'A' called round for a game and the first thing to do was remove Hodge from the battlefield - cats aren't allowed in the gaming room - not after the dead mouse incident .
Having got enough figures painted to play the sample game in the back of the book I thought it was time to try them out . I've been playing around with some small solo games and so was ready for a live opponent .
Here is the battle set up with the British nearest the camera and the Jacobites on the left .
The Government line with Lee's Regiment of Foote in the foreground .
The Camerons are on the right of the Highland army .
'A' searches the rules for loopholes . The rules in the 'Paperboys' book are cleverly designed to reproduce the field battles of the '45' in a quick and simple way, we played two games in the evening swapping sides for the second . I don't think they will handle the smaller skirmishes and raids as well and for these I will be using 'Black Powder' . It was nice to get the new figures into action and this has spurred me on to get some more painted up.
A very nice looking game and useful thoughts on the type of games suitable for the Paperboys rules.
ReplyDeleteI like the rules , simple but clever ! .
DeleteNice set up... that came together quickly. "The Dead Mouse Incident" could be a good name for a game scenario.
ReplyDeleteBeen painting them more or less non-stop since the New Year . The dead mouse was located by smell - under the table !!!!!
DeleteThe dead mouse must have added a sense of realism for the aftermath of the battle.
ReplyDeleteHow something so small could smell so much is beyond me
DeleteLucky it wasn't a live mouse, you could have had a colony by now!
ReplyDeleteYes , have managed to keep them out of the gaming room so far .
DeleteThere are worse rodents......
ReplyDeleteGood to see the lads getting into a brawl.
Yes it could have been a rat , it's nice to see the end result on the table (figures not rodents)
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