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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: stefanov on 01 August 2011, 10:52:22 AM

Title: Aboukir landings
Post by: stefanov on 01 August 2011, 10:52:22 AM
Hello everybody,
yesterday we had a TSATF game featuring British, Egyptian and rebellious fellahin fighting on the Mediterranean coast.
Comments are being added as I am writing.
Please have a look at our wiki:
http://stefanov.no-ip.org/groups/arsmguests/wiki/1084b/Aboukir_landing_1882.html
enjoy!
Stefano
Title: Re: Aboukir landings
Post by: FifteensAway on 01 August 2011, 04:17:46 PM
Stupenda!  Bravo.  Lovely pictures, though so many of them and taking so long to load I did not wait for all of them but still well worth a look.

How many people's toys to put the game on?  Or all one person's?!
Title: Re: Aboukir landings
Post by: answer_is_42 on 01 August 2011, 04:42:13 PM
 :-*
Fantastic! What a wonderful setup. I love the fort.
Title: Re: Aboukir landings
Post by: stefanov on 01 August 2011, 06:34:04 PM
Dear fellow gamer,
yes the photos are a bit too many, thank you for your patience for having a look and sorry!
It is my first posting, I have to learn.
I am now writing comments to the photos, so you might be able to follow the story..
Scenery is from our local club inventory and two members, while figures are from
a good friend and myself.
cheers to everybody, happy gaming! S
Title: Re: Aboukir landings
Post by: Galloping Major on 01 August 2011, 06:42:46 PM
Never too many pictures  ;)

Lovely stuff  8)



www.gallopingmajorwargames.com
Title: Re: Aboukir landings
Post by: Marine0846 on 02 August 2011, 10:08:34 PM
Outstanding, just outstanding. Looks like it was a great game, thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: Aboukir landings
Post by: The_Beast on 04 August 2011, 01:26:04 PM
Never too many pictures  ;)

Sitting at a University's NOC, I'd usually agree, but they are taking a LONG time to load. Perhaps small pipe at other end?   :D

However, well worth the wait! The ships are PMC? The buildings?

"If some fellow gamer is interested I will gladly translate."

Perhaps as a link off the battle page? I'll admit, most can be sorted out, but I can point out voluminous posts of me admitting laziness.

"An old fuzzy photo showing British manoeuvres around the peninsula."

Fuzzy taking photos?  How old WAS he?  lol

Looks to be a smashing time by all!

Doug
Title: Re: Aboukir landings
Post by: stefanov on 04 August 2011, 03:11:56 PM
right!
Output pipe is smallish, an old mac mini sitting on a shelf at home... ships are indeed PMC.
Buildings are from various makers, I will sort out with my club mates and write a post.
For you lazy friends, translation is coming!!
The Fuzzy himself was a disguised italian photographer, about my age..  ;)
Title: Re: Aboukir landings
Post by: The_Beast on 04 August 2011, 06:36:16 PM
Tis a good thing I left the browser tab with your blog up; hate to think I distressed a worthy old Mac by repeated view/downloads.  lol

And it would have been 'distressing'. All work day, I've been coming back to look at more amphibious goodness!

Truth be told, I've a few of the PMC craft, but they wait me deciding how I'm going to assemble with rare earth magnets. They are really lovely, but I don't think bear TOO close examination for logical placement of doors/stacks/gratings/etc. ;->=

Doug
Title: Re: Aboukir landings
Post by: Traveler Man on 05 August 2011, 01:19:07 AM
Superb, sir!  :-*  Inspiring eye-candy all round.  :)
Title: Re: Aboukir landings
Post by: Poiter50 on 05 August 2011, 01:54:57 AM
Agreed. I have 3 of them now and I think they need some modification to be gamable pieces.

Tis a good thing I left the browser tab with your blog up; hate to think I distressed a worthy old Mac by repeated view/downloads.  lol

And it would have been 'distressing'. All work day, I've been coming back to look at more amphibious goodness!

Truth be told, I've a few of the PMC craft, but they wait me deciding how I'm going to assemble with rare earth magnets. They are really lovely, but I don't think bear TOO close examination for logical placement of doors/stacks/gratings/etc. ;->=

Doug
Title: Re: Aboukir landings
Post by: Shikari Sahib on 05 August 2011, 03:00:25 PM
Hello everybody,
yesterday we had a TSATF game featuring British, Egyptian and rebellious fellahin fighting on the Mediterranean coast.
Comments are being added as I am writing.
Please have a look at our wiki:
http://stefanov.no-ip.org/groups/arsmguests/wiki/1084b/Aboukir_landing_1882.html
enjoy!
Stefano


Ciao Stefano e benvenuto sul Forum,
avevo riconosciuto il comandante delle Forze Egiziane  lol
come stai ?
sono Piero.


sorry friends , but Stefanov is an old friends of mine, we were not in touch since long time. :)
Title: Re: Aboukir landings
Post by: Anderson Collection on 05 August 2011, 10:10:42 PM
Great looking game well done!
Title: Re: Aboukir landings
Post by: stefanov on 06 August 2011, 09:35:53 PM
ciao Piero,

che piacere sentirti!

I am happy that we still share common interest. We had wonderful Colonial games long ago.
I remember the Paddy Griffith rules that were so enjoyable.

Anybody in the forum has ever played them?

Teniamoci in contatto, io saro' in vacanza fino a settembre. Fammi sapere in qualche modo
quale e' il tuo telefono o email.

a presto! Stefano
Title: Re: Aboukir landings
Post by: The_Beast on 07 August 2011, 03:53:55 PM
Agreed. I have 3 of them now and I think they need some modification to be gamable pieces.

I mostly play VSF, and so have a heavy 'suspension of disbelief' AND of reality checks. ;->=

Still, need the occasional breath of you realists lest I fall into the full-blown heresy of 'steampunk'.

However, even the wackiest will pause given the choice of a smokestack plunging a roof directly inside a door or the open bridge...

I am happy that we still share common interest. We had wonderful Colonial games long ago.
I remember the Paddy Griffith rules that were so enjoyable.

Anybody in the forum has ever played them?

Have only seen them referenced to, but they are quite obviously well-loved and remembered by some.

Doug
Title: Re: Aboukir landings
Post by: stefanov on 07 August 2011, 06:13:42 PM
Hi Doug,
I also play VSF, you will see Smokestacks puffing smoke in the Mars Canals very soon!
You are right about the suspension of disbelief, but I suggest you to buy these lovely steamboats,
they have good prices and meant for war gamers. Pieces are loose and they sometime end up where you don't expect.
have a look at PMC on ebay, I hope they sell well so they will make new models for me!!!
cheers
Title: Re: Aboukir landings
Post by: The_Beast on 10 August 2011, 08:39:10 PM
Hi Doug,
I also play VSF, you will see Smokestacks puffing smoke in the Mars Canals very soon!
You are right about the suspension of disbelief, but I suggest you to buy these lovely steamboats,
they have good prices and meant for war gamers. Pieces are loose and they sometime end up where you don't expect.
have a look at PMC on ebay, I hope they sell well so they will make new models for me!!!
cheers

No, no, no. I already HAVE several! Just haven't figured how I will put them together for use. ;->=

I want to use magnets to make them easy to break down for storage and movement. I'm just having trouble working out which configuration is least jarring.  lol

Even after shippage to the US, and rather difficult process of communication, the prices ARE impressive!

Doug