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Title: A Very Hot Dispute: the Battle of Monkton Farleigh
Post by: Codsticker on 16 May 2021, 09:29:18 PM: Murdock and I got together for the first time in almost a year to play another installment in our ongoing ECW campaign.
(https://i.imgur.com/onfrypD.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/J6elXLb.jpg)
Don't worry, we're both vaccinated and the garage door was open for ventilation. :)
(https://i.imgur.com/sGRpQOA.jpg)

More words and pictures on my blog (link (http://codstickershistoricals.blogspot.com/2021/05/a-very-hot-dispute.html)).
Title: Re: A Very Hot Dispute: the Battle of Monkton Farleigh
Post by: Blackwolf on 16 May 2021, 10:49:35 PM: Nice! Which one are you,the little one or the big one?
Title: Re: A Very Hot Dispute: the Battle of Monkton Farleigh
Post by: SJWi on 17 May 2021, 06:02:12 AM: Beautiful figures and layout. What ruleset do you use?

Thanks.
Title: Re: A Very Hot Dispute: the Battle of Monkton Farleigh
Post by: Atheling on 17 May 2021, 06:05:44 AM: Really beautiful looking game :-*

The battle matt is superb! any hints as to if it was home grown or perhaps bought from a retailer?
Title: Re: A Very Hot Dispute: the Battle of Monkton Farleigh
Post by: Codsticker on 17 May 2021, 04:34:27 PM: Thank you guys- it was great to get some figures on the table again.
Quote from: Blackwolf on 16 May 2021, 10:49:35 PM
Nice! Which one are you,the little one or the big one?
I'm the short ass. :D
Quote from: SJWi on 17 May 2021, 06:02:12 AM
Beautiful figures and layout. What ruleset do you use?

Thanks.
We used Pike and Shotte with the amendments from To Kill A King.
Quote from: Atheling on 17 May 2021, 06:05:44 AM
Really beautiful looking game :-*

The battle matt is superb! any hints as to if it was home grown or perhaps bought from a retailer?
I'll have to ask Murdock about the table cloth. It is a fake fur blanket; I know he bought it off amazon but I cannot remember the brand.
Title: Re: A Very Hot Dispute: the Battle of Monkton Farleigh
Post by: Atheling on 17 May 2021, 05:34:54 PM: Quote from: Codsticker on 17 May 2021, 04:34:27 PM
Thank you guys- it was great to get some figures on the table again.I'm the short ass. :DWe used Pike and Shotte with the amendments from To Kill A King. I'll have to ask Murdock about the table cloth. It is a fake fur blanket; I know he bought it off amazon but I cannot remember the brand.

Cheers. It looks marvellous 8)
Title: Re: A Very Hot Dispute: the Battle of Monkton Farleigh
Post by: Hu Rhu on 17 May 2021, 07:00:55 PM: Wonderful set up and great figures. :-* :-*

By coincidence the village of Monkton Farleigh is ony 3 miles from where I live. I am aware of the siege of the castle but not a battle so I presume it is ficticious. Are you playing out the 1643 Lansdowne - Roundway Down campaign by any chance?
Title: Re: A Very Hot Dispute: the Battle of Monkton Farleigh
Post by: Codsticker on 18 May 2021, 12:52:41 AM: Quote from: Hu Rhu on 17 May 2021, 07:00:55 PM
Are you playing out the 1643 Lansdowne - Roundway Down campaign by any chance?
Yes we are, as a matter of fact. :) We are using scenarios from this book (link (https://www.caliverbooks.com/Partizan%20Press/partizan_ECWCS1.shtml)):

(https://www.caliverbooks.com/Partizan%20Press/partizan%20pics/ECWCS1a.jpg)

I think the exact location of the battle is somewhat conjectural but the battle is not fictional. There are a few 'what if' scenarios in the book; in fact the next one in line is, but I am not sure if we will be playing it as it is based on the assumption that the Royalist win Monkton Farleigh, as they did historically.
Title: Re: A Very Hot Dispute: the Battle of Monkton Farleigh
Post by: Hu Rhu on 18 May 2021, 07:04:42 AM: Quote from: Codsticker on 18 May 2021, 12:52:41 AM
Yes we are, as a matter of fact. :) We are using scenarios from this book (link (https://www.caliverbooks.com/Partizan%20Press/partizan_ECWCS1.shtml)):

Thanks very much for the link.
Title: Re: A Very Hot Dispute: the Battle of Monkton Farleigh
Post by: Captain Blood on 18 May 2021, 12:30:22 PM: Great looking game. The teddy bear fur looks really effective.
Title: Re: A Very Hot Dispute: the Battle of Monkton Farleigh
Post by: Codsticker on 19 May 2021, 02:58:36 AM: Thank you Captain. :)
Title: Re: A Very Hot Dispute: the Battle of Monkton Farleigh
Post by: Metternich on 22 May 2021, 07:57:15 PM: A truly wonderful looking game.