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Miniatures Adventure => Age of the Big Battalions => Topic started by: juergen c. olk on April 04, 2022, 01:23:20 AM

Title: Battle of Port Egmont 1768 -West Malvinas.
Post by: juergen c. olk on April 04, 2022, 01:23:20 AM: ..Preliminary photos of my Falklands Island game. British defending ;),along w/ the New Bedford Whalers.at The SYW CON. Opposed by GEN . Madriaga and Spain and Admiral Bougainville w/ Colonial French. First five turns were fog,penguins ,sheep ,secret landing w/WILD GEESE at wrong spot ,but mistaken at first for British..so ..funny. I ran twice ,w/ random event cards .lots of fun and done in 2 hrs.This picture is of Brits at Port Egmont.
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Post by: juergen c. olk on April 04, 2022, 01:25:56 AM: Spanish ,Penguins and Scots .
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Post by: juergen c. olk on April 04, 2022, 01:28:30 AM: Overall view..
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Post by: juergen c. olk on April 04, 2022, 04:50:03 AM: Spanish advancing...
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Post by: juergen c. olk on April 04, 2022, 05:02:58 AM: French (baby blue) Colonial inf 0f Guadaloupe w/ Irish Dillon regt, taking redoubt.
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Post by: juergen c. olk on April 04, 2022, 11:04:48 AM: ..more fun...
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Post by: robh on April 04, 2022, 11:09:59 AM: Great looking games. The mat works really well for terrain like the Falklands.
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Post by: juergen c. olk on April 04, 2022, 08:35:28 PM: Thanx and yes ,unfortunately ,they stopped making it.
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Post by: vtsaogames on April 05, 2022, 02:12:51 PM: Damn the Penguins, full speed ahead!
Looks great.
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Post by: juergen c. olk on April 08, 2022, 04:13:33 AM: ..View from Port Egmont ,British encamped ,had to roll each turn for receding Fog and waking up.
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Post by: MGH on April 08, 2022, 03:27:24 PM: Talk about a niche scenario. Brilliant!
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Post by: George on April 08, 2022, 06:23:13 PM: I think this is completely marvellous. I think the long hibernation of my SYW French is about to end. They can blame you for their reawakening.
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Post by: Grumpy Gnome on April 08, 2022, 07:29:42 PM: Looks brilliant!
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Post by: juergen c. olk on April 08, 2022, 08:07:23 PM: Thanx for all the kind comments,Ilove the Quirky little battles. Here is picture of British Sailors ,who rolled a natural 100 for Morale ,causing the Rule of"OLK" to be implemented.They had to charge the nearest enemy..(too much Rum probably)..and were gunned down.
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Post by: Jemima Fawr on April 08, 2022, 11:48:48 PM: Excellent stuff! Great fun! :D
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Post by: FinnN on April 09, 2022, 07:10:22 AM: Quote from: juergen c. olk on April 04, 2022, 08:35:28 PM
Thanx and yes ,unfortunately ,they stopped making it.

Game looks great!

On the mat, if you search on aliexpress for “moss mat” you’ll find these for sale.
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Post by: juergen c. olk on April 13, 2022, 12:52:24 PM: .....Britsh Marines..using AW minis and French Colonials advancing..
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Post by: juergen c. olk on April 19, 2022, 08:44:02 PM: ..British moving up the hill to take back the Redoubt ,held by Swiss and French Colonial militia.