with some amendments of my own. I took these photos as my gaming set up is not too well lit and the sun seems hardly to shine here to help. Do pop over via the link to see the snowball fight that Mark staged.
In the Albion game the soldiers will have to be careful to avoid hitting beefeaters and other passers by or they will be in trouble! Have a great Saturday!
Old Glory has a small range of "specials", which include "evil" snowmen and children and a set of snowball fight rules.
ReplyDeleteI also recall Andy Callan doing the same thing, but converting 54mm plastic figures to ACW figures with snowballs to recreate several incidents that happened with snowball fights during the war, especially with Confederate Soldiers from the Deep South who had never seen snow before.
Good stuff, this!
Eric
The historical article is new to me and sounds fascinating. The old glory winter wars stuff looks great as does similar stiff from Alternative Armies. A great project to bring out once a year...
DeleteGood Christmas-y fun!
ReplyDeleteJust what we need I think.
DeleteI look forward to seeing the snowballs flying again - it's been far too long!
ReplyDeleteI looking forward to it too. I am going to try a wee tweak or two perhaps. Andrew’s figures were a spur to this project.
Deletegood seasonal stuff! I'm sure Ive seen a magazine article about a snowball fight game, which seemed to involve the young Napoleon Bonaparte and his officer cadet school. Can't find it, though!
ReplyDeleteIf you do I would be interested to learn more.
DeleteFound it! Arthur Harman wrote 'Snowballs at Brienne:
DeleteA seasonal game inspired by Abel Gance’s silent film Napoleon', in Henry Hyde's Battlegames no.5, way back in Nov/Dec 2006. It depicts a snowball fight among the students at the Ecole Militaire in 1781.
But, like the melting of the snowballs, perhaps the moment has passed?