Just who do you think you are?

So the other night I walked into the shed and excitedly exclaimed, "Hey-hey guys, it's time to Featherstone".   

  "Wait a minute, just who do you think you are?", said a little voice.

It was soon followed by many more little voices, "Yeah, yeah, who are you to tell us what to do?"

"Well, hey, I'm just a private and I kinda thought we were all gonna do this thing..."

"Naw, hit it Geddy!"

And Geddy, the SLA's mighty Synth player, gets the party started...

And the dance party lasted well into the following day.  Boy, are my legs tired. 

Prelude to Donald Featherstoning Rogue Trader or An Attack on New Amazonia Part One

Dwarves and Amazons have had a rich, yet rather complex history together.  Some may even recall ancient battles, but most of us nowadays tend to think of the friendship and good times between the two peoples.  So when Captain Karzac of The Squat Liberation Army...

...got the call from Paula Personia of New Amazonia,

...saying that a band of Orks had barged in...

...on one of New Amazonia's most favourite days...

...the annual "Classic Oversized Car Celebration and Race"...

Naturally there was a bit of resentment.  Especially since this was the only day of the year that the citizens of New Amazonia can wear whatever they really want to wear.  "How dare these Orks!"  And to make matters worse, New Amazonians are only allowed to accessorize with ceremonial, not functional weapons on this most looked-forward-to-day on the planet's social calendar.  "Oh, how dare these Orks!"

So the call was made to the SLA, The Squat Liberation Army - the underdog, underground heroes of the galaxy!   And in a flash they were there on New Amazonia...The SLA, "Don't call us Squats!"

Yeah, yeah!  I'm looking forward to playing this out in the next couple of days.  I briefly considered using Rogue Trader to fight it out, but no, I am obsessed with the books of the great Donald Featherstone at the moment - So the rules MUST be Featherstone!  In particular, from "Wargames" (1962).

 

Yes!  I am enamoured of the idea of having one universal set of rules that can be applied to any period and "can fit on the back of a postcard".    I hope to have a fantasy game soon too using these rules.  Incidentally, you can find an ACW game fought with them on the Battling With Britains blog.   Thank you Mr. Featherstone!

"A Young Thane Needs Focus..."

A Rough Time for the Republic on Felucia

Fun D20 Star Wars action with The Kid this afternoon. 

   A Gelagrub patrol...

...reports contact with a Droid force on fragrant Felucia.

General Kenobi immediately responds and personally leads the Republican Response.

Captain Rex positions his men.

But Ahsoka Tano is worried.  "I got a bad feeling about this."

"Don't worry, Sir, we've got ya covered."

Please read this in a Separatist Battle Droid voice:  "Clones!  Get them!"

Ahsoka's worries are well-founded - she is defeated by the evil General Grievous!

Who then goes on to best Aalya Secura as well!!  "Give me your Light Sabre, Jedi!"

Yes, it is a bad day to be a Jedi.  Even Obi-Wan learns this!

Soon all is hopelessly lost.  The battle ends with a clever flanking of Captain Rex's position. 

Will the Republic ever recover?...

The Tyranny of The Painted Miniature

A warm, wonderful Spring evening and a warm, wonderful glow from some cheap scotch had me happily staring at the stars thinking about the absolute wonderfulness of Airfix toy soldiers.

Such perfection! 

But every couple of years I get it into my head that I'm going to paint them...until I open their boxes and see them.  And it always hits me - why would I mess with their purity, their beauty, their yellowy unpainted glory?!   No, no, no, they must remain as they are.   I will not always bow down to the Terrible Tyranny of The Painted Miniature!  Huzzah!

 Airfix!

And I really want to play some Necromunda sometime soon!

 

Hey, I just found this out and thought I'd share it!

Essex Miniatures is having a sale on their 28mm Fantasy miniatures!  They are great chunky figures that paint up easily (my Essex Dwarfs and Gnomes are tucked away in a the back of my closet otherwise I throw a picture up.  And hey!  They shouldn't be tucked away in the back of my closet!  They need to see the light because they are wonderful sculpts, and they have a nice heft and they are completely contemporary to classic era Citadel stuff.  They are the Ying to Citadel's Yang!  Yeah!)   Plus much of the range is done by Bob Olley.   I'm off to Essex...

Bare Table Gaming - Clan Grenadier vs. Clan Citadel

I've been enjoying the bare table aesthetic that the friendlyfungus has going on at his wonderful Warhammer the Second blog.   So when I heard that Clan Grenadier and Clan Citadel were having trouble again, naturally it just had to be settled on a bare tabletop.

First turn is decided by a Redline Wheel race down the hall.  The Purple Barracuda wins and the Grenadier Clan moves first.

  The time is 1984 on the Dwarven Calendar.  The rules are Chainmail.  The Reason for the fight has never been told. 

But will always be remembered!

Prince Grandir The Quick orders his Halfling Mercenaries to attempt to run round, and then behind the Citadel flank.   The friendly Men of the Dragonlord Company will reinforce them. 

Clan Citadel will have none of this fancy stuff - the order to "Charge" is given.  In the background, the Clan's Magician Jester Igorik Allenerak prepares his first fireball.

A young hero by the name of Ballin slams his unit into the Grenadier Shieldwall. 

The Shieldwall breaks due to Chainmail's funky Post-Morale Math Marathon and prisoners are taken!   One guard per two prisoners.  O I love Chainmail!

Grendor Nevermiss takes out the pesky Igorik in some close-range shooting.

Things are about to be decided!

The Mighty Wizard Grendir Bagotrix works his mighty magiks.

Clan Grenadier is triumphant!

Far from the battlefield a young Thane by the name of Asgard wakes...his life's work is about to begin...