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...

Almost a month ago (yes, I am seriously behind on blogging, sorry), I took a trip up to a paragam of Wargames, Boards and Swords in Derby. The theme was 30 Years War or ECW, which led to me using my great and glorious Eastern Association Parlimentarian forces, who have had four games, two wins and two loses. Could I keep my 50% record? Doubtful... I was up against a lot of VERY experienced players, whereas I haven't played competitively since before the great beta rewrite prior to Lockdown One. My list : Two units of decent cavalry, two great foot, two units of rough horse, and lots of very average foot. Two dragoons, some guns, decent pack of generals including my 18x Great Uncle Edward Whalley . Game 1 vs Later Oxford Royalist run by the living legend Steve Stead I have played Steve on many occasions, very occasionally I get a win against him. In ReG, where he was one of the best player around, and with him using Wupert, the odds of a win had just dramatically dropped. He only...