Oxford Doubles

So, 

now that Derby is over, on to planning Oxford.

what to bring.....

Derby FoGR Doubles

The Central London club went up to Derby this weekend for the FoGR competition and we managed to place 2nd!

The comp was a teamed event with three of us per side and I took the middle period.

Here is the runners and riders for my period

Game 1 vs Andy's Later TYW Swedish 21-4
Game 2 vs Ben's TYW French, 10 all draw.  Ben and I stared each other off across the table, an hour later after the guns finally ran out of targets we realised that we weren't going to get a result, so we called a draw and started again.  We played the next game to a draw, not for the lack of trying though.
He's got a tough army.
Game 3 vs Keith's Early TYW Swedish 20 -5.  The Elite foot earnt their pay this game, the swedish foot slammed into then and they held out for long enough for the rest of the army to get stuck into the salvo foot with guns and break them.
Game 4 vs Richard's Later 30Y Swedish.  So, fighting for 1st place, both of us went for it and not for lack of trying we walked away with a 10 all draw.  It started off all good with me fragmenting a six pack by round four but couldn't break them till after another two hours.  They recovered and then just wouldn't die. This allowed Richard's army to come in a solid line and started shooting me.

Lots of fun and four great games.

Game of FoGN

Few photos of a game of FoGN. Geoff thrashed me again, I really should read the rules.

Anyhow, the army looks good on the table.

The armies line up and size each other up


Geoff starts moving, it goes down hill from here









One note, don't use poor troops as rear support . It don't went well.

I need some horse artillery

6mm Modern americans

I bought some 6mm yanks from Heroics and Ros a while ago and have been struggling to work out how to paint them. I didn't just want to paint them green, done that before and it's boring. I got some inspiration from a few friends and the Internet and this is what I've done.

A-10 Warthog


MLRS and support


M109 artillery


The HQ stand


Sub commanders, forward observers


M1A1 tanks.


Lav-25


Lav-25 AT units


Lav-25 mortar units



Bradleys



Now to do the inf.

I used to do my inf on 30mmx15mm bases but this time I'm going to use 30mmx30mm bases, like the vehicles. It gives me a bit more space to work with and looks better

ITC in Rome

I'll be going to Rome for the annual ITC competion with an all Aussie team! Should be good fun.

I don't have any expectations since I haven't played FoGAM since last years ITC.

I'm bringing a Tatar army for the first time. 850 points, everything superior except the one average handgunner unit. Only 12 bg, so gotta be careful.

Rule 1, don't stand in front of knights, it hurts

Worlds 2014

Back from worlds and finally time to sit down. Been a busy week at work and haven't had time to do much other than fix stuff at work.

Worlds was great, martin, the organiser, put on a great event with a really good location and venue. The venue was bright and spacious, it was only a 10walk from he hotel and it had German wine on tap! Local red wine.......

I had six good games, four swedes, one 30years war French and one league of Augsburg. The 30years war French were my only loss, I had to beat Ben to win the comp and just couldn't break him. Should have pulled back rather than keep trying. Something for next time.

I ended up 3rd and extremely happy at that.





Now onto Rome!

Britcon 2014 wrap up

Cough, splutter, that was Britcon.

So, things for next year, don't expect to do well at Britcon if you have a raging head cold.

I ended up 10th, five draws and a big win.

It was a funny comp, I lost my voice on the first game and resorted to passing notes to my opponents to communicate.  As you expect, no sympathy at all!  Lots of friendly heckling like " Hey Simon, whats the rule for this?"  "Come on, speak up!".

Lets hope my voice is back by Koblenz.....