The Loose Association of Wargamers

Very nicely done

Essex Boy wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 3:32 pm (has anyone got any Dark Alliance or Caesar Goblins or Orcs they don't want.........Peeler)?

Hmm, nooooo

BaronVonWreckedoften wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 5:46 pm the fact that you've found someone who is actually prepared to play against a "Guard army" on the tabletop!

(And yes, I did notice you were focussed on the 1813-14 campaigns when the Guard was pretty much all Boney had.)

I know exactly what you mean- a "no-fun" game against an army of elites is to be avoided at all costs.
However, the series of games I have planned will always hinge on numbers & scenario rather than quality.

For example, the first game (March?) will be devised. Napoleon is off table beating up some diverse bunch of foreigners. A Russian force is attempting to buy into the stoush but the Guard are under orders to stop them. So, to win, the Russian players merely need to get a number of units off table: no crushing the Guard is necessary. Additionally, it'll be a sizeable Russian force - 18 battalions of infantry etc (2 still to paint) against 14 French battalions. Allow for 6 French elite battalions (OG), 3 veteran (Middle Guard) and the rest are "mere mortals". I've also got some secret orders in mind _ Napoleon has stipulated that the 'oldest of the old' are NOT to be committed. Any casualties will mean head's will roll. So, these 2 battalions will be on table but (a fact not known to my opponents) unusable. 18:12 battalions (& we all know what happened to the French in 1812....)

Ditto cavalry -& I'm contemplating some extraordinary role for the cossacks. So, a fairly playable game I hope. Later games will sometimes be historical re-fights so staggered arrival times etc. All very playable _ & I'll not always command the French.

donald

Sounds like you have it well and truly sorted - congrats!

Peeler wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 8:46 pm

Essex Boy wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 3:32 pm (has anyone got any Dark Alliance or Caesar Goblins or Orcs they don't want.........Peeler)?

Hmm, nooooo

Hmm, yes you have..........you're just hoarding them.

Have you done anything with them yet? What do you have in mind for games? Perhaps we could compare notes?

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Essex Boy wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 11:27 am Hmm, yes you have..........you're just hoarding them.

Hmm, no, as in no I don't have any that I don't want. If I want to whored them, I can. And I have lots of plans for them. In my head.

Peeler wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 5:39 pm

Essex Boy wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 11:27 am Hmm, yes you have..........you're just hoarding them.

Hmm, no, as in no I don't have any that I don't want. If I want to whored them, I can. And I have lots of plans for them. In my head.

I shall speak to you on this subject when we next meet - which I imagine will be the Vapnartak weekend? I'm booked into the hotel and rail ticket purchased.

Sounds like a plan. But you're still not having them.

Why are you both pretending you know what a goblin army is ?

Rude.