Ayton 2020 - Sunday 18th Century Game

[Jeremy]

I just want to know if I need to buy and paint them

[Essex Boy]

Blooming battalion guns!

OK, this is the word..........

Most people don't have battalion guns so there is no need to rush out and buy then. But if you've already explained to your wives and girlfriends that you "simply must have battalion guns - it's the law", then each player has two options.

1) Deploy them for decorative purposes only. The guns add nothing to the strength of the unit (i.e. the unit will start with a strength of six 'bases' like all other close order units) and must stay in base contact with the unit at all times. And, the over all frontage of the unit when in line must not exceed 270mm. And you've got to make it clear to your long suffering opponent that the guns count for nothing.

2) Battalion guns deployed as light artillery. Each gun counts as a single base unit. It shoots as a foot base but with a slightly longer range and a slightly better chance of causing a casualty at close range. The trade off is that the gun must stay within 4" of the parent battalion or be lost. The gun is subject to the artillery ammunition rule but can't be resupplied. You can have two battalion guns in your army for free but thereafter your battalion guns will start to count towards your force allocation, i.e. 3-4 guns = one unit, 5 - 8 guns = two units etc. You must tell your disgruntled opponent that your guns count.

I should reassure those who have been blown away by artillery in the past that battalion and field guns are not the murderous gits you may have encountered in the past. Far from it.

[World2dave]

Sounds very sensible. Who wrote it for you?

One thing - just for this game, any chance the word 'base' could be dropped, and perhaps replaced with something like 'strength point', for clarity?

[Essex Boy]

That is a brilliant idea.
"Unit Strength" it is then.

[Count Belisarius]

So do most units have a Unit Strength of 6 bases then?

[Essex Boy]

I despair.

[World2dave]

We all do.
But if we're lucky he'll now go back to his hunt for the perfect Union blue.
Ironic how he nailed smurf blue first time out.

[Buff Orpington]

Ironic how he nailed smurf blue first time out.

Did he do the body paint for that parody porn film? Gungnir used to post the odd still from it on WD3.

[Essex Boy]

I'm going to look for that when I get back from the pub.

Predictive Text works. I didn't have to type more than a couple of letters of the above.

[Paul]

Ironic how he nailed smurf blue first time out.

Did he do the body paint for that parody porn film?

I'd assumed 'Smurf Blue' was the star performer?