Mongols to the right and Eastern Romans to the left

Mongols to the right and Eastern Romans to the left

Roman shields

Mongols command

Mongols overwhelm Roman forces

 

CV=  Combat value

Granny defends the Bridge

Mauchunk on the left and Shickshinny on the right

                                                     Mauchunk dismounted cavalry and artillery.

                                                           Shickshinny regular infantry

 

                                                                Half way in the battle

                                                                      Order of Battle

             Decided to use some old granny grate armies on an experimental new board.

                                                     Board made with these from Amazon 

Uruk, after the walls fell

                       

Darmok defending the ruins on the left & Jalad's army on the right

Jalad's light chariots

Darmok's archers in center, flanked by his regular troops 

                                   The ruins of Uruk, where the walls fell

 

The advance begins

Darmok's forces (bottom) struggle to hold off Jalad

Victory for Jalad, whose army pillaged large supplies of rice

 OoB: 

          Darmok: 4 bows

                         1 Heavy Chariot

                         2  Regular troops

            Jalad: 4 light chariots

                       4 regular troops

Not since the "Epic of Gilgamesh" has there been a more heroic desert saga than Uruk, when the walls fell.  

        

Spider & Snits versus the Dwarves of Mam Malduhr, a WARG tale

 

Grusid Darkmaul, Othog Ironbow, Brusum Leadhand, Thefril Chaosbow, Tulgik Coinbender, Yather Dummaker, Madith Woldpike, Numet Oakspine, Gralgrul Flaskhorn and Greibrid Cragview make up the dwarven security patrol for the area that surrounds the Dwarven Fortress, Mam Malduhr. 

the "Snits" Goldie, Silver, Nude and "others"

the Giant Spider

Spider and Snits to the left, Dwarves on the the right

The early stages of the battle

                     

                        Madith Woldpike becomes the first dwarf to be webbed 

  The snit named Greenleaf breaches the fortress of Mam Malduhr and cheers on                                                           its compatriots. 

The Wizard Tarn suspends the flow of time and proclaims, "Losing is fun".

Dwarven losses: Brusum Leadhand, Yather Dimmaker and Madith Woldpike

Snit losses: BossSnit, Bluee, Goldie and Magenta

Order of battle:  2 Dwarven pikes, 2 dwarven crossbows, 6 regular dwarven infantry

                          8 Snits and 1 Giant Spider   

The Wednesday Afternoon Retired Gamers (WARG) congratulates Tarn and Zach Adams on their very successful launch of the classic "Dwarf Fortress" on Steam.

May there always be more emergent narratives in gaming !!

WARG Dwarf Fortress

 The December gathering of WARG (Wednesday afternoon retired gamers) is called to order.

The dragon attacks the blue dwarves

The dragon attacks the blue dwarves again

The dragon attacks the green dwarves

The Blue dwarves fail to capture the fortress, and retreat, defeated. They will find somewhere else to grow their plump helmets.

WARG (Wednesday Afternoon Retired Gamers) rules

 

WARG (Wednesday Afternoon Retired Gamers) rules are an unfinished, simple, and non-commercial set of rules protected by numerous curses and cantrips. 

WARG games are played on a board that is 9 X 9 squares (size of squares varies according to base size to allow 2 bases in square for close combat) and divided in to 3 equal zones (left, center, right). Though we have played on a 7X9 board, still using the 3 zones.

WARG activation cards:

At start, draw 2 cards, select 1, draw card, when entire deck is used, reshuffle discard pile, repeat.

Note: for solo play, use 2 decks drawing 1 card each turn per side/deck. 

The activation cards: 

1 unit each zone; 1 unit left flank; 1 unit in center; 1 unit right flank; 1 unit both flanks; all units left flank; all units center; all units right flank; all units both flanks; all units; 1 unit any zone; 1 unit with command unit.

If card cannot be used, discard and 1 unit anywhere can be activated.

Optional simple activation is roll a 4, 5 or 6 on a 1d6 for each unit to see if it is activated every turn or roll a 1d6 each turn to determine the number of units that can be activated.

We use a "scenario sheet" with the order of battle, victory conditions and any retreat restrictions or special rules.

Influences for WARG rules: "DBA ", "Triumph!", Bob Cordery's "The Portable Wargame" series, Osprey Publishing's Rampant rules series, Neil Thomas' "One Hour Wargames", Borg's "Command & Colors" and the countless number of free or low cost homebrew rules sets shared on the internet. 

The current WARG rules are in the files section of the Gamer's Guild FB group.

Portable Fulford Gate  being stored:

Fulford Gate with Granny Grate, Portable WARG

 

   The Vikings sailed up the River Ouse, disembarked and headed towards York  

looking towards the British defenders

  Earl Morcar and Earl Edwin's British forces

                                                The Viking invaders

The Vikings attack on their left flank (top left) 

 The Vikings capture the hilltops and force the British forces to retreat into the city and giving the Norsemen a slight victory, but a victory all the same.   

For Order of Battle and to view a post of the same battle with 15mm miniatures click on this link.

Granny Grate prep

                                                   Definitely Portable

Granny Grate on "the YouTubes"

YT Granny Grate armies