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Offline nicknorthstar

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1672: Somewhere in Holland.
« on: 19 February 2024, 10:20:21 PM »
I recently picked up Warlord Games' Pike & Shotte Epic rules. The first thing that struck me was 'I can use these for my 28mm sized Restoration Era armies'. My armies, French and Dutch, were based for the old WRG DBR rules. This meant they were not in 'units' as such, but the elements were organised into 20 figure pike and shot regiments.
I was keen to try it out, so arranged a game at Alan Perry's. 'You host and I'll bring all the figures'. I've played a lot of Black Powder with Alan so we were both familiar with the rules 'engine', just needed to learn the little changes.
The game went really well, I'm pleased with how the rules work with my collection.
What was nice as well was Alan kept the figures on the table for a little photo shoot. He doesn't usually bother with non-Perry Miniatures collections, so it was excellent for him to do that. You can view the photos on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/perryminiatures
I've posted one here.
Rick joined us in the game, and when I suggested a rematch we played again yesterday at his place, Warlord's John came along for the game as well.

As an aside, I love Alan's cloud background in the photo below. 10 years ago when I was taking the 1672 game to Wargames Shows, I had this idea that I never followed up of having a back-drop to the game based on the Dutch Masters landscape paintings. This is how I envisioned the games looking, funny how things turn up!

Offline carlos marighela

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Re: 1672: Somewhere in Holland.
« Reply #1 on: 19 February 2024, 10:55:43 PM »
Gorgeous looking game! :-* :-*
Em dezembro de '81
Botou os ingleses na roda
3 a 0 no Liverpool
Ficou marcado na história
E no Rio não tem outro igual
Só o Flamengo é campeão mundial
E agora seu povo
Pede o mundo de novo

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Re: 1672: Somewhere in Holland.
« Reply #2 on: 20 February 2024, 12:06:10 AM »
All looks amazing  :-*

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Re: 1672: Somewhere in Holland.
« Reply #3 on: 20 February 2024, 08:45:08 AM »
Fabulous looking game.  👍

I completely agree that the cloudy back drop looks amazing and certainly adds something to the shots.

Offline Bloggard

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Re: 1672: Somewhere in Holland.
« Reply #4 on: 20 February 2024, 11:17:32 AM »
lovely.

be nice to see some more pics of it here.

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Re: 1672: Somewhere in Holland.
« Reply #5 on: 20 February 2024, 12:36:09 PM »
More pics

Offline Von Stroheim

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Re: 1672: Somewhere in Holland.
« Reply #6 on: 20 February 2024, 02:40:15 PM »
Any chance that Northstar might be adding to this range - Generals, skirmishers etc?

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Re: 1672: Somewhere in Holland.
« Reply #7 on: 20 February 2024, 02:46:51 PM »
Those backgrounsd definitely sell it!
3d designer, sculptor and printer, at your service!

Offline Emir of Askaristan

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Re: 1672: Somewhere in Holland.
« Reply #8 on: 20 February 2024, 02:53:31 PM »
Bravo, that's quite a game.

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Re: 1672: Somewhere in Holland.
« Reply #9 on: 20 February 2024, 03:41:08 PM »
Lovely looking game.
That back drop makes the photos even better .
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Re: 1672: Somewhere in Holland.
« Reply #10 on: 20 February 2024, 03:54:00 PM »
Any chance that Northstar might be adding to this range - Generals, skirmishers etc?

Yes, just need an extra sculptor. The guys working for us now are busy on other projects.

Offline Bloggard

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Re: 1672: Somewhere in Holland.
« Reply #11 on: 20 February 2024, 04:06:35 PM »
wowzer  :-*

great to see the extra photos.

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Re: 1672: Somewhere in Holland.
« Reply #12 on: 20 February 2024, 06:42:52 PM »
The final photo, with the reflections in the river, is quite amazing!

Offline FifteensAway

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Re: 1672: Somewhere in Holland.
« Reply #13 on: 20 February 2024, 10:43:09 PM »
Need to visit the Facebook page and click on the +21 photos images to see larger photos.  Cool stuff.  Oh, and at the end you get an image of all five "graybeards" playing the game - even if one of them is short a beard!  :D
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Re: 1672: Somewhere in Holland.
« Reply #14 on: 20 February 2024, 11:28:26 PM »
That's very nice, probably as good as I've seen, almost looks like a painting.
Cheers

 

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