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Author Topic: Colonial New Zealand Wars demo for National Day of Commemoration  (Read 1164 times)

Offline Arteis

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I am putting on a colonial New Zealand Wars demonstration game as a public event to help mark our National Day of Commemoration on Saturday 28 October.

Today I started gathering together the resources I’ll need for a game set in 1845/46, using Dan Mersey’s 'The Men Who Would Be Kings' colonial wargaming rules.

I'v posted about the forces, the terrain and the rules I plan to use here on my blog: https://arteis.wordpress.com/2017/10/23/gathering-the-forces-for-my-colonial-new-zealand-wars-game/





« Last Edit: October 22, 2017, 12:38:39 PM by Arteis »
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Offline DintheDin

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Re: Colonial New Zealand Wars demo for National Day of Commemoration
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2017, 01:43:23 PM »
Beautifully painted figures! Good luck to your demo game!
Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates. – Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi

Offline Arteis

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Re: Colonial New Zealand Wars demo for National Day of Commemoration
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2017, 10:07:13 AM »
The display game took place today.  I've just posted a report and pictures of the event on my blog:
https://arteis.wordpress.com/2017/10/28/display-game-of-the-colonial-new-zealand-wars/

Our daily paper also ran an article about the event, which you can read here:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/culture/98288339/miniature-figures-lines-up-to-recreate-new-zealand-land-war


Offline von Lucky

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Re: Colonial New Zealand Wars demo for National Day of Commemoration
« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2017, 01:30:16 PM »
Well done - definitely was a success in more ways than one.
- Karsten

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Offline Marine0846

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Re: Colonial New Zealand Wars demo for National Day of Commemoration
« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2017, 02:42:27 PM »
Super looking set up.
The day looked to be a success.
Love your figures and terrain.
Semper Fi, Mac

Offline DintheDin

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Re: Colonial New Zealand Wars demo for National Day of Commemoration
« Reply #5 on: October 28, 2017, 06:13:37 PM »
I think the pictures were decent and sufficient to show the beauty of your minis and terrain setup.
Also, Mr. Hermans, in your daily newspaper said a few right things, every historical wargamer should agree.
Cheers!

 

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