Leaning against the fence post, cleaning his rifle, Corporal Hall looked over his shoulder towards the rest of his section, as a huge red figure crested the horizon at the road. "What's this place called Sarge?" "Waterloo Farm." "Seriously, we are making a stand against the Martians at Waterloo Farm, let's hope that is a good omen!" Invasion Earth is the latest idea from Simon Hall and his rules stable that has produced MeG. Set in 1887, when Martians arrive with vengeance,wrecking havoc and plucky British soldiers try to hold the line against these strange one ton mobile stones. Graham very kindly agreed to let me come round and take him through the game ( please look at his blog ). The table is a 4x4, and I put out some random terrain, the centrepiece is a Franco-Belgian farmhouse from Commission Figurines . The trees, ponds and roads are by Timecast , fences by Blotz , door mat by Dunelm ! Brournville chocolate by Cadbury! Martian...
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1870 Franco-Prussian Conflict in Black Powder Hi all, If you are reading this, it's because. like us, you are Black Powder fans and want to know how we manage the Franco-Prussian War. Anything below is by no way official, just the house rules we have developed over the last few years of playing. A few thoughts first: Fighting in the period is best described as hard fought assaults by Prussians, supported by superior artillery against superior but very strong defensive French lines. All ranges and movements are in cm scale, just to be awkward! All my forces are modelled on 3” square bases, apart from divisional commanders, skirmishers and artillery which have a frontage of 1½” and Corp commanders who are on a 2” base. Feel free to ignore that. My units are regiments of infantry, brigades of cavalry and skirmish squadrons of cav. Artillery is either battalion as one gun, or a battery of two guns on a base, horse artillery have limbers attached. Army composition...