In June of 2012, my friend Les and I played a remote game using Skype, a game oddly enough played using the armies that I've just moved back into my Active Duty list, with essentially an older version of the rules I resurrected this winter for use at Huzzah!, and the same unit organization as I adopted for my French Revolution games.
The Belmont Greys: The drummer (behind the colours) is a Zinnbrigade homecast, the 4 firing figures are Scruby War of 1812 Americans with my heads, and the rest are homecast from my own masters. |
There were three main reasons for my detour. The first and most pressing was a lack of space once we had moved in full time, including an elderly mother in law, but my prolonged fatigue after a heart attack was also a factor. The last reason was that at last, I had time to indulge my urge to experiment, to try all sorts of ideas and options to see what worked for me rather than what I thought I liked or what I was playing with friends. Sometimes decisions based on best guesses have to be made but I've really enjoyed having the time to explore and test.
A shot of the "Bridge Over the River Skype" game in June 2012 (Links to 1st post of battle report and the conclusion .) |
Meanwhile, in the present, the reorganization and refurbishing has begun with enough units ready to allow me to clear the table........
Rally Round Your Colours Lads! |
......., choose and setup a scenario, and then to play a game tomorrow.
Now that is a picture that can be stared into for a good while 🙂
ReplyDeleteIt is a rather varied and often obscure mob.
DeleteNice unit - the 'Belmont Greys'...are they 40mm figures Ross?
ReplyDeleteYes, OS 40mm. A head shorter and 1/2 the bulk of modern 40's.
DeleteThanks for this informaiton
ReplyDeleteThis is another of your collections that I love to see on the table… Hurrah!
ReplyDeleteAll the best. Aly