Nick's British Platoon for A War Transformed.

[Snackelwolf]

One Captain per platoon. (Platoon = AWT Army)

You can buy Lieutenants extra, and have a Witch.

Each armies have characters you can exchange for your Captain, not have as well.

got it, perfect -- thank you.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Does each unit of 8 soldiers have [a captain]?

One Captain per platoon. (Platoon = AWT Army)

You can buy Lieutenants extra, and have a Witch.

Each armies have characters you can exchange for your Captain, not have as well.

In addition there is an NCO upgrade per unit (subject to upgrade points being available).

[nicknorthstar]

I decided to add a Mortar Team to the Platoon last night. Rather than going with the standard British Stokes Mortar, I wanted to use the weird looking 'Toffee Apple' mortar.

The model is part of the Great War Miniatures range.

To 'AWT' it up, I stuck two pixies from The Silver Bayonet range on the base. That'll stop me using it for Historical games.

Why are they there? I don't know. Do the crew even know they are with them? Are they Enemy Snatchers about to sabotage the mortar? Are they Guardian Spirits protecting the crew? Dunno.

[nicknorthstar]

Finished Platoon.
I might be done now. 16 point British Platoon. That's with no upgrades, so I could up the points easily with some upgrades for the characters and units.

Mesmerist Leader: Free,
Witch : Free,
Infantry Sections x3 : 6 points,
Lancers x2 : 4 points,
Spiritualists : 2 point,
Machine Gun Team : 2 points
Mortar Team : 2 points.

[fred]

Like the mortar - there were plenty of odd mortar designs in WWI.

And the overall platoon looks good - looks like you get plenty of units for your 20pts

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Nice mortar, and the pixies are a neat addition.

You could psych out a conventional WW1 opponents by deploying as is.

[SirRoystonPapworth]

Whilst I really liked the cavalry, that mortar, with the pixies nailed it for me.great job..

[BeneathALeadMountain]

It’s a lovely job on that awesomely Heath-Robinson looking mortar Nick. I’d be tempted to make an exact double of the mortar sans pixies and swap them around sneakily throughout a game……. “What Pixies? I can’t see any Pixies!”……

Andrew
BeneathALeadMountain

[Captain Blood]

Definitely weird and slightly wonderful Nick The bombardier pixies are a charming touch

That’s what you call an eclectic force!

[nicknorthstar]

It’s a lovely job on that awesomely Heath-Robinson looking mortar Nick. I’d be tempted to make an exact double of the mortar sans pixies and swap them around sneakily throughout a game……. “What Pixies? I can’t see any Pixies!”……

Andrew
BeneathALeadMountain

[nicknorthstar]

Definitely weird and slightly wonderful Nick The bombardier pixies are a charming touch

That’s what you call an eclectic force!

Cheers Old Bean. First game tomorrow, looking forward to it.

[Bullshott]

Love the pixies 👍

[Ultravanillasmurf]

First game tomorrow, looking forward to it.

Good luck.

[nicknorthstar]

First game played at the Rose & Crown this evening against Mike Bradford's French.
Good fun, but an exercise in page flipping and communal reading. It's not a quick pick up, fast play game, there's loads of details to take in, but we completed a game in an evening session which means as we get used to our armies, it will be a lot faster and a good 'club night' game.
We had 12 points each.
I didn't play it well, the British Lancers repeated the same 'Valley of Death' charge that their ancestors had. But it was good to see the limitations and advantages of the troop types.

[nicknorthstar]

Mike's French and my British.