Going to give Witchfinder General, Days of Revelation a whirl ...

[Thaddeu]

Ooh, good stuff! I especially like the Blinder Captain, I've always had a soft spot for that model. The Great Beast and Coven look great too and fit in nice with the historicals.

This thread (and also space concerns) have prompted me to give my copy of Witchfinder General a second look. I'll need buy more witchy types, and kludge together a few rules to represent the more Eastern European character of my collection, but I bet I can make a good go of it.

The main thing, I think, is the composite bow used by eastern cavalry. Something like
-counts as a pistol, except
-free reloads (no action or roll required)
-hits *are* affected by armor

Spears and lances are probably just an issue of adjusting the Fighting Distance (and I guess Strike First for lances). Shields are rare enough that I'll probably ignore them.

[H.M.Stanley]

Thank you. I painted about 30% of those figures. Naturally the Blinder Captain wasn't one of them ...  

I think these rules would work just fine for a Carpathian setting etc. Agree with you about Bows although I might be tempted to give the target a slightly increased Avoid Harm role against all put expert horse Archers.

Have fun. J

P.S. Ahh, I see that you covered that with Armour

[manic _miner]

 You can see pictures from the Battleground show on the link below.Eric put a Witchfinder General game on at the show.The new book is coming along and should be out in the New Year.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.504863642989228.1073741831.388912817917645&type=3

[Pijlie]

Wow! Eric's game looks fantastic! As do Stanley's figures.

If I may be so bold as to provide a photographing tip: don't use flash but try static light and a camera stand. Flashlight tends to do terrible things to colours....

[manic _miner]

 Check-out the Facebook page for more info on what is happening and you can see the new sculpts by Ian Mountain too.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1483246455250486/

[Pijlie]

No worries! I am watching it like a hawk....

[H.M.Stanley]

Wow! Eric's game looks fantastic! As do Stanley's figures.

If I may be so bold as to provide a photographing tip: don't use flash but try static light and a camera stand. Flashlight tends to do terrible things to colours....

Hi, thanks.

Good points well made. I have shaky hands at the best of times so a camera stand wouldn't go amiss  

[H.M.Stanley]

You can see pictures from the Battleground show on the link below.Eric put a Witchfinder General game on at the show.The new book is coming along and should be out in the New Year.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.504863642989228.1073741831.388912817917645&type=3

ohh, very nice looking game

[Old-N-Busted]

" Mind you, just one witchy in a pointy hat with a broomstick wouldnt go amiss"


The micro art discworld figures include three witches on broomsticks worth a look. BUSTED

[Skrapwelder]

We played a game of this at our club yesterday. It was the first time for everyone there. There were no supernatural forces involved in our initial game as we were trying to get a feel for the basic rules. I really like the movement rules for changing terrain values (Easy, Tricky and Nasty Ground  ) as well as the activation mechanic with the alternating "go's".

I found the combat to be very quick and bloody. Muskets reload very quickly and are very effective.

[H.M.Stanley]

A few additions ...

Reaper Baba Yaga witch and Foundry Minion, Caldron, ECW Cart & horse and scratchbuilt gallows.

In Gloomy conditions [no flash], naturally

[H.M.Stanley]

" Mind you, just one witchy in a pointy hat with a broomstick wouldnt go amiss"


The micro art discworld figures include three witches on broomsticks worth a look. BUSTED

Thanks Busted.

However, having gone with the Hag and Reaper Baba Yaga I just want the Foundry Witch with the sickle to complete the trio  (3 is the magic number of course ... )