Tuesday, 15 April 2025

The road to Palermo Part 2 (a strange little game)

 


The 'Thousand' finally came onto the table , both sides where rather tardy bringing up reinforcements 


The Piccollotti did sterling service holding up the rather lacklustre Neapolitan Light Infantry who rolled a couple of 'blunder' rolls and failed to close with the enemy. 


Garibaldi finally deployed his forces as time was running out .


The Neapolitan High Command who dithered through out the game and where slow to react.


I had allowed 12 moves for the game and with both sides reacting slowly neither came to grips as time ran out - a victory for the poorly lead Neapolitans as Garibaldi failed to break through . A poor performance by both sides - a strange little game but nice to get the figures on the table again . Garibaldi needs to buck up if he is to conquer Sicily and oust the Neapolitans .









10 comments:

  1. Smart looking fellows those Neapolitans!

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  2. If Garibaldi doesn't smarten up, we'll rename the biscuits. It's that serious.

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    1. Bad day at the office (I do like a Garibaldi biscuit)

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  3. A charming looking table even if there seems to have been little action. Am I correct that those are Irregular figures?

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    1. Thank you , yes they are Irregular figures with the odd Hinchcliffe/Foundry thrown in for the Sicillian Piccolotti

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  4. Lovely table and cracking looking miniatures, the game may have been nothing special but the rest certainly was, very nice.

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    1. Thank you for your kind comments, yes the dice were against both sides but it was still an entertaining game.

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  5. Everything looked great Tony! You have a beautiful collection there and your table is excellent! If you enjoyed the game, then it was a great success!

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    1. Thanks for the nice words , sometimes games don't work out as you expect - the dice Gods are fickle !

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