFMv96mbX07zeWU/s4608/c%2020230219_100217.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0eQoSD2Fc9ZB5v0KFfY7Te3q-266LIdBn_NXL4yPM4D56C3KCXBF5nZ5_mWpTDLaBlb_YjCcZMH-8LIDfkRK560zUqdn8TdoWG_gaXOudPTlabC3X2RHVt6-KaeLEfv9WpfkWR-M7pxdty7CXmIqABiIpmQDFOo46qi016fGpoAMvkFMv96mbX07zeWU/s320/c%2020230219_100217.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Team Red</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFPW55B36Uk9fXasmheJJi9zl-SP-sxCiRyE26SFnsI28EWVd4VwQNIWsnjqKdqcVQoBzGWIWbji2AW1NNl8auVE2xDARROR1QdhwmcYivgfHHecPt5Gl9XfVFPzRwwNjQQvHEbHK4D4YcLDvI1jPC3hls3XxXImeM21vC2MRLXo44J-JiTfn5YqIy9F0/s4608/g%2020230219_100615.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFPW55B36Uk9fXasmheJJi9zl-SP-sxCiRyE26SFnsI28EWVd4VwQNIWsnjqKdqcVQoBzGWIWbji2AW1NNl8auVE2xDARROR1QdhwmcYivgfHHecPt5Gl9XfVFPzRwwNjQQvHEbHK4D4YcLDvI1jPC3hls3XxXImeM21vC2MRLXo44J-JiTfn5YqIy9F0/s320/g%2020230219_100615.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Team Blue and Yellow</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPy2CZXCDYH79HR4Q9OGYXtkKZywRuj4COBUr1AXdXnFl2GMVOTjwYByuTOXKFehTsw4WdcWrnrT-8gN0xoCptjM6N9yu27hG-33c607EP-03XoIm-qq7so_PNAUNn7-ERg6bdK27TCbVqsro1Lnt1ZC_NxZQUNmlcJ8V4TwfDFYyvfx68QxAGYejTodI/s320/20230424_210634.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Team Paladin (Crusader Themed): nicknamed "Salt and Pepper" for the black and white.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">That's it for now. Looking forward to resuming normal levels of surfing, blogging, and commenting in the future. Thanks for stopping by. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJo5nBYGbuduadOG3K6BTsI8WalyvZe8oGdaqrl-M7cQjpiLMGlfN4fY1Dw5s9OncbrTw8bhihNcb2BVOt4iivhjRbwI8vu9LfuUrbwHfwgybOJQDtJHcj0M69DegkoOQUOCsvj6ojo6v_8u92JntIeflxiCqsUz_UmLdJXHbgdO1JnzTJonHqcXiCDkw/s551/hess%20officer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="289" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJo5nBYGbuduadOG3K6BTsI8WalyvZe8oGdaqrl-M7cQjpiLMGlfN4fY1Dw5s9OncbrTw8bhihNcb2BVOt4iivhjRbwI8vu9LfuUrbwHfwgybOJQDtJHcj0M69DegkoOQUOCsvj6ojo6v_8u92JntIeflxiCqsUz_UmLdJXHbgdO1JnzTJonHqcXiCDkw/w105-h200/hess%20officer.jpg" width="105" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Excelsior!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span>Ed Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648721189080574501.post-41584819861073296262023-06-13T18:36:00.008-07:002023-06-14T11:17:15.533-07:00HOUNDED BY THE WIFE<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPEiPP35uHNtjOmi6pjBmWa1CIVnoty3yFr69FqLZA6jCHdO7XwmCax5WDoofqywEcPqijZ9y9HlJoPaYvFafCXMZeeWKvjpON-6AqhDpQp0x26-Ngygaa2ch6FwN951imaT1dKxKfRIJFm5VDuUvX_ft_OBWnLZFgFzMls-JyxXRL2Opov5LcSvLg/s4032/20230513_082117.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPEiPP35uHNtjOmi6pjBmWa1CIVnoty3yFr69FqLZA6jCHdO7XwmCax5WDoofqywEcPqijZ9y9HlJoPaYvFafCXMZeeWKvjpON-6AqhDpQp0x26-Ngygaa2ch6FwN951imaT1dKxKfRIJFm5VDuUvX_ft_OBWnLZFgFzMls-JyxXRL2Opov5LcSvLg/w300-h400/20230513_082117.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Our two hounds, doing what hounds do best, Rose (left) and Gracie (right). </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I have occasionally mentioned the canine wing of Meanderer House, the establishment of which has recently expanded from one to two, Gracie being the junior and new addition (just passing her sixth month). Both are rescues, so neither has any definitive lineage or pedigree. Both fall into the broad category of "Coonhound"--we worked with "Northeast Coonhound Rescue" for both. We are almost certain that, given her size, Rose is of English foxhound stock. Gracie, who promises to outgrow her elder sister, we are inclined to believe is probably mostly American foxhound (the larger of the two adjacent breeds). "Coonhound," is a rather vague categorical that includes many branches.</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVb5LeElnOue-VY1xAASzTTNYFNE6w2GQq7NXoZY6bulS-pH0WOg2fUQfsA0MIm2VgienXSqXAQltuwDaYhH6jWSpGyBJyViBUnUd-sA4e8Tz92cReHTA7ITTLJuHtoQctIN5o4o4LFqoOySnYYAFfCv6xTzDCQcJDiTP4n_jidxSaxQaGysiGLer1/s960/72612844_1514015018746639_9046910599669219328_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="960" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVb5LeElnOue-VY1xAASzTTNYFNE6w2GQq7NXoZY6bulS-pH0WOg2fUQfsA0MIm2VgienXSqXAQltuwDaYhH6jWSpGyBJyViBUnUd-sA4e8Tz92cReHTA7ITTLJuHtoQctIN5o4o4LFqoOySnYYAFfCv6xTzDCQcJDiTP4n_jidxSaxQaGysiGLer1/w200-h172/72612844_1514015018746639_9046910599669219328_n.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Our previous "Coonhound" (Roxy, above) was in fact a Plott Hound. You will note the similarity to Rose and Gracie (<i>please read that ironically</i>). At the end of the day, labels wot not. We're not concerned with breed standards or pedigrees. We call them what works for us, (and we like to be able to say something other than "mutt" when asked what breed our dogs are). Getting back to the foxhounds. You may be wondering what this has to do with toy soldiers? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXzJxAcXTYpW1PrS0aT5VIx_QmwIb7U0pl3WyKNJ8q39cRjpYKG1vfed-nGxim-idSfoRBhycjtG0XcwChxz8zpX9Qr7gSCYvib7pBnlxFkLLtNXzHOrrYOItSCCaaho6NzJvYnys9hZ5eiiPD63pksPUQHPyiUi9IqJtoFLNhp-xKVTRapNYyHSw_/s4032/h%2020230316_195724.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXzJxAcXTYpW1PrS0aT5VIx_QmwIb7U0pl3WyKNJ8q39cRjpYKG1vfed-nGxim-idSfoRBhycjtG0XcwChxz8zpX9Qr7gSCYvib7pBnlxFkLLtNXzHOrrYOItSCCaaho6NzJvYnys9hZ5eiiPD63pksPUQHPyiUi9IqJtoFLNhp-xKVTRapNYyHSw_/s320/h%2020230316_195724.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">When my J<i>oust for the Fun of It</i> project was nearing completion, and the completed figures were populating their display case (above), I noticed that a toy dog had appeared (also a Schleich). The wife (bless her) had run across it somewhere and slipped it in among the other figs...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfcz7Pt8RV3RtyNHcPXzfsgKfI9YVBGE-xaitacA2QQtxYzNiH5uAiwUBaQSRCZtPQGLzDj2p0NdgWxQYNlKTyVQSEelhuILCFzpulmBcRqpCoqzLWw6dnvpQsV68fmGzsaIf-AfegZw1YgxAx7fN5fii_Y1VnEOk693sJH19ddbDvhl6LFOghgFka/s4032/20230516_201754.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfcz7Pt8RV3RtyNHcPXzfsgKfI9YVBGE-xaitacA2QQtxYzNiH5uAiwUBaQSRCZtPQGLzDj2p0NdgWxQYNlKTyVQSEelhuILCFzpulmBcRqpCoqzLWw6dnvpQsV68fmGzsaIf-AfegZw1YgxAx7fN5fii_Y1VnEOk693sJH19ddbDvhl6LFOghgFka/s320/20230516_201754.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>...recognizing the little fellow as a member of the family, I took the logical next step. I based it and made it an official part of the collection (although I've yet to give it... her?... a name). <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgreyDha3kjUguApxMNzWPaeb14iPeymAnFcJCjWUkmNs415Uf851jjwFZJjqQ78o29_2vHNs8MRBi_CtUoAubYJXQke7B973_yxU53nHwfWPqz1iQkNsvAfxdYaTKIqp9GcRO3c0S-cNdMrDaN3e9Ra9Rc4uOWYQzB12HuUgans1VcYK6y3ozaJpXY/s1065/heralds%20resized.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="1065" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgreyDha3kjUguApxMNzWPaeb14iPeymAnFcJCjWUkmNs415Uf851jjwFZJjqQ78o29_2vHNs8MRBi_CtUoAubYJXQke7B973_yxU53nHwfWPqz1iQkNsvAfxdYaTKIqp9GcRO3c0S-cNdMrDaN3e9Ra9Rc4uOWYQzB12HuUgans1VcYK6y3ozaJpXY/w400-h198/heralds%20resized.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>You will note the little guy to the left (viewer's right) of the heralds in the above picture. I use it as a marker to keep track of which side issues the challenge in the current joust (left or right of the heralds=players on the left/right of the table). <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLtI2aaCTHg65CF7H2IanUp-RS00LCx6JdWjYTFOlW8vwwQXZo-3wM7wU8N3AuvQBuwKUbflk9Yv07VDwOkbExntDCC5dG9GvB-lvIsKhN-shn7fXrqf-1mok0PlBJOtSYGGnkZ8vRofjsROS0tppspm__mOifnLI1hyTXlzaMrxGnVFxclFHQkHzu/s600/marx.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="600" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLtI2aaCTHg65CF7H2IanUp-RS00LCx6JdWjYTFOlW8vwwQXZo-3wM7wU8N3AuvQBuwKUbflk9Yv07VDwOkbExntDCC5dG9GvB-lvIsKhN-shn7fXrqf-1mok0PlBJOtSYGGnkZ8vRofjsROS0tppspm__mOifnLI1hyTXlzaMrxGnVFxclFHQkHzu/w400-h299/marx.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>In other news, this has been a particularly busy stretch, with lots of things going on (nothing bad; just the adult stuff that happens outside of toy soldiers). These have have squeezed out time and attention available for the hobby, and so I've been in something of a "time out." We're coming to the end of this busy period in about a week (fingers crossed). I'm looking forward to making the rounds again and catching up with the circle of "usual suspects" in the blogosphere in the near future.</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN_DM_XYJSPFP0uQvtS2PhgWBJS_nKqoJE71R4tn8CiZiiQsByOlI5qny7eNdKA8GpbQyqhIOQbNMRoFWAXVrRKoosGjhxbev1XIF4OdEDqRiqKN17wzWtUgFs0YSbTmFAjhjm518WvoeEMc1Xui_nTO4RxONdiJ3eZMxdgoA35TVRmhQf3p5i-3En/s551/hess%20officer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="289" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN_DM_XYJSPFP0uQvtS2PhgWBJS_nKqoJE71R4tn8CiZiiQsByOlI5qny7eNdKA8GpbQyqhIOQbNMRoFWAXVrRKoosGjhxbev1XIF4OdEDqRiqKN17wzWtUgFs0YSbTmFAjhjm518WvoeEMc1Xui_nTO4RxONdiJ3eZMxdgoA35TVRmhQf3p5i-3En/w105-h200/hess%20officer.jpg" width="105" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Excelsior!</div></span><p><br /></p>Ed Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648721189080574501.post-25729082036739787142023-05-08T18:02:00.005-07:002023-05-09T18:52:03.377-07:00HERALD-THREE<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnzz9zP3gmWU-jb-TGtWCK2D9AXtQxZ03flFltX8Dml3m5ekOPIMXmjPQCu28Jd_iVa09rOkN3J9EpRvGlvCvRcML-fxmzepMRCwNY7YCRTULkshE0uumRlLwIjGBQLI8uOuYUaemimBZCYVAZwuUlyHgURMAQBdqyrxHOsGe_jiecDAk0aCOFjVeJ/s4032/20230424_210320.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnzz9zP3gmWU-jb-TGtWCK2D9AXtQxZ03flFltX8Dml3m5ekOPIMXmjPQCu28Jd_iVa09rOkN3J9EpRvGlvCvRcML-fxmzepMRCwNY7YCRTULkshE0uumRlLwIjGBQLI8uOuYUaemimBZCYVAZwuUlyHgURMAQBdqyrxHOsGe_jiecDAk0aCOFjVeJ/w300-h400/20230424_210320.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Another spontaneous production: the Herald Stand.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Following up from the previous post on the reviewing stand, this will be a more abbreviated post reporting on another fabrication in the big knight jousting game. In this case, what began purely as a bit of embellishment wound up providing that and a utilitarian function. As usual, in this post you may clix pix for BIG PIX.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijHwvwOLaqhwRGPOeRzuSyz0A8qqvZuABtDo-hO0hpzst6bXgjWC-WNlOO-oKeR9uHsznOJCBk_Ezrbya04EeXKOXO0W4RTFeMSWWrYX8Zmvkj3Uu550mTTdqokb5SiWb4lD3L2edNO8mxnQ154kv3SfA3Ff_fJLPvXJSt2db-igz5TZWMBsBWPJ4g/s4000/IMG_4793.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijHwvwOLaqhwRGPOeRzuSyz0A8qqvZuABtDo-hO0hpzst6bXgjWC-WNlOO-oKeR9uHsznOJCBk_Ezrbya04EeXKOXO0W4RTFeMSWWrYX8Zmvkj3Uu550mTTdqokb5SiWb4lD3L2edNO8mxnQ154kv3SfA3Ff_fJLPvXJSt2db-igz5TZWMBsBWPJ4g/s320/IMG_4793.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Originally, I picked up a couple of the herald figures with the intent of having a pair of them flanking the royal stand. I was experimenting with the idea of having each stand on a block or some sort of simple raised platform (above). Somewhere along the line, I wound up with a third herald, which gave me other ideas. I was also kicking around the idea of adding flags to the reviewing stand. I realized that I could combine the three heralds and the flags in a single platform that would add a bit of eye candy and also provide a game function (a sort of score board tracking the rounds and jousts/courses). </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnNqFExCLdTmYPL2uKAQ6WMy96mUVsPtax-YsA5ZrjBvJmkrC3dQ2H7u0egMqQc9DNUl86DqJg8UZobKzCZmcZu-17muk4gV8OG6jtpOB3la9AkYYnBpsjkZ0sAdlMQEiFzd2_TzHYyZIDfZ-SUdb8NxcCNOtPxJ3WSoKQfzfF_8y2Voq86wYC0aVR/s4032/20230424_210313.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnNqFExCLdTmYPL2uKAQ6WMy96mUVsPtax-YsA5ZrjBvJmkrC3dQ2H7u0egMqQc9DNUl86DqJg8UZobKzCZmcZu-17muk4gV8OG6jtpOB3la9AkYYnBpsjkZ0sAdlMQEiFzd2_TzHYyZIDfZ-SUdb8NxcCNOtPxJ3WSoKQfzfF_8y2Voq86wYC0aVR/s320/20230424_210313.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">The complete project, with all flags flying and all three heralds in place. The game can have up to five rounds, each represented by a flag. Each round consists of matches between paired players, with each match consisting of three "courses" (ie jousts), represented by the three heralds. </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie5jrXssTz5qoARALGbTyUKw9eHfDAxzqKYIRifrl5CTC6HZICoL7RBGvGRh3GnxTsK6hJKsoQLHnKBZ3PRPWuUFlhhVH8b_gAMDF8pFlpAeWdivRRX1WynxuPGg1oITDY3dal1Y_K_uSu8iefZU0Rscax73Z2je3TZy9sUsxvrU1eYPOIsdl7jMrg/s4608/20230424_210402.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie5jrXssTz5qoARALGbTyUKw9eHfDAxzqKYIRifrl5CTC6HZICoL7RBGvGRh3GnxTsK6hJKsoQLHnKBZ3PRPWuUFlhhVH8b_gAMDF8pFlpAeWdivRRX1WynxuPGg1oITDY3dal1Y_K_uSu8iefZU0Rscax73Z2je3TZy9sUsxvrU1eYPOIsdl7jMrg/s320/20230424_210402.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">This provides a paperless tracking system to help run the game and a visual means to help players see where we are in the tournament. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">The above illustrates how the tracking system works. The two flags means that it is the second round. The two heralds mean that it is the second course/joust within the match/round. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx6EMaW7vOQzZyoS2lHE1bHxpDexCjlIBlmhznDO_O-NurKHtj11ImztkQPtEwY1eljRKP5Pu_UGeU56-BTWSrVkv4Vpw7U72xT9Qwzt5ZyYJBmD6Cp1S5uK8r1I0HQOqR1px7Rl5la86_30NmBwLySwrbqKHNrtVMuJ0WKGzr3Qa2LXyWk6Vb5V-H/s1065/heralds%20resized.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="1065" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx6EMaW7vOQzZyoS2lHE1bHxpDexCjlIBlmhznDO_O-NurKHtj11ImztkQPtEwY1eljRKP5Pu_UGeU56-BTWSrVkv4Vpw7U72xT9Qwzt5ZyYJBmD6Cp1S5uK8r1I0HQOqR1px7Rl5la86_30NmBwLySwrbqKHNrtVMuJ0WKGzr3Qa2LXyWk6Vb5V-H/w400-h198/heralds%20resized.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The platform sits to the side of the reviewing stand and is tall enough to be seen from the far end of the table. Before the game starts, I have all the heralds posted and all flags flying. When the game starts, I pull the heralds and announce the first match and first course, putting up the first flag and spotting the first herald--to much fanfare. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLtW97B6YcPWfpZOstbTDRUha3LklTprxheV1KtgxJKl3Dg_Z3QRK7QpKBoqsPuTZc19iYyVb928SAWs_cdGb8YYjuD55myJUa5153I7SHEBSljXBhE4515z7-hPL_1uB-w_mhv2cPfei3Gho_FvIl0zl_Qf1uhrtqEgqtq-VO26uOu0TPZQCS50ql/s4032/20230424_210516.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLtW97B6YcPWfpZOstbTDRUha3LklTprxheV1KtgxJKl3Dg_Z3QRK7QpKBoqsPuTZc19iYyVb928SAWs_cdGb8YYjuD55myJUa5153I7SHEBSljXBhE4515z7-hPL_1uB-w_mhv2cPfei3Gho_FvIl0zl_Qf1uhrtqEgqtq-VO26uOu0TPZQCS50ql/w150-h200/20230424_210516.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF2T17bfzrOelBY00u2ulpPq8VY1_FRFvboU7nmbmnt_dJSfwNUS0LxmxEwUusVC32ySutwaQAV-2IjoyFAcBa_HLYpE-Fg2AT7QAXRSewtK_f4SvkpoRpVjA71ihqOIypyVPM3P89_LwPPZBTPmotT9KPiuLQHFoAZNz6PJhWnuCsfRz7yoPkuxN9/s4032/20230424_210848.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF2T17bfzrOelBY00u2ulpPq8VY1_FRFvboU7nmbmnt_dJSfwNUS0LxmxEwUusVC32ySutwaQAV-2IjoyFAcBa_HLYpE-Fg2AT7QAXRSewtK_f4SvkpoRpVjA71ihqOIypyVPM3P89_LwPPZBTPmotT9KPiuLQHFoAZNz6PJhWnuCsfRz7yoPkuxN9/w200-h150/20230424_210848.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The flags are simple pennants (triangular affairs) that I put on dowels that fit into holes on the back of the stand. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQxMc2wU6YlQi-LVBxFxrjufzlpf_6PzvRkxgd14x_G5pCMk9qSDCXn7Y_7kQ1r8LoG-wmpBuozmhLgeCJM28UxIfAThmJRobQRVDvgnWC8tqt3c3bM_me47EgHD6xzcusXGVqzLZxS7zJ9CBgwszOWIJa7biWHQTQll7XnfmNq2zLtMW-gaFXTwB6/s928/hanging%20banners.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="928" data-original-width="890" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQxMc2wU6YlQi-LVBxFxrjufzlpf_6PzvRkxgd14x_G5pCMk9qSDCXn7Y_7kQ1r8LoG-wmpBuozmhLgeCJM28UxIfAThmJRobQRVDvgnWC8tqt3c3bM_me47EgHD6xzcusXGVqzLZxS7zJ9CBgwszOWIJa7biWHQTQll7XnfmNq2zLtMW-gaFXTwB6/s320/hanging%20banners.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Like the royal stand, the herald stand looked a bit too austere once done. So I added a dowel to the front and fashioned a set of hanging banners. I designed them using a medieval clip art set that I picked up years ago. Using my standard approach for flags, I cut these out and folded them over with a coating of white glue on the reverse to hold the two halves together. I then gave them a bit of a bend and a flutter with the handle of a paint brush while the glue was still wet. Upon drying, the white glue stiffens nicely and the flags hold their shape. The three banners also provide an additional visual to help track the progress of each match: there is one for each herald, so the number of heralds tells which course it is, and the number of banners without heralds informs the players of how many courses there are left to run in the match. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhns0cpX42-52p92FYLCX5wtLCPXXXH9IyhXmjg71GKyWrQV7mupahIJh46iLJeiAbXtL35SI1ZZFuyOSZGFW4LstT4KBvEp0cnvyOIeZwZv5UmzPNsFZx5_FSZS-3H_8TYNxbfv4EqjbY9wh5kumlAW844KTiZZfjTNcUUliPC61lsu-iXQY2M9Pc/s1279/JFFOI%20Resized%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="1279" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhns0cpX42-52p92FYLCX5wtLCPXXXH9IyhXmjg71GKyWrQV7mupahIJh46iLJeiAbXtL35SI1ZZFuyOSZGFW4LstT4KBvEp0cnvyOIeZwZv5UmzPNsFZx5_FSZS-3H_8TYNxbfv4EqjbY9wh5kumlAW844KTiZZfjTNcUUliPC61lsu-iXQY2M9Pc/w400-h260/JFFOI%20Resized%203.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The view from the far end of the table during the recent Mayhem convention game. It is the second course of the fourth round (two heralds and four flags): there is one more course to be run in the current match (1 banner without herald). The thing that I still need to add is some sort of score board to show a running total of the scores through the various rounds (an excellent suggestion from the players). I'm thinking of some sort of mini white board set up on the other side of the royal stand, opposite the heralds. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMfJm6zWMWp9D6mgJCaGa61ajmCXmaPZisKl31pzWtg-A2eLuSY4WdQJ8hs7Xx2tk0NlsanH6P8Hj1SeStf-oKrh4upMs4r0FUaLjTVSd5YLmgmuWVL2OLuBxQupN18vUsMjnpApViCB8WeaeKRDFvtbTP4AfNCvd__uykmsNTT-p_5xle6Y0aUqz_/s551/hess%20officer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="289" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMfJm6zWMWp9D6mgJCaGa61ajmCXmaPZisKl31pzWtg-A2eLuSY4WdQJ8hs7Xx2tk0NlsanH6P8Hj1SeStf-oKrh4upMs4r0FUaLjTVSd5YLmgmuWVL2OLuBxQupN18vUsMjnpApViCB8WeaeKRDFvtbTP4AfNCvd__uykmsNTT-p_5xle6Y0aUqz_/w105-h200/hess%20officer.jpg" width="105" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Excelsior!</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p>Ed Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648721189080574501.post-9453708255437325932023-05-02T18:15:00.007-07:002023-05-04T04:41:27.030-07:00WHEN YOU HAVE TO MAKE A STAND<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvpzOIlwMDyPk4aU1WnATePQNJwhsv_4Z-yh-VPS8wNalPgOoOMv1ljMbKwMNmCJYvN3NdtGdzQzlfAU4vkb0Suv3ykSruExL0sT3DDDQYmHW6a1gx9IDrdXuazwHjaXi6LPXV0ohOLY_-e25AbdX4vBEYM17hgWzwFplnPPQVXZ5jDzZmsgYwXhqB/s4000/IMG_4818.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvpzOIlwMDyPk4aU1WnATePQNJwhsv_4Z-yh-VPS8wNalPgOoOMv1ljMbKwMNmCJYvN3NdtGdzQzlfAU4vkb0Suv3ykSruExL0sT3DDDQYmHW6a1gx9IDrdXuazwHjaXi6LPXV0ohOLY_-e25AbdX4vBEYM17hgWzwFplnPPQVXZ5jDzZmsgYwXhqB/w400-h300/IMG_4818.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">The King and Court on the Royal Stand. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It all started with the additional figures in the Schleich World of Knights line that I picked up to accompany my large scale <a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/2023/02/joust-for-fun-of-it-big-knights-wip.html" target="_blank">jousting knights</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEoOKcRTMkzg_0GccxjXQpJkxvSMnFsAEKl_bbIiQoassxXmip6cqELG1HbG9OvMvZCKNE04ZZuK954cY1M7wo8gH_PgukMX6hzdMkbchhDT9jmXqrVNE_HHsiFnQv_5bcBp-hboIeeychOtqSfHHLzdMbB4o1-8U9coRV3MpptUz4f1kPhGSEW8Hs/s1092/Character%20cards.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="1092" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEoOKcRTMkzg_0GccxjXQpJkxvSMnFsAEKl_bbIiQoassxXmip6cqELG1HbG9OvMvZCKNE04ZZuK954cY1M7wo8gH_PgukMX6hzdMkbchhDT9jmXqrVNE_HHsiFnQv_5bcBp-hboIeeychOtqSfHHLzdMbB4o1-8U9coRV3MpptUz4f1kPhGSEW8Hs/w400-h258/Character%20cards.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">I scooped these up on ebay with the idea of adding another dimension of play to my <i><a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/p/joust-for-fun-of-it-quick-play-jousting.html" target="_blank">Joust for the Fun of it Rules</a>. </i>Whenever a player rolls a 1, one of these special characters enters the game, determined randomly. I produced a card for each (above), which is given to the player along with the figure (as usual, you may clix pix for BIG PIX). FYI, the numbers in brackets on the card indicate the roll that activates the figure. For the curious, the full rules for these special characters can be found on the <i>Joust for the Fun of It</i> <a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/p/joust-for-fun-of-it-quick-play-jousting.html" target="_blank">resource page</a> (scroll down to the "New Stuff" area). The subject of this post is not the characters, though. It is the unplanned foray into scenery fabrication that arose from them. I had thought that they would add to the look of the game when placed on the side of the lists until called for, but they seemed more clutter than spectacle. It occurred to me that a big part of any jousting game is the "eye candy"--the look of the thing--and that what I needed was some sort of viewing stand, a royal one, for these figures. And that I'd have to make it myself..</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8zV8dtFpVkprV_Qac4VyYD4kbXwntnOTo7hdBlT87qF6iuPdXEAcUELWXQv_oB_ryfqNsWnukeWZKDO3zS_KlLcbQJU3KL7TLJRnZbyDZDTXRrnUvV4LArrrU_Nq9aaXYOqMT6esmRWV75TRPrPue-eaRumBb5AsGK0SWRoK37NdtlkRSYG4LSjSJ/s4032/20230405_072953.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8zV8dtFpVkprV_Qac4VyYD4kbXwntnOTo7hdBlT87qF6iuPdXEAcUELWXQv_oB_ryfqNsWnukeWZKDO3zS_KlLcbQJU3KL7TLJRnZbyDZDTXRrnUvV4LArrrU_Nq9aaXYOqMT6esmRWV75TRPrPue-eaRumBb5AsGK0SWRoK37NdtlkRSYG4LSjSJ/w150-h200/20230405_072953.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioJSd26HlNXz0g5yziL_Hj5oR0NrWfgnDufcmbjryWm_GrP4rqvL24d8CYING3yN2L9q0Shy8kis6yu5B0OJ_94f_Fak1bogJkg4ahbAU7WOjFdptL0yPNQwjHdWDN0rIrNUWEh5uNTADIdallCQw3SpXQEnfgX-iPZSODhrQJ6GFxUHlme18a8b9V/s4032/20230408_185541.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioJSd26HlNXz0g5yziL_Hj5oR0NrWfgnDufcmbjryWm_GrP4rqvL24d8CYING3yN2L9q0Shy8kis6yu5B0OJ_94f_Fak1bogJkg4ahbAU7WOjFdptL0yPNQwjHdWDN0rIrNUWEh5uNTADIdallCQw3SpXQEnfgX-iPZSODhrQJ6GFxUHlme18a8b9V/w150-h200/20230408_185541.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ZvDR7lV3-erVAfzctAFndkXapOUVU9M1Cb0oUpKpxVLXyXCoCVY2NvMkdkLPlKqUDGrmbr88_58dk0XDik0-5ca55PnMYWXJLdNPWRR7D-Yu-Tk5D5suHD6YWTlo9P6FsJOnR2XIzHB9A80otrPMpxMJgpimGaj4-m3wJiM1cEY6uwV81S5a4Ska/s4032/20230405_072047.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ZvDR7lV3-erVAfzctAFndkXapOUVU9M1Cb0oUpKpxVLXyXCoCVY2NvMkdkLPlKqUDGrmbr88_58dk0XDik0-5ca55PnMYWXJLdNPWRR7D-Yu-Tk5D5suHD6YWTlo9P6FsJOnR2XIzHB9A80otrPMpxMJgpimGaj4-m3wJiM1cEY6uwV81S5a4Ska/w150-h200/20230405_072047.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">Thus, I found myself embarking on a woodworking project involving square dowels, craft wood, a range of little screws, small finishing nails, and wood glue. This is not my forte (to say the least), so I went at it with a bit of excess. I assembled a range of likely bits of raw material in various sizes to allow for trial and error, and just dove into the project without diagraming or detailed advance planning. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9AXBc54dEOAyhGyYb4Vm6UrYN_TrddiXbaHvVgxvqb_0gHCQrwnMdHc_Bwpaz-gLkn6bnSKMiEdeh5tOS8KYQG07qn2HST8ghDAqSVwVdO7j45WW7CfLdoWV_svM8fv-7rbRJ-12yRTDWEGuy6odUukvVSyTxz7v2JROjR1SPkFhh_33xK7ExDWqi/s4608/20230405_072115.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9AXBc54dEOAyhGyYb4Vm6UrYN_TrddiXbaHvVgxvqb_0gHCQrwnMdHc_Bwpaz-gLkn6bnSKMiEdeh5tOS8KYQG07qn2HST8ghDAqSVwVdO7j45WW7CfLdoWV_svM8fv-7rbRJ-12yRTDWEGuy6odUukvVSyTxz7v2JROjR1SPkFhh_33xK7ExDWqi/w150-h200/20230405_072115.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">I just took it one step at a time, letting one thing lead to the next. Fortunately, there were only a few mis-steps along the way, none of them fatal to the end product. It would have gone more smoothly had it been planned ahead, no doubt, but I probably would still be diddling with the "how to" had I gone that route and not have had a finished product in time for the Mayhem convention. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfKViLJxSINIIKgfyj7pdVXWwomfAFnYRXhSZKj_CFV_kv6lyE6ZPJ_WpWhAGWLfCbu3fc1_jggOEEKD0N5VMsmN2EyfX2DG68G5YLmACtI-oWygBUrsxONuz9qxnxZUcb7gIJLxGvj4GCbRGW7C-dNmncIWBabZXd3Hg2F_XXDo8vnfDNKWW8UQcq/s4032/20230407_142649.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfKViLJxSINIIKgfyj7pdVXWwomfAFnYRXhSZKj_CFV_kv6lyE6ZPJ_WpWhAGWLfCbu3fc1_jggOEEKD0N5VMsmN2EyfX2DG68G5YLmACtI-oWygBUrsxONuz9qxnxZUcb7gIJLxGvj4GCbRGW7C-dNmncIWBabZXd3Hg2F_XXDo8vnfDNKWW8UQcq/w150-h200/20230407_142649.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ35StULb3sOr_8DB7K01WGbgQRn5A2LbbJTZv6B5wBbLOsQXBJ_7vLmVRbBR237Exeo2MjolACzhVQQ-HDCLaUs58Hw_O_HHjfyRXg9U7SHg-GiwLzkoHeAcmfRsIL5tIlZOtRzLLYy6P2X1CMqy4wTB8ECPEfQPEPf-6zC1Nz775f1wV5GavRlLD/s4032/20230408_154414.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ35StULb3sOr_8DB7K01WGbgQRn5A2LbbJTZv6B5wBbLOsQXBJ_7vLmVRbBR237Exeo2MjolACzhVQQ-HDCLaUs58Hw_O_HHjfyRXg9U7SHg-GiwLzkoHeAcmfRsIL5tIlZOtRzLLYy6P2X1CMqy4wTB8ECPEfQPEPf-6zC1Nz775f1wV5GavRlLD/w150-h200/20230408_154414.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdJjpWTuDOqLCd9bH7DhJvLp68VFzzZpZOR_1RGlRU1QaPoJNYq5idYCYPN_G5TH77k9gC5DAsd8LvNu1BnpmOKhcRzKJxpdsxMgYBejmyLvl-ysSrs99RtKafeJXcPkZ1jbwViZA82QNKHXSzc3nspQWulSxmX_ffybLUz5JU75cYIt7PtHusSo4M/s4032/20230408_154703.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdJjpWTuDOqLCd9bH7DhJvLp68VFzzZpZOR_1RGlRU1QaPoJNYq5idYCYPN_G5TH77k9gC5DAsd8LvNu1BnpmOKhcRzKJxpdsxMgYBejmyLvl-ysSrs99RtKafeJXcPkZ1jbwViZA82QNKHXSzc3nspQWulSxmX_ffybLUz5JU75cYIt7PtHusSo4M/w150-h200/20230408_154703.jpg" width="150" /></a></div>The stand coming together. Not being well equipped with woodworking tools, there were workarounds, like using weights as opposed to clamps to hold parts together while the glue dried. I also decided that I would stain rather than paint the stand. Given that you need to wait about 24 hours after staining to work with a piece, this decision wound up doubling the overall time needed to complete the project, but it had the beneficial side effect of infusing pauses that allowed me to plan the next step. </span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd2Tf9dTYGnxMya4Ya_J8G85RxZOZfhpdUxJO6efWdLLAONVlVzXsliOx3dy0Q6gMZDotuP2SLmm2tMd5C6g8s_oQ4oxzIVyvlTS_-FrBVlvziGw9ubSDpgsi6qaDad-Wgf_kRtjXhyl4QHeuaZkR4Pr7-st_F2ddkPnsMaUH9OtrSKizlR5DOzzIk/s4032/20230407_150131.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd2Tf9dTYGnxMya4Ya_J8G85RxZOZfhpdUxJO6efWdLLAONVlVzXsliOx3dy0Q6gMZDotuP2SLmm2tMd5C6g8s_oQ4oxzIVyvlTS_-FrBVlvziGw9ubSDpgsi6qaDad-Wgf_kRtjXhyl4QHeuaZkR4Pr7-st_F2ddkPnsMaUH9OtrSKizlR5DOzzIk/s320/20230407_150131.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">As I neared the end of the project, I felt that the stand seemed a bit stark: a platform on a frame. It lacked something. Reprising the way that I decorated my <a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/2023/02/making-list-and-checking-it-thrice.html" target="_blank">lists</a>, I worked up another set of shields, only larger... </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY8v6j3Wm6A3hyCDkiNk0roWvWY_cX2TnqENX-GezLTxFJRimNI7opBpU-vhdrmsN5XMZF1yMpObVCsz1zCX8wo7bgNlBwz3FHWxR0BlzJyoLJLHZek9bs-LQ_VVQVoIqv6OfnUzNjVnnMSDHkIYyc7ThpTVpNm8Oq_2hddx8YHF29Oa4nrbOyGnrO/s4000/IMG_4807.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY8v6j3Wm6A3hyCDkiNk0roWvWY_cX2TnqENX-GezLTxFJRimNI7opBpU-vhdrmsN5XMZF1yMpObVCsz1zCX8wo7bgNlBwz3FHWxR0BlzJyoLJLHZek9bs-LQ_VVQVoIqv6OfnUzNjVnnMSDHkIYyc7ThpTVpNm8Oq_2hddx8YHF29Oa4nrbOyGnrO/w400-h300/IMG_4807.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">...and added them to base of the viewing stand. The viewing stand provides a nice addition to the look of the game and highlights the figures, but also serves a game function as the designated space for the characters (when activated, they go from the stand to the player, and when used, are returned to the stand).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhamKV-VNRiv_fPZ_nXUqkCunSGAC3lFYZlkoTTM6TUOGnxbFzIZ3aDqf3bRP8Xf-X0sGIfSwV2fOiERuTTk5kfrTEEMg996jhM84vatWeiPWwofufYLCBDubYUrGQiRqR_eAFd1yiYMhz6_QcFIE4po2DiaEZpmfTQtRVsw80Qgw21-ORawPt8P8EX/s4032/20230424_210320.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhamKV-VNRiv_fPZ_nXUqkCunSGAC3lFYZlkoTTM6TUOGnxbFzIZ3aDqf3bRP8Xf-X0sGIfSwV2fOiERuTTk5kfrTEEMg996jhM84vatWeiPWwofufYLCBDubYUrGQiRqR_eAFd1yiYMhz6_QcFIE4po2DiaEZpmfTQtRVsw80Qgw21-ORawPt8P8EX/s320/20230424_210320.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">In my next post, I'll describe the other bit of spontaneous fabrication for my jousting game. </span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXrnmhNs2steJkrGFANxXqHLyUEv5ih2i5OZy7DSaalc7E5jSKzrxSsipYipJwJbrae0Dda-_SmWBAjlEAz_8HmhByX_p2uljItlps3OAwKXUgz9hG-JZrqXx3wJmC4QQ6FH7nCkUln4pYwqBWU7XXvutM54rZ0bMAl5DP-wHogb7DaLkMN5-MXgqL/s551/hess%20officer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="289" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXrnmhNs2steJkrGFANxXqHLyUEv5ih2i5OZy7DSaalc7E5jSKzrxSsipYipJwJbrae0Dda-_SmWBAjlEAz_8HmhByX_p2uljItlps3OAwKXUgz9hG-JZrqXx3wJmC4QQ6FH7nCkUln4pYwqBWU7XXvutM54rZ0bMAl5DP-wHogb7DaLkMN5-MXgqL/w105-h200/hess%20officer.jpg" width="105" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Excelsior!</div></span><p></p></div>Ed Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648721189080574501.post-77226112658270482692023-04-25T10:21:00.016-07:002023-04-26T07:16:58.374-07:00MAYHEM CONVENTION <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZ3skRyJmpm-McMXycQTpYQDKGXwk-O09jKu5R1ysTBvuMBtTSbFKxrIx5MI3hTKbuRbjqDs4A8_kasWNvG_PGA2tuxPTvokHrqpkEK0B8mPcJNZM5tIyGGmMrqLx0aYlkKWtICgfWSlN6-XPwUkmQcaGYmfVvxQBuAF5ROC9t1_AomYrPJjQKusn/s4032/20230406_113615.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZ3skRyJmpm-McMXycQTpYQDKGXwk-O09jKu5R1ysTBvuMBtTSbFKxrIx5MI3hTKbuRbjqDs4A8_kasWNvG_PGA2tuxPTvokHrqpkEK0B8mPcJNZM5tIyGGmMrqLx0aYlkKWtICgfWSlN6-XPwUkmQcaGYmfVvxQBuAF5ROC9t1_AomYrPJjQKusn/s320/20230406_113615.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Gracie--having a rare quiet moment.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Greetings, dear reader. Before I proceed with the subject of this post, I thought I'd mention that a new addition to the household, Gracie, a four month old puppy, has consumed much time and attention (and required much monitoring). This, plus a few other bits of life business, have displaced time and energy available for blogging, although I have managed to continue lurking on other blogs (which I have continued to enjoy following, even if my commenting has been light lately). The good news is that there <i>has </i>been hobby activity, so there is a backlog of things to report upon--once things settle down into a more "mature" routine. So much for the real world. On to the convention report.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I recently attended a new small regional convention, <a href="https://www.mayhemconvention.com/" target="_blank">Mayhem</a>, that was run in Lebanon, New Hampshire April 21-23. It was both well run and extremely well attended--in short, a success. Plans for Mayhem '24 have been been announced and received with enthusiasm. The convention successfully brought together a range gamers, from "alt" to historical, with an emphasis on miniatures, and had <a href="https://tabletop.events/conventions/mayhem-gaming-convention-2023/schedule#?query=" target="_blank">something for everyon</a>e (and in sufficient amounts to satisfy all). </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbOoG5YKezaK1Gioq2Y7VJztG7_OAqdVK6nS9hrrSE4JoT8V22dyxsI9etWuf5UATbHnlUkI1QAlY3K-ukdBl6XpIi1snYjZiJVdEsTxGZlrZJgc8mHOfgvCQZy9-dj085QZwwj5peF8YF9QH7wTcl-KeTqrPA3NKPtKZ932SleOF21-AW8Gnj_PcF/s4608/a%2020230422_085315.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbOoG5YKezaK1Gioq2Y7VJztG7_OAqdVK6nS9hrrSE4JoT8V22dyxsI9etWuf5UATbHnlUkI1QAlY3K-ukdBl6XpIi1snYjZiJVdEsTxGZlrZJgc8mHOfgvCQZy9-dj085QZwwj5peF8YF9QH7wTcl-KeTqrPA3NKPtKZ932SleOF21-AW8Gnj_PcF/s320/a%2020230422_085315.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Granite Mountain Ballroom during the first gaming session Friday afternoon, April 21. This was the space where most games were held.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUjXonfyi0OAPhjUOR1GkkqKkFB9NzoSRhh3Usc9zulAS2chvnEKrczXq3fbAeQ6LNo7GrKWXqTU-UMDf-sZ1J3YWRH5P3AP0AZr2idebxu9xyqL_Yj4ciiZjWR5JMjH4M-tpCyc9sCjKtynvVgI6BEHqZeX0TBGHpRUz_KddFkXxIpwedfdjoRLT6/s4032/b%20%2020230422_084028.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUjXonfyi0OAPhjUOR1GkkqKkFB9NzoSRhh3Usc9zulAS2chvnEKrczXq3fbAeQ6LNo7GrKWXqTU-UMDf-sZ1J3YWRH5P3AP0AZr2idebxu9xyqL_Yj4ciiZjWR5JMjH4M-tpCyc9sCjKtynvVgI6BEHqZeX0TBGHpRUz_KddFkXxIpwedfdjoRLT6/w150-h200/b%20%2020230422_084028.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH-nBMnAtj_8Nxz6wcWW5AVb1rwdp-AYFOIf7X7jLZBcXQn0575gcGfg7z_3_q_Mz-s2NmuI8UmeIo-_xCM5nxgkUiE0wJYgJlHwLGfpo8l-mmoDiOM9hJAqMKXUl0KNOzzOpOe2wez_EClAWkDIU8HQgyKtQT73164ggscfSKmCIMLKEFH_ReRU4r/s4032/c%2020230422_084032.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH-nBMnAtj_8Nxz6wcWW5AVb1rwdp-AYFOIf7X7jLZBcXQn0575gcGfg7z_3_q_Mz-s2NmuI8UmeIo-_xCM5nxgkUiE0wJYgJlHwLGfpo8l-mmoDiOM9hJAqMKXUl0KNOzzOpOe2wez_EClAWkDIU8HQgyKtQT73164ggscfSKmCIMLKEFH_ReRU4r/w150-h200/c%2020230422_084032.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div>The registration was speedy, offering merchandise as well as badging (above left). Registering for games was done online. There was complimentary coffee service (above right) on Saturday--just the thing given that the first gaming session kicked off at 0800. </span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzt7XRcar4g3L-E0MkqvODQ_ITzNnlUd9qv38qMgdeA-6Dsl5DF3i5auIyaIIEogZj02HpvaajT9BgRFWV3-A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The scene on Saturday at mid-day. 134 games were on the schedule and there were 250 gamers in attendance. Here in the US, convention games are all of the participation variety. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Although hardly a Wargames Development <a href="https://wargamedevelopments.org/conferences/cows/" target="_blank">Conference of Wargames</a> counterpart, I was struck by the percentage of the games that were innovative modifications of other sets or "home brew" designs. Here are a few that I noted. Apologies in advance: I didn't embark on a comprehensive logging of games, so what follows in general will be a smattering of what I captured and what I can recall. As usual, you may clix pix for BIG PIX in this report...</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjru0yEEeTWCY7v4YO9uA4Zmjh5KRH7m71gqQ1gK4SAuPDkwR376VgiehpgaBy5FgU8E_E74KMeNjahoS77TNyyA759DruM_hiZ672Jn39wg8gIsH0zSNXBa8utwslFiBMqo49XdufxEnz5Wj8fo61-l-W-WUMD54ch_EXJQaxlqb6mDKJHz0Q8dW-_/s4032/d%2020230421_135906.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjru0yEEeTWCY7v4YO9uA4Zmjh5KRH7m71gqQ1gK4SAuPDkwR376VgiehpgaBy5FgU8E_E74KMeNjahoS77TNyyA759DruM_hiZ672Jn39wg8gIsH0zSNXBa8utwslFiBMqo49XdufxEnz5Wj8fo61-l-W-WUMD54ch_EXJQaxlqb6mDKJHz0Q8dW-_/w150-h200/d%2020230421_135906.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnD-G5ERTk4OoRXS0to5a7Ze4A-BdWueicDtPa62h6bRFoI8QSceCnoNKmgX5m5Bp97QhkNMx3jmlnF10MiUWmmQSOqCTi6_00HMjqrz8d-u3YmOZD-u5Pzadsibz_rXrU-DRoj3LyqB9u1tBcU7ljV67Ee937-5eH5R-WE_F6XcNt8SvvoH4078uk/s4032/d1%2020230422_132056.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnD-G5ERTk4OoRXS0to5a7Ze4A-BdWueicDtPa62h6bRFoI8QSceCnoNKmgX5m5Bp97QhkNMx3jmlnF10MiUWmmQSOqCTi6_00HMjqrz8d-u3YmOZD-u5Pzadsibz_rXrU-DRoj3LyqB9u1tBcU7ljV67Ee937-5eH5R-WE_F6XcNt8SvvoH4078uk/w150-h200/d1%2020230422_132056.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>Above Left: A miniatures version of the <a href="https://www.gmtgames.com/p-837-manoeuvre-3rd-printing.aspx" target="_blank">GMT Manoevre</a> game. Above Right: Napoleonic Domination, a home brew strategic game. </span><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQGxdX-xZgBQT3ctInr5hhN1J_7Zi3Qf_YVXF646YFZlcctvMkXl87-VNnEyZwJHf7fehtdGp2eiFtInIa3ReW2NfkD-cQ8jD3rhMj89Q0Ny_oTfHYy69ayWY9xJFxhHGbJ0sRpMAyEl3WmfyzI1ujXU_adPSdluYPqcip3UXGKLC6GS17lJWz3BT/s4032/d2%2020230422_104158.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQGxdX-xZgBQT3ctInr5hhN1J_7Zi3Qf_YVXF646YFZlcctvMkXl87-VNnEyZwJHf7fehtdGp2eiFtInIa3ReW2NfkD-cQ8jD3rhMj89Q0Ny_oTfHYy69ayWY9xJFxhHGbJ0sRpMAyEl3WmfyzI1ujXU_adPSdluYPqcip3UXGKLC6GS17lJWz3BT/w240-h320/d2%2020230422_104158.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">A science fiction game using modular cubes for ships (or vehicles?) and a movement system similar to X-wing or other air games. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNbBg5Z-yNHMoXv_za3ln_dGmux0MmbbHoDc-u3E8sOKqeBPG73NqcTcY0LCe_y7cpqXZ47l7TRXq22VeBJ035l9bnj2zG2-f4gkJxbGGbxVSxHjBz6u4xbl3mNjQFVdDbDhH1YcimsNK65rCzeFCCcmXpB9bAJSjh7-vZNI5DKlMcyJLehZHXzXsN/s4032/d2a%2020230421_140247.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNbBg5Z-yNHMoXv_za3ln_dGmux0MmbbHoDc-u3E8sOKqeBPG73NqcTcY0LCe_y7cpqXZ47l7TRXq22VeBJ035l9bnj2zG2-f4gkJxbGGbxVSxHjBz6u4xbl3mNjQFVdDbDhH1YcimsNK65rCzeFCCcmXpB9bAJSjh7-vZNI5DKlMcyJLehZHXzXsN/s4032/d2a%2020230421_140247.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNbBg5Z-yNHMoXv_za3ln_dGmux0MmbbHoDc-u3E8sOKqeBPG73NqcTcY0LCe_y7cpqXZ47l7TRXq22VeBJ035l9bnj2zG2-f4gkJxbGGbxVSxHjBz6u4xbl3mNjQFVdDbDhH1YcimsNK65rCzeFCCcmXpB9bAJSjh7-vZNI5DKlMcyJLehZHXzXsN/w150-h200/d2a%2020230421_140247.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglD3fCRJ9mDVZcMouvY2MtSLtFTBOrdThZQ-qJYd-b7fixOWiLGLy2XtIHtjv_e3AusC1teFyDXgw4wPqokDUT6YnlMr1c6FTOelmJ8vR9p46wyI20AtaQTO2XttNMirriAE2TdHPVG8hKH8KloM0IFViiRoBQeiBRdCPJ5WoBep_lKa2JWXtM3q2X/s4032/d2ab%2020230421_140215.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglD3fCRJ9mDVZcMouvY2MtSLtFTBOrdThZQ-qJYd-b7fixOWiLGLy2XtIHtjv_e3AusC1teFyDXgw4wPqokDUT6YnlMr1c6FTOelmJ8vR9p46wyI20AtaQTO2XttNMirriAE2TdHPVG8hKH8KloM0IFViiRoBQeiBRdCPJ5WoBep_lKa2JWXtM3q2X/w150-h200/d2ab%2020230421_140215.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">A game called "Arena Battles" that used a variety of 4" toy soldiers, ranging from warriors to monsters, pitting them against each other gladiator-fashion. Given that I brought my toy knights to this con, I felt an affinity for their efforts (and we had a nice chat tableside at my game on Saturday evening). </span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-dwZRm9g3vbq_tE_x4xVpzgA9yrnGU80_oTVdPe2qdjK15ejXpDd2iXpaw3H2MzG01z2_jHApx8EsqvDMnDXeL7A19nBGvAB9UQj5-TjdEuQK-GQmZv_bd2RvYMZmLF7g_Tv-74F5F8Equ9de2ZjObU9dGKnRLWqwjMo8Mxh5HLfYeUFoVb_70jSV/s4032/j%2020230422_085209.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-dwZRm9g3vbq_tE_x4xVpzgA9yrnGU80_oTVdPe2qdjK15ejXpDd2iXpaw3H2MzG01z2_jHApx8EsqvDMnDXeL7A19nBGvAB9UQj5-TjdEuQK-GQmZv_bd2RvYMZmLF7g_Tv-74F5F8Equ9de2ZjObU9dGKnRLWqwjMo8Mxh5HLfYeUFoVb_70jSV/w150-h200/j%2020230422_085209.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Far from a "graying of the hobby" scene; this convention crowd had players from all ages, with the majority in the pre-grognard demographic, to my eye.</div></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">As I have mentioned, it was an inclusive atmosphere, with a range of games, many of them being very well presented. Here are a few shots--I didn't focus on recording and reporting while there, so understand that there were many, many more games than I captured images of (sorry, no specifics on these).</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiFTdKKFZsIFSfzR1okdBdOecZz3oGe1gceol0uittsuZWlBQ1uEd0sM4Vxpys64-oV0QEEfb2ZtTqBnJ8FVEEUcZ1JNuWJUrSFFE32FYg3x2yEZn3vwPYjBiWbFVucv7qLi2M9QSIN9jBy0pVna_lAMRpbrWoxZDXtChqYUDb_lwUrkYlNV-9QTQJ/s4032/d5%2020230422_104226.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiFTdKKFZsIFSfzR1okdBdOecZz3oGe1gceol0uittsuZWlBQ1uEd0sM4Vxpys64-oV0QEEfb2ZtTqBnJ8FVEEUcZ1JNuWJUrSFFE32FYg3x2yEZn3vwPYjBiWbFVucv7qLi2M9QSIN9jBy0pVna_lAMRpbrWoxZDXtChqYUDb_lwUrkYlNV-9QTQJ/w150-h200/d5%2020230422_104226.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbBYCjdXhsy0tU2tXEuAihfKbF_darhv3qHya8R6iieztwgwR6Dl9qUWh8qkrHXqfOj8MwT68jeLwj5RaErFZJBmq6uaFQxyw3Id43ooFV3ZapTDHCphEGQE2uq0EPEOQVXyWwtkF6VIFHZ40563ECKSGRhGz7i6Ss2L9Wwc8FomyGG895ZU7dQ9jR/s4032/d5a%2020230422_131841.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWgDVgnBwSPdVnmAlLXiQbqo-jCZNyGMUF9_3wTFCiPqZ7kbbpQO5rr1kDVjoQdcBUDyeTVm2Aou3SVyZFIXoAnY11s5y7zyY7Ux7T1fNPTPJaBty_el-lUp0Pk27omPrhcg3u04CXctFEErGXDN8LvRis65VuIcPh1maHhzn6xvRGdlkxx5DlIeaL/w150-h200/20230422_085833.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I must draw attention to one game in particular....</span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir9PasMip7O8cs4peWh1uFnSK7LOMapxZuFZXd-FvTpVhvvElHAZP8GASWqs9eOZD8RJUcBYfv-kUy8JyrpNRulgPpWCI6vrqT0O_6W0xJo3JDtO2oNPuK7ZXwYMxHmuLwY-1YheqK03z7EIz6Ot97GBjEHF3ojVB3y-unkDdQ472BdkFChzmO3mV7/s4032/d6%2020230422_133036.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir9PasMip7O8cs4peWh1uFnSK7LOMapxZuFZXd-FvTpVhvvElHAZP8GASWqs9eOZD8RJUcBYfv-kUy8JyrpNRulgPpWCI6vrqT0O_6W0xJo3JDtO2oNPuK7ZXwYMxHmuLwY-1YheqK03z7EIz6Ot97GBjEHF3ojVB3y-unkDdQ472BdkFChzmO3mV7/s320/d6%2020230422_133036.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">...a very smart-looking <i>Bloody Big Battles </i>Franco-Prussian War game..</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjarBMpaTrvzN19wBRYW-7KFajf6ZOKrTnYFbPEeUEOfzInBrjRxpGn41jpywk-8wWSCije92RBFwyqaAD3KxVU3qaPqHLl5x5GQUJ5W7rWMShMvj6vk6cK8ccjoQ_7HkXHCQKEUkxqXuKc0-jNVSYSYrHrSi54R79-M_TO7j32FdHoGsSaWT5-R41y/s4032/d6b%2020230422_131421.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjarBMpaTrvzN19wBRYW-7KFajf6ZOKrTnYFbPEeUEOfzInBrjRxpGn41jpywk-8wWSCije92RBFwyqaAD3KxVU3qaPqHLl5x5GQUJ5W7rWMShMvj6vk6cK8ccjoQ_7HkXHCQKEUkxqXuKc0-jNVSYSYrHrSi54R79-M_TO7j32FdHoGsSaWT5-R41y/s320/d6b%2020230422_131421.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">...where they were using the <a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/p/bloody-big-battles-resource-page.html" target="_blank">player references</a> that I had produced. I was standing bye quietly as the game master was going through his explanation of the rules until I opened my big mouth to contribute to a point being made on movement. At which point all eyes turned towards me, not without a tinge of annoyance at the intrusion. To cover for my breach of etiquette, I mentioned that I was the perpetrator of the player reference sheets they all had in hand--couldn't help myself. This led to a bit of a stunned silence as they connected my name tag to the "Ed M" on the reference sheets. I was graciously offered a seat in the game. Needing to get ready to run my own game later, I thanked them and beat a tasteful retreat, leaving the game master to run the game in peace (and removing further temptation: "Get thee behind me, Kibbitzing."). </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Speaking of running games, my fellow club members were well represented among the game masters...</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPus2fQHGPdGqX8EEHXzRLX1kxXaSXCPEuRjLuiNpatnVmploDZa7X-H9mB5rQ6qSjSlzd49rpVNjeuOqvj6Uo9u5K0ZWJ9lM-NMWfjYAsjmfCisWEPv3rG5598v-J3Kg2_8T5e6YWg2qruki6fyCo_xVK8dw7VaT43xh_ymPPkYV1iCJ7xSmVGfug/s4032/f%2020230421_134156.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPus2fQHGPdGqX8EEHXzRLX1kxXaSXCPEuRjLuiNpatnVmploDZa7X-H9mB5rQ6qSjSlzd49rpVNjeuOqvj6Uo9u5K0ZWJ9lM-NMWfjYAsjmfCisWEPv3rG5598v-J3Kg2_8T5e6YWg2qruki6fyCo_xVK8dw7VaT43xh_ymPPkYV1iCJ7xSmVGfug/s320/f%2020230421_134156.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">...Phil (standing in the blue vest) ran his Jericho Mills <i>Fire and Fury</i> game</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1mqALYByGpaNA2Yl8kTXujh9GWXz-6pxUh1Qravpy0buRn5EYpsKhdtJIcghDGcSWihXbN1vkar61eFjjf5tnO3NSqgIn90ewb2rUp4kxoGgEIkQPXFHEWWazA75iqG7tcC0Tswe5d70ctkbaQtGWjJb-1e09O4Yo-D9X4Nm0Q3sSgU1k7ID-E0JU/s4032/g%2020230422_131809.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1mqALYByGpaNA2Yl8kTXujh9GWXz-6pxUh1Qravpy0buRn5EYpsKhdtJIcghDGcSWihXbN1vkar61eFjjf5tnO3NSqgIn90ewb2rUp4kxoGgEIkQPXFHEWWazA75iqG7tcC0Tswe5d70ctkbaQtGWjJb-1e09O4Yo-D9X4Nm0Q3sSgU1k7ID-E0JU/w240-h320/g%2020230422_131809.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">...Michael B ran a <i>Cruel Seas</i> in the Med game...</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidYsMZtMhnhC9HgBXV4rSb1Vx2DDyu5NST_LmP2tYnt42o7XvkxTdFvelmgz5DZx1YRkISm-qZb8EARVn9gO4Y9AiMh8B4fFyz-YDw0lhlK57DznxhFqFfqDMEBZRoKvvqieYt-ctjn6nvz_FfcukudPGW_lWViu3lT4tMDqzLuO7NWEg6hrckKQR9/s4032/h%2020230422_084105.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidYsMZtMhnhC9HgBXV4rSb1Vx2DDyu5NST_LmP2tYnt42o7XvkxTdFvelmgz5DZx1YRkISm-qZb8EARVn9gO4Y9AiMh8B4fFyz-YDw0lhlK57DznxhFqFfqDMEBZRoKvvqieYt-ctjn6nvz_FfcukudPGW_lWViu3lT4tMDqzLuO7NWEg6hrckKQR9/s320/h%2020230422_084105.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">...Robert (standing at the far end of the table), ran his 8-player Bautzen Napoleonic game twice (using another home grown set of rules, I should add--which have been extensively playtested and proofed by the grognards and die hards in our club)...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM69PgRB1s7M6-GaGAOEHoLsSWcgXz3Qqo_RSt35HabLyI9hYDb3sU-dpiQgh9InfQMcWIVl2McV7llm7UUJKr6VWpvH67y16dg9Uo47RsicPGo1TgHt-OsMiZZDmiATNjQfzHLuQ---AHzt0aoZE4Z7yC2oemZPfabZ7YVBw1hGFj3AwHou8bIh38/s1785/i%20JFFOI%20Resized.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="1785" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM69PgRB1s7M6-GaGAOEHoLsSWcgXz3Qqo_RSt35HabLyI9hYDb3sU-dpiQgh9InfQMcWIVl2McV7llm7UUJKr6VWpvH67y16dg9Uo47RsicPGo1TgHt-OsMiZZDmiATNjQfzHLuQ---AHzt0aoZE4Z7yC2oemZPfabZ7YVBw1hGFj3AwHou8bIh38/s320/i%20JFFOI%20Resized.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">...and your humble correspondent debuted his <i><a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/p/joust-for-fun-of-it-quick-play-jousting.html" target="_blank">Joust for the Fun of It</a></i> game using the recently completed teams of <a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/2023/02/joust-for-fun-of-it-big-knights-wip.html" target="_blank">big knights</a> (and associated supporting bits). A big shout out goes to fellow club mates and friends AJ (of <a href="http://ajs-wargaming.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">AJ's Wargaming Blog</a>) who assisted me in running the game and Michael B (who earlier ran the <i>Cruels Seas</i> game) who played to help me out (the game is best played with an even number of players and Michael rounded it out to six). There will be more on the completion of this project in a later post. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">To round out this report, I will add another chapter in the ongoing saga of <a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/2021/12/gamers-and-their-hats.html" target="_blank">Hats and the Gamers Who Love Them</a>...</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEgzhjUnLA9JGO-6urWItAyumKrEUAEHIQI53V75Y6F2tt74F2i2Gc5oD9Df1y8yyMhIfeCLXBC8mK0UlwQj8xchv5Ii9QaN4pxvIfsHuY0d0jBsgj37OlWXNdGPAOjEg0n0TJshNTdww5oxot6X-Of8nybXBrHsmYtQtP_IX5kBT_iqaanT6-DyAs/s4032/z%2020230422_084232.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEgzhjUnLA9JGO-6urWItAyumKrEUAEHIQI53V75Y6F2tt74F2i2Gc5oD9Df1y8yyMhIfeCLXBC8mK0UlwQj8xchv5Ii9QaN4pxvIfsHuY0d0jBsgj37OlWXNdGPAOjEg0n0TJshNTdww5oxot6X-Of8nybXBrHsmYtQtP_IX5kBT_iqaanT6-DyAs/w150-h200/z%2020230422_084232.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">The Trilby: the size of a derby but more Sinatra than Stan Laurel. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK__VmdGqIhdvkfqMb_0qWe9zHRMFVlEL0EvND4lc7z6Ni4iOha6Nz3ORAq8G4SNZR9xdNyolli3SnK9Y6ydSMKW9ke0af9NysqQ64ebwicidxh5TnEx5nKFpsdFqqwHpKUVFKRfWqFnAsijyQK3yWTMtGHxgU4q65nfyST_C-5ZDfnS-kl96zuyRt/s4032/z%2020230422_133311.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK__VmdGqIhdvkfqMb_0qWe9zHRMFVlEL0EvND4lc7z6Ni4iOha6Nz3ORAq8G4SNZR9xdNyolli3SnK9Y6ydSMKW9ke0af9NysqQ64ebwicidxh5TnEx5nKFpsdFqqwHpKUVFKRfWqFnAsijyQK3yWTMtGHxgU4q65nfyST_C-5ZDfnS-kl96zuyRt/w150-h200/z%2020230422_133311.jpg" width="150" /></a></div>Pith helmet and goggles: a touch of adventure with a minion vibe.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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If not enjoyment, I hope it has at least provided a bit of distraction.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisvHbt7DF5HFhqpbJousrb8KIhS_X9-LC5mABtuhSkqzeP6__WkTf_FPS5AnZq2XKB4nS07mSQYWeu2p0iH5u4B1GiVjfA9r8IQ6BklyiSks4PenQyF5LfPesttlaIY2hjNaNFlD3019D78g-znk1oD0vMtUraJ3CyNxKjyd0cYbbNj9mddLe74m3m/s551/hess%20officer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="289" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisvHbt7DF5HFhqpbJousrb8KIhS_X9-LC5mABtuhSkqzeP6__WkTf_FPS5AnZq2XKB4nS07mSQYWeu2p0iH5u4B1GiVjfA9r8IQ6BklyiSks4PenQyF5LfPesttlaIY2hjNaNFlD3019D78g-znk1oD0vMtUraJ3CyNxKjyd0cYbbNj9mddLe74m3m/w105-h200/hess%20officer.jpg" width="105" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Excelsior!</div></span></div><div><br /></div>Ed Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648721189080574501.post-55036380901188346042023-03-20T12:12:00.005-07:002023-03-20T19:21:59.301-07:00GAME ROOM AND HOBBY SPACE<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVg2gPa7qZQha9YA82QmsEIx-NDhi-Le8D92HnsmFWzlHJB5IlMJb86MIKH0DhlIrhzyh7cSxO6POJ8xBlw78pPIkFbbrrVryG7Hbck3E8Jk76dmJDcpElgZrP0e3S0bmWhk9GvEwIrv33Jh3ZV0psd8W9dYiyVhkK0mfUQnPEe0C6O0ui35XeUjEq/s4032/a%2020230316_195813.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVg2gPa7qZQha9YA82QmsEIx-NDhi-Le8D92HnsmFWzlHJB5IlMJb86MIKH0DhlIrhzyh7cSxO6POJ8xBlw78pPIkFbbrrVryG7Hbck3E8Jk76dmJDcpElgZrP0e3S0bmWhk9GvEwIrv33Jh3ZV0psd8W9dYiyVhkK0mfUQnPEe0C6O0ui35XeUjEq/w300-h400/a%2020230316_195813.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Game Room/Man Cave as seen from the entrance.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I've noticed that there has been a call (for lack of a better term) for bloggists to post on their gaming spaces. Although teetering between being fashionably late and missing the party entirely, I thought I'd put up an update on the <i>Meanderer's Mess</i>, ie, my gaming space and hobby arrangements. The above picture is of the Mess in it's non-game configuration, with two standard banquet tables at the ready in the center for projects, impromptu games, putting things down, etc, etc. Continuing on from the above...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYiz8JGbZ6FOUR0u1GjI3xU3nL3TQMpWot01g_HeSOjtrO5vd8v0u3T2W5ROd4DwxouP4fR2e6SzbSynAXCIhlk1BVNighrFfeU9b-PN5YhODiqqsNRtuopo6NHRXEZSwV1sbLkqATXymKwtostzcOtF_P0znCMcYQHuIgCEnPF9Uw6qTfePLW8bpU/s4032/a1%2020230316_195809.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYiz8JGbZ6FOUR0u1GjI3xU3nL3TQMpWot01g_HeSOjtrO5vd8v0u3T2W5ROd4DwxouP4fR2e6SzbSynAXCIhlk1BVNighrFfeU9b-PN5YhODiqqsNRtuopo6NHRXEZSwV1sbLkqATXymKwtostzcOtF_P0znCMcYQHuIgCEnPF9Uw6qTfePLW8bpU/w240-h320/a1%2020230316_195809.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>...the view along the right hand wall, where we see the all-important cube refrigerator, bookcase, and display cases...</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqod9XGvU4mdfmJiZFA1wr9Qv_JKTRjuI6RbK9RdQXJF3zNV0VYlMIu8kJtMP7FwWh9dOymaeQmR6Ge-id_kpN-m3bg-b4oJDWHznoJDxCFIRDWgYwaOBPi2RysLKPk6mPc8-11jWmKH8PB8dPqezm1Bm0hecedC_Edrmop_W5qCgW_MzSDq8PFdsk/s4032/a1a%2020230311_090413.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqod9XGvU4mdfmJiZFA1wr9Qv_JKTRjuI6RbK9RdQXJF3zNV0VYlMIu8kJtMP7FwWh9dOymaeQmR6Ge-id_kpN-m3bg-b4oJDWHznoJDxCFIRDWgYwaOBPi2RysLKPk6mPc8-11jWmKH8PB8dPqezm1Bm0hecedC_Edrmop_W5qCgW_MzSDq8PFdsk/w150-h200/a1a%2020230311_090413.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ODyQQkSYmjrHTYxwBj-N0FqQdbqmaO_FSHYw-iqEZFZlTfFVRtQ6DE0F1EB31TEZSg5fI7dW7qqjO5gg_WggjTb0X85nXOnDCn4KaWqhQ7L0zDgCboCQu1t9VxO8oSXMTKgVF80P4uY9d9vTH7D1s0q6Pvj4qpZuLpOEXsdQcyLdb3cw-3fsBewt/s4032/a2%2020230311_090418.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ODyQQkSYmjrHTYxwBj-N0FqQdbqmaO_FSHYw-iqEZFZlTfFVRtQ6DE0F1EB31TEZSg5fI7dW7qqjO5gg_WggjTb0X85nXOnDCn4KaWqhQ7L0zDgCboCQu1t9VxO8oSXMTKgVF80P4uY9d9vTH7D1s0q6Pvj4qpZuLpOEXsdQcyLdb3cw-3fsBewt/w150-h200/a2%2020230311_090418.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">...the large display case holds various and sundry collectibles and momentos. The bookcase houses a concentrated (<a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/2021/10/ex-libris-ed-ms-wargaming-library.html" target="_blank">post cull</a>) reference library along with collections of rules and a selection of sentimental favorites from my old school hex and counter wargames and wargame magazines. In the organizer on top of the bookshelf, I keep all of my different types of dice and a handy selection of game markers (different colored pipe cleaners, stones, "gems", poker discs, etc, etc). I also keep a ready selection of writing materials for players as well as a few game master tools, like a laser pointer and a laser line (to judge line of sight). Continuing on along the right wall..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS1QL5CED7U7G-qicpfF-G34H1RrCu8YEQLE5-p52kNeizaj5FEjqlJiABOJBHyxxg5YkmtElqCkjWM0bxRilsVEdbBzQG18jVcwOc-2KKhj-TyhinQgjVSnYoedhIT8CUf81s78P8F4qmlzdWhqpljS0dI68RnmGCpnIxbIzgGtsXpKrxxe6tK_OF/s4032/a3%2020230316_195659.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS1QL5CED7U7G-qicpfF-G34H1RrCu8YEQLE5-p52kNeizaj5FEjqlJiABOJBHyxxg5YkmtElqCkjWM0bxRilsVEdbBzQG18jVcwOc-2KKhj-TyhinQgjVSnYoedhIT8CUf81s78P8F4qmlzdWhqpljS0dI68RnmGCpnIxbIzgGtsXpKrxxe6tK_OF/w150-h200/a3%2020230316_195659.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTMq8hS9Cc0s7-3sO_CCvIY-0H6u2ApxJ9I_wtraO0LwRBjQ6i8pg9sXzZAIWbYi0lKpn6lXvTddlL-uAE__Maka9E5ZWtf5df-LTnrJmfDerHRc9vjRwXEoXljbVzNCNwWXaHY4OPl1PBPh1Yc_L2TvVDCPHe47_wSSoh0ZemagKFeJ8poPaVP8j2/s4032/a4%2020230316_195724.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTMq8hS9Cc0s7-3sO_CCvIY-0H6u2ApxJ9I_wtraO0LwRBjQ6i8pg9sXzZAIWbYi0lKpn6lXvTddlL-uAE__Maka9E5ZWtf5df-LTnrJmfDerHRc9vjRwXEoXljbVzNCNwWXaHY4OPl1PBPh1Yc_L2TvVDCPHe47_wSSoh0ZemagKFeJ8poPaVP8j2/w150-h200/a4%2020230316_195724.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div>...is the latest edition to the room: this display case. Having completed my <a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/2023/02/joust-for-fun-of-it-big-knights-wip.html" target="_blank">"big knight" </a>project, I realized that these are on a scale unlike anything else I have, and as such required something other than my usual utilitarian box-on-a-shelf storage solution. Having admired many other gamers' displays, it occurred to me I could display this collection (taking inspiration from how action figure collectors display their collections). [Aside: I intend to have a post on the completion of my big knight project in the coming weeks.]</span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXn5GrRM_opERD_gwgn52M9QG722MafnCOxQsN-5bS2ptIS5EF4x5KdW780-BhcgbdnFU3JCLzR3odCs4VbVvvEswztyZzu9W5CI9bkBC9dqgDoJgmTu9eJkNIDsv_NM2XbB_2XlK5e4SVCJxcZqCSaifiYQuLoQPFyk2IT158slPwkU-Q4RWB8TbG/s4032/b%2020230316_195930.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXn5GrRM_opERD_gwgn52M9QG722MafnCOxQsN-5bS2ptIS5EF4x5KdW780-BhcgbdnFU3JCLzR3odCs4VbVvvEswztyZzu9W5CI9bkBC9dqgDoJgmTu9eJkNIDsv_NM2XbB_2XlK5e4SVCJxcZqCSaifiYQuLoQPFyk2IT158slPwkU-Q4RWB8TbG/w240-h320/b%2020230316_195930.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Along the back wall: I keep a few terrain items and other game support materials on the floor under the shelves. At the extreme right is a box containing my magnetized markers for various game systems as well as other game support materials. In the the shelves are my "active" collections: Thirty Years War/17th Century (in 28mm and 6mm), Colonials, and my post-Napoleonic 19th Century 28mm armies (Danes, Prussians, Austrians, Russians, Hungarians, and Romanians). The small cabinet at the left houses my <a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/2021/10/ex-libris-ed-ms-wargaming-library.html" target="_blank">Kriegspiel Block BBB collection</a> and apparatus. I use the top of this long shelf as a handy set up area when running games. </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPfB5ZGBDcvq2nSRNdHJXIZYl97WTfx6_Hsfkg4Zztb0eWptCRWUTnoYGpyqy1-9F51hEJh9Z7TJCJaECFmd5AaVq7VllpPhyUkviDn5upNLiTtWFGuvi2uapqAfjOlxxf2ISf3xv58Cn_OfiA0i3UzYstBcU2-uDZ122yDl8itfjGLDs8x8i2_PUj/s4032/b3%2020230311_090450.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPfB5ZGBDcvq2nSRNdHJXIZYl97WTfx6_Hsfkg4Zztb0eWptCRWUTnoYGpyqy1-9F51hEJh9Z7TJCJaECFmd5AaVq7VllpPhyUkviDn5upNLiTtWFGuvi2uapqAfjOlxxf2ISf3xv58Cn_OfiA0i3UzYstBcU2-uDZ122yDl8itfjGLDs8x8i2_PUj/s320/b3%2020230311_090450.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">In the corner along the back wall I have a third (foldable) banquet table that I add to the others when I want to run a "full sized" game. The portfolio holds the maps for my BBB half scale Kriegspiel Block system. In the shelves behind the table and in the boxes on top of the shelf are my battle mats and table coverings. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The black bag is for figure transport. </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJUzsZx4YzoqG3sRuLUgjU0OiyZ74ON-AgD7bpmbGM050EGs-foQKo4Xi5dSNipX31KOxC62LCSfIr27poQjZEDeloafqnyF6spP8Tui9nupqjVzT90pkQd3DSzh-83oJYKbB4TCyP-1hkEdSjoD0S9asqWmux649K0AnuDnUsyxpx-SkfbSRBe4G4/s4032/b1%2020230311_090443.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJUzsZx4YzoqG3sRuLUgjU0OiyZ74ON-AgD7bpmbGM050EGs-foQKo4Xi5dSNipX31KOxC62LCSfIr27poQjZEDeloafqnyF6spP8Tui9nupqjVzT90pkQd3DSzh-83oJYKbB4TCyP-1hkEdSjoD0S9asqWmux649K0AnuDnUsyxpx-SkfbSRBe4G4/w150-h200/b1%2020230311_090443.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFeW5uFEcVRJUFxcZtJ5XwKqayWReouGzW3AFuS81PkvUmTZVUJwlNCp57LDgtXQZ3Hxl26yIJQh6kQxlMZrDzWgonnhwMoJ851weXvukuzG6U4iKhsZMpylOXfm8n-_YULjXzUNM8Od80U8prda-oizcLQpZYQGO6PQaNDJKDJHVVAWAOOley-y2R/s4032/b2%2020230311_090436.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFeW5uFEcVRJUFxcZtJ5XwKqayWReouGzW3AFuS81PkvUmTZVUJwlNCp57LDgtXQZ3Hxl26yIJQh6kQxlMZrDzWgonnhwMoJ851weXvukuzG6U4iKhsZMpylOXfm8n-_YULjXzUNM8Od80U8prda-oizcLQpZYQGO6PQaNDJKDJHVVAWAOOley-y2R/w150-h200/b2%2020230311_090436.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">A closer view of the military art along the back wall, a bit of atmosphere goes a long way (you may clix pix for BIG PIX in this post for a closer view). </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Continuing from the back wall along to the left side of the room heading back to the entrance...</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYuKcTXbPV3d_XqPY8BGp_LecoLEBgj-wbWzp_OBQN7TMmc0S-u8dftnTy8K0pw57be4TdARP1rJwkQvnITb-1Wke7A79aHZ7ZWmdhXZGDWjfhS_PSqgrPVOOhXv71qfh4Rkp1nCph7y7r9yrU9KTMnTjXSNlDUAzeY8zZF9wfGEmaPNfimrIBn5tN/s4032/b4%2020230311_090446.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYuKcTXbPV3d_XqPY8BGp_LecoLEBgj-wbWzp_OBQN7TMmc0S-u8dftnTy8K0pw57be4TdARP1rJwkQvnITb-1Wke7A79aHZ7ZWmdhXZGDWjfhS_PSqgrPVOOhXv71qfh4Rkp1nCph7y7r9yrU9KTMnTjXSNlDUAzeY8zZF9wfGEmaPNfimrIBn5tN/w150-h200/b4%2020230311_090446.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMPOsfjpe9jTfZ_18UguEaf3gYBsZ_oTay-cM5l2zS9MrgkxwBN4twDEGum3eHBVVyrAHNK1JvZoOguwP3smOOMri3ItiyxP4RXcIXwPOUU2TyaX12Scf1j4IF16lZYyIPKbXqe7EBHLsuXdO6RTgwNplVVTS0GLccJuD2se3pfh7BlClR-l-aMRrM/s4032/b5%2020230311_090455.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMPOsfjpe9jTfZ_18UguEaf3gYBsZ_oTay-cM5l2zS9MrgkxwBN4twDEGum3eHBVVyrAHNK1JvZoOguwP3smOOMri3ItiyxP4RXcIXwPOUU2TyaX12Scf1j4IF16lZYyIPKbXqe7EBHLsuXdO6RTgwNplVVTS0GLccJuD2se3pfh7BlClR-l-aMRrM/w150-h200/b5%2020230311_090455.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">...Top left, a shelf containing my "current use" rules systems, organized in boxes fthat contain the rules, reference sheets, scenarios, and any other game-specific dice or apparatus for each game system--so when running BBB, for instance, all I need to do is pull out the BBB box. I also keep my tape measures, dice trays, other game master aids, and toy coins here. Top Right, moving on to mid-room is a shelf with my terrain stored underneath and the top used as a snack table (logistics are an important part of any game). Continuing along the wall looking back at the entrance...</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjf2532R0IYpGJPHUG_7FxfRjKyAwdW4VB_a5IKftaPQ5Ppr_qJ0PVy76-lD7_IrP5X1WSCyyYb93t0KIOhFjTPijldIkUIhZ4VYxgQBzJ059jGyTVC_CEuI75FDrFXFUXzNhNJ3np-CCK4-pmbSKiXFMBvE4SRN7vhguBvOccvOHC4i8fP_7TL1n/s4032/b6%2020230316_195829.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjf2532R0IYpGJPHUG_7FxfRjKyAwdW4VB_a5IKftaPQ5Ppr_qJ0PVy76-lD7_IrP5X1WSCyyYb93t0KIOhFjTPijldIkUIhZ4VYxgQBzJ059jGyTVC_CEuI75FDrFXFUXzNhNJ3np-CCK4-pmbSKiXFMBvE4SRN7vhguBvOccvOHC4i8fP_7TL1n/w150-h200/b6%2020230316_195829.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1TxzAIS42o2pxl2Gw41ndAc6gJlbWCulEd5BN4FgTuHewfuh5C8PqFPPbeBKcdQV0D7xuUlc2HugGT6-nFiFfCiVQW8LgFAdkDFsE46yl4REBCsur5Sw2iVr8VE2evxpE3lu4SD4Y9f4sz5R8kZJ1AAfMzHLPFXYnOnUSot0V1GnEq8Kz_Pkg17Aq/s4032/b7%2020230316_195824.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1TxzAIS42o2pxl2Gw41ndAc6gJlbWCulEd5BN4FgTuHewfuh5C8PqFPPbeBKcdQV0D7xuUlc2HugGT6-nFiFfCiVQW8LgFAdkDFsE46yl4REBCsur5Sw2iVr8VE2evxpE3lu4SD4Y9f4sz5R8kZJ1AAfMzHLPFXYnOnUSot0V1GnEq8Kz_Pkg17Aq/w150-h200/b7%2020230316_195824.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">...Above Left: my reading chair (new floor lamp is on the way) and desk. Moving to the other side of the door (above Right), is my sword collection and antiquarian military books (shelved under the Saba German Radi0)--and a few more bits of art. </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIrUnp_K7mYWkdH3IzIZ0kplllbWAyKOMXpC_1CwYL74TSKt_KhSoGgzK1LsczgUjlr55tY_PMPNXuNK8C9n0Z-c70XF_dzSoU8a8WVUOb75IIbVNz6vfmRzfemeEyDdq-HBzEeOD00wt4t0-sgm_5Ypa3uLUKuH2RLI4xnuLAzv5hNST1CjYwuoIx/s4032/l%2020230311_090350.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIrUnp_K7mYWkdH3IzIZ0kplllbWAyKOMXpC_1CwYL74TSKt_KhSoGgzK1LsczgUjlr55tY_PMPNXuNK8C9n0Z-c70XF_dzSoU8a8WVUOb75IIbVNz6vfmRzfemeEyDdq-HBzEeOD00wt4t0-sgm_5Ypa3uLUKuH2RLI4xnuLAzv5hNST1CjYwuoIx/s320/l%2020230311_090350.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">The room configured for a four player game...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7lDCnGFoRy2OBBcKZegLe1fBizzw0DVfE39ILwI1-bhbMmTLdSRDUKjTP_7K-FQ2b6UBe5nRIxK_-DR9RjXTQdlGIK2V7hDe4NzQwaPoZkFsrvU5lkctZLMtUp8_H3DCJon_4-pyf4GBYx2wxas7FtU_UtGADyXtObKij3FV73uRdCh2TWUgJ9afC/s4032/l1%20120230311_090356.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7lDCnGFoRy2OBBcKZegLe1fBizzw0DVfE39ILwI1-bhbMmTLdSRDUKjTP_7K-FQ2b6UBe5nRIxK_-DR9RjXTQdlGIK2V7hDe4NzQwaPoZkFsrvU5lkctZLMtUp8_H3DCJon_4-pyf4GBYx2wxas7FtU_UtGADyXtObKij3FV73uRdCh2TWUgJ9afC/w150-h200/l1%20120230311_090356.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO5vXZDfYmniHrzJZidjIFyVq6rz0oMV9zRGGhd5m8nj-xGvn3fZzD-4JXWO4nv3Ln3oyEmv6JCpwPtaxBwt2crQ5aMpddiQVk8H4S-VO-zMwPWbyJvARd_-L0vmSzV-o8yPqYI5ngDceR4ruPX7aA6RTjpzzovwwU8t0IxuuUVNrD61zgwazqk8MB/s4032/m%2020230311_090404.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO5vXZDfYmniHrzJZidjIFyVq6rz0oMV9zRGGhd5m8nj-xGvn3fZzD-4JXWO4nv3Ln3oyEmv6JCpwPtaxBwt2crQ5aMpddiQVk8H4S-VO-zMwPWbyJvARd_-L0vmSzV-o8yPqYI5ngDceR4ruPX7aA6RTjpzzovwwU8t0IxuuUVNrD61zgwazqk8MB/w150-h200/m%2020230311_090404.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div>...I set up my game master stool at the end of the table (within handy reach of the shelf behind). I provide side tables for the players to help manage drinks, snacks, dice, player references, etc. Moving on from the fashionable <i>Meanderer's Mess </i>to the "annex" spaces of hobby management here at Meanderer Central...</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyL_xQjGNNMEr4tE-SDi3c-p5f4OiotJb6VGaimdJV1FovogvD5_UHqacUir82xjx9hLmUsLdAlNuxT3-H6KpBAMaT2lOU3vJAnSZrdXm5Du9PIQZM8Ij3sXw3-cQM8tPAjJ0ktuAINPwbSneaZW35X2ty7vaQ5stQ6QCF-C1arqX9GMpFJl-82dJF/s4032/c1%2020230311_090537.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyL_xQjGNNMEr4tE-SDi3c-p5f4OiotJb6VGaimdJV1FovogvD5_UHqacUir82xjx9hLmUsLdAlNuxT3-H6KpBAMaT2lOU3vJAnSZrdXm5Du9PIQZM8Ij3sXw3-cQM8tPAjJ0ktuAINPwbSneaZW35X2ty7vaQ5stQ6QCF-C1arqX9GMpFJl-82dJF/s4032/c1%2020230311_090537.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyL_xQjGNNMEr4tE-SDi3c-p5f4OiotJb6VGaimdJV1FovogvD5_UHqacUir82xjx9hLmUsLdAlNuxT3-H6KpBAMaT2lOU3vJAnSZrdXm5Du9PIQZM8Ij3sXw3-cQM8tPAjJ0ktuAINPwbSneaZW35X2ty7vaQ5stQ6QCF-C1arqX9GMpFJl-82dJF/w150-h200/c1%2020230311_090537.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCu5l_NbFNAkFz8kP00IUBzl3kl5Yg3NF4Vfi_4x_6nv23oDJv400yv11B3OciD1BbkdtyNryCHZgZtuSvChH6IVWDU3-14R0LYPdZmRi_H8L4ZbdcEeEu2XtZfu0SuV8IuLI_ojcwZrNphYokzRcD8kOvdqU6T2V8jrbMQ2uwMKjgjI223MacQwm-/s4032/c2%2020230311_090557.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCu5l_NbFNAkFz8kP00IUBzl3kl5Yg3NF4Vfi_4x_6nv23oDJv400yv11B3OciD1BbkdtyNryCHZgZtuSvChH6IVWDU3-14R0LYPdZmRi_H8L4ZbdcEeEu2XtZfu0SuV8IuLI_ojcwZrNphYokzRcD8kOvdqU6T2V8jrbMQ2uwMKjgjI223MacQwm-/w150-h200/c2%2020230311_090557.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Fwj5dzFYl3FD6c55nU4WDwLaP2jO4pfbwVBHYYX7uReqiy7YzNlN8WOVq4QpFXbvz4CWsXGsSFwya7ZgJU1whYOksXIa428IiT1-QmtSGYny9HpUDvxgXzSaYYtQiIEGlH6Wqnpd5KpXmu9oWY7s3CJROwSCvh3yiga08QRLR5srb-e42kOD4Akh/s4032/c%2020230311_090601.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Fwj5dzFYl3FD6c55nU4WDwLaP2jO4pfbwVBHYYX7uReqiy7YzNlN8WOVq4QpFXbvz4CWsXGsSFwya7ZgJU1whYOksXIa428IiT1-QmtSGYny9HpUDvxgXzSaYYtQiIEGlH6Wqnpd5KpXmu9oWY7s3CJROwSCvh3yiga08QRLR5srb-e42kOD4Akh/w150-h200/c%2020230311_090601.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">...the attic holds overflow and lesser used collections--above left, my 15mm Napoleonics and my 6mm League of Augsuburg collections; above right, my 28mm Napoleonics (Prussians, French, and Poles) 35 boxes in all. Bottom picture above: the attic also houses my board wargames (mostly of the hex and counter variety). Going from the top of the house to the underworld annex...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigha_xYciN2pooy48v2XF5kYIVbCY4JcI89J0P1h4_D8IMdDHe9gpNufonUik-pFNjl5EiUw6BqrwVqbHntr4uwkB1Ldezl3Pw40ch2eAE7-moY8VZAP22HVVFlqX8Gh6Xs_uTCUQAUM9VoBK4htWaXI66PtsrII5O8oVTB7NgwMup5T49M4KpQ5GO/s4032/c3%2020230311_090825.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigha_xYciN2pooy48v2XF5kYIVbCY4JcI89J0P1h4_D8IMdDHe9gpNufonUik-pFNjl5EiUw6BqrwVqbHntr4uwkB1Ldezl3Pw40ch2eAE7-moY8VZAP22HVVFlqX8Gh6Xs_uTCUQAUM9VoBK4htWaXI66PtsrII5O8oVTB7NgwMup5T49M4KpQ5GO/s320/c3%2020230311_090825.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>...aka, the basement--I have boxed and stored my basing materials, flocking, and other tools of creation under the basement steps (being semi retired from painting, I pull stuff out only as needed)...</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSUDQWwG2OE1aS4jpO7TkGearszw7ZNK3XNln3eUYFWCJQQVBbZPFEnNmDq2_873qBlOHh6amOC0Takkz-8fHZ6F-RR68dtz5lQ1sZFwTwiVIKU4WpynnBjunkVo56Wf8YzvSynX21N6EOxq_JkyVogAIg6ONEI3fCLWQVqPnLWOiifLeU9uWJjv3R/s4032/c4%2020230311_090835.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSUDQWwG2OE1aS4jpO7TkGearszw7ZNK3XNln3eUYFWCJQQVBbZPFEnNmDq2_873qBlOHh6amOC0Takkz-8fHZ6F-RR68dtz5lQ1sZFwTwiVIKU4WpynnBjunkVo56Wf8YzvSynX21N6EOxq_JkyVogAIg6ONEI3fCLWQVqPnLWOiifLeU9uWJjv3R/w150-h200/c4%2020230311_090835.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6cYWFaAnh6WnWfOwWMUmMgq8c07eKD0PNaorJ8AlSVp7VlpQUXm2RIcK1Xb_rTFHdu64d6fWLbCmcZPVcBSWS950UgM_uP5CL8G0irzw_eBUqyuNefbDFqz-dyKVdZ2CHvBZ1COhxA1dOoHYHNc3NVdT7b4z6VZGLa4blx1G60CLI-e_2-bs-Ve0w/s4032/c5%2020230311_090845.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6cYWFaAnh6WnWfOwWMUmMgq8c07eKD0PNaorJ8AlSVp7VlpQUXm2RIcK1Xb_rTFHdu64d6fWLbCmcZPVcBSWS950UgM_uP5CL8G0irzw_eBUqyuNefbDFqz-dyKVdZ2CHvBZ1COhxA1dOoHYHNc3NVdT7b4z6VZGLa4blx1G60CLI-e_2-bs-Ve0w/w150-h200/c5%2020230311_090845.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">...which was the case with my recent foray into the big knight project, which did cause me to pull things out and put them on my work table (above left), which you see in its current state of chaos, post-project. Formerly dedicated as my painting area, thus table is now used as a workbench for the usual fix-it jobs associated with home ownership. Above right: I still maintain my paints, varnishes, brushes, etc underneath the man-table--and it was a good thing, too, since I needed them to do my latest project.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Well, that concludes my tour and update.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz3jykLdlMbChrhjKF1-XTYyJ4PTDiLrwIiEZDx6_J24ZPXQfgwU6c9Li5sYCybad5svYt-7e5LtAYY2lMAbimvByPXb4CZY38G0BERfpSvWTt2QTL-cW_pHo7vi7JFFwrXfO1R09YYSQwPyx4mB-Y7Dx0qVgNCMkG_dOR7Rjq4JOFoOi4M-PdSV-r/s551/hess%20officer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="289" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz3jykLdlMbChrhjKF1-XTYyJ4PTDiLrwIiEZDx6_J24ZPXQfgwU6c9Li5sYCybad5svYt-7e5LtAYY2lMAbimvByPXb4CZY38G0BERfpSvWTt2QTL-cW_pHo7vi7JFFwrXfO1R09YYSQwPyx4mB-Y7Dx0qVgNCMkG_dOR7Rjq4JOFoOi4M-PdSV-r/w105-h200/hess%20officer.jpg" width="105" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Excelsior!</span></div><div><div><p></p></div></div>Ed Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648721189080574501.post-64044641675171552242023-02-28T14:08:00.012-08:002023-03-03T04:21:32.142-08:00JOUST FOR THE FUN OF IT: BIG KNIGHTS WIP <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhh26sOR0pUiK7Cg23ufmvX3DnxjV-nt-Dv0UaqWcqUJhzf2jEfuXR0i9XXG0qrYMLjorKMdbucwTH-hoMFieajykqMjmMw1FJNTmK8JYm3w0CXxbDsZaSNgyfAdMEA1zO4cI0gJ86D57iBJHDwd87pYcc2VU13nsL0OnWB1Eui6Q4BzEWlzrM7M55/s2048/331964386_734944461312634_7031598840519847304_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhh26sOR0pUiK7Cg23ufmvX3DnxjV-nt-Dv0UaqWcqUJhzf2jEfuXR0i9XXG0qrYMLjorKMdbucwTH-hoMFieajykqMjmMw1FJNTmK8JYm3w0CXxbDsZaSNgyfAdMEA1zO4cI0gJ86D57iBJHDwd87pYcc2VU13nsL0OnWB1Eui6Q4BzEWlzrM7M55/w320-h240/331964386_734944461312634_7031598840519847304_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Six player 28mm <i><a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/p/joust-for-fun-of-it-quick-play-jousting.html" target="_blank">Joust for the Fun of It (JFTFOI) </a></i>game at our recent </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Game Night</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This post will be a modest update on the progress <a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/2023/02/making-list-and-checking-it-thrice.html" target="_blank">of upscaling my <i>JFTFOI </i>game<i> </i>from 28mm figures to 1/20 Schleich (mainly) toy knights</a>. But before moving on, here is an update on the state of the rules. I'm happy to report that I ran a successful six player game at our club's February game night. Four of the six had not played before, to include a visitor who was fairly new to miniatures gaming. Everyone grasped the flow quickly and the game ran smoothly. In short, everything worked. I made a few minor tweaks to the game aids based on my observations, but those are mainly cosmetic. The game night allowed me to proof how I would pack, transport, set up, and run the game at a convention. So I can now say that both the system and the logistics are "convention ready." As usual in this post, you may clix pix for BIG PIX. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT5Yezds-BqJUsrU1Qh1sFdw6aCvumOyNUz-L4H1az18EEdm6lFOYKKJshx_EcTSTBHyfNXDZt9Y1HgbjTvRjXxFtib6Jbs6CbmWOfbEymDIsLRyGMWiL01RNXlBNQdgRrWx-JeG1ruu1iVlBvRm0lYY-qPvlUcqT0RcNDzgUGWQshg4To8m8hJ4XB/s4032/20230219_112006.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT5Yezds-BqJUsrU1Qh1sFdw6aCvumOyNUz-L4H1az18EEdm6lFOYKKJshx_EcTSTBHyfNXDZt9Y1HgbjTvRjXxFtib6Jbs6CbmWOfbEymDIsLRyGMWiL01RNXlBNQdgRrWx-JeG1ruu1iVlBvRm0lYY-qPvlUcqT0RcNDzgUGWQshg4To8m8hJ4XB/s320/20230219_112006.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">So far, I've put together 4 out of 6 of the teams I need. In this post, I'll share the early stages of the project and the conversions. As far as the guiding vision, </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I decided that I didn't want to redo these figs, but keep them as close to "stock" as possible, retaining their toy soldier qualities (and also capitalizing on the fact that they are ready-painted--ie, why work harder than necessary?). The main aim of any modifications would be to avoid redundancy between figures and to support the unifying theme of each team. More on these aims will become evident in subsequent posts. At start, I was confronted with the very basic problem of</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> how I wanted to mount them. Although designed to stand on their own as toys, they were too wobbly for my likes. I wanted them to be stable on the table (I like the sound of that), and for the riders and lances to be fixed rather than loose. In short, although toys, I want them to conform to the handling standards we've become accustomed to with our miniatures. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhUBrjhAZ-iNs7BDtzIWjMnix9eQ2B_paeJypzJPrXgC52udqVp8vYCd1YVPHLhMGyqNAcdZkCnbchwlnyQ5_-Aphf3izRYylkhKjfcllESgqfAc-dUBAgTU9TjpmQxoHzC3razpRpyBI_UnhfxSBmTjYi1VTS5Fm5isr_c_1psPuIJEwoqhWYjopD/s4032/20230210_170417.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhUBrjhAZ-iNs7BDtzIWjMnix9eQ2B_paeJypzJPrXgC52udqVp8vYCd1YVPHLhMGyqNAcdZkCnbchwlnyQ5_-Aphf3izRYylkhKjfcllESgqfAc-dUBAgTU9TjpmQxoHzC3razpRpyBI_UnhfxSBmTjYi1VTS5Fm5isr_c_1psPuIJEwoqhWYjopD/w150-h200/20230210_170417.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">After much measuring and testing, I settled on 2" x 5" bases. I also decided on staining the bases rather than painting or flocking them. To get started, I drilled a hole in the horse and inserted a 1/4" dowel (secured with my go to <a href="https://www.jbweld.com/product/kwikweld-twin-tube" target="_blank">J B Kwik Weld</a>). I thought that the dowel would be sufficient to support and stabilize the figure on the stand. Unfortunately, this solution lacked lateral stability. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl1sFKA_ufFzqgEGgcv5A5DCrJQdKiHQr8vEUrD9sElkei-LSLmoTSSvaYOnj95bXuKeV4NAmqvC2n-_5gbGvAy6zwSatXXVLljC0GIeQlEV_bSybsfY6LC3e3g3pUVKzhI9jC90sgJA06v0l1Fg2SY33xEQvFp1SB5PsZpF_ScgqHKVshFVrzXHkh/s4032/20230210_170411.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl1sFKA_ufFzqgEGgcv5A5DCrJQdKiHQr8vEUrD9sElkei-LSLmoTSSvaYOnj95bXuKeV4NAmqvC2n-_5gbGvAy6zwSatXXVLljC0GIeQlEV_bSybsfY6LC3e3g3pUVKzhI9jC90sgJA06v0l1Fg2SY33xEQvFp1SB5PsZpF_ScgqHKVshFVrzXHkh/w150-h200/20230210_170411.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_nJb-XYGeqUu1a1Tb3KVTRtW9UQrQQOzNqzNc1tf2y9EgrFfFWZX3HtfjwgDfvk88_BvvxnfTS0pAldPHtSgy8zvEbIdkccg2nfEyYl2kqBBrhwkXlacRtRXsNaQqEuQVLb0dQ80HwuHsCSU5fGeU_EadvpfK_Nqut7hZD0eUD4O-QYNoQygCcrf/s4032/20230210_170438.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_nJb-XYGeqUu1a1Tb3KVTRtW9UQrQQOzNqzNc1tf2y9EgrFfFWZX3HtfjwgDfvk88_BvvxnfTS0pAldPHtSgy8zvEbIdkccg2nfEyYl2kqBBrhwkXlacRtRXsNaQqEuQVLb0dQ80HwuHsCSU5fGeU_EadvpfK_Nqut7hZD0eUD4O-QYNoQygCcrf/w150-h200/20230210_170438.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">So I wound up pinning the hooves as well (using the old stand bye of clipping bits of paper clips). </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I then drilled a blind hole in the base for the dowel and smaller holes for the hoof pins. As such, each one of these bases requires a custom fit, so they wound up being rather time consuming. So far, though, so good. I've done the bulk of them. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbzOiw4pVZQf7FOWQSz00FxjXll-1wBlTDgXnDHmKTgafCKaFTE1fwqk4g0sXmMn_n_XX5fYB7x_ql9ax49ni2G-BaK8o4BBkUiF2mQR9hwJvvzyKDXzt9dMGzkc7oYhOLgSw_AEbRHLcFoRRc4T6m-78d7epHs3Aj7NxDAwRO8A7YcoqOG2XQXhRU/s4032/20230227_080744.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbzOiw4pVZQf7FOWQSz00FxjXll-1wBlTDgXnDHmKTgafCKaFTE1fwqk4g0sXmMn_n_XX5fYB7x_ql9ax49ni2G-BaK8o4BBkUiF2mQR9hwJvvzyKDXzt9dMGzkc7oYhOLgSw_AEbRHLcFoRRc4T6m-78d7epHs3Aj7NxDAwRO8A7YcoqOG2XQXhRU/s320/20230227_080744.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This configuration works very well. The figures are nice and stable and I rather like the look of the stained bases.</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I found that <a href="https://www.gorillatough.com/product/gorilla-wood-glue/" target="_blank">Gorilla Glue Wood Glue</a> does a good job of adhering the metal pins into the wooden base (and obviously works well for the wood on wood of the dowel). I pinned the riders into their seats and adhered both they and their lances using J B Kwik Weld--I tried super glue, but it wasn't as good given the mix of materials involved. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6BUxOkNQeVlNMCe1tVo3RWVEmWS5hUNQyrfzMeNdRPf7NvlqEY3fwa9G4I1bu6HWditGfPQW2uCaeS0Rky3V8Z2wnK6W4AJdTXsp-uF9Rqi3aky3IR0sQuj19lVv1oWvSj7yCa8FdJbTgewX9UeZwRgMvE-to2UlWGo5Kqiulf9fTc08IpujjyvxQ/s4608/20230227_193845.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6BUxOkNQeVlNMCe1tVo3RWVEmWS5hUNQyrfzMeNdRPf7NvlqEY3fwa9G4I1bu6HWditGfPQW2uCaeS0Rky3V8Z2wnK6W4AJdTXsp-uF9Rqi3aky3IR0sQuj19lVv1oWvSj7yCa8FdJbTgewX9UeZwRgMvE-to2UlWGo5Kqiulf9fTc08IpujjyvxQ/w150-h200/20230227_193845.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Fellow bloggist and friend AJ (of <a href="http://ajs-wargaming.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">AJ's Wargaming Blog</a>) is one of several in our club who has embarked on 3D printing. He provided me with some custom shields as well as a set of parts for making lances...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeukCfWS3aQPQvSiMhqp06E8kNFSqDSe3nwa0OM8kl-onCWQx0Z2GzUaTKnxjry_cyyFhLUfwVF679asPsMnLxPfK-54XU1PNVCPSpyaK6EoHLj8zPIfWbOfU9XcVaelGxDwxtzGsg57r4GKcedq4dq9h7MlW8ICfIVYOd72RDDfwINHVbUcU8Ju1j/s4032/20230212_112320.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeukCfWS3aQPQvSiMhqp06E8kNFSqDSe3nwa0OM8kl-onCWQx0Z2GzUaTKnxjry_cyyFhLUfwVF679asPsMnLxPfK-54XU1PNVCPSpyaK6EoHLj8zPIfWbOfU9XcVaelGxDwxtzGsg57r4GKcedq4dq9h7MlW8ICfIVYOd72RDDfwINHVbUcU8Ju1j/w200-h150/20230212_112320.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">...from which I put together jousting lances out of 3mm carbon fiber (at first 1/8" wooden dowels) with 3D printed hand guards and fists for tips . My teams will have a mix of the Schleich jousting lances and these. Moving on, here are a few of the conversions...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYgBdXlOAB1MQ3WTNA4mqnffvzmzMkPPC0-VHbDb-bS1vXrCoVN2jLAx7AwK6uFfGf3xc3ChGgAMTvB_E_VEhZp7H2GqqBY2ZWQRRrSIQiq1UnVNu_EVLJO3LUtMa8IAVJtXv97S-s92QEszHxBrok-4WEotAiczqXMbJpevUYsKSVOOm4YPBBreOw/s4032/20230227_193715.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYgBdXlOAB1MQ3WTNA4mqnffvzmzMkPPC0-VHbDb-bS1vXrCoVN2jLAx7AwK6uFfGf3xc3ChGgAMTvB_E_VEhZp7H2GqqBY2ZWQRRrSIQiq1UnVNu_EVLJO3LUtMa8IAVJtXv97S-s92QEszHxBrok-4WEotAiczqXMbJpevUYsKSVOOm4YPBBreOw/w240-h320/20230227_193715.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">For the Notable Knight on "Team Black" (right figure) I substituted the 3D printed tilting shield for the original one with the cross, adding the dragon head decal using inkjet slide decal paper. There will be a team (yet to be done) that I'm calling the "Paladins" who will have a crusader and cross motif, so I decided to not also have this symbol on Team Black (who wound up having a unifying dragon motif). The cross on the original knight is raised and part of the mold, so simply painting over it would not have worked, so I switched it out. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3t9iTDUomuBE5If7djRrBzUvuUey3adeAMomWa6JLD1oCGT94hX5qh94DAqPHmDAEtGlZXRX3Xwt6vviz-ScxqLqexuc1QLYU5XYF0GlX2VZwM5UIIbveq0U8E7kBbkd1N-xfOtWgw0T7ssYjlSjzB9RlRbqnhuaRqzy-yVYAMhE__aLLQP1lJm23/s1280/a%20red%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1007" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3t9iTDUomuBE5If7djRrBzUvuUey3adeAMomWa6JLD1oCGT94hX5qh94DAqPHmDAEtGlZXRX3Xwt6vviz-ScxqLqexuc1QLYU5XYF0GlX2VZwM5UIIbveq0U8E7kBbkd1N-xfOtWgw0T7ssYjlSjzB9RlRbqnhuaRqzy-yVYAMhE__aLLQP1lJm23/w158-h200/a%20red%202.jpg" width="158" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7L8RRLUWYWLKu6OwDaAZrZfrl2ZZOCK4CT9MWGyOUCUbQHIgC_K2bzrHekWjVT40uCDt0bRoU2nhOhCkYZdnTtObzZRXtfFoTx0uEqc65-EnlH2sUb0YO2HLcw3UY0sMOhCqahPDigA9QaijMufrII0bbUCYeuobJJkVdDlUdMobk9ME38b_FdA4P/s1251/a%20red%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1251" data-original-width="1035" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7L8RRLUWYWLKu6OwDaAZrZfrl2ZZOCK4CT9MWGyOUCUbQHIgC_K2bzrHekWjVT40uCDt0bRoU2nhOhCkYZdnTtObzZRXtfFoTx0uEqc65-EnlH2sUb0YO2HLcw3UY0sMOhCqahPDigA9QaijMufrII0bbUCYeuobJJkVdDlUdMobk9ME38b_FdA4P/w166-h200/a%20red%203.jpg" width="166" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijHwpkvy6mzya6NIRsjLOjGCm9NdZkoPTMrWeFDFVzmp99ne3rizAzCzuluutcPGAt9h5pWgBjaQxppMvVEStcN6EV1WaW39IB3ZXtMPCIBwfv2SGV0DV08S0Ms8QQj_yFAqL9XfKg6pTX_fljA8K_7afERw_WDRNv2Bmrx0ANKM42n1c5J5sQiBCd/s4032/a%20red%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijHwpkvy6mzya6NIRsjLOjGCm9NdZkoPTMrWeFDFVzmp99ne3rizAzCzuluutcPGAt9h5pWgBjaQxppMvVEStcN6EV1WaW39IB3ZXtMPCIBwfv2SGV0DV08S0Ms8QQj_yFAqL9XfKg6pTX_fljA8K_7afERw_WDRNv2Bmrx0ANKM42n1c5J5sQiBCd/w240-h320/a%20red%204.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">For the Notable Knight on "Team Red," I mixed the horse from the above left figure and knight from the above right. I did so because they both have the single large fleur de lis symbol. I drilled out the hand on the knight and replaced the sword with the tilting lance. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFJCbWhpBbTN7XQ5EyCaNQIMUBGedSM-gi_bRGqUpkL7AWrIDqC3mdgIcZ-huPBPKvbjhZOgsGP1v_3i1lUPEOmCMR4s0wVIthEErRsnjfEAFzGybT1m7HULgW07h6RpU8u5QonmggTWFpeU7nwCv7vdhOSXEV2AV304ixkbJUQEgAJeC9bPIkd1zp/s640/a%20white%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFJCbWhpBbTN7XQ5EyCaNQIMUBGedSM-gi_bRGqUpkL7AWrIDqC3mdgIcZ-huPBPKvbjhZOgsGP1v_3i1lUPEOmCMR4s0wVIthEErRsnjfEAFzGybT1m7HULgW07h6RpU8u5QonmggTWFpeU7nwCv7vdhOSXEV2AV304ixkbJUQEgAJeC9bPIkd1zp/w200-h150/a%20white%202.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnQcid-klqWqiXCQ2LhCRX-AWHUMRZtqF5dWNIbXJpfDkfNTiJVEl7pNWmyetABXaVUw_GHb55tRZ6w5fXzT4xhnsfX5TIdstFBMu4He_InxLX7AJLA_D14x_S00lmKHPHUf_tA1ZGZ3LQOlpUmYGb_SZogu3hckElHqLJD_Pw7INDeMc4cCrpHB58/s4032/d%2020230209_081436.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnQcid-klqWqiXCQ2LhCRX-AWHUMRZtqF5dWNIbXJpfDkfNTiJVEl7pNWmyetABXaVUw_GHb55tRZ6w5fXzT4xhnsfX5TIdstFBMu4He_InxLX7AJLA_D14x_S00lmKHPHUf_tA1ZGZ3LQOlpUmYGb_SZogu3hckElHqLJD_Pw7INDeMc4cCrpHB58/w150-h200/d%2020230209_081436.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi46Hrf4ryl-2efc1SgrrqTTO7JP1CQE4-3E0mZFWfsoWjGv9mRvN-9vy0-5rRehh_BSiOsP5z7v7Rh7MOuqePf5hAbyFjBIAoRq2lN8q67D0qHbCiS4vfu1H1FeLe1OoPGe1BSU7ZUs5V2HcZxFKP6tOfgNL-hFvI43tC3J-Ip3TIhvH_wi8r7-vet/s4032/e%2020230209_081458.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi46Hrf4ryl-2efc1SgrrqTTO7JP1CQE4-3E0mZFWfsoWjGv9mRvN-9vy0-5rRehh_BSiOsP5z7v7Rh7MOuqePf5hAbyFjBIAoRq2lN8q67D0qHbCiS4vfu1H1FeLe1OoPGe1BSU7ZUs5V2HcZxFKP6tOfgNL-hFvI43tC3J-Ip3TIhvH_wi8r7-vet/w150-h200/e%2020230209_081458.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">For my Notable Knight on "Team White" (it's a coincidence that these all are Notables), I started with this Blue Box knight wielding a mace. I had to cut off and pin his arm in a new position (above right), and then I drilled out his hand and gave him a jousting lance (repainted in the red/white combination). I also touched up the red and white scroll on the helm, the white on his eagle crest, and added a bit of white trim detailing to the hanging bit on the back (not sure what that's called). </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAQLa6ZBc_BYRlaEtKqsFOMympU2POrduis55ak0tWVqInsJqw-iaWQd8U85-YqdvDJvQJOa4KMW-LHMHwAtt759d_F1BNBlNlCT0onjIeGUBa2qQuiMebWVB-qIcxQuNAwAFl5DgtwmBXtuPDLG__gs4g45GDqaVS9QnC333HyQMb3K7VIvU8IQ5J/s4032/20230212_112951.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAQLa6ZBc_BYRlaEtKqsFOMympU2POrduis55ak0tWVqInsJqw-iaWQd8U85-YqdvDJvQJOa4KMW-LHMHwAtt759d_F1BNBlNlCT0onjIeGUBa2qQuiMebWVB-qIcxQuNAwAFl5DgtwmBXtuPDLG__gs4g45GDqaVS9QnC333HyQMb3K7VIvU8IQ5J/s320/20230212_112951.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The Team White Lord (a "stock" figure, left), next to the conversion Team White Notable Knight (right).</span></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVxJg6x3FIeZjQJNiZwup9Whn6IIU21qdNXBNTrujQLSmIfv5lwyFg6IUMC3QvHAIXz4pVhnUaPMDkdZ9Ka6uh3PnAXluUQqJaubxW2W776VtZ-0k6x8jrGrf4JzM8VZRxtZpGuFGZa_xAj4HApqUJP4DecGQDaOZZ_xwwk5DPWtBYsKPUfXPbW_1o/s1600/b%20s-l16008.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVxJg6x3FIeZjQJNiZwup9Whn6IIU21qdNXBNTrujQLSmIfv5lwyFg6IUMC3QvHAIXz4pVhnUaPMDkdZ9Ka6uh3PnAXluUQqJaubxW2W776VtZ-0k6x8jrGrf4JzM8VZRxtZpGuFGZa_xAj4HApqUJP4DecGQDaOZZ_xwwk5DPWtBYsKPUfXPbW_1o/w200-h150/b%20s-l16008.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This was the most involved conversion. For my Notable Knight on "Team Green" I began with this figure (also a Blue Box figure). I was not happy with the helm; it needed to be a bit more grand...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXNKo6D6Ck0JwGdDk30brtu9AIz6Z0QjdLzhXdd450s_veBJ9gVuCPbC1gZcPG5OSvVYffvnn3bL-VIrfWe3ja_EBVk2JA4jGEIolgITqM5Rt8G1zGrNeGpVlxs-sv0y4u0z8f-YgokMEkzxUhCaKdi8cKKwPSTugZzKBdtFWnCQhd3SB-eYhruF5n/s1600/c%20s3-l1600.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1055" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXNKo6D6Ck0JwGdDk30brtu9AIz6Z0QjdLzhXdd450s_veBJ9gVuCPbC1gZcPG5OSvVYffvnn3bL-VIrfWe3ja_EBVk2JA4jGEIolgITqM5Rt8G1zGrNeGpVlxs-sv0y4u0z8f-YgokMEkzxUhCaKdi8cKKwPSTugZzKBdtFWnCQhd3SB-eYhruF5n/w132-h200/c%20s3-l1600.jpg" width="132" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVD8GW_SOHaIRzrzQkZT3lPsl1eQX3f80E58goAiEFCPMeVd38oC21I27TLVQYvnrDxOlFZmAuMqWCH_97ahQmL0NJk30_LuJiEQiguQpYNYJ_lF1zP4MZEEyB6ciHbBfHcrzEVrMM69J1eLletk4K7fRoaogYgkzzySPrOExiNK17Cx4Tp76cdyGw/s1600/c%20l1600.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1220" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVD8GW_SOHaIRzrzQkZT3lPsl1eQX3f80E58goAiEFCPMeVd38oC21I27TLVQYvnrDxOlFZmAuMqWCH_97ahQmL0NJk30_LuJiEQiguQpYNYJ_lF1zP4MZEEyB6ciHbBfHcrzEVrMM69J1eLletk4K7fRoaogYgkzzySPrOExiNK17Cx4Tp76cdyGw/w153-h200/c%20l1600.jpg" width="153" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">...I really liked the helm and hanging fabric on the back on this figure (a dismounted Blue Box knight). So I decided a head swap would be in order. However, I was not thrilled with the big dragon crest, it not being consistent with the other heraldry on the figure (the green lion rampant on the shield and horse) and also because Team Black Lord has a dragon motif. So I lopped off the dragon crest. Still, something needed to go up there on that (now) big flat part on top...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmueWpDuwfNl1eKxetmdUVXUBN6xsQBDp8m-_hSr8gahCJQWibMGp9MV3q2ZGtuN4c3YfWeHPqv88-SONBs9CZOs2cBTrrknlkJ6MIoNv_Xic4io6RmXuL-r3xeskNu2e6BZ1CqChqwsFi2sHAV-JSldvpDieC4a6HvPYrMlTBVz8v4tngjV0s8O9Z/s1600/d%20s-l16004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmueWpDuwfNl1eKxetmdUVXUBN6xsQBDp8m-_hSr8gahCJQWibMGp9MV3q2ZGtuN4c3YfWeHPqv88-SONBs9CZOs2cBTrrknlkJ6MIoNv_Xic4io6RmXuL-r3xeskNu2e6BZ1CqChqwsFi2sHAV-JSldvpDieC4a6HvPYrMlTBVz8v4tngjV0s8O9Z/w150-h200/d%20s-l16004.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">...and I thought that the crest on this figure was not too big and not too small, jusssst right for what I needed. So I took the crest (just the top part) off of this figure...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjumUMyGTCRxSXaAH1dJQhv-9mbWFQBcURaIQfdyBhTT2YeHoVfzs8iH4baqw3MQsT2nnENcSFQYGxuyVEmv4MLDaGLqL7h4vyD7cpH6Nt0FoScvgPBIGtqUaSYap2dlCPNoKf4_0kHkDeB9aXKCvRW0J_0Hq5ylvVoQ2Qnakw2htOWTRMtQ4NCbOIj/s4032/e%2020230227_080801.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjumUMyGTCRxSXaAH1dJQhv-9mbWFQBcURaIQfdyBhTT2YeHoVfzs8iH4baqw3MQsT2nnENcSFQYGxuyVEmv4MLDaGLqL7h4vyD7cpH6Nt0FoScvgPBIGtqUaSYap2dlCPNoKf4_0kHkDeB9aXKCvRW0J_0Hq5ylvVoQ2Qnakw2htOWTRMtQ4NCbOIj/w150-h200/e%2020230227_080801.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">...and put it on the aforementioned flat spot on top of the new head, which I then put on the aforementioned headless knight...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJkviarXqoCSAGAQfBeL_OReQCk-bRSAfbEny2anLiFeDDZRrXf3KVet8cuF6zmH6FKaPCvbWsmncn5hj4cJZfgQI1VCnkGgNeln_NeyB1mttd9Xy2EjxP6UUawpIE_iz8jmqX_-OSwnF9IvfL7cB4xs08dX185lnn8E9nxiq_GMEzcpuj8Y_eT6MP/s4032/h%2020230227_080824.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJkviarXqoCSAGAQfBeL_OReQCk-bRSAfbEny2anLiFeDDZRrXf3KVet8cuF6zmH6FKaPCvbWsmncn5hj4cJZfgQI1VCnkGgNeln_NeyB1mttd9Xy2EjxP6UUawpIE_iz8jmqX_-OSwnF9IvfL7cB4xs08dX185lnn8E9nxiq_GMEzcpuj8Y_eT6MP/s320/h%2020230227_080824.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9e0vNrQe_m2pkGyFN_Y9YheAaYmCMFdRptdveEaRAvE2Q_U6uo5AhQtdb6sbZh2Z03tCi9Vssc_a9nYKQKNCoiQItqV95bheLGek2M_oOjJEwQbZKXdPxw_375RHEjjg6stkKuHMYJglFQn1mvMKLmD7vlxTu1A3V681WREx_iRKt-vXve1kFhZox/s4032/g%2020230227_081021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9e0vNrQe_m2pkGyFN_Y9YheAaYmCMFdRptdveEaRAvE2Q_U6uo5AhQtdb6sbZh2Z03tCi9Vssc_a9nYKQKNCoiQItqV95bheLGek2M_oOjJEwQbZKXdPxw_375RHEjjg6stkKuHMYJglFQn1mvMKLmD7vlxTu1A3V681WREx_iRKt-vXve1kFhZox/s320/g%2020230227_081021.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">...and I upgraded the flimsy lance with a more robust one (painted green), added a bit of green to the horse's caparison (at the neck and the rump), painted the feathers on the crest and the scroll yellow and green...and Bob's yer uncle, here is the Team Green Notable knight. I rather like the way he came out. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkNILKipLsbxOD8rnNg4564PdEm3847E1WbN_ahN0_mMqITblr4WuNM2nfQb6JTJ5Q11fFignsLGFsA9BofhCmZaZxmyH-fPu4ktBQ2jTNNgkCKA-V1RTiLrsB2PKjWFs3YjKF75sL-KmQgosv3w8HTIyxbhu_oRS6gVkwo_qZtHaydMEXrOwnBF4l/s4032/b%2020230219_100900.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkNILKipLsbxOD8rnNg4564PdEm3847E1WbN_ahN0_mMqITblr4WuNM2nfQb6JTJ5Q11fFignsLGFsA9BofhCmZaZxmyH-fPu4ktBQ2jTNNgkCKA-V1RTiLrsB2PKjWFs3YjKF75sL-KmQgosv3w8HTIyxbhu_oRS6gVkwo_qZtHaydMEXrOwnBF4l/s320/b%2020230219_100900.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Meanwhile, work continues on other figures. I'm waiting on the arrival of another small consignment of figures in order to complete my last team. Watch for another post as things move forward.</span><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiUbw_gk1UAvT73uFuiq-25dCjR_QopS3pKd9oX6S2_wN-ulR1DwO8o8ewNwsA15SwFzIXRyDV8eiH3POlqbGH4edREyJTJX0ahs65rTBd0TDW2bqVDSxPMntu5IqGig9ZHjIy05h-3s20vDaVA-PO65O0jdF29ZMZ4Yy2IDE0MI9vXjV6UOd7p9KG/s551/hess%20officer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="289" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiUbw_gk1UAvT73uFuiq-25dCjR_QopS3pKd9oX6S2_wN-ulR1DwO8o8ewNwsA15SwFzIXRyDV8eiH3POlqbGH4edREyJTJX0ahs65rTBd0TDW2bqVDSxPMntu5IqGig9ZHjIy05h-3s20vDaVA-PO65O0jdF29ZMZ4Yy2IDE0MI9vXjV6UOd7p9KG/w105-h200/hess%20officer.jpg" width="105" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Excelsior!</div></span><p></p>Ed Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648721189080574501.post-11079046452444167692023-02-09T14:33:00.011-08:002023-02-10T04:54:14.666-08:00MAKING A LIST AND CHECKING IT THRICE<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKo5ATkaZocMk6uRr26wvCzh9WSYJPtkovDt-d76jlP6xXltHVZSE6M539WnUbcFMh4FAB3v3wXemu4Uld4kK4ENu7aGOrutDzU7ZCFg0pWg-j9qDkYPomeFBIQTaTcrMgutIpcLc6taAML1nUK_XmiTkViqYlbfNvM_8OATdjg7Fo56-5rXCj6iGL/s4032/a%2020230209_145644.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKo5ATkaZocMk6uRr26wvCzh9WSYJPtkovDt-d76jlP6xXltHVZSE6M539WnUbcFMh4FAB3v3wXemu4Uld4kK4ENu7aGOrutDzU7ZCFg0pWg-j9qDkYPomeFBIQTaTcrMgutIpcLc6taAML1nUK_XmiTkViqYlbfNvM_8OATdjg7Fo56-5rXCj6iGL/w400-h300/a%2020230209_145644.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Three sets of lists done. The start of the next project.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Having just reported on the completion of my <i><a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/p/joust-for-fun-of-it-quick-play-jousting.html">Joust for the Fun of It</a></i> rules, the hobby butterfly has alighted on the next phase of this project. I originally created this game for 28mm figures. Since I have all the figures and bits I need to run the game in 28mm, I (of course) came up with the bright idea that I could <i>also</i> play it using the 1:20 scale Schleich toy knights. Of course, this means that in order to take my game on the road and run it for others, I would need at least 6 teams of 4 knights each, 24 in all. Towards these ends, I have been hitting ebay hard...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikRYeNhsFjTeYLdLjd4cLROgglRJMbvfWy_G-c-lkRB1O5hpobyPkFyibTzkp663mKvldMQel3FW_Iu1S1oloa2mqet9EMxH-lHQwKcuNj29T30nNSf070ZDIp1vlaF4vUO46AbSDzTgDp2u9qv11jt88bQP9wH-DvlesGhAr_0Dtic69ZX6dZAIkQ/s4032/20230209_073932.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikRYeNhsFjTeYLdLjd4cLROgglRJMbvfWy_G-c-lkRB1O5hpobyPkFyibTzkp663mKvldMQel3FW_Iu1S1oloa2mqet9EMxH-lHQwKcuNj29T30nNSf070ZDIp1vlaF4vUO46AbSDzTgDp2u9qv11jt88bQP9wH-DvlesGhAr_0Dtic69ZX6dZAIkQ/w150-h200/20230209_073932.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV5ig4jQnI0BWAixAeeGCjpHUmBVq5unb6iE4HU7UIwhGMWAwc9B_JAxjw5pLWDy53uPO4iSOeV-soPMgMfBvnaT0bykeUEPDRg2-QhjDWKQ450lqNgnWCU-WNYf-VOoLhLxwbedQJlGIUFekDzNWxwrE1wKd5rVKeOD_nFBaNqWWzgFRwtnjkwAt0/s4032/20230129_121844.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV5ig4jQnI0BWAixAeeGCjpHUmBVq5unb6iE4HU7UIwhGMWAwc9B_JAxjw5pLWDy53uPO4iSOeV-soPMgMfBvnaT0bykeUEPDRg2-QhjDWKQ450lqNgnWCU-WNYf-VOoLhLxwbedQJlGIUFekDzNWxwrE1wKd5rVKeOD_nFBaNqWWzgFRwtnjkwAt0/w150-h200/20230129_121844.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">A snapshot capturing a swath of my recent ebay acquistions of big knights and big knight accessories. I'll be doing lots of work configuring the knights into teams of four (how to mount them, modify them, etc, etc). Right now, I'm working with some friends who do 3D printing to come up with bits and bobs in support of that effort. More to come on that in the future (still in development). In the meantime, I decided to tackle something that I <i>could </i>get done: the lists. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPZKd1JBpUxWkslPotAKFv_HYlV5-qAJX1NoIqsqMpIQ87qzJdFmNWfICm-h1izxsWI2K66kk3ZI690CdfB7QWgJkbctR74lUnLkNsZl2l_Tt_x2Ct0B7Py1n4oV9mpsvpEQTybYAKPpGAf-Cox08vz-_AVHeScyx8dQECnIIeKkNKb5mZ6pC5rmJS/s4032/a1%2020230209_074004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPZKd1JBpUxWkslPotAKFv_HYlV5-qAJX1NoIqsqMpIQ87qzJdFmNWfICm-h1izxsWI2K66kk3ZI690CdfB7QWgJkbctR74lUnLkNsZl2l_Tt_x2Ct0B7Py1n4oV9mpsvpEQTybYAKPpGAf-Cox08vz-_AVHeScyx8dQECnIIeKkNKb5mZ6pC5rmJS/w150-h200/a1%2020230209_074004.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I discovered among the Schleich World of Knight accessories these very nice list barriers (in this post, you may clix pix for BIG PIX as usual).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_qb7cxKKjMAJ313SSZ-pnoNZKlbarIFBw991F9qWR9fd47dJ07mriA5evcQhDqmdcntfX33SLJ88K__oAHeBFBuqomPsbYhAR7yMwFTA5PPEqITfjaizl5T85Q9iEb3-jrOxY026ea3lNkiy7LG1PBVvCDujc00cn4x7a68mZaXzXMX2q75a5egVf/s4032/a2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_qb7cxKKjMAJ313SSZ-pnoNZKlbarIFBw991F9qWR9fd47dJ07mriA5evcQhDqmdcntfX33SLJ88K__oAHeBFBuqomPsbYhAR7yMwFTA5PPEqITfjaizl5T85Q9iEb3-jrOxY026ea3lNkiy7LG1PBVvCDujc00cn4x7a68mZaXzXMX2q75a5egVf/w150-h200/a2.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgE30DtqxSHTvsEvcx08NJf64-30zZNxEqQxfcXRTTXaLBlT8bUvuEGmXOIq8ss3l_STBLbyozORptMD_U82CDj38Cj94cf0-cEOT9iqR5xU2BJG9TLz46d46XNPiRnaVmgaqWlTvtXFIx4QOX-ElWXRmJdtHJxJAsocq0NM18mNAo_rGibHWkP1cR/s4032/20230114_153037.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgE30DtqxSHTvsEvcx08NJf64-30zZNxEqQxfcXRTTXaLBlT8bUvuEGmXOIq8ss3l_STBLbyozORptMD_U82CDj38Cj94cf0-cEOT9iqR5xU2BJG9TLz46d46XNPiRnaVmgaqWlTvtXFIx4QOX-ElWXRmJdtHJxJAsocq0NM18mNAo_rGibHWkP1cR/w150-h200/20230114_153037.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">They're nice enough, but I figured if I'm going to "go big" with my figures, then the lists should add a bit more to the look. And (above right) having added shields to my 28mm jousting lists... </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRZ7U5Iq64uCtNT04J_mOtUp_vBlQwQC4jndVVkWof9aIqZT07f2uezJpt29_UJZu62noDP14yXhlyEzHM29--27JvzjdyUlWwVi6EcMEonKf8EsSR8TfrmHhkG98QWB1BSQUTrpsoLA2_bTTsb4CtD8DUrfH6b9TYojZUUw65q-3lhbXjRfQoBxjb/s4032/20230209_075305.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRZ7U5Iq64uCtNT04J_mOtUp_vBlQwQC4jndVVkWof9aIqZT07f2uezJpt29_UJZu62noDP14yXhlyEzHM29--27JvzjdyUlWwVi6EcMEonKf8EsSR8TfrmHhkG98QWB1BSQUTrpsoLA2_bTTsb4CtD8DUrfH6b9TYojZUUw65q-3lhbXjRfQoBxjb/w150-h200/20230209_075305.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">...I thought I'd do the same for my big ones. And this is how I did it.</span></div><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj00lcq_8YGtwcjQpWRm8XS3voISE83WhuIEDNdDcXnliPdmnk9bt7I2V_2LFCMFJSXsXZ90w3PNPcBF5ED9f0PbdDwqx6hmHbFMuuejUPY1u2OzAJ1nFsV_d0xMPG72Jd0b3Rs_8AyCh1giDDjJx8OFW-1NlOiP5v_tbYP9BicKdN-nevWe42gwFKv/s4608/b2%2020230209_074304.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj00lcq_8YGtwcjQpWRm8XS3voISE83WhuIEDNdDcXnliPdmnk9bt7I2V_2LFCMFJSXsXZ90w3PNPcBF5ED9f0PbdDwqx6hmHbFMuuejUPY1u2OzAJ1nFsV_d0xMPG72Jd0b3Rs_8AyCh1giDDjJx8OFW-1NlOiP5v_tbYP9BicKdN-nevWe42gwFKv/s320/b2%2020230209_074304.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">First of all, I used a Heraldic Device clip art set that I've had for ages to produce two shields per list barrier (printed out, cut out, and mounted on a slim bit of plasticard). I also had a bunch of 1.5" x 1.5" wooden bases on hand. These I stained. I then used Gorilla Wood glue to paste the shields onto the wood. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxNP37wYq8mDsFI_glJYMY4FFKp73oqfaPV0UJbH9glif6LAST_PBqA19yLkYl5euQR_ucrwZhouT_eX_bE9-OE32pNMkBx3gCWkhvJzVbraIDfl_RFIK-6498aFvUj0Eslx-GuMWg_C4n_f6hNXKt09sQpA8DiWUEQpqwYUtujvf_zVkrXcHZ3HhB/s4032/b1%2020230209_075200.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxNP37wYq8mDsFI_glJYMY4FFKp73oqfaPV0UJbH9glif6LAST_PBqA19yLkYl5euQR_ucrwZhouT_eX_bE9-OE32pNMkBx3gCWkhvJzVbraIDfl_RFIK-6498aFvUj0Eslx-GuMWg_C4n_f6hNXKt09sQpA8DiWUEQpqwYUtujvf_zVkrXcHZ3HhB/s320/b1%2020230209_075200.jpg" width="240" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The Schliech barriers have lots of nice detail, to include this lug that protrudes out of one of the sides (there is a smaller one on the reverse). This presented a problem: how to mount the shields flush given this protrusion?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHmunZQpCtYOcK6mib3gA0fR8Xw43C3US8m9jX9LF1T91ZPxo9Y9iFzCN_NbR-sTR8gYx6tKePjdJOhkfcV59XvpJ9VFKFlfRdEZnKyYmaAk7iJhG7Hb_2jX6--2GT928hMgvVI-UrEAIfDILaJi6X6hIO84psaW5o-NAeDF3HBKXa-hGVhJ3KUE7d/s4032/b3%2020230209_074050.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHmunZQpCtYOcK6mib3gA0fR8Xw43C3US8m9jX9LF1T91ZPxo9Y9iFzCN_NbR-sTR8gYx6tKePjdJOhkfcV59XvpJ9VFKFlfRdEZnKyYmaAk7iJhG7Hb_2jX6--2GT928hMgvVI-UrEAIfDILaJi6X6hIO84psaW5o-NAeDF3HBKXa-hGVhJ3KUE7d/w150-h200/b3%2020230209_074050.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh0nOqpiTXBMkQXc9OtXno1YtuXDP--M0S--ykqvzH9Kna6Lu_gKT-4kuI6cgFtEE3qXG3WwXYuDt_cKYWNPocjaeJLyo4fEhLuT0gQB1aVcEJcnJcqWrUU9o-h3Mc980eIIv2Rna5lwUKGlbjtyktdP7CKGVxLlmVazNIHPWpoYhRyI69cu_Dfa5J/s4032/b5%2020230209_075249.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh0nOqpiTXBMkQXc9OtXno1YtuXDP--M0S--ykqvzH9Kna6Lu_gKT-4kuI6cgFtEE3qXG3WwXYuDt_cKYWNPocjaeJLyo4fEhLuT0gQB1aVcEJcnJcqWrUU9o-h3Mc980eIIv2Rna5lwUKGlbjtyktdP7CKGVxLlmVazNIHPWpoYhRyI69cu_Dfa5J/w150-h200/b5%2020230209_075249.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">The problem proved to be the solution. I drilled a blind hole in the center of one side of each of the shield boards...</div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidchL1vLw8DMa-HsJuYovol4Z2T8_TgB7ua51LgNEVyEw02_4S0UiRY_gs-8Fnaw4i15e_bvgOnl5OrqgAE3KakWiUIPYN4RVJRDOhASkaat2r2ilbk1cJKWWp6ykT3n5vAunjd6RABj1z70QxQsSoEeGHUgounFJEQ68ZsV4JXx_oZYXdEZhvyKwP/s4608/b5a%2020230209_074258.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidchL1vLw8DMa-HsJuYovol4Z2T8_TgB7ua51LgNEVyEw02_4S0UiRY_gs-8Fnaw4i15e_bvgOnl5OrqgAE3KakWiUIPYN4RVJRDOhASkaat2r2ilbk1cJKWWp6ykT3n5vAunjd6RABj1z70QxQsSoEeGHUgounFJEQ68ZsV4JXx_oZYXdEZhvyKwP/s320/b5a%2020230209_074258.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">...and then I put them onto the barriers with the lugs fitting into the holes, which not only solved the problem but provided a flat-pack-like fitting of one thing into another to ensure that they were centered... </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVAahhhk4EI8K349Ne3CiGLy5yL5reun5k5oScE2zHrHc_e-h3uGOrIpIZua1dysbkKBdLd1r7EYEYn6RLvgkeQoyzQ62HBfl5JQHZBX8wKlGb2wpeysN9TP6660lZwpanmGrA5zxKMTgqhqyjhBJiDwXG2yW8fk0CGLlUJSg8wt5dOr1XVnatbSek/s4032/b7%2020230209_080309.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVAahhhk4EI8K349Ne3CiGLy5yL5reun5k5oScE2zHrHc_e-h3uGOrIpIZua1dysbkKBdLd1r7EYEYn6RLvgkeQoyzQ62HBfl5JQHZBX8wKlGb2wpeysN9TP6660lZwpanmGrA5zxKMTgqhqyjhBJiDwXG2yW8fk0CGLlUJSg8wt5dOr1XVnatbSek/w150-h200/b7%2020230209_080309.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzZ_n5vz-XHb_fgW4uBUVn39TjuKjd0PrglMzkkdMhKnFm6u9EgDtICiFlwOOt1LENe6YzXEvHP6O4S91Ku-pSbhKP7jioOC69_UEr9RatDVWijRY98EYjcWrHdb9JZlIH7-IRl5iUzXEM5BrB00p0qNSipgUdM2eRIRZN3m9MT48I1MhedRwLoFTr/s4032/b8%2020230209_080301.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzZ_n5vz-XHb_fgW4uBUVn39TjuKjd0PrglMzkkdMhKnFm6u9EgDtICiFlwOOt1LENe6YzXEvHP6O4S91Ku-pSbhKP7jioOC69_UEr9RatDVWijRY98EYjcWrHdb9JZlIH7-IRl5iUzXEM5BrB00p0qNSipgUdM2eRIRZN3m9MT48I1MhedRwLoFTr/w200-h150/b8%2020230209_080301.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">...after the first side dried, I then flipped them over and put the shields on the reverse. It wasn't clear how flush they would sit on the rails, so I added two 1/4" woodworking cubes which were (happily) the same height as the rails (or just about) and put Gorilla Glue wood glue on them, and just to be sure, I also generously slathered the rails with <a href="https://www.jbweld.com/product/kwikweld-twin-tube" target="_blank">J B Kwikweld </a>(good for bonding wood to plastic, good for bonding just about anything!). This combination covered any variation in how the shields might lay. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitlIDgTJsYO_Ctx4xJfyUSPvTUt2a88swIouSvReiLfikzKIZy3V_mOO-FVGQB96Q-KJQHZLb2tqMnvvtqgC25hyc1m_YsQFfEDsKMyWFIV4bBEKkYBxmJeyibH6jZqMeb5uMrc8EKfOavuMaomchVxl8xo71bYi7Q5elibuEOE58bRcgE_MxPDa0a/s4032/b9%2020230209_085636.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitlIDgTJsYO_Ctx4xJfyUSPvTUt2a88swIouSvReiLfikzKIZy3V_mOO-FVGQB96Q-KJQHZLb2tqMnvvtqgC25hyc1m_YsQFfEDsKMyWFIV4bBEKkYBxmJeyibH6jZqMeb5uMrc8EKfOavuMaomchVxl8xo71bYi7Q5elibuEOE58bRcgE_MxPDa0a/s320/b9%2020230209_085636.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">I configure each list with 5 barriers. Each barrier has a single shield pattern that is repeated on both sides. To be able to run 3 lists at a time, I fabricated 15 barriers, each with a different shield pattern. This way, no matter how I arrange them, there will be no repeat shield designs visible. In this case, the outcome pretty much matched the concept: Big toy knights on big lists with big shields. So far, so good. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq1e--jLrE9BMNnRrFTNG1ORcOyPwth4l_HViDOZM8aXM4rUM0KhWpYnhYPKHeaOfVhkaB3BwOLhWKtFqQQed0O8Nbnlh27rWT1tNCemY1ykCa-xinK-PYZO2eY8UuANsuLXLHRsOsb43Njz14XB6fAWPixyWMan6_JE9JqaIiEZIUNuAgUyVCrxBs/s4032/20230209_081439.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq1e--jLrE9BMNnRrFTNG1ORcOyPwth4l_HViDOZM8aXM4rUM0KhWpYnhYPKHeaOfVhkaB3BwOLhWKtFqQQed0O8Nbnlh27rWT1tNCemY1ykCa-xinK-PYZO2eY8UuANsuLXLHRsOsb43Njz14XB6fAWPixyWMan6_JE9JqaIiEZIUNuAgUyVCrxBs/s320/20230209_081439.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Work now shifts to the much larger and more extended task of organizing, modifying, and configuring the knights. I just signed up to run this game at the <a href="https://www.mayhemconvention.com/" target="_blank">Mayhem Convention</a> (April 22), so I'll be sticking to this project to make sure I can see it through in time for the convention. </span></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLfGCxWPyoA72JfSUkgHlssVssM_KEH_wDZDPSq6eWbaTLwP4w5-FE4mJDNjx3_aeK9mYjVHJqO9vkS1xtXJJ_RxPmZa03AkEI2kNaPyFPjow2h79Mj1WK-sORQTiOzL_tgo0WSaNzFDDV_M07qEumxTtiOia9MJenpl-KD9fDo_yw5GVkFy4F4eQt/s551/hess%20officer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="289" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLfGCxWPyoA72JfSUkgHlssVssM_KEH_wDZDPSq6eWbaTLwP4w5-FE4mJDNjx3_aeK9mYjVHJqO9vkS1xtXJJ_RxPmZa03AkEI2kNaPyFPjow2h79Mj1WK-sORQTiOzL_tgo0WSaNzFDDV_M07qEumxTtiOia9MJenpl-KD9fDo_yw5GVkFy4F4eQt/w105-h200/hess%20officer.jpg" width="105" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Excelsior!</span></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div>Ed Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648721189080574501.post-44921773654970662682023-01-30T18:42:00.000-08:002023-01-30T18:42:16.105-08:00JOUST FOR THE FUN OF IT: JOUSTING RULES<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQXcsqmhVED5U0_NoVjc0eir5GWmilDc-Elw2JgvK4yuQqcmG1dzt5ojd05hE_bWb6p-WqMZQh5yEB69IXaUv4YzbRu6zR7rz3WaHS5lAiAC4RPIkXISQYXKi0RNMeAJtGsZrx_yKvmmhYIXurIBBVACur6ycmbiT_7Q48liLtoJtCgKGV48saolwV/s897/JFTFOI%20v2%20Cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="897" data-original-width="692" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQXcsqmhVED5U0_NoVjc0eir5GWmilDc-Elw2JgvK4yuQqcmG1dzt5ojd05hE_bWb6p-WqMZQh5yEB69IXaUv4YzbRu6zR7rz3WaHS5lAiAC4RPIkXISQYXKi0RNMeAJtGsZrx_yKvmmhYIXurIBBVACur6ycmbiT_7Q48liLtoJtCgKGV48saolwV/w309-h400/JFTFOI%20v2%20Cover.jpg" width="309" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">A New <a href="https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/p/joust-for-fun-of-it-quick-play-jousting.html" target="_blank">Content Page </a>Has Been Added for...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Joust for the Fun of It: Lead a Team of Knights in a Round Robin Tournament of Jousting, Boasting, Wagering, and Clever Ploys. </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkNlwv93qaWi4X5QdAQl9nAPBZVyU7IWq6KFR2ZOdxngtAYWo_D4fNnbWa04CFrldy3M93NRW5ZwChqWZ4__saWuSmLbL9erfGk8v3aW5X4aNMM0uC6GfoyGI3OTVo65mA0IngjRDM9UwO24786D5o0JVjGL98N7u5Oiei83fV5YZFqwWyPZaZTH0g/s4032/20230120_180644.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkNlwv93qaWi4X5QdAQl9nAPBZVyU7IWq6KFR2ZOdxngtAYWo_D4fNnbWa04CFrldy3M93NRW5ZwChqWZ4__saWuSmLbL9erfGk8v3aW5X4aNMM0uC6GfoyGI3OTVo65mA0IngjRDM9UwO24786D5o0JVjGL98N7u5Oiei83fV5YZFqwWyPZaZTH0g/s320/20230120_180644.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm happy to announce the completion of my home jousting rules project, as promised (threatened?). This is both a set of miniatures rules and also a print and play board game, suitable for 2-6 players. For more and to download the components, please follow the link under the opening image of this post (the content page has also been added to the tabs at the top of this blog). I expect to be bringing this to conventions here in the US later this year (and most likely next year), so if you see it on the program, drop on bye and say hello. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Enjoy!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZRrYJov0XrhK35lbQRFGWcbpqAQpECBVEdN0N6mYYlqH1WAx-EuIrnfo8rpArQba99fHRlJC24twvdKEb1BgDUxRMl51fycbvd4f_4yu_DtKXKeYFvIWxBRyS3VE7PF-XfFPN_-KiQJDZH2x9Xfomcw7hjXLbh4NxnqeZlIP1y3ot4cLSZZnHyoj0/s396/herald.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="336" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZRrYJov0XrhK35lbQRFGWcbpqAQpECBVEdN0N6mYYlqH1WAx-EuIrnfo8rpArQba99fHRlJC24twvdKEb1BgDUxRMl51fycbvd4f_4yu_DtKXKeYFvIWxBRyS3VE7PF-XfFPN_-KiQJDZH2x9Xfomcw7hjXLbh4NxnqeZlIP1y3ot4cLSZZnHyoj0/w170-h200/herald.jpg" width="170" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Excelsior!</b></div></b></span><p></p>Ed Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648721189080574501.post-36674999460071957222023-01-23T09:50:00.010-08:002023-01-25T19:09:19.858-08:00JANUARY GAME NIGHT <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7pDvgrCOAm_eyqQ3ysQ4LsV1-L3W_QVps9t8Bdr4onBeE7AlEtTjv26j-FbhF1KyfQ_ph_U4XpQYs_Mq7J-NP89xTzrMrsZ9Am4o9Pr_N1tbm6xZDYmbTdIrCwGIsHrl7YjBEmDjFR-Swo-EI3Sn2z5V971B6liMUQy9mmiPG9MoaAu5s6hGFoKlf/s4032/a%2020230120_185401.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7pDvgrCOAm_eyqQ3ysQ4LsV1-L3W_QVps9t8Bdr4onBeE7AlEtTjv26j-FbhF1KyfQ_ph_U4XpQYs_Mq7J-NP89xTzrMrsZ9Am4o9Pr_N1tbm6xZDYmbTdIrCwGIsHrl7YjBEmDjFR-Swo-EI3Sn2z5V971B6liMUQy9mmiPG9MoaAu5s6hGFoKlf/w300-h400/a%2020230120_185401.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The usual suspects gathering.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Despite being on the tail end of the winter storm that hit overnight and into the day, our club held its scheduled Game Night last Friday. Turnout was a bit light, but we were still able to put three games on the table and had players enough to play two. As usual, you may clix pix for BIG PIX in this post. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I was among the game masters for this game night, but understood that given conditions, mine was the "third" or "filler" game. The other two games, which were more elaborate setups, were the primaries and we wanted to ensure that they would have at least 4 players each before we spread anyone to a third game. This wound up being the case. [But I'll be bringing this game back for the Feb game night]. More on those games in a bit. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkIe0hPfKx6AMT6tkejs98hhjzU4il8uW3l4Pg1603AJ8Z9z32xWo550AqoUtA-1L_W3-ukTzGz7x6B_bHWu8gQg82dNe1042t71W9Y3TtrIvyyjOerguiDZj6y4qV6YI7GPqFuHpdk09k7axAR-VR5KQyOPTZbOmZN2sP79AoI7x8NO2ITXTGZJrn/s4032/b1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkIe0hPfKx6AMT6tkejs98hhjzU4il8uW3l4Pg1603AJ8Z9z32xWo550AqoUtA-1L_W3-ukTzGz7x6B_bHWu8gQg82dNe1042t71W9Y3TtrIvyyjOerguiDZj6y4qV6YI7GPqFuHpdk09k7axAR-VR5KQyOPTZbOmZN2sP79AoI7x8NO2ITXTGZJrn/s320/b1.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">My game: <i>Joust for the Fun of It:</i> "Manage a Team of Knights in a Round Robin Tournament of Jousting, Boasting, Wagering, and Clever Ploys."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLWI1UWBK9EWHtOyakkth9DM2dA_nFzLORf67ZPoMUzBNPXnnbpHh0ATDv9cnvsRhNIVHnwOYcvnYPnv8E8w43CijF4n72FKlRIaxl5JgbqB0UCzP8B63s95tYA0Lr_gYvyTYeUuPe0EYfLl3pln1MjVsr9yoakq5eUzGahEa0VmvetstcRZLxFdid/s4032/b2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLWI1UWBK9EWHtOyakkth9DM2dA_nFzLORf67ZPoMUzBNPXnnbpHh0ATDv9cnvsRhNIVHnwOYcvnYPnv8E8w43CijF4n72FKlRIaxl5JgbqB0UCzP8B63s95tYA0Lr_gYvyTYeUuPe0EYfLl3pln1MjVsr9yoakq5eUzGahEa0VmvetstcRZLxFdid/w150-h200/b2.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtPETW3-cthYxk-cETUCcM4Afvm62V3nqIuh-65Z16eJ270nvDXiuD_1-pRXWJepSfeUjibcTdOIDcRebpqj3N7LqTGlx3GjlrgfSsmDAr8OMm7oVAoigkaOVi-CgeZxuQQbNLBXZ1NyZvKQ30U3g915Njk2VRqkQBzvyvjYljZogYV3q7QFBWgp93/s4032/b3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtPETW3-cthYxk-cETUCcM4Afvm62V3nqIuh-65Z16eJ270nvDXiuD_1-pRXWJepSfeUjibcTdOIDcRebpqj3N7LqTGlx3GjlrgfSsmDAr8OMm7oVAoigkaOVi-CgeZxuQQbNLBXZ1NyZvKQ30U3g915Njk2VRqkQBzvyvjYljZogYV3q7QFBWgp93/w150-h200/b3.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">I was prepared for up to four players, with four teams of Knights jousting in a pair of lists. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">This is my home grown set of jousting rules. It is a quick setup and takedown affair, with no terrain (other than my home grown lists) and flexible enough to accommodate anywhere from 2-6 players (which makes it an ideal "filler" game). I have been working on this for about three years and have successfully run several test games at my place. I'll soon be adding a content page to this blog where you will be able to download it. Watch for it (or consider yourself warned). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDJrqm-fDzo4WfpL82gZzXoxJcnnGQcbKWm-PjnkM1FV2FsDgHQr2UgboESuMru0sV2QpErWei93NDNJtC-un091PPxnstxm69oAqd0-pff-D-RxAayX2oMEChrVMRB5Z7dlMQP-N5edYe9u-QKQpUZPd-tU6faySvwp8rCz92n_jlfP1S5Obv5mkK/s4032/b20230120_180706.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDJrqm-fDzo4WfpL82gZzXoxJcnnGQcbKWm-PjnkM1FV2FsDgHQr2UgboESuMru0sV2QpErWei93NDNJtC-un091PPxnstxm69oAqd0-pff-D-RxAayX2oMEChrVMRB5Z7dlMQP-N5edYe9u-QKQpUZPd-tU6faySvwp8rCz92n_jlfP1S5Obv5mkK/w150-h200/b20230120_180706.jpg" width="150" /></a></div>You may have noticed this splendid fellow in the middle my table. He is a Schleich Chevalier Dragon Knight. Right now, I play with a collection of 28mm Bretonian knights that I scored at a convention flea market. I'll keep those but I intend to move to these splendid Schleich toy knights (I believe that they are 1/20 or 70mm). Being my first (and only) acquisition, he was not in play but served as a nice centerpiece. I wound up packing the game up and playing in another of the games on offer. Speaking of other games...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA00_b9kkCKl6iMZeZKtKmTPBwkaq1QU_7U1i_q2GD9Sej_IzD56JGMkQQiDdLk27xgTD7lHlduMZh-GmYLwCsYHriKIDWLNL1qPkbeRcma4rFAfCn6YfQVAh47Adbq1O2kSBvG8RtcuEPc5Mr0h2G8bBUj_W3z4nVcxVlI_fBi_GAWV2oKYEXHkaB/s4032/c20230120_180743.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA00_b9kkCKl6iMZeZKtKmTPBwkaq1QU_7U1i_q2GD9Sej_IzD56JGMkQQiDdLk27xgTD7lHlduMZh-GmYLwCsYHriKIDWLNL1qPkbeRcma4rFAfCn6YfQVAh47Adbq1O2kSBvG8RtcuEPc5Mr0h2G8bBUj_W3z4nVcxVlI_fBi_GAWV2oKYEXHkaB/s4032/c20230120_180743.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA00_b9kkCKl6iMZeZKtKmTPBwkaq1QU_7U1i_q2GD9Sej_IzD56JGMkQQiDdLk27xgTD7lHlduMZh-GmYLwCsYHriKIDWLNL1qPkbeRcma4rFAfCn6YfQVAh47Adbq1O2kSBvG8RtcuEPc5Mr0h2G8bBUj_W3z4nVcxVlI_fBi_GAWV2oKYEXHkaB/w150-h200/c20230120_180743.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWTptDnDUZ0QIvje264XqNxEi2hl7SPXjMgYRkJV6Kyi8epRRMJCDcDFD5yXyWARHj15wjWoTm4CCQmm59fAilrnGbQ__v90lQJO6sYIeNN_J8Hq2zvAqJyV-JPzTseumfrxTplK2UhMTDYLShVZUoRt0G2rQwOePjNKy1gFBZpdO2kXmLD8XHfREG/s4032/c20230120_180915.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWTptDnDUZ0QIvje264XqNxEi2hl7SPXjMgYRkJV6Kyi8epRRMJCDcDFD5yXyWARHj15wjWoTm4CCQmm59fAilrnGbQ__v90lQJO6sYIeNN_J8Hq2zvAqJyV-JPzTseumfrxTplK2UhMTDYLShVZUoRt0G2rQwOePjNKy1gFBZpdO2kXmLD8XHfREG/w150-h200/c20230120_180915.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div>Earl ran a Wiley Games <i>Fistful of Lead Horse and Musket</i> skirmish game set in the French and Indian War (one of Earl's specialties). The Wiley family of rules has caught the attention of our club: fast play, low figure count. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjffYLDpqYhcREMffiVwAnaEKe45IQWhOIyqP1_aMpGhkHxTNfmVwYE0Rg_UvUh5JLGdKEi6Hrg1tjuawK0lq97W4U3XreLbKXFqwsb12dGIoJzZ1nIYgjar6O3nV8UjZQcCiFw5ilB-_AYdPQT_34Xrx-xBrpmxShc0I1opiQb7Izl_A4C8dfsUSrL/s4032/c20230120_180921.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjffYLDpqYhcREMffiVwAnaEKe45IQWhOIyqP1_aMpGhkHxTNfmVwYE0Rg_UvUh5JLGdKEi6Hrg1tjuawK0lq97W4U3XreLbKXFqwsb12dGIoJzZ1nIYgjar6O3nV8UjZQcCiFw5ilB-_AYdPQT_34Xrx-xBrpmxShc0I1opiQb7Izl_A4C8dfsUSrL/w150-h200/c20230120_180921.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSKNOKbFEnwC0jSeiq6yKwdNLVZwEYL3oSdmgw-WZBfOApc_xg0DXwsOBvHELBkTrX0w_-CFA04QG0fi1IKwU1UvroVsmR69HxV4kdCN-41d-ick1f4Fa0JM5O2EDwBKCp1UjnHLjwV6jlrNQa49CDcC0X0Fg0vsWGGPuVGze9ruewZMXlaJJyp-Vq/s4032/c20230120_180859.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSKNOKbFEnwC0jSeiq6yKwdNLVZwEYL3oSdmgw-WZBfOApc_xg0DXwsOBvHELBkTrX0w_-CFA04QG0fi1IKwU1UvroVsmR69HxV4kdCN-41d-ick1f4Fa0JM5O2EDwBKCp1UjnHLjwV6jlrNQa49CDcC0X0Fg0vsWGGPuVGze9ruewZMXlaJJyp-Vq/w150-h200/c20230120_180859.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div>Earl always puts together a good table (above left). This was a four player game, with each player running five figures (I believe). It featured the usual colorful units of the genre, Cours de bois, French Marines, British Rangers, and British Light Infantry. Post-game discussion indicated that it was a thumping good affair (with lots of thumping going on).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpWbqpRKdjq5rtJlAPVEvFIPzjmhJdK1dgXgPCSQOgmY0-dH_t4THMcIFbHIrNJpsvcYZJ8Nsg23r8brDDLHBBbE1D4WiDX4YW0KtopYooFQVEaLJJd4x2hgQvhyMmmBwczAqfjWH1Wwt5r1L5_YaWd6F8YiXARqGEhMHvP_jy0dI8oLas62RfzxbT/s4032/g1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpWbqpRKdjq5rtJlAPVEvFIPzjmhJdK1dgXgPCSQOgmY0-dH_t4THMcIFbHIrNJpsvcYZJ8Nsg23r8brDDLHBBbE1D4WiDX4YW0KtopYooFQVEaLJJd4x2hgQvhyMmmBwczAqfjWH1Wwt5r1L5_YaWd6F8YiXARqGEhMHvP_jy0dI8oLas62RfzxbT/s4032/g1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpWbqpRKdjq5rtJlAPVEvFIPzjmhJdK1dgXgPCSQOgmY0-dH_t4THMcIFbHIrNJpsvcYZJ8Nsg23r8brDDLHBBbE1D4WiDX4YW0KtopYooFQVEaLJJd4x2hgQvhyMmmBwczAqfjWH1Wwt5r1L5_YaWd6F8YiXARqGEhMHvP_jy0dI8oLas62RfzxbT/w150-h200/g1.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3FlQJHTWfjgi1MScmTMMdIedmbyYshmhZFCxdQ1anhMEWYYFOwvus6CyPIm3KBsuz1kemAXnv_FCEA9HKQzG-IFb_vgq-fqyV6XEUDKFBtPuZSCSeOSftSdNJPLtWTvik613QEGwcDfcIBTQRONZtaCFiiOFfKu46rArlggTgUm-MhuDggfors4iQ/s4032/g3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3FlQJHTWfjgi1MScmTMMdIedmbyYshmhZFCxdQ1anhMEWYYFOwvus6CyPIm3KBsuz1kemAXnv_FCEA9HKQzG-IFb_vgq-fqyV6XEUDKFBtPuZSCSeOSftSdNJPLtWTvik613QEGwcDfcIBTQRONZtaCFiiOFfKu46rArlggTgUm-MhuDggfors4iQ/w150-h200/g3.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div>Having packed up my game, I headed over to the other side of the room to play in Phil's AWI Battle of Cowpens game. For those who may need a reminder, the Battle of Cowpens is famous for the American plan of having two advanced lines of militia (who were not expected to do much other than take a shot and then skeedaddle), and a third line of Continentals who would hold the line. In addition, it had the famous Tarleton (and his Legion) and of course, Cornwallis. Phil was using an AWI variant of Regimental <i>Fire and Fury</i>, which he was still working his way through, and had pulled the scenario from the web. He intends to bring this to table at the upcoming Huzzah! convention (I believe).</span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKwrmw7Sw4NKRmxgOjjUCs62DpvUOEKbFFHwTXjUgIE3lQNyuaZlz0eJw2eNzLWY9vPh3KeldNJs-PAKZSvafJx2AGwvmDM_zan9vpd_5zpcV36Wi8tyQS54u987W5A4VvRX6e-BZynhekj5E5zJBorT9jV-ClYMZqdQEh8BRsdZ-5y9IElZLtV0Z-/s4032/g4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKwrmw7Sw4NKRmxgOjjUCs62DpvUOEKbFFHwTXjUgIE3lQNyuaZlz0eJw2eNzLWY9vPh3KeldNJs-PAKZSvafJx2AGwvmDM_zan9vpd_5zpcV36Wi8tyQS54u987W5A4VvRX6e-BZynhekj5E5zJBorT9jV-ClYMZqdQEh8BRsdZ-5y9IElZLtV0Z-/w150-h200/g4.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlCnSub4D2mwj2zw641rHsg3wZ8vz-tUa3DbZKHt8wUoN6WWTnCVW4_-RbdhOA9ROlMF9JNWbA90qsRZjOKJJOGh8vRV-pEmYGo09H9W2atR0eVEjKVz2EYCCcLOZVyxrsvvSclb2RFeOsvj3FserjjBSHksJaE78vbS-QRNMx8p6JZJ6IEcGuieuG/s4032/g5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlCnSub4D2mwj2zw641rHsg3wZ8vz-tUa3DbZKHt8wUoN6WWTnCVW4_-RbdhOA9ROlMF9JNWbA90qsRZjOKJJOGh8vRV-pEmYGo09H9W2atR0eVEjKVz2EYCCcLOZVyxrsvvSclb2RFeOsvj3FserjjBSHksJaE78vbS-QRNMx8p6JZJ6IEcGuieuG/w150-h200/g5.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Given the stand and figure count (generally 10 stands of 3 or 4 figs per unit) the game provided quite a spectacle, despite being a small battle. And Phil's collection of 28mm figs are quite well done, too, adding to the attraction. </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtGkitz8n1VNImlAVWtK5qCfDmulxWzdowEHrAyG9_VZbDPe33GvJVUnyXK_x7WJ4UWIuC19VQusNASGADQcsmATiKUMPVbGmiq_RfZTJLLtRGq_ppNBY2YIBE1_0Jh4kVEJgcQtyMrmFb31ufQDNe5ZrKmhgR5KD9XjYNCDR3Cg_ekc9IFIBDKyx3/s4032/g6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtGkitz8n1VNImlAVWtK5qCfDmulxWzdowEHrAyG9_VZbDPe33GvJVUnyXK_x7WJ4UWIuC19VQusNASGADQcsmATiKUMPVbGmiq_RfZTJLLtRGq_ppNBY2YIBE1_0Jh4kVEJgcQtyMrmFb31ufQDNe5ZrKmhgR5KD9XjYNCDR3Cg_ekc9IFIBDKyx3/s320/g6.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The starting British lines advance in orderly fashion against the anxiously waiting first line of American Militia. AJ (of <a href="http://ajs-wargaming.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">AJs' Wargaming Blog</a>) would take up the British right (and Tarleton, when he rode in) and Chris would take up the British left (facing me). John M and I would divide the Americans, with me taking the right and he taking the left (given the table orientation, we divided the lines rather than each taking one). </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkCtg1Sr5_akWrJrnQyspp38fRwsFFNYulrgNiT04-wMQD3YgV-eCgIla1X0sVe9wXeZJIYh3D5meiXszrgyI1LQqYnqiYbJXrJMInTQQDzCbR2PspljIGpHVNhXpaSqZ0t3LzeenFyA_QT8w4U3qWC4D0b70H_d37qJnxVYnsa9p064XgctVs84Q4/s4032/g7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkCtg1Sr5_akWrJrnQyspp38fRwsFFNYulrgNiT04-wMQD3YgV-eCgIla1X0sVe9wXeZJIYh3D5meiXszrgyI1LQqYnqiYbJXrJMInTQQDzCbR2PspljIGpHVNhXpaSqZ0t3LzeenFyA_QT8w4U3qWC4D0b70H_d37qJnxVYnsa9p064XgctVs84Q4/s320/g7.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">According to plan (and history), the first line of American militia gets off a few shots and routs back behind the Continentals. The British continue to march onto the second line of American Militia. In the upper left hand corner of the picture above, you can see the British mounted units swinging out to the right end of the British line. They would not be able to complete this flanking march.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj1L-LeLqSmd4CuIqlPqYMzujG1x7FXJknXnfffRFzzeVyyXAgbmU8eMPmsBYNzcngdsB6vKgtehO9kPYHP2nVL6hVaId9aF_hXZjGrj0x2GE2dtgaqYcEfG6c21lHuCB389d3d0w0yPfhPrv2IbZWKxARZOT8HVx5BWaBrhnC0xkbVrca9T3N3a07/s4032/g8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj1L-LeLqSmd4CuIqlPqYMzujG1x7FXJknXnfffRFzzeVyyXAgbmU8eMPmsBYNzcngdsB6vKgtehO9kPYHP2nVL6hVaId9aF_hXZjGrj0x2GE2dtgaqYcEfG6c21lHuCB389d3d0w0yPfhPrv2IbZWKxARZOT8HVx5BWaBrhnC0xkbVrca9T3N3a07/s320/g8.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The British advance and close with the second line of American Militia. John's part of the American militia line falls back ahead of them (top of the picture), while those on the hill (mine) give a bit of ground and then hold (for now). This was about as far as we got. The British, who were generally all elite or veteran units, had been chewed up by the militia at this point, and there was no way that they would be able to budge the waiting Continentals (they were not yet through the second line of militia). Phil was taking notes for the next time through; generally speaking, he will look at the ratings for the militia and make some adjustments. Still, it was another fine outing with friends playing at toy soldiers. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRvBI3Pyrfha6_jKHsD6KdZopoeqbZEOQ2fsrN0gnDZAjKNVYWjt0TLKPjKxT_88BchlJdS6oFP-_53KoTFtQtPHVueTcu8FdVUzQEyTi9d0oXtyF7IcKnJwb4z1UTJWsWLDIVh1xEYg1iZlbikdjlfbNeYVAlMaHTRd_qTHA0Gu_RPI41ULTwDaiT/s551/hess%20officer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="289" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRvBI3Pyrfha6_jKHsD6KdZopoeqbZEOQ2fsrN0gnDZAjKNVYWjt0TLKPjKxT_88BchlJdS6oFP-_53KoTFtQtPHVueTcu8FdVUzQEyTi9d0oXtyF7IcKnJwb4z1UTJWsWLDIVh1xEYg1iZlbikdjlfbNeYVAlMaHTRd_qTHA0Gu_RPI41ULTwDaiT/w105-h200/hess%20officer.jpg" width="105" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Excelsior!</div></span></div><div><p></p></div>Ed Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648721189080574501.post-11177232637351940272022-12-31T10:42:00.003-08:002022-12-31T10:42:48.926-08:00YEAR END 2022 and HAPPY NEW YEAR: 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtUsjReBASZieoPySYBjW-vKNptuGNjJ1V5oFhT-qMOTxODvDvtjcwmI-uAP_8fWAxglAyqZdf8yhwtOQx9nkDR6XuRD0YHYpC6JRjV0_Ltd76YoLmwn-uQET9Jd7PNwrXwwzlhWcuLWq0euYk5BKKsO6xqCixhKMScblRVqXhOWbxJM16x3O0kxvG/s1060/29NOHAD.BMP" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="1060" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtUsjReBASZieoPySYBjW-vKNptuGNjJ1V5oFhT-qMOTxODvDvtjcwmI-uAP_8fWAxglAyqZdf8yhwtOQx9nkDR6XuRD0YHYpC6JRjV0_Ltd76YoLmwn-uQET9Jd7PNwrXwwzlhWcuLWq0euYk5BKKsO6xqCixhKMScblRVqXhOWbxJM16x3O0kxvG/w400-h275/29NOHAD.BMP" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">A Gathering of Like-Minded Fellows</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">As 2022 comes to a close, I will forego the usual year-end review. I might return to the topic at mid-year, but right now energy is lagging and there are just too many distractions to put together such a post. Instead, I'll mark the turn of the year by expressing my appreciation for the support and encouragement I've received from the followers, commenters, and visitors (accidental and other) to this space...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUayg-UA28wi6teU_P4DPjICKCq7RP9_D2_PaTn2jvA2hbMWzIykZb87Mz6VKQXpFlULpqQopR8PAZLo6y1goiFGk1aiL_0Jj4df1WAHaK9oNNuZNtNlpgr9t648ayjfKlbWrHdGzZzqjhyyp7xTfafuZjjNbeMNXBrB4W-ZJ9d1u7300vLiBq4XVf/s1073/43MEAGR1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1073" data-original-width="940" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUayg-UA28wi6teU_P4DPjICKCq7RP9_D2_PaTn2jvA2hbMWzIykZb87Mz6VKQXpFlULpqQopR8PAZLo6y1goiFGk1aiL_0Jj4df1WAHaK9oNNuZNtNlpgr9t648ayjfKlbWrHdGzZzqjhyyp7xTfafuZjjNbeMNXBrB4W-ZJ9d1u7300vLiBq4XVf/s320/43MEAGR1.JPG" width="280" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">...and to the circle of fellow bloggist with whom I've interacted. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Thanks to all for a grand year past, and to all a</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span> </span>Happy New Year!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvM66r2ss5W6NRyTFEdBK6GQRSKjYKQDMufifAaL_TYT719IxhRLQ5jT7IcqUKenHQOM9qewGUHtUb1w5taH3HENxdojZudlWqGFjdKqw_2WTJXqHRw9uiQaOwmo6wFYURYntRjle7NceytPk7NYVg5V97OGpbXLIU3iePjJrXglxQr1O-e8exuZ7A/s231/laughing%20cav%20small.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="231" data-original-width="160" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvM66r2ss5W6NRyTFEdBK6GQRSKjYKQDMufifAaL_TYT719IxhRLQ5jT7IcqUKenHQOM9qewGUHtUb1w5taH3HENxdojZudlWqGFjdKqw_2WTJXqHRw9uiQaOwmo6wFYURYntRjle7NceytPk7NYVg5V97OGpbXLIU3iePjJrXglxQr1O-e8exuZ7A/s1600/laughing%20cav%20small.JPG" width="160" /></a></div><b>Excelsior!</b></div></span><p></p>Ed Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.com12