Building a Peninsular town (update 19/03/24 - more buildings painted

[Aethelflaeda was framed]

FFoL, tripled… cinematic sets demand cinematic rules!

[lethallee61]

The bakers baking the bread is a lovely touch. Gorgeous buildings.

[miltiades]

Lovely ! 

[has.been]

Emboscada.  A home brew set of Peninsular rules written by has.been of this Parish. Very simple even simpler than FFOL in my opinion, works with single based figures, unique activation mechanic.

Let me know if you would like a copy (2 pages. 4 sides & one of them is the cover! )

[Aethelflaeda was framed]

I would. If just to “borrow” the good bits!

[has.been]

just to “borrow” the good bits!

You'll have to find them first.

Feel free to ask any questions. No guarantee I'll be able to answer though.

[Aethelflaeda was framed]

I like the command control rules…very DBx like.  I have used something similar.

[has.been]

I intended several 'effects'
1) When a figure is 'hit' & goes down, the shooter should not know what the effect was.
    Did the target:- Die? get a wound? Dive for cover? or Slip on a rotten tomato?
    The owner can later try & recover the figure. If he tries for the rest of the game &
     fails every time, it was serious.
2) Without complex rules:-
     Veterans will do more, recover faster than Average, & them more than Novices.
     If a mixed unit advances you will tend to find that the novices drop out of the
     action faster than the others, while you are likely to end up with your veteran
     troops still fighting. No guarantees though. I had two Old Guard veterans fall to
     a novice female Spanish fighter. Those that know my dice throwing ability will not
     be surprised by that.

I think it is always easier to have a basic/simple set of rules, then add a scenario
specific rule(s). e.g. 'The River has frozen over. If attempting to move across it lose
D6 inches but a throw of 6 = Ice breaks. Treat as if hit by a shot'.

[flatpack]

Always fun rules to play.
Just keep shooting 

[Warboss Nick]

Thanks guys, glad you like the latest additions. The bakers are from Black Hussar Miniatures. They have some really nice sets for napoleonics and the SYW.

[Warboss Nick]

I thought a bit about how I should proceed with my Peninsular Housing Project. Some basic ideas as well as a collection of ideas for future buildings.

I am considering creating backyards for at least some of the houses. That would make the whole thing livelier and offer more gaming options. This also raises the question of whether I should standardise their sizes. For that I would have to put them on new bases that all have the same depth. Is that worth the effort? I‘m really not sure.

Another question is whether I use street names. That would be a nice gimmick, but would limit myself with different city structures and, strictly speaking, would be limited to Spain. That's why it's probably not going to happen.

Regardless of that, I thought about what else the city needs in addition to various residential buildings:
- A town hall and palazzo (of course with town square and the church on the other side).
- The city will probably only need a cathedral when it gets bigger; a city in Spain or Italy can't have too many churches, can it?
- Thinking about it, I might do another monastery, this time for nuns (the Sarissa Town Villa lends itself to that).
- What the city definitely lacks is a decent hostel. For this I have the Swan Inn from the Longfall series in mind. And there is definitely room for at least a small tavern in addition to that. Where else are all the soldiers supposed to go in the evenings?
- A good number of small shops and craftsmen are still missing for daily needs: Blacksmith, pottery, wine shop, greengrocer, butcher, fabric dealer and clothing, carpenter and barrels as well as a dealer for olive oil with a press in the courtyard. This will be a mixture of self-builds and Sarrissa Streets of Rome (including conversions).
- I'm still not quite sure about a laundry, a fishmonger (only makes sense in a coastal town?), a second bakery (is that necessary?), a barber (how to model that?) and a brothel.
- Also, the Longfall warehouse calls for a merchant/wholesaler (import/export?) I guess.

What do you guys think? I‘m curious to hear your thoughts and ideas on this.

[has.been]

My thoughts?
You are going to be a very busy fellow.
Do not always look at what you HAVE to do. Sometimes it is
good to review what you have achieved already.

[Warboss Nick]

Thanks has.been! Setting up everything built so far forces display game was a real pleasure and I still enjoy adding new stuff immensely.

Enough theory for now. As you probably know by now, when I have finished a batch of houses, I start the next building spree. And I was even able to include the first ideas.
 
For starters three buildings from TT Combat. They are nice sturdy builds, and some fit the peninsular nicely. I finally went without bases, as they will be more flexible. Otherwise nothing special, just an extra door on the side and preparations for the roof.

The third building of the set will be the other side of a little square along with the fruiterer. To get a better match I added a small passage in the rear.

[Warboss Nick]

Next up three DIYs. The first is a greengrocer and my first go at a flat rooftop. For the porch I used the last remaining resin roof (or rather the last bit of it). On the rear I added a rosary cross.

The second is just a living quarter with no particular use. For variety I added a fountain and oriels, the latter from TT Combat. This is also my first try at a complete stone look, adding some raised stones with Miliput. This one is probably past its prime.

[Warboss Nick]

The last one is brothel. Since I had no lantern to draw customers the ladies will have to show off on the balcony (again from TT Combat).

At the side entrance I added a pergola plus a twine frame at the rear. The bits are part of the same „Venitian Window Gardens“ pack from TT-Combat as the oriels.