The Loose Association of Wargamers

As a kid I used marbles instead of figures. You could buy big bags cheap as chips.

I organized them using the colours to represent different nationalities and troop types. Blue French Infantry, Red British Infantry etc etc.

I was very young at the time.

I used to use Lego bricks - one brick equalled a company.

BaronVonWreckedoften wrote: ↑Tue Aug 07, 2018 7:51 am I used to use Lego bricks - one brick equalled a company.

Did you use a 4er bricks to represent 8 figures and remove loses by replacing with smaller size bricks?

Did you double up bricks to represent cavalry.

And of course the bricks could be used for virtually any period and nationality.

Outstanding stuff, Simon. Looking most excellent.

Ilkley Old School wrote: ↑Tue Aug 07, 2018 8:10 am Did you use a 4er bricks to represent 8 figures and remove loses by replacing with smaller size bricks?

Did you double up bricks to represent cavalry.

And of course the bricks could be used for virtually any period and nationality.

Yes to the other two, but I used 3er bricks for cavalry and 2ers (square ones) for artillery. I'd already gotten into wargaming at quite an early age, so it was quite well developed - plus back then, there was much less variety in Lego, it was almost all house bricks. Of course, you could always go down the boring route and use the Lego for actual buildings - I can recall my Airfix Waterloo Highlanders defending a Lego Hougoumont complex*, or rather what I thought was a Hougoumont complex (no ducks, though) on numerous occasions.

* that's probably the name of a psychiatric disorder nowadays.

excellent Simon

What breed of ducks did you not put into your lego Hougoumont and when did you develop your Hougoumont complex.

When did you start to hate French Light infantry?
When did you seek to distance yourself from your Braine?
When did you first notice that you had four arms?

Looks like Grizz has been painting with Humbrols in an enclosed area again

Is there any other way to inhale them?

Superb collection GM, lovely stuff.