| passiveaggressive | 04 Jul 2014 3:25 a.m. PST |
Our group is tonight. Black Powder. |
| Sobieski | 04 Jul 2014 3:34 a.m. PST |
18th century with no real cavalry? Whatever for? |
| ACWBill | 04 Jul 2014 4:15 a.m. PST |
I wish I were do that. Instead, I am off to an obligatory thing with the in-laws. Oy! |
| Florida Tory | 04 Jul 2014 4:36 a.m. PST |
18th century with no real cavalry? Whatever for? Americans have been known, from time to time, to regard July 4, 1776 as the key date of the war. I have even observed that it some mark its anniversary with spcial events. 
TMP link Rick |
| cavcrazy | 04 Jul 2014 4:42 a.m. PST |
I will be painting some AWI today….. hurricane Arthur will supposedly keep us in. And I have cavalry, they were there, just not in big numbers….And I had a conversation with a friend who is very, very well read on the AWI and he had mentioned once that during the revolutionary war there was a shortage of horses because of some virus prior, has anybody else ever heard this? |
| zippyfusenet | 04 Jul 2014 4:54 a.m. PST |
What could be better? Betsy Ross flags! Rugged Continentals in ragged regimentals vs. foppish toffs in powdered wigs! (Or would toffish fops be more decadent? I never can decide.) Francis Marion! Daniel Boone! Davey Crockett! (What, he wasn't there? Never mind.) Jebediah Springfield! Those were the days, when a gentleman could send his slave into the army to fight for Liberty. An Historical Po-em by Henry Gibson: CARMEN BELLICOSUM. A SONG OF WAR.
Guy H. McMaster. In their ragged regimentals
Stood the old Continentals,
Yielding not,
When the grenadiers were lunging,
And like hail fell the plunging
Cannon shot; When the files
Of the isles
From the smoky night encampment bore the banner of
the rampant
Unicorn,
And grummer, grummer, grummer rolled the roll of
the drummer,
Through the morn! Then with eyes to the front all,
And with guns horizontal
Stood our sires;
And the balls whistled deadly,
And in streams flashing redly
Blazed the fires;
As the roar
On the shore,
Swept the strong battle breakers o'er the green sodded
acres
Of the plain;
And louder, louder, louder cracked the black gun
powder,
Cracking amain! Now like smiths at their forges
Worked the red Saint George's
Cannoneers;
And the " villainous saltpeter "
Rung a fierce discordant meter
Round their ears; As the swift
Storm drift,
With hot, sweeping anger, came the horseguards'
clangor
n our flanks.
Then higher, higher, higher burned the old-fashioned
fire
Through the ranks! Then the old-fashioned colonel
Galloped through the white, infernal
Powder cloud;
And his broad sword was swinging,
And his brazen throat was ringing
Trumpet loud. Then the blue
Bullets flew
And the trooper jackets redden at the touch of the
leaden
Rifle breath;
And rounder, rounder, rounder roared the iron six-
pounder
Hurling death! |
| (Stolen Name) | 04 Jul 2014 5:13 a.m. PST |
I think I have eaten some 'toffish fops '…delicious they were too |
| Sundance | 04 Jul 2014 5:18 a.m. PST |
No, but we are doing ACW tomorrow. |
| Dynaman8789 | 04 Jul 2014 5:25 a.m. PST |
No = playing ASL instead though. |
| 45thdiv | 04 Jul 2014 5:45 a.m. PST |
No, but I am going to the ACW battlefield called "Pea Ridge" in an hour. |
| Oh Bugger | 04 Jul 2014 6:09 a.m. PST |
FIW tonight for me. BTW 'Cracking amain' amain is a great word I think it fell out of popular use in the last 25 years. It fair took me back to read it here. |
| dBerczerk | 04 Jul 2014 6:10 a.m. PST |
Jebidiah Springfield -- priceless! Little-known hero of the War for Independence. |
| warwell | 04 Jul 2014 7:04 a.m. PST |
According to the revisionists, he was a murderous pirate. |
| John the OFM | 04 Jul 2014 7:09 a.m. PST |
Tomorrow night's game will be an adaptation of 800 Fighting Englishmen for AWI. |
| bruntonboy | 04 Jul 2014 9:38 a.m. PST |
No not today.I am a great fan of wargaming the American rebellion but not really interested in celebrating the start of it. Good luck to those who want to of course. |
| Militia Pete | 04 Jul 2014 10:19 a.m. PST |
Painting some Loyalists. But since we are moving most stuff is packed. |
DisasterWargamer  | 04 Jul 2014 10:21 a.m. PST |
Brandywine this afternoon |
| Pan Marek | 04 Jul 2014 4:40 p.m. PST |
Set up the table today to try out Muskets & Tomahawks tomorrow! |
| CPBelt | 04 Jul 2014 7:02 p.m. PST |
Does a War of 1812 game count? I didn't think so either. :-( This is as close as we were able to come today, but I really was hoping to do Monmouth. |
| GamesPoet | 04 Jul 2014 8:29 p.m. PST |
Playtesting some AWI rules in development on Saturday. : ) |
| coopman | 05 Jul 2014 9:44 a.m. PST |
My AWI minis haven't been out of their boxes in probably 10 years. Not a whole lot of interest in it here, I'm afraid. |
| John the OFM | 06 Jul 2014 5:22 p.m. PST |
Played a generic AWI game last night using 800 Fighting Englishmen for rules. That is a Sword and the Flame variant.
It looks promising, but will need a few tweaks on top of the ones I already did. |
| GROSSMAN | 07 Jul 2014 10:27 p.m. PST |
I painted 42 Colonials over the weekend to try and catch up to my British units. link |
| PVT641 | 08 Jul 2014 10:38 a.m. PST |
Brandywine the fight at the Ford this Saturday. |
