R2E 1 DAY GAME 15th May 2011 @ MUTINEER MINIS, WHITBURN

billwargames · Post by **billwargames** » Sun May 15, 2011 10:13 pm

Thanks again Barry and Dave for an excellent and fun day.A very good location for a days gaming, good food and great company.
cheers again

Bill............

PaulMc · Post by **PaulMc** » Sun May 15, 2011 10:16 pm

What an absolutely magic game! Days like this are what wargaming is all about. It was great to meet up with old sparring partners and new, and I look forward to many more.

Gaming highlights had to be Billy's indestructible hero surviving four wounds, the incredible disappearing/reappearing cossacks, the marsh that "ambushed" Jim's first brigade and last but by no means least the Alexandria Hussars gloriously sweeping all before them!

obriendavid · Post by **obriendavid** » Mon May 16, 2011 10:38 am

Thoroughly enjoyed everyones company and a great game played with a great attitude to having fun. It also looked as if my freshly painted battalion of Saxons and Bumblebee gun aquitted themselves well in their first outing and inspired me to get more painted but they will have to wait a bit until I crack on with my FPW French for use in our up and coming Alma game.
Cheers
Cossack Dave

CoffinDodger · Post by **CoffinDodger** » Mon May 16, 2011 11:13 am

barr7430 wrote: ...Jim's heartfelt cries for can I have some points please from Toggy von Schwarzenburg.. I think there was a wee sweary word in there...

It's certainly a gripping day when one has to resort to bribery and invective to get some Manoeuvre Points from one's own CiC.

As far as the swamp is concerned, when one umpire moves my brigade up a couple of feet into a better position to watch a beaming smile creep across my face followed by Davidovitch with a swamp in one hand and rolling a D6 several times with the other whilst trying to keep a straight face, you know that no good is going to come of it.

I can also see an Arms Race developing in Battalion Guns. Those wee lads pulled well above their weight.

What a brilliant day! I'll leave you with a couple of memories:

The Swamp

The Indestructable Mr Billy

Jim

toggy · Post by **toggy** » Mon May 16, 2011 12:15 pm

Can only second all of the above, a really good day's gaming with great mates.

Well done to Tsar O'Brien for coming up with a really unusual but enjoyable scenario, not quite the same without some frogs though especially cuirassiers.

Looking forward to meeting up for August (unless there's a Whitburn game in between).

Bob

Atheling · Post by **Atheling** » Mon May 16, 2011 12:46 pm

I'm going to have to get myself up for one of these one/two day games me thinks

.

Darrell.

obriendavid · Post by **obriendavid** » Mon May 16, 2011 12:49 pm

toggy wrote: Well done to Tsar O'Brien for coming up with a really unusual but enjoyable scenario, Bob

Plenty more ideas for battles along the lines of that one Bob.
I assume you got home OK?
Cheers
Dave

obriendavid · Post by **obriendavid** » Mon May 16, 2011 12:51 pm

Atheling wrote:I'm going to have to get myself up for one of these one/two day games me thinks .
Darrell.

The 'dark side' is caling you Darrell

you know you are already tempted.
Cheers
Dave

toggy · Post by **toggy** » Mon May 16, 2011 1:30 pm

Glad to hear there are plenty more scenarios up your sleeve & yes got home around 11pm.

Bob

Atheling · Post by **Atheling** » Mon May 16, 2011 1:43 pm

obriendavid wrote:
Atheling wrote:I'm going to have to get myself up for one of these one/two day games me thinks .
Darrell.
The 'dark side' is caling you Darrell
you know you are already tempted.
Cheers
Dave

Maybe... maybe not... we'll have to see

.

Darrell.

BP · Post by BP » Mon May 16, 2011 5:43 pm

And again. just like to echo what everyone else has said. Great day, thanks to Barry and Dave for organising it and everyone for making it enjoyable. It looked spectacular as ever.

And I'd like to think it was my inspiring leadership that gave the Russians their crushing victory over the lick spittle French coat hangers on

At least thats what it says in MY after action report to the tzar.....

Although I'm sure my face was a picture when all those ones came up in a row for resolve tests

And I'd also like to thank Jim for rolling 3 consecutive 1's to charge home on my Jaeger

Cheers

Bill
(The other one)
Off to glue highlanders together now, cheers Bob

toggy · Post by **toggy** » Mon May 16, 2011 6:07 pm

Bill wrote :
Off to glue highlanders together now, cheers Bob

Just finished some chasseur of the guard, perhaps they'll meet some time soon.

Bob

Post by **barr7430** » Mon May 16, 2011 6:12 pm

I was originally thinking about 1814 and the Guard for the next weekender but we might be able to squeeze such a game into a 1 dayer at Whitburn sometime before August. Again, depends on player availability for that.

Such a choice would probably move August at Lundin Links into 1813 Land and the Befreiungskriege... now where did I put those Saxons, Prussians, Austrians, Russians, Swedes, Wurttemburgers, French, Poles, Bavarians, Westphalians and eh.... oh yes,, French

toggy · Post by **toggy** » Mon May 16, 2011 6:19 pm

Barry wrote:

might be able to squeeze such a game into a 1 dayer at Whitburn sometime before August.

Count me in for that please

Bob

Gerryjd · Post by **Gerryjd** » Mon May 16, 2011 10:24 pm

BP wrote:Although I'm sure my face was a picture when all those ones came up in a row for resolve tests

Not half as much as my face throwing the bloody one's( I had to get Bill ( The other other one! )and Alan to explain to me what a one was!!!!!!!

)

Cheers

Gerry