Saturday 19 March 2022

Pre Feudal Scots v Hiberno Norse

P & G came round for a game yesterday. We played a dark age skirmish using a heavily modified version of the DBV rules. It was just long enough since the last game for us to have forgotten the mechanisms. At our age years of gaming can confuse as you remember things that you are sure in the set you are currently playing but in fact are not there at all! DBV uses opposed dice throws for combat and shooting. One feature of the game was the inordinate amount of Ones v Sixes thrown, especially by one person. In the end my Scots won through. Good fun and good company. 





A very lazy photographer (me) couldn’t be bothered to remove the detritus of gaming before taking the pictures.

I was reflecting on whether it might be possible to play an ancients game with the aesthetic of Ross’s nineteenth century games from his Battle Games of the Month. I have had great fun using his Gathering of Hosts rules with my 25mm figures but hanker for some 54mm games set in the ancient period. A sort of Little wars, on a grid, in a small space with toy soldiers . I guess I need to have a think…

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  1. Can we have some close ups of the figures and who makes them, please? Which troop types were effective and who let you down?

    Stephen

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    1. Athena miniatures for my opponent’s army. My PFS are Black Tree, Foundry, the folk in York whose name etc and some I can’t remember where they hailed from…

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  2. Looks like some nice figures in use and I like the building - good to see the Scots had a win too!

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    1. The building was a gift from a friend , the PFS did well , thanks to some excellent dice throwing.

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  3. The figures and terrain look great. I wouldn’t worry about’detritus’. It looks like what it is. An enjoyable game.

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  4. Nothing like a good game with a friend.

    ps Of course its possible with some thought as is playing GofH with 54's (I use them for 40's as well). (Whether or not its the best option is harder to judge)

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