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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: Mad Lord Snapcase on August 11, 2019, 08:28:02 AM
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I played a game of The Men Who Would Be Kings and it was indeed a close run thing. It's September 1879 and a small British force has to seek sanctuary in an old watch-tower near Kabul. The only problem, they have to pass through a village occupied by hostile Afghan tribesmen first.
Full AAR on my blog: A Close Run Thing! (http://madlordsnapcase.blogspot.com/2019/08/a-close-run-thing.html)
A couple of teaser pics here.
(https://i.imgur.com/lCPpT8l.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/I8iOzMJ.jpg)
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Beautiful painting on those Afghans, great set up and scenery 😀
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Beautiful painting on those Afghans, great set up and scenery 😀
Ah, I can't take the credit for that. The Afghan and British minis and scenery are by Silent Invader of this forum. The Flashman figure was painted by robh. I am just the lucky owner of all this beauty! :)
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I’ve played on that very terrain when it was still in Steve’s possession. It’s spectacular. And works as brilliantly for the NWF as it did for WW2. You lucky beggar. Looks great :)
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What a fun scenario, a real nail biter. ;D
Very jealous of the Terrain, I missed playing on this when I had the chance. Now I want to do the NWF! :)
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Glad you’re enjoying it Martin. It’s great to see it being used as it should be . 8) :)
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I’ve played on that very terrain when it was still in Steve’s possession. It’s spectacular. And works as brilliantly for the NWF as it did for WW2. You lucky beggar. Looks great :)
I do feel lucky to own it, it's a superb piece of work. I have quite a few plans for games coming up. :)
What a fun scenario, a real nail biter.
It was very close at the end. I had made the British leader the worst possible by giving him a +7 which 2D6 had to equal or beat for most activities. It went against the British at the start with them failing to move two or three times but they made the rolls at the end when it really counted.
It’s great to see it being used as it should be.
Thanks Steve, I am really pleased I bought this from you. (Got a Romans vs. Ancient Britons planned for your Dartmoor terrain, soon!) ;)
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Superb write up on the blog :-*
Minis and terrain look great 8)
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A splendid episode in the continuing saga that links the fortune of those three, appalling dynasties - the Snapcases, Scrotums and Spankhursts. The pages of British history are littered with tales of heroics and derring-do; and then there’s the sorry story, running from the earliest recorded time to the present day, of the Devon triumvirate....
Once again we see Snapcase leading from the rear unless he’s heading the terror-fuelled scramble for safety. And how extraordinary that the only other survivors should be Scrotum and Spankhurst. Doubtless these three, combining as they do, incompetence, shirking and debauchery, will effect a miraculous escape, leaving behind the bones of worthier men.
Great AAR, Martin - I really enjoyed it....
Doug
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Nice one, Snapcase! Lovely looking setup and models.
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Absolute spiffing wheeze your Lordship. Young Snapcase has added even more lustre to the family name, what!
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Many thanks, Romark, Doug, Plynkes and Harry for your kind remarks.
Once again, the reputation of the Snapcase family has been upheld. Even if it meant running away from the nasty shouty men! Let's hope 'Bobs' turns up soon to rescue them or they'll probably start eating the dog!
Once again we see Snapcase leading from the rear unless he’s heading the terror-fuelled scramble for safety. And how extraordinary that the only other survivors should be Scrotum and Spankhurst. Doubtless these three, combining as they do, incompetence, shirking and debauchery, will effect a miraculous escape, leaving behind the bones of worthier men.
Absolutely spot on, Doug. These three charmless nurks have a habit of winning through at significant moments in history, whilst better men end up pushing up the daisies! ;)
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A splendid outing :D
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Nice setting and scenario...from which manufacture are the NWF tribesmen...they look like realistically done plastic conversions?
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Awesome battle report -- equal parts exciting and amusing -- of a simply great scenario which I will borrow/steal for my next intimate size NWF game, all fought with beautiful figures on gorgeous terrain! Lord Snapcase you do the "Mad" monicker proud!
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Gorgeous looking game.
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Great stuff all round! :)