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by CoffinDodger
Thu Oct 08, 2009 11:40 am
Forum: Beneath the Lily Banners
Topic: Cavalry Charge
Replies: 17
Views: 16634

why do we play it? Have you seen the flags? YES! What a selection of uniform colours! YES! The personalities were big and corrupt and colourful (and decadent 8) ) EMPHATIC YES! The Lord Grand Prior's Regiment sounds much more interesting than the 4th Foot!! YES! Barry, Now, I am not pissing in your...
by CoffinDodger
Wed Oct 07, 2009 5:49 pm
Forum: Beneath the Lily Banners
Topic: Cavalry Charge
Replies: 17
Views: 16634

Thanks for the quick answers, Gentlemen. I could not find it stated anywhere in the rules that stationary cavalry only killed on a six. Now, something else has cropped up. There are three battalions of infantry in line side-by-side. The eejit (drunkard, buffoon, clown) commanding the cavalry squadro...
by CoffinDodger
Wed Oct 07, 2009 11:41 am
Forum: Beneath the Lily Banners
Topic: Good Day.
Replies: 21
Views: 18404

Re: It's all a matter of taste.

Churchill wrote: ...You can see my regiments on my Blenheim OOB Thread.
Ray,

Thanks - you nearly stopped me from proceeding any further! Those are excellent, Sir. Mine will not be in the same league as these works of art but, they will be mine.

Regards,

Jim
by CoffinDodger
Wed Oct 07, 2009 11:33 am
Forum: Beneath the Lily Banners
Topic: Cavalry Charge
Replies: 17
Views: 16634

Cavalry Charge

Gentlemen, Apologies if this has been covered before or if I have just missed it in the rules. 1. I fail to see the advantage in charging as opposed to receiving a charge at the halt. In the rules it states that cavalry kill on 5 or 6 or sometimes lower in the first round of melee depending on their...
by CoffinDodger
Thu Oct 01, 2009 7:01 pm
Forum: Beneath the Lily Banners
Topic: Good Day.
Replies: 21
Views: 18404

Once again, thank you Gentlemen. My target is to have by Christmas: 12 battalions of foot in three brigades, 18 squadrons of horse in two brigades, six guns, two regiments of dragoons with mounted and dismounted bases and a two-base unit of converged grenadiers. And that's just the French side! Wil...
by CoffinDodger
Wed Sep 30, 2009 9:26 pm
Forum: Beneath the Lily Banners
Topic: Good Day.
Replies: 21
Views: 18404

Gentlemen, I am just about to embark on purchasing some lead and wish to thank all of you for your input. I have decided on a combination of Front Rank and Reiver so, I have one last question only: Are these ranges completely compatable in that I could have figures from each on the same base? Your h...
by CoffinDodger
Mon Sep 28, 2009 8:24 pm
Forum: Beneath the Lily Banners
Topic: Good Day.
Replies: 21
Views: 18404

Iain, Transport is the problem. Despite hsving driven for over forty years, my last license was issued in Papua New Guinea and I would need to sit the test again. I couldn't be bothered. I have been back in Scotland for five years now and get around on public transport. The old bus pass is a boon to...
by CoffinDodger
Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:01 pm
Forum: Beneath the Lily Banners
Topic: Good Day.
Replies: 21
Views: 18404

bibio wrote: ...Just out of interest if you are in Motherwell where do you do your gaming?
iain
Hi Iain,

Unfortunately just at home. There isn't a club nearby.

Jim
by CoffinDodger
Sun Sep 27, 2009 2:23 pm
Forum: Beneath the Lily Banners
Topic: Good Day.
Replies: 21
Views: 18404

barr7430 wrote:Jim,

only Strathclyde Police address me as Mr Hilton :wink:
Barry,

You're lucky, they refer to me as #1864123. :P

Thanks everyone for your replies. Much appreciated. I will keep you posted as to what direction I take with the figures.

Regards,

Jim
by CoffinDodger
Sun Sep 27, 2009 12:00 pm
Forum: Beneath the Lily Banners
Topic: Good Day.
Replies: 21
Views: 18404

David,

Thank you very much. I have a sneaking suspicion that I will go with Front Rank. Are Reiver figures compatable with these?

Regards,

Jim
by CoffinDodger
Sun Sep 27, 2009 11:38 am
Forum: Beneath the Lily Banners
Topic: Good Day.
Replies: 21
Views: 18404

Good Day.

Hi all, I am just over sixty years old, recently returned to Motherwell after living in the South Pacific for the last twenty-odd years and have wargamed since I was about thirteen years old. I still have a copy of Donald Featherstone's seminal work "War Games" that I nicked, sorry "rescued from det...