Post by colinthehittite on Jun 12, 2022 7:07:51 GMT
The new format works for me. With the armies on show today games were likely to be decided quite quickly but, on another occasion, with more terrain and more manoeuvre options, 50 minutes would be very welcome. 50 minutes means you do not have to take the hard hitting army to get a game decision and so a wider range of armies turn up for the competition. 50 minutes dramatically reduces the number of drawn games. And anything less than 5 games in an afternoon session isn’t worth putting the paint brush down for and struggling through the Portsmouth traffic. Who needs lunch when you can play DBA?
I took a Sea Peoples army; light chariot general and three Ax. Think I painted it a couple of lifetimes ago just before Covid hit and this tournament was cancelled, so it was good to give the army an outing. I expected it to do well against non-HCh armies but, of course, a line of HChs could burst right thought. So, I expected some good wins and some complete slaughters. However, where were the heavy chariots? Half the other players brought Sea Peoples!
In my first group game (against Midianites – who were expecting HChs) I threw an embarrassing string of 6s and in the last (against Midianites) a disappointing string of 1s. In another game I managed to drag one HCh into a marsh when it pursued and then disposed of it – imagine the scene, very satisfying! In the final game I met Sea Peoples again and in such a situation it all rests on who gets the breakthrough first… and it was my turn for the luck.
Thanks to Bill and the PAWS team. It’s good to have you back in action – and what a fantastic setting for a wargames tournament! If you do not know it look up Fort Cumberland, a Victorian star fort. Playing one game outside was so atmospheric – we should do that more often. What about an ‘armies that fought in Portsmouth’ theme – Romans, Saxons… didn’t Henry V embark his army for France in 1415 from Portchester Castle? It was a huge army, encamped over a wide area, and they must have been constantly brawling!!
Colin
I took a Sea Peoples army; light chariot general and three Ax. Think I painted it a couple of lifetimes ago just before Covid hit and this tournament was cancelled, so it was good to give the army an outing. I expected it to do well against non-HCh armies but, of course, a line of HChs could burst right thought. So, I expected some good wins and some complete slaughters. However, where were the heavy chariots? Half the other players brought Sea Peoples!
In my first group game (against Midianites – who were expecting HChs) I threw an embarrassing string of 6s and in the last (against Midianites) a disappointing string of 1s. In another game I managed to drag one HCh into a marsh when it pursued and then disposed of it – imagine the scene, very satisfying! In the final game I met Sea Peoples again and in such a situation it all rests on who gets the breakthrough first… and it was my turn for the luck.
Thanks to Bill and the PAWS team. It’s good to have you back in action – and what a fantastic setting for a wargames tournament! If you do not know it look up Fort Cumberland, a Victorian star fort. Playing one game outside was so atmospheric – we should do that more often. What about an ‘armies that fought in Portsmouth’ theme – Romans, Saxons… didn’t Henry V embark his army for France in 1415 from Portchester Castle? It was a huge army, encamped over a wide area, and they must have been constantly brawling!!
Colin