"The place of peace" in the "Hornet's Nest"

Tonight's game was Day 1 Shiloh using Battle Cry 150.

 Early action on the Confederacy's right flank

 The "Rebs" entrenched in the center, but feel the wrath of the Battlecry card.

A loss of generals and the Confederacy at Shiloh

An enjoyable evening spent with a Richard Borg design.  Unfortunately, with the high prices from speculators in the game marketplace, fewer and fewer folks will have the opportunity to play this  type of game.

Next up, my new Samurai paper armies.  Cost under $10.00

  

Something's Brewing... trouble, Trouble Brewing

Something's Brewing... trouble, Trouble Brewing...

                                   

                                                     Sorry, I couldn't resist the segue.  

What happened ?!? It began when the leader of the Red Bearded Dwarves imposed a tariff on White Beard Ale and then the White Beard leader reciprocated with a tariff on Red Beard Ale, and the pubs and brewing houses erupted. After 680 years of peace, the Red and White Bearded Dwarves, with their gnome allies, were at war, again.  It's "the Battle of the Boots of Malark", part 2.  

                                    
                                                            Old school tape measure 8-)

                                    
                    Remembering Gary (sorry it's not a sand table) and the "big guy" from Rockford

The figures are 25mm Minifig Dungeon & Dragons (tm) Dwarves painted with Humbrol paints 40 years ago for The first Battle of the Boots of Malark. This month, 50 years ago, I began gaming with Frank. It started with playing Bridge, Chess and Go. I have been blessed to have such a great friend, who shared my interest in gaming . And, this night's battle was as much fun and as dramatic as any throughout the decades. Thanks Frank ! 

 Red bearded dwarves (top) quickly seize the high ground around "the Boots"

 RB Dwarves take heavy casualties from WBD's crossbow fire

 The struggle for the high ground

                                              The gnomes are the first to engage in the center.

 Bolt, arrow and stone fire continues on the slopes 

 The bloody main battle is joined

 The WB dwarves armed with Battle Axes turn the tide in the center

                                     

 WB Dwarves reform and the reserves are committed

 Despite heavy losses the RB Dwarves continue to fight inflicting heavy damage.

                      Down to their last stand, the Red Bearded Dwarves finally concede defeat.

                                    "Nothing except a battle lost can be half as melancholy as a battle won."

                                                        A night to revisit old friends.

Something's brewing

No Paint Navies with Granny Grate

Frank, my long time friend & gaming opponent developed this concept with some "homebrew" rules, which we took for a test sail.

 Game accessories

 The first long range hit on a Blue Man O'War

     The Blue Admiral is separated from his fleet and then the wind shifts keeping him isolated

 A Blue ship is sunk by a Red frigate.

                                           The final Blue frigate is captured by a Red captain.

A fun evening playtesting a new set of rules and a new genre for Granny Grate.

Picts (SFW) versus Middle Anglo-Saxons: Northumbria using Triumph! rules

                                                          The Pict's of King Drest. 15mm Essex Miniatures

                   King Osric's Middle Anglo-Saxon: Northumbrians. 15mm Blue Moon Miniatures

 The Pict's (bottom) advance on their right flank.

 The Anglo-Saxons: Northumbrians (top) advance on their right flank 

                                                 King Drest moves forward with his Javelin cavalry

                                                    Pict light spears take the hill on their left flank.

 The battle is joined in the center

 The "blue butted" Pict skirmishers hold their ground versus the Northumbrian Warriors.

 the Northumbrian King Osric falls in the center.

 Without their leader the Anglo Saxons are confused and orders fail to be carried out.

 Northumbrian heavy foot are flanked and destroyed.

 Pictish Skirmishers and light spear are destroyed on their left flank.

 the Northumbrians continue to suffer a loss of control and units, without their leader.

 However, the brave Anglo-Saxon Northumbrian heavy foot avoid elimination for 2 turns

                 Without the command of Osric, the Northumbrians are defeated by the Picts.