The Ruin of Mimsie Hawley - Update 2nd May - The End!

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

...and now for something completely different! Today sees the start of our attempt to reconnect with the rest of the world (well, Doug and Vagabond anyway) via an on-line wargame. Inspired by Captain Blood and his compatriots, we are going to play three games, perhaps simultaneously. Each of us will host one game whilst participating in the other two games in a virtual sense. Clear as mud, eh? My game (set in Elizabethan times) will feature here and I will link to the other two when they post an AAR. I am intending to post my AAR turn by turn.

So, without further ado I present 'The Ruin of Mimsie Hawley' being a storye of loveth and revenge in several divers partes. I am using Osprey's En Garde! rules and acting as umpire. Doug is Sir Jaspar Cowie and Vagabond is Sir Francis Hawley.



Victory points have been set, as follows:



The Dramatis Personae:







Special rules for the movement of Mimsie:



Ye mappe of ye starte:





Just an ordinary Saturday afternoon at Gusset House as Captaine-General Montmorency Kenwood-Chef burns a Recusant Catholic on his front lawn. Several guests from the village have been invited to enjoy the spectacle:



The merrye scene at Ye Pink Pelican Inne as Sir Jaspar and his boys disport themselves and wet their respective whistles:

To be continued...

[Hu Rhu]

What a fantastic setup, back story and general all round side-splitting fun.  The figures look great too. Looking forward to seeing how Mimsie gets out of this one. 

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

What a fantastic setup, back story and general all round side-splitting fun.  The figures look great too. Looking forward to seeing how Mimsie gets out of this one. 

Many thanks Hu Rhu. We are in the middle of Turn 1 now and are just ironing out our communications!

Looking forward to seeing how Mimsie gets out of this one.

Woe betide her if she ends up married to Sir Jaspar, she will soon grow tired of his moustachio twirling and general blackguardliness!   

Forgot to include a picture of Mimsie in my previous post.

[Doug ex-em4]

Ye blaggardley scribbler....! The fair Lady Prudence will only ruint be if left within the fowle paws of her scrawshank father....Now begone to your pen and parchment, ink-stained gubbersnicker....!

Sir J

[Silent Invader]

    

Most excellent

[Ragnar]

Awesome, sounds fun.

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

Thanks SI and Ragnar.   

Forgot also to include the rules for the carte which is worth 3 VPs.

The cart is piled high with malmsey, sack, sherry and port for Sir Jaspar and small beer for the servantes.

[Irregular Wars Nic]

Great set up and back story!

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

Many thanks, Irregular Wars Nic.   

Ye blaggardley scribbler....! The fair Lady Prudence will only ruint be if left within the fowle paws of her scrawshank father....Now begone to your pen and parchment, ink-stained gubbersnicker....!

Sir J

Away, you tottering, frothy fen-sucked gudgeon!

Lord S.

[OSHIROmodels]

Splendid fun 

[Bogdanwaz]

"Your tale, sir, would cure deafness."

- The Tempest

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

Thanks you both, OSHIROmodels and Bogdanwaz.   

TURN 1

Both parties have made their first moves but at the end of Turn 1 have not yet come in sight of each other. Because of that, I am not posting the photos yet. The players are receiving photos of their own moves but because they cannot see each other they do not see the other person's moves. This is a nice change from where, when we are all together in the room, everybody can see what you are doing even if it's out of sight of your actual figures on the table. We have a real 'fog of war' here.

Sir Francis moved first and his voice which can cut through the winds in the Roaring Forties and reach from the Poop to the pointy end of his ship was heard to utter "Forsooth! Thou art a craven weather-bitten jack-a-nape! Thou qualling full-gorged slug! Thou shameless decayed maggot-pie! Meet me in man to man combat Thou tongueless rump-fed vile worm!"

Sir Jaspar moved next and although had no view of his approaching opponent replied that Sir J doesn’t presume to yell oaths like a proddie-heretic but Sir John is not so restrained. In a voice that has echoed across many a battlefield he responds:
"Silence, spawn of the diseased womb of a poxed wyvern - cease thy fowle blabberings - does not thou knowe better than to utter ye curse in the presence of ye fair sexe?"


Sir Jaspar wins the toss for priority in Turn 2 and we await his next move with bated breath!

*Photos will be added here when the blustering buffoons come into each other's view, gawd 'elp 'em!

Edit: 21st April. Following Doug's move in Turn 2, the opposing forces have come in sight of each other and the fog of war has lifted from the scene. I can post the two moves for Turn 1.

Sir Francis went first in Turn 1 and moved east as a group towards Hanging Cross. They can be seen centre left.



Sir Jaspar, hearing the salty old sea dog roaring invective, has gathered his roistering crew together and with Mimsie and cart in tow, moved north, also towards Hanging Cross.

To be continued...

[matakishi]

Awesome sauce!
Looking forward to more.

[marianas_gamer]

Seem like a bunch of fun fellows to take an ale or two with! What could possibly happen?

[has.been]

Fun and nice figures/scenery, result.