What did you do today.

[Primarch]

I spent today playing Songs of Drums and Shakos with Yellowstreak. It is quite a fun little game. Very easy to pick up, (which is always a good thing) and I can use models I already have to play it. (Which is even better).

After I came home, I painted the trousers on my BA GIs.

[Spevna]

I spent today playing Songs of Drums and Shakos with Yellowstreak. It is quite a fun little game. Very easy to pick up, (which is always a good thing) and I can use models I already have to play it. (Which is even better).

After I came home, I painted the trousers on my BA GIs.

The Ganesha games rule sets all look like good fun. How many minis per side did you need for Drums and Shakos?

I made fish and chips for dinner. Did the fish in a beer batter and used Yebisu red. Bloody great.

[Primarch]

I spent today playing Songs of Drums and Shakos with Yellowstreak. It is quite a fun little game. Very easy to pick up, (which is always a good thing) and I can use models I already have to play it. (Which is even better).

After I came home, I painted the trousers on my BA GIs.

The Ganesha games rule sets all look like good fun. How many minis per side did you need for Drums and Shakos?

I made fish and chips for dinner. Did the fish in a beer batter and used Yebisu red. Bloody great.

The first game I had 6 British Riflemen. The second game I had 7 redcoats and 3 rifles. I think Yellowstreak had about 12-14 French soldiers in each game.

[Spevna]

I spent today playing Songs of Drums and Shakos with Yellowstreak. It is quite a fun little game. Very easy to pick up, (which is always a good thing) and I can use models I already have to play it. (Which is even better).

After I came home, I painted the trousers on my BA GIs.

The Ganesha games rule sets all look like good fun. How many minis per side did you need for Drums and Shakos?

I made fish and chips for dinner. Did the fish in a beer batter and used Yebisu red. Bloody great.

The first game I had 6 British Riflemen. The second game I had 7 redcoats and 3 rifles. I think Yellowstreak had about 12-14 French soldiers in each game.

Might make a nice little future painting g project

[Lovejoy]

@Prim&Spev, I've long fancied the idea of playing a napoleonic skirmish myself.
Most likely you're aware of it, but Too Fat Lardies do a game called Sharp Practice (no e on the end, bit too overt) with a companion pdf of scenario ideas for a certain fictional Richard Fondler of the 95th Rifles. Fondler's Rifles, Fondler's Battle..Sounds a bit familar..
http://toofatlardies.co.uk/index.php?ma ... a7842c1e5b
Muskets and Tomohawks would do the job with minimal rules changes, too

My day mainly consisted of Mass Effect 1, which is not such a bad way to spend a few hours. But my Shepherd is turning out to be something of a my-way-or-the-highway type swine. I usually like to take the reasoned, peacekeeper type choices when playing rpgs like this, but not on this playthrough. I made the choices, but am not sure if I like what I have done.
Also bought some plastic cases for my paints, brushes, glue and other gubbins. The kind that concertina out when you open them.

[jehan-reznor]

Went to Jigg Kansai meeting in Osaka, Played city of horror, Mage knight and a construction card game.

Next week is Osaka Game market!

Worked on the H.E.L cannon arm for my Leviathans and finally got some flight bases for my old Land speeders.
Still W.I.P.



http://dennis0bauer.tumblr.com/post/783 ... d-speeders

[Spevna]

Went to Jigg Kansai meeting in Osaka, Played city of horror, Mage knight and a construction card game.

Next week is Osaka Game market!

Worked on the H.E.L cannon arm for my Leviathans and finally got some flight bases for my old Land speeders.
Still W.I.P.



http://dennis0bauer.tumblr.com/post/783 ... d-speeders

Lots of old school loveliness !!

I saw a comparison of the Leviathon and the new GW titan. The leviathan is a good 2 inches bigger.

[jehan-reznor]

Yep, the Imperial Knight is 6.5" at most and the Leviathan is 8" (depending on the pose)

[Spevna]

The leviathan is a much better size I reckon.

[YellowStreak]

I spent today playing Songs of Drums and Shakos with Yellowstreak. It is quite a fun little game. Very easy to pick up, (which is always a good thing) and I can use models I already have to play it. (Which is even better).

Thanks for coming over and giving it a go. It is a fast little skirmish game, better suited for scenario-type play than just 'kill 'em all' play I think.
In the first game, the accuracy and elite nature (low activation rolls) of the British Rifles won the day as they out-classed the French line troops. In our second game, the French saw off the mix of redcoats and Rifles, although we missed an important morale check that could have had disastrous consequences for the Frogs....

There are little restrictions in force choices, besides having to have a 'leader' (officer or NCO) and only being able to pick historically accurate allies. So a force could be a British Officer,a few rifles, a highlander and some cavalry for example. I think at most you'd need 15 or so figures for a standard 400-point force, less if your troops are not bottom-of-the-barrel. I have about 8 Rifles (including Officer and NCO), 12 redcoats (including Officer, Drummer, 2 NCOs and a standard bearer) and about 14 French Infantry (including Officer, 2 NCOs, Drummer and a standard bearer). I plan on picking up some Spanish guerrillas and some assorted cavalry. If any of you Black Powder players have spare odd figs you can part with for sale or trade, let me know!
I'm going to try my hand at devising some more scenarios and mini campaigns, as I think you'd easily play 3-4 games in a day.