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Sunday, October 9, 2016
A Sunday Stroll
Only just started to rain slightly a few minutes ago but I managed to coax MacDuff on to the table anyway.
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Born and raised in the suburbs of Montreal 7 decades ago. Began playing with toy soldiers at 5 years. Started painting & converting at about 12 yrs and wargaming about 15 yrs. Never really stopped.
5 years in the Black Watch of Canada Cadets, 5 years at the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean followed by 4 in the navy. 25 years with CPC in IT simultaneous with 23 years running a boarding kennel. Inherited my love of toy soldiers from my mother's father. Married with a pack of litle Italian Greyhounds and a cat. Prematurely retired and enjoying leisure to game, maintaining our 170 yr old farmhouse and just living.
Friday, October 7, 2016
A season for everything........else.
Or "Winter is Coming!".
The fall is often like this, a short window of ideal weather in which there are 1001 outside things to be done before the cold and the snow set in and so less time tban usual for hobby stuff. This year is just more so thanks to various additional little domestic distractions including a 3 month drought. You don't realize just how convenient hot and cold running water is until you do without for a month or so.
I'm fast running out of time to make the buildings and fences I want for Fall In, not to mention play testing and all the other prep work but at least I've finally, reluctantly, by trial and error, decided on a design for Quebec houses, still undersized for a semi-skirmish game like MacDuff but bigger than I want for home use on the grid. Bother.
Of course what I would rather be doing is converting and painting some figures, like the prototype ranger above, but since I don't need them for Fall In, that'll have to wait until I get my share of the convention games ready!
They turned around the hurricaine that I was hoping would bring us 6" of rain but are dangling before us a forecast of rain for Sunday. In the unlikely event that that happens, the outside chores can wait and I'll put a MacDuff 1759 game on the table.
The fall is often like this, a short window of ideal weather in which there are 1001 outside things to be done before the cold and the snow set in and so less time tban usual for hobby stuff. This year is just more so thanks to various additional little domestic distractions including a 3 month drought. You don't realize just how convenient hot and cold running water is until you do without for a month or so.
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| Prototype SYW in America Ranger from Prince August Russian Grenadier. |
Of course what I would rather be doing is converting and painting some figures, like the prototype ranger above, but since I don't need them for Fall In, that'll have to wait until I get my share of the convention games ready!
They turned around the hurricaine that I was hoping would bring us 6" of rain but are dangling before us a forecast of rain for Sunday. In the unlikely event that that happens, the outside chores can wait and I'll put a MacDuff 1759 game on the table.
Born and raised in the suburbs of Montreal 7 decades ago. Began playing with toy soldiers at 5 years. Started painting & converting at about 12 yrs and wargaming about 15 yrs. Never really stopped.
5 years in the Black Watch of Canada Cadets, 5 years at the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean followed by 4 in the navy. 25 years with CPC in IT simultaneous with 23 years running a boarding kennel. Inherited my love of toy soldiers from my mother's father. Married with a pack of litle Italian Greyhounds and a cat. Prematurely retired and enjoying leisure to game, maintaining our 170 yr old farmhouse and just living.
Saturday, October 1, 2016
Doing' The Victory Two Step
This evening I made it to an all sorts of games day in Kentville where Jeff (armchair commander blog) was hosting another epic (ie multiplayer) C&C ancients game.
I took the Carthaginian right wing in a Punic Wars battle in Spain. Little bit of cavalry and light infantry skirmishing, a bit of trash talk and then, when eventually threatened by a serious attack, a dashing counter attack with Ellie as the star. After a little softening up by various light troops she went in and stomped a darned good roll wiping out some Hastati and then rolling a Helmet to add the General and coincidentally bring the Roman forces to defeat. The bulk of the fighting and dying was done in the centre and left but I am pleased to note a 5:2 kill ratio on my flank as my share in a hard fought, close, battle.
Of course even better than the victory was just getting out and enjoying good company and a good game. Thanks to Jeff for the invite and the game,
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| I hate to admit it but that was a satisfying way to end a game! |
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| The calm before the storm. |
Of course even better than the victory was just getting out and enjoying good company and a good game. Thanks to Jeff for the invite and the game,
Born and raised in the suburbs of Montreal 7 decades ago. Began playing with toy soldiers at 5 years. Started painting & converting at about 12 yrs and wargaming about 15 yrs. Never really stopped.
5 years in the Black Watch of Canada Cadets, 5 years at the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean followed by 4 in the navy. 25 years with CPC in IT simultaneous with 23 years running a boarding kennel. Inherited my love of toy soldiers from my mother's father. Married with a pack of litle Italian Greyhounds and a cat. Prematurely retired and enjoying leisure to game, maintaining our 170 yr old farmhouse and just living.
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