Author Topic: "It's your Troop now, Mr. Colehill." (Read 34783 times)

FifteensAway · « **Reply #195 on:** July 06, 2025, 05:52:25 AM »

I do believe you have 'almost' enough to have a game or seven. Quite a collection.

Now photo number five of your recent post, what is up with the bloke hiding behind a woman, that is just not sporting, no, sir, not at all. The cad!

Harry Faversham · « **Reply #196 on:** July 06, 2025, 12:02:53 PM »

Quote from: FifteensAway on July 06, 2025, 05:52:25 AM

Now photo number five of your recent most, what is up with the bloke hiding behind a woman, that is just not sporting, no, sir, not at all. The cad!

He's wot wos known, in the Old West as... a Baddie!

FifteensAway · « **Reply #197 on:** July 06, 2025, 03:29:29 PM »

Indeed. While not sporting, using civilians as cover is a tried and true tactic. Hmm, there must be a mechanic in our rules for exactly that - with a proper penalty for those who do it. Hmm.

Easy enough in Fistful of Lead, the Swiss Army knife mechanic of a Task Roll. One for the baddie, one for the 'victim', and one - or more - for those targeting the baddie, seems about right to me. Just need to add the post-event penalty, well, if the baddie survives.

(and, yes, I edited my late night ? post to correct a few typos)

TimK · « **Reply #198 on:** July 22, 2025, 01:57:50 PM »

Quote from: Harry Faversham on June 23, 2025, 05:26:23 PM

And there, in a nutshell, is mi' conundrum!
Do I do it 'properly' with terrain looking like the Great Plains? Or go full blown, 'Pony Wars'/'She Wore a Yellow Ribbon'!!!???

Like the man said: “This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend”

Harry Faversham · « **Reply #199 on:** July 22, 2025, 05:26:07 PM »

"The hell you say!"

Harry Faversham · « **Reply #200 on:** July 28, 2025, 05:07:34 PM »

On the home straight, and disater's strucken!
Thought I'd add a dee-tachment of Buffalo Soldiers. No problem with dismounted Troopers, but can't find 'em mounted. Thought I'd be nailed on with Foundry figures, but can't find 'em?
I believe the 9th and 10th Cavalry had the lowest desertion, and highest re-enlistment rate, in the Cavalry...
be nice to honour 'em.

Inkpaduta · « **Reply #201 on:** July 28, 2025, 06:16:09 PM »

They did. Some of the finest regiments in the army during the Indian Wars and later on. The only one I think may have them would be Old Glory.

FifteensAway · « **Reply #202 on:** July 29, 2025, 12:26:12 AM »

Any reason you can't just use mounted figures and paint them accordingly - if they have a hat on? Seems workable to me.

And check out this site if you are not familiar, might be some temptations: https://brigadegamesminis.com/collections/plains-war?srsltid=AfmBOoqO8-a2gs8gdiq0yFS4aJ79fVEaaU8bOUJsHYwk7ddDyKIKAgY_

Ray Rivers · « **Reply #203 on:** July 29, 2025, 12:56:45 PM »

Great thread!

Lotta work!

Harry Faversham · « **Reply #204 on:** July 30, 2025, 03:41:23 AM »

Cheers Ray, much appreciated. Working on some 'Last Stand' vignettes this week to use up the odds and sods.

Harry Faversham · « **Reply #205 on:** August 23, 2025, 05:47:56 PM »

"Do massacree mean, what I think it means?"

"It do!"

FifteensAway · « **Reply #206 on:** August 24, 2025, 06:26:26 AM »

I've been neeeding some 'fresh' Old West stuff and these bases work the trick - though not for the poor victims. Too busy with other periods to be moving my own OW stuff forward but hopefully soon.