Mad Lemmey's Painting Blog

Andy very kindly invited me over for a couple of pre-Xmas games, one of MeG, one of ReG. As my host, he chose his Franks and Dutch Republican forces, so I tried my best to match him with my Imperial Romans and ECW Eastern Association Parlimentarians. Game 1: Imperial Romans vs Early Franks We chose MeG first, and the omens and scouting were good for the Romans, outscouting the Franks by 10%. The table was woods and rocky ground on a secure flank on the left, a wood and an orchard centre and right giving me a lovely area to defend, and a Frankish village in the far dsiatnce I set three ambush cards (my unprotected archers, actually in the central wood by the camp, and never to be revealed). On the left, my Seguntienties (an average force) held the wood, while the Presendities (a superior legio) stood on their right. A gap, followed by my exceptional Legio Secondia, two more average units, a unit of cavalry, with the final superior foot behind, ready to swing right and support...

 Clarrise looked up from the bar, to see the landhare standing nose-to-nose with a drunken fox. She sighed as the fox yelled abuse at the gangly hare. This would not end well! *THWACK* Jab, jab, *THWACK* the hare had been a boxer in a past life before settling down with his wife to run bars. The pair of brass knucklees from his waistcoat pockets helped though! Another fox down... Clarrise the starling had been working at the 'Garry' for a good three moons now, the hiring fair in the summer felt like a long time ago, and as the drizzle came down, she glided in to the town sqaure to start her late shift after a nap on her split shift. As was her habit, she landed on the other side of the square to the well-built and well-maintained inn that commanded the west side; Fur's day was market day, so the bar was, as ever, heaving, she was glad to see. She thought of the reasons she was here. The pay was... okay, the job long and tiring, the roost was comfy, but their never ...